Momodou

It is interesting how everyone has to take care of their interests in Iraq except the Iraqis

Habib

>From: Momodou Camara <[log in to unmask]>

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>Subject: FWD:Russian warships headed for Gulf

>Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 15:05:15 -0500

>http://wps.wm.ru:8101/chitalka/media_politic/en/20030114.shtml#0

>RUSSIAN SHIPS BOUND FOR THE PERSIAN GULF Sources at the Pacific Fleet

>headquarters say that big anti-submarine warfare ships "Admiral Panteleev"

>and "Marshal Shaposhnikov" will make a sortie to the Persian Gulf in the

>second half of February. The ships will defend Russian national interests

>in the region in a potential armed conflict between the United States and

>Iraq.

>Nothing is known about how much time the ships will stay in the region, but

>they are to be accompanied by a tender (a must, since Russia no longer has a

>naval base in Cam Ranh, Vietnam).

>A staff officer: As a matter of fact, in late 2002 funds were allocated for

>the current repairs of most surface combatants and auxiliary ships... That

>is why the Black Sea Fleet and Pacific Fleet are in the midst of

>preparations for command exercises. They will take place in the Black Sea

>in March and in the Pacific in summer...

>The last time Russian ships monitored the situation in the Persian Gulf was

>in 2000, when the American Navy arrested several Russian tankers. A spyship

>of the Black Sea Fleet monitored the Persian Gulf from its station in the

>Mediterranean then.

>Rear Admiral (retired) Georgy Kostev: Unfortunately, our Navy cannot display

>its pennant in any region of the world anymore. We could choose ships for

>sorties in the past. These days, however, we send out only what is

>seaworthy.

> Izvestia,

> January 14, 2003, EV ,

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