Yeah, those silly Ruskies are making all kinds of waves. I came across the below excerpt this morning. I have always held doubts as to the sincerety of the Russians abandoning the stances they held as Soviets, in light of the fact that many governmental figures in power before the collapse remained in power after, and my unease is only growing. Especially lately.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/ED12Ak04.html
"Within Russia there is speculation that the passengers in the convoy were possibly carrying sensitive records which Moscow wants to keep out of American hands. The Russian newspaper Nezavisimaya Gazeta broke the story, reporting that there was a high-stakes race going on between the CIA and the SVR (Russian foreign intelligence). "One was taking out classified Iraqi archives, and the other was trying to hamper it by force." The newspaper claimed that Russian intelligence agents had been sent to Iraq several weeks ago to begin collecting the materials which could be used in protecting Russian interests in post-war Iraq. Surely, Moscow is also worried about any records that implicate them in Saddam's wrongdoings."
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