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Article #631Re: Ending Life in Virginia's Fastest Lanes
From: Motorists Advocate J.H.P
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 07:17
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 07:17
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"sanjian" > > Your Greek example does not surprise me. On Australia's 60 Minutes > program > > last night, was the story of the concern about the 'lack' of Greek > > preparation for the 2004 Olympics. At one point the coverage shows a > > demonstration of stomping leftist militants locked arm to arm carrying > anti > > American banners with the swastika emblazoned over the U.S flag. Loud and > > forceful. > > > > Of interest was that the demonstrations included a few military personnel, > > navy, army and air force uniforms. Now that is an interesting view. I > > would have thought military personnel would have been subject to 'service' > > rules forbidding them from public demonstrations. > > You would be right. Chances are, those were not actual U.S. servicemen, or > if they were, they've been awarded 60 days restriction, 60 days extra > duties, forfeiture of half pay for two months, reduction in rate, and a Bad > Conduct Discharge. When we pulled into Crete, there was a mandatory > briefing for every crew member that went over stuff like that. And yes, we > were protested all three days we were in port. Fortunatly Xania police and > shore patrol kept things under control. No, these were not US servicemen but Greek, uniformed and with rank!! Greece seems a basket case of unusual hard leftist politics, each competing faction doing so with passion and violence. > > Security will be an issue. The program announced a Greek government > > expenditure of A$1billion on security for the games, video surveillance > and > > so on. R. Jeremy. MA jpkt@wxc.com.au
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