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Airbases in Latin American countries ensure the 'permanent presence' of Russia's strategic bombers near the US borders, says a Russian general.

http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=64668&sectionid=351020602


From Information Clearing House

RUSSIA is considering aiming nuclear weapons at western Europe for the first time since the end of the Cold War, according to senior defence sources in Moscow.

http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2008/07/20/wld01.asp



Russia needs bombers in Cuba due to NATO expansion - ex-commander

The possible deployment of Russian strategic bombers in Cuba may be an effective response to the placement of NATO bases near Russia's borders, a former Air Force commander said on Monday.

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20080721/114527149.html



Reuters: Russian Companies Now Own 10% of U.S Steel Industry

The weak dollar has made many U.S. companies cheap in comparison to their counterparts in the Euro zone, and many wealthy Russians are purchasing luxury properties in the U.S. for the same reason.

http://www.russiablog.org/2008/07/reuters_russian_companies_now.php


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The U.S. may station intermediary and shorter-range ballistic missiles in Poland under the guise of interceptors, a Russian expert said Thursday.

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20080710/113709664.html



Russia must punish states hosting U.S. missile shield

Russia must use economic and political means, and military ties with Asia, to punish European states that agree to host U.S. missile defense elements, a Russian political analyst said on Wednesday.

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20080709/113618929.html


From Information Clearing House

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A Summary of Contemporary Polish Foreign Policy
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig9/rieth1.html



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"If the real deployment of an American strategic missile defence shield begins close to our borders, then we will be forced to react not with diplomatic methods, but with military-technical methods," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement on its http://www.mid.ru website.

http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/world/4775455

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Timing of missile deal betrays US intent'

Russia's NATO envoy told Reuters on Friday that The US has shown that Russia is the true target of its planned missile defense shield by signing a deal with Poland during an international crisis over Georgia.

http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=66661&sectionid=351020602


From Information Clearing House

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US missile deal enrages Russia

Eric Margolis: It's like August, 1914 - a movement of great powers towards war.
http://therealnews.com/t/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=2061

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U.S. Missiles in Poland: A Catastrophe in the Making
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4543775.ece


Informant: Kev Hall



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Die tschechische Regierung will mit der Einrichtung des US-Raketenabwehrsystems die freie Welt verteidigen, tatsächlich droht ein Rückfall in die Zeit des Kalten Kriegs.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/28/28283/1.html



Misstöne zwischen Verbündeten

Während die tschechische Regierung dem Bau einer Radarbasis für das US-Raketenabwehrsystem zugestimmt hat, stößt der Raketenstützpunkt in Polen auf Ablehnung.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/28/28278/1.html



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Agence France Presse: "US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice signed Tuesday what she called a 'landmark' missile defense deal with the Czech Republic, drawing immediate condemnation and threats from Russia. The accord permits the siting of a tracking radar station on Czech soil as part of an extended US missile shield that Washington says is necessary to ward off potential attacks by so-called 'rogue' states such as Iran. Moscow immediately threatened to respond with 'military resources' to what it sees as a threat on its doorstep from the proposed system."

http://www.truthout.org/article/us-draws-russian-fire-signing-missile-defence-deal



Double Blow

In Le Devoir, Serge Truffaut deplores European passivity over US plans to install new military outposts in Eastern and Central Europe.

http://www.truthout.org/article/double-blow

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Czech Citizens Protest in Prague Against US Radar Base
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/07/09/10226/

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Russia “extremely upset” over US-Czech deal

MSNBC

07/09/08

Russia will consider how to retaliate over a planned U.S. missile shield but wants to continue talks on the issue with Washington, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday. Washington and Prague signed a deal on Tuesday to place a tracking radar in the Czech Republic as part of a system the United States says is needed as protection against any missile attack from countries such as Iran...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25600626/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Russian oil supplies to Czech Republic cut after missile defence deal with US:

Russian cut oil supplies to the Czech Republic have been cut by half, just days after the United States signed an agreement to build a missile shield radar station on Czech territory.

http://tinyurl.com/57gknb


From Information Clearing House



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Medvedev's aide, said that the Russian president had warned Bush that a possible deployment of the system in Lithuania instead of Poland "would be absolutely unacceptable for the Russian federation".

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2008/07/200877105811126208.html


From Information Clearing House



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http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/01/opinion/edrogozin.php


Informant: Kev Hall



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The U.S.-proposed European missile shield will eventually spread along Russia's borders and may neutralize Russia's nuclear potential by 2012-2015, a Russian political analyst said on Wednesday.

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20080618/111155009.html



Gates' reference to Russia's nuclear capabilities alarming

Gates should be happy that even Russian generals, who cannot be suspected of love for the United States, are openly talking about the weakness of Russia's nuclear capability.

http://en.rian.ru/analysis/20080617/110933648.html


From Information Clearing House



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Schon die deutsche Wehrmacht strebte im Zweiten Weltkrieg aus Interesse an den dortigen Erdöl-Lagerstätten in den Kaukasus. Einem Bericht von tagesschau.de zufolge rangeln nun die NATO, die EU und Russland um ihren Einfluss in der Region. Es geht um die einstige Sowjetrepublik Georgien, die die USA und die EU in die NATO integrieren wollen. Ausgetragen wird der Konflikt mit Russland unter anderem über die abtrünnigen georgischen Provinzen Abchasien und Südossetien. Es bestehe akute Kriegsgefahr im Streit mit Russland um Abchasien, behauptete Georgiens Präsident Michail Saakaschwili kürzlich. Mit Vergeltung drohte Russlands Außenminister Sergej Lawrow, sollte die Ex-Sowjetrepublik militärisch vorgehen. Laut tagesschau.de ist die NATO schon seit 2002 dabei, aus der einstmaligen georgischen "Operettenarmee" eine Streitmacht nach NATO-Standard zu machen. Bei den Menschen in den abtrünnigen Regionen löste dies Ängste aus, das vom Westen unterstützte Georgien könnte die Konflikte mit militärischen Mitteln lösen.

http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php?H=N&Nr=17951

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NATO: Politik der Lügen
http://www.meta-info.de/?site=metainfo&lid=32577



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