Tuesday, September 14, 2004

Our European friends

BELGIUM: Scarey Big Brother in Belgium. NETHERLANDS: Dutch frigate to Indian Ocean to inspect shipping and gather intelligence in Indian Ocean.

SPAIN: Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero steps in it, probably not unrelated to this. (CIA Factbook: Spain is the entry point for drugs to Europe and a major distribution point as well as a base for drug money laundering.) Spanish media is currently advocating euthanasia.

ITALY: Once she was suspended from Italy's Red Brigade, for failing to turn up on time for a planned fundraising robbery, now "Comrade So" (Cinzia Banelli) is testifying in Italy, giving intimate details about the Red Brigade. It's worth remembering that Mitterand gave sanctuary in 1985 to 100 Italian terrorists in France. In July, The Guardian was incensed when a French court ordered the extradition of one terrorist, who, in the French tradition, promptly disappeared.

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