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To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (22331)	2/5/2005 2:39:35 PM
From: sea_urchin	Respond to of 81023

Gus > Russia's got enough intelligence power to badly disrupt any serious attempt by the US/Israeli mad dog And also maybe enough financial power to give the USD a smack? news.ft.com >>Russia said yesterday it had abandoned efforts to tie the rouble's movement closely to the dollar and switched to shadowing both the euro and the US currency. The move heightened expectations that other countries operating de facto dollar pegs, such as China, could follow suit. With 81 per cent of Russia's oil exports currently sold to Europe, the move also provoked fresh speculation that Russia could decide to denominate its oil in euros. Russia is the world's second-largest oil exporter, behind Saudi Arabia.<<

To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (22331)	2/6/2005 6:52:01 PM
From: sea_urchin	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 81023

Gus >>U.S.-Israel plan to strike Irans nuclear sites finalized << aljazeera.com >>Experts from the U.S. Defense Department, the Pentagon and Israel have put final touches to a plan to launch a military strike targeting Iran’s nuclear facilities, experts at the European Commission based in Brussels*, revealed on Sunday. The experts added that the implementation of this plan rested on a number of factors including the U.S. continuous efforts to hamper the EU-Iranian negotiations to persuade Iran to suspend all activities related to uranium enrichment, with the aim of justifying a military strike against the Islamic republic if it refused to bow to U.S. pressures.<< * no wonder you have first-hand information!

To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (22331)	2/9/2005 11:14:54 AM
From: sea_urchin	Respond to of 81023

Gus >>Russia and China announce strategic partnership in a bid to counter expanding Western military and fiscal influences<< indiadaily.com >>Tang Jiaxuan, a member of China's State Council, said Russia and China have similar positions on regional and global issues. Tang said Moscow is Beijing's key ally in its effort to maintain a strategic partnership. Sources say, Russia and China have formally joined hands to stop expanding American and European military as well as economic global influences. The strategic partnership can be very significant in providing a combined counter effect to the only Super Power of the world – America. The partnership between China and Russia actually started last year just after the start of the Iraq war. The two countries came close to each other in terms of supporting each other. Russia now provides significant amount of China’s energy needs. China now provides financial guarantee and loan to Russia without announcing the same explicitly. Russian and Chinese military are having secret joint sessions to create the strategy of self defense in case of any invasion from other countries.<<