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Russia 'drops missile plans due to Obama change to US attitude'
telegraph.co.uk - 1/28/2009
Russia 'drops missile plans due to Obama change to US attitude'
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Russia has dropped plans to install missiles near Poland after the Obama administration signalled a change in US attitude.
telegraph.co.uk - 1/28/2009
Russia defence spending soars
— telegraph.co.uk — Russia's defence budget has risen by 34 per cent since last year and its armed forces are... being completely overhauled according to the most authoritative survey of global military trends. (more) Russia defence spending soars

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military.com - 2/3/2009
Karzai Claims Defense Deal With Russia
— military.com — KABUL, Afghanistan - Russia is ready to cooperate on defense matters with Afghanistan, the Afghan president said... Monday. The announcement coincides with increasingly public tensions between Afghan and Western officials, as well as Russia's heightened ... (more) Karzai Claims Defense Deal With Russia

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Surprise: Political Murders Continue in Russia
pajamasmedia.com - 2/2/2009
Surprise: Political Murders Continue in Russia
— pajamasmedia.com — It's time for Western leaders, including Barack Obama, to demand a stop to Putin's thuggery.... (more) Surprise: Political Murders Continue in Russia

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Theo Spark:  News.....

Pat Dollard | Young Americans:  Moscow Gets Obama To Blink On Euro Missile Defense

Newshoggers.com:  Riotous Ramblings of the Right

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News.....
Theo Spark — ... replaces portrait of the Queen with modern art. Another bunch or councillors who need to be got rid of. Recycling 'could be adding to global warming'. Poor old eco-loonies. Are they right about anything? Council blocks new home for maimed Marine. Scum. Cows with names produce more milk, scientists say. Good old Daisy. Israeli warplane bombs Gaza's smuggling tunnels. Good. Russia 'drops missile plans due to Obama change to US attitude'. Wouldn't trust them an inch. ...

Moscow Gets Obama To Blink On Euro Missile Defense
Pat Dollard | Young Americans — ... with Bloomberg Television, Mr Putin said he was “cautiously optimistic” about US-Russia relations under Mr Obama. President Dmitry Medvedev of Russia is expected to have his first formal meeting with Mr Obama on the sidelines of a Group of 20 summit in London in April. One possible formula for easing the tension might be for America to defer its missile defence system in return for Russian co-operation in the Middle East and elsewhere. Telegraph UK: Russia ‘drops missile plans due to Obama change to US ...

Riotous Ramblings of the Right
Newshoggers.com — ... And the stupid doesn't end there, as news that Russia is willing to suspend deployment of nuclear missiles near Poland to counteract the expected US deployment of missile shield components in that country, a boondoggle that Obama seems correctly to be in no hurry to waste money on. Very good news really, even if all it amounts to is both sides sitting on their hands and waiting. ...

Diplomacy Isn't So Hard...
Lawyers, Guns and Money — It appears that the Bush administration's effort to diplomatically "lock in" a missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic has failed: ...

links for 2009-01-29
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... (tags: barack_obama GOP economic_stimulus) Russia 'drops missile plans due to Obama change to US attitude' - Obama Quits Missile Defense? The official suggested that Mr Obama's White House had made clear it ...

Kum Ba Yah Ahmadinejad
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... But, this is par for the course, since Obama has sold out Poland and the Czech Republic by appeasing Russia over a missile defense plan. ...

Report: Obama Caves to Putin
The Discerning Texan — ... And what caused Moscow's sudden change of heart? According to the U.K. Telegraph, the Obama Administration has signaled that it "will not prioritize" Bush Administration plans for ballistic missile defenses in eastern Europe. Plans for the shield were accelerated last year, after the conflict between Russia and Georgia. ...

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