NEW : A North Korean photo shows Kim Jong Il meeting with military officials . North Korean position : Rockets should be ready to ` ` mercilessly strike '' the U.S. `` And we are assuring our South Korean allies day to day that we stand with them in the face of these provocations . '' A Pentagon spokesman urges North Korea to ` ` ' down the temperature '' ` ` No one wants there to be war on the Korean Peninsula , '' he says .
NEW : A North Korean photo shows Kim Jong Il meeting with military officials . North Korean position : Rockets should be ready to ` ` mercilessly strike '' the U.S. A Pentagon spokesman urges North Korea to ` ` ' down the temperature '' ` ` No one wants there to be war on the Korean Peninsula , '' he says .