#1 Compare wid DEBKA > KURDISH PKK TO MOVE INTO SOUTH CAUCASUS.. Read - Russia, to save its butt and fight another day. Also, STRATEGYPAGE > AFGHANISTAN: TWO WARS, ONE ENEMY. Summary of multi-ethnic sectarianism + TALIBAN OFFENSIVE IN AFGHANIS IS TRANSNATIONAL [Pakistan]; + RUSSIA: NOT FADE AWAY, Besides the recent Kuznetzov carrier NAVEX/AIREX in the Mediterranean + Russ population still in decline [down to 100Milyuhn by 2050?], ARTIKLE > indics that RUSS WAR AGZ ISLAMIC TERRORISM IN CHECHNYA IS SPREADING TO REGIONS OUTSIDE OF CHECHNYA, espec as anti-Russ Islamist militants flee to escape Russ govt pressures.
TOPIX > NYT/CENTER FOR SECURITY POLICY - WE STILL NEED THE BIG GUNS. Author > The lesson from IRAQ is that OLD-FASHIONED FORCE STILL WORKS. |