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Friday 29 September 2006, 11:05 Makka Time, 8:05 GMT
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By Bruce Wallace, Times Staff Writer
September 29, 2006 TOKYO - For those who view Japan's swelling nationalism through suspicious eyes, there is plenty of evidence that the World War II loser is straining at its pacifist shackles.
New Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has vowed to rewrite Japan's war-renouncing constitution. He yearns for a robust role in world affairs, and has even mused about the possibility of a pre-emptive military strike against North Korean missile sites. |
AFP
September 29, 2006 BANGKOK - Thailand's military government brushed off a US decision to strip the kingdom of millions of dollars in aid money in protest at last week's coup.
Washington's decision to suspend 24 million dollars in military aid was "the mandatory minimum action" it could take, the permanent secretary of the foreign ministry told reporters Friday. "I think they are measuring their response, keeping their eye on what's developing on the ground," Krit Garnjana-Goonchorn said. The sanctions were imposed automatically under a US law which forbids assistance to the government of a country where an elected leader has been deposed in a coup. Comment:
"The sanctions were imposed automatically under a US law which forbids assistance to the government of a country where an elected leader has been deposed in a coup."Unless, of course, the coup was conducted by the CIA... |
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