Norway: Russia to cut all military ties with NATO

[RB TexLa]

OSLO, Norway - Norway's Defense Ministry says Russia has informed it that it plans to cut all military ties with NATO.

Ministry spokeswoman Heidi Langvik-Hansen says the country's embassy received a telephone call from Russia's Defense Ministry on Wednesday, saying Moscow plans "to freeze all military cooperation with NATO and allied countries."

Norway was told in the telephone call a written note about this would be sent out shortly.

Russian officials were not immediately available to confirm the information and officials at NATO headquarters said they have not been informed of any such moves.

NATO foreign ministers Tuesday suspended formal contacts with Russia as punishment for sending troops into Georgia.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080820/ap_on_re_eu/russia_...

[Odin2005]

1. Don't let the door hit your ass on the way out, Putin. n/t.

[Subdivisions]

2. This situation has become a snowball rolling down the hill...n/t

[bdamomma]

5. not good news at all.

[dipsydoodle]

3. Well I guess that if

NATO foreign ministers suspended formal contacts with Russia then they couldn't expect much more than a second hand message.

[Virginia Dare]

4. Heckuva job Condi!..

wow, can things get much worse?

[magellan]

9. Yes

[Andy823]

6. Maybe then NATO should

Punish Georgia also. They started the mess, and Russia was more than willing to play the game with them. Russia has gone overboard, that I do agree, but Georgia also needs to be help accountable for what they did. This is just another Bush plan to help McCain, use Russia in their new "fear" tactic, and if it all fails, as most of Bush's big ideas do, then Obama will be stuck with "another" mess to take care of when Bush and his gang of criminals leave office! Not matter what happens it works for the republicans in the long run.

[AlphaCentauri]

7. Totally agree, nice to read comments witch make sense

also this is a red alert to the west to not intervene in another country with stupid excuses like WMDs

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

8. Well, the Pentagon and "defense" industry is thrilled.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

10. "Mr. Putin, BUILD UP THAT WALL!!!"

To paraphrase Ronny Rayguns...

[Adsos Letter]

11. Great....

one way to make conflicts more likely is for nations to stop talking to each other...