Posted on 10/29/2004 6:45:51 AM PDT by HereComesTheGOP
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia summoned a U.S. diplomat to protest at a Pentagon claim that Russian soldiers spirited away hundreds of tons of explosives from a site in Iraq just before the U.S. invasion, Interfax news agency said on Friday.
The missing cache of explosives has become a political hot potato in the U.S. election race, with Democratic challenger John Kerry accusing the administration of President Bush of failing to secure the site.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
"Russia summoned a U.S. diplomat"
LOL well, well, well, sounds like the "good" old days.
Tell the gun runners and Oil scammers to stufffffff it.
Summons? Tell them they can stick their damn summons where the sun don't shine! The be-aches were helping Saddam right up until the time of liberation and beyond. They can kiss this American's A$$!!
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U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage looks on while meeting Russia's Security Council chief Igor Ivanov in Moscow, Thursday, Oct. 28, 2004. The United States and Russia, which both have felt the sting of terrorism, plan to exchange views and strengthen cooperation in countering it during talks this week in Moscow. (AP Photo/ Sergey Ponomarev) |
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Operation Sandukar - Soviet SOP for sattelite nations to ditch WMDs before the West can catch them red-handed.
I was livid when I saw American forces enounter a Russian "diplomatic" convoy exiting to Syria as we invaded. We weren't allowed to stop & inspect them. If it had been my unit, I would have "misunderstood" their "diplomatic" status and checked their trunks for Saddam and WMD paper trails.
So what organizations outside the Ministry of Defence moved the WMD? Hmmmmm?
Prolly the New KGB, you can find info about them anywhere...
Russia may want to come clean with this? Obviously they played some role or they have just ignored the reports.
Who do you suppose is leaking this stuff, and what is the motive?
Thanks for your service
"Russia summoned a U.S. diplomat"
Buh Bye now... Buh Bye!
Gertz stands by his story...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1260843/posts
New Thread started....
Article here... Report: Russia Took Iraqi Arms
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2004/10/29/012.html
"Thanks for your service"
No offense, but we get that so much, its like "have a good day"
A better way to show your appreciation for our troops would be to pester your congress-criter for perks: free tuition, pay raises, better medical care, etc.
"Operation Sandukar"
//edit: its "Sarindar". Link reposted due to relevance:
The Soviet Union and all its bloc states always had a standard operating procedure for deep sixing weapons of mass destruction — in Romanian it was codenamed "Sarindar, meaning "emergency exit."
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=10111
Gee Russia...who's side are you on???...your own maybe??
Why is it that the US is the only country to play by the rules? If the tables had been turned and the Russians encountered a US convoy you can bet there would have been inspections and maybe even a few bodies - and all they'd say is oops, my bad. Abu Ghraib (sp ?) - we "humiliate" a few ragheads and the world goes nuts. Yet they behead scores of civilians and the world yawns. I'm tired of the US being the nice guy. Lets kill ragheads relentlessly until they yell uncle.
because we can and still win.
THE HOMER DEFENSE "YA DIDN'T SEE US DO IT, YA CAN'T PROVE A THING
I would hate to be a diplomat. You know they are lying, they know they are lying, but you must remain polite and act as though they are telling the truth. I'm sick of people covering for the Russians.
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