-Caveat Lector- Hungary, Russia Reach Deal on Convoy By ALEX BANDY .c The Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) -- Hungary and Russia struck a deal today allowing a convoy of Russian trucks to proceed to Yugoslavia, Hungary's prime minister told Parliament. Hungary stopped the convoy of 73 trucks at its border with Ukraine on Saturday, denying entry because five of the vehicles were armor-plated. The vehicles violated the 1998 U.N. arms embargo on Yugoslavia, Hungarian officials said. The Russians said the convoy was carrying humanitarian aid for embattled Yugoslavia and that the armored vehicles were deployed ``to protect personnel providing humanitarian aid.'' Moscow threatened dire consequences if the matter wasn't resolved quickly. Under the deal struck today, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Russia would send home the five armored vehicles after their loads were transferred to other vehicles. ``With this agreement, the Hungarian government regards the issue over and closed,'' Orban said. Two Hungarian observers will accompany the trucks stalled at the Zahony border crossing from Ukraine, 150 miles east of Budapest. Four gasoline tankers will also be allowed to travel with the convoy, Orban said. NATO officials in Brussels, Belgium, said the armored vehicles and fuel could have been used militarily. NATO spokesman Jamie Shea said the trucks and fuel would have been ``a direct military asset.'' Convoy leader Vladimir Bashkirtsev accused Hungary of stopping the trucks under pressure from NATO, the ITAR-Tass and Interfax news agencies reported. Hungary, the former Soviet satellite bordering Yugoslavia, now is a member of the NATO alliance launching airstrikes on Yugoslav forces. DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
