Czech mayors call on Obama to drop AMD plans

ensho

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Wed Nov-26-08 11:26 AM
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Czech mayors call on Obama to drop AMD plans

http://www.russiatoday.com/news/news/33704

Czech mayors have urged U.S. President-elect Barack Obama to drop Washington’s defence plans in Eastern Europe. They say it might turn the continent into a battlefield of international conflict.

Mayors of thirty towns in the Czech Republic sent a letter to Obama expressing their concerns over the U.S. plans to deploy elements of its anti-missile shield in the country putting most of the population at risk of being involved in any potential conflict.

“We kindly ask you to reassess the attitude of the U.S. government towards the placement of NMD elements in Europe and to put a stop to this very dangerous and unstable project. We hope that the change so strongly symbolized by your victory will turn into reality, that the new American leadership can move us all in the direction of a world without wars and violence, and that the tendency towards the escalation of arms and military aggression will be replaced instead by investment into areas that contribute to real human development,” the letter says.

The U.S. wants to place a radar base in the Czech Republic and missiles in neighbouring Poland to counter possible strikes from Iran and North Korea.

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Tamás says the deployment of the anti-missile shield would deteriorate the security situation in Europe rather than increase it as the U.S. government claims.

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I too hope Obama drops the AMD plan

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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf

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Wed Nov-26-08 11:29 AM
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1. Whew.

I read the headline and thought for a moment "WHAT!? Intel bought Czechoslovakia!??!".

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rucky

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Wed Nov-26-08 12:04 PM
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3. Intel reports that AMD is going down.

Not just a Wired headline anymore.

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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf

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Wed Nov-26-08 01:19 PM
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4. Ahhh, piffle.

They have been saying that since dirt was in beta.

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AlCzervik

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Wed Nov-26-08 11:59 AM
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2. when i was in Prague in the spring there were protests going on about missile bases

and the shield.

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