Forty bundles of humanitarian supplies are dropped from a C-17 Globemaster III using the Joint Precision Airdrop Delivery System to a drop zone in Afghanistan, April 13, 2008. The U.S. aircrew is from the 17th Airlift Squadron, Charleston Air Force Base, S.C.. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Andy DunawayFrom Danger Room:
Good news: the U.S. military has found a new way to get supplies to Afghanistan, after being kicked out of a crucial base in Central Asia. Bad news: that new route means shipping goods, by rail, through Russia.
Earlier this week, the U.S. military opened a new supply route to Afghanistan, sending a supply of cargo from the port of Riga on the Baltic Sea across Russia and into Central Asia. Jane's reports that the new route -- which mostly goes by rail -- passes through Russia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, and likely terminates in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e-Sharif.
Read more ....
My Comment: Iran will give nothing, and I am very skeptical of the Russians since they are the ones who made it very clear that they wanted the Americans out of Kyrgyzstan.