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To: steve harris who wrote (198729)	8/28/2004 1:01:35 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576972

<font color=brown> Even Powell, they no longer like. Thanks Mr. Bush! <font color=black> ***************************************************** Athens Police Break Up Powell Protest By DEREK GATOPOULOS, AP News Alert: ATHENS, Greece - The Greek foreign ministry says that Secretary of State Colin Powell has postponed his planned visit to Athens.** ATHENS, Greece (Aug. 27) - Police used tear gas Friday night to disperse more than 2,000 demonstrators who lit fires, smashed windows and beat up journalists while marching through downtown Athens to protest the weekend visit of Secretary of State Colin Powell. The demonstrators, who scuffled with police in front of the Parliament, fought running battles with riot squads trying to prevent them from reaching the U.S. Embassy. The embassy is not near any Olympic venues, but it is near the hotel being used by the International Olympic Committee and located on a major Olympic traffic lane. The protesters shouted slogans against the U.S.-led occupation of Iraq. Powell was expected to arrive Saturday to meet Premier Costas Caramanlis and attend the closing ceremony of the Athens Olympics on Sunday night. Earlier, hundreds of riot police with shields prevented the protesters from heading toward the embassy, and the two sides faced off in front of the Greek Parliament building. The protesters marched in front of Athens University, beating drums, spraying graffiti on the walls and unfurling banners criticizing President Bush. ''Powell is the man who peddled Bush's lies on Iraq,'' said protest organizer, Yiannis Sifahakis. ''He is a murderer and we don't want him here.'' In Washington, deputy State Department spokesman Adam Ereli said only that officials were aware of protest plans and that: ''We are committed to visiting our Greek friends and sharing in this very important occasion.'' Some of the demonstrators shouted slogans in English, taking advantage of the international TV crews covering the event. They called on passers-by to join them on a march to the U.S. Embassy. Among those who joined in before the violence broke out was Andrea Murray, 22, who graduated from Duke University in North Carolina. She said she was looking for Athens' National Museum and instead found the demonstration. ''I found this and I thought, like wow! I am participating because I am American and I want Greeks to know that not all Americans are drones or idiots,'' Murray said. A spectacular, moonlit Acropolis served as a backdrop to more than 500 riot police who were positioned in the central Syntagma Square in front of the Parliament building and elsewhere in central Athens. One Olympics volunteer in the trademark Athens 2004 polo shirt and shorts held up a sign that read: ''Any volunteers against U.S. policy?'' Another demonstration by 200 people in Thessaloniki, a northern port and Greece's second-largest city, dispersed peacefully after protesters marched by the U.S. consulate to complain about Powell's visit. Greece's top law enforcement official said the demonstrators had a right to protest but asked them not to cause any trouble. ''We organized games in an environment of security and discretion. Everyone recognizes this,'' Public Order Minister Giorgos Voulgarakis said. ''I want to believe that the events that have been planned will respect what with great effort all Greeks have accomplished.'' Some Greeks worried that Powell's visit could destroy the festive atmosphere that has been present in Syntagma Square and the rest of the capital in recent days. ''I hope it won't spoil the party because the city is buzzing and everyone's pro-Olympics,'' said Marissa Daras, 26, a human resources specialist, as she walked through the square. The right to demonstrate is cherished by Greeks, following harsh restrictions imposed during a 1967-74 military dictatorship. Protest groups have said they would oppose any police attempt to prevent them from marching on the U.S. Embassy. Greece's small but influential Communist Party also said it was organizing a protest march on Saturday from central Athens to the embassy. --- Associated Press writers Niko Price, Miron Varouhakis and Toula Vlahou contributed to this report. AP-NY-08-27-04 2310EDT

To: steve harris who wrote (198729)	8/28/2004 1:05:51 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576972

<font color=brown> Huh? I thought the Israelis were Mr. Bush's friends. WRONG AGAIN! This is the most incompetent White House in distant memory! Stupid is as stupid does! <font color=black> ******************************************************* FBI Probing Suspected Israeli Spy at Pentagon** Fri Aug 27, 2004 10:25 PM ET (Page 1 of 2) By Joanne Morrison WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI is investigating a high-level Pentagon analyst suspected of being an Israeli spy who passed secret documents about Iran to the Jewish state, U.S. government sources said on Friday. The officials told Reuters the analyst was connected to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's office and allegedly passed the documents to Israel via the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the powerful pro-Israel lobby in Washington. The sources declined to identify the suspect and said no arrests had been made and no charges brought. "No one has been charged," one government official said. The Pentagon issued a statement saying it was cooperating with the Justice Department in the investigation and playing down the possibility that the suspect had sought to sway U.S. policy in the Gulf or Middle East. "The investigation involves a single individual at the Department of Defense at the desk officer level who was not in a position to have significant influence over U.S. policy," it said. "Nor could a foreign power be in a position to influence U.S. policy through this individual. To the best of the Department of Defense's knowledge, the investigation does not target any other DOD individuals." The Israeli embassy denied the allegations. "They are completely false and outrageous," said a spokesman for the embassy who asked not to be identified and declined further comment. CBS News, who first reported the story, said federal agents were about to arrest the alleged spy, who it said may have been in a position to influence Bush administration policy on Iran and Iraq. The network said the analyst had ties to Rumsfeld's deputy Paul Wolfowitz and Defense Undersecretary Douglas Feith, both regarded as leading architects of the war on Iraq which President Bush launched in March last year. According to the network, one of the documents passed to Israel was a draft presidential directive on U.S. policy toward Iran -- lumped by Bush in an "axis of evil" with Iraq and North Korea. "This put the Israelis -- according to one of our sources -- 'inside the decision-making loop' so they could 'try to influence the outcome'," CBS reported. Continued ... © Reuters 2004. All Rights Reserved. reuters.com