Polish city sees hope in U.S. missile shield
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SLUPSK, Poland  - The future location of the U.S. anti-missile shield in Poland is still an official secret but in the northern city of Slupsk the locals already know they may live next to it.
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President Bush and the Czech Republic's leaders on Tuesday defended plans to base part of a U.S. missile shield here despite fierce opposition from Russia.
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Polish lawmakers expect to discuss in the next few days a U.S. request to set up part of a planned missile defense system in Poland, the prime minister said Tuesday.Comment
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Polish Deputy Prime Minister Andrzej Lepper has said that he opposed plans for Poland to house missiles for a defence shield that Washington wants to set up in central Europe.
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Poland and the Czech Republic risk being targeted by Russian missiles if they agree to host a proposed U.S. missile defense system, a top Russian general warned Monday.Comment
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Poland's election Sunday could bring to power a party that favors a quicker end to the country's military mission in Iraq and tougher bargaining over hosting a U.S. missile defense base Â while still promising to remain a strong American ally.
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A senior Russian envoy said Tuesday he is hopeful Poland's new government will listen to Moscow's objections to a proposed U.S. missile defense base, and said Warsaw was set to discuss the issue with Russia early next year.
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Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski will invite leaders of all political parties next week to discuss a plan to host elements of a U.S. anti-missile shield, officials said on Wednesday.
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Poland's top missile defense negotiator said Tuesday that Warsaw could conclude by September an agreement to host U.S. interceptors and accused Russia of trying to sidetrack talks with an alternative proposal.
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Polish and Czech leaders spoke on Monday  in favor of allowing the United States to use their territory  for parts of an anti-missile defense system that has raised  Russian ire, saying it would also protect Europe.
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The United States may start building a  missile shield in Poland in February 2008, Polish Deputy  Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski said in an interview  published in a Russian newspaper on Monday.
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Russian opposition to a U.S. proposal to build a missile defense system in Poland stems from Moscow's hopes to regain influence over its former satellite, the prime minister said Tuesday. The comments by Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski came a day after a Russian general warned that Poland and the Czech Republic risk being targeted by Russian missiles if they agree to host U.S. missile defense bases.
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Russia hinted on Wednesday it may  station missiles in its most westerly region bordering EU  members Poland and Lithuania, if the United States does not  cooperate over plans for a European missile shield.
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Polish lawmakers expect to discuss in the next few days a U.S. request to set up part of a planned missile defense system in Poland, the prime minister said Tuesday.
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Russia's military is capable of firing missiles at Poland and the Czech Republic if they agreed to host a U.S. missile shield, Russia's Strategic Forces commander said, but added it was for the Kremlin to decide.
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Poland expects to clinch a deal with the United States in February to host U.S. missiles as part of a defensive shield in Europe, Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said on Tuesday.
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The United States supports modernizing Poland's air defenses, a key Polish demand for hosting part of a planned missile defense system, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Friday.