Many meetings. Odd, don't think regular. Large meeting between US and Russian military (top) in Finland now also. Always look for who goes to who. Finland not Moscow......, still ! Michael
> Riiiight, because they can't pick up a secure telephone to discuss these > things and they don't have any other opportunities to get together. > What's the pricetag on this retreat, held while we're bailing out their > Wall Street buddies? Are they really this stupid and out of touch with > reality? (that's rhetorical, v-mann) > > --- On Wed, 10/22/08, Vigilius Haufniensis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > From: Vigilius Haufniensis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [cia-drugs] Top world military leaders meet in Lake Placid > To: cia-drugs@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 3:28 AM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Perhaps it was someone's birthday... -Vmann > > > > > > He said the meeting is an annual event that is > rotated amongst the countries. > > > > http://www.pressrep ublican.com/ homepage/ local_story_ 295092819. html > > > > Top world military leaders meet in Lake > Placid > > > > > > LAKE PLACID Some of the most powerful military commanders in the > world met in Lake Placid over the weekend. > > > Speculation was rife after a C-32, the > military equivalent to a Boeing 757 airliner, touched down Friday at > the Adirondack Regional Airport in Lake Clear. > The 155-foot-long jumbo jet, which is used > as Air Force 2 when the vice president is aboard, was emblazoned with > United States of America on the side and parked on the eastern edge > of the airport. > I was contacted by the Department of > Defense approximately a month ago, and they indicated they had some > foreign dignitaries that they wanted to bring in through the airport, > said Ross Dubarry, the airports manager. > Following the landing, a motorcade led by > State Police rushed Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs > of Staff, and top military commanders from four nations Britain, > France, Germany and Italy to a resort in Lake Placid. > The motorcade returned Sunday afternoon, > and the C-32 and an Italian military jet departed. > Defense Department officials wouldnt > comment this weekend, but the day after the planes had left, Capt. John > Kirby, a special assistant to Mullen, confirmed that the top military > leaders from five countries met in Lake Placid to discuss mutual > security issues, including Afghanistan. > Im not at liberty to go into the details > that was discussed, but they went through a wide range of security > issues that are common to all five nations, Kirby said. > They discussed, in broad terms, progress > in Afghanistan and where were heading with regard to Afghanistan, > particularly the NATO mission there. And they discussed other mutual > issues of security concerns. > Security was tight at the Whiteface Lodge > and Resort the site where the military leaders were rumored to have > stayed, though the resort would not confirm that. > Kirby confirmed that Sir Graham Stirrup of > Britains Royal Air Force, German Army Gen. Wolfgang Schneiderhan, > French Army Gen. Jean-Louis Georgelin and Italian Air Force Gen. > Vincenzo Camporini took part in the two-day meetings. > He said the meeting is an annual event that > is rotated amongst the countries. > The U.S. military picked Lake Placid > because while its relatively close to Washington, D.C., its still > fairly tranquil, Kirby said. > They try to choose sites that are > relatively quiet that allow these leaders to focus on the issues and > not be distracted by other things. > Harrietstown Supervisor Larry Miller, whose > town owns and operates the airport, said the airport was contacted > about a month ago about whether it could handle large aircraft and > foreign dignitaries. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
