IHT: Council of Europe leader says U.S. anti-missile shield could damage European unity

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Council of Europe leader says U.S. anti-missile shield could damage European unity

"The proposals to base part of the U.S. anti-missile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic risk creating new tensions," Dutch Senator Rene van der Linden said in a speech to the human rights watchdog's Parliamentary Assembly, which he chairs. "We need reconciliation, not confrontation — that is the historical lesson of the Cold War and the 50 years' success of the EU."