[Bahbah]

I can't even begin to imagine the amount of hanky panky going on.

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[Marysecretary]

But, but, Russia is our FRIEND!

[aristeides]

I heard John Loftus make much the same claim on the Bachelor and Alexander radio show last night. I only caught the tail end of what he was saying, so I don't know if he said what his sources are.

[aristeides]

How good a source is Nezavisimaya Gazeta?

[Mr. Buzzcut]

"They expected that the diplomats wouldn't carry the cargo on their backs and it would be possible to seize it," the newspaper said, adding that the alleged plan had apparently failed because of the Iraqis who fired on the Americans.

This is a confusing sentence.

[unsycophant]

 US investigates Russian convoy shooting
WORLD/CIS » :: Apr 09, 2003 Posted: 12:31 Moscow time (08:31 GMT)
 
WASHINGTON - The United States said on Tuesday it was investigating how Russian diplomats came under fire in Iraq while driving to Syria, saying it was unclear who shot at them despite a statement by the Russian ambassador to Iraq blaming U.S. forces.

....."No determination has yet been made as to precisely what happened or whose forces were involved. We are trying to establish these facts," he added, saying the State Department viewed the incident as a matter of "extreme seriousness" and would convey the investigation's results to Moscow.

The U.S. Army has said it had no troops in the Baghdad suburb where the incident took place, but a Russian television correspondent who had been in the convoy said it had been caught in cross-fire between U.S. and Iraqi forces

...."He (the ambassador) got instructions to go along one road but he went along another road. We recommended that they leave a long time ago," said the State Department official, who asked not to be identified.

[MississippiMan]

I have little doubt the Russians were trying to spirit something away that they shouldn't have and they fully deserved to be hit. They have no right to be taking Iraqi archives anywhere. I love the way the article acts as if that's something they had a perfect right to do. I hope we were able to seize whatever it was.

MM

[ApesForEvolution]

The Soviet Union (aka Russia) and it's Ba'athist surrogate just don't know when to stop. Pluckin commumists.

[SuziQ]

The article begs the question? Did we find out for sure if they were carrying the documents, or did the Russians take all the stuff back to Baghdad?

[m1-lightning]

The threat of nuclear war ended at the fall of the Berlin wall. The Cold War, however, has never ended, rather it merely changes how we fight it. Now it's spy vs. spy.