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To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (4358)	9/25/2001 12:57:55 AM
From: D. Long	Respond to of 23908

Sudden sea change. What concessions did the US make to Russia, Gus? I don't expect to hear much about Chechnya anymore, or at least referring to it as a fight for freedom. Nor do I think there will be much more American meddling in Central Asia with talks of pipelines and NATO joint exercises. We gave the nod to the Russian Fist squeezing Central Asia. timesofindia.com ___________________________________________________________ Russia preparing for new campaign in Afghanistan MOSCOW: Russia is preparing for a new military campaign in Afghanistan if the United States should launch reprisal strikes following the September 11 terror attacks, the Russian media warned Monday. "Russia will launch a new campaign in Afghanistan to contribute to the fall of the Taliban," the daily Izvestia wrote. It said President Vladimir Putin had discussed the possibility of "a direct Russian involvement in the conflict" with senior ministers during a meeting at the Black Sea resort of Sochi. Izvestia cited "sources close to the government" but gave no further details. For the business daily Vedomosti, "the Kremlin has understood that not only must it prepare for a war, it must also take part in it with the means at its disposal to help the Americans." "The stability of central Asia depends on the effectiveness of Russia's collaboration with the Northern Alliance," it wrote, referring to the anti-Taliban coalition of forces that maintains pockets of resistance in northern Afghanistan. The daily Vremia Novostei said the Alliance would be "the main participant in the land operation being prepared by the United States in Afghanistan, with Moscow serving as intermediary." The paper believed Moscow had encouraged Uzbekistan and Tajikistan to offer Washington the use of their bases, despite the official position that Russia was opposed to such a development, or at best undecided. "Moscow is not opposed to Tashkent and Dushanbe taking part in a US military operation, and even contributed to the taking of a decision (on the use of their bases)," it said. On Saturday an Uzbek military official, insisting on anonymity, told AFP that US military aircraft had already landed at a base in Uzbekistan. There have however been no indications that Tajikistan will allow its bases to be used by US forces. Moscow's last intervention in Afghanistan, launched by Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev on December 25, 1979, ended in a humiliating withdrawal that was completed in 1989. ( AFP )

To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (4358)	9/25/2001 3:28:38 AM
From: D. Long	Respond to of 23908

Is this the answer to my question, Gus? Will there be a quid pro quo for Russia's cooperation in Afghanistan? <g> itar-tass.com ___________________________________________________________ .Map of World Trade Centre strikes confiscated in Chechnya. 24/9 Tass 155 MOSCOW, September 24 (Itar-Tass) - A resident of Chechnya has been arrested in the city of Argun, Chechnya, during a special operation, on whom a scheme was found, that featured strikes at the buildings of the U.S. World Trade Centre by the planes, captured by terrorists, representatives of the public relations centre of the Federal Security Service (FSS) branch in Chechnya told Tass on Monday. They specified that the word "jihad" was written on the back side of the scheme. Aside from it, ten army tents and ten sleeping bags were confiscated from the detainee. The operation was staged by officers of the FSS branch in Chechnya jointly with the provisional police service and the prosecutor`s office. rom/gor