DEMONSTRATIONS against CLINTON

• Greek mock court says Clinton ``guilty'' of genocide
• AP: Clinton's Greek Visit Scrambled
• Does Clinton want to solve Cyprus problem? Oh really?
• Greece postpones visit by Clinton
• President Clinton's trip to Greece triggers a violent anti-American riot
• Violence greets Clinton visit
• Anti-Clinton protests erupt into riots in Greece
• A Greek narrates what happened during Clinton's visit
• A biased article from the USA press and a reply from a Greek journalist
• Finally, an American comments on the anti-Clinton demonstrations!

ATHENS, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Greek protesters staged a
mock trial of U.S. President Bill Clinton on Monday, days
before he visits Athens, and declared him guilty of genocide
and crimes against humanity for his Balkan policies.

Thousands of protesters shouted ``Guilty'' and
``Death'' when the court asked the public to issue a
verdict after a two-hour mock trial in Syndagma Square in
central Athens.

Waving blue-and-white Greek flags and red Communist Party
banners, the protesters chanted anti-American slogans
such as ``Butcher of the Balkans, Get Out.''

Greek actors played the roles of judge, prosecutor, defence
and witnesses in the trial organised by artists' groups
and leftist unions as a protest against Clinton's visit, which
starts on Saturday.

``He is 'tried' in absentia but he has a defence lawyer,'' said
actor Vassilis Kolovos, one of the organisers. ``This is a
tribute to our national dignity.''

Apparently embarrassed by the protests preceding Clinton's
visit, the government played down the mock trial.
Government spokesman Dimitris Reppas told reporters
such events were ``not useful'' and were contrary to
official views.

Leftist and labour groups have announced several protests
against Clinton, who will visit Greece between November 13
and 15, days before the November 17 anniversary of
the Polytechnic school uprising against the 1967-1974 military
junta.

GREEKS BLAME UNITED STATES FOR JUNTA

Many Greeks accuse the United States of supporting the
dictatorship, which put down the 1973 student revolt with
tanks, and commemorative events usually end with a
march to the U.S. embassy.

A 1973 photograph of a tank poised before the gates of the
Polytechnic was the backdrop of Monday's mock court.
Dozens died in the revolt which paved the way for the junta's
downfall.

Greek animosity towards U.S. foreign policy revived this year
when NATO carried out air raids against fellow Orthodox
Christian Serbia. Greece, a NATO member, voiced
objections to the attacks but gave NATO logistical support.

The crowd in Syndagma Square marched to the U.S.
embassy in Athens to hand in the verdict, waving a huge
American flag bearing swastikas instead of stars.
Eyewitnesses said hundreds of police were positioned outside
the embassy building.

Thousands of police have been deployed around Athens to
prevent violent outbreaks during Clinton's visit. Urban
guerrilla groups have already targeted U.S. interests in
Greece.

A group calling themselves Anti-Capitalist Action planted a
time bomb at the Athens offices of the jeans company
Levi Strauss on Sunday, damaging the premises.

Two hours earlier, the Red Line group fired shots at a U.S.
cultural centre in central Athens. On Thursday, a group
calling itself Anti-State Action claimed to have planted a
homemade bomb at a car dealership which destroyed
several vehicles.

No one was injured in any of the attacks.

 WASHINGTON -- In the aftermath of virulent anti-American
  demonstrations, aides were revising the schedule for President Clinton's
visit this week to Greece - even though Clinton said he was not worried
by the prospect of encountering protesters there.

Two administration officials, speaking on condition of anonymity,
said Tuesday that U.S. and Greek officials were adjusting Clinton's
schedule because of security concerns. One of them said changes involved
 matters such as when Clinton arrives in Greece and where he goes. Both
officials said the visit would not be canceled.
Clinton's visit is a matter of political and diplomatic sensitivity
in Greece, where many people are angry about U.S.-led airstrikes against Yugoslavia
this year and believe that Washington has ignored their concerns
about Balkan instability. The problem is complicated by a widespread
feeling that the United States favors Greece's rival, Turkey.
Clinton was scheduled to arrive in Greece on Saturday to launch an
11-day, four-nation European tour built around an Organization of
Security and Cooperation in Europe summit in Turkey. After Turkey,
Clinton was to visit Florence, Italy, and Bulgaria.

The president told reporters he was well aware of fervent
 anti-American sentiments that protesters have been expressing in Greece over the
 past few days, "and I'm not troubled by them."
"I think that the security issues will be fine," Clinton said.
"Greece  has a long and rich history of communists, anarchists (and) others on the
 left demonstrating. And they all disagreed with my position in Kosovo.
...
  But the United States and Greece are allies, not only in NATO but in
many other important ways."

The schedule scramble came a day after Clinton declared that one of
his main foreign policy priorities was resolving tensions between Greece
and Turkey over territorial rights in the Aegean Sea and the future of Cyprus.

"We want very badly to see a resolution of the tensions between
 Greece and Turkey in the Aegean, especially over Cyprus," Clinton told
  reporters.
"And I think all Greeks share that hope without regard to their
political views."

White House spokesman Joe Lockhart said there are "a number of
pieces that have been moving" regarding Clinton's visit to Greece, and
"they have yet to fall completely into place." He would not comment on whether
 U.S. officials were cutting the trip short or postponing it.
"Security issues are always something that are a concern to the
 president's staff and those who are charged with protecting him," Lockhart said.
"Those are things that it's not useful or productive for me to talk  about."

Theodossis Demetracopoulos, spokesman for the Greek Embassy in
Washington, said he understood that Clinton's visit was still
planned,  but "some of the timeline is being rearranged."
According to an administration official, Greek officials suggested changing
some of the schedule so authorities can provide optimum security.
The changes involved motorcade routes that were inadvertently made
 public in the Greek press, and some venues, the official said..
The official said there may be minor adjustments to Clinton's schedule in
other countries as well, but those changes are much like those that  happen
regularly during presidential travel.

The State Department has advised Americans to "exercise  appropriate
caution" in Greece and keep clear of demonstrations during the  president's visit.
Clinton's trip to Greece comes just before the Nov. 17 anniversary
of a 1973 crackdown of a student uprising against the then-military
dictatorship. Many Greeks criticize the United States for its
perceived role in supporting the junta, and Nov. 17 is traditionally a day of
anti-American rallies.

Police, anticipating firebombings and other attacks before and
during Clinton's visit, have been assigned to guard potential foreign
targets.

  © Copyright 1999 The Associated Press

"We want very badly to see a resolution of the tensions between
Greece and Turkey in the Aegean, especially over Cyprus," Clinton told
reporters."
I wonder what he means: You see, one of the main reasons that junta of
the colonels was created by American and Israeli secret agencies, was to get Cyprous and help
Israel to the wars against the Arabs.
Israel won the war of 6 days thanks to our harbours and airports, that
junta offered to this terrorist state.
During the uprise of the Polytechnical School, (which started by an anarchist provocation) 200 Israeli commandos
came "incognito" by plane at night, to help junta to stifle this uprising. They were seen by many
Greeks at the airport. These Greeks were not necessarily "communists", "anarchists" or "Orthodox
zealots". After the uprising was stifled, Israelis went home, and Papadopoulos, the dictator, was
overthrowned by Ioannidis, a more capable agent of the US. The new dictator's  task was to yeld
Cyprus to the Turks. {Btw, before the junta, there were plans for Greece and Cyprous to be united
in one state. USA, Israel and Turkey didn't want this, each one for its own reasons. Truman, a
high rank mason, came to the Greek Lodge especially on this purpose: to order Greek masons not to
support this union. There are photos of this meeting, and copies of Truman's speech, in the
archive of the lodge. Some of them have been publicized}.
When the Cypriots saw the Turks landing on the island and they wanted to defend
their land, they  were told by the Greek junta, ruled by Ioannidis, that it was an ordinary "military
exersise"! When the invasion  became obvious it was too late.
Junta sent to Cyprus soldiers without arms. They have won most battles,
but they were told to retreat. After this betrayal there was no
reason for a junta. The main job was done.
So the colonels decided to yeld power to C.Caramanlis, a high rank mason
who was spending his time in Paris with other masons like mr. D' Estain.
(Most colonels were also masons, how strange!)
Many Greek anarchists believe that this "terrorist" group called
"November 17th"   is also created - or at least infiltrated - by western
secret agencies. (This I cannot assure). As for Adolf Clinton, he and
his mafia use the subject of terrorism to infiltrate even more "our" sectret agencies, which
are not "ours", but "his". US government has used many times the subject
of "terrorism", advising Americans not to come to Greece. They are doing it
again now. This way they blackmail us, because they know tourism is a
great revenue to the Greek state.
I don't think ALL Americans are in danger these days in Greece. But
SOME Americans, like mr. President and his gang, are unwanted persons
for sure. And unwanted from  most people: Communists are only 10-12% and
anarchists may be less, while 85%+ of  the Greeks is against Billy's
visit.

* "Greeks against NATO aggression" don't necessarily agree 100% with the author's view, but it sure includes important details.

GREECE: The Greek government was yesterday forced to postpone President
Clinton's long-awaited visit to the capital. The move, which has
embarrassed the government, was fuelled by fears for his safety.
Highlighting what has fast become one of Mr Clinton's most controversial
visits abroad, Athens announced that the three-day state trip would be
delayed by nearly a week to tighten security.
Fears of terrorism in the capital - the home of "November 17", one of
Europe's most enigmatic terrorist groups - grew yesterday as four gas
canister bombs exploded outside a local car dealership in what appeared
to be yet another protest against Mr Clinton's arrival.
After a rash of anti-American demonstrations by Greeks denouncing the
President for his policies in Kosovo, the explosions follow a string of
attacks on US targets in Athens.
"The atmosphere here is very dicey, all these demonstrations have been a
blot on the entire trip," said one US diplomat. "There's great concern
and, yes, we're very disappointed."
Instead of a three-day stopover, Mr Clinton will now spend less than 24
hours from November 19th. It had been hoped that the trip, originally
set to start this Saturday, would help cement tentative rapprochement
between Ankara and Athens, the Alliance's two feuding partners. Mr
Clinton says he sees reconciliation between Greece and Turkey as a top
priority before the end of his administration next year.
But in a nation where anti American fervour runs deep, opposition to the
visit does not look set to subside soon. A poll published in the
Athenian press showed that an overwhelming 80.5 per cent of the
population - from both the left and right - think ill of Mr Clinton, the
man Greeks blame most for NATO's three-month bombing campaign against
fellow Orthodox Serbia earlier this year. Some 61.2 per cent preferred
that he did not come at all.
"Kosovo proved beyond any doubt that he is a butcher of the first
order," said Mr Yiannis Antonopoulos, a pensioner attending a protest
with a placard pilloring Mr Clinton around his neck. "Why should he
come? He's not going to sign any agreement solving any of our problems.We Greeks don't want him here."

ATHENS (Reuters) - President Clinton's trip to Greece triggered a violent anti-American riot by Greek leftists that heavily damaged central parts of
Athens and marred a visit to what Clinton called a treasured U.S. ally.
In what appeared to be the most violent protest against Clinton since he took office in 1993, demonstrators rampaged through the main
commercial area on Friday night, leaving burned out banks, smashed shop fronts and piles of smoking debris.
Protesters portrayed Clinton as the ``Butcher of the Balkans'' for his role in leading the NATO air war against Yugoslavia. Greeks also still resent
American support for a military junta that ruled from 1967 to 1974.
Riot police fired dozens of rounds of teargas when demonstrators tried to push through their lines to march on the U.S. embassy. Choking fumes
drove demonstrators and bystanders alike rushing from the main square.
In the ensuing riot, at least 10 banks and 35 shops were damaged, some completely gutted. The Labor Ministry and central bank were both
damaged. Fire engines extinguished blazes across the city.
Sporadic clashes continued into the night. Police said 16 people were rushed to hospital and 41 were arrested.
Clinton and the Greek government went on with the business of his 24-hour visit.
Greek President Costis Stephanopoulos hosted an elegant state dinner for Clinton and wife Hillary in a chandeliered room at the neoclassical
presidential palace several blocks away from the center of the violence at Syndagma Square.
In his dinner toast, Clinton noted that Greece had stood with the United States in every conflict this century.
``As in all friendships, we have not always agreed, but we have never broken ranks because of our shared devotion to democracy and freedom,'' he
said.
``If some engage in passionate debate, it is well to remember how hard both our countries have fought for their right to do just that,'' Clinton said.
A FRIEND OF GREECE
Clinton said on his arrival at the airport that he had come ''as a 'philhellene' -- a friend of Greece.'' His motorcade route into town was eerily quiet,
heavily guarded by police.
U.S. officials criticised the Greek government 10 days ago for not being able to guarantee the president's security, and delayed and shortened his
trip.
On Friday, the Greek officials swept Clinton's path around the city clear of the slightest hint of trouble.
``We simply wanted to make sure there were not security problems,'' Foreign Minister George Papandreou said.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Alex Rondos appeared before White House reporters at a downtown hotel to try to send a message that not all Greeks
dislike America and noting that many of them have migrated there.
``Only good can come from a visit like this,'' Rondos said. ''If a few want to turn their backs on the United States, they are a very, very distinct
minority. Too bad some people choose hooliganism over civility.''
On Saturday, Clinton was to hold talks with both Stephanopoulos and Prime Minister Costas Simitis, hold a press conference with Simitis, and
give a speech to Greek business leaders before heading on to Italy.
The U.S. president arrived in Athens after spending five days in Turkey, where he addressed the parliament in Ankara, visited earthquake victims
and attended a summit of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
Clinton, along with leaders of 29 other countries attending the Istanbul summit, signed an updated treaty on conventional force levels in Europe
on Friday, but said he would not submit it for ratification until Russia reduced troop levels in the North Caucasus region.
The violence in Athens threatened to drown out Clinton's message in favor of a reconciliation between Turkey and Greece and a political solution
for the divided island of Cyprus, a fault line in the tensions between the two traditional rivals.
The protests were not confined to Athens. In the northern port city of Thessaloniki, which NATO used to supply Kosovo troops, about 2,500
anti-Clinton demonstrators stormed the port. They tore down a European Union flag and hoisted banners saying ``Clinton get out'' and ``Killers go
home.''

Thousands of left-wing protesters chanting anti-American slogans have clashed with police and set dozens of shops ablaze at the start of a delayed state visit by
US President Bill Clinton to Athens.
Riot police used teargas against thousands of left-wing protesters who had gathered in the central Syndagma Square outside the parliament in Athens, after a small
group threatened to storm the building.

The BBC's Paul Wood: "Anarchists attacked banks"As the crowd fled through surrounding streets, fires were started in rubbish bins and some
shop windows smashed.
At least three people were reported to have blood on their heads.
The trouble, which the authorities blamed on anarchists, broke out almost exactly as Mr Clinton touched down at Athens airport.

Members of the media were injured in the violenceHis visit was originally scheduled for last weekend, but was delayed and shortened from three
days to one following a series of anti-American protests.
Greek dislike of the US is based partly on Washington's perceived backing of Greece's traditional enemy Turkey. It was fuelled more recently by Nato's offensive
against Yugoslavia.
The Greek Public Order Ministry has staged an unprecedented security operation to protect Mr Clinton, deploying some 7,000 police, backed by 400 FBI agents,
across the city.
It has closed 12 miles of central Athens' usually-congested streets for the entire day, with bus routes altered for two days.

It banned protesters from rallying near the airport, anywhere along the seaside boulevard linking the airport to central Athens, and a triangular area housing the US
embassy and other official buildings.
The security arrangements seemed to anger protesters further.
The Greek Communist Party and two other small left-wing opposition parties urged demonstrators to test police barriers and march to the US Embassy.

The BBC's Rob Watson: Protests were expectedRallies were also planned in other Greek cities, and more than 2,000 protesters burned American
flags outside the US Consulate on the northern port of Thessaloniki.
Clinton 'a friend'
Speaking as he disembarked form Air Force One, Mr Clinton said he came to Greece as a "friend" of the country.
"I have come here as a 'philhellene' - a friend of Greece - and I look forward to experiencing that wonderful quality of Greek hospitality known to all the world," he
said.
"We look to ancient Greece for inspiration, but we look to modern Greece for leadership and partnership."
Earlier, Mr Clinton had said people should be able to show their feelings.
"Greece is the world's oldest democracy. If people want to protest, they ought to have a chance to do it," he said at a press conference in Turkey.
He also reminded journalists that he had been trying to generate a peace initiative between Greece and Turkey, over the divided island of Cyprus.
"The Greek people and the government should be quite encouraged by this new Cyprus initiative, and by the fact that I found a receptive ear [in Turkey] on three
separate occasions when I spoke ... about the necessity of the Turkish people and the Greeks being reconciled," he said.
Because of his new programme, President Clinton's experience of Athens will largely be confined to a high-rise hotel near the airport.
He, his wife Hillary and daughter Chelsea were due to meet Greek leaders behind a cordon of riot police, before travelling on to Florence.

November 19, 1999

Web posted at: 3:15 p.m. EST (2015 GMT)
From staff and wire reports
ATHENS, Greece (CNN) -- Riot police fired tear gas, and anti-American protesters responded with gasoline bombs Friday as central Athens
became a battleground just as U.S. President Bill Clinton arrived in the Greek capital for a short visit.
Clinton originally planned a longer stay in Greece, to begin before a European security summit in Istanbul, Turkey. But Greek and U.S. security
concerns pushed him to postpone the trip until after the summit and shorten it to less than 24 hours.
The leftist protesters are angry at the U.S. role in NATO's bombing attack on Yugoslavia earlier this year.
The riot erupted in Syndagma Square almost at the very moment Air Force One touched down at Athens international airport. More than 10,000
protesters, who had come to the square for a Communist-led rally, tried to defy a ban on marching to the U.S. Embassy, but were blocked by a
wall of helmeted, black-clad riot police.
 

Walking slowly en masse down the street toward the embassy, the protesters came literally face-to-face with the police -- and the tear gas.
A group of anarchists, who had gathered at a nearby rally, joined the main demonstration and responded to the police use of tear gas by hurling
firebombs, rocks and marine flares, smashing storefront windows and burning American flags.
A series of running battles between police and rioters followed through the city's shopping and business district. At least five banks were damaged,
one severely.

'Friend of Greece'

With thousands of police closing off many central Athens streets, Clinton was likely to see nothing of the protests just a few blocks away from where
he was to attend a state dinner after leaving the airport.
Thousands of protesters chanting anti-American slogans walked through the streets of Athens
Greeted at the airport by a small crowd waving American and Greek flags, the U.S. president declared himself a "friend of Greece."
"We look to ancient Greece for inspiration, but we look to modern Greece for leadership and partnership," he said. "Through this visit, I want the
American people to see the changing face of Greece."
"I have come here as a 'philhellene' -- a friend of Greece, and I look forward to experiencing that wonderful quality of Greek hospitality known to
all the world," Clinton said shortly after his arrival.
He told reporters that he believed the NATO bombing was the right thing to do, and he was unconcerned about the demonstrations.
"I know that a lot of people in Greece disagree with my position on Kosovo, and they have a right to their opinion and I have a right to mine," he
said.
Clinton is scheduled to meet with Greece's President Costis Stephanopoulos and Prime Minister Costas Simitis on Saturday before traveling to
Pisa and Florence, Italy, for meetings with Italian Prime Minister Massimo D'Alema. The U.S. president is accompanied by his wife Hillary and
daughter Chelsea.

Clinton arrived today in Greece.  They mobilized over 7,000 policemen and
400 FBI agents.  He was accompanied by  a 57 car convoy.  They blocked of a
radius of 1 kilometer around him anywhere he went and prevented any cars or
people to use the route that Clinton was going to use to get to his hotel.
Let me tell you that this is the only way Clinton will ever be coming to
Greece.  He gave a speech from the steps of Airforce 1.  Literally.  He
talked to 100 people, who got paid to chant Clinton's name and hold Greek
and American Flags.
He was then taken to his Hotel were himself, his wife and daughter have been
confined.
There have been riots in Athens, as soon as the plane touched the ground.
Thousands of protesters have been clashing with police for over 6 hours if
not more.  Tear gas is all over the downtown area and fires have been set in
hundreds of locations.  Banks, stores, garbage cans, cars... have all been
set ablaze.
A Huge banner, half an acre big, was put on the top of the Mountain Imitos.
It has a message for Clinton on it.  Clinton Murderer go home.
Another one was put on another mountain.  Another one was put at Likavitos,
the highest hill in Athens.
The Acropolis has been taken over by protesters who want to make sure that
Clinton does not get to visit the site while he is there.
Across the street from the hotel where he is staying, an American flag has
been raised with a big nazi cross on it.
Clinton visited Greece.  And all he saw was the airport with 100 paid
people, acting like they love him, and the hotel.  That should keep him in
the dark about the real story of his visit in Greece.
The Greek radio stations and TV stations all covered the protests that
turned to riots live.  At many instances the reporters could not breath from
the tear gasses and had to stop the coverage to get away.  The riots were
happening in a range of at least 50 blocks in the downtown area.
Do you think Clinton would come to Greece again?
CLINTON MURDERER GO HOME.

  Ancient Greece deified Xenios as the god of hospitality,
  but many modern Greeks won't be rolling out the
  welcome wagon for President Clinton when he arrives in
  Athens Friday.

  Traditional Greek hospitality has been eclipsed by a
  surge of anti-American protests surrounding the first visit
  by an American president in eight years. The spectacle
  has justifiably angered the Clinton administration and
  deeply embarrassed Greek Socialist Premier Costas
  Simitis, but it ought not detract from the substance of
  Clinton's weekend visit.

  Yes, the protests have been so vitriolic--including
  bombs and a mock lynching of Clinton--that he initially
  postponed his trip for security reasons. The Greek
  government had declined to curb demonstrators who
  want to protest his every stop. Now, with the visit
  slashed to 22 hours, the government has vowed to ban
  demonstrators in central Athens--the toughest
  restrictions since a military junta ruled Greece from 1967
  to 1974. Protesters vow to march anyway.

  Why is this happening? Mainly it stems from a history of
  bitter rivalry between the Orthodox East and the Latin
  West that dates to the sacking of Constantinople by
  Crusaders in 1204. That old enmity was laid bare by the
  U.S.-led NATO bombing of Yugoslavia. The Greek
  people saw their Orthodox Christian Serbian brethren as
  the victims in that conflict, not the Muslim Albanians.

  Indeed, Greece is going through an identity crisis.
  President Harry Truman helped keep Greece from
  falling into the Soviet bloc, but Greeks are still angry that
  America endorsed the Greek colonels after they took
  power in the 1960s. What was Cold War realpolitik for
  the U.S. remains a bitter pill in Athens. Winners never
  remember, and losers never forget.

  With the Cold War long over, the Kosovo crisis
  reopened the wounds. Greece's place in NATO
  compelled its government to endorse the bombing of
  Belgrade while more than 90 percent of the public
  opposed it. Anti-Americanism had actually been
  declining in Greece, but Kosovo revived it.

  Be that as it may, the Greek government has been a
  loyal ally in NATO and that's what counts. The Greek
  people need to appreciate that the past cannot be
  undone; it must be gotten over. Both sides ought to look
  past the current difficulties and focus on the future in
  Clinton's bilateral talks this weekend. Clearly, that is in
  the best interest of both parties.
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Lessons in mythology: 1. "Xenios" was not a god, but an adjective, a
title for Juppiter who  was believed to be the father of gods and humans.  He was the god of
hospitality, but from time to time punished some ungodly people, killing them with lightning.

2.Ancient Greeks had also deified justice. They worshipped two godesses of justice: Themis, who
was rendering justice with her eyes covered up, and Nemecis, who was punishing criminals.
Murderers and criminals were never welcome. They could find asylum in some temples, but this does
not means anyone liked them.

The comments about Crusades are a bit stupid. Someone could say this concerning the Serbs  that
were massacred by Croatians during WWII, but not in  refer to Kosovo. The problem with Kosovo
is that we Greeks, either we are Christians or not, live near Yugoslavia and know perfectly well both
Serb and  Albanian people. We know who are the victims and who is KLA. So it is not easy to be
deceived from CNN and the like. We know that NATO  misinformed people while it had no right to
bomb a sovereign state, for an  internal affair which was NOT genocide.

And there is Cyprus. Cyprus was to be united with Greece. Truman, a "philanthrope" mason, came to
the Greek  lodge to turn Greek masons against this plan. Thanks to this philanthrope, who "saved us
from Communism", and thanks to his successors - and their Greek collaborators, of course - so many
Cypriots  have lost their lives, their families,  their homeland. This editorial says nothing on Cyprus,
and I wonder why.
Anyway this vomiting article reminds me of the saying: "If you can't avoid a rape, then enjoy it". And
the answer is NO!

Maria Dimitriadou

Having lived in Greece for nearly ten years I can honestly assure
you that Clinton timetable could not be more placed at a more anti-American time.
Forget Kosovo for a second, this particular date, Nov 17th is always  highly
charged emotionally and VERY anti-American. The feelings are not
just held by the students either.
I used to live very close to the area, where to this day, massive
riots still take place.
Clinton will be shaking in his shoes. Put Kosovo in the
picture...........most Americans, in their right mind would stay
away.

God bless the Greeks.
Leah