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To: Elroy who wrote (326202)	2/17/2007 12:41:09 PM
From: steve harris	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575627

But what do you think would happen if the UN implemented your idea? That Israel and the Palestinian territories were under one elected government? I think you would have a disaster. Your idea is great, but I don't think it would work based upon the hate and killings already occurring on both sides. Wars end when there is a winner. That's the only solution I see. Egypt made peace with Israel and it cost Sadat his life. The other Arab nations should also.

To: Elroy who wrote (326202)	2/18/2007 3:26:45 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1575627

"A group of Americans ignored a warning by the U.S. Embassy to avoid Vicenza and joined the protest behind a banner reading ``Not in our name,'' cheered by passing Italians who shook their hands and snapped their photos." Italian protesters oppose expansion of U.S. base ARMY WANTS TO ADD SOLDIERS AT AIRFIELD By Colleen Barry Associated Press VICENZA, Italy - Tens of thousands of people marched through the northeastern Italian city of Vicenza under heavy police guard Saturday to protest a planned U.S. military base expansion. Despite fears that violent demonstrators would be drawn to the protest, the march took place without incident. It finished outside the main train station, where it started, as hundreds of police officers stood guard and helicopters hovered overhead. The route did not pass the airfield where the expanded base is to be built, where critics keep a permanent picket. ``The government majority -- whether they agree with the protest, or, like me, do not -- welcomes that the demonstration in Vicenza finished in an orderly fashion,'' said Premier Romano Prodi, who had urged protesters to be peaceful. ``This must be stressed.'' Police estimated the crowd at 50,000 to 80,000, while organizers put the numbers at 120,000. ``To build a military base is not the gesture of a peaceful government,'' said 24-year-old city resident Simone Pasin, draped in a rainbow peace flag. ``I think it's time to dismantle military bases and put up structures of peace.'' Trains and buses brought in leftist activists and anti-globalization protesters from across Italy to support residents concerned that the expansion would increase traffic and noise and air pollution, deplete local resources and raise the risk of terrorist attacks. Prodi's government has approved the project, angering his far-left allies. The Communist and Green parties, members of the governing coalition, have backed the protest, though no one from the government showed up after Prodi banned ministers from attending. The Ederle base has about 2,900 active-duty military personnel. The expansion at the Dal Molin airport, on the other side of town, would allow the U.S. military to move four battalions now based in Germany, raising the number of soldiers to 5,000. The move is part of the U.S. Army's transformation into a lighter, more mobile force -- reducing its numbers in Europe from a Cold War high of 480,000 to 88,000 by 2012. Under the plans, elements of the U.S. 173rd Airborne Brigade, a rapid reaction unit now spread between Italy and Germany, would be united. Construction is to begin later this year and to be completed by 2011 at a total cost of $576 million. The 173rd Airborne Brigade is scheduled to redeploy soon for Afghanistan. Some in Italy's ruling coalition feared the demonstration might suggest anti-U.S. sentiment in the country, but despite the presence of some ``Yankees Out!'' T-shirts, the mood was more anti-military than anti-American. A group of Americans ignored a warning by the U.S. Embassy to avoid Vicenza and joined the protest behind a banner reading ``Not in our name,'' cheered by passing Italians who shook their hands and snapped their photos. mercurynews.com