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To: Clappy who wrote (15035)	6/28/2002 11:31:00 AM
From: abuelita	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 104145

clappy-pappy Anyhow, I just wanted to to tell you that you arranged a bunch of words in a way that makes sense to me. - that's what i thought too. i knew it before, but i needed to read it again. its good to hear from you clappy, it is very sombre around here without you. i got the 15000 grub for you - i put it in your jar. it's your welcome back present. a dead star. don't ask. i don't know either. I have another birthday coming up and I still don't feel I've done anything to point myself in the right direction. you might not notice it, but in the couple years i've known you, i've noticed that your direction has changed significantly and you too deserve an attaboy. attaboy clappy. have a great celebration tomorrow. auntie rose

To: Clappy who wrote (15035)	6/28/2002 1:33:33 PM
From: Sully-	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 104145

Interesting profile changes clapster :-\

To: Clappy who wrote (15035)	6/28/2002 6:06:43 PM
From: elpolvo	Respond to of 104145

clappy- thanks for the attaboy. i'll pass it on. enjoy the game. i hope the new york team wins. happy birthday tomorrow. i'll toast to your health on the boat. you're plenty old enough for a mid-life crisis now, go for it! actually, it doesn't have to be a crisis, just do a vision quest, and re-adjust yer rudder a little... and trim yer sails... and yer toenails. do something nice for someone on yer birthday. see ya next time, love polvie ™

To: Clappy who wrote (15035)	7/1/2002 6:43:46 PM
From: elpolvo	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 104145

so much for the the USA being in favor of international justice. it's okay as long as we get a lifetime supply of get-out-of-jail-free cards. general washington speaks with forked tongue. and we wonder why we are targeted by terrorism. i know why the caged bird sings... and carries explosives... and expletives. love polvie © ® ™ story.news.yahoo.com Bosnia Mission Threat Clouds World Court's Birth Mon Jul 1, 5:46 PM ET By Nedim Dervisbegovic SARAJEVO (Reuters) - The birth of the first global war crimes court on Monday was overshadowed by a U.S. threat to United Nations ( news - web sites) peacekeeping missions, but fears that U.S. troops would pull out of Bosnia appeared unfounded. Washington has demanded immunity from prosecution for its forces by the new International Criminal Court and threatened to block U.N.-backed missions if its demands were not met. On Sunday it wielded an axe over a U.N. police-training taskforce in Bosnia, throwing into doubt the future of a much larger NATO ( news - web sites)-led peacekeeping force in the former Yugoslav republic in which the United States has 2,500 soldiers. But the U.S. ambassador in Sarajevo on Monday reassured Bosnians U.S. troops would remain in the 18,000-strong Stabilization Force (SFOR). "U.S. troops will stay in Bosnia. The mandate of SFOR is based on the Dayton Peace Accords and the decisions of the Peace Implementation Council," said ambassador Clifford Bond. "Our strategic commitment to the Balkans and to Bosnia remains strong," Bond said. The ICC, which President Bush ( news - web sites) has firmly repudiated, was launched on Monday in The Hague ( news - web sites) to handle complaints of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes worldwide. The Security Council refused the U.S. immunity demand, and the United States on Sunday vetoed a resolution extending the mandate of the U.N. police mission for six months. The United Nations now has until 0400 GMT on Thursday to find a deal. PLUGGING THE GAP Bosnia warned it would not have the means to plug the gap if the 1,600-strong international police force was pulled out. The country is due to hold a general election in October in which a high standard of policing is likely to be crucial. Bosnia's International High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, spoke to Secretary of State Colin Powell ( news - web sites) about his concerns. "He said he hoped the U.S. Administration would not do anything that placed at risk the huge progress toward peace and stability" Bosnia has achieved since the 1992-95 war, Ashdown's office reported. In Brussels, European diplomats complained that the row was another sign of the Bush administration's readiness to thumb its nose at the world, said the message it sends could jolt the war-scarred Balkans. "I deeply regret this dramatic step that threatens U.N. peace operations in general," Danish Foreign Minister Per Stig Moeller said in a statement on the day that his country assumed the six-month rotating presidency of the European Union ( news - web sites). EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana accused the United States of taking hostage the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Bosnia but said he hoped a deal could be reached over the spat. "The (U.S.) position is very tough," Solana said in an interview on French LCI television. "I didn't expect such a hard reaction, of taking hostage the operation in Bosnia." NATO called an extraordinary meeting of the ambassadors of its 19 nations to consider the implications for SFOR. The Security Council resolution up for renewal also authorizes member states to continue contributing to SFOR. "There was no tasking, no decision, this was simply an exchange of information," said alliance spokesman Yves Brodeur. Ironically, if the Security Council endorsement for SFOR lapsed because of a U.S. refusal to extend the mandate, Germany might have to pull troops out because its constitution requires U.N. sanction before it can join any peacekeeping mission. FIRST TEST Renewal of the police mission is the first test of the U.S. campaign to keep its troops out of the reach of the new court. Washington says the court could infringe on national sovereignty and lead to politically motivated prosecutions of its officials or soldiers working abroad. In the Hague, without fuss or fanfare, the ICC's first four workers arrived at temporary quarters in an office block on the outskirts of the city. Human rights groups hail the court as global justice's biggest milestone since an international military tribunal in Nuremberg tried Nazi leaders after World War II. The skeleton staff will pave the way for 18 judges and a chief prosecutor expected to be chosen in January. The court is unlikely to start investigations before the end of 2003. Robert Kagan of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, pointing out that the court could have a disproportionate impact on America, said the Bush administration was "quite rightly playing hardball." "Can a more liberal international order be built by hobbling the most powerful defender of that order?" he wrote in The Washington Post. "That's a question our EU allies might want to start asking themselves." But even the United States' closest European ally, Britain, expressed disappointment with the threat to U.N. peacekeeping and said it was trying to change Washington's mind. Canada expressed dismay at the U.S. move, saying it was an unnecessary threat threatening peace and stability in the Balkans. Diplomacy aside, the prospect of the U.N. mission ceasing to exist on Thursday left the EU with an operational headache. The 15-nation bloc has already agreed to take over the police task force at the end of this year, marking the debut of its crisis management operations. European Commission ( news - web sites) spokesman Gunnar Wiegand told a news briefing that the United Nations had approached European states to see if they could advance their takeover by half a year, but said this would be "logistically tight and quite difficult."