U S forces take a back seat in Macedonian mission
U S ground troops will limit their role in NATO’s Balkans mission to disarming ethnic Albanian rebels in Macedonia while providing reconnaissance via remote controlled air craft. About 3,500 NATO troops will deploy, with Americans focusing on logistics and support rather than frontline combat.
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The Dzerzhinsky statue fell but the KGB lineage endures in the FSB and other agencies. Critics say old tactics resurface under Putin as the FSB expands powers from anonymous tip investigations to wartime control in Chechnya and joint Internet spying with providers, raising concerns among rights advocates and Western businesses.
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