Russian says shield makes Poland target

A top Russian general said Friday that hosting a U.S. missile shield makes Poland a Kremlin military target, even as Moscow lowered its saber by agreeing to a cease-fire with the former Soviet republic of Georgia in their nations' weeklong war. According to Russia's Interfax news agency, Gen. Anatoly Nogovitsyn said Poland's decision could even lead to a nuclear attack on the Kremlin's former Warsaw Pact ally. Russia's president also denounced the U.S.-Poland deal as an anti-Russia act, though he stopped short of threatening Warsaw. "By hosting [U.S. anti-missile missiles], Poland is making itself a target. This is 100 percent,"...

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