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Wasn't this when Gorbachev mentioned Afghanistan as a "bleeding wound"? http://74.125.95.104/search?q=cache:ETSCQxshCHsJ:www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers-soviet/2006/OPS015.pdf+gorbachev+bleeding+wound+afghanistan&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=9&gl=us&client=firefox-a -- (html google cache of www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers-soviet/2006/OPS015.pdf ) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.192.69.26 ( talk) 18:48, 23 October 2008 (UTC) reply

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