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...passenger jets on alert to fly paramilitary operatives anywhere in the world on two hours' notice. Other cargo planes, reminiscent of the Air America fleet that the agency had in Vietnam, can drop supplies to replenish teams in remote locations. For areas like Afghanistan and Central Asia, where a Russian-made helicopter stands out less, the agency uses the large inventory of Soviet-era aircraft that the Pentagon captured in previous conflicts or bought on the black market...
...Afghanistan were somehow diverted to Iran. The CIA comforts itself by hoping the missiles have degraded after a decade and a half. Perhaps, but the hundreds of Stingers still missing are an unsettling legacy of the operation in Afghanistan. In Kenya just two months ago, terrorists using a Russian-made SA-7 version of the Stinger narrowly missed shooting down an Israeli airliner. The chilling conclusion: these weapons can put any airline passenger in jeopardy. Federal officials say they are developing plans to try to protect airliners in the U.S. from the missile threat, but they haven't yet figured...
...Afghanistan, during the same period, the CIA mounted a successful operation in support of the mujahedin rebels, who chased the Soviets out of that country. The CIA's war was run from Pakistan by veteran clandestine officer Milton Bearden, who had the satisfaction of seeing the last Russian troops walk across the Friendship Bridge into Uzbekistan on Feb. 15, 1989. Bearden believes the CIA operation in Afghanistan helped speed the collapse of the Soviet Union...
...MOSCOW Underground Alert Last week the Russian government received a warning from Interpol that Chechen terrorists planned a chemical attack in the Moscow subway. The special mobile rescue force of the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry (MCHS) went on red alert. No public warning was issued and no attack took place, but the MCHS rushed staff to Moscow just in case. The incident reminded Russian security agencies that the threat of further Chechen attacks is real, and exposed worrying gaps in Moscow's readiness to respond. A MCHS source tells TIME rescue workers began training for a chemical attack last December...
...MEANWHILE Strange but True Ever noticed the resemblance between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Dobby the house elf from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets? Many Russians have, and they feel Warner Bros., who made the film, modeled the puny elf on judo hard man Putin. Rumors are now swirling that an unnamed Russian law firm is planning to sue for the misuse of the President's image. Maybe Dobby should...