Re: If it turns out that the bombing in Spain was carried out by an Arab group, not the ETA, then you will be feeling the heat even in Belgium.
As I said (*), the Madrid carnage was not executed by an Arab group... It was a "hackwork" by ETA "rogues" ON BEHALF OF an Arab secret service. In other words, ETA hirelings pulled the trigger while the gun itself was courtesy of... some Arab country. Former Spanish PM Aznar badly miscalculated and thought it possible for him to "rock the boat" of Spain's foreign policy... He failed to factor in the ETA variable in his new equation.
Now as regards Belgium being on the "hit list", I don't think so... Belgium's too small a fry for the terror players to bother with. However, it's quite possible that American and/or Israeli agents provocateurs, together with their Belgian accomplices within Belgium's intelligence apparatus, devise a terrorist attack in Antwerp, the country's Jewish hub. The expected payoff being a landslide for the Judeofascist party Vlaams Blok in the regional/European polls scheduled on June 14, 2004.
The most likely venue for the next terrorist attack is, imo, Normandy, France (see below). I think the assassination of French President Jacques Chirac will be a masterstroke by the Judeofascists --and a death blow against Europe's pro-Arab leanings....
Bush keeps France waiting over D-Day commemoration
Telegraph | 2.15.04
Posted on 02/14/2004 6:57:09 PM PST by ambrose
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The official invitation has been lying in his in-tray for several months, but President George W. Bush has failed to let the French know whether he will attend the 60th anniversary of the D-Day landings in June.
France's president, Jacques Chirac, is expecting at least 15 heads of state to be present at the commemorations marking the decisive Allied offensive against the Germans in Normandy on June 5, 6 and 7.
British guests will include the Queen, the Prince of Wales and Tony Blair, all of whom were officially invited during President Chirac's state visit to London in November last year.
The German chancellor, Gerhard Schröder, has also accepted the invitation to attend one of the most prestigious events on the international calendar this year. It is likely to be the last time that veterans will be able to mark a significant anniversary of the landings in any great number.
However, in the words of one Paris-based diplomat, Mr Bush is "making the French sweat". Relations between France and America have been strained since the French vehemently opposed US-Anglo military action against Saddam Hussein a year ago.
The French government is hoping that the D-Day commemorations will help break the ice between the two countries. President Bush's failure to respond to the invitation is seen as a mark of his continuing personal anger and bitterness over France's formation of an anti-Iraq war axis along with Germany and Russia.
While French officials maintain that it is "unthinkable" that Mr Bush will not attend, they admit that his presence is still "uncertain". A spokesman for the French ministry of defence said: "All the invitations would have been issued around the same time, but President Bush has not yet replied. There is no reason for him not to come. Perhaps the decision has not been taken yet."
Asked whether he expected a positive response from the White House, he could only say: "We hope he will be there." A spokesman for the American embassy in Paris, meanwhile, said: "We cannot say whether President Bush will attend or not, and we don't know who is going to come. The president has the G8 meeting in Florida two days later, so it's a matter of scheduling."
The snub comes despite recent high-level visits by senior French politicians to Washington. Neither Dominque de Villepin, the foreign minister, nor Michele Alliot-Marie, the defence minister, extracted a firm RSVP from President Bush.
"I know that President Bush will be in Europe around this time [of the commemorations] and we will see if he will be there," said Ms Alliot-Marie.
"It would be a certain symbol, but before this symbol, certain concrete measures will take place to show the rapprochement between the United States and France."
It will be the first time that a German chancellor has been invited to the D-Day commemorations, although the French have insisted that no German military uniforms will be on show. President Chirac and Chancellor Schröder will hold a separate, bilateral ceremony at the Peace Memorial in Caen.
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