[dirtboy]

By the end of this week, Russian strength in and around Kabul will rise to 6,400 soldiers, roughly the same number as the British commandos, whose dispatch to Afghanistan has been called off at the insistence of Northern Alliance chiefs.

And upon further review this sentence is completely squirrely as well - roughly the same number as the British commandos, even though they aren't there? hmmmmm...

[Dog Gone]

When Putin told Barbara Walters last week that the notion of sending Russian troops to Afghanistan was unthinkable, that it would be like the US deciding to send troops to Vietnam today, I found it to be very believable.

Which is not something I can say about DEBKA.