Author: Tom CossTom Coss Date: Aug 17, 2008 08:22
Russian general threatens nuclear strike on Poland as Bush demands
Moscow withdraw from Georgia
"Gen Nogovitsyn said: '[Poland] becomes a target for attack. Such
targets are destroyed as a first priority.' "
America and Russia were on the brink of a renewed Cold War last night
after Russian generals raised the spectre of a nuclear strike on a key
Western ally.
General Anatoly Nogovitsyn - Deputy Chief of the Russian Defence
Staff and a key strategist of Russia's intervention in Georgia -
declared that Poland was 'exposing itself to a strike - 100 per cent'.
It was the first time in recent days that Russia had hinted at military
action against a Western ally. Poland is a member of Nato as well as the
EU.
Gen Nogovitsyn said: '[Poland] becomes a target for attack. Such targets
are destroyed as a first priority.'
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev echoed his words, claiming the Polish
deal 'clearly demonstrated' that the missile shield 'has the Russian
Federation as its target.'
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