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This conflicting perception of the Brigade is not new. Since their return from Spain in 1938, some considered members of the Lincoln Brigade American heroes; others, like the State Department and some members of the Catholic Church, classified them as dangerous Bolshevik traitors. During the 1940s, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) officers interrogated them in their homes and harassed their family members. Many vets had difficulty holding down jobs because FBI agents would convince their bosses to fire the "communist agitators...
...truth about the Abraham Lincoln Brigade and its record in Spain has been intentionally distorted in this country for six decades. True, they were leftists, many of them members of the Communist Party who participated in organizing unions during the Depression years. True, they violated the U.S. policy of neutrality to fight in Spain. True, the Communist party paid for their fare to Spain, organized them into a military unit and provided them with uniforms and guns dating from the First World War, which stood no chance against the modern German artillery...
...called fièvre aphteuse in France, fiebre aftosa in Spain, Maul-und-Klauenseuche in Germany and mundog klovsyge in Denmark. It is harmless to humans and does not even kill most infected animals. Yet foot-and-mouth disease was arousing anxiety throughout the world last week, and the virus that causes the ailment in pigs, sheep and cattle was closing borders, destroying livelihoods and bringing to a standstill much of the world's trade in beef, pork and lamb...
...mass incineration of animals-a sight that has become familiar in Europe because of the bse crisis-accelerated. As far south as Spain, 540 pigs imported from the U.K. early last month were killed, though they showed no signs of infection. By week's end more than 25,000 pigs, sheep and cattle had been burned in Britain. The French, in particular, took no chances. "Livestock ranchers who went through earlier epidemics are now saying they'll never make it through another one if it spreads to France," says Marc-Henri Cassagne, director general of the National Federation of Sanitary...
...Welcome new routes. Ryanair has just added seven destinations and established a Continental hub at Brussels' Charleroi Airport. KLM's low-cost subsidiary Buzz recently added four destinations in France and Spain. Until new routes become embedded in public consciousness, both demand and fares are likely to remain...