NATO_NP1 Chief_NN1 Proposes_VVZ Defense_NN1 Missile_NN1 Shield_NN1 With_IW Russia_NP1 The_AT head_NN1 of_IO NATO_NP1 calls_VVZ for_IF linking_VVG defense_NN1 systems_NN2 against_II threats_NN2 from_II Asia_NP1 and_CC the_AT Middle_JJ East_ND1 Forget_VV0 the_AT Cold_JJ War_NN1 ._. 
The_AT head_NN1 of_IO NATO_NP1 called_VVD Friday_NPD1 for_IF the_AT U.S._NP1 ,_, Russia_NP1 and_CC NATO_NP1 to_TO link_VVI their_APPGE missile_NN1 defense_NN1 systems_NN2 against_II potential_JJ new_JJ nuclear_JJ threats_NN2 from_II Asia_NP1 and_CC the_AT Middle_JJ East_ND1 ._. 
"_" We_PPIS2 should_VM explore_VVI the_AT potential_NN1 for_IF linking_VVG the_AT U.S._NP1 ,_, NATO_NP1 and_CC Russia_NP1 missile_NN1 defense_NN1 systems_NN2 at_II an_AT1 appropriate_JJ time_NNT1 ,_, "_" NATO_NP1 Secretary_NN1 General_NNB Anders_NP1 Fogh_NP1 Rasmussen_NP1 said_VVD ._. 
"_" Both_RR NATO_NP1 and_CC Russia_NP1 have_VH0 a_AT1 wealth_NN1 of_IO experience_NN1 in_II missile_NN1 defense_NN1 ._. 
We_PPIS2 should_VM now_RT work_VVI to_TO combine_VVI this_DD1 experience_NN1 to_II our_APPGE mutual_JJ benefit_NN1 ._. "_" 
There_EX was_VBDZ no_AT immediate_JJ comment_NN1 from_II the_AT White_NP1 House_NN1 ._. 
In_II the_AT past_NN1 ,_, Russia_NP1 has_VHZ said_VVN it_PPH1 is_VBZ ready_JJ to_TO jointly_RR work_VVI on_II missile_NN1 defense_NN1 with_IW NATO_NP1 and_CC the_AT United_NP1 States_NP1 ._. 
The_AT treaty_NN1 alliance_NN1 chief_NN1 made_VVD the_AT recommendation_NN1 a_AT1 day_NNT1 after_CS President_NNB Obama_NP1 abandoned_VVD a_AT1 Bush_NP1 administration_NN1 plan_NN1 for_IF an_AT1 Eastern_JJ European_JJ defense_NN1 shield_NN1 ._. 
The_AT plan_NN1 was_VBDZ shelved_VVN because_CS U.S._NP1 intelligence_NN1 determined_VVN short-_JJ and_CC medium-range_JJ missiles_NN2 from_II Iran_NP1 now_RT pose_VV0 a_AT1 greater_JJR near-term_JJ threat_NN1 than_CSN a_AT1 nuclear_JJ bomb_NN1 ._. 
The_AT Bush_NP1 plan_NN1 had_VHD caused_VVN tension_NN1 in_II U.S.-Russian_JJ relations_NN2 ._. 
"_" If_CS North_NP1 Korea_NP1 stays_VVZ nuclear_JJ ,_, and_CC if_CS Iran_NP1 becomes_VVZ nuclear_JJ ,_, some_DD of_IO their_APPGE neighbors_NN2 might_VM feel_VVI compelled_VVN to_TO follow_VVI their_APPGE example_NN1 ,_, "_" Fogh_NP1 Rasmussen_NP1 said_VVD ._. 
"_" The_AT proliferation_NN1 of_IO ballistic_JJ missile_NN1 technology_NN1 is_VBZ of_IO concern_NN1 not_XX just_RR to_II NATO_NP1 nations_NN2 ,_, but_CCB to_II Russia_NP1 too_RR ._. "_" 
Fogh_VV0 Rasmussen_NP1 did_VDD not_XX elaborate_VVI on_II how_RRQ or_CC to_II what_DDQ extent_NN1 the_AT Russian_JJ ,_, NATO_NP1 and_CC American_JJ anti-missile_JJ systems_NN2 could_VM be_VBI linked_VVN up_RP ._. 
Russian_JJ Prime_JJ Minister_NN1 Vladimir_NP1 Putin_NP1 on_II Friday_NPD1 praised_VVD Obama_NP1 's_GE decision_NN1 to_TO shelve_VVI the_AT Eastern_JJ European_JJ shield_NN1 and_CC urged_VVD the_AT U.S._NP1 to_TO also_RR cancel_VVI Cold_JJ War-era_JJ trade_NN1 restrictions_NN2 ._. 
On_II Friday_NPD1 ,_, the_AT Interfax_NN1 news_NN1 quoted_VVD an_AT1 unnamed_JJ Russian_JJ military-diplomatic_JJ source_NN1 as_CSA saying_VVG that_CST the_AT Russians_NN2 had_VHD backed_VVN off_II a_AT1 threat_NN1 to_TO deploy_VVI short-range_JJ missiles_NN2 to_II a_AT1 site_NN1 near_II Poland_NP1 if_CS the_AT U.S._NP1 moved_VVD ahead_RL with_IW the_AT Bush_NP1 missile_NN1 defense_NN1 plan_NN1 ._. 
Meanwhile_RR ,_, the_AT UN_NP1 's_GE atomic_JJ monitoring_NN1 agency_NN1 said_VVD it_PPH1 has_VHZ "_" no_AT concrete_JJ proof_NN1 "_" that_CST Iran_NP1 has_VHZ a_AT1 nuclear_JJ weapon_NN1 program_NN1 ._. 
The_AT International_JJ Atomic_JJ Energy_NN1 Agency_NN1 issued_VVD the_AT statement_NN1 yesterday_RT after_II the_AT Associated_JJ Press_NN1 cited_VVD a_AT1 confidential_JJ report_NN1 that_CST purportedly_RR indicated_VVD Iran_NP1 has_VHZ the_AT ability_NN1 to_TO make_VVI a_AT1 nuclear_JJ bomb_NN1 and_CC is_VBZ developing_VVG a_AT1 missile_NN1 system_NN1 that_CST could_VM carry_VVI an_AT1 atomic_JJ warhead_NN1 ._. 
Referring_VVG to_II "_" a_AT1 recent_JJ media_NN report_NN1 ,_, "_" the_AT IAEA_NP1 said_VVD "_" it_PPH1 has_VHZ no_AT concrete_JJ proof_NN1 that_CST there_EX is_VBZ or_CC has_VHZ been_VBN a_AT1 nuclear_JJ weapon_NN1 program_NN1 in_II Iran_NP1 ._. "_" 
Iran_NP1 is_VBZ to_TO hold_VVI talks_NN2 on_II Oct._NPM1 1_MC1 with_IW world_NN1 powers_NN2 on_II proposals_NN2 to_TO ease_VVI tensions_NN2 over_II its_APPGE nuclear_JJ program_NN1 ._. 
