>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rick Rozoff) >>STOP NATO: NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.HOME-PAGE.ORG >> >>[Wonder how big a commission Cohen and Clinton get from the weapons >>manufactuers for peddling their arms abroad?...Sometimes it seems like >>these two do nothing else but hustle weapons sales around the world and >>periodically deplete American stock - by bombing whichever country they >>put their finger to on a spinning globe - so they can place new >>orders....Nuremberg II will single out these death merchants and their >>travelling salesmen.] >> >> >>US Resumes Military Assistance To Nigeria >>April 2, 2000 >>LAGOS, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria is to receive a 10 million-dollar >>military aid from the United States, marking an effective resumption of >>military co-operation between Washington and Abuja, suspended during the >>last military rule. >>The aid announcement was the high-point of the two-day visit by US >>Defence Secretary William Cohen, who also told journalists Saturday >>after an audience with President Olusegun Obasanjo that an additional >>600,000 dollars has been set aside for educational training of Nigerian >>military personnel in the US. >>Cohen, the first US defence secretary to visit Nigeria, however, >>explained that his discussions with the Nigerian leader did not cover >>arms sales or a Nigeria-US defence pact, as was speculated. >>Some four million dollars of the aid package, he said, would go into the >>rehabilitation of aircraft in the Nigerian Air Force fleet, especially >>the US-made Hercules C-130 series. >>Nigerian defence ministry would utilise 3.5 million dollars on what >>Cohen called specific programmes to boost democracy, while 2.5 million >>dollars is for the training and procurement of equipment in support of >>Nigeria's peace missions abroad. >>Cohen, who also met his Nigerian counterpart, Lt.-Gen. Theophilus >>Danjuma, said his country would continue to support Nigeria's >>peace-keeping efforts. >>This was because "we recognise Nigeria as an important country in Africa >>considering the leadership role she has been playing in various >>dimensions," he said >>The visit, which comes two weeks after that of his energy counterpart, >>Bill Richardson, represents part of the concrete signs in the >>fast-improving relations between Nigeria and the US, its major economic >>partner, buying some 40 percent of Nigeria's total oil export. >>This is expected to be capped with US President Bill Clinton's scheduled >>Nigerian visit in June to reciprocate Obasanjo's two recent trips to the >>US. >>Review ] >> >> >>______________________________________________________________________ >>To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>______________________________________________________________________ >>Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com >> > __________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi ___________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe/unsubscribe messages mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________
