From: "Robert G Lewis" 

http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000085&sid=aWyx6zPKWIVA&refer=europe

``This is not true. Russian troops have left Iraq 12 years ago and have not
entered the country since then,'' Vadim Tarasov, a spokesman at Russia's
Defense Ministry, said in a telephone interview, citing comment from
Vyacheslav Sedov, head of the ministry's press service.

"Robert Comer"  wrote in
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>> Comments? -
>
> Proof?
>
> "Almost certainly" doesn't exactly fill me with confidence,
but it might
> be interesting to hear what the Russians say about it and what our
> intelligence people dig up...  (though our intelligence people should have
> been investigating this from day 1 if true.)
>
> - Bob Comer
>
>
> "Gary Wiltshire"  wrote in message
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>> Comments? -
>>
>> Russia tied to Iraq's missing arms
>>
>> By Bill Gertz
>> THE WASHINGTON TIMES
>>
>> Russian special forces troops moved many of Saddam Hussein's weapons and
>> related goods out of Iraq and into Syria in the weeks before the March
>> 2003 U.S. military operation, The Washington Times has learned.
>>
>>     John A. Shaw, the deputy undersecretary of defense for international
>> technology security, said in an interview that he believes the Russian
>> troops, working with Iraqi intelligence, "almost
certainly" removed the
>> high-explosive material that went missing from the Al-Qaqaa facility,
>> south of Baghdad.
>>
>> . . .
>>
>> http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20041028-122637-6257r.htm
>>
>> --
>> Gary Wiltshire
>
>

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