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2008-09-02 Europe

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Posted by ed 2008-09-02 08:32|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 Gerhard Schröder announced that he was going to work for Russias Gazprom, the gigantic, state-owned energy company, whose chairman is a former East German Stasi (secret police) officer. The Stasi officer was friendly with Putin when Putin was a KGB operative stationed in East Germany.

Schröder joined the Social Democratic Party in 1963 and became Chancellor of Germany in 1990. With unification of Germany a signficiant amount of former East German intelligence, Stasi files, etc, were never made available to US Intelligence. Within the community, little additional confirmation of Schröder's association with the KGB was necessary. His long standing support for the Nord Stream (oil pipeline from Russia) is well documented. Landing a high paying position with Gazprom is not surprise.

Posted by Besoeker 2008-09-02 09:15|| 2008-09-02 09:15|| Front Page Top

#2 My apologies for the unintended bolding. Mods please repair if possible.

Posted by Besoeker 2008-09-02 09:16|| 2008-09-02 09:16|| Front Page Top

#3 done

Posted by lotp 2008-09-02 12:11|| 2008-09-02 12:11|| Front Page Top

#4 When Reagan tried to put Euromissiles in play in the eighties, one right wing regime after another toppled. That is likely to happen again. Just the facts, ladies and gentlemen.

Posted by Regional Peace 2008-09-02 18:17|| 2008-09-02 18:17|| Front Page Top

#5
Yup, I remember those right wing governments in Poland and Czechoslovakia and .....

Posted by lotp 2008-09-02 20:26|| 2008-09-02 20:26|| Front Page Top

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