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Monday, November 3, 2003 |
BBC NEWS: Inuit hunters are to ask Denmark's Supreme Court on Monday to close down one of America's most secretive and strategically important military bases.
In 1953 the Danish authorities forcibly evicted the Inuit from their ancestral lands in Northern Greenland where for thousands of years they hunted whales, polar bears and other arctic creatures.
Their removal enabled the Americans to establish a vital arctic outpost.
Thule's location allowed the Americans to monitor Soviet military activities and, most importantly, to give early warning of any possible first nuclear strike.
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© Copyright 2003 Hetty Litjens.
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