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...Spain now permits holding terror suspects incommunicado for up to 13 days. France boasts a raft of harsh laws dating from the mid-'80s when its terrorist threat began evolving from leftist radicals toward jihadists. A suspect can be tried for "associating with wrongdoers involved in a terrorist enterprise," detained without charge for up to six days - and, once charged, jailed for three years before trial. One French case now approaching the three-year mark is that of Djamel Beghal, a veteran of al-Qaeda's Afghan camps. After being arrested in the Dubai airport, Beghal confessed...
...Reserve price for a single hair of Beatle John Lennon to be auctioned in Spain...
...there are some countries that see their ultimate security as dependent upon the international order maintained by the U.S. These are not insignificant countries, and over time they may become the kernel of an entirely new alliance system. They include Anglo-Saxons (Britain, Australia) and a few Europeans (Italy, Spain, Poland, other newly liberated East European countries). They understand that the sinews of stability--free commerce, open sea lanes, regional balances of power, nonproliferation, deterrence--are provided overwhelmingly by the American colossus. They understand that without it, the world collapses into chaos and worse. They believe in the American umbrella...
...place. German officials meeting with their U.S. counterparts were relieved last month to learn that the Ramstein base in the town of Kaiserslautern ("K-Town" to G.I.s), the largest U.S. military community outside the U.S., will remain open. Ditto, probably, for bases at Spangdahlem and at Morón, Spain. Meanwhile, new troops will be deployed in so-called Forward Operating Bases, or fobs, in Eastern Europe. That move, says Grossman, is partly being carried out because nato is welcoming new members in the east. "You need to think about this as pushing capabilities forward, not shrinking or getting bigger...
...there are some countries that see their ultimate security as dependent upon the international order maintained by the U.S. These are not insignificant countries, and over time they may become the kernel of an entirely new alliance system. They include Anglo-Saxons (Britain, Australia) and a few Europeans (Italy, Spain, Poland, other newly liberated East European countries). They understand that the sinews of stability - free commerce, open sea lanes, regional balances of power, nonproliferation, deterrence - are provided overwhelmingly by the American colossus. They understand that without it, the world collapses into chaos and worse. They believe in the American umbrella...