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Published: 17 January, 2010, 04:26
Edited: 11 February, 2010, 18:51


Georgian observer at airport in Donetsk, Ukraine, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010

Ukrainian opposition Party of Regions is worried over possible attempts to disrupt the country’s elections. It said several charter flights arrived from Georgia, bringing in over 400 “athletic men.”

 
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Bianca January 17, 2010, 07:05 quote
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Bohdan, I do not really care about the issue, but you may be assuming that there is nothing to the story. One plane brought 145, and another 152 people. Obviously, somebody counted them. And while the "body mass" may not be relevant (as is the idea of what is "atletic" and what is not), it is mighty crazy that both planes would consist of male passengers only. Where are women or children? And even if the plane was, what was first claimed, voting monitors, I have never heard of women being excluded from being voting monitors. However, they are not certified to be the monitors, so the muddle is even greater. All I am saying, there is no doubt of the planes and their arrival.

GrizzlyBear-r-r January 17, 2010, 16:28 quote
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Do you always measure a "body mass" before calling somebody athletic, Bohdan? Can't you say that somebody is sloppy or athletic just by looking at him? I would rather pay attention to another fact: the stated reason of their visit - meeting online girlfriends, which is a very popular way of dating in US. Somebody must've trained them :)

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