DEFENCE : US PUSHES ANTI-MISSILE SYSTEM IN EUROPE.

Europe-East, December, 2007

Ambassador Victoria Nuland of the United States Mission to NATO defended before members of the European Parliament and of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly - meeting for an extraordinary joint session on 21 November at the EP in Brusselsa- the installation of an anti-missile shield on the European continent. "We already have similar coverage in the United States," she argued, illustrating her remarks with maps and transparencies. "We do not want to deploy anything in Europe that has not already been deployed and tested on our territory [in Alaska, California, etc]. This technology is safe." Invoking the NATO solidarity clause, she explained that the US wants to "defend [its] allies against real threats. The threat comes not only from Iran and Korea, but also from other...

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