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February 20, 2009

Hundreds Protest NATO in Poland
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In Poland, hundreds of people demonstrated outside a meeting of NATO
defense ministers in Krakow Thursday. The US has used the meeting to
call for greater involvement of other NATO forces in Afghanistan. The
protesters denounced the US-led occupation.

Protester: “NATO really could have stopped its existence after the Cold
War. It should not exist at all. Now it’s looking for new enemies,
looking for expansion, and that leads to a rise in arms deals in the
world. It’s a huge waste of human resources, and it kills people in
Afghanistan.”



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