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2006-06-29 Iraq
Russia To Show The Americans How It's Done in Iraq
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Posted by Steve 2006-06-29 09:57|| || Front Page|| [11132 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Popcorn?
Posted by Groger9698 2006-06-29 10:43||   2006-06-29 10:43|| Front Page Top

#2 I hope they kill the bastards, but I got one word for Russia Chenya(I hope I am spelling this right).
Posted by djohn66 2006-06-29 10:47||   2006-06-29 10:47|| Front Page Top

#3 I'm all for old school counter-terrorism, but I think at the moment the Russians couldn't find snow in Siberia.
Posted by DarthVader 2006-06-29 10:53||   2006-06-29 10:53|| Front Page Top

#4 Isn't that story of the Russian diplomat in the 80s an urban legend? I'd like to see a citation, some names, a place, etc. I don't think it actually happened.
Posted by gromky 2006-06-29 11:16||   2006-06-29 11:16|| Front Page Top

#5 The Russians have lost their edge. How do they propose to go about eliminating these rats when they can't defeat the Islamists in their midst?
Posted by Lancasters Over Dresden 2006-06-29 11:28|| http://www.michaelcalderonscall.com/HomePage.asp]">[http://www.michaelcalderonscall.com/HomePage.asp]  2006-06-29 11:28|| Front Page Top

#6 How are they going to do this, exactly? They can't just land a cargo plane at the airport with a battalion of Spetsnaz. Do they have the permission of the Iraqi government to operate freely in Iraq? Don't get me wrong, I have no objection to the Rooskies cracking some terrorist skulls. I just don't get how they're going to do it.
Posted by WhiteCollarRedneck 2006-06-29 12:10||   2006-06-29 12:10|| Front Page Top

#7 If they were really going to do it, would they have put out a press release with quotes from Pooty?

Why aren't the Ruskies using their "very successful techniques for dealing with terrorists" in Chechnya?

This is for domestic consumption only.
Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-06-29 12:13||   2006-06-29 12:13|| Front Page Top

#8 Chechnya is filled with conscripts, basically people who don't want to be there. The chechen terrs bribe their way through Russian checkpoints. Add to this the mountainous/forrested terrain where the terrs have free reign.

Otoh, the Russians can't exactly level an Iraqi village at will to get the job done.
Posted by Groger9698 2006-06-29 12:38||   2006-06-29 12:38|| Front Page Top

#9 The Russians were in cahoots with Saddam and had Soviet bases throughout the Middle East, so they know who to contact. Just hope they haven't already been rounded up after Zarq's demise. They could really help mop up, but pleaz don't stop in Iraq. They also know the ropes in and around Iran and Syria.
Posted by Danielle 2006-06-29 12:44||   2006-06-29 12:44|| Front Page Top

#10 Don't uderestimate the effectiveness and abilities of the Old School.

Were we to use more of that, we'd have an order of magnitude less trouble over there. Arabs love the Strong Horse and see a lot of our payoffs for death & damage and our emphasis on political correctness as weakness to be exploited, not mercy to the vanquished.
Posted by Oldspook 2006-06-29 14:56||   2006-06-29 14:56|| Front Page Top

#11 Old Spook, your ref to "Strong Horse"....reminds of a joke:

An old Indian was asked what his wife's name was. "Wife Name Three Horse." That's an unusual name for your wife - Three Horse - What does it mean? It's old Indian name, means Nag - Nag - Nag






Posted by Besoeker 2006-06-29 15:01||   2006-06-29 15:01|| Front Page Top

#12 gromky: The kidnapping of the Russians was in September of 1985. Here is a description of the event, with few details as to the means employed in getting their release:

http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=4384

The Russians used "a full court press", with two different militias doing house to house searches. The rough stuff happened only after the better part of a month, and there are several variants of what that was online. The NYT covered it, but it is all under paid subscriber just about everywhere.

I remember reading it in either Time or Newsweek, to include the KGB resolution.
Posted by Anonymoose 2006-06-29 17:01||   2006-06-29 17:01|| Front Page Top

#13 Ni puha, ni pura, druzya!

Just try not to leave too much of a mess.
Posted by Swamp Blondie 2006-06-29 18:20|| http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com]">[http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com]  2006-06-29 18:20|| Front Page Top

#14 Why is it that these guys never listen unless you put their nuts in a vice?
Posted by JohnQC 2006-06-29 20:07||   2006-06-29 20:07|| Front Page Top

#15 John QC, that's because that's where their ears are.
Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839">AlmostAnonymous5839  2006-06-29 23:11||   2006-06-29 23:11|| Front Page Top

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