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Current AffairsCzech scientists develop new antidotes to fight chemical attacks
The Czech government has reinforced Czech anti-chemical warfare forces
based in Kuwait in order to support possible US-led military action
against Iraq, should they get a go-ahead from the United Nations Security
Council. In the meantime Czech scientists developed several new antidotes
to treat soldiers and civilians in case of a chemical attack.
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Current AffairsCzech Parties Divided on Iraq
Czech politics has in the last few days been consumed by the issue of
whether the country should participate in a war against Iraq. The
governing Social Democrats are split on the issue, as is part of the
opposition.
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Current AffairsU.S. makes official request for Czech support on Iraq
The Czech government announced on Wednesday evening that Washington had
formally asked for support in any military action against Iraq. Following
a three-hour meeting of the National Security Council, Prime Minister
Vladimir Spidla said the cabinet would discuss the request in detail next
week before presenting it to parliament for approval.
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WitnessThe eyes behind the burka - Captain Leos Rejmont, a Czech doctor in Afghanistan
Leos Rejmont is a doctor serving in the Czech Army. When the Czech Republic
decided to send a field hospital to Afghanistan earlier this year as part
of the ISAF mission to guarantee security in and around Kabul, he
volunteered to take part. After five months with the 6th Field Hospital in
Afghanistan, Leos Rejmont is now back home in Prague. The Czech-run
hospital is to remain up and running till the end of the year, and then a
smaller group of Czech doctors will continue to work as part of a
20-strong international medical team. The Czech medical staff have gained
a good reputation in Afghanistan, both among Afghans and colleagues in
international peace-keeping forces. Here Dr Rejmont remembers how the
hospital gradually won the confidence of local people, and Afghan women in
particular.
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Letter from PragueAre we with them or against them?
At the beginning of the week, British Prime Minister Tony Blair unveiled a dossier on Iraq containing photographs of L-29 Dolphin military fighter planes, which Saddam Hussein is allegedly trying to transform into carriers for chemical and biological weapons. The planes were made in the former Communist Czechoslovakia. Earlier this month, the Czech daily Mlada Fronta Dnes reported that a newly revealed document proved that Communist Czechoslovakia had links to the Palestinian terrorist who masterminded the 1972 Olympics massacre in Munich, Germany. It is also no secret that Muhammad Atta, the man believed to have piloted one of the hijacked planes that crashed into the World Trade Centre in New York on September 11th last year, visited the Czech Republic twice, and to make matters worse, is believed to have contacted an Iraqi intelligence official to discuss plans to blow up the American-funded Radio Free Europe headquarters in Prague. A former UN chief weapons inspector then disclosed that he suspected the Iraqi agent to have handed Atta anthrax spores when they met in the Czech capital... More
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