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April 13, 2003
Documents reveal Iraqi agents trained in Moscow
In addition to an earlier posting on a Telegraph scoop this report from the San Francisco Chronicle Documents found Thursday and Friday in a Baghdad office of the Mukhabarat, the Iraqi secret police, indicate that at least five agents graduated Sept. 15 from a two-week course in surveillance and eavesdropping techniques, according to certificates issued to the Iraqi agents by the "Special Training Center" in MoscowPosted By Oskar van Rijswijk at April 13, 2003 04:11 PM | TrackBack OMFG Posted by: me at April 13, 2003 04:15 PMIt's ok, they were classes in surveying and building the eaves for a baby milk factory, yeah, yeah, that's it a baby milk factory tip of the iceberg my friends, tip of the iceberg Posted by: Ray at April 13, 2003 04:23 PMYeah, some of our agents trained in Moscow as well. Weird aint it? Posted by: TangoEchoXray at April 13, 2003 04:32 PMSometimes, ya just have to be lucky in who your enemies are. Ours are France/Germany and Russia. So they helped Iraq! But they didn't collect all their money. I bet their stock collapses, anyway. Posted by: Carol Herman at April 13, 2003 04:34 PMI wonder why is cert. in English, not in Russian or Arabic? Posted by: zoorro at April 13, 2003 04:34 PMI wonder why spook schools issue certificates. Posted by: Tim Shell at April 13, 2003 05:20 PMI don't see why this is such a big deal. I doubt that the Russians made any overt attempts to bring those guys in - they just seemed to be willing to accept all comers. Perhaps it reflects a willful lack of discretion, but nothing truly malevolent. On the other hand, if even half of yesterday's Telegraph article is true... Posted by: Bob at April 13, 2003 05:26 PMRussia's $8 billion in debt is looking less and less collectable each day, don't you think? Posted by: Graham at April 13, 2003 05:34 PMFrom what I read in the link the documents reported on were translated by our guys into English. Man, what a treasure trove of 'dark operations' documents have been uncovered in various locations the last couple of days. The information gleaned from them over the next few months and years will likely impact relations between various nations for several decades. Changes - and opportunities - are a'comin! Posted by: 49erDweet at April 13, 2003 05:39 PMPutin is a KGB devil-in-disguise. Unless he proves otherwise. It's his choice. Play ball, swallow some punishment, or let his nation suffer really deep economic harm for a decade or more. His choice. In his still-despotic state, his people have no choice. Maybe in 10 years time there will be a "Russian street". But that will be long after Putin has gone. Posted by: JohninLondon at April 13, 2003 06:23 PMDoes the preponderence of the evidence indicate that the Russian government is concerned about the welfare of the Iraqi people and not about oil? How about France? Is cultural condescension behind the downplaying of the thoughts of the Iraqi people by those opposed to the US? Why discredit the overwheleming embrace of the US and British troops by the people of Iraq? Are cases of Iraqis kissing photos of Putin and Chirac being under reported? Posted by: ABC at April 13, 2003 07:09 PMPost a comment
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