Visit our website: HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------------------------- [Two weeks ago if Kazakhstan had attempted to defend itself against cross-border attacks emanating from Afghanistan by taking military action against the latter, Pakistan - with U.S. backing - would have wiped it off the face of the earth.] Monday September 24 4:38 AM ET Kazakh Leader Offers Full Support for U.S. Strike ASTANA (Reuters) - Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev said on Monday his Central Asian state was ready to support the United States' battle against terrorism in the wake of the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington. ``Kazakhstan is ready to support an action against terrorism with all the means it has at its disposal,'' Nazarbayev told a news conference in the capital, Astana. Nazarbayev was the first leader in ex-Soviet Central Asia to make a firm pledge of practical support to the United States. Asked whether support would include use of airfields, military bases and air space Nazarbayev said firmly: ``These means include everything you have just enumerated.'' ``We have so far received no concrete requests for such help but, if they come, Kazakhstan will consider them positively,'' he said, adding that he was consulting with other Central Asian leaders on how to fight terror. Russian leader President Vladimir Putin has had a series of telephone conversations with his counterparts across ex-Soviet Central Asia, trying to forge a united policy on how to help Washington in what it is has called its ``war on terrorism.'' The region could be a vital staging area for any strike against Afghanistan, which the U.S. says is harboring its prime suspect for the attacks, Saudi-born billionaire Osama bin-Laden. The southern border of vast Kazakhstan, a mostly Muslim nation which is currently hosting a visit by Pope John Paul, is just 200 miles from Afghanistan. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------- 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 ==^================================================================
