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Russia and China to hold joint military exercise
Reuthers ^ | 8/16/2007 | Saint Louis

Posted on 08/16/2007 7:39:24 PM PDT by Saint Louis

CHEBARKUL, Russia (Reuters) - Troops from Russia, China and Central Asian states will take part in a joint military exercise on Friday designed to show off their alliance's increasing power.

About 6,500 troops, mainly from Russia and China, will take part. Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan are also SCO members.

Russia has fought two wars against Muslim separatists in its Chechnya region since 1994, China says it has been combating Muslim Uighur rebels in its most westerly province and Uzbekistan says it has had to combat Islamist militants.

The Russian commander in charge of the exercise, General Vladimir Moltenskoi, said on Thursday it would help SCO member countries fight both international and "internal terrorists".

(Excerpt) Read more at asia.news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: commies; enemies
Nixon and Kissinger ended this kind of thing, and I'm not pleased to see it coming back.
1 posted on 08/16/2007 7:39:27 PM PDT by Saint Louis
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To: Saint Louis

Just don’t eat in the Chinese mess hall or take a flight on a Russian jet and you may survive this exersize.


2 posted on 08/16/2007 7:42:27 PM PDT by Son House ($$Proud Memeber of Vast Right Wing, Out To Lower Your Tax Rates For More Opportunities.$$)
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To: Saint Louis

Ask yourself if we should start increasing the size of our military before the Clinton era. Remember your answer in the future. We have half the naval ships that we did at the end of WWII. Not something to be proud of.


3 posted on 08/16/2007 7:50:08 PM PDT by RC2
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To: Saint Louis

remember who the country is with the battle-hardened armed forces...oh wait it’s us.


4 posted on 08/16/2007 7:59:48 PM PDT by steel_resolve (Club the wicked.)
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To: Son House
Aeroflot is one of the safest and highest-rated airlines in the world. You must be referring to regional flights.

How many Dreamliners has Aeroflot taken slots for? Was it 22?
5 posted on 08/16/2007 8:19:39 PM PDT by JohnA
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