EU Calls Emergency Meetings on Terrorism

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http://apnews.excite.com/article/20040315/D81AUPLO0.html

Mar 15, 12:50 PM (ET)

By CONSTANT BRAND



BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - The European Union will hold high-level security talks on Friday to assess what additional anti-terrorism measures to take in the wake of the bombings in Madrid, the Irish prime minister announced Monday.

Prime Minister Bertie Ahern said proposals would include a "solidarity clause" committing nations to help each other in response to terror attacks, the appointment of a special EU official to coordinate counterterrorism operations in Europe, improved intelligence sharing and closer cooperation with non-EU nations to combat terrorism at a global level.

"The callous and cowardly attacks on 11 March served as a terrible reminder of the threat posed by terrorism to our society," Ahern said in a statement.

"We condemn utterly those who planted the bombs that wrought such destruction and cost so many lives last Thursday.

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1. It's interesting how many factors...

there are driving Europe together these days. There's the need to compete economonically with the US, the foreign-relations tensions with the US, the terrorism--I'm probably missing many.

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2. thanx for uniting Europe AWOL

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