PUTIN THREATENS USA
Russian leader Vladimir Putin met his Iranian counterpart Tuesday and implicitly warned the U.S. not to use a former Soviet republic to stage an attack on Iran. He also said nations shouldn’t pursue oil pipeline projects in the area if they weren’t backed by regional powers.
At a summit of the five nations that border the inland Caspian Sea, Putin said none of the nations’ territory should be used by any outside countries for use of military force against any nation in the region. It was a clear reference to long-standing rumors that the U.S. was planning to use Azerbaijan, a former Soviet republic, as a staging ground for any possible military action against Iran.
“We are saying that no Caspian nation should offer its territory to third powers for use of force or military aggression against any Caspian state,” Putin said.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad also underlined the need to keep outsiders away from the Caspian.
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October 16, 2007 - 08:56 AM on October 16th, 2007
It it time to take these Mother F***ers out!
October 16, 2007 - 09:04 AM on October 16th, 2007
More from putrid putin more from this red reptile and liberals wants to have make big buddy with this scoundrel? Liberals are such a bunch of idiots
October 16, 2007 - 01:28 PM on October 16th, 2007
They threaten us because we threaten them with our proposed missle bases in Poland and elsewhere.
We’d probably be pretty pissed off if the roles were reversed.
Regardless, Russia is rising in strength again and is not the weak state it was in the 90’s.