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To: BossLady
Some historical context from this other article dated June 23, 2006:

Putin guaranteed the delivery of Russian Streletz anti-aircraft missiles (referred to as SA-18s in NATO parlance). The carriage-mounted missiles with a range of six kilometers (about four miles) could make "low altitude flights over the residence of the Syrian president" more difficult in the future, Putin said in an interview with Israeli television. Indeed, Israel deeply humiliated the Syrians last year when it sent a squadron of F-16 fighter jets on a low-altitude mission encircling Assad's summer residence near the Russian base.

42 posted on 07/16/2006 8:57:40 PM PDT by balk (Vive le Canada libre... des Libereaux)
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To: balk

Putin needs an attitude adjustment..... :o


47 posted on 07/16/2006 9:00:10 PM PDT by BossLady (SKYAGRA - Kim Jong Il's answer to ejectile dysfunction......)
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