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I'm genuinely curious to hear that you think.



"Ilias Akhmadov, foreign minister in the self-styled but unrecognized government of Chechen separatist leader Aslan Maskhadov, said that he was informed this week that he has been officially granted political asylum by authorities in Boston."

OK. #1. - "authorities in Boston" - enough said - look at the other crud coming out of Massachusettes.

#2 - Nowhere does it say that President Bush ever weighed in on the matter. For all we know, the Russians never got past the State Department. I guess it depends on who in Moscow called...

M- M60s/VP150/QS8s/SVS PC-Ultra/HK630 Sit down. Shut up. Listen.