Russian Opposition To The War In Iraq
Introduction
The events of September 11 2001 were major events in the world. The United States ruled by George W. Bush decided to take revenge and launched what would be known as the war on terror. Russia has also declared the struggle against international terrorism as one of its top foreign policy priorities. Just one month after the collapse of the twin towers, the United States attacks Afghanistan to remove al-Qaeda forces and oust the Taliban regime. In a TV broadcast to the Russian people on 24 September 2001, Putin described the al-Qaeda terrorist attack on the US as "barbaric" (Kendall 2001: 161), and said 'Russia would provide all the information at its disposal about terrorist bases, and its secret services would co-operate fully with the west' (Sakwa 2004: 216). Also, Russia agreed to allow the US a presence in Central Asia (Donaldson and Nogee 2005: 360). The forms of US-Russia co-operation on Afghanistan were varied, including: pressure to force the Taliban, the......
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