Posted on 08/15/2007 4:11:10 PM PDT by Flavius
ISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived Wednesday in Kyrgyzstan to join the leaders of Russia and China for a summit of a regional group seen as a platform for countering U.S. interests in strategic, energy-rich Central Asia.
The United States, which maintains an air base in the host country, is keeping a close eye on Thursday's gathering of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, which also includes four ex-Soviet republics in Central Asia.
The SCO emerged 11 years ago to address religious extremism and border security issues in Central Asia. China and Russia have been pushing for strengthening the group since the U.S. military set up air bases in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks to support the anti-terror campaign in nearby Afghanistan.
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Reference to an old show.
World War Next
Trust in God, question everyone else.
Today's friends, tomorrows enemies.
Today's enemies, tomorrows friends.
Without internal sovereign security, we have none at all globally.
That bad, eh? ; )
I'm with ya' FRiend.
well that server storage and all
one must not say what one thinks its the ‘80’s again
the 1984’s
Is that someone knocking at your door that I hear in the background?
Ya' never know...
This great pilgrimage is about over, time to fold up the tents and go home.
What are the coordinates of the meeting site?
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