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| United Press International: Analysis: Russia advises Iraq on U.S. plan by Elonka at  6:31 pm EST, Apr  1, 2003
 |  | ] Russian military advisers have told Iraqi President] Saddam Hussein and his government that the main Allied
 ] drive on Baghdad will not take place until mid-April and
 ] will then come around the west of the city, Russian
 ] journalists and analysts with strong links to Russian
 ] military intelligence now claim.
 ]
 ] Strikingly, the Russian analysts, whose work appears on
 ] the iraqwar.ru Web site, believe that U.S. and Allied
 ] forces are still overwhelmingly likely to win the war and
 ] that they are performing in a highly impressive manner.
 ] The reports are described as "based on the Russian
 ] military intelligence -- the Main Intelligence
 ] Directorate or GRU -- reports."
 ]
 ] A March 31 report on the site revealed that Iraq was
 ] receiving analytical advice from Russian officials.
 ] "Russian military analysts are advising the Iraqi
 ] military command against excessive optimism," it said.
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| RE: United Press International: Analysis: Russia advises Iraq on U.S. plan by jfeil at 12:46 pm EDT, Apr  7, 2003
 |  | Elonka wrote:] ] Russian military advisers have told Iraqi President
 ] ] Saddam Hussein and his government that the main Allied
 ] ] drive on Baghdad will not take place until mid-April and
 ] ] will then come around the west of the city, Russian
 ] ] journalists and analysts with strong links to Russian
 ] ] military intelligence now claim.
 ] ]
 ] ] Strikingly, the Russian analysts, whose work appears on
 ] ] the iraqwar.ru Web site, believe that U.S. and Allied
 ] ] forces are still overwhelmingly likely to win the war and
 ] ] that they are performing in a highly impressive manner.
 ] ] The reports are described as "based on the Russian
 ] ] military intelligence -- the Main Intelligence
 ] ] Directorate or GRU -- reports."
 ] ]
 ] ] A March 31 report on the site revealed that Iraq was
 ] ] receiving analytical advice from Russian officials.
 ] ] "Russian military analysts are advising the Iraqi
 ] ] military command against excessive optimism," it said.
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