timesonline.co.uk - 8/15/2008
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A senior Russian general warned Poland today that it was leaving itself open to retaliation - and possibly even a nuclear strike - by agreeing to host a US missile base. General Anatoly Nogovitsyn, the Russian armed forces' deputy chief of staff, issued the extraordinary threat in an interview with Interfax, a Russian news agency. Poland, by deploying [the system] is exposing itself to a ...
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The Minefield
Done With Mirrors —
... Which seems pretty clear to me: In Moscow, the spheres of influence still make music. Perhaps not in the exact ratios that Stalin and Churchill once agreed to. But Poland, as well as Ukraine, had best be thinking hard. ...
WTF is the Bush Foreign Policy Team Doing?
Daily Kos —
... on the conflict. The ironies in Bush's condemnation aside, this coming on the heels of the agreement with Poland to station US missiles there, leading to this: ...
Is Putin Overreaching?
The Sundries Shack —
... Hot on the heels of a deal between the US and Poland to install a missile defense base there, Russia has threatened a nuclear strike on Poland. Yes, that’s right. Russia threatened to nuke Poland. The quote here is unambiguous. ...
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Russia Threatens Poland with Military Strike —
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Those arguing that Russia’s invasion of Georgia was a one-off and that Russia was unlikely to flex their muscles further into their near abroad may have to rethink that position:
A top Russian general said Friday that Poland’s agreement to accept a U.S. missile interceptor base exposes the ex-communist nation to attack, possibly by nuclear weapons, the Interfax news agency ...
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