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Russia Says It Won't Deploy Missiles Near Poland

Kremlin also criticizes Iran's president for denying Holocaust

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(AP) – Russia said today it will scrap a plan to deploy missiles near Poland since Washington has dumped a planned missile shield in Eastern Europe. It also harshly criticized Iran's president for new comments denying the Holocaust. Neither move, however, represented ceding any significant ground. A plan to place Iskander missiles close to the Polish border was merely a threat.

And while the Kremlin has previously criticized Tehran for questioning the reality of the Holocaust, Russian leaders have refused to back a Western push for tougher sanctions against Iran. It still remains unclear whether Moscow will make any significant concessions on Iran and other issues in response to President Barack Obama's move to scrap the Bush-era plan for US missile defense in Poland and the Czech Republic.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks before Friday prayers at the Tehran University campus in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Sept. 18, 2009.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks before Friday prayers at the Tehran University campus in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Sept. 18, 2009.   (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin gestures as he speaks in the city of Tula some 200 km (124 miles) south of Moscow, Monday, Sept. 14, 2009.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin gestures as he speaks in the city of Tula some 200 km (124 miles) south of Moscow, Monday, Sept. 14, 2009.   (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Pool)
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin attends the Japan- Russia Business Forum at a hotel on May 12, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin attends the Japan- Russia Business Forum at a hotel on May 12, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan.   (Getty Images)
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rockermocking
Sep 19, 09 8:01 PM CDT
and then the world ends in a nuclear winter... this is why the US doesn't attack Russia.
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emptycalm
Sep 19, 09 8:12 PM CDT
You are a monster. What if someone nuked us for things our government did that we as people had no control over? Would that be ok or are you another idiot who believes in american exceptionalism.
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Sep 19, 09 9:05 PM CDT
Rockermocking, of course you are right, but Buh/Corona_King is not after discussion. He is only a troll looking for reaction. We seem to have about a half-dozen of them. Buh tries the least to make any sense. It is unfortunate for newser because this "fake discussion" intrudes on the real discussions and diverts attention away from the real issues. We have *less expression* here because of the trolls.
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Sep 19, 09 9:51 PM CDT
shonagreg.... why don't you just state your real wish... that everyone hear would agree with you. That would be bliss for you, wouldn't it. To live in a little bubble where the 15-20% of leftists like you are the only ones in existence. You are the reason that people like me speak up for America and the freedom our country represents. People like you are so quick to follow those who will take away our freedom and you are even willing to silence those who disagree with you. In short, you are a fascist... a good Nazi.
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Deebles
Sep 19, 09 11:03 PM CDT
Well that was a good heads up Shon. I can't believe that someone would attack you for writing that we need to ignore someone. Well, message taken. Many trolls that I won't bother with anymore. Is Buh Corona? I'm gobsmacked. Stick with one email address so that everyone can tell when you get a burr up your butt and change usernames. Well, buh why haven't you written your favorite term? Cause it would give you away? You know, it hasn't been used since you, so your notion that it was a normal term appears a bit wrong. Now that I know that you're a troll--meaning that like a sadist likes a pointed high heel in his nut sack, you like to be disagreed with-well, no more Mistress Deebles for you. From now on I so agree with whatever you write--just to take away your pleasure.
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