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Russian defense minister says U.S. missile defense in Europe meant to weaken Russian deterrence
AP ^ | November 28, 2006
Posted on 11/28/2006 5:18:38 PM PST by Tailgunner Joe
The planned deployment of a U.S. missile defense system in Europe is intended to weaken Russia's capacity for deterrence, the defense minister said, according to a report Tuesday by the Interfax news agency.
"We are told that this system is allegedly intended to intercept Iranian ballistic missiles. But Iran has no missiles of this class and is unlikely to obtain them in the foreseeable future," Interfax quoted Ivanov as saying in Belarus' Soyuznoye Gosudarstvo magazine.
Washington is in negotiations with Poland and Czech Republic, former communist states that now belong to NATO, as it explores where to set up a missile defense site in Eastern Europe. The site would be the first of its kind outside U.S. territory, and American officials say it could also defend Europe against any intercontinental-range missiles developed by states such as Iran and North Korea.
"The U.S.-declared threat, which can allegedly be countered by the system under development, is only an attempt to cover up efforts to change strategic stability and to weaken Russia's deterrence potential," Ivanov said.
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Report: Russian defense minister defends arms sales to Iran - November 27, 2006 - Russia's defense minister defended his country's sale of arms to Iran, saying in an interview published Monday that air defense missile systems it is delivering will not upset the regional balance of power.
Russia said on Friday that it had begun delivery of the Tor-M1 systems under a contract signed in December.
"Every country is allowed to deliver arms to another as long as it is not evading any sanctions in doing so," Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov was quoted as saying by the German weekly Der Spiegel.
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"Two Houston men charged with aiding Taliban"
Houston Chronicle ^ | Nov. 28, 2006 | CINDY GEORGE
Posted on 11/28/2006 5:12:13 PM PST by SwinneySwitch
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "One of two Houston men accused of training to fight with the Taliban pleaded guilty this afternoon in federal court.
Kobie Diallo Williams, 33, a U.S. citizen who was a student at the University of Houston Downtown, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to assist a terrorist group. His help included withdrawing cash from an ATM to send to the Middle East.
Another man, Adnan Babar Mirza, 29, a Pakistani national who was in the country on an expired student visa, faces a similar conspiracy charges as well as three federal weapons violations. Mirza appeared today before a U.S. magistrate judge.
Mirza became illegal when his visa expired. Someone holding a student visa or in the country illegally is not allowed to have firearms.
In court, Williams admitted that he viewed coalition forces fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan as invaders. He had expressed a desire to travel to the Middle East to help the Taliban. Williams also admitted to handing over money that was supposed to help Taliban fighters and their families.
"We knew that you couldn't get money to the Taliban," Williams told U.S. District Judge Ewing Werlein Jr., adding that he gave $350 to "a gentleman."
"Adnan informed us that there was a hospital that most of the families go to," Williams said.
"What families?," Werlein asked.
"Widows and children," Williams said.
To prepare as a fighter, Williams said he used various firearms at shooting ranges and campgrounds in Harris, Walker and Montgomery counties including at Sam Houston National Forest.
Williams, a thick-bearded man dressed in a white dress shirt and black slacks, told the judge that he was studying computer science with a minor in mathematics at UH after earning an associate's degree in electrical engineering technology."