Friday, September 28, 2007
* ROMANIA's WONDERS *
Arges Monastery – Curtea de Arges - Was builded in 1517 by Neagoe Basarab, ruler of Muntenia, and has reach his celebrity for the legend of carpenter Manole.
MPs bored with bill against government
The PSD (Social-Democrat Party) bill against the government was read out yesterday in the Parliament, in front of almost 300 senators and deputies bored with the issue. It was Cristian Diaconescu, a vice president of the PSD, who read out the text asking that the Tariceanu Cabinet should be dismissed.
Looking rather disinterested in it, the PMs sat listening. The Romanian PM Calin-Popescu Tariceanu together with most of his ministers were present. Ion Iliescu was the main PSD official who didn't attend. As for Adrian Nastase, Viorel Hrebenciuc and Miron Mitrea, they were there.After the reading was over,
the PM said he would comment on it only on October 3, when the debate was due. As for the PSD leader Mircea Geoana, 
he claimed the PM failed to realize the true sense of the bill, persisting in his false idea that it was a means for blackmail so that the PSD would take over. Mircea Geoana promised that all PSD MPs would attend the following week's debate and vote for the bill.R.I.P.
Ziua Vineri 28 Septembrie 2007 http://www.ziua.net/english
CIA checks on Bucharest
CIA chief Michael Hayden dropped by Bucharest at times when Romania is seized with political and secret service scandals. In one single day the US intelligence chief talked to the President of Romania Traian Basescu, to PM Calin-Popescu Tariceanu and to the chief of the SRI (Romanian Secret Service) and the SIE (Foreign Intelligence Service).
The visit was actually the response to the invitation expressed by George Maior, head of the SRI. Hayden eached Romania last Wednesday, just when the SRI is suspected of political police action.
Scandal in full swing
Whether by coincidence or not, the CIA official paid his visit when the SRI is facing both media crisis and domestic inquiry meant to uncover the way secret information leaks from Romania's most important intelligence service. According to official information from the SRI, the talks between the CIA chief and the representatives of the secret services in Bucharest focused on the evolution of international security, bilateral cooperation in particular, and also on the fight against terrorism. The process meant to transform and modernize the SRI was another issue raised. According to the SRI Press Office, both the Romanian party and the US one expressed appreciation for the two services' mutual trust, as well as for the very good intelligence cooperation between Romania and the US.
'Clarifications' from the US
Apart from the troubled waters in Romanian politics, this visit also ran into the very severe accusations against the SRI activity. The deadlocks in the activity of this institution, an active partner of the similar institutions in the EU and the US, may at a certain time do severe harm to the action in some conflict regions. And it is also about the influence of terrorist and paramilitary groups working in Europe, which is strictly related to the imminent declaration of Kosovo's unilateral independence. It may shake the Balkans' so weak stability from the very foundations. And, given the Romanian-Serbian border, the EU security is also at stake.
Hayden's visit to Romania may not be separated from the evolution of the UN's Iranian nuclear case or from a possible military action on the east of the Iraqi border, in the state headed by Ahmadinejad.Controversial view
After Tuesday's meeting of the Supreme Council for National Defense (CSAT), the Romanian President announced he asked both the Council and the government members to show respect for Romania's firm view on the future state of Kosovo. He mentioned the government was to continue Romania's already expressed approach and used at international level.
The President argued: "We can't give it up because of both national and regional interests". He added that Romania wanted the solution to be found to the Kosovo issue to generate stability in the region instead of causing trouble in other regions of Europe, close to Romania.Doru Dragomir & Marius Batca
Ziua Vineri 28 Septembrie 2007 http://www.ziua.net/english
US may attack Iran from Romania
NATO can get to choose Romania as host for the main operational base of the strategic transport fleet of the North Atlantic Alliance. It seems the US suggested such a decision should be made, so that the US would also be a beneficiary of strategic transport means on Pentagon's advanced operational base (Forward Operating Site) in Mihail Kogalniceanu base, Romania.
Marshall Billlingslea, a deputy of the NATO general secretary for defense investments, launched this multinational initiative of the air transport capacity (C-17). It consists in the idea that several nations should join each other to rent or buy a certain number of C-17 aircrafts (produced by Boeing in the US). The NATO military committee evaluated the idea of buying 8 such aircrafts operated by NATO as an operation request for the strategic air transport.
When the letter of intent was written, the Ramstein air base in Germany was estimated to become the main operation base. Ramstein belongs to the US Air Force Europe due to the facilities that already exist. According to NATO military experts, more investments will be needed to enlarge capacity, just as there will be needed research on the environment concerning the access of large capacity planes. Hungary forwarded an offer too, pleading that the air base in Papa would be an excellent location, but only if the main operational base was in Hungary. The US experts weren't really pleased with the idea and they suggested that Romanian authorities should proceed to a bilateral analysis of the idea to make an offer to house the main operational base for the NATO strategic transport fleet. The Pentagon representatives opined that Mihail Kogalniceanu International Airport would be the best location.
Romania agrees to Pentagon's requests
Given the suggestion from the US, the Romanian Ministry of Defense gave the Supreme Council of National Defense (CSAT) a report on the means to provide the air transport capacity the Romanian Military needs in 2006-2013. In September 11, 2007, the Romanian government members passed a government decision to agree that the Romanian Ministry of Defense would participate in the NATO Organization of Air Transport Management and make the Mihai Kogalniceanu Airport available as a main operational base for the strategic air transport. According to military officials, it will meet national needs as well as the needs of NATO, EU or UN missions.
In their intention to prove that the Mihail Kogalniceanu Airport would be the best location for C-17 aircrafts of strategic transport, the Romanian Ministry of Defense is going to arrange a reunion on the initiative. Ministry representatives want to show the foreign delegations to attend the event the facilities available in Romania and the advantages of a choice such the above-mentioned airport. (...)
It is to be reminded that Teheran authorities announced officially that they could attack targets at 2,000 km away. Romania could be one of them. (...)
Romanian locations have turned into possible targets not only for Iran, but also for the Russian Federation. General Vladimir Samanov, an adviser of the Russian defense minister, stated that Russia had no intention to participate in moves together with Romania and Bulgaria, but that the country would head its missiles towards the US bases in both states. But the thing is that the US anti missile shield won't protect all the NATO states. According to the NATO general secretary Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, the southeastern side - Romania, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey - will be uncovered.
Doru Dragomir & Marius Batca
Ziua Vineri 28 Septembrie 2007 http://www.ziua.net/english
Marshall Billlingslea, a deputy of the NATO general secretary for defense investments, launched this multinational initiative of the air transport capacity (C-17). It consists in the idea that several nations should join each other to rent or buy a certain number of C-17 aircrafts (produced by Boeing in the US). The NATO military committee evaluated the idea of buying 8 such aircrafts operated by NATO as an operation request for the strategic air transport.
When the letter of intent was written, the Ramstein air base in Germany was estimated to become the main operation base. Ramstein belongs to the US Air Force Europe due to the facilities that already exist. According to NATO military experts, more investments will be needed to enlarge capacity, just as there will be needed research on the environment concerning the access of large capacity planes. Hungary forwarded an offer too, pleading that the air base in Papa would be an excellent location, but only if the main operational base was in Hungary. The US experts weren't really pleased with the idea and they suggested that Romanian authorities should proceed to a bilateral analysis of the idea to make an offer to house the main operational base for the NATO strategic transport fleet. The Pentagon representatives opined that Mihail Kogalniceanu International Airport would be the best location.
Romania agrees to Pentagon's requests
Given the suggestion from the US, the Romanian Ministry of Defense gave the Supreme Council of National Defense (CSAT) a report on the means to provide the air transport capacity the Romanian Military needs in 2006-2013. In September 11, 2007, the Romanian government members passed a government decision to agree that the Romanian Ministry of Defense would participate in the NATO Organization of Air Transport Management and make the Mihai Kogalniceanu Airport available as a main operational base for the strategic air transport. According to military officials, it will meet national needs as well as the needs of NATO, EU or UN missions.
In their intention to prove that the Mihail Kogalniceanu Airport would be the best location for C-17 aircrafts of strategic transport, the Romanian Ministry of Defense is going to arrange a reunion on the initiative. Ministry representatives want to show the foreign delegations to attend the event the facilities available in Romania and the advantages of a choice such the above-mentioned airport. (...)
It is to be reminded that Teheran authorities announced officially that they could attack targets at 2,000 km away. Romania could be one of them. (...)
Romanian locations have turned into possible targets not only for Iran, but also for the Russian Federation. General Vladimir Samanov, an adviser of the Russian defense minister, stated that Russia had no intention to participate in moves together with Romania and Bulgaria, but that the country would head its missiles towards the US bases in both states. But the thing is that the US anti missile shield won't protect all the NATO states. According to the NATO general secretary Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, the southeastern side - Romania, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey - will be uncovered.
Doru Dragomir & Marius Batca
Ziua Vineri 28 Septembrie 2007 http://www.ziua.net/english
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