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04-10-2009, 08:08 PM
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Alaskan islands given to Russia?
Old article I saw posted on another forum, anyone know anything more about it?
Giveaway of Islands to Russia Risks U.S. Security |
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04-10-2009, 09:22 PM
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Originally Posted by arctichomesteader
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Conspiracy theories are rampant on the Internet...
A very simple reality check is to get a globe map and look at where those islands actually are. |
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04-10-2009, 10:13 PM
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If I recall correctly, the Russian warship "Red October" forcibly removed the Americans on Wrangel Island in/on/or about 1924 or so. It was part of the Alaska purchased, but the Russians took it back.
The island was suppose to be given back to Russia a number of years back in a treaty that if I recall correctly signed by Clinton.
The Island is on the Northern edge of Russia and not Alaska. It is barren for the most part and more of a rock... |
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04-10-2009, 11:08 PM
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You are touting something as happening maybe now, when the dateline on the article was written in 2003. If you have any recent info it would be more pertinent to the rest of us. Without that all I have to say is WTH? These talks started with Nixon in 1970. As stated in your article. Nearly 40 years ago. I gotta say that I'm not too concerned.
Heck, they even mentioned Jesse Helms and Kissinger also. That has all been awhile ago.  
Found a map. From what I see they are thousands of miles inside what most of us would consider Russia. http://www.statedepartmentwatch.org/MapOfGiveaway.htm
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04-10-2009, 11:35 PM
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Yes, and Hawaii is soon to be transferred to China. It is part of a President Obama's grand plan to dismantle America, one island at a time, one state at a time. Fox News has obtained secret documents to prove it. |
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04-11-2009, 12:16 AM
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I think I am better now :)
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Originally Posted by notreesininceland
Yes, and Hawaii is soon to be transferred to China. It is part of a President Obama's grand plan to dismantle America, one island at a time, one state at a time. Fox News has obtained secret documents to prove it.
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Are their sources psychic? |
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04-11-2009, 01:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Grannysroost
Are their sources psychic?
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no, jerry springer is their chief investigator and has all the proof...... |
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04-11-2009, 04:10 AM
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There's a great factual novel written about an American adventurer who decides to get a grant and a bunch of guys to hold up on Wrangell Island and claim it from the Russians. They hired a little Aleut woman to cook and sew for them. Two years later she was the only survival. It's a facinating read! It's simply "Ada Blackjack". I'll find my copy and come up with the author later. Your heart will break at the way Ada is treated after struggling to keep those men alive.
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04-11-2009, 10:15 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GrammasCabin
There's a great factual novel written about an American adventurer who decides to get a grant and a bunch of guys to hold up on Wrangell Island and claim it from the Russians. They hired a little Aleut woman to cook and sew for them. Two years later she was the only survival. It's a facinating read! It's simply "Ada Blackjack". I'll find my copy and come up with the author later. Your heart will break at the way Ada is treated after struggling to keep those men alive.
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That's "Ada Blackjack: A True Story of Survival in the Arctic" by Jennifer Niven. Available for $1.25 and up at ABEBooks.com |
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04-11-2009, 10:23 PM
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I think I am better now :)
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Originally Posted by explorenorth
That's "Ada Blackjack: A True Story of Survival in the Arctic" by Jennifer Niven. Available for $1.25 and up at ABEBooks.com
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