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I understand the outrage of millions of Russians on learning on Friday morning that the Pentagon has put up Russia's image on the army shooting range. Moreover, it appears that Americans are prepared to fire live missiles if they consider the danger coming from Russia excessive.

http://en.rian.ru/analysis/20070209/60474939.html


From Information Clearing House

The US administration may introduce sanctions against Russia for the recent delivery of Tor-M1 missile system to Iran. State Department Sean McCormack said Wednesday that such measures were likely to follow because the Bush’s administration harshly criticized Russia’s defense contract with Iran and urged the Kremlin to terminate it.

http://english.pravda.ru/world/americas/25-01-2007/86770-TorM1-0



Russian influence worrying US: Putin

President Vladimir Putin hit out at Western criticism of the Kremlin, saying it was aimed at countering Russia's growing influence in the world.

http://www.gulfnews.com/world/Russia/10099284.html


From Information Clearing House

Czechs Give Go-Ahead for US "Son of Star Wars" Base

The Czech government has announced that it wants to host a large US military site for the Pentagon's much-criticized missile shield system, confirming for the first time that Washington had asked Prague for permission to build a radar site for the national missile defense program. Russia had warned earlier this month that any extension of the US missile project to eastern Europe would force it to review its own missile defenses.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/012207N.shtml

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Russia sees threat from US plan for missiles in eastern Europe

A top Russian general warned that a missile defense system that the United States wants to deploy in eastern Europe would pose a "clear threat" to his country.

http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=160056



Russian defense minister bristles at U.S. missile defense plans

Russia's defense minister on Wednesday harshly criticized U.S. plans to deploy missile defense sites in central Europe, saying that Moscow doesn't trust American claims that they are intended to counter missile threats posed by Iran and North Korea.

http://tinyurl.com/2evcvm


From Information Clearing House

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US reveals proposed site for Czech missile defence radar
http://rawstory.com/news/2007/US_reveals_proposed_site_for_Czech__01252007.html


Informant: Kev Hall

Peak Oil, Petrocurrencies and the Emerging Multi-Polar World
http://tinyurl.com/2hd5du


From Information Clearing House

Russia has accused the US of illegally imposing sanctions on some Russian military firms which Washington says were co-operating with Iran and Syria.

http://tinyurl.com/vf9tx


From Information Clearing House

"The United States has once again behaved hastily and unwisely," Konstantin Kosachov, head of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Russian Duma, told Moscow radio station Eco.

http://english.eluniversal.com/2007/01/05/en_pol_art_05A821481.shtml


From Information Clearing House

Asia Times
by F William Engdahl

10/25/06

The US thought Russia had been safely neutralized and dismembered, but President Vladimir Putin has been working to turn Washington's dream into a nightmare. State energy company Gazprom's fast entry into the gas and oil market is at the heart of Russia's attempts to build new economic alliances across the Eurasian landmass for the coming showdown with the US...

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/HJ26Ag01.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

By Mike Whitney

The Bush administration’s long-range objectives are already clear. They aim to privatize the Russian oil industry, convert the ruble to the dollar, remove Putin from office, and prevent Russia from controlling the huge oil reserves in the Caspian Basin.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15233.htm

Geopolitische Strategen planen den neuen Kalten Krieg.
http://www.telepolis.de/tp/r4/artikel/23/23432/1.html

http://www.takistopdrawer.us/article_2006-June-10p.html


Informant: Lew Rockwell