pootie-poot sends a message

[R]

At 11:09 AM 8/19/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>Russia views Iran as a stabilizing force in Cantral Asia. One of the first 
>things Putin did was invite Khatami to the opening of a new mosque in 
>Tatarstan.

thanks; that's very interesting.

R


>>From: R <rhisiart at earthlink.net>
>>Reply-To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
>>To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
>>Subject: pootie-poot sends a message
>>Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2002 19:36:47 -0700
>>
>>Blow for Bush as Russia agrees £27bn Iraq deal
>>By David Rennie in Washington and Ben Aris in Moscow
>>(Filed: 19/08/2002)
>>http://www.news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/08/19/wruss19.xml
>>
>>Russia has dealt a potentially serious blow to American attempts to 
>>isolate Iraq after it announced a £27 billion trade agreement with Saddam 
>>Hussein.
>>
>>The agreement, which will have to be approved by the United Nations, 
>>wraps together dozens of separate deals involving oil, electrical energy, 
>>chemical products, irrigation, railroad construction and transport, over 
>>the next five years, officials in Moscow said yesterday.
>>
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