2001 CPEO Military List Archive

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Date: 6 Nov 2001 17:57:37 -0000
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Subject: [CPEO-MEF] Heated Arctic dispute Greenland, Alaska natives balk at new US milita
 
Heated Arctic dispute 
Greenland, Alaska natives balk at new U.S. military plans

K.L. Capozza, Chronicle Foreign Service 
San Francisco Chronicle 
Saturday November 3, 2001

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/11/03/MN151862.DTL



Nuuk, Greenland -- As the Bush administration seeks to upgrade military 
bases in the Arctic as part of its land-based missile defense strategy, 
a growing voice of opposition is emerging from the Earth's attic. 

Although the plan is likely to bring millions of dollars in investment 
to isolated northern Inuit communities, many fear that the arrival of 
missile silos and advanced radars may also bring environmental 
destruction. 

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