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[The imperial protection racket again. A 'humanitarian' foot in the door, to be closely followed by the stationing of trainers, intelligence personnel and eventually bases. Washington will promise to protect Armenians from Azeris, Azeris from Armenians, Georgians from Abkhazians, Russians from Chechnyans, Turmenistan and Uzbekistan from Pakistani-linked Islamists operating in and around the Fergama Valley - in short, everyone from everyone else. What the World Policeman fails to acknowledge is its own role in fostering much of the unrest and armed conflict, directly or through surrogates, that it after the fact magnanimously offers to protect nations from.] Armenia Center Offers Land Mine Aid Sat Mar 16, 9:09 PM ET YEREVAN, Armenia - A U.S.-funded center to train Armenians in clearing land mines opened Saturday in what U.S. officials said was just the first concrete example of increasing military cooperation with this former Soviet republic. U.S. Ambassador John Ordway said Washington has set aside $4.3 million in military aid for the tiny Caucasus Mountains nation, where land mines are a deadly legacy of conflict with neighboring Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh, a mostly ethnic Armenian enclave in Azerbaijan. "This is an investment in the future here in Armenia," Ordway said. Armenia offered to let U.S. warplanes fly over its territory during the fighting in Afghanistan About 65 Armenians will be trained in deactivating mines in the next three months at he center in Echmiadzin, 15 miles west of the capital, Yerevan, said Mikael Arutyunian, deputy defense minister and chief of general staff of the Armenian military. Armenian officials said tens of thousands of land mines are believed to lie along Armenia's border with Azerbaijan. Many are not marked on maps and they often kill soldiers and civilians. Backed by Armenia, separatists in Nagorno-Karabakh won control over the region and some adjacent areas in a six-year war that killed 30,000 people. Despite a 1994 cease-fire, a political settlement remains elusive, and tensions between the bitter neighbors are high. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - live college hoops coverage http://sports.yahoo.com/ --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9617B Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
