On Wed, 10 Nov 1999 at 14:20:45 +0100, Trond Andresen wrote:
> >Protests put off Clinton's Athens visit - source
> > ATHENS, Nov 10 (Reuters) - U.S. President Bill Clinton's
> >trip to Greece this weekend has been postponed following mass
> >protests by leftists against the visit and disagreements over
> >the agenda of talks, a Greek government source said on
> >Wednesday.
> > "After long consultations with Washington the standing
> >decision now is that the trip will be postponed. Details will be
> >issued in a statement to be released in both Athens and
> >Washington at 4 p.m. (1400 GMT)," the source told Reuters.
Jeg vil ikke blande meg inn i debatten om grekernes sjåvinisme osv
osv, men bet meg merke i en uttalelse fra Clinton før besøket ble
utsatt (gjengitt i the Guardian i går):
President Clinton, who is unpopular with many Greeks, said
yesterday he was not troubled by the prospect of protests in
Athens when he arrives on Saturday.
"Greece has a long and rich history of communists, anarchists
[and] others on the left demonstrating," he said. "... But the
United States and Greece are allies, not only in Nato but in many
other important ways." AP, Washington
Så Clinton forventet demonstrasjoner og var ikke bekymret. Hørte du
det, Killengreen? Eller er det så at Norge ikke har noen tradisjon
med demonstrerende kommunister og anarkister som det står respekt av?
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