The North's Korean people's army (KPA) vowed to "put all people under arms and turn the whole country into a fortress", and urged its soldiers to become "human bombs and fighters ready to blow up themselves" to protect leader Kim Jong Il.
The North's defence minister, Kim Il Chol, said: "If the US imperialists and their followers intrude into even an inch of the inviolable sky, land and sea of the [North] ... the KPA will deal merciless deadly blows at the aggressors and achieve a final victory in the confrontation with the US."
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