Ahmadinejad To Join Chinese, Russian Leaders For Regional Security Summit

[Purveyor]

Source: Associated Press

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived Wednesday in Kyrgyzstan to join the leaders of Russia and China for a summit of a regional group seen as a platform for countering U.S. interests in strategic, energy-rich Central Asia.

The United States, which maintains an air base in the host country, is keeping a close eye on Thursday's gathering of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, which also includes four ex-Soviet republics in Central Asia.

The SCO emerged 11 years ago to address religious extremism and border security issues in Central Asia. China and Russia have been pushing for strengthening the group since the U.S. military set up air bases in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks to support the anti-terror campaign in nearby Afghanistan.

In recent years, with Iran, India, Pakistan and Mongolia signing on as observers, the group has been emerging as potentially a broader and more powerful bloc aimed at resisting U.S. domination in world affairs. Ahmadinejad is attending the annual summit for the second year in a row.



Read more: http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/15/europe/EU-GEN-Kyrgyzstan-Security-Summit.php

[aquart]

1. Bingo.

[4dsc]

2. Wonder if OIL is on the agenda???

In resource wars, everyone needs allies!!

[weezy2736]

3. Iran, China, and Russia

Three countries that know a helluva lot more about soft influence than we do. Just ask Barack after he got blasted for being willing to communicate with hostile countries. Isn't a diplomatic solution best 99% of the time?

[bamacrat]

4. They will all switch to the Euro and send the U.S. into an uncontrollable downward spiral.

I hope not, but if those three dumped all their dollars in exchange for euros, how bad would it really get?

[0007]

6. Oh my goddness.......I went through the depression years in the thirties. nt

When paper products are a luxury and everyone in the neighborhood knows your O' lady is on the rag, you know times are tough.

[wordpix]

5. * must be fuming at pooty-poot. * looked into his eyes---what disloyalty to BFEE

[roamer65]

7. SCO will eventually come to the aid of Iran if we attack.

Mark my words.

[sandnsea]

8. He met with Karzai in Afghanistan

yesterday. Also met with the Iraqis. Don't you just love how our media is covering these important international events.

We are so fucked.

[ohio2007]

9. Iran's got their war on

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1c4_1186637021

[TheLastMohican]

10. That's Russian advertisement

The Antey plant makes the best interceptor missiles and AA missiles in the world.