- The Communist powers have only one type of power which
they are itching to use... their military might. It is an irony of life
that these miserable low-down scum of the earth are actually not good militarily...
yet... mass slaughter of their enemies is what they live for and dream
of every day of their lives... One day... they will use this might... I
am sure they are doing all they can, daily, to help cause the USA to stumble
and fall... while dividing Europe so that Europe is alienated from the
USA. One glorious day... I am sure they would love to take those strategic
bombers and fire those nuclear missiles into the heart of the USA. Of that
I have no doubt... and that day is slowly coming closer. Let it come...
For the only peace this earth will ever know is when we slaughter THEM
to the last man. It is my firm belief, that the only good communist is
a dead one. -- Jan
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- Unprecedented Joint Russian-Chinese Military Maneuvers
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- MOSCOW (AP) -- Once-bitter
rivals Russia and China will hold a massive joint military exercise on
Chinese territory next year involving submarines and possibly strategic
bombers, Russia's defense minister said Monday as the two nations move
to bolster already burgeoning military ties.
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- Many observers saw the announcement as Russia's response
to a spat with the United States and other Western nations over the disputed
election in Ukraine, Russia's neighbor, where the Kremlin-backed candidate
trailed a pro-Western politician in near-final results.
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- "For the first time in history, we have agreed to
hold quite a large military exercise together with China on Chinese territory
in the second half of the year," Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said
at a Cabinet session chaired by President Vladimir Putin, according to
the ITAR-Tass news agency.
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- "The Russian side will not bring big numbers of
servicemen, but mostly state-of-the art weapons -- navy, air, long-range
aviation, submarines -- to practice interaction with China in different
forms of military maneuvers."
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- After decades of rivalry, Moscow and Beijing have developed
what they call a strategic partnership since the Soviet collapse. China
has become the No. 1 customer for Russia's struggling defense industry,
purchasing billions of dollars worth of fighters, missiles, submarines
and destroyers.
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- Officials with Russia's state arms-trading company, Rosoboronexport,
said last week that China was expected to sign new contracts next year
to purchase Russia's most advanced fighter jets.
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- Both nations frequently have spoken about their adherence
to a "multipolar world," a term that refers to their opposition
to a perceived U.S. domination in global affairs.
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- Putin and other Russian officials allege that the United
States improperly influenced Ukraine's elections by funding democracy-building
organizations. A Nov. 21 ballot in which the pro-Kremlin candidate was
declared the winner was later annulled after allegations of widespread
fraud and amid massive public protests.
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- Russia staunchly backed Ukraine Prime Minister Viktor
Yanukovych in the presidential contest, fearing that his rival, Viktor
Yushchenko, would bring the nation closer to the West and away from the
Russian orbit. Yushchenko was leading comfortably late Monday with nearly
all the results counted.
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- Some observers have speculated that Russia could respond
to the falling out with the West over Ukraine's presidential election by
trying to forge a closer partnership with China and India, the second-biggest
customer of Russia's military industrial complex.
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- During his visit to India earlier this month, Putin pushed
for a trilateral summit with leaders of India and China and assailed U.S.
"dictatorship of international affairs."
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- Andrei Piontkovsky, the head of the Center for Strategic
Studies, said Putin wanted to vent his anger at the West by staging the
Russian-Chinese military exercise.
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- Fyodor Lukyanov, the editor of Russia in Global Affairs
Magazine, also described the maneuvers as a gesture aimed at the West.
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- "It's a response to a series of political defeats
Russia has suffered, most recently in Ukraine," Lukyanov told The
Associated Press. "It's a reminder that Russia is still a great military
power."
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- Copyright © 2004, The Associated Press
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- Source: Newsday. http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-russia-
china,0,374267,print.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines
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