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| Nato signals closer ties with Israel |
| 2005-02-25 |
| Nato should increase security cooperation with Israel to fight global terrorism, Nato's secretary general said on Thursday. Speaking to reporters in Tel Aviv after meeting Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer hinted he would address the issue with ambassadors of the 26-member alliance upon his return to Brussels. "Who am I to explain to any representative of the Israeli government or any Israeli citizen what it means to be haunted by terrorism?" he said. "It's a global threat - we have to fight together." Scheffer is the first Nato secretary-general to visit Israel officially and is touring the region to discuss global security. "This is one of those subjects on which I think Israel, and Nato and other Mediterranean Dialogue countries for that matter, can work together and should work together," he said, referring to the alliance's relationship with Israel and six Arab states. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 "But it is a nice opportunity for the Mossad to scatter a few listening devices and attach the odd targeting thingy." Lol, tw! Indeed, Mossad is the World Champ of turning lemons into lemonade. Squeeze 'em, boyz, heh. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-02-25 10:49:30 AM |
| #4 France will try to block this in some fashion if it ever comes to a vote. If the vote is in a forum where they don't take part, their chocolate poodle (Belgium) will do it for them. Till then, this is just smoke to blow at the US. |
| Posted by: Laurence of the Rats 2005-02-25 9:01:30 AM |
| #3 Why would the ever-so-sophisticated Euro-peons want to ally with that "shitty little country?" I predict much seething in the slums. (Do we have a seetheometer?) |
| Posted by: Jackal 2005-02-25 8:28:19 AM |
| #2 So long as Israel doesn't share any of her military secrets, plans, thoughts, abilities, or the location of her atomic weaponry, with such loving and supportive friends, sure! But it is a nice opportunity for the Mossad to scatter a few listening devices and attach the odd targeting thingy. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-02-25 7:00:34 AM |
| #1 Oh Joy. Oh rapture. EUropeans think we Juden can be useful. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2005-02-25 6:52:58 AM |