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To: Carolyn who started this subject12/14/2001 9:50:50 AM
From: Tom Clarke   of 23908
 
The US Army promotes the euro in Kosovo.

US Army sells euro to Kosovans

BY MARTIN FLETCHER

US ARMY psychologists are helping the European Union to achieve a smooth transition to the euro in Kosovo.
Members of the 4th Psychological Operations Group are encouraging ethnic Albanians and Serbs to embrace the single currency, being adopted by the UN-administered Yugoslav province on January 1.





The previous tasks of the group’s information warriors have included dropping anti-Taleban leaflets over Afghanistan, warning Iraqi troops of imminent death during the Gulf War and playing rock music to persuade Manuel Noriega to surrender during the US invasion of Panama in 1989. The group also sought to persuade Kosovans to vote in elections last month.

Kosovo ditched the Yugoslav dinar for the German mark after the 1999 war. The US military is anxious to avoid any upheaval that could jeopardise the province’s fragile peace and prevent the 5,000 US peacekeeping troops from going home. One concern is that the Serb minority will refuse to exchange marks for euros at Albanian-run banks.

“A stable environment in Kosovo is in everyone’s interests, particularly those of the military forces,” Lieutenant-Colonel Carl Ayers, commander of the group’s 9th Psychological Operations Battalion, said. He has 30 men talking to people across eastern Kosovo about the euro and distributing to radio stations CDs with pro-euro messages between music tracks.



thetimes.co.uk
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