Thursday, March 18, 2004

Does he come in a Bottle? Oh the things you find on Drudge...certainly not one's self-esteem, but still occasionally a story whose headline is not contrived. This from EU Business... http://www.eubusiness.com/afp/040318101927.gsn430bz French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin on Thursday backed a European Union proposal to appoint an anti-terrorism expert who would coordinate EU security measures in the wake of the Madrid attacks. "I think it's a good idea," de Villepin told Radio France Internationale when asked about the idea of appointing a "Mr Terrorism" for the bloc, who would report to EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana. "It's very important for us to... try to better coordinate our actions as Europeans -- that we have an official, a coordinator, as Javier Solana has proposed," the French minister added. "I think we have to coordinate our efforts on the technical level, which would allow us to better assess the realities on the ground, to fight terrorism more effectively," de Villepin said. EU officials have said the proposed "Mr Terrorism" would be a coordinator -- an expert who knows the subject well -- rather than a politician. The officials rejected any comparison with Tom Ridge, the US Homeland Security director. Mr. Terrorism? Great name of course, I suppose the League of Justice could fit him between Wonder Woman and Aquaman when they finally kick out that dead-ended space waster Apache Chief, but still what are the qualifications or superpowers? And how did he come to be, is he a space alien with superpowers? Was there a tragic lab accident at a top secret government site (say at Cern)? Questions, Questions that need answers.
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