http://tinyurl.com/yurmha February 2, 2008
U.S. and Poland Agree in Principle on Missile Defense By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) - Poland <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/po land/index.html?inline=nyt-geo> said Friday that it had reached an agreement in principle with the United States on plans to install a missile defense system on Polish territory. The Polish foreign minister, Radek Sikorski, said that after meetings with American officials he was satisfied that the United States would deal with security problems Poland wanted addressed. The announcement should add momentum to a project the Bush administration has said it hopes to start this year. The project, a major source of tension with Russia <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/ru ssiaandtheformersovietunion/index.html?inline=nyt-geo> , had looked to be stalled since the Polish government of Donald Tusk took office in November. Mr. Sikorski did not outline the terms. But he and Secretary of State Condoleezza <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/r/condoleezza_ri ce/index.html?inline=nyt-per> Rice, in a joint appearance, suggested that the United States would help with Polish air defenses. Mr. Sikorski said that negotiators would continue to work on the details of an agreement that would allow the United States to install 10 interceptors as part of a missile defense system. He sought to address the concerns of Russia, which sees the plan as an attempt to undermine its military deterrent. "The reinforced Polish air defenses are not directed against anybody," Mr. Sikorski said. "They are to enable Poland to be a stronger NATO <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/n/north_a tlantic_treaty_organization/index.html?inline=nyt-org> ally with the United States, to enable Poland to take part in operations, in out-of-area operations, in joint operations." [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
