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  • Peace Message Planned at D - Day Gathering.(Yeah, we shouldn't have been militaristic on 6 June 44)

    05/14/2004 8:16:17 AM PDT · by .cnI redruM · 8 replies · 149+ views
    NYT ^ | Published: May 13, 2004 | By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
    PARIS (AP) -- Against the backdrop of war in Iraq, world leaders will issue ``a message of peace'' when they gather in France next month to mark the 60th anniversary of the D-Day landings, the French war veterans minister said in an interview Thursday. Driving the commemorations is a realization that the anniversary will likely be the last major opportunity to mark the epic invasion that led to Nazi Germany's defeat with those that lived through it. ``There will be far fewer for the 70th anniversary, alas, human beings being what they are,'' Hamlaoui Mekachera told The Associated Press. ``The...