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I just wish Russia would speak out as strongly against US actions in Afghanistan as they do against US aggression against Iraq. peacefully yours, Nancy Hey Charles wrote: > HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK > --------------------------- > > Comrades, > > Mart wrote > > "Noble sentiments to be sure, but Russia is *not* the Soviet Union > and the U.S cares little about what Russia thinks or says. > mart" > > Indeed that's true but the capitalist Russia of today has reason to be > concerned about protecting it's sphere's of influence in a world of > competing imperial powers and especially now that the US imperialists have a > military presence in Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Afghanistan and look like > they staying for a while -- Russia and China are pretty concerned. > > The way things are going, with a renewed US military presence in the > Philippines -- supposedly to fight terrorism, its support for the Colombian > government against the FARC, talk of US and European imperialist actions in > the Middle East and Africa -- the western imperialists are on the march and > it certainly looks like contradictions between rival major and minor > imperialial powers will come to a head with the possibility of war, even > world war. > > Charles > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Barry Stoller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 9:36 PM > Subject: Russia warns US against war on Iraq > HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK > --------------------------- > > Reuters. 24 January 2002. Russia Warns U.S. Against Military Strike on > Iraq. > > MOSCOW -- Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov said Thursday that Moscow > was opposed to any U.S. military operation against Iraq, offering > crucial support to Baghdad in its confrontation with Washington. > > In a further gesture of support after talks with Iraqi Deputy Prime > Minister Tareq Aziz, Ivanov said Moscow wanted sanctions against Iraq to > be lifted. > > Aziz arrived in Moscow Wednesday amid threats by Washington to use force > against Iraq if it refused to allow in U.N. arms inspectors, who left > Iraq in 1998 complaining they were being prevented from performing their > duties. > > "We will not submit to U.S. threats," Aziz told a news conference during > a break in the talks. "If we face aggression, we will defend our > country." > > Russia has maintained close ties with Iraq and is trying to recover > Soviet-era debts of about $9 billion. It is deeply suspicious of U.S. > plans to extend military action to other countries suspected of backing > international terrorism. > > "The struggle against terrorism should be based on a firm legal basis > and the U.N. should play a coordinating role in the joint international > effort," Ivanov said. > > "That is why Russia sees as unacceptable a mechanical spread of the > anti-terrorist operation to any other country, including Iraq." > > "If such a thing occurred, this would not only weaken the anti-terrorist > coalition but also help extremist forces which want to ruin this > coalition and aim at using contradictions among its members to achieve > their goals." > > Ivanov reiterated Russia's support for lifting sanctions against Iraq, > which he described as "counterproductive." > > He welcomed dialogue between Baghdad and U.N. Secretary-General Kofi > Annan, started last year. > > "Any solution should state clearly the prospects and conditions for > lifting sanctions as envisaged in the U.N. Security Council's > resolution," he said. > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > > Barry Stoller > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ProletarianNews > > --------------------------- > ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST > --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9WB2D Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
