General fired for saying Romania to host U.S. bases

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http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=5826287&cKey=1117366528000

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - A senior Romanian general has been removed from his job after telling the press Romania would provide U.S. forces with bases near the Black Sea, the Defense Ministry said on Sunday.

General Valeriu Nicut, head of the strategic planning division for the Romanian general staff, said on Wednesday after an international military conference on security issues that the U.S. would set up two military bases in Romania within one year.

"General Nicut is not the head of the strategic planning division any more, his situation is being assessed and he will be given another job within the army," Defense Ministry spokesman Cristinel Ghiga said. snip

Earlier in May the Pentagon blasted a U.S. government commission, saying it may have revealed classified information in a report it posted on the Internet. A government official said the Pentagon was angry because the report identified Romania and Bulgaria as states whose bases U.S. troops may use.

[rodeodance]

1. oops

[Roland99]

2. Good to know other countries follow U.S. hiring/firing policies.

Some other interesting articles along this line:

http://www.bakutoday.net/view.php?d=13143
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/april2005/210405militarybases.htm
http://www.aljazeera.com/cgi-bin/conspiracy_theory/fullstory.asp?id=217
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L1478278.htm
http://archives.econ.utah.edu/archives/a-list/2004w11/msg00091.htm
http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/MEN307A.html

[unhappycamper]

3. Drip. Drip. Drip.

PNAC is going to have to get some control over world media. (Never mind, they already started with the BBC.)

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

4. I misconstrued this

I thought the general was fired because Bush was closing bases here and outsourcing them to Romania....well, in way, I guess he would be....

[MrModerate]

5. You'll be shocked to hear that the bases are old news . . .

I live in Romania, and we've been hearing about the US bases for over a year. The US guv actually spoke to my company reps in Bucuresti (I'm in Cluj) because we know a little bit about building things.

The current Romanian government is a bunch of amateur wackos who ran on a ticket of ending corruption (don't get me started) and they don't like it when anyone other than the President and Prime Minister get any press.

[Roland99]

6. Bribery of NATO membership paying off.

[0007]

7. Is this a ploy of some sort?

Shenanigan shenanigan and more shenanigan, 'eh?

[Joey Liberal]

8. There must be oil in Romania n/t