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Plans for a nuclear bunker with 3,600 golden tickets revealed

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NOVA: Astrospies

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Russia hopes for progress on START talks under Obama

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Nuclear disarmament: the big picture

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US Pilot Ordered To Shoot Down UFO

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America's Secret War With Iran

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Russia test fires ballistic missile

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U.S. pilot ordered to shoot down UFO

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U.S. pilot was ordered to shoot down UFO

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Russia - threat or misunderstood?

Obviously, Russia has the military capacity to serve as threat to the U.S., if its intentions were such. Although all that we've heard from mainstream, story-seeking media sources is that Putin and his administration is a power-hungry, anti-democratic, and anti-West government resembling its past Cold War self, does the country really wish to reclaim its over-burdening dominance over its neighbors?

It's a very hard question to answer, although many people are willing to shoot a quick "yes" referring to the Georgia conflict. That whole debacle can be explained as Russia trying to infringe upon Georgian democracy or as Georgia's power-seeking, young president attacking the South Ossetians in order to gain popularity. Regardless, this is about how the Russian people feel about how the U.S. sees them:

"Nearly 20 years since the end of the Cold War, Russians feel let down by the West. Gone is the early euphoria. Instead most Russians now feel encircled by the West as a result of Nato's enlargement and are convinced the West wants Russia to be weak."

"They also feel misunderstood by the West and argue that we are the true Cold War warriors, not them. "

"In the wake of the war in Georgia, relations between Russia and the West are at their lowest since the collapse of the Berlin Wall. Talk of a new cold war is exaggerated but as our investigation demonstrates, far from narrowing, the gulf in understanding between East and West is deepening"

"But there are far too many things the West does not get about Russia. Most of all it does not want to understand that if you are a country which has never had democracy in its entire history then you cannot expect it in the space of 15 or 20 years to go 'Bingo - we're now democratic'. It's going to take generations. This country is still run by people who grew up in Soviet times."

"Give this country a break. Let the Russians evolve and don't put that much pressure on them because if you do you'll bring out the worst. You'll bring out the super patriots who will say: 'You see, we told you can't trust the West'."

I guess it takes a while for an old dog to learn its new tricks. It's easy to get caught up in the Cold War talk and discussions of how Putin is trying re-create a Russian empire.Obviously, Russia has the military capacity to serve as threat to the U.S., if its... more

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US losing ground in Eastern Europe

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Crisis changes spectrum of political debate

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McCain and The Evil Empire

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Last days of the American Republic?

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McCain's (Cold) War

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A broken POW McCain was saved by love of country

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OSC: Russia- Iran Alliance?

(Pictured above - Russia's S-400 SAMs)

The USG Open Source Center translates an article from the Russian press proposing a strategic alliance between Russia and Iran.

By Juan Cole

Pundit on Possible Russia-Iran Alliance To Counter 'Unfriendly' US Moves
Article by Radzhab Safarov, General Director of the Russian Center for Iranian Studies: "Iranian Trump Card. Russia Can Take Control of Persian Gulf"
Vremya Novostey
Friday, August 29, 2008
Document Type: OSC Translated Text

The recognition of South Ossetia's and Abkhazia's independence by Russia is a timely step to protect these republics from new Georgian aggression. However, taking into account the United States' plans to expedite Georgia's and Ukraine's accession to the NATO military-political bloc, the situation near the Russian border remains alarming. At the same time Moscow has a lot of possibilities to take balanced counter measures to the United States' and entire NATO's unfriendly plans. In particular, Russia can rely on those countries that effectively oppose the United States' and their satellites' expansion. Only collective efforts can help to create a situation which would, if not eliminate then at least reduce the risk of the Cold War's transformation into local and global conflicts.

For instance, Moscow could strengthen its military-technical ties with Syria and launch negotiations on the reestablishment of its military presence in Cuba. However, the most serious step which the United States and especially Israel fear (incidentally, Israel supplied arms to Georgia) is hypothetical revision of Russia's foreign policy with regard to Iran. A strategic alliance presuming the signing of a new large-scale military political treaty with Iran could change the entire geopolitical picture of the contemporary world.

New allied relations may result in the deployment of at least two military bases in strategic regions of Iran. One military base could be deployed in the north of the country in the Iranian province of Eastern Azerbaijan and the other one in the south, on the Island of Qeshm in the Persian Gulf. Due to the base in Iran's Eastern Azerbaijan Russia would be able to monitor military activities in the Republic of Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey and share this information with Iran.

The deployment of a military base on the Island of Qeshm would allow Russia to monitor the United States' and NATO's activities in the Persian Gulf zone, Iraq and other Arab states. With the help of special equipment Russia could effectively monitor whois sailing toward this sea bottleneck, from where, and with what cargo on board to enter the World Ocean or to return.

For the first time ever Russia will have a possibility to stop suspicious vessels and ships and inspect their cargo, which the Americans have been cynically doing in that zone for many decades. In exchange for the deployment of its military bases Russia could help the Iranians to deploy modern air defense and missile defense systems along the perimeter of its borders. Tehran, for instance, needs Russia's modern S-400 SAMs.

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Asian alliance rebuffs Russian plea for support

DUSHANBE, Tajikistan - China and several Central Asian nations rebuffed Russia's hopes of international support for its actions in Georgia, issuing a statement Thursday denouncing the use of force and calling for the respect of every country's territorial integrity.

A joint declaration from the six-member Shanghai Cooperation Organization also offered some support for Russia's "active role in promoting peace" following a cease-fire, but overall it appeared to increase Moscow's international isolation.

Russia's search for support in Asia had raised fears that the alliance would turn the furor over Georgia into a broader confrontation between East and West, pitting the U.S. and Europe against their two main Cold War foes.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev had appealed to the Asian alliance, which is made up of China, Russia and four ex-Soviet Central Asian nations, for unanimous support of Moscow's response to Georgia's "aggression."

But the alliance, which was created in 2001 to improve regional coordination on terrorism and border security, opted to take a neutral position and urged all sides to resolve the conflict through "peaceful dialogue."

"The participants ... underscore the need for respect of the historical and cultural traditions of each country and each people, and for efforts aimed at preserving the unity of the state and its territorial integrity," the alliance's statement said.

None of the other alliance members joined Russia in recognizing the independence claims of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, in an interview with CNN, accused the U.S. of orchestrating the conflict in Georgia to provide a talking point in the American presidential campaign. The White House press secretary Dana Perino called the claims "patently false."

Russia's decision to recognize Georgia's separatist regions Tuesday sparked another storm of criticism from the West because both provinces make up roughly 20 percent of Georgia's territory. The West had already criticized Russia for what it calls a disproportionate use of force in fighting this month with Georgia, its small southern neighbor that wants to join NATO.

In Washington, State Department spokesman Robert Wood expressed satisfaction about the Asian group's statement, saying "it wasn't what I would call an endorsement of Russia's recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia."

China has traditionally been wary of endorsing separatists abroad, mindful of its own problems with Tibet and Muslims in the western territory of Xinjiang. The joint statement, which was unanimously endorsed, made a point of stressing the sanctity of borders — two days after Russia sought to redraw Georgia's territory.

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Russia's ambassador lashes out at media and USA

Russia's ambassador to Norway was supposed to talk about cultural bridge-building in Stavanger on Tuesday, but used the occasion to instead warn the media and the USA against creating a new "Cold War."

"I know many well-educated Norwegians who now use most of their energy to warn against all the dangers coming out of Russia," complained Ambassador Sergej Andrejev at a meeting in Stavanger tied to the Offshore Northern Seas expo now underway.

Andrejev especially criticized the picture drawn of Russia in both Norwegian and other western media, as a country lacking freedom of expression, with an authoritarian government that itself is turning back to a Cold War mentality.

That's a false picture, he claimed, adding that no one should feel threatened by Russia. "While Russia is building up its defenses, it's not directed against Norway or other western countries, and therefore there's nothing to fear," he said, according to newspaper Stavanger Aftenblad’s account of Andrejev's remarks.

He repeated the official Russian view of recent hostilities in Georgia, claiming that Georgia launched an attack in South Ossetia and Russia felt obliged to defend Russian citizens and Russia's interests in the province.

He also blasted all the US' wartime aggression from Vietnam to Iraq, and warned against any attack on Iran. "All countries must be allowed to develop at their own tempo, not be forced into anything," he said.

Russia, he said, has learned from the mistakes made during the time of the Soviet Union and won't veer away from democracy. "But we will decide ourselves how things shall develop and how Russia will solve its own problems, without interference from outside," Andrejev said.

Norway in a squeeze
Norway has found itself in a bind of late, caught between its loyalties as a member of NATO and its interests in staying on good terms with Russia. Relations between NATO and Russia are strained at present.

NATO's expansion, Russia's apparent need to assert itself, and developments from the conflict in Georgia to the US' controversial missile shield have created a new political situation, according to Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.

Norway is left with "a foot, or should I say toes, in all camps, dictated by a level-headed understanding of our interests," Støre told ministry employees this week.

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Russia: "Europe and America are helpless"

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