http://www.focus- <http://www.focus-fen.net/?id=l8635> fen.net/?id=l8635 USA threatens with anti-missile rockets in Lithuania 8 May 2008 | 17:33 | RBK Daily
Today in Warsaw, new Poland-American negotiations on the issue of disposing elements from the USA anti-missile system on the territory of Poland have started. Poland, demanding from USA to release funds for the modernization of states' armed forces, declared that the sum of $ 20 million, offered by USA is offensive. Americans, by other party, threatened to stop disposition of anti-missile rockets on the area of Poland and to transfer them to Lithuania. At the beginning of negotiations, which delayed for almost a month, both parties showed mutual irritation. "Poland should not feel as "USA client', considering the matter of anti-missile rockets' disposition," vice-president and minister of Internal Affairs emphasized. Opposition will state its opinion later. Warsaw considers that USA has not accomplished the obligations it has undertaken for supporting Poland in its armed forces modernization, in exchange to gaining Polish country's agreement for disposing anti-missile rockets on the area of Poland. Data have showed that Poland has been expecting material support of $14 to $20 billion, while USA has offered only $20 million. "The real sum would be somewhere in the middle of the both countries' offers, Alexander Hramchihin, from the Institute of Political and Military Analysis in Moscow, considers. "Poland should modernize its system for anti-missile and first it should equipped by Patriot rockets," he emphasizes. The anti-missile rocket system is necessary for the anti-missile rocket's complex protection, in case the hypothetical rocket attack transfers into a target of a first strike. "USA is interested in disposition of modern anti-missile rockets on the territory of Poland," Hramchihin explained. "There will be of USA interest if contemporary anti-missile rockets are situated on area of Poland, in order to take up the first strike, if it is necessary. Neither Pentagon, nor Bush's administration would succeed to insure 1 billion dollars, which Poland needs to its Patriot rockets' equipping. Warsaw realizes that if the new USA president is a democrat, the project for anti-missile rockets disposition in Eastern Europe will be canceled. That is why Poland does not hide that it is interested in obtaining real help fro USA, as soon as possible. The irritation comes from the information, released in medias before the beginning of negotiations that USA can find another country for disposing its anti-missile rockets. This is probably Lithuania. Alexei Vlasov, deputy director of the Centre for examination of public political processes of the post-Soviet Union time in Poland, considers that negotiations between USA and Lithuania have already begun. He thinks that the negotiations with Lithuania purpose to make Poland drawing back from its firm position. "Disposition of anti-missile rockets on the territory of ex-Soviet Union's republic would mean definite break in relationships with Russia. USA will not make this step," Vlasov thinks. C 2008 All rights reserved. Reproducing this website's contents requires obligatory reference to FOCUS Information Agency! [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.shtmlYahoo! 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/
