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Russian troops gathering near Kabul: Moscow Weekly

Josey1Josey1 Member Posts: 9,598 ✭✭
edited October 2001 in General Discussion
Russian troops gathering near Kabul: Moscow Weekly Tue Oct 09 2001 13:03:27 ETMOSCOW, Oct 09, 2001 -- The Russian military has secretly positioned troops on the outskirts of Kabul for an assault on the Afghan capital together with the opposition Northern Alliance forces, the Russian weekly Moscow News said Tuesday.The weekly said Russian troops are operating tanks that had been given to the Northern Alliance as part of Moscow's military aid and are awaiting orders for an offensive against Kabul.The maneuver is aimed at beating American forces in entering Kabul not only for the sake of Russian honor, but also to secure a role for Russia in shaping the post-Taliban order in Afghanistan, the weekly said.In addition to supplying vast amounts of weaponry to the forces fighting the Taliban government, Moscow has also sent "military experts, technicians and military advisers," the Moscow News report said.A precedent to Russia taking this type of action was seen in June 1999 during the Yugoslavia war when Russian forces surprised the NATO-led international force and occupied the airport at the Kosovo capital.END http://www.drudgereport.com/flash.htm
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  • cbxjeffcbxjeff Member Posts: 17,597 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Don't forget Berlin. Kind of reminds me of an A H at work that lets me do most of the project, then steps in and takes the credit.
    It's too late for me, save yourself.
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  • badboybobbadboybob Member Posts: 1,658 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If it's true let them grab that tar baby. Personially I doubt it - they got their * kicked once in that country while we armed the present rulers. Bomb the hell out of the taliban and arm their opposition is the answer.
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  • IconoclastIconoclast Member Posts: 10,515 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If there are Russians on the ground, I don't really care, much less am I surprised - Putin & the Russian military would love to burnish their image after their ignomious withdrawal. I say the more the merrier. The broader the coalition arrayed against the terrorists, the more they appear unworthy of the support that has been shown for them in various Islamic nations in the past few days. And the sooner they will be hunted down and exterminated like the vermin they are. Ideally, the threat of terrorism could make the world unite in a common purpose as our own country has united - and as the Allies did 60 years ago. If that should happen, it would be wonderful to keep OBL alive just long enough to see it happen.
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