Campaign for the Accountability of American Bases

This is a House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee consultation inviting submissions no later than 29th September 2008.

“The British Government’s non-proliferation approach, as set out in the National Security Strategy;

• The effectiveness of the current rules-based international system in curbing current weapons proliferation;
• The potential merit of forthcoming diplomatic initiatives on non-proliferation, for instance the 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference.
• The role of arms control and disarmament, including nuclear disarmament, in non-proliferation efforts.

Initial submissions of written evidence are requested by not later than Monday 29 September.

www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/foreign_affairs_committee

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Dutch intelligence: US attack on Iran’s nuclear program imminent…

Sep. 1, 2008
JPost.com Staff , THE JERUSALEM POST

The Dutch intelligence service, the AIVD, has called off an operation aimed at infiltrating and sabotaging Iran’s weapons industry due to an assessment that a US attack on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program is imminent, according to a report in the country’s De Telegraaf newspaper on Friday.

The report claimed that the Dutch operation had been “extremely successful,” and had been stopped because the US military was planning to hit targets that were “connected with the Dutch espionage action.”

The impending air-strike on Iran was to be carried out by unmanned aircraft “within weeks,” the report claimed, quoting “well placed” sources. …

www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1220186494776&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

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Patriot PAC-3 anti-ballistic missile interceptor battery.

by Margot Light London (UPI): Sep 4, 2008

The U.S.-built Ground-based Mid-course Interceptors planned for Poland might be directed against “rogue states” such as North Korea and Iran, but no one pretends that the Patriot PAC-3 anti-ballistic missile interceptors that can shoot down short-range or intermediate-range ballistic missiles or the stationing of American troops in Poland are directed at any country other than Russia.

And the reason why Poland feels that it needs Patriot PAC-3 anti-ballistic missile interceptor batteries and American forces is Russia’s threat that Poland is “making itself a target.” …

www.spacewar.com/reports/Outside_View_BMD_blowback_Part_Two_999.html

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Moscow (UPI): Sep 3, 2008

Russia does not want to be dragged into another arms race, but it should not ignore the emerging threats. The Kremlin’s most obvious reply to the U.S. missile defense deployment plans to build a Ground-based Mid-course Interceptor base in Poland would be to equip the Topol-M intercontinental ballistic missiles of Russia’s Strategic Missile Force with supersonic maneuverable warheads …

www.spacewar.com/reports/Outside_View_BMD_dilemmas_Part_Two_999.html

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Margot Light, London (UPI): Sep 3, 2008

The agreement concluded between the United States and Poland on Aug. 20 on the deployment of 10 interceptor missiles, part of America’s planned Ballistic Missile Defense system, was an inadvertent — and possibly unanticipated — result of the Russian-Georgian conflict. After months of prevarication, the Poles stopped increasing the level of military aid they demanded in return for hosting the missiles …

http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Outside_View_BMD_blowback_Part_One_999.html

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Tehran Times: Saturday, September 6, 2008

MOSCOW (AFP) — Russia will deploy high-precision weapons near Poland, following a U.S. missile defense deal signed in Warsaw last month to host an anti-missile shield on Polish soil, a senior Russian lawmaker said Thursday. …

www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=177124

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“The Bush administration has moved closer toward its goal of establishing long-range anti-missile outposts in Europe, completing basing agreements recently with the Czech Republic and Poland over Russian objections and threats. The earliest that site construction could start is late next year if lawmakers in the United States and the two host countries back the effort. …”

Arms Control Association: Sept 2008
http://armscontrol.org/act/2008_09/MissileDefense

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America’s Global Military Presence: Mission Creep

Center for Research on Globalization – Montreal,Quebec,Canada

It has helped US troops quietly penetrate new territory at a time when America’s vast base network has run into fierce public opposition around the globe,…

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America’s Global Military Presence: Mission Creep

Center for Research on Globalization – Montreal,Quebec,Canada

It has helped US troops quietly penetrate new territory at a time when America’s vast base network has run into fierce public opposition around the globe,…

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