Report on spying baseless: (says) Russia

hinduonnet ^ | APRIL 13 2003 | Vladimir Radyuhin

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Report on spying baseless: Russia

MOSCOW

The Russian spy agency dismissed as `baseless' a British media report that Russia had provided Baghdad with critical intelligence in the run-up to the U.S.-led war against Iraq.

"We do not comment on proof-less and baseless allegations published in the tabloid press," the spokesman for the Foreign Intelligence Service, Boris Labusov, told the Interfax news agency on Sunday.

Earlier, Russia denied reports that the Iraqi leader, Saddam Hussein, was hiding in the Russian Embassy in Baghdad; that Russian diplomats had spirited out of Iraq the secret files of the Iraqi security services; and that Russia had clandestinely provided Iraq with weapons and banned military hardware.

Russia today counterattacked by demanding that the U.S.-British forces take action to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe in Iraq and to stop the plunder of historical artifacts from Iraqi museums.

A spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry expressed concern over the worsening humanitarian and security situation in Iraq. "Under international law occupation forces bear full responsibility for meeting the needs of the Iraqi people in the humanitarian field," the spokesman, Alexander Yakovenko, said.

"The occupation forces are also responsible for protecting cultural, historic and religious monuments in Iraq which belong to all humanity as priceless treasures of ancient civilisations.

"Mr. Yakovenko also said Russia would not demand the replacement of the Iraqi diplomats in Moscow.

"It is up to the Iraqis to decide on the composition of their embassy in Russia," the Russian spokesman said.

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Russia = lairs!

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Link to the big story:

RUSSIA SPIED ON BLAIR FOR SADDAM...

[FReepaholic]

>>..."We do not comment on proof-less and baseless allegations published in the tabloid press," the spokesman for the Foreign Intelligence Service, Boris Labusov, told the Interfax news agency on Sunday....<<

Ummm...you just did, Boris.

[Humidston]

The best defense is a good offense.

Vlad and Boris, you done messed with Superman's cape and you're going to rue the day you did it.

Ve haf ways, you know!

[mtbopfuyn]

Yeah, yeah, we've heard all that before. Just like every time I walked into my Russian hotel room I could set my watch as to how long it took those jerks to ring the phone. FYI, back in the good old days, they turned on their bugs by ringing the phone fully expecting no one to be the wiser. They haven't lifted a finger to help the Iraqis but are all up in arms about us, the dreaded world police, to police the nation and demand to know why aid hadn't reached them three weeks ago.

I've heard criticism because 30% is Basrah is without water, never mind 60% was without water before the war. Never mind the allies have found and distributed food stores Saddam hadn't given out. Never mind we're birthing Iraqi babies and are providing medical care for citizens and Iraqi soldiers alike and having "our" soldiers killed protecting hospitals. I'm sorry some 4000 year old vase got "stolen" out of an insured vault, but we're still fighting a war here folks with weapons stamped in Russian so back off Putin.

[aristeides]

The Telegraph is broadsheet, not tabloid.

[Becki]

We do not comment on proof-less and baseless allegations published in the tabloid press," the spokesman for the Foreign Intelligence Service, Boris Labusov, told the Interfax news agency on Sunday.

Tabloid Press??? I thought this came from the Telegraph?

Ivan, I wonder how they are going to respond to this one?

Becki

[Fulbright]

They are still rolling out the Big Lie, not a surprise when one is dealing with the NKVD.

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they have been lying since they said they were for peace with the west. It is time to end communist countries now something we have failed at for years. truth is aand always was that appeasement does not work.