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cornermouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-28-05 07:42 PM
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Two U.S. Senators Held at Russian Airport
Lugar and Barack Obama, no less. Looks like the Cold War is well on its way back.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050828/ap_on_re_eu/russia_us_senators

MOSCOW - A plane carrying two U.S. senators was detained for several hours Sunday while trying to leave Russia, before being permitted to leave the country for Ukraine, according to spokesmen for the lawmakers.

Sens. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., and Barack Obama, D-Ill., who had been visiting storage sites for weapons of mass destruction, were held at an airport in the Ural Mountain city of Perm for several hours but were allowed to leave after talks between U.S. and Russian officials.
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-28-05 07:43 PM
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1. Obama?!
That is a shock.
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democrat in Tallahassee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-28-05 07:46 PM
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2. Could they please take the other 98 too? pretty please? Maybe
we just start all over again and get some dems with some cahones?
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BlueJac Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-28-05 07:48 PM
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4. Right on
Maybe they can contain the entire congress and save us from their do nothingness!
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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-28-05 07:47 PM
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3. Probably looking for spies.
It's not diplomatically polite, but not a surprise either.
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