26 May, 2009

NR2: RUSSIA KEEPS ITS EYE ON MOLDOVA AND NATO WHILE TRANSDNISTRIA …
By deniscenusa
More than maintaining Russian influence in ex-Soviet countries, stopping NATO’s advance appears to be Russia’s long-term goal. Explore posts in the same categories: Amestec de geo/politic?. This entry was posted on mai 26,…
cenusadi.wordpress.com/2009/05/26/nr2-russia-keeps-its-eye-
on-moldova-and-nato-while-transdnistria-tries-to-break-free/

3 U.S. troops killed in blast in Afghanistan – Army News, news …
The vehicle was rocked by the blast outside the capital of Kapisa province north of Kabul, said Lt. Cmdr. Christopher Hall, a spokesman for NATO forces. Three U.S. troops were killed in the blast, said Tech. Sgt. Chuck Marsh, a U.S. …
www.armytimes.com/news/2009/05/ap_afghanistan_attack_052609/

Republican Riot Humiliation as Policy
By Julia Gorin
[Mahon] said that NATO was openly planning to attack Yugoslavia in mid-1998. She said that the plan to attack Yugoslavia was being widely and openly discussed inside of NATO at that time. It is worth noting that the earliest crime that …
www.juliagorin.com/wordpress/?p=2106

The Reality Check Blog Archive McCain’s foreign policy …
McCain endorsed the Afghan war of country-building and called for sending thousands of additional American troopers to Afghanistan (which Barack Obama eventually did); he doesn’t mind the fact that most NATO members are not bearing an …
www.therealitycheck.org/2009/05/26/mccain%E2%80%99s-
foreign-policy-judgement-and-that-of-obama/

UN rights council to take up competing resolutions on Sri Lanka …
By penseur21
In essence, Sri Lanka is the theatre where Russia and China are frontally challenging the US’s incremental global strategy to establish NATO presence in the Indian Ocean region. The US has succeeded in bringing the NATO up to the …
penseur21.wordpress.com/2009/05/27/un-rights-council-to-take-
up-competing-resolutions-on-sri-lanka-war-crimes-aid/

Human Security Gateway – The Afghan-Pakistan War: Casualties, the …
The growing anger over the civilian casualties caused by US and NATO/ISAF air strikes in Afghanistan and Pakistan poses a major challenge for the US and its allies in the fighting the war. It also involves a series of very real human …
www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=29508

The Gathering Storm – Development of Nuclear Weapons in Rogue …
By waltjr
There are a number of options for the US, NATO and Russia – should the later wish to collaborate with us – to deploy effective missile defenses in Europe. Our Secretary of Defense says the Alaskan and California based interceptors …
actdcmetro.wordpress.com/2009/05/26/the-gathering-storm-%
E2%80%93-development-of-nuclear-weapons-in-rogue-states/

US airstrikes target militants; bombing attack kills 3 US troops
KMPH Fox 26 – Fresno,CA,USA
A fourth soldier serving with NATO forces was wounded. Officials say three civilians also died in the car-bombing, and two others were wounded. …
www.kmph.com/Global/story.asp?S=10425321&nav=menu612_2

Three NATO soldiers, three Afghan civilians killed in blast …
By admin
Kabul – Three NATO-led international soldiers and three Afghan civilian were killed in an explosion in the northern part of Kabul on Tuesday, officials.
silverscorpio.com/three-nato-soldiers
-three-afghan-civilians-killed-in-blast/

3 NATO troops killed in blast in Afghanistan “ euraktiva
By euraktiva786
3 NATO troops killed in blast in Afghanistan. KABUL – A bomb exploded near a military vehicle in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing three international troops and wounding one, officials said. The explosion took place outside the …
euraktiva786.wordpress.com/2009/05/26/3-
nato-troops-killed-in-blast-in-afghanistan/

Dear Kitty. Some blog :: Scotland’s whales threatened by NATO …
By Administrator
May 2009. The safety of western Scotland’s whales and dolphins has been called into question following an incident involving naval sonar. This took place during the major NATO military exercise, Joint Warrior, in Scottish waters. …
dearkitty.blogsome.com/2009/05/26/p7021/

Deaths in Afghanistan convoy blast – Democratic Underground
The bomber drove an explosives-laden vehicle into a military convoy in the eastern Kapisa province on Tuesday, lieutenant commander Christopher Hall, a Nato spokesman, said. Three US troops serving with Nato’s International Security …
www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/
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Nato Blinded By UK Cold War Traitor | News Updated Frequently
By Bookyards
THE true scale of the damage wreaked on the UK and Nato by a notorious cold war traitor has been disclosed for the first time.Geoffrey Prime, a former GCHQ spy, sold secrets to the KGB revealing that Britain and America had cracked …
updatedfrequently.com/nato-blinded-by-uk-cold-war-traitor

Sri Lanka wards off Western bullying
Asia Times Online – Kowloon,Hong Kong
The US has succeeded in bringing NATO up to the Persian Gulf region. In October 2007, NATO conducted its first-ever naval exercises in the Indian Ocean. …
www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/KE27Df01.html

NATO war games in Georgia
By admin
By- Dr. Abdul Ruff After the Russia-led SCO military exercises in Tajikistan recently, the US-led NATO has launched military exercises last week to continue.
www.maldiveschronicle.com/games-georgia/

NATO says Georgia will join as maneuvers are held – Kansas City Star NATO said Monday that Georgia will eventually become a member – reaffirming its support for the country with which it is hosting joint military exercises, to Russia’s dismay.
www.kansascity.com/451/story/1215144.html

cbsnews_rss: 3 NATO Troops Killed In Afghan Attack
By RSS – CBS News
3 NATO Troops Killed In Afghan Attack NATO forces say three international troops have been killed in a bomb blast in eastern Afghanistan, where many American soldiers are on patrol. Link, posted by rss-2-lj gate, Date: ‘Tue,…
cbsnews-rss.livejournal.com/580288.html

3 NATO troops killed in blast in Afghanistan (AP) — The Web News …
By admin
AP – A bomb exploded near a military vehicle in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing three international troops and wounding one, officials said.
anchorsnews.com/2009/05/3-nato-
troops-killed-in-blast-in-afghanistan-ap/

ekathimerini.com | Balkan Briefs
BELGRADE (AFP) – Serbia’s president said yesterday his country was not opposed to neighboring Bosnia-Herzegovina’s bid to join NATO, even though Serbians are not in favor of joining the Western military alliance. …
www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_
articles_world_0_26/05/2009_107500

3 NATO Troops Killed In Afghan Attack
CBS News – New York,NY,USA
(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool) (AP) NATO forces said Tuesday that three international troops had been killed in a bomb blast in eastern Afghanistan. …
www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/05/26/terror/main5038728.shtml

NKorea test is ‘serious challenge to peace’: NATO
Indopia – India
Brussels , May 25 (AFP) NATO condemned North Korea&aposs nuclear bomb test today, calling it a”serious challenge to peace”and urging Pyongyang to comply …
www.indopia.in/India-usa-uk-news/
latest-news/582656/International/2/20/2

Czech Air Force Gripen Policing the Baltic Airspace | Air Force …
By Saab
The NATO members Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia do not have their own supersonic fighters so Czech Gripen fighters will protect their airspace from the beginning of May until the end of August. On 1 May, the Czech 211th tactical squadron …
www.defencetalk.com/czech-air-force
-gripen-policing-the-baltic-airspace-19207/

Conflict and Opportunity Along the Afghan-Pakistan Frontier | The …
US/NATO forces may seek to drive the TTP back across the frontier, reengaging them with Pakistani forces and perhaps precluding another short-lived agreement. Caught between a hammer and anvil, the TTP may find negotiating – and abiding …
agonist.org/anonymous/20090525/conflict_and_
opportunity_along_the_afghan_pakistan_frontier

Patrolling the Seas, the HMCS Winnipeg gives chase | Your …
By maureen
The HMCS Winnipeg is a Canadian Navy warship, based out of Esquimalt, BC. She is a member of the West Coast Fleet currently serving as part of a NATO.
yourmarketingmavens.com/2009/05/25/
patrolling-the-seas-the-hmcs-winnipeg-gives-chase/

Factbox: Reaction to N Korea’s nuclear test | WORLD News
“These irresponsible actions by Pyongyang pose a serious challenge to peace, security and stability in the Asia-Pacific region and are being universally condemned by the international community,” NATO said in a statement. …
tvnz.co.nz/world-news/factbox-react
ion-n-korea-s-nuclear-test-2756875

NATO to quarrel with Russia because of Georgia
By admin
While NATO believes that the May exercises are routine and relatively minor in scale, Russia has rightly objected that they were conducted in an area where, more recently, fighting, and because, of course, are confrontational. …
bmpost.com/4369.html

FAWWAZ BLOGGING Pakistan Conflict Map
By Fawwaz Siddiqui
The Taleban presence in Khyber is fairly recent and most analysts link it to Nato’s use of the main road through the Khyber pass to Afghanistan. The Taleban are believed to have moved into the area to attack convoys carrying supplies …
fawwazs.blogspot.com/2009/05/pakistan-conflict-map.html

ComingAnarchy.com “ Russian Strategy to 2020
By Chirol
Russia wants to be seen as an equal to the US and NATO (pass me that crack pipe) – Russia has overcome the “consequences of the systemic political and socioeconomic crisis of the late 20th century” – America’s increase in its nuclear …
cominganarchy.com/2009/05/25/russian-strategy-to-2020/

JUST IN — NATO statement on North Korea’s nuclear test and missile …
By oosms
JUST IN — NATO statement on North Korea’s nuclear test and missile launch:adjix.com/dqgq · NATO: “These irresponsible actions by Pyongyang pose a serious challenge to peace, security and stability in. …
oosms.com/worldwide/just-in-nato-statement-on-north-
koreas-nuclear-test-and-missile-launch-httpadjixcomdqgq/

Norway: Haakon Lie, Labour party legend, dies at 103 – Democratic …
He also played a key role when the Labour party and the government worked for Norwegian membership of NATO, and stayed a true supporter of NATO and the EEC, and the fact that Norway should have strong political ties to the US and Great …
www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/
duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3892359

IcelandReview – Online
… of the world to unite and fight against nuclear armaments, adding that
US President Barack Obama’s announcement that he intended to work towards a world free from nuclear weapons during the NATO summit in April should be celebrated. …
icelandreview.com/icelandreview/daily_
news/?cat_id=29314&ew_0_a_id=324600

25 May, 2009

Somali gunmen ‘renounce piracy’
BBC News – UK
Meanwhile, a Nato warship in the Gulf of Aden has intercepted two boats carrying suspected pirates and has disarmed them, AP news agency reports.…
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8066996.stm

Dear Kitty. Some blog :: NATO kills another Afghan civilian :: May …
By Administrator
KABUL (Agencies): NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) has reportedly admitted that a civilian was killed in its air strike on Wednesday in eastern Afghanistan. In a statement released on Sunday, ISAF said that they …
dearkitty.blogsome.com/2009/05/25/nato-kills-another-afghan-civilian/

NATO: North Korea nuclear test is “irresponsible” | Silver Scorpio …
By admin
Brussels – The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has hit out at the announcement by North Korea Monday that it had conducted a nuclear test explosion,
silverscorpio.com/nato-north-korea-nuclear-test-is-irresponsible/

The Disaffected Lib: Eight Years On, We Still Can’t Figure Out the …
By The Mound of Sound
The American [and NATO] troops descend from their bastion only on occasion, and there’s no one to protect Afghan civilians from Taliban fighters, who collect a “zakat,” or religious tax, from many residents in Bermel. …
the-mound-of-sound.blogspot.com/2009/05/
eight-years-on-we-still-cant-figure-out.html

North Korea conducts second nuclear test, UN to meet | WORLD News NATO called for North Korea to refrain from raising tensions further.“These irresponsible actions by Pyongyang pose a serious challenge to peace, security and stability in the Asia-Pacific region,” the NATO statement said. …
tvnz.co.nz/world-news/n-korea-conducts-second-nuclear-test-2756833

Israel and NATO: A Good Idea Whose Time Will Never Come, by Dr …
Independent Media Review Analysis (IMRA) – Kfar-Sava,Israel
Now assume a rational, even-handed NATO leader. Would he want to get himself in a situation where he had to fight Israel’s wars? True, on the asset side,
www.imra.org.il/story.php3?id=43708

NATO condemns DPRK nuclear tests
Xinhua – China
BRUSSELS, May 25 (Xinhua) — NATO’s decision-making North Atlantic Council on Monday strongly condemned the nuclear and ballistic missile tests by the…
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-05/26/content_11434404.htm

NATO says Georgia will join as maneuvers are held
The Associated Press
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — NATO said Monday that Georgia will eventually become a member — reaffirming its support for the country with which it is hosting …
www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeq
M5jP2D8x8sewXXkJKXEJQT0gNpjMhwD98DCHJG0

NATO: North Korea nuclear test is ‘irresponsible’
Earthtimes (press release) – London,UK
Brussels – The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has hit out at the announcement by North Korea Monday that it had conducted a nuclear test …
www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/270323,nato
-north-korea-nuclear-test-is-irresponsible.html

Georgia Hands Over Annual Programme to NATO
Civil Georgia – Georgia
Robert Simmons, NATO’s special representative for South Caucasus and Central Asia, received from the Georgian government in Tbilisi on May 25, the country’s …
www.civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=20986

Roadside bomb kills 4 civilians in Afghanistan
The Associated Press
Meanwhile, NATO-led troops in eastern Afghanistan seized and destroyed 2.24 tons (2 tons) of pure heroin valued at $3 million, the military alliance said in …
www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM
5hvWEqwq3CrRvaQCmt21MfoYhjZJQD98DCFE00

NATO disarms suspected pirates in Gulf of Aden
By DailyMe.com Inc
A NATO warship from Canada intercepted two boats carrying suspected pirates in the Gulf of Aden, seizing a large amount of firearms, rocket-propelled grenades and hook ladders.The Canadian frigate…
dailyme.com/story/2009052500001921/nato
-disarms-suspected-pirates-gulf-aden.html

Trend News : Robert Simmons receives Georgia’s annual national program
Today, Prime Minister of Georgia Nika Gilauri and members of the State Coordination Commission for the integration into NATO handed over Georgia’s annual national program to NATO Secretary General’s Special Envoy to Central Asia and …
news-en.trend.az/politics/foreign/1475761.html

CDR Salamander: Admiral Stavridis – your turnover is complete
By CDR Salamander
“I’m probably being harsh here, but I also believe that much of this is due to the fact that political leadership in NATO is AWOL,” the U. S. Army general told the Atlantic Council of the United States. …
cdrsalamander.blogspot.com/2009/05/
admiral-stavridis-your-turnover-is.html

ROAR: Russian Opinion and Analytics Review, May 25 | Politics from …
The nukes continue to play the role of the main guarantor of Russia’s security, and with the overwhelming advantage of the U.S. and NATO in conventional forces Russia cannot afford not to link up its objections against missile defense …
www.russiatoday.com/Politics/2009-05-25/ROAR__
Russian_Opinion_and_Analytics_Review__May_25.html

Tomgram: Pepe Escobar, Pipelineistan Goes Af-Pak | Antemedius
By Tom Engelhardt
It’s time to dust off the acronyms, especially the SCO or Shanghai Cooperative Organization, the Asian response to NATO, and learn a few new ones like IPI and TAPI. Above all, it’s time to check out the most recent moves on the giant …
www.antemedius.com/content/tomgram-pepe-escobar-
pipelineistan-goes-af-pak

DefenceWeb | SA Navy hosts NATO sub rescue workgroup
The South African Navy is this week hosting the NATO Submarine Escape and Rescue Work Group (SMERWG).
www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com
_content&task=view&id=2181&Itemid=363

Medeshi: Somali gunmen ‘renounce piracy’
By Medeshi
Meanwhile, a Nato warship in the Gulf of Aden has intercepted two boats carrying suspected pirates and has disarmed them, AP news agency reports. A Canadian frigate chased the two boats and eventually boarded them. …
www.medeshi.com/2009/05/somali-gunmen-renounce-piracy.html

NATO disarms suspected pirates in Gulf of Aden | Antiwar Newswire
Antiwar Newswire · powered by mochila. A NATO warship from Canada intercepted two boats carrying suspected pirates in the Gulf of Aden, seizing a large amount of firearms, rocket-propelled grenades and hook ladders. …
wire.antiwar.com/2009/05/25/nato-
disarms-suspected-pirates-in-gulf-of-aden/

Cheney’s Chief Assassin Is Now Obama’s Commander in Afghanistan …
By Dr. Nayyar Hashmey
According to a leading US TV channel, America is now set to take over Pakistani nukes before they could fall into the hands of the mullahs fighting the US and NATO forces in Afghanistan and Pakistan. To accomplish the task the JSOC …
wondersofpakistan.wordpress.com/2009/05/25/cheneys-
chief-assassin-is-now-obamas-commander-in-afghanistan/

Transcript: Obama speaks In Prague, Czech Republic About Nuclear …
By THE CRAVE
This marks the 10th year of NATO membership for the Czech Republic. And I know that many times in the 20th century, decisions were made without you at the table. Great powers let you down, or determined your destiny without your voice …
www.politicalcrave.com/2009/05/25/transcript-obama-
speaks-in-prague-czech-republic-about-nuclear-disarmament/

Manas at the Center of Kyrgyzstan’s Complex Foreign Policy …
By y2009k
Earlier the Kyrgyz Prime Minister Igor Chudinov mentioned the possibility of converting the Manas base into a civilian transit hub to be used for U.S. and NATO cargo (www.akipress.kg, May 13). Potentially, the Manas and Navoi airbases …
eurodialogue.org/eu-central-asia/Manas-
Center-Kyrgyzstan-Complex-Foreign-Policy

Caspian Leipzig, Germany Sep 3 NATO – map ø reminders discuss
Caspian Leipzig, Germany for NATO on Thursday September 3 concert. Gruvr.com lets you set a reminder for this show,see concert map,get directions,discuss with fans near Leipzig, Germany. No registration needed.
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Political Yard – Breaking News, Top News, Opinions, it’s all here!– politicalyard.com. Current news on US, World, Entertainment, Health, Business, Technology, Politics, and Sports. Latest Breaking News headlines.
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NATO disarms suspected pirates in Gulf of Aden
The Associated Press
BRUSSELS (AP) — A NATO warship from Canada intercepted two boats carrying suspected pirates in the Gulf of Aden, seizing a large amount of firearms,…
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