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To: John Lacelle who wrote (9184)	5/20/1999 10:51:00 AM
From: Enigma	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17770

Iwould think that if there are any invasion plans they will be obvious to all - including Milosevic?

To: John Lacelle who wrote (9184)	5/20/1999 11:52:00 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17770

Don't know... But I can tell you that the D-Day for the ground invasion will be kept secret until the very last minute and known by only a handpicked US officials (ie Gen. Clark, Clinton, CIA Dir. Tenet and one or two other big shots in the Pentagon and the US Navy admiralty). The timing will likely be in the middle of the night... Here's more about the ''Belgian Kosovo'': The Vlaams Blok Facts and Objectives 6. Worth Remembering The language spoken in Flanders is the same as the language spoken in the Netherlands: Dutch. The Dutch-speaking Europeans amount to about 20 million. The Belgian establishment, however, prefers the image of Belgium being a French-speaking country, in which a part of the population speaks a bizarre "Flemish" dialect. The Vlaams Blok is opposed to the Belgian State, not to the Walloon people. We want the same sort of good relationship with Wallonia as we enjoy with the Netherlands, England, France and Germany. This is impossible within the Belgian institutional framework; "Belgian" unitarian parties no longer exist. All major political formations have since years been divided into a Flemish and a Walloon wing, which operate completely independently from each other. The Belgian capital, Brussels, used to be a Flemish and therefore a Dutch-speaking city. In 1830 (Belgian independence) at least 90% of the population spoke Flemish and halfway the 20th century 50% still do. Nowadays, Brussels hardly numbers 25% of Dutch-speakers. Brussels is now officially bilingual, but the linguistic laws are continually being violated. Most inhabitants of Brussels are frenchified Flemings, who, as Belgian "patriots", often take a fierce anti-Flemish stance. If Brussels is to become the capital of Europe, the position of the Dutch language will be jeopardized even more. The Vlaams Blok considers the frenchification of Brussels a temporary phenomenon. As the capital of an independent Flanders, Brussels will, in the long run, regain its Flemish identity. Not until 1967, did the Belgian constitution have an official Dutch version. Up to 137 years after independence, the Dutch-speakers had to settle for a translation of the French text. Proportionally, more money is transferred from Flanders to Wallonia (10.000 million US$ a year) than is invested by the West-Germans in the former GDR.