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2003-03-31 Europe

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Posted by ISHMAIL 2003-03-31 12:08 am|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 THE ABOVE NEWS ITEM APPEARS ON CBS, THE LINK IS AS FOLLOWING:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/03/30/60minutes/main546826.shtml

Posted by ISHMAIL 2003-03-31 00:12:52|| 2003-03-31 00:12:52|| Front Page Top

#2 "... Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic, who, ten days ago was gunned down in Belgrade by unknown assailants...he was also thought to be involved in illegal arms deals as well as other criminal activities."

And of course, it was mostly our fault...

Chirac was accused of taking bribes when he was just a mayor (but not proseuted, seems that in France you can't prosecute while someone is still in office), should we go take him out? Well, OK, yes, but for more than that...

Posted by John Anderson 2003-03-31 02:11:43|| 2003-03-31 02:11:43|| Front Page Top

#3 Just saw on FoxNews clips of a humongous cache of artillery and tank shells, some still in boxes with stencilling directing them to the Jordanian Army. Ouch...

Posted by Ptah 2003-03-31 10:58:54|| [www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2003-03-31 10:58:54|| Front Page Top

#4 Path,
Just before GW1 kicked off, Jordan provided a lot of material to Saddam. It is likely that this is the origin of the captured materials. Considering their dependence on the Iraqi oil and Bush Sr.'s unwillingness to Saddam to his just resting place, it looks like the former King was unwilling to cut his country's economy for no compensation in return. As the last 12 years have played out, I can't fault him. Now if that stuff is younger than 3 or 4 years, it could become very interesting for some in Jordan. However, they are permitting us to do things through Jordan in a manner similar to Kuwait but without the high profile.

Posted by Don 2003-03-31 12:15:56|| 2003-03-31 12:15:56|| Front Page Top

#5 Did you see the quote at the bottom of the original article:
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The U.S. must take some of the blame for the way that the state and organized crime continue to march hand in hand in this country, as they did under Milosevic, says Zoran Kusovacs.

âThe United States bears a lot of the responsibility because, along with others in the West, it has let the changes go skin deep,â he explains. âMilosevic has been changed. The system has not been changed. And certain things that were done under Milosevic are still being done under the democratic government, and they're as unacceptable now as they were then.â
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Good Lord. They crap on us when we do something about things like this in others' countries, then they crap on us when we don't do enough.

Posted by eb 2003-03-31 18:10:11|| 2003-03-31 18:10:11|| Front Page Top

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