In a note written to the Ambassador
Simonyi, Mayor Sándor Pataki and the town of Taszár, where the Free
Iraqi Forces (FIF) trained last year, remember the victims of 9/11. Taszár's
airbase had served as a base for U.S, and other NATO troops as early as
1995 during the war in Bosnia, before being offered by the Hungarian
government as a training facility for FIF troops prior to the Iraq war.
Click here for
original letter. (.pdf file)
Unofficial translation:
Dear
Mr. Ambassador,
Please
convey to the President of the United States and the families of the
victims of 9/11 the sincerest condolences of the people of Taszár on the
anniversary of the terrorist attacks against the World Trade Center.
The
people of Taszár are sincerely committed to the war on terror because
terrorism threatens the security of all democratic nations.
We
are sincerely proud to have been part, in the last nine years and as a
member of NATO, of a process that aims to make our world safer.
Sincerely
and with the condolences of the residents of the town of Taszár
Mayor
Sándor Pataki
