-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a prelude to war! US nuclear force set to quit Europe BY TIM SHIPMAN THE US is preparing to withdraw all its nuclear bombs from Britain and the rest of Europe, it was claimed last night. An official announcement will be made at a Nato ministerial meeting in Brussels next month, said military and diplomatic sources. "It is hard to see why these US nuclear bombs are still in Europe," said one source. The withdrawal of weapons from Britain, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Greece and Turkey would mark the historic conclusion to a process of disarmament that began with Ronald Reagan's famous fireside chat with Mikhail Gorbachev. But the move seems extraordinary in its timing, with tension between the US and Russia over the future of East-West nuclear relations. If true, the decision would bring to an end the American deployment at British air bases such as Lakenheath, Suffolk, long the target of peace activists. A Ministry of Defence spokesman said he knew nothing about the possible pull-out. "It is entirely a matter for the Americans," he said. A Pentagon spokesman insisted there were no such plans. "If there was something like this going on, there would be some rumblings," he said. "It wouldn't just bubble up like this." While Western Europe would continue to enjoy the protection of Nato submarines armed with nuclear weapons, the total withdrawal of American weapons from Europe would leave just the small British and French arsenals.Russia has 2,500 nuclear warheads and has resisted moves to ratify the strategic arms reduction treaty it signed six years ago. Only yesterday it test-fired a nuclear-capable ballistic missile, an act of brinkmanship in its escalating war of words over a 27-year-old treaty which helped to control the nuclear arms race. � Express Newspapers, 1999 **COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
