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To: RetiredNow who wrote (243950)	7/28/2005 4:01:04 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571929

U.S. encouraged by IRA statement - envoy 28.07.2005 - 15:21 LONDON (Reuters) - The United States is encouraged by the Irish Republican Army's pledge on Thursday to end armed actions in Northern Ireland and believes the words will prove historic if translated into deeds, a U.S. envoy said. Mitchell Reiss, U.S. President George W. Bush's special envoy for Northern Ireland, told CNN: "The statement is very encouraging, it's potentially historic, and we need to wait and see over the next weeks and months if these words can be translated into deeds to determine if it is truly historic." The envoy, who has the leading U.S. role in Northern Ireland peacemaking, said: "I am hopeful there will be a major act of decommissioning, an end to all the arms that the IRA has, in the next few weeks if not sooner." He said he understood that retired Canadian General John de Chastelain, head of an international disarmament body, was in Ireland and had been in touch with IRA representatives. "I think what we need to see is the quality of the statement that comes out of de Chastelain. Is he going to be happy with what he witnesses in terms of the dumping of all arms? That's going to be quite important." Reiss said there were several mechanisms in place to verify it. "Nobody is willing to take this on trust at this point," he said from the United States. He said Washington would go on working with all sides. "We have been closely coordinating and in contact with all the political parties in Northern Ireland and the two governments, especially in the last few weeks as we've had the run-up to today's statement. "We are going to continue to work with all the parties. I've already been in phone contact with the major leaders. I'll be travelling to the region in the next few weeks." swisspolitics.org

To: RetiredNow who wrote (243950)	7/28/2005 4:08:20 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1571929

It's not at all an exageration. Around 55 million people died in WWII. Here's proof: angelfire.com; Sorry, I was wrong.........usually, I don't count the Russian death toll count in WW II figures because no one is really clear how much of a that death toll is from the war and how much from Stalin's death camps. However, I didn't realize the death toll was so high in some other countries like Germany and Poland. It is you who spend most of his time excusing Muslim violence. I believe that a group of people have a right to self-defence. I also believe that when one group of people start going on a rampage of killing across the entire world, it is incumbent on the world to fight back and to wage strategic battles to ensure that the instigators are brought to heel. If the world is not willing to shoulder this burden, then sometimes a great power has to do it alone. One more time........and I want you to read this carefully......I don't excuse any violence whether its Muslim or non Muslim. Its all bad in my book. The only thing I am doing is bringing some balance to your rants on Muslims where only they are responsible for the violence in the world. The Middle Eastern Muslim extremists declared war on the West. If you believe this all started with Muslims, then you are a hopelessly over-the-top Ameriphile like Harris who is convinced that America does know wrong, and like God, can walk upon the planet with impunity. If so, then its a waste of time posting each other. You do notice that I rarely have a conversation with Harris but rather simply exchange barbs.