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Russia, Georgia, U.S.: Michael Lee White's Passport

Sunday, August 31st, 2008 @ 14:01 UTC

by Veronica Khokhlova

Countries:: China, Russia, Georgia, U.S.A.
Topics:: Media, War & Conflict, International Relations, Politics
Languages:: Russian, English

LJ user olegpanfilov2 links (RUS) to a newspaper story (ENG) on Michael Lee White, a China-based U.S. citizen whose passport was allegedly stolen “during a flight from Moscow to New York” in Dec. 2005. Last week, “a Russian general […] displayed a blown-up photo” of the passport and claimed that it was found in Georgia. PM Putin said in a CNN interview that “the passport gave him reason to suspect U.S. military involvement in the Russia-Georgia conflict over South Ossetia.”

12 comments

Jon D

First time seeing this nonsense online -

I worked with Mr White in Shenzhen China in 2008. I was his roomate for 6 months. This is all ridiculous. He is a teacher. End of story.

# 2008-10-4 at 6:07 am

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костыль

why don’t you check this video out?

http://rutube.ru/tracks/1010334.html?v=c7399cd41a093bee58704fdde8ffbfad

thank you.

also check out : infowars.com for some balanced news ok?
;)

# 2008-10-6 at 5:52 am

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