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US and Poland agree shield deal
BBC News ^ | 14 August 2008

Posted on 08/14/2008 11:08:41 AM PDT by lizol

US and Poland agree shield deal

Breaking News

The US and Poland have agreed a preliminary deal on plans for the controversial US defence shield, Warsaw has announced.

The plan would see the US base 10 missile interceptors in Poland in exchange for help strengthening Polish defences, said PM Donald Tusk.

The scheme is highly controversial and has been opposed by Russia.

Poland is reported to have demanded security help after Moscow threatened to target its missiles at the bases.

The Polish Foreign Ministry told the PAP news agency that the deal would be signed at 1800 GMT.

The US signed a deal with the Czech Republic in July to base tracking radars there as part of the missile defence system.

The US wants the sites to be in operation by about 2012.

Russia has expressed concern about the system in the past, with one official saying the deal "complicates" global security.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: antimissileshield; europe; geopolitics; missiledefense; poland
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Suddenly Poland is more receptive...


21 posted on 08/14/2008 12:26:18 PM PDT by villagerjoel (Unfortunately, Mr Worsley's crab will not be displayed in any museum. A friend has eaten it.)
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To: GreyFriar
Certainly Georgia has loomed huge in the mind of the Poles these last days.

Pootie gets his first "consequence" of his actions -- the next consequence is likely to be an accelerated acceptance of Ukraine into NATO.

Payback doesn't always have to be military action...

22 posted on 08/14/2008 12:49:21 PM PDT by chilepepper (The map is not the territory -- Alfred Korzybski)
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23 posted on 08/14/2008 3:53:23 PM PDT by SJackson (Sell San Francisco to China to finance Obama health care, Bill O'Reilly)
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To: chilepepper

There should be an emergency meeting of NATO this evening and the Ukraine should be welcomed in before midnight.


24 posted on 08/14/2008 4:02:54 PM PDT by pepperdog (The world has gone crazy.)
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To: lizol

Russians just hate complications of global security. Look what Georgia just made them do.


25 posted on 08/14/2008 8:18:50 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (http://ww-w.publishedauthors.net/benmaxwell/index.html or try http://astore.amazon.com/bemasnebo-20)
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To: lizol; Arthur Wildfire! March; Lurker
O the controversy! O the complication!


26 posted on 08/14/2008 9:25:52 PM PDT by PhilDragoo (Hitlery: das Butch von Buchenvald)
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