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http://www1.timesofindia.com/articleshow.asp?art_id=3625524 NATO chief plays down US N-review AFP [ WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 2002 6:09:15 AM ] ARIS: NATO Secretary General George Robertson on Tuesday played down the significance of a leaked US strategic plan which appeared to show it had lowered its threshold for unleashing a nuclear strike. "I don't think anybody said in the United States that a specific policy has been adopted," he told a defence seminar during a visit to Paris. "There will be no change in that doctrine to my mind." According to leaks to the US media, the Pentagon's Nuclear Policy Review calls for a shift away from the Cold War posture of using the US nuclear arsenal to deter a nuclear strike from the former Soviet Union. It sees China, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Russia and Syria as potential targets for US nuclear strikes, according to news reports. US officials have denied the leak shows that they have moved away from the principle of deterrence, and Robertson dismissed the reports at a meeting of the International National Institute of Strategic Relations. "Every March, there is a leak from the Pentagon," he said. "That's the moment when the budgets are being discussed. Coincidences are often remarkable and worth taking notice of." __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email! http://mail.yahoo.com/ --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9617B Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
