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To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (22719)	3/21/2005 12:45:36 PM
From: sea_urchin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81088

Gus > Forget about flip-flop Russia I think you didn't read what the article said. So here it is again. atimes.com >>No longer lying down Initially, Moscow supported Washington's "war on terrorism". However, the US invasion of Iraq changed this support into resistance, and later into active efforts to counterbalance the US. In the past two years both Washington and Moscow have sought to strengthen their influence in Central Asia and the Caucasus. Events surrounding the recent election in the Ukraine signal that the competition for influence between the US and Russia has increased. More significantly, Moscow is working diligently to strengthen its ties with Iran, Syria and China - countries that Washington considers to be adversaries*. In addition to supplying Tehran with dual use nuclear technology, Russia is also selling Iran a broad array of conventional military equipment. Many believe that Moscow is also supplying Tehran with missile technology and equipment. << * which, with the exception of N. Korea, is exactly what you said, which is: >>Here's the real anti-US axis: Pyongyang-Beijing-Tehran-Damas[cus]<<