24 April, 2009

Amnesty: NATO bombing of Serbian TV ‘war crime’ (AP)
AP – An international human rights group demanded Thursday that NATO be held accountable for civilian casualties in.
newshourly.net/europe/news_641100.html

NATO asks Kazakh help in rebuilding war-torn Afghanistan | Top …
All necessary documents have been sent to the Kazakh government, said Robert Simmons, NATO’s special representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia. Simmons added that Kazakh military forces have reached operational compatibility with …
www.russiatoday.com/Top_News/2009-04-23/NATO_asks_
Kazakh_help_in_rebuilding_war-torn_Afghanistan.html

Amnesty: NATO Bombing Of Serbian TV War Crime | The Seferm Post
By Seferm Post
BELGRADE, Serbia — An international human rights group demanded Thursday that NATO be held accountable for civilian casualties in the bombing of Serbia’s state television headquarters a decade ago, calling the attack a“war crime.”
www.sefermpost.com/sefermpost/2009/04/amnesty
-nato-bombing-of-serbian-tv-war-crime.html

Remembrance of the victims of the NATO bombing of RTS
Radio Srbija – Belgrade,Serbia
Ten years have elapsed today since the NATO bombing of the Radio Television Serbia building, when 16 employees were killed and another 16 were injured.…
glassrbije.org/E/index.php?option=com_
content&task=view&id=6976&Itemid=26

Medvedev Tells the West to Keep Out of Georgia
Jamestown Foundation – Washington,DC,USA
Russia has reacted angrily to the forthcoming NATO-led Partnership for Peace (PfP) exercises in Georgia. President Dmitry Medvedev called the decision to …
www.jamestown.org/single/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news
%5D=34891&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=7&cHash=10cee5a7b3

23 April, 2009

Six NATO fuel tankers torched in Peshawar
Daily Times – Lahore,Pakistan
PESHAWAR: Six tankers supplying fuel to NATO forces in Afghanistan were gutted and a guard sustained injuries after suspected Taliban opened fire on them on …
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009
%5C04%5C24%5Cstory_24-4-2009_pg7_9

Dear Kitty. Some blog :: Prosecute NATO Yugoslavia war crime …
By Administrator
NATO member states had claimed at the time that the 78-day aerial campaign against the FRY was a “humanitarian intervention” designed to halt Belgrade’s war against separatist Albanian insurgents in Serbia. …
dearkitty.blogsome.com/2009/04/23/prosecute
-nato-yugoslavia-war-crime-amnesty-says/

IFJ demands NATO apologize for bombing of RTS Television in …
By almasakinnewsagency
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today said that, ten
years after NATO forces defied the protests of journalists and human rights groups and bombed a television centre in Belgrade killing 16 media staff, the damage from …
almasakinnewsagency.wordpress.com/2009/04/23/ifj-demands
-nato-apologize-for-bombing-of-rts-television-in-belgrade-ten-
years-ago-which-killed-16-journalists-nato-set-precedent-which
-has-made-reporting-more-dangerous-than-ever/

NATO: Drop in Afghan civilian casualties seen | Stars and Stripes
The number of Afghan civilian combat-related deaths has gone down by nearly 40 percent in the first three months of this year compared with the same time frame last year, NATO officials said We…
www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=62250

PUKHTUNKHWA TIMES: Militants attack Nato fuel trucks near Peshawar
By THE PATHANS
PESHAWAR: Suspected militants attacked at a terminal at Grand Trunk Road and torched five oil tankers supplying fuel for Nato forces in Afghanistan in the early hours of Thursday, police said. As a result of intense firing a security …
pukhtunkhwatimes.blogspot.com/2009/04/
militants-attack-nato-fuel-trucks-near.html

Pakistan Police: Taliban Militants Destroy 6 NATO Fuel Trucks
Wall Street Journal – USA
Taliban militants have carried out strikes on trucks carrying supplies for US and NATO-led forces fighting an insurgency in Afghanistan. …
online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20090423-714048.html

The Obama Doctrine: Europe 1, America 0
Spero News – USA
Indeed, Obama not only allowed the Europeans to set the agendas of the recent G-20 and NATO Summits, but in his zeal to curry favor with the Europeans, …
www.speroforum.com/a/19011/The-
Obama-Doctrine-Europe-1-America-0

NATO chief: no alliance raids into Pakistan
eTaiwan News – Taiwan
AP NATO’s Secretary General has ruled out any cross-border raids into Pakistan by the alliance’s troops in Afghanistan. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said Thursday …
www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content
.php?id=928954&lang=eng_news

Militants burn NATO fuel tankers in Pakistan
WQOW TV News 18 – Eau Claire,USA
NATO and the US military insist their losses on the important transport route have been minimal and have had no impact on their expanding operations in …
www.wqow.com/Global/story.asp?S=10233679&nav=menu1364_2

AMNESTI: By bombing RTS, NATO committed a war crime
Radio Srbija – Belgrade,Serbia
The NATO bombing of the seat of Radio Television Serbia 10 years ago on this day, when 16 employees were killed and another 16 were injured, …
glassrbije.org/E/index.php?option=com_
content&task=view&id=6977&Itemid=26

Russian envoy calls ties with NATO ‘marriage of convenience’
RIA Novosti – Moscow,Russia
MOSCOW, April 23 (RIA Novosti) – Russia will continue contacts with NATO“in a marriage of convenience” despite concerns over the upcoming military…
en.rian.ru/russia/20090423/121262263.html

NATO turns victory into defeat
Charleston Post Courier – Charleston,SC,USA
NATO apparently has no governing legal authority to arrest, try or punish Somali pirates. “When a ship is part of NATO,” a spokesman said, “the detention of …
www.postandcourier.com/news/2009/apr/
21/nato_turns_victory_into_defeat79396/

Taliban’s vigilante justice poses threat to writ of Afghan gov’t …
People’s Daily Online – Beijing,China
Growing Taliban militancy and their escalating influence in provinces other than their traditional stronghold, is certainly a challenge for the NATO— the …
english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90851/6643774.html

News roundup: NATO ships hunt down 7 pirates
USA Today – USA
International: A high-speed chase involving NATO warships, helicopters and Somali pirates ended with warning shots fired at the pirates’ skiff. …
blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2009/04/news
-roundup-nato-ships-hunt-down-7-pirates.html

Afghanistan backs Clinton warning on Pakistan
AFP
Sikorski meanwhile urged NATO allies participating in the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) mission in Afghanistan to beef up their contingents …
www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/
ALeqM5h6t7y-niPVpPSoX0__ndjjZJX-Sg

Clinton sees NATO release of pirates sending wrong signal
Reuters – USA
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The release of pirates by NATO forces sends the wrong signal and the alliance must discuss ways that they could be brought to justice …
uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKTRE53J4P720090420

Afghan “terps” risk lives to work with US forces
Reuters – USA
Terps have been killed alongside US and NATO colleagues on operations, and others have been targeted by militants who accuse them of collaborating with …
uk.reuters.com/article/usTopNews/idUKTRE53M29220090423

Russia puts NATO satellite into orbit
Kyiv Post – Kyiv,Ukraine
Russia’s DM-SL booster unit has put NATO’s dual purpose satellite SICRAL 1B into orbit after it was launched by the Sea Launch program. …
www.kyivpost.com/world/39914

Serbian Government Mulls Over NATO Exercises :: BalkanInsight.com
The Serbian government is considering to send military officers to NATO exercises being held in Georgia. Although, the opposition is worried about endangering political relationships with Russia.
balkaninsight.com/en/main/news/18396/

No justice for the victims of NATO bombings | Amnesty International
Ten years on, no-one has been held to account for the NATO attack onthe Serbian state radio and television building that left 16 civiliansdead.
www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/
no-justice-victims-nato-bombings-20090423

Georgia – South Ossetia War Blog: Russia’s Protest Against Nato …
By Prize
It is planned to hold NATO military training in Georgia, which is striving for the alliance, in early May. NATO planned to involve 1300 military men from 19 countries to the training and hold them at 20 kilometers east of Tbilisi to …
ossetiawar.blogspot.com/2009/04/russias
-protest-against-nato-military.html

Killing Civilians
Huffington Post – New York,NY,USA
Often the news initially arrives buried in summary war reports based on US military (or NATO) announcements of small triumphs — so many “insurgents,” or …
www.huffingtonpost.com/tom-engel
hardt/killing-civilians_b_190562.html

Families mark ten years since Belgrade TV building bombing
Earthtimes (press release) – London,UK
Belgrade – Families and colleagues on Thursday marked the tenth anniversary of the NATO bombing of the Serbian state television (RTS) building when 16…
www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/265652,families-mark-ten
-years-since-belgrade-tv-building-bombing.html

NATO chief: no alliance raids into Pakistan
The Oregonian – OregonLive.com – Portland,OR,USA
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said Thursday that the mandate of the 47000-strong NATO force is strictly limited to Afghanistan. Taliban militants in Pakistan’s Swat …
www.oregonlive.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/base/international
-1/124050872622230.xml&storylist=international

Haqqani rules out Taliban advance to Islamabad, says govt. not …
Associated Press of Pakistan – Pakistan
In response to a suggestion that the NATO or US forces could help Pakistan in combating militants on ground, the ambassador made it clear that only…
www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com
_content&task=view&id=74297&Itemid=1

Amnesty: NATO bombing of Serbian TV ‘war crime’
San Diego Union Tribune – San Diego,CA,USA
By DUSAN STOJANOVIC, AP BELGRADE, Serbia — An international human rights group demanded Thursday that NATO be held accountable for civilian casualties in …
www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/
apr/23/eu-serbia-nato-bombing-042309/

Donors pledge over $250 million for Somalia
Belleville News Democrat – Belleville,IL,USA
Nearly a dozen nations and organizations – including the US, the European Union NATO, Russia, China, Japan and South Korea – have deployed warships to the …
www.bnd.com/283/story/740890.html

Pakistan: Troops sent to Taliban-threatened area
NATO and the U.S. military insist that their losses on the transport route remain minimal and have had no impact on their expanding operations in …
news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090423/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan

Amnesty: NATO bombing of Serbian TV ‘war crime’
Amnesty: NATO bombing of Serbian TV ‘war crime’ europe 04:16 BELGRADE, Serbia – An international human rights group demanded Thursday that NATO be held accountable for civilian casualties in the bombing of Serbia’s state television …
www.euronews24.org/europe/amnesty-
nato-bombing-of-serbian-tv-war-crime/

Aftermath images of Mujahideen attack on NATO terminal in Peshawar …
By euraktiva786
Pakistani firefighters try to extinguish the fire erupted at NATO terminal after an alleged militants’ attack in Peshawar, Pakistan, Thursday, April 23, 2009. Dozens of militants armed with guns and gasoline bombs attacked a truck …
euraktiva786.wordpress.com/2009/04/23/aftermath-images-of
-mujahideen-attack-on-nato-terminal-in-peshawar-23-04-09-a
nsar-al-mujahideen/

GovTrack: H. Res. 152: Text of Legislation, Engrossed in House …
By Verndewd
Whereas for 60 years the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has served as the preeminent organization to defend the territories of its member states against all external threats;. Whereas NATO, founded on the principles of …
theruthlesstruth.com/wordpress/?p=535

NATO invites Russia to monitor Georgia war games | Defense …
Brussels: NATO invited Russia Wednesday to send observers to alliance war games in Georgia next month in an effort to assuage Moscow’s concerns about the.
www.defencetalk.com/nato-invites-russia
-to-monitor-georgia-war-games-18105/

A Step At A Time: U.S. says Georgia NATO exercises “not …
By David McDuff
NATO’s planned multinational exercises in Georgia are “not provocative” and “we believe that they’re important to go forward, and we’re going to do so,” Robert Wood, an acting spokesman for the U.S. Department of State, said on April 21 …
halldor2.blogspot.com/2009/04/us-says-georgia-nato-exercises.html

Hunt of the Sea Wolves “ Blog Archive “ NATO may increase ops …
By John Chadwell
NATO is considering stepping up its anti-piracy operations, including an extended mission off the coast of Somalia and more authority for fleet commanders to detain pirates. The western military alliance is reviewing plans to interrupt …
huntoftheseawolves.net/blog/?p=2266

Militants burn NATO fuel tankers in Pakistan – WQOW TV: Eau Claire …
NATO and the U.S. military insist their losses on the important transport route have been minimal and have had no impact on their expanding operations in Afghanistan. Most of the fuel for U.S. troops in Afghanistan comes from Central …
www.wqow.com/global/story.asp?s=10233679

Nato fleet may join fight against pirates | NOSInt
By Kobus
Nato could curtail or scrap a planned goodwill visit of a flotilla of warships to Pakistan, Singapore and Australia in a bid to fight pirate attacks in the waters off Somalia, the alliance’s spokesperson said on Wednesday. …
nosint.blogspot.com/2009/04/nato-fleet-may-join-fight-against.html

Militants burn NATO fuel tankers in Pakistan (AP)
AP – Dozens of militants armed with guns and gasoline bombs attacked a truck terminal in northwestern Pakistan on.
newshourly.net/news_640734.html

BMD Watch: S-400s for Belarus Part Three
Russia’s plans to send its S-400s to Belarus, along with NATO’s planned exercises in Georgia, teach the harsh reality that new divisions in Europe are emerging to replace the old ones. Share This Article With Planet Earth…
www.spacewar.com/reports/BMD_Watch_
S-400s_for_Belarus_Part_Three_999.html

Russian Weekly News: #21 | Siberian Light
By Andy
There’s very little Russia can actually do to prevent the exercise from taking place, but Dmitry Rogozin, the Russian Ambassador to NATO has hinted that Russia could walk away from an agreement to resume full co-operation with the …
www.siberianlight.net/russian-weekly-news-21/

OpEdNews “ Afghanistan: NATO, SCO or PATO?
Conferences and suggestions about what to do in Afghanistan are chock-a-block, but the reality speaks for itself.
www.opednews.com/articles/Afghanistan-NATO
-SCO-or-by-Eric-Walberg-090422-816.html

Docuticker “ Blog Archive “ New NATO Members: Security Consumers …
By Shirl Kennedy
This monograph examines the burden-sharing of new members in NATO. Qualitative and quantitative methods are used to test the hypothesis that new NATO members are burden-sharing at a greater rate than older NATO members. …
www.docuticker.com/?p=25721

Serbia: Impunity for NATO – ten years after Operation Allied Force …
By amnesty international press
Ten years after NATO forces bombed the Serbian state television and radio (Radio Televisija Srbije – RTS), no one has been brought to justice for this serious violation of international humanitarian law committed by NATO during the air …
www.reporterfreelance.info/2009/04/22/serbia-impunity-for-nato
-%E2%80%93-ten-years-after-operation-allied-force/

New NATO Members: Security Consumers or Producers? – News – All …
By euraktiva786
New NATO Members: Security Consumers or Producers? – News – All the information you need! Anytime, anywhere! – Crime, Intelligence, Terrorism, Drugs, Technology, Defense & Security · New NATO Members: Security Consumers or Producers? …
euraktiva786.wordpress.com/2009/04/23/new-nato-members
-security-consumers-or%C2%A0producers-news-all-the-infor
mation-you-need-anytime-anywhere-crime-intelligence-terro
rism-drugs-technology-defense-security/

NATO celebrates its 60th Anniversary | Information Center
By vienoo@stanford.edu
NATO is now celebrating its 60th anniversary. See their “Declaration on Alliance Security”, issued April 4th, on rethinking NATO for a new century. The NATO website also includes a collection of official documents as well as an …
www.stanford.edu/group/ic/cgi-bin/drupal2/node/690

Somali pirates free Philippine tanker, 23 crew — Intellasia.Net
Hostages and pirates stand with their hands up before the intervention of Dutch NATO soldiers off Somalia’s coast in this NATO handout photo made available April 18, 2009. Reuters/Nato/Handout …
www.intellasia.net/news/articles/society/111263229.shtml

Obama’s anti-nuclear speech | Ceasefire.ca
By admin
NATO was founded 60 years ago, after Communism took over Czechoslovakia. That was when the free world learned too late that it could not afford division. So we came together to forge the strongest alliance that the world has ever known. …
www.ceasefire.ca/?p=1107

One soldier killed in ambush as Assam votes
By Ians
March 17th, 2009 KABUL – A foreign soldier was killed in an insurgent attack in southern Afghanistan, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said Tuesday, raising the number of NATO troops killed in the past three …
blog.taragana.com/n/one-soldier-killed
-in-ambush-as-assam-votes-34678/

Daemonocracy’s Page – The Activity Pit
Back to NATO – reconsider. 44 is going big and for the long haul in AfPak. Except for a few more cop trainers (and not including Canada, Australia and UK) no new combat troops. GrEaT sAtAn is in it to win it. On that basis– the Circus …
activitypit.ning.com/xn/detail/1981927:Comment:976921

BBC NEWS | Europe | Lavrov deplores Nato ‘Cold War logic’
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accuses members of Nato of reverting to the “confrontational logic of the Cold War”.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8011137.stm

Serbia: Impunity for NATO – ten years after Operation Allied Force …
Ten years after NATO forces bombed the Serbian state television andradio no one has been brought tojustice for this serious violation of international humanitarian lawcommitted by NATO during the air campaign against the Federal …
www.amnesty.org/en/for-media/press-releases/serbia-impunity
-nato-%E2%80%93-ten-years-after-operation-allied-force-20090423

Israel News: Jewish Israelis favor NATO peacekeepers
By News Service
Israeli Jews supported the presence of NATO peacekeepers in Palestinian areas by 62 percent to 34%, the study found. But that support was not shared among Israeli Arabs, who opposed the idea by 44% to 24% – though a third said they did …
zionism-israel.com/israel_news/2009/04/
jewish-israelis-favor-nato-peacekeepers.html

Jaap de Hoop Scheffer in Romania before end of his NATO mandate
Bucharest, April 22 /Agerpres/ – NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer will be in Bucharest on Thursday and Friday on a last visit to Romania before the end of his mandate at the helm of the North Atlantic Alliance on July 31. …
www.romaniapress.com/news-100998.html

News Kontent: The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s Special …
By kevin
Russian analyst Alexander Lukin says cooperation with the SCO offers the US and NATO an acceptable format to bring Iran into the dialogue. Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Mehdi Akhundzadeh sat across the table from the US envoy at the …
news.kontentkonsult.com/2009/04/
shanghai-cooperation-organisations.html

Afghanistan Conflict Monitor: Pivotal Moment Nears In East
By Human Security Report Project
‘US Says Nearing Key Moment In Eastern Afghanistan’, AlertNet, 22 April 2009 EXCERPT: “US and NATO forces are close to achieving ‘irreversible momentum’ in their battle with insurgents in eastern Afghanistan, a senior commander said on …
www.afghanconflictmonitor.org/2009/04/
pivotal-moment-nears-in-east.html

NATO Boost for Croatia Properties
Croatian property value to bounce back as confidence grows.
www.choices.co.uk/propertynews/NATO_Boost
_for_Croatia_Properties_1498534638.html

The Dignified Rant: The March Near Georgia
By Brian J. Dunn
NATO’s announcement of the exercises, which will involve 1300 troops from 19 countries, comes at a time when it is seeking to rebuild ties with Russia damaged as a result of Moscow’s intervention in Georgia. …
thedignifiedrant.blogspot.com/2009/04/march-near-georgia.html

Pretty Places And Conflict Resolution “ The Odalisque Project
By Christa
Officials believe that Band-e-Amir and the remnants of the statues can combine for a powerful tourist attraction if Afghan, U.S. and NATO forces can tamp down militant violence.” (”Deep blue lakes become Afghanistan’s first park”) …
theodalisque.wordpress.com/2009/04/2
2/pretty-places-and-conflict-resolution/

22 April, 2009

Dissident Voice : NATO, SCO or PATO?
By Eric Walberg
A radical newsletter in the struggle for peace and justice.
dissidentvoice.org/2009/04/nato-sco-or-pato/

NATO – News: Ceremony marks the accession of Albania and Croatia …
On 7 April a ceremony was held at NATO Headquarters in Brussels to mark the accession of Albania and Croatia to the Alliance. The two countries’ flags were raised in the presence of Prime Minister Sali Berisha of Albania and Prime …
www.nato.int/cps/en/SID-5936CFA7-D7C
63D4A/natolive/news_52902.htm

New NATO Members: Security Consumers or Producers?
The issue of burden-sharing in NATO is as relevant.
www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/display.cfm?pubID=916

Pedestrian Infidel: Anti NATO conference comes to Kuala Lumpur
By The Anti-Jihadist
To rally Muslims everywhere against the Great Satan (America), and more specifically, the Great Satan’s chief international alliance, i.e. NATO. Have a look at the graphic and hysterical poster they’ve concocted for the event. …
pedestrianinfidel.blogspot.com/2009/04/
anti-nato-conference-comes-to-kuala.html

Arts and Entertainment | The Independent UK – The Kosovo War …
By The Independent
If the Russian army had bombarded Grozny as NATO was bombing Belgrade, a few more questions would have been asked about the “human values” which the West was supposedly upholding in Kosovo. If we can go to war because Albanians were …
artsandentertainment.independentminds.livejournal.com/384206.html

Despite forecasts, cold front lingers over US-Russia relations …
The two nuclear powers continue to bicker over NATO war games, nuclear weapons, and fighter jets in Kyrgyzstan.
www.csmonitor.com/2009/0422/p06s07-woeu.html

It’s a Kwazy Life: Analyzing the Sanity in Politics That Control …
By Tom
Russia begins to Test the Will of NATO and Obama in the Country of Georgia. To anyone who thinks Obama is going to be a leader on this, think again. Russia owns Europe through Gazprom. No “ifs, ands or buts” about it. …
thomasalamb.blogspot.com/2009/04/russia
-begins-to-test-will-of-nato-and.html

OI PIRATES – YOU’RE NICKED !! – Observation Post – Mirror.co.uk
By Chris Hughes
One operation, alongside US and other NATO ships resulted in the dramatic release of 13 men taken hostage by the gunmen. First Wave Knight answered a distress call from the merchant ship Handy Tankers magic which had come under attack. …
blogs.mirror.co.uk/observation-post/2009
/04/oi-pirates---youre-nicked.html

Lawrence Korb and Katrina vanden Heuvel Debate Pakistani …
By Staff
For too long, U.S. and NATO efforts in Afghanistan have been under-resourced and poorly coordinated. As a result, the United States’ early gains in the country have been reversed, and the Taliban and al-Qaeda have grown stronger and …
www.alternet.org/blogs/video/137870/lawrence_korb_
and_katrina_vanden_heuvel_debate_pakistani_instability/

NATO, SCO or PATO?
By By Eric Walberg
In attendance for the first time were top US and NATO officials, including US Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Patrick Moon and NATO Deputy Secretary General Martin Howard, as well as UN Secretary General …
www.inteldaily.com/news/172/ARTICLE/10476/2009-04-22.html

NATO Says Russia-NATO Council Meeting Still Set To Go Ahead | Asia …
By Asia News
NATO SAYS RUSSIA-NATO COUNCIL MEETING STILL SET TO GO AHEAD NATO said on Monday that a NATO-Russia Council meeting scheduled for May 7 in Brussels was still.
english.siamdailynews.com/asia-news/western-asia-news/
armenia-news/nato-says-russia-nato-council-meeting-still
-set-to-go-ahead.html

NATO Allies Preparing to Go After Bush Officials on Torture—By …
By Scott Horton
NATO Allies Preparing to Go After Bush Officials on Torture. By Scott Horton. It’s not just Spain, apparently. The Washington Post’s Craig Whitlock finds that “European prosecutors are likely to investigate CIA and Bush Administration …
harpers.org/archive/2009/04/hbc-90004829

Georgia – South Ossetia War Blog: Moscow Pulls Out of NATO-Russia …
By Prize
Russia will pull out of a meeting of the NATO-Russia Council chiefs of staff to protest what it described as “provocative” war games planned by the 28-member alliance in Georgia next month, reports say. …
ossetiawar.blogspot.com/2009/04/moscow-pulls-out-of-nato-russia.html

NATO-Russia tensions lie behind S-400s for Belarus | Defense …
By MARTIN SIEFFUPI Senior News AnalystWASHINGTON, April 21 (UPI) — Russia hopes to deliver its first S-400 state-of-the-art anti-aircraft interceptor missiles to Belarus as soon as next year.
www.defenseprocurementnews.com/2009/04/21/
nato-russia-tensions-lie-behind-s-400s-for-belarus/

Interactive Map: Europe’s Role in Afghanistan
By Natalie Ondiak
The United States has been working with NATO allies in Afghanistan through the International Security Assistance Force made up chiefly of American, European, Canadian, and Australian troops. The United States has sent the bulk of combat …
www.americanprogress.org/issues/2009
/04/nato_afghanistan_map.html

Macedonia, Montenegro to intensify defense sector relations | PfP …
By nadea.drucioc
He sees the possibility for cooperation between Macedonia and Montenegro in context to regional approach as most efficient for prompt movement of the region towards EU and NATO integration. – Macedonia and Montenegro as countries from …
pims.org/news/2009/04/22/macedonia-monte
negro-to-intensify-defense-sector-relations

RUSSIA MOVING NEW MODEL HIND HELICOPTERS TO GEORGIA AREA IN …
By Dave Pugliese
The most news and entertainment portal from a Canadian perspective. Television, major newspapers across Canada, health, sport, entertainment, lifestyle, free email and more.
communities.canada.com/ottawacitizen/blogs/defencewatch/
archive/2009/04/22/russia-moving-new-model-hind-helicopt
ers-to-georgia-area-in-advance-of-nato-exercise.aspx

Barack Oblogger: Video: 4/21 State Department Press Briefing
By barackoblogger@gmail.com (Barack Oblogger)
NATO Exercises are a Normal Part of NATO’s Relationship with Georgia/Exercises is to help Georgia Meet NATO Standards/Exercises Are No Threat to Russia Russia has Nothing to Fear from a Missile Defense System/Designed to Address a …
www.barackoblogger.com/2009/04/
video-421-state-department-press.html

BONJOUR L’ESTONIE: ‘No one is ready for this’
By Shaan
Bobbie Johnson Nato base in Tallinn, Estonia, established to combat cybercrime. Photograph: Christian Sinibaldi Back in 1983, the world was a simpler place. The economy looked healthy, there were only four channels on the TV – and, …
shaan.typepad.com/shaanou/2009/04/no-one-is-ready-for-this.html

World Briefing – Europe – Russia – Medvedev Calls NATO Exercises…
The Russian president was referring to two small military exercises that were held in neighboring Georgia in May and June.
www.nytimes.com/2009/04/18/world/europe/18briefs-Bfrussia.html

Signs of the Times News for Wed, 22 Apr 2009
NATO members are to commit 1900 troops to the exercise slated for May 6 through June 1 east of the Georgian capital Tbilisi. For almost a year, the military alliance has been hatching plans for the move codenamed Cooperative Longbow …
www.sott.net/articles/show/182509-Russia
-moves-troops-closer-to-Georgia-s-capital

Somali pirates free Philippine tanker, 23 crew – Kansas City Star
/ppOne crew member needed medical attention but does not have a serious problem, NATO spokesman Lt-Cmdr. Alexandre Santos Fernandes said. The tanker will head to Mombasa, Kenya, arriving in about a week. …
www.kansascity.com/451/story/1153638.html

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – April 22, 2009 – Robert Amsterdam
By Editor
Russia has notified NATO of its postponing of the May 7 chief of staff meeting, citing a desire to resume political contact before discussing military issues. In an interview with the BBC’s Russian service, Foreign Minister Sergei …
www.robertamsterdam.com/2009/04/ras_daily
_russian_news_blast_-_april_22_2009.htm

Bouhammer’s Afghanistan and Military Blog
By troy@bouhammer.com (Bouhammer)
Taliban militants claimed some two years ago that they had obtained anti-aircraft artillery and since then they have claimed to have downed dozens of NATO and coalition warplanes. NATO and US-led coalition officials have only admitted a …
www.bouhammer.com/2009/04/us-led-forces
-destroy-taliban-anti-aircraft-weapons/

Forum: Update on Mumia Abu Jamal/NATO: 60 years of war crimes/Cuba …
By Party for Socialism and Liberation
In response to NATO, the “Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance”, otherwise known as the “Warsaw Pact” was formed in Eastern Europe. After the Cold War ended, NATO claimed it acted as “peacekeepers” in Yugoslavia, …
www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/04/21/18590685.php

Kazakhstan snubs NATO games in support for Russia | Silk Road …
By SRI
(Reuters) – Kazakhstan refused on Tuesday to take part in NATO-organized war games in Georgia in a show of support for Russia, which has bitterly criticized the.
silkroadintelligencer.com/2009/04/21/kazakhstan
-snubs-nato-games-in-support-for-russia/

21st century NATO a weak, hollow giant | Defense Procurement News
By MARTIN SIEFFUPI Senior News AnalystWASHINGTON, April 17 (UPI) — The NATO alliance that confronted the collapse of the Soviet Union from 1989-91 really had teeth. Today, a far larger but also far weaker NATO resembles a 1930s airship …
www.defenseprocurementnews.com/2009/04
/17/21st-century-nato-a-weak-hollow-giant/

Confessions and Lamentations by Nebojsa Malic — Antiwar.com
By Nebojsa Malic
It appears that even this feeble Serbian initiative may actually backfire and provide the Albanian separatists a veneer of legitimacy that neither NATO’s bombs nor the UN “elections” could not. BBC’s Breaking Story …
original.antiwar.com/malic/2009/04/21/confessions-and-lamentations/