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2006-07-22 Europe

German, Russian intel join search for Israeli soldiers

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Posted by Seafarious 2006-07-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The Russians are trying to help Israel? If the Russians offered to help me I'd run very fast in the opposite direction.

Posted by Aztaroth 2006-07-22 00:51|| 2006-07-22 00:51|| Front Page Top

#2 If the Russians are helping then I would take that as a sign that they might be concerned that this whole thing is going in a direction that might not be in Russian long-term interests. Getting those two soldiers back to Israel is probably the keystone to any kind of cooling off of this before some serious fighting goes on.

I doubt there is much they can do, though.

Posted by crosspatch">crosspatch 2006-07-22 02:29|| http://crufty.blogspot.com]">[http://crufty.blogspot.com] 2006-07-22 02:29|| Front Page Top

#3 //German and Russian intelligence services are using contacts to Middle East extremists in a bid to win the freedom of three Israeli soldiers being held by militants//

Why doesn't this surprise me?

Posted by Thoth 2006-07-22 03:03|| 2006-07-22 03:03|| Front Page Top

#4 "Er, no. The point here is to get the soldiers back WITHOUT freeing oodles of bloodthirsty Paleos. Thanks Germany, thanks Russia, we'll work this out the old-fashioned way...brute force."

Agreed!!

Posted by Poison Reverse 2006-07-22 08:26|| 2006-07-22 08:26|| Front Page Top

#5 Crosspatch,

The Russians probably don't want their fingerprints to be found on the Iraqi WMD burried by Syria (w/ Russian help) in the Bekaa Valley... That would be very, ah, embarrassing.

Posted by gb506 2006-07-22 09:45|| 2006-07-22 09:45|| Front Page Top

#6 The Russians are trying to help Israel?

The Russians sell Nuclear stuff to Iran.
Then they sell launching to Israel for sattellite to spy on the Iranians.
Business aside it can be hard to figger.

Posted by J. D. Lux 2006-07-22 13:18|| 2006-07-22 13:18|| Front Page Top

#7 Whores aren't picky if they see the green.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-07-22 13:26|| 2006-07-22 13:26|| Front Page Top

#8 The Germans and the Russians can help find them. But I don't think this time they will be authorized to negotiate a trade.

Posted by trailing wife 2006-07-22 22:35|| 2006-07-22 22:35|| Front Page Top

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