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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry

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To: ChinuSFO who wrote (5948)3/9/2004 10:29:41 PM
From: Brumar89Read Replies (1) of 81568
 
What are German and Italian authorities doing here.

The Germans and Italians were notified by the US which was tracking the shipment. Germany, because the shipment left Dubai on a German flagged vessel. Italy because they were a allied country (in NATO and the PSI -see below) with port facilities between Dubai and Libya.

The idea the Europeans discovered this on their own is total nonsense. The detection of this shipment was a fruit of the US-organized Proliferation Security Initiative. Germany and Italy and a bunch of other countries happen to be participating members of the PSI. But the US, specifically the Bush administration, is the originator of the PSI.

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