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To: LindyBill who wrote (75564)	2/19/2003 11:40:10 AM
From: Rollcast...	Respond to of 281500

Russian citizens start leaving Iraq jang.com.pk MOSCOW: Russia has begun evacuating its citizens from Iraq, a news agency reported on Tuesday. The ITAR-Tass news agency cited diplomatic sources in Cairo as saying the evacuation had begun. It said more than 1,000 Russian citizens were in Iraq. The Foreign Ministry and several companies working in Iraq said they could not immediately confirm the report. Whether or not to evacuate "is the Foreign Ministry's prerogative", said Dmitry Dolgov, a spokesman for oil company Lukoil. He said a contingency plan coordinated by the Russian Embassy in Baghdad was in place but that he knew of no decision to activate it. Russian media reported that Russian companies held a meeting on Tuesday in Baghdad and decided to evacuate. Many foreign embassies, earlier, pulled out non-essential staff and urged citizens to leave, but Russia, which opposes a military operation and has strong economic ties with Iraq, had so far stuck firm. Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov said late last month that there were about 700 Russian "specialists" in Iraq. Tuesday's reports came a day after a delegation of several dozen Russian lawmakers including Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov, scholars and journalists arrived in Iraq for a three-day visit.

To: LindyBill who wrote (75564)	2/19/2003 11:53:17 AM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

We just cannot allow anybody new to have Nukes. The only way that can be accomplished is to keep the countries technologicly crippled, soon to be a century behind the rest of the world, and then rather intrusively monitor their every activity. I don't think such a policy can be maintained for very long. We must ultimately organize our policies to where we can trust North Korea the way we trust North Dakota. That cannot be done by first strike. TP