“The UK and US have held high level talks on the possibility of putting a ‘Son of Star Wars’ anti-ballistic missile defence system on British soil … An article in The Economist claims Prime Minister Tony Blair has lobbied President George Bush for the system … But government sources have told the BBC that talks are ‘to keep Britain’s options open’, not a lobbying effort.”

Why should Britain help the US, which already tries to control the world through force, gain even more power by siting its new weapons system in the UK? BBC News article here.

Posted Friday, February 23rd, 2007 @ 1:48 pm
Filed in politics, science and tech

Permalink URL | Trackback URL | Comments on this post

Share post on
del.icio.us | Facebook | Reddit | Twitter
StumbleUpon | Ma.gnolia | Digg

Further reading

These posts may be related to the one above:

1. HD Freeview
2. CCTV open to all?
3. Japanese juries