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To: sea_urchin who wrote (18117)	4/29/2003 8:39:13 PM
From: ild	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81003

Searle, what must happen so you'd become bullish on SoAf gold shares?

To: sea_urchin who wrote (18117)	4/29/2003 10:00:30 PM
From: sea_urchin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81003

> Only a fool would not assume that last weekend's St. Petersburg summit of Germany, France and Russia was not consumed with the nuts and bolts of erecting defenses against American geopolitical aggression story.news.yahoo.com >>>Four European Union countries that opposed the U.S.-led war in Iraq agreed on Tuesday to create a multinational force headquarters next year, in what they called a drive to boost European defense integration. The leaders of Belgium, France, Germany and Luxembourg also said they would establish the nucleus of a joint planning and command unit for military missions where NATO was not involved. Both Chirac and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said they were convinced all 25 present and future EU members would want to participate in most of what they had proposed. He recalled that the single European currency had also been born of an initiative by a vanguard of a couple of member states, although it had swelled to include 12 states so far. The leaders proposed the creation of a European Security and Defense Union within the EU, open to all member states that wished to cooperate more closely in the military field and be bound by a mutual defense commitment. They outlined seven concrete measures, most already under way or agreed, including the creation of an EU rapid reaction force, a European strategic air transport command and fleet, a joint nuclear, biological and chemical weapons protection capability and joint training. <<< And this. jang.com.pk >>>Russia and five former Soviet republics have set up a joint military command to oversee a rapid reaction force amid increased security risks in Central Asia, their leaders said Monday. The announcement was made after a summit here by the leaders of Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, which make up the Collective Security Treaty Organization (DKB). The doctrine is similar to that of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), an alliance that was founded to counter the growing Soviet threat in Europe after World War II. Alexander Lukashenko, the authoritarian president of Belarus, said the grouping moved to focus on building up its common armed force following the war in Iraq, launched by the United States and Britain without the backing of the United Nations. "The situation in the world has prompted us to do this -- we must ensure the security of our countries and our people," Lukashenko said. "We have noticed that certain forces within the United Nations are attempting to break the global system and its key link, the United Nations," he said.<<< And then the Russian one makes a treaty with the European one and after that ........

To: sea_urchin who wrote (18117)	4/30/2003 9:54:14 AM
From: sea_urchin	Respond to of 81003

> But even the world's mightiest military cannot coerce trade and collaboration from an unwilling planet. news.bbc.co.uk >>>US war crimes case 'going ahead' A Belgian lawyer is planning to press ahead with a war crimes lawsuit against US General Tommy Franks, despite American anger. The suit, brought by 19 Iraqis, accuses General Franks of war crimes during the Iraq conflict. Lawyer Jan Fermon, who is acting on behalf of the Iraqis, described the plaintiffs as victims of cluster bombs and of US attacks on ambulances and civilians. There are 19 victims of the war so far that have come forward to back the case "We have a very specific case, with specific evidence," Mr Fermon said. "I do not see how they can reject it." Washington has reacted angrily to the prospect of General Franks being the subject of legal action. The US State Department has told Belgium not to allow its laws to be used for "political ends". The BBC's Justin Webb in Washington says Bush administration officials are making it plain they would regard a prosecution of General Franks as a major diplomatic incident - an example of political harassment. A senior administration official warned that even the issuing of indictments would result in what he called "diplomatic consequences" for Belgium. But Mr Fermon hit back at Washington. "I think either the US State Department has nothing to hide, in which case it's very important for them to have an independent inquiry - and why can't it be a Belgian magistrate - or they have something to hide and that's why they are threatening Belgium," the lawyer said. <<< What a question?!