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(NYC : SPANISH PM ZAPATERO AND TURKISH PM ERDOGAN MAKE THE PROPOSAL TO CREATE THE ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS {See KHATEMI} AT THE 59TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY) Although former Iranian President Mohammed Khatemi, who initiated the [ILD] Dialogue Among Civilizations, remains prominent,[6]{[6]Claudia Rosett and George Russell, "New U.N. Scheme: Alliance of Civilizations," Fox News, November 22, 2005, at www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,176362,00.html (February 15, 2007); Benny Avni, "New Forum Kicks into High Gear at the U.N.," The New York Sun, December 19, 2006, at www.nysun.com/article/45391 (February 14, 2007); and U.N. Alliance of Civilizations, Report of the High-Level Group, p. 11. } Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan made the proposal to create the alliance [of Civilizations] at the 59th U.N. General Assembly and were subsequently backed by former Secretary-General Annan.
The purposes of the Alliance of Civilizations are described succinctly in the Report of the High-Level Group:

The Alliance [ of Civilizations] seeks to forge collective political will and to mobilize concerted action at the institutional and civil society levels to overcome the prejudice, misperceptions and polarization that militate against such a consensus. And it hopes to contribute to a coalescing global movement which, reflecting the will of the vast majority of people, rejects extremism in any society.[7]{[7]N. Alliance of Civilizations, Alliance of Civilizations: Report of the High-Level Group, November 13, 2006, at www.unaoc.org/repository/HLG_Report.pdf (February 15, 2007)., p. 47. }

------------The U.S. Should Oppose the Proposed U.N. Alliance of Civilizations by Brett D. Schaefer Backgrounder #2009February 22, 2007 http://www.heritage.org/Research/InternationalOrganizations/bg2009.cfm

Of course, their idea of "extremism" is what we call freedom of speech.

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This nauseating thing [Alliance of civilizations] was actually the brainchild of Spain's disgraceful PM, Rodriguez Zapatero. ZP was elected solely out of fear and left-wing manipulation (complete with little riots - er, I mean "peace marches") after the Muslims attacked Spain, and within a few weeks, he announced his "Alliance of Civilizations."
Essentially, it means that the Muslim world will be bribed and sweet-talked and given anything it wants, and that the radical left in other places (such as Venezuela, one of Zapatero's favorite places) will be given a major role in running things. He has been doing it on his own, having the Spanish government build mosques and institute classes in Islam in Spanish public schools (although Spain actually has one of the smallest Muslim populations in Europe), and aiding and abetting his radical leftist buddies by selling them arms and giving them other aid. The US had to step in and make him back off from selling high-quality naval material to VZ, although he seems to have circumvented this by selling it to VZ through France.
This "Alliance of Civilizations" crud is basically a way in which the West hands over power to a union of Islam and the radical left.
----7 posted on Wednesday, November 23, 2005 4:45:49 AM by livius