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http://www.rferl.org/newsline/2003/03/4-SEE/see-180303.asp Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty March 18, 2003 ROMANIA SENDS MORE NBC SOLDIERS TO PERSIAN GULF -Defense Minister Ioan Mircea Pascu -- in an apparent allusion to criticism Romania has received from some EU countries for its pro-U.S. position on the Iraq issue -- said the decision to dispatch the contingent to the Persian Gulf, to open its air space for overflights, and to allow the use of its military infrastructure, "has not met with the same understanding everywhere in the world." A group of 55 soldiers belonging to Romania's anti-nuclear, -biological, and -chemical unit (NBC) departed on 17 March for the Persian Gulf, where it will join the 15-strong Romanian NBC contingent that is already stationed in the region, Romanian Radio reported. Chief of Staff General Mihail Popescu said the group will neither act under foreign command nor work on the front lines. It will only intervene behind front lines "for decontamination actions" in the event the Iraqis use chemical or biological weapons. Defense Minister Ioan Mircea Pascu -- in an apparent allusion to criticism Romania has received from some EU countries for its pro-U.S. position on the Iraq issue -- said the decision to dispatch the contingent to the Persian Gulf, to open its air space for overflights, and to allow the use of its military infrastructure, "has not met with the same understanding everywhere in the world." Pascu commented that "it is every state's right to regard these [Romanian] decisions as their interests dictate," but at the same time Romania has the right to "make its own decisions in line with its own national interests," Mediafax reported. MS __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.bdn7KI.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html ==^================================================================
