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2005-06-23 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Putin sez there are still bad guys in Afghanistan

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Posted by Dan Darling 2005-06-23 11:53|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Brilliant deduction. That's why they pay him the big rubels.

Posted by BH 2005-06-23 12:05|| 2005-06-23 12:05|| Front Page Top

#2 "direct involvement of certain (foreign) spy services"

hes fingering ISI, which is huge IF true. and i dont think there are supposed to be any TRAINING camps left. Nah, this isnt the obvious - this is fairly intense dig at Kharzai, the "friendly" Pashtun, and of course at Pakistan, Russias traditional rival for influence in afghan (paki taking over the historic Brit role) Russia prefers the Northern Alliance Dari speakers who in recent months have been sidelined by Kharzai. Of course in the last few days Kharzai and the Pakis have beent trading accusations, proving the Great Game is as complex as ever.

Posted by liberalhawk 2005-06-23 15:40|| 2005-06-23 15:40|| Front Page Top

#3 LH, I'm thinking he's lumping the Saudi's and al-Faisal in the accusation as well.

Posted by Rightwing 2005-06-23 15:51|| 2005-06-23 15:51|| Front Page Top

#4 With this... the stage is being set for possible surgical strikes abroad in places like Afghanistan and elsewhere. Puti can then always shrug and reply, "Hey... I warned everyone... we say what we mean and we mean what we say... da?".

Posted by Fun Dung Poo 2005-06-23 23:02|| 2005-06-23 23:02|| Front Page Top

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