by Ercole » Sun 24 Jul 2005, 09:50:21
We'll probably have to expell them to their primitive countries, even if they are born in Europe - the million french expelled from Algéria where all born in Algeria, and a big part since many generation.... But what did the arabs say ?
"The suitcase or the coffin"...
In fact Japan do that I think, if the son of immigrates born in japan becomes a criminal, they expel the whole family...
Funny, since a few months ago, someone tolm me that french had become racists and it was a shame... That Israel was an apartheid state..., etc...
Then...
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Jerusalem Post', 'I')DF troops train with NATO for 1st time
By ARIEH O'SULLIVAN
Soldiers from the infantry's noncommissioned officers course participated in a recent NATO exercise in Ukraine, the first time field troops have ever trained with the force.
The drill dealt mainly with antiterrorism combat and low-intensity conflict, but it also symbolized an increasing participation of Israeli forces in NATO.
Two platoon commanders and 11 other commanders from the IDF's NCO officers school based in the Negev participated.
"We are trying to pass on to them our knowledge and experiences," said Col. Alon Friedman, commander of the NCO base.
"NATO also has experience with terrorism in light of their efforts to promote peace, and we also learned from them," he told The Jerusalem Post.
The exercise took place at a large military base in Ukraine and lasted for two-and-a-half weeks. The troops returned home last week, Friedman said.
"This is the first time that soldiers on a tactical level have participated in any NATO military exercise," he said. "There have been senior commanders who have gone to NATO events as well as consultants, but never combatants like this."
Friedman said 22 nations sent military delegations to the exercise. They were split up into platoons of four squads each. The Israeli lieutenants were commanders of platoons. One company commander was Turkish and another was Romanian.
Orders were officially given in English, but at least one of the Israeli soldiers was born in the former Soviet Union and spoke Russian, which turned out to be one of the most common languages in the NATO drill due to the number of Russian-speaking countries which have joined.
"The soldiers felt as if the other armies viewed them as professionals and experts in their field," he said. "They were very much interested in how the IDF operates."
Friedman said each country's military delegation also demonstrated tactics to the others. He said the IDF delegation took first place in sharpshooting, which was also a mark of excellence for the new, Israeli-made Tavor assault rifle they used.
Friedman said the soldiers came away with a number of tips and examples in waging urban conflict from the other forces, including the impression that other armies tackled urban conflict in populated areas with a lot more force than the IDF.
"The soldiers reported that they were more aggressive than in our experience, which is ironic since the IDF has an image around the world of an aggressive army," he said.
Friedman said he was not privy to the diplomatic moves to get the IDF more involved in NATO, but he understood the initiative came from NATO.
"NATO was very interested in hearing of and learning from our experience," he said.
Earlier this month, a navy salvage ship returned after participating for the first time in a search and rescue drill with NATO navies off the Italian coast.
Israel is a member of NATO's Mediterranean Dialogue, which was launched to bolster regional security through cooperation with southern and eastern Mediterranean states. Other members include Algeria, Jordan, Mauritania, Morocco, Egypt and Tunisia. These countries did not send any troops to the military exercise in Ukraine.
Yep, suddenly Israel appears very sympathetic...
"There was a time when religion ruled the world. It is known as the dark ages."
Ruth Hermence Green
