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http://www.ptd.net/webnews/wed/dj/Qiraq-russia-military.RWVC_DFS.html Russia sends warships to Gulf region: sources VLADIVOSTOK, Russia, Feb 28 (AFP) - Three Russian warships wrapped up exercises in the Sea of Japan on Friday and were set to head to the Indian Ocean, the site of major US military buildup ahead of a possible war in Iraq, navy sources here told AFP. The sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, did not say whether the two anti-submarine vessels and supply ship would participate in potential military action. Russia is one of the staunchest opponents to US threats to use force to disarm Iraq of its alleged weapons of mass destruction. Russia had been preparing since December to deploy the two anti-submarine vessels, the Admiral Shaposhnikov and the Admiral Panteleyev, as well as a fuel supply ship, from the far eastern port of Vladivostok to the Indian Ocean. Non-official military sources said at the onset of preparations that the ships would head to the Gulf "to monitor the zone of a possible military conflict between the United States and Iraq". They said the ships were due to arrive mid-March and their return would depend "for the most part on the development of the situations in Iraq and North Korea". The deployment mission, set to last at least three months, would be the longest undertaken by a ship with Russia's Pacific Fleet in the last decade. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/ --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.bdn7KI.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html ==^================================================================
