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Russia's threat to aim weapons at Europe if the US sets up a missile defence shield there was "unhelpful and unwelcome", Nato has said.

The US says it wants missile defence in eastern Europe to counter threats from states like Iran and North Korea.

On Sunday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Iran was not a threat to the US, hinting that Russia was the target.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has said he will have "frank" talks with Mr Putin this week about the threat.

'Stormy summit'

Washington wants to deploy interceptor rockets in Poland and a radar base in the Czech Republic to counter what it describes as a potential threat from "rogue states" such as Iran and North Korea.

It insists the shield is not aimed at Russia.

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Jun 5th, 2007 at 12:32:06 AM EST
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blink

The US is deploying a weapons system that doesn't work to protect the EU against countries that don't have the technology to launch a nuclear attack.

OK.  

Whatever.


A doo run-run-run, a doo run-run

by ATinNM on Tue Jun 5th, 2007 at 02:22:03 AM EST
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My only answer (this week) is that Putin is just putting on a show as a courtesy to Bush.

Publicly laughing his ass off about what an utter dumbshit Bush is being would be discourteous to a fellow head of state.

"Ideas or the lack of them can cause disease." - Kurt Vonnegut

by dvx (dvx.clt ät gmail dotcom) on Tue Jun 5th, 2007 at 03:03:19 AM EST
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy has said he will have "frank" talks with Mr Putin this week about the threat.

Where bluster meets something more solid. It'll be interesting.

When locusts move on, they leave nothing behind

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Tue Jun 5th, 2007 at 02:57:24 AM EST
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Oh, come on, NATO, it has to be "helpful" since it would retroactively justify the deployment of the missile shield.

Can the last politician to go out the revolving door please turn the lights off?
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Jun 5th, 2007 at 06:52:31 AM EST
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