-Caveat Lector- British military convoy lost in Salonica vegetable market SALONICA, Greece, Apr 29, 1999 (AP Worldstream via COMTEX) -- Dozens of NATO trucks found themselves stranded in a vegetable market Thursday after a local protest group removed signs marking the road from the northern port of Salonica to the border with Macedonia. A convoy of 200 British trucks carrying containers and military vehicles set out from the port, heading towards Macedonia to join the NATO troops stationed there as a possible peacekeeping force if an agreement is reached over the Kosovo crisis. But a local protest group reacting against the airstrikes on Yugoslavia removed some of the signs put up by NATO to mark the 60-kilometer (37.5 mile) long road linking the port to the border. About 50 trucks in the convoy took a wrong turn before leaving the city and found themselves in the local wholesale vegetable market. ''This was an effort to prove to NATO that the people of Salonica and of Greece are against the bombings,'' said Agapis Sahinis, a member of the protest group. ''We wanted to get the message across in a humorous way.'' A Greek police escort eventually led the trucks out of the market and to the border. Greeks maintain friendly ties with fellow-Orthodox Serbs, and there have been almost daily demonstrations around the country against the alliance's bombing since the airstrikes began on March 24. Salonica is a main supply point for the NATO forces stationed in Macedonia, with thousands of troops and military equipment passing through the port. There have been widespread protests against the movement of NATO troops through the city. Protesters on Wednesday blocked rail lines heading to the Macedonian border, forcing a train carrying British troops and military vehicles to return to Salonica. Copyright 1999 Associated Press, All rights reserved. -0- (PROFILE (WS SL:BC-Greece-NATO-Vegetable Market; CT:i; (REG:MEST;) (REG:INDI;) (REG:ENGL;) (REG:ASIA;) (REG:AFRI;) (LANG:ENGLISH;)) ) News provided by COMTEX. [!EASTERN+EUROPE] [!EMERGING+MARKETS] [!EUROPEAN+COMMUNITY] [!GLOBAL+NEWS] [!INTERNATIONAL] [!WESTERN+EUROPE] [!WORLD+AFFAIRS] [AWS] [GREECE] [MACEDONIA] [MARKET] [MILITARY] [NATO] [NEWS] [NEWSGRID] [POLICE] [PROTEST] [WHOLESALE] [YUGOSLAVIA] -- ----------------------- NOTE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ----------------------- 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
