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2011-02-08 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Chechen warlord Doku Umarov claims Moscow airport bomb

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Posted by tipper 2011-02-08 03:55|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Frankly James I don't think this is a bright move by Doku.

After Vlad the Merciless said that "retribution was inevitable", I'd think the planners of that crime would shut up and go to ground.

Obviously Doku has some "invincibility" issues that a State Security/Speznatz interrogation might cure

Posted by Karl Rove/James Carville 2011-02-08 10:47|| 2011-02-08 10:47|| Front Page Top

#2 not too mention claiming it after Putin said it probably wasn't muslims from the Caucasus

Posted by chris 2011-02-08 13:45|| 2011-02-08 13:45|| Front Page Top

#3 OTOH CNN AM > CSIS PERT-ANALYST ANDREW KUCHINS = argued that POTUS OBAMA's response to the so-called "Jasmine" mass protests in TUNISIA + EGYPT, etc. IS INHERENTLY WEAK, BUT THAT THE BAMMER = USA CANNOT AFFORD TO GIVE ANY SUCH SIMILAR WEAK RESPONSE AS PER RUSSIA'S TROUBLES IN THE CAUCASUS [DOKU + Chechen Rebels], as such could inpire Regional Militants to new heights of Violence as well as derail = undo any US-RUSSIA progress achieved within the past Decade(s) e.g. START + Trade. RUSSIA MAY CHOOSE TO RETURN TO SOVIET-ERA, HARDLINE = TOTALITARIAN POLICIES INCLUDING NEW BELLIGERENCIES AGZ THE US-WEST IN ORDER TO DIVERT INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION FROM ISLAMIST TROUBLES???

IIUC, POTUS BAMMER > may not risk LOSING EGYPT + AMER'S MIDDLE EAST MUSLIM ALLIES + ME DEMOCRACY BUT ALSO DE FACTO PEACE WID DA 'CUZINS VLADVEDEV.

[PRE-WW1 + GERMAN-WILLY-VS-RUSSIAN-NICKY STRONGLY WORDED LETTERS, + GRANDMA QUEEN "WE ARE NOT AMUSED" VICTORIA here].

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-02-08 19:02|| 2011-02-08 19:02|| Front Page Top

#4 Continued from Yestiddy + Prior

WAFF > JAPANESE RADICALS DESECRATE RUSSIAN [national]FLAG.

WMF POSTER = argued that JAPAN = GOVT. + PEOPLE should be HAPPY that RUSSIA is STRENGTHENING ITS KURILES GARRISON [Mil presence]+ MAY BUILD NEW MILBASES, BASE RUSSNAV WARSHIPS THERE, AS THE FOCII = POINT OF THE RUSS GARRISON IS TO MONITOR CHINESE NAVAL ACTIVITY [CPLAN, + Other MiL]. JAPAN AT PRESENT CANNOT PROVIDE AN EFFEC MILPOL COUNTERWEIGHT AGZ RISING CHINA IN NORPAC + EAST CHINA SEA WIDOUT RUSSIA - JAPAN NEEDS RUSSIA FOR ITS OWN FAR EAST = REGIONAL DEFENSE + GEOPOL SECURITY - EVERY RUBLE SPENT BY RUSSIA ON KURILES MILBASES IS A YEN THAT JAPAN DOESN'T HAVE TO SPEND ON ITS OWN NATIONAL, REGIONAL DEFENSE.

Methinks the same holds true for SOUTH KOREA + even TAIWAN - RUSSIA to the far North, JAPAN + its potent SDFS in Center, US in East, South from Okinawa + Taiwan to Vietnam + Diego Garcia + Singapore.

and

* PEOPLE'S DAILY FORUM > [Ex-USDNI Chief Dennis Blair] EX-US INTELLIGENCE OFFICIAL SAYS JAPAN-US ALLIANCE IS UNBALANCED. Blair calls for JAPAN to renounce or modify its post-WW2 ANTI-WAR NATIONAL CONSTITUTION in order to enable it to expand its national military capabilities.

Read, CONSTITUTIONAL = LEGAL ALLOWANCE FOR JAPAN TO DEV STRATEGIC NUC ARSENAL + UN-LED ARMED PEACEKEEPING + UN "POLICE ACTIONS" [combat operations].

* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > POSTER OP-ED THREAD > asks CAN JAPAN + CHINA BECOME ALLIES IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE? |JAPAN TO SET UP ADVISORY PANEL ON CHINA ISSUES.

POSTER = argues that ...
> US will NEVER GIVE CONTROL = DOMINATION OF JAPAN + JAPANESE PEOPLE.
> Iff the British Empire did not become WEAK, INDIA would never have its Freedom.
> Iff the US does NOT leave EAST ASIA, JAPAN will never get its own Freedom.
> Iff JAPAN wants to escape the US, IT NEEDS THE HELP OF OTHER REGIONAL, WORLD COUNTRIES TO DO SO [China, etc.].
> CHINA + JAPAN'S ECONOMIES are Complementary.
> CHINESE + JAPANESE PEOPLES LIKE TO ARGUE WID EACH OTHER BUT ALSO NEED EACH OTHER. Beijing + Tokyo know this fact.
> CHINA PRESENTLY HAS NO ABILITY TO INDEPENDENTLY = UNILATERALLY CONTROL EAST ASIA, DITTO JAPAN WID NO MAJOR ABILITY AT ALL.

JSDF is a "DEFENSIVE" = REACTIONARY FORCE.

> CHINA + JAPAN in time should become STRATEGIC PARTNERS e.g. FRANCE-GERMANY [Russia - MISTRAL?], AT LEAST IN SELECT KEY/VITAL AREAS OF COOPERATION.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-02-08 21:26|| 2011-02-08 21:26|| Front Page Top

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