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2007-01-31 Europe

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Posted by tipper 2007-01-31 08:09|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The report quoted Spain's Civil Guard as saying that Masri was seized by 13 CIA agents and flown on a Boeing 737 to Afghanistan.

Come on - everyone knows the CIA uses black helicopters...

Posted by Raj 2007-01-31 08:24|| 2007-01-31 08:24|| Front Page Top

#2 Dear German Prosecutor's Office:

Molon Labe.

Liebest Du,
Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2007-01-31 08:46|| 2007-01-31 08:46|| Front Page Top

#3 This should result in a change of policy for the US government.

Unless there is a probability that the target individual knows specific information, the operatives should perform a hasty field interrogation, at the conclusion of which they should terminate their interviewee.

If they during their inquiries, they determine that they do indeed have specific knowledge, then they shall be transported to a final destination to ascertain the breadth of that knowledge, after which the interviewee will again be terminated.

But in future, there will be no more "catch and release". If an operational supervisor in the rear or in the field determines that an individual is important enough to detain, then they are also important enough to eliminate.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-01-31 09:10|| 2007-01-31 09:10|| Front Page Top

#4 I think another policy change that needs to happen is the immediate withdrawal of troops from Germany (it has been 60+ years, QUAGMIRE!!!) and the expulsion of all German diplomats with the understanding that if Germany continues to issue warrants against Americans, it will be considered a act of war.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2007-01-31 09:20|| 2007-01-31 09:20|| Front Page Top

#5 DV, it disgusts me too. But Landstuhl Med Ctr and Ramstein AB are huge, expensive, and critically located for quickly getting wounded soldiers from the battlefield to top-notch treatment. Pretty much everything else in Germany will soon be drawn down and/or moved to Italy.

It surprises me that this comes out of Bavaria, but besides Germany, Italy, Belgium, Ireland, Fwance, Spain, etc. have all been adversarial and obstructionist at one point or another, to impress their EU masters and prove that they're still relevant on the world stage.

These showy little antics rarely go anywhere, and they're not really intended to. Milosevic died in the middle of his trial, still ongoing after 5 full years in European custody. I doubt this will amount to anything either.

Posted by exJAG 2007-01-31 09:51|| 2007-01-31 09:51|| Front Page Top

#6 Maybe we could work a sorta swap-out program with Germany, We get folks they can"t do anything to, and they come here and get the folks we can"t seem to do anything about.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2007-01-31 10:21|| 2007-01-31 10:21|| Front Page Top

#7 Wasn't it the German police that released the Munich bombers?

Posted by Icerigger 2007-01-31 12:54|| 2007-01-31 12:54|| Front Page Top

#8 Why are Spanish authorities so closely involved when the abduction allegedly occured in Macedonia? This whole thing stinks to me.

Posted by rjschwarz 2007-01-31 13:50|| 2007-01-31 13:50|| Front Page Top

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