Posted on 08/06/2004 1:47:13 PM PDT by KingsKindred
PARIS, Aug. 5 - Britain aside, the response in Europe to the latest announcement of terror threats in the United States has ranged from official calm to unofficial cynicism.
Since the Bush administration raised the terror alert to orange for five financial targets in and around New York and Washington, European governments have left their risk assessments unchanged. ...
In a measure of how little the latest alerts raised concern in Europe, the European Union's counterterrorism director, Gijs de Vries, remained on vacation.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
In a measure of how little the latest alerts raised concern in Europe, the European Union's counterterrorism director, Gijs de Vries, remained on vacation.
So? The threats aren't in Europe. NYTimes plays this like a snub of the Bush administration. Maybe the "counterrorism directors" of Japan, Mexico, etc. are on vacation too.
Gijs de Vries, remained on vacation".
Funny how the French always seem to be unavailable when the going gets tough.
When we get any reports of threats targeting places in Europe, I'm sure we'll do the same. Places all over the US have had their risk assessments left unchanged too. This is a non-story trying to look like a story.
Chirac even had an outreach program, offering the terrorists any assistance they needed.
Of course, if the Louvre gets blown up they'll blame Bush.
We find evidence Al Qaeda was casing buildings in NYC and DC and the Euros didnt raise their terror alerts. wow, what a concept. this is news?!!?
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