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Israel blames Russian rocket launchers for its setbacks in Lebanon
Hizbullah has, reportedly, already destroyed at least one armor division out of a total of seven that the IDF relies upon. These losses have jeopardized Israel’s blitzkrieg strategy and have lead the latter to limit its ground campaign to the pace of infantrymen.
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At a time when US-Russia ties are undergoing palpable tensions, the United States dropped behind Russia and France last year in sales of arms to the developing world. The US share dropped from 35.4% to 20.5% between 2004 and 2005. In monetary terms, the value of these deals fell from US$9.
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Opposition alleges fraud in Azerbaijan election PRAVDA 10:10 2005-11-07 The official vote count and exit polls gave the ruling party the lead in Azerbaijan's parliamentary election Monday, but rights groups and monitors reported irregularities and the opposition vowed to fight to overturn what it...
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Georgia urges Russia to halt navy drills03 Oct 2006 21:06:05 GMTSource: Reuters UNITED NATIONS, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Georgia on Tuesday urged Russia to stop naval exercises near the countries' sea border, calling them a threat to regional peace and a violation of the United Nations charter.
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China and Russia concur
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Russian troops in Georgia put on high alert, troops ordered to shootTBILISI, Georgia: The commander of Russian military forces in Georgia said Sunday that his troops had been put on high alert and ordered to shoot to kill to defend their bases, as the two ex-Soviet nations faced their worst...
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Caucasus Reporting ServiceGeorgia Claims Coup ThwartedOpposition and Russia condemn mass arrests of alleged plotters.
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China, Tajikistan to hold military exercise BEIJING, Sept. 19 (Xinhua) -- China and Tajikistan will hold their first joint military exercise, code-named "Cooperation-2006", on Sept. 22 and 23, according to a memorandum of understanding signed between the two countries in April.
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Russia's appearance on the list of threats to U.S. national security is a curious event. It's not unexpected though, especially since Russia was placed there next to Iran and Venezuela.
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The following report was published in the Russian daily Kommerzant in early June. It points to Russian military presence in the Eastern Mediterranean as well as support in the modernization of Syria's air defense system, the modernization of Syrian tanks and ground forces.
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The decision announced in early June to setup a Russian military base in Syria on the Eastern Mediterranean bears a direct relationship to the war on Lebanon and Israeli ambitions to control militarily the entire Eastern mediterranean coastline.
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