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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (1555)	5/30/2001 3:34:53 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Respond to of 23908

Kissinger Turns Down French Court Summons Compiled by Our Staff From Dispatches AP, Reuters Wednesday, May 30, 2001 PARIS Henry Kissinger, the former U.S. Secretary of State, declined a request to appear Tuesday as a witness in an investigation into the disappearance of French citizens during the regime of Augusto Pinochet, the Chilean dictator, judicial sources said. The U.S. Embassy in Paris told the court that Mr. Kissinger had other obligations and was unable to appear, the sources said. French justice officials delivered a summons to a Paris hotel where Mr. Kissinger was staying on a private visit. Mr. Kissinger, secretary of state under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, was under no legal obligation to answer the summons. A spokesman for the U.S. Embassy did not confirm that Mr. Kissinger had turned down the summons, but he said officials wished the court had not gone directly to Mr. Kissinger with the request. "We understand that the court is examining a period when Dr. Kissinger was an official of the U.S. government," said the spokesman, Richard Lankford. "We therefore believe the court should present its request through government channels to the Department of State." William Bourdon, a lawyer who represents families of French citizens who disappeared during the Pinochet regime, requested the summons. Mr. Bourdon said he believed that Mr. Kissinger's testimony was essential to the case because of exchanges between U.S. and Chilean secret services after the 1973 coup that brought Mr. Pinochet to power. "A whole series of factors demonstrate that the U.S. administration watched very closely what happened in Chile, notably the situation of foreigners who had disappeared, therefore French people," Mr. Bourdon said. "Above and beyond the symbol he represents, Mr. Kissinger is a person who, through his answers, can contribute to finding the truth." A French judge is looking into allegations that five French citizens who disappeared in Chile during Mr. Pinochet's military dictatorship were kidnapped and tortured. (AP, Reuters, AFP) iht.com

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (1555)	5/30/2001 12:04:57 PM
From: Yaacov	Respond to of 23908

JERUSALEM (May 30) - Three Israelis were shot dead and four others wounded in two separate terror attacks in the West Bank yesterday. In addition, two soldiers suffered light to moderate wounds when "" Israel is a nation under siege. People are afraid to leave their houses! This is a sort of war nobody knows how to fight, but Sharon knows what to do to stop it! Nobody is secure, and yet Sharon doesn't have the necessary consence to began his work! Time will come. There will be a moment when People will go the streets and ask the Government why they are not being protected. Two boats loads of arms destined for Palestinians where stopped. This make total of six shipments that didn't get through! Please note that origin of these arms where Greek Territory! A member of NATO that is aiding the Palestinians terrorists! If it wasn't because of the United States Israel would have re-acted! I believe Israeli ambassador to Washington carried an urgent message to the White HOuse yesterday. What goes on I really don't know, but it will not surprise me if Greeks get a lesson! Greeks did the same thing last year by suppying arms to Kuridish rebels in Turkey! They both being a NATO memebers, it surprised everyone and NATO told them not to do it!