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To: ManyMoose who wrote (17407)12/2/2002 3:16:40 AM
From: jttmab  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 93284
 
Oh I see. You have a big bone to pick with Virginia.

No. The three of them. Virginia, Maryland and DC. The governments are supposed to be run by adults. I would expect them to cooperate as "good neighbors" for the benefit of the people, rather than point fingers.

jttmab



To: ManyMoose who wrote (17407)12/2/2002 3:51:27 AM
From: jttmab  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 93284
 
Here's another example of government children at work. Rather than work together to get a job done, they choose to bicker...

By MATTHEW ROSENBERG, Associated Press


MOMBASA, Kenya (December 1, 2002 3:42 p.m. EST) - Kenya will not heed Israeli demands to turn over some evidence in the attacks on an Israeli-owned hotel and an Israeli jetliner, saying Sunday it would conduct the probe alone. The Israeli defense minister said al-Qaida was the main suspect in the attacks.

The dispute threatened to delay the investigation into the suicide bombing Thursday of an Israeli-owned hotel, which killed 15 people, and the failed downing of an Israeli charter jet moments earlier. American and Israeli leaders both questioned Kenya's ability to conduct a thorough probe.

Kenyan police officials said Israeli authorities want to take pieces from a four-wheel-drive Mitsubishi Pajero that exploded outside the hotel on Thursday, killing 10 Kenyans, three Israelis and the bombers inside. Israel also wants the launchers and missile casings from shoulder-launched rockets believed used in the failed attempt to shoot down the Israeli charter plane.

"None of this evidence is going back to Israel. This evidence is our responsibility," Kenyan bomb specialist Charles Jamu said.

Raanan Gissin, spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, said from Jerusalem that Kenya had been cooperating "up to now," but that the Kenyans weren't prepared for the investigation.

"They were not geared to this kind of a threat or they don't have the necessary resources or technological capabilities that would enable them to deal with that," Gissin said. ......

nandotimes.com