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2006-05-17 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

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Posted by ryuge 2006-05-17 04:43|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 And Putin continues to suck up to Hamas and Iran.

Posted by DoDo 2006-05-17 11:54|| 2006-05-17 11:54|| Front Page Top

#2 Article: Poverty, corruption and persecution connected with Islam have fueled anger at the authorities in the North Caucasus, an ethnically mixed strip of republics, most of which have large Muslim populations.

If there's one thing that Russia doesn't need, it's more Muslims. And yet Russia is busily trying to add Muslim-dominated sections of Georgia to Russia territory. I assume Putin has a plan. My feeling is that Putin's plan is stupid beyond words. Hitler and Stalin weren't nice people. But they understood what was in their interest and what wasn't in their interest. Putin is nowhere near as bad as either character. But compared to those two, Putin has the brain power of an amoeba.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2006-05-17 16:51|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2006-05-17 16:51|| Front Page Top

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