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 | | BOETTCHER: Former Ambassador Robert White supervised early U.S. counterdrug efforts in Colombia in the 1970s, and he witnessed the last big controversial U.S. buildup in Latin America while serving in El Salvador in the early 1980s. | | | Ambassador Thomas Pickering is undersecretary of state for political affairs and one of the chief architects of the new U.S.- backed Colombian plan. | | | BOETTCHER: U.S. Ambassador Curtis Kamman acknowledges the fight against drug traffickers and the fight against the FARC are intertwined. |
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http://www.colombiasupport.net/200002/cnntime-missioncreep-0227.html
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| | The document, a 1978 cable from Robert E. White, the U.S. ambassador to Paraguay, was discovered by Professor J. | | | State Department Cable, U.S. Ambassador Robert White (Paraguay) to Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, Subject: Second Meeting with Chief of Staff re Letelier Case, October 20, 1978, Confidential, 1 p. | | | On March 6, 2001, The New York Times reported the existence of a recently declassified State Department document revealing that the United States facilitated communications among South American intelligence chiefs who were working together to eliminate left-wing opposition groups in their countries as part of a covert program known as Operation Condor. |
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http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/news/20010306
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| | NATO Spokesman Jamie Shea and U.S. Ambassador-at-large for War Crimes Issues David Scheffer briefed. |
| | We recently hosted Justice Arbour in Washington for discussions with Cabinet members, including Secretary Albright, on the whole range of issues of co-operation with the Tribunal and we felt those discussions were not only constructive but quite successful. | | | AMBASSADOR SCHEFFER: Common article 3 is common article 3 of the 1949 Geneva Convention and it refers to internal conflicts and what applies with respect to internal conflicts and protocol 1 is from 1977, that is protocol 1 to the 1949 Geneva Convention, it was an updating of the 1949 Convention. | | | AMBASSADOR SCHEFFER: Let me just say that there is no need at all for a declaration of war for the laws of war to apply, the Geneva Conventions don't require it nor does customary international law so that is simply not a necessary trigger for these laws to apply. |
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http://www.freeserbia.net/Documents/Kosovo/Scheffer.html
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| | Dubious Secrets Update |
| | One of the most infamous covert operations in the history of U.S. foreign policy was the coup d'état against Iran's Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadeq in August 1953. | | | While the events of 1953 have been the subject of a valuable memoir literature by key American and British participants, (Note 30) declassified documents that shed light on the CIA operation TP/AJAX are, for all intents and purposes, nonexistent. | | | In this document, U.S. Ambassador Anne Patterson "seeks to clarify" the role of U.S. governmental and contractor personnel in Colombia. |
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http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB90
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| | State secretary for development co-operation Eddy Boutmans, Unicef Ambassador Helmut Lotti and UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador Goedele Liekens are four days in |
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http://www.goedele.be/cm/index_en/news/2355
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| | Other Countries - Iran |
| | The ambassador told Haidar to get weapons from Yasir Arafat's Fatah group to 'undertake an extraordinary operation against the Marines' in Beirut." | | | According to former CIA officials, "America's spy network in Iran was exposed more than 10 years ago and about 50 of its local agents were executed or jailed in a devastating setback for United States intelligence operations in the Islamic state. | | | The regime's "clandestine operational abilities are significant in terms of covert weapons acquisition programs and state sponsored terrorism. |
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http://intellit.muskingum.edu/othercountries_folder/ocntrsiran.html
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| | newsletterdecnr.616.12.042.doc |
| | (Full speech of the ambassador Rob Vermaas on page 9) Opening coldstore Freshport Meanwhile, Freshport, an Ethiopian registered logistics services provider was inaugurated on September 23 2003. | | | The news of the launch of the KLM services between Amsterdam and Addis Ababa follows after the successful trade mission to the Netherlands, headed by Ato Girma Birru, HE Minister of Trade and Industry. | | | After successful implementation of the programme, as assessed by all concerned authorities of both parties, an agreement was reached between the Dutch and Ethiopian governments to accept the MoU, signed earlier as a binding document. |
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http://www.mfa.nl/contents/pages/1441/newsletterdecnr.616.12.042.doc
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| | AmbJankubis |
| | Kubiš was appointed Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe in June 1999. | | | From July 1994 until June 1998 he served as Director of the Conflict Prevention Centre at the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Vienna. | | | At the end of that year he was Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Czechoslovakia to the UN Office, GATT and other International Organizations, in Geneva, Switzerland. |
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| | Press Release - UNIS/CTC/1 |
| | United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee Chairman, Ambassador Inocencio Arias (Spain), opened the session by calling for improvements in the way international organizations co-ordinate and collaborate in countering global terrorism. | | | VIENNA, 11 March 2004 -- A counter-terrorism conference organized by the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in Vienna, began today with a minute of silence in honour of the victims of terrorist bomb attacks in Madrid earlier in the day. | | | He joined other organizations represented at the conference in supporting the leadership of the United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee to ensure cohesion in the collective actions of international, regional and sub-regional organizations. |
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http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/press_release_2004-03-11_2.html
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| | Gulf War: January 1991 |
| | With Operation EASTERN EXIT, the U.S. Ambassador, the Soviet ambassador, and 193 additional foreign nationals evacuated in four helicopter roundtrips from U.S. Embassy in Mogadishu, Somalia to USS GUAM and USS TRENTON. | | | The rescue operation was initiated from a range of 460 miles, and involved the first in-flight night refueling of helicopters by USMC KC-130s. | | | Completion of two naval exercises announced; Operation CANDID HAMMER: communication techniques/mine warfare drills in central Arabian Gulf (Participants: USN, Royal Saudi, French, British, Canadian, and Australian naval forces); Operation CAMELOT: personnel and equipment trained in various areas, to include anti-air warfare/vertical replenishment in central Red Sea (Participants: USN, Royal Saudi naval forces). |
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http://www.history.navy.mil/wars/dstorm/dsjan1.htm
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| | Operation Smile to be Featured on NBC's The Apprentice |
| | One of the show's final tasks will involve megastar Jessica Simpson, Operation Smile's International Youth Ambassador. | | | Operation Smile was founded in 1982 by William P. Magee, Jr., D.D.S., M.D., and Kathleen S. Magee, M.S.W., B.S.N., is headquartered in Norfolk, Va., and is included in the 2003 Forbes 200 list of charities. | | | About Operation Smile Throughout the world, Operation Smile volunteers repair childhood facial deformities while building public and private partnerships that advocate for sustainable healthcare systems for children and families. |
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http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/04-05-2004/0002141064&EDATE=
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| | Amazon.com: Books: Saving the Lost Tribe : The Rescue and Redemption of the Ethiopian Jews |
| | Asher Naim was the Israeli ambassador to Ethiopia who negotiated with the regime's warlords and bureaucrats for their cooperation during the 1991 operation. | | | Naim provides little historical background to the 1991 operation -- Operation Moses is nearly elided from his account altogether, as is the history of the Ethiopian Jews themselves, which is a shame, so fascinating is their story. | | | Operation Solomon was one of recent history's more unusual mass immigrations. |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0345450817?v=glance
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| | Democracy Now! Joseph Wilson: Inside the Lies that Led to War and Betrayed My Wife's CIA Identity |
| | AMBASSADOR WILSON: Well, in South Carolina after the Bush machine was defeated in New Hampshire, they attacked to the right and they ran what they call a push-pull campaign in South Carolina where they accuse McCain's wife, John McCain's wife, Cindy, of being a drug addict and criminal. | | | AMBASSADOR WILSON: The title of my piece is, "What I Did Not Find in Africa." What it cataloged was a trip to Niger at the request of the CIA, acting in response to a question by the Vice President. | | | Ambassador Joseph Wilson was the last US official to meet with Saddam Hussein before the start of the so-called Gulf War 12 years ago. |
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http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/05/14/143211
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| | Rule of Law Through Technology : Level 4 Page |
| | Henry H. Perritt, Jr., Dean of Chicago-Kent College of Law and a vice president of Illinois Institute of Technology, explained the genesis of Operation Kosovo: "Operation Kosovo originated several weeks ago during a conversation Dean Rudnick and I had with UN Ambassador-designate Richard Holbrooke. | | | Ambassador Bushati's endorsement came in a meeting today with Charles S. Rudnick, Chicago-Kent's assistant dean for international law and policy development, and Stuart P. Ingis and John Scheib, two Washington-area lawyers affiliated with Operation Kosovo. | | | According to Dean Rudnick, "The ambassador applauded our efforts and told us that there is an urgent need for the refugees -- and for the Albanian government -- to understand more clearly their obligations and rights under international refugee and asylum law. |
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| | Operation Smile - Changing Lives One Smile at a Time |
| | Operation Smile International Youth Ambassador Jessica Simpson joined the international medical mission in Nakuru, Kenya, to continue to show her personal passion and lend a helping hand to the children of Operation Smile. | | | Nearly 400 Operation Smile supporters, including celebrities, businesspeople and politicians, came together for the fourth annual Operation Smile Los Angeles Gala to help children around the world who are suffering with facial deformities. | | | Demetria says that Operation Smile changed her life most by giving her the same opportunity as others, most specifically, enabling her to attend school. |
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| | Friends of Operation Smile |
| | Chan inaugurates the Friends of Operation Smile Campaign, serving as its ambassador for 2003. | | | Since 1993, international action movie star Jackie Chan has been the Ambassador for Operation Smile China Medical Mission, which raises funds and support for Operation Smile’s missions throughout China. | | | Chan has generously donated $2 million (HK) and an anesthesia machine to help provide more Operation Smile surgeries for children in China. |
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http://www.friendsofoperationsmile.org/html/jackie_chan.htm
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| | John Emil Peurifoy, United States Ambassador |
| | Finally, the US ambassador, John Peurifoy, "bullied and cajoled" and managed to put together a successor administration, including Castillo Armas, who was later assassinated by a member of the presidential guard. | | | U.S. Ambassador to Greece, 1950-53; U.S. Ambassador to Guatemala, 1953; U.S. Ambassador to Thailand, 1954-55. | | | On the evening of 16 December 1953, the newly-appointed American Ambassador to Guatemala, John Peurifoy, held a dinner at the Embassy. |
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| | Encyclopedia: Operation Litani |
| | The 1982 Invasion of Lebanon, dubbed Operation Peace for Galilee (Shlom HaGalil in Hebrew), began June 6, 1982, when the Israel Defence Force invaded southern Lebanon purportedly in response to the Abu Nidal organizations assassination attempt against Israels ambassador to the United Kingdom, Shlomo Argov, and to halt... | | | Operation Litani was the official name of the Israel Defense Forces 1978 invasion of Lebanon up to the Litani river. | | | The Savoy Operation was a terrorist act masterminded by Abu Jihad On the night of March 4th, 1975, at 11:00 PM eight terrorists in two teams landed by boat on the Tel-Aviv beach. |
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http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Operation-Litani
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| | Encyclopedia: History of Israel |
| | The 1982 Invasion of Lebanon, dubbed Operation Peace for Galilee (Shlom HaGalil in Hebrew), began June 6, 1982, when the Israel Defence Force invaded southern Lebanon purportedly in response to the Abu Nidal organizations assassination attempt against Israels ambassador to the United Kingdom, Shlomo Argov, and to halt... | | | Operation Litani was the official name of the Israel Defense Forces 1978 invasion of Lebanon up to the Litani river. | | | The Suez Crisis, also known as the Suez War, Suez Campaign or Kadesh Operation was a war fought on Egyptian territory in 1956. |
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http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/History-of-Israel
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| | www.operations.mod.uk |
| | Operation VERITAS was the UK's contribution to the United Stated-led Operation Enduring Freedom, which began on 7 October 2001. | | | Operations in support of global counter-terrorism in Afghanistan (Operation VERITAS and others) | | | Disaster Relief Operations in Southern Asia (Operation GARRON) |
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| | Statements and Speeches -Canadian Embassy Manila, Philippines |
| | I am delighted that for the second year in a row I have the privilege of welcoming you to the Ambassador’s residence to recognize the excellent work of Operation Rainbow Canada. | | | We are proud that the members of this Operation Rainbow Canada team contribute their time and expertise so generously. | | | This is the third Operation Rainbow Canada mission to the Philippines. |
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http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/manila/statspik/sns03-12-en.asp
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| | Ambassador Ashe Hosts Polish Navy Commander-in-Chief - Warsaw Poland |
| | Ambassador Victor Ashe hosted Fleet Admiral Roman Krzyzelewski, the Commander-in-Chief of the Polish Navy, and members of his staff at the Ambassador's Residence on January 3 to discuss U.S. and Polish Navy activities and cooperation. | | | Ambassador Ashe was hosted by Fleet Admiral Krzyzelewski in Gdynia last September, and this was another step in the deepening cooperation at the highest levels between the United States and Polish Navies. | | | The Polish Navy sent two ships to participate in Operation Desert Storm in 1991, one multi-mission ship to Operation Iraqi Freedom, and continues to be a maritime leader in the Baltic region. |
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| | Training Opportunity for Namibians in Morocco |
| | Moroccos Ambassador to Namibia, Abdullah Aitelhadj on Thursday during a meeting with Prime Minister Theo-Ben Gurirab said there should be increased co-operation between Namibia and his country because they both have something to learn from each other. | | | Meanwhile, Prime Minister Gurirab said: We must renew the long-standing friendship and co-operation between our two countries. | | | We can even offer scholarships for Namibians to study in my country in future but the important thing is that we must encourage student exchanges between our two countries, Ambassador Aitelhadj said. |
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| | Pau to be Latin American Ambassador for Operation Smile |
| | Paulina hopes that as an ambassador she can help create awareness of the organization by advocating and promoting Operation Smiles mission around the world so that the children may reach their full potential, and share smiles with those around them. | | | Operation Smile is a private, not-for-profit volunteer medical services organization providing reconstructive surgery and related health care to indigent children and young adults in developing countries and in the United States. | | | Operation Smile provides education and trailing around the world to physicians and other health care professionals to achieve long-term self-sufficiency. |
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| | USIS Washington File: TEXT: AMBASSADOR BURLEIGH'S SECURITY COUNCIL REMARKS DEC. 16 |
| | United Nations -- "Iraq bears full responsibility for the consequences of this military operation," US Ambassador Peter Burleigh told the UN Security Council December 16 explaining the military air strikes underway by the United States and Great Britain in response to Iraq's continued refusal to cooperate with UN weapons inspectors. | | | British Ambassador Sir Jeremy Greenstock added that resolution 1205 adopted on October 31 "implicitly revived the authorization to use force" given in resolution 687, which set out the terms of the Gulf War cease-fire agreement. | | | The US Ambassador to the UN described the military action as "substantial" and as an attack on "Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs and its ability to threaten its neighbors." |
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| | RI-729i-A 'Boris Jelzin after his heart-operation' |
| | 6 November 1996 RI-729i-A 'Boris Jelzin after his heart-operation' from Ambassador for Mankind Message # RI-729i-A for Internet (After my action of handling Jelzin's upsets:) "MY AFFINITY FOR LIFE IS RESTORED. | | | Boris Jelzin" Continued from RI-729i 'Boris Jelzin during his heart-operation' of 5 Nov 1996 This session was done after the heart-operation of Jelzin was completed. | | | Telepathic confessional-session for Boris Jelzin, on 5 November 1996, 22:09 GMT, ordered by Ambassador for Mankind. |
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