A turbulent past as well as a chaotic present describes the country of Afghanistan perfectly. (click here)
Bomb Attacks Kill 3, Wound 8 in Afghanistan (click here)
By VOA News 25 August 2007
Authorities in Afghanistan say attacks by suspected insurgents have killed three people and wounded at least eight others.
Police say a roadside bomb Saturday in Kandahar province killed three Afghan security guards and wounded at least two others.
In another incident, Afghan officials say six people, including two foreigners, were wounded Saturday when a suicide car bomb exploded near a vehicle convoy traveling through the capital, Kabul. The nationality of the wounded foreigners is not yet known.
There has been no claim of responsibility for either attack....
Let's just break this down.
Russia is not about to fight a war at it's borders, it's not going to put up with a missile shield in Georgia, with a 'nut case' for a President and it isn't going to tolerate any Polish missile shield either.
Additionally, Putin has openly protested the increase in NATO troops, regardless of their need in Afghanistan. One might remember Afghanistan is sandwiched between former Soviet states, Pakistan and Iran. That is as much as a security threat to Russia and Iran as missile shields in Europe. If the USA enters into a war with Russia or Iran, Afghanistan will fall as Pakistan will join with Russia and more than likely China. Musharraf has nothing to lose at this point.
Georgia hastens NATO radar move as Russia rift continues (click here)
Relations between Georgia and Russia are becoming ever-more strained as more accusations fly and Georgia speeds up its entry into NATO. The ex-Soviet state looks set to integrate its radar into the NATO system by the end of the year, earlier than planned. At the commands of Georgian radar, NATO would have quicker information about Russian flying habits.Neighbourly tensions are mounting between the two countries, especially with Abkhazian and South Ossetian separatists tucked in between them. Tblisi has accused Moscow of encroaching on its airspace. The deputy defence minister said that on Tuesday a plane flying from Russia entered five kilometers inside Georgia's borders.That came two weeks after another allegation - that a Russian plane had fired a missile onto Georgian land. Two independent groups of western experts agree that Georgian airspace was violated on the day the missile struck.Moscow denies both counts, even dismissing the claims as "nonsense".
