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Politics : WAR on Terror. Will it engulf the Entire Middle East? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Dennis O'Bell who wrote (5769)	2/14/2003 11:07:27 PM
From: Bilow	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 32591

Hi Dennis O'Bell; Re: "Belgium is such a POS runt state that even the French laugh at them, for good reason. The very idea of this country trying to inflate its international self importance with this kind of posturing is beyond words." You're undoubtedly correct. Belgium Israel France Popn 10,274,595 6,029,529 59,765,983 Area 30,510 20,770 547,030 sq km GDP $267.7 $119.0 $1,510.0 billion cia.gov cia.gov cia.gov As far as the French attitude towards countries the size of Belgium, well that's clear too: An international spat has developed over disparaging comments about Israel allegedly made by the French ambassador to London at a private dinner party. He has no intention of apologising - he doesn't feel there is any need for him to do so During a conversation about the Middle East crisis with the owner of the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Conrad Black, ambassador Daniel Bernard is reported to have spoken about "that shitty little country Israel". ... news.bbc.co.uk -- Carl