Foreign Correspondence

[Amaunet]

Those photos are interesting. Two things…

1) From the following excerpt we learn that Israel isn’t too thrilled with the prospect of hosting NATO troops – This base, for whomever it will host, must have been shoved down their throats.

After contacts in Israel and Palestine, the NATO Parliamentary Assembly submitted to these two countries a proposal on deploying NATO forces in the region. Palestine has approached the NATO proposal positively, Israel has not said "no" but gave the message that they "will evaluate the situation according to the developments". If the plan NATO the commission proposed is brought to life, a peace force will be positioned in Israel and Palestine as "buffer". Turkish soldiers will have an active role within this force. The NATO Parliamentarian Assembly consists of the representatives of the member countries. Evaluating developments to Zaman, the Turkish Group President Vahit Erdem of the Assembly said, "Both countries welcomed the proposal. We are ready to do our best as Turkey. About the NATO peace force, Erdem said: "Palestine gave a positive response. The Israelis, on the other hand, did not say "no".
http://www.zaman.com/?bl=international&alt=&trh=20050528&hn=20074

2) Since the US obviously wants a military presence in the ME or more precisely Israel/Palestine and this presence is contingent upon Palestinian self-rule not being able to secure peace – then look for more violence with our help.

“The U.S. campaign in Iraq was perceived [in the Middle East and Washington] as a signal of long-term American commitment to do whatever is required and to ‘stay in the neighborhood’ for as long as needed,” commented Halevy in a lengthy op-ed column carried by the April 24 issue of Ha’aretz. High-ranking U.S. policymakers have “raised the idea of establishing an American trusteeship regime in the areas of the Palestinian Authority, if it should turn out that the Palestinians are not ripe for self-rule. That arrangement would require an American operational military presence along Israel’s border with the Palestinian territories.
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