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Russia calls for human-rights mission to NI (password protected, alas)

A fact-finding mission should look into the "disproportionate" use of force by police and soldiers in Northern Ireland, Russian officials have told a closed-door meeting at the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in Vienna.

So, Russia is saying it didn't sell stuff to Iraq. One of the companies involved is, however, saying it sold stuff to Syria. It's a short step from there to an extension of hostilities to Syria; not helped by the fact that a Syrian bus apparently caught a stray missile, and as reported yesterday "busloads" of Syrians were heading to Iraq to join the fight on the Iraqi side.