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It may not be. He may have written, "inrended to use". In Operation "Duck Hook", Kissinger was perfectly seroius about using a tactical nuclear weapon if the vietnamese didn't surrender (sign the peace agreement he wanted ) by a certain time. --- Steve Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK > --------------------------- > > This is an interesting analysis. However, it does > contain one puzzling > statement: "The Americans wanted to use low-powered > nuclear bombs, > which were already used in their war in Vietnam and, > later in Iraq." > Possibly something was lost in the translation? - > Steve > _____________________ > http://english.pravda.ru/main/2002/03/09/26888.html > > Pravda.RU:Top Stories:More in detail > > 14:39 2002-03-09 > > US THREATENS RUSSIA WITH NUCLEAR ATTACK > > �The local� war in Afghanistan continues � this can > be seen with the > naked eye. �Operation Anaconda� has stifled itself > in its own embrace. > The American �blitzkrieg� Washington spoke of with > such enthusiasm has > not worked in Afghanistan. The Americans and their > allies have suffered > serious losses, while militants of the Taliban and > Al Qaeda have > been annihilated in the hundreds, and, according to > the Pentagon, do > not intend to stop their resistance and even > continue to advance. > > However, what is very strange is that the rusty > Kalashnikov rifle is > more effective than US vacuum bombs. > > The military campaign in the Afghan mountains has > become one of the > most difficult ordeals for the US Army since the war > in Vietnam, BBC > observer Johnatan Marcus stated. > > According to him, for the Pentagon, it is a serious > test for the new > information systems� capacity to carry out military > activities under > very disadvantageous conditions. > > In previous military operations, the Gulf War and > the war against > Yugoslavia, the US preferred to rely on its > aircraft. > > However, battles in the Afghan mountains are > another thing. The > Rangers and America's mountain divisions take part > in them. This > signifies America's attempt to transform its Armed > Forces from a > not very mobile military machine fit mainly for the > Cold War into a > more mobile army using the most state-of-the-art, > modern technologies. > > However, America's activities in the mountains are > complicated due > to many troubles. It is difficult for helicopters to > fly in the > mountain air. While Al Qaeda has large reserves of > grenade launchers. > > The Taliban and Al Qaeda militants seem to be more > experienced in > carrying out battles under such conditions: > mountains and bad weather. > That is why the battles are so violent. > > Americans are irritated with the militants� > resistance, and they are > even ready to use nuclear weapons to finish such > battles as soon as > possible. The Americans wanted to use low-powered > nuclear bombs, which > were already used in their war in Vietnam and, > later, in Iraq. > Therefore, why not use them now, in another country? > > > The United States is transferring nuclear weapons > from storage to > its battle arsenal and plans to use nuclear weapons > against other > countries. > > According to the Los Angeles Times, possessing a > secret report of > the Pentagon, there are seven countries among the > potential targets of > nuclear attacks: Russia, China, Iraq, North Korea, > Iran, Syria, and > Lebanon. American military supposes that small > nuclear weapons could be > potentially used against these countries. > > Nuclear weapons could be used in the following > cases: against > objects that are able to withstand a nuclear attack; > as a reciprocal > measure to use of nuclear, chemical, and > bacteriological weapons; > and in the case of an �unexpected development in a > military > situation,� the newspaper writes. > > Moreover, the newspaper reports that Washington > plans to start the > development of low-powered nuclear weapons. > > The Pentagon speaks of possible situations when the > US might use > nuclear weapons: war between China and Taiwan, North > Korea attacking > South Korea, and the Arab-Israeli conflict. > > It should stated that the report appeared just at > the moment when > the Bush administration declared a reduction of > America's nuclear > arsenal, while, as a matter of fact, according to > the Los Angeles > Times, it is looking for reasons to use it. > > �This is a dynamite,� � one expert named Bolton > said to the > journalists. �I can only guess what these seven > countries� > representatives would say at the Council of Europe.� > > According to Bolton, Washington is not looking for > a reason to use its > nuclear arsenal against anybody. However, he > stressed, �we will do our > best to protect the population of America.� > __________________ > Dmitry Litvinovich > PRAVDA.Ru > Translated by Vera Solovieva > > Read the original in Russian: > http://pravda.ru/main/2002/03/09/3 > > > ===== > Lake Merritt Neighbors Organized for Peace. Weekly > peace walks around Lake Merritt in Oakland. Starts > & ends at the colonnade between Grand & Lakeshore > Avenues, 3 P.M., every Sunday. Info: > (510)763-8712, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or > http://www.webwm.com/LMNOP > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free > email! > http://mail.yahoo.com/ > > --------------------------- > ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Try FREE Yahoo! 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