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| EU Calls Emergency Meetings on Terrorism |
| 2004-03-15 |
| Yes. That’s the best way to deal with it. Call a meeting. The European Union will hold high-level security talks on Friday to assess what additional anti-terrorism measures to take in the wake of the bombings in Madrid, the Irish prime minister announced Monday. Prime Minister Bertie Ahern said proposals would include a "solidarity clause" committing nations to help each other in response to terror attacks, the appointment of a special EU official to coordinate counterterrorism operations in Europe, improved intelligence sharing and closer cooperation with non-EU nations to combat terrorism at a global level. "The callous and cowardly attacks on 11 March served as a terrible reminder of the threat posed by terrorism to our society," Ahern said in a statement. "We condemn utterly those who planted the bombs that wrought such destruction and cost so many lives last Thursday. "But we won’t hunt them down and kill them like the dogs they are because, ummm... Well, those guys are dead now. And most of them weren’t anybody any of us know, were they? And even if they were, did we really like them that much?" "The attacks in Madrid were an attack against the very values on which the Union is founded." EU justice and interior ministers will discuss the proposals Friday. The EU foreign ministers will continue the debate the following Monday, before the packages goes to an EU summit, scheduled for March 25-26. All the meetings will be at EU headquarters in Brussels. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 Aris, Too bad Spain and Greece are directly in line of the Muslim advance into Europe again. |
| Posted by: ed 2004-3-15 8:01:46 PM |
| #7 NATO is a relic. Darkness is falling, Aris. I hope you are prepared because we'll be too busy to help. |
| Posted by: whitecollar redneck 2004-3-15 7:56:11 PM |
| #6 A Eurocrat Guide to Problem Solving Step 1) Identify problem Step 2) Form committee Step 3) Committee meets, and after several months of Step 4) Ignore report Ignored problem gets worse - go to Step 1 |
| Posted by: A Jackson 2004-3-15 7:55:06 PM |
| #5 Yup, and that whole NATO thing - man, what an appeasing organization it was, with its solidarity clauses. Instead of understanding that we were in a war and immediately launching an attack against Moscow. |
| Posted by: Aris Katsaris 2004-3-15 7:52:54 PM |
| #4 You depress me sometimes AP. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-3-15 6:14:05 PM |
| #3 Like I said in my other comment in RB: the immediate effect of the boom is Parkenson's Law---Have Meetings, form Committees (elect officers?). Al's Quakin' in his boots.... |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-3-15 4:13:37 PM |
| #2 Let me guess. This is a). A search for a backbone transplant? b). An effort to further inflate the EU bureaucracy? The events of 3/11/04 require prompt and decisive action against the perpetrators. Appeasement is not a valid option. |
| Posted by: GK 2004-3-15 4:09:36 PM |
| #1 "The attacks in Madrid were an attack against the very values on which the Union is founded." Sorry to disagree with you, Bertie, but no French bureaucrats were killed in the attack, nor was Chirac's bank account diminished. You're Irish, Bertie, for gosh sakes. Just form your fingers into a fist and let your instincts take it from there. Don't form a committee. It's a war we're in. |
| Posted by: Matt 2004-3-15 3:26:28 PM |