Visit our website: HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------------------------- The complicit/complacent NWO underling known as 'Agence France Presse' reports: On 7 Aug 01, at 5:10, Rick Rozoff wrote: > Visit our website: HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK > --------------------------------------------- > > Belarus to Hold Maneuvers, Warn off Aggressors, Says > Minister > > MINSK, Aug 7, 2001 -- (Agence France Presse) Belarus > will hold large-scale military maneuvers to warn off > any potential aggressor and prepare its army for > modern warfare, Belarus's defense minister said. > > The massive maneuvers, which would involve interior > and emergency ministry troops and border guards as > well as the regular army, were scheduled to start on > August 26, barely a fortnight before the September 9 > presidential poll. > > "This would be a serious test for all participants, > and if you will, it's a test for (President Alexander > Lukashenko) as well," Defense Minister Leonid Maltsev > told Belarussian television late Monday. > > "The fact that he had decided to take this test in > today's complicated situation means we are sure of > what we're doing," he added. > > The Belarussian military aim to examine the army's > readiness to tackle modern-style warfare, including > local conflicts, and to test new types of weapons, > Maltsev said. > > Some 10,000 troops, as well as over 60 tanks, 60 > missile and artillery systems, and 40 military > airplanes and helicopters would participate in the > maneuvers. > > The unprecedented scale of the maneuvers was prompted > by "alarming tendencies we note in Europe," Belarus's > authoritarian leader Lukashenko said, adding that such > training sessions should be held annually. > > "Foreign countries boost their military activity close > to Belarussian borders. Belarussian people must be > convinced that their army can defend their peace," > Lukashenko said. > > "Even when we have no war, our army must learn so that > not only our people, but also foreign hawks knew that > our troops can withstand any aggressor at any given > time," he added. > > Belarus, which had been largely isolated from the West > by its authoritarian leader's hostile policies, is > actively updating its army, and a massive overhaul is > due to be completed by 2005. > > Minsk had been particularly alarmed at the fact that > Belarus's neighbors Poland, Latvia and Lithuania are > stepping up their armed forces in hopes of joining the > NATO military alliance. ((c) 2001 Agence France > Presse) > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger > http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ > > ------------------------------------------------- > This Discussion List is the follow-up for the old stopnato @listbot.com that has >been shut down > > > > ------------------------------------------------- This Discussion List is the follow-up for the old stopnato @listbot.com that has been shut down ==^================================================================ EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9spWA Or send an email To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email was sent to: archive@jab.org T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
