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New French force for Afghanistan

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The huge Parliament Palace in Bucharest is hosting the summit

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Dreyfus: How can an idiot be a policeman? Answer me that!
Clouseau: Well, it’s very simple…all you do is enlist and…..
Dreyfus: Shut up!

In the leading story on Sunday, Feb 10th, 2008 the New York Times reported that that the Spanish Policy apprehended a man from Pakistani from Waziristan who was a French spy! French spy?!In the leading story on Sunday, Feb 10th, 2008 the New York Times reported that that the Spanish Policy apprehended a man from Pakistani from Waziristan who was a French spy! French spy?!In the leading story on Sunday, Feb 10th, 2008 the New York Times reported that that the Spanish Policy apprehended a man from Pakistani from Waziristan who was a French spy! French spy?!Clouseau's Disguises

In the leading story on Sunday, Feb 10th, 2008 the New York Times reported that that the Spanish Policy apprehended a man from Pakistani from Waziristan who was a French spy! French spy?!

FRENCH SPY??

…F R E N C H    S P Y!!?????

François: Do you know what kind of a bomb it was?
Clouseau: Yes, the exploding kind

“Asim had been sent to Spain to be a suicide bomber, but he also was an informant for French intelligence working in the no man’s land of Waziristan in Pakistan. After he got word to his handlers of an impending attack, Spain’s military police swooped into the neighborhood of Raval in the early hours of Jan. 19 and arrested 14 men. Now the officials unraveling the case say it demonstrates the growing threat of terrorist activities migrating to Continental Europe from Pakistan.”

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Inn Keeper: No
Clouseau: Nice Doggy (bends down to pet a dachshund – it snarls and bites him)
I thought you said yer dewg did not bite!
Inn Keeper: Zat… iz not my dog! 
 

Waziristan is Pakistani territory. What are French spies doing in Waziristan? Why wasn’t the Government of Pakistan informed about spy? What other information does France have from Waziristan?

The Foreign Office mush immediately summon Inspect Clouseau. This certainly calls for a demarche to French Intelligence and France. While the government is at it, it may also summon NATO and question them about what went on in Helmund. Were any trained British Taliban end up as suicide bombers in Pakistan?

 

France has offered to send a battalion of troops to eastern Afghanistan, a Nato spokesman at the alliance’s summit in Bucharest has confirmed.

The US says the French move will free up some of its troops to move to southern Afghanistan, where Canada had demanded Nato reinforcements be sent.

The spokesman also said there was agreement at the summit that Albania and Croatia be invited to join Nato.

But he said he did not expect speedy moves to admit Ukraine and Georgia.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy last week told the British parliament that France would send extra troops to Afghanistan.

New members

However, Wednesday’s statement at the Bucharest conference is the first confirmation that the move frees up enough US troops in the south to keep the Canadian deployment onboard.

Canada’s parliament voted last month to extend its military mission in volatile southern Afghanistan to 2011 – but only if its allies sent reinforcements.

Earlier, US President George W Bush said he supported the admission of Albania, Croatia and Macedonia.

He also called for Membership Action Plans (MAP) to be extended to the former Soviet republics of Ukraine and Georgia, despite vehement Russian opposition.

On the first evening of the summit, Nato spokesman James Appathurai said there was a consensus that Albania and Croatia should be invited to begin accession talks.

“There is also a unanimous view within the alliance that the third country, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, should as soon as possible be offered the opportunity to begin accession talks,” he said.

‘Clear path’

However, agreement to admit Macedonia is being delayed by Greece’s objections to the country’s name.

Macedonia is also the name of a province in northern Greece, and Athens fears that this could imply a claim on its territory.

On Ukraine and Georgia, Mr Appathurai said: “I would be happy to be proved wrong but I do not expect MAP for Georgia and Ukraine.”

Mr Bush said on Wednesday that Georgia and Ukraine should be offered “a clear path” towards the goal of Nato membership.

But Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel said on arriving for the summit: “We have reached the conclusion that it is too early to give both countries MAP status.”

French prime minister Francois Fillon said on Tuesday of Ukrainian and Georgian membership: “We think that it is not the correct response to the balance of power in Europe.”

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