Hiroshima, Nagasaki mayors protest Russia nuke plan (Pre-emptive use)

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=9&id=274654

Saturday, October 4, 2003 at 00:30 JST
HIROSHIMA — The mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the only two cities in the world to have suffered atomic bombings, blasted Russia on Friday over its plan to consider restricted use of nuclear weapons to deal with regional conflicts and international terrorism.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3159044.stm

Russia bares its military teeth

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov has said his country does not rule out a pre-emptive military strike anywhere in the world if the national interest demands it.

He said that Russia faced foreign interference in its internal affairs and instability in neighbouring states as well as classic threats such as the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, international terrorism and the drugs trade

President Vladimir Putin, who met Mr Ivanov on Thursday, added that the Russian military still possessed a formidable nuclear arsenal.

A report by the Defence Ministry also called on Nato to review its strategy, warning that otherwise it would be necessary to pursue "a radical reconstruction of Russian military planning, including changes in Russian nuclear strategy".

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[soothsayer]

1. hey, dumbya, look what you started with your 'pre-emptive' iraq 'war'

Nice going, a-hole.

[oneighty]

2. Sleeping giant

pokes sleeping bear, see if he is awake. Yup, he's awake.

180

[burrowowl]

3. Nice job

Bu$hie boy. Bu$hie's solution to global warming is neuclear winter.

[Lorien]

4. So, the Repukes gave Reagan credit for

ENDING the Cold War, now they sure as well better give credit where credit is due for REKINDLING the Cold War! There are no words vile enough to descibe *.

Scary, scary shit.