NATO’s worst nightmare
Ottawa Citizen – Ontario, Canada
NATO and Taliban commanders and their supporters are well aware that the allies’ low-flying fighters, helicopters, and transport aircraft and their armoured …
www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/opinion/story
.html?id=4ad4a01d-edeb-4801-b2f7-475dd0eba5a1

Defiant Cheney vows Georgia will join Nato
Julian Borger and Luke Harding The Guardian September 6, 2008 The US vice-president, Dick Cheney, yesterday issued a direct challenge to Moscow’s sway over Georgia, pledging Washington’s support for its eventual membership of Nato, …
www.infowars.com/?p=4359

NATO commander: Int’l troops to work in coordination with Afghan …
Xinhua – China
6 (Xinhua) — Commander of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan, General David McKiernan, promised Saturday that his …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-09/06/content_9807716.htm

Sphere of intolerance?
Financial Times – London,England,UK
The responses of its neighbours will also matter, as will the reaction from the west, including the US, the European Union and Nato. …
www.ft.com/cms/s/f82ae818-7a19-11dd-bb93-000077b07658.html

Pakistan closes Torkham border crossing, shuts down NATO’s supply line An estimated 70 percent of NATO supplies move through Khyber to resupply troops fighting against the Taliban in Afghanistan. The bulk of NATO’s supplies arrive in the port city of Karachi, move north to Peshawar, and head west to the …
www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/09/pakistan_closes_tork.php

Pakistan cuts supply to NATO
By vigoratus
Political authorities of the Khyber Agency claimed to have received verbal directives to immediately halt transportation of all kinds of goods meant for the US-led Nato forces in Afghanistan for an indefinite period. …
www.paklinks.com/gs/pakistan-affairs/
296044-pakistan-cuts-supply-nato.html

Ukraine’s President in plea for NATO protection from Russia
By concerned heart(concerned heart)
Yesterday Russian foreign ministry spokesman Andrei Nesterenko said: ‘The new promises to Georgia about joining Nato simply strengthen the dangerous feeling of impunity and dangerous ambitions of Georgian president Mikhail Saakashvili.’ …
newresearchfindings.blogspot.com/2008/09/
ukraines-president-in-plea-for-nato.html

US ship docks in occupied Georgian port
Financial Times – London,England,UK
The entrance of the US warship into Georgian waters risked provoking a fresh outburst from Russia, which has complained that the increasing presence of Nato …
www.ft.com/cms/s/b6356404-7b65-11dd-b839-000077b07658.html

Fuel supply to Nato forces ‘suspended’
Pakistan Dawn – Karachi,Pakistan
By Ibrahim Shinwari LANDI KOTAL, Sept 5: The government is reported to have decided to stop fuel supplies to Nato forces in Afghanistan via the Torkham…
www.dawn.com/2008/09/06/top3.htm

Cheney says US is intent on Georgia joining NATO
Minneapolis Star Tribune – Minneapolis,MN,USA
TBILISI, GEORGIA – Vice President Dick Cheney assured Georgian leaders Thursday that the United States is “fully committed” to Georgia’s pursuit of NATO …
www.startribune.com/world/27891414.html?
elr=KArks:DCiUBcy7hUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU

Cheney angers Russia by urging Ukraine’s leaders to unite on Nato
Irish Times – Dublin,Ireland
UKRAINE: US VICE-PRESIDENT Dick Cheney angered Russia yesterday by urging Ukraine’s feuding leaders to unite in their bid to take the country into Nato and …
www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2008/0906/1220629535355.html

Anti-Nato Clinic
By Dave (The Void)
STWC has been hastily arranging NATO-themed meetings, post-Georgia, and getting a tremendous response (350 people to see Tony Benn in Liverpool, for example). Russia is not the same as Iraq or Afghanistan, and opposing the neocons is …
complexsystemofpipes.wordpress.com/2008/09/05/anti-nato-clinic/

What a NATO membership means
By parakkum
“He was keen to stress that the US was keen to stand by Georgia … and that he would stand by Georgia’s Nato ambitions … those ambitions which have angered the Kremlin so much to the run-up of the war last month.” …
www.hopeisnotaplan.com/2008/09/w
hat_a_nato_membership_means.html

Pakistan stops NATO supplies
Daily Times – Lahore,Pakistan
By Iqbal Khattak PESHAWAR: Pakistan stopped supplies to the United States and NATO forces in Afghanistan through its western Torkham border on Friday, …
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008
%5C09%5C06%5Cstory_6-9-2008_pg1_1

US general calls for more troops in Afghanistan
Radio Netherlands – Netherlands
The commander of NATO forces in eastern Afghanistan wants a short-term increase in troops deployed in the fight against Taliban rebels. …
www.radionetherlands.nl/news/international/595197
7/US-general-calls-for-more-troops-in-Afghanistan

NATO officer sees tough winter in east Afghanistan
Reuters UK – UK
By David Morgan WASHINGTON, Sept 5 (Reuters) – NATO’s commander in eastern Afghanistan said on Friday that his manpower-strapped military force could be …
uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKN0552064020080905

Sweden and Finland consider joining NATO
By cabalamat
Russia’s actions have even prompted renewed debate in Sweden and Finland about joining NATO. Speaking of Finland, Max Boot makes a very different point. Eastern Europe, including the Ukraine, has the means to defend itself… …
cabalamat.wordpress.com/2008/09/05/
sweden-and-finland-consider-joining-nato/

Georgia linked to Nato early warning system
By CRIMES AND CORRUPTIONS OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER NEWS(CRIMES AND CORRUPTIONS OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER NEWS)
Alliance officials said that the arrangement enabled Nato radar specialists to be linked up to the Georgian radar systems. “It means Nato can now see what the Georgians are seeing through their radars, effectively allowing the alliance …
mparent7777-1.livejournal.com/1584821.html

Cheney encourages Ukraine’s NATO ambitions
Radio Netherlands – Netherlands
United States Vice President Dick Cheney says Ukraine should join NATO. His comments came during a visit on Friday to the former Soviet republic which the …
www.radionetherlands.nl/news/international/59
51795/Cheney-encourages-Ukraines-NATO-ambitions

NATO raid in Pakistan; Dumbing down America; Mismanaging Japan
International Herald Tribune – France
In reference to the page one article “Pakistanis say NATO raid killed 7 civilians (Sept. 4): Does national sovereignty mean nothing anymore? …
www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/05/opinion/edletters.php

Kosovo 1999 to Georgia 2008
International Herald Tribune – France
Though Russia disliked the Clinton administration’s decision to extend NATO membership to some of the newly independent states, the policy worked in part …
www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/05/opinion/edowen.php

Cheney backs Ukraine Nato bid
Financial Times – London,England,UK
… is wary of Russia’s intentions in the region. Like Georgia, Ukraine is an aspiring member of the European Union and Nato, in the face of Russian opposition.
www.ft.com/cms/s/0/44456420-7b4c-11dd-b839-000077b0765
8,dwp_uuid=70662e7c-3027-11da-ba9f-00000e2511c8.html

Georgia, NATO Network Radars in Electronic Alliance
By Noah Shachtman
Georgia isn’t a member of NATO yet, despite Dick Cheney’s desires. But the
Georgians and the Alliance are becoming more intertwined, militarily.
NATO’s “early-warning surveillance system has been plugged into Georgia’s
air-defense …
blog.wired.com/defense/2008/09/georgia-nato-ne.html

Cheney tells Ukraine no country can veto your NATO membership
By harberra
“Ukrainians have a right to choose whether they wish to join NATO,” Cheney said. “And NATO has a right to invite Ukraine to join the alliance when we believe that you are ready and that the time is right. No outside country gets a veto. …
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60 children butchered- Nato tries to hide Afghan massacres
By Joseph(Joseph)
Nato announced that it killed 220 “insurgents” there. But over the weekend news began to filter out that scores of wounded people had approached occupation troops begging for medical aid. They told soldiers that hundreds had been killed …
socialistaotearoa.blogspot.com/2008/09/
60-children-butchered-nato-tries-to.html

Defiant Cheney vows Georgia will join Nato
US challenge to Russia’s ‘illegitimate’ invasion coincides with collapse of pro-western Ukrainian coalition The US vice-president, Dick Cheney, yesterday issued a direct challenge to Moscow’s sway over Georgia, pledging Washington’s …
www.mixx.com/stories/2020872/defiant
_cheney_vows_georgia_will_join_nato

Cheney backs membership in NATO for Georgia
International Herald Tribune – France
… pledge to rebuild Georgia and its economy, to preserve its sovereignty and its territory and to bring it into the NATO alliance in defiance of Russia. …
www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/05/europe/05cheney.php

Cheney Calls for Ukraine Unity to Meet Threats, Backs NATO Bid
Bloomberg – USA
Yushchenko said Ukraine’s bid to join NATO ``is really urgent,’’ and that expansion of the alliance to the east ``will be an ensured factor of stability in …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=2060
1085&sid=aMEXRBik.ZaI&refer=europe

The Cost of NATO’s Good Intentions
TIME – USA
But for all the talk, few have the stomach for a serious showdown with Moscow After the Soviet Union collapsed, recall, NATO membership was extended to the …
www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1838696,00.html

UN suggests ISAF expands its support to countering narcotics
Antonio Maria Costa, Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, visited NATO HQ on 3 September.
www.nato.int/docu/update/2008/09-september/e0903c.html

American flagship docks at Georgia port occupied by Russia
Telegraph.co.uk – United Kingdom
A US warship anchored at the disputed Georgian port of Poti as Russia declared it would not challenge Nato vessels bringing relief to the beleaguered …
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/2687271
/American-flagship-docks-at-Georgia-port-occupied-by-Russia.html

NATO to top talks between Cheney, Ukrainian leader
The Associated Press –
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s push for NATO membership will top the agenda for talks Friday between Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and Vice …
ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i8oDlc3mXhT_XhRAODPUXA2Tb1PAD930FNC80