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Directionless but patriotic, Wechsler joined the U.S. Army, serving in Bavaria, Germany. At the same time, Wechsler kept quiet about his radical political views, which led him so far as to take part in communist May Day parade while on a break in Spain. But with McCarthyism raging at home, Wechsler’s political activities would soon become a problem...
...reported a positive atmosphere of cooperation on Iraq. And Chirac broke the diplomatic ice with President Bush in a 20-minute phone call earlier this week, in which the French leader promised to take a "pragmatic" approach to postwar Iraq. And antiwar France and Germany join U.S. allies Spain and Britain in EU discussions with UN Secretary General Kofi Annan on his organization's postwar role...
...Pakistani Frontier Corps. After one Pakistani militiaman was shot dead, the U.S. troops were ordered back to Afghanistan, according to an Islamabad antiterrorist official.- By Tim McGirk Dire Straight THE MEDITERRANEAN As terror concerns increased with the hostilities in Iraq, the 13-km-wide Strait of Gibraltar south of Spain got a new security system. NATO began quietly escorting allied civilian ships through the Strait to prevent a repeat of the attack on the U.S.S. Cole in October 2000 - when 17 U.S. sailors died - on a softer, commercial target. British Lieut. Commander Harvey Burwin, a Naples - based NATO official, told...
...Arab world. Blair's motives are not entirely selfless, of course. His stance means that not only does his relatively small country carry disproportionate leverage in the war on terror, but also his influence in Washington translates into real clout in Europe. The European anti-Saddam coalition--Britain, Spain, Italy and the Eastern bloc--could emerge as the dominant force in the European Union in the next decade, edging out the Franco-German axis, with Blair at its head. Those are high stakes in geopolitics; and Blair, in that respect, is as ambitious as Bush. By being the indispensable nation...
...staunch ally of the U.S. and U.K., Spain has sent 9,000 troops to the Gulf, but only for humanitarian operations...