{"id":5582,"date":"2009-09-17T11:48:07","date_gmt":"2009-09-17T15:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/?p=5582"},"modified":"2009-09-17T12:25:04","modified_gmt":"2009-09-17T16:25:04","slug":"world-links-deadly-blast-in-heart-of-kabul-us-scraps-european-missile-defense-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/wa-blog\/world-links-deadly-blast-in-heart-of-kabul-us-scraps-european-missile-defense-plan\/5582\/","title":{"rendered":"World Links: Deadly Blast in Heart of Kabul, U.S. Scraps European Missile Defense Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. government announces plans to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/09\/18\/world\/europe\/18shield.html?hp\" target=\"_blank\">scrap a Europe-based long-range missile defense system<\/a> in favor of a flexible, ship-based regional shield targeting medium to short-range rockets. Conservatives in the U.S. criticize the move as a capitulation to Russia and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.weeklystandard.com\/weblogs\/TWSFP\/2009\/09\/sources_admin_officials_head_t.asp\" target=\"_blank\">an abandonment of Poland and the Czech Republic<\/a> where the system was to be based, while Russia&#8217;s ambassador to NATO <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/americas\/8260230.stm\" target=\"_blank\">hails the move<\/a>, saying &#8220;It&#8217;s like having a decomposing corpse in your flat &#8211; and then the mortician comes and takes it away.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Six <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dawn.com\/wps\/wcm\/connect\/dawn-content-library\/dawn\/news\/world\/04-suicide-bomber-strikes-in-kabul-qs-06\" target=\"_blank\">Italian soldiers are killed<\/a> and three wounded in a vehicle-borne suicide attack in the Afghan capital of Kabul, one of the single deadliest incidents against the 100,000 NATO and U.S. troops in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>The administration of Colombian President Alvaro Uribe is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/09\/17\/world\/americas\/17colombia.html?ref=americas\" target=\"_blank\">accused of a massive and multiyear effort to spy<\/a> on political opponents, the media, human rights organizations and members of the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p>The deputy commander of African Union peacekeeping forces in Somalia and 10 others <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/africa\/8260687.stm\">are killed in a double-suicide attack<\/a> against an A.U. base in Somalia&#8217;s capital of Mogadishu. The extremist group al-Shabab claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it is revenge for the U.S. operation that killed al-Qaeda suspect Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Richard Goldstein, head of the U.N. commission investigating Israel&#8217;s offensive last year into the Gaza Strip, says <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/09\/17\/opinion\/17collins.html\" target=\"_blank\">Israeli commanders and soldiers should be held accountable for war crimes <\/a>committed during the operation.\u00a0 The administration of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is calling <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.ohchr.org\/english\/bodies\/hrcouncil\/specialsession\/9\/FactFindingMission.htm\" target=\"_blank\">the commission&#8217;s report<\/a> biased and asked senior members of the Obama administration to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/hasen\/spages\/1115355.html\" target=\"_blank\">help limit international fallout<\/a> from the report&#8217;s findings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. government announces plans to scrap a Europe-based long-range missile defense system in favor of a flexible, ship-based regional shield targeting medium to short-range rockets. 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