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NATO News & Information Links 27-28 May, 2009

28 May, 2009

NATO, Greece and Turkey (NOT another Greco-Turkish Thread)
By Rastagir
Ok, first topic from me and I hope I get it right, since my english are not perfect. My question is this: Is NATO going to survive a conflict between.
www.worldaffairsboard.com/nato-russian-resurgence/51277-
nato-greece-turkey-not-another-greco-turkish-thread.html

NATO, Russia want foreign ministers meeting (AP) | Reclaiming …
By admin
AP – Political ties between NATO and Russia are gradually improving following the break caused by the Russo-Georgian war, but a ministerial meeting is needed to.
www.reclaimingdemocracy.org/?p=4767

NATO, Afghan troops kill 34 Taliban – official – World News 24/365
By admin
Source: Reuters KHOST, Afghanistan, May 28 (Reuters) – NATO and Afghan police attacked a gathering point for Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan’s southeastern Paktika province, and killed 34, a spokesman for the … Read Complete Story …
www.worldnews24365.com/?p=635013

Associated Press Of Pakistan ( Pakistan’s Premier NEWS Agency …
OSLO, May 28 (APP): The Pakistani Parliamentary delegation attending the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (Spring Session) headed by Chairman Senate Farooq H. Naek spent very hectic last day in Oslo on the eve of conclusion of the NATO …
www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=
com_content&task=view&id=77285&Itemid=2

US strategic plan “ Therearenosunglasses’s Weblog
By therearenosunglasses
Once this type of attack is done the USA with its NATO lackeys like Britain, France and Germany would go the UN and manoeuvre an international resolution demanding denuclearization of Pakistan. The international opinion may be so strong …
therearenosunglasses.wordpress.com/2009/05/28/us-strategic-plan/

ekathimerini.com | Kosovo driving out minorities
Since then, ethnic divisions between 2 million Albanians and 120000 Serbs who remained in the country have deepened, with 14000 NATO peacekeepers and a 2000-strong European Union mission overseeing a fragile peace. …
www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_
articles_world_0_28/05/2009_107581

Adrian Severin: Consolidation of NATO-Russia partnership is a must
Financiarul – Bucharest,Romania
The European Union should develop a soft security concept, to replace the hard security concept, represented by NATO, stated on Tuesday Euro-parliamentarian …
www.financiarul.ro/2009/05/28/adrian-severin-
consolidation-of-nato-russia-partnership-is-a-must/

Pak delegation attends different meetings on last day in Oslo
By admin
OSLO, May 28 (APP): The Pakistani Parliamentary delegation attending the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (Spring Session) headed by Chairman Senate Farooq H.
www.aycworldnews.com/pakistan-news/pak-delegation-
attends-different-meetings-on-last-day-in-oslo-11343/

NATO-Russia mood improves, ministerial date sought
Reuters India – Mumbai,India
By David Brunnstrom BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO and Russia said on Wednesday the mood between them had warmed since rifts over a spy scandal and Georgia, …
in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-39922020090527

NATO and Afghan troops kill 34 Taliban
Reuters South Africa – Johannesburg,Gauteng,South Africa
KHOST, Afghanistan (Reuters) – NATO and Afghan police attacked a gathering point for Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan’s southeastern Paktika province, …
af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFTRE54R15120090528

Ruling Elites In West Are Inept, Stupid And Dangerous “ Culture of …
By emsnews
The Bilderberg cabal has become one of the last refuges for the NATO-based conspirators in Europe and the US, the exact same players who ran all the Bretton Woods agreements, the creators of NATO and the UN, the creators of the World …
emsnews.wordpress.com/2009/05/27/ruling-
elites-in-west-are-inept-stupid-and-dangerous/

Dangerous Vanity
By Chocolate
Quando e perchè è nato: è nato il :1/3/2009. In reatà sarebbe nato
prima grazie ad una fusione tra due forum. Ma ci sono stati dei “disguidi” con l’altra founder e quindi ci siamo ripresi il forume ricominciato da capo …
littlebitgraphic.blogfree.net/?t=1103265

Gates of Vienna: A Candidate for the EU Parliament
By Baron Bodissey
This could be all fine and dandy — NATO, to compare with something, isn’t a democratic system either, and has worked well for decades in defending the democracies. NATO is a joint organisation based on sovereign nation-states, …
gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2009/05/candidate-for-eu-parliament.html

Scoop: The Final Waging Global War
The same way that a rag-tag bunch of illiterate Talibans are now holding off the elite Pakistan Army, and that too after surviving 8 years of intense bombardment by NATO and American forces. A super-human bunch of“drug-smugglers” …
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0905/S00457.htm

NATO, Russia want foreign ministers meeting… | Euronews 24
By Mark
07:44 – NATO, Russia want foreign ministers meeting | BRUSSELS – Political ties between NATO and Russia are gradually improving following the break caused by the Russo-Georgian war, but a ministerial meet.
www.euronews24.org/europe/nato-
russia-want-foreign-ministers-meeting/

1st Global Millennium School to be constructed in RP | The …
The first ever millennium school, a product of the Global Millennium School Design Competition, initiated by the Be Better Build Better Program had its groundbreaking on May 15, 2009 in Nato Sangay, Camarines Sur to signify the building …
www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=
471999&publicationSubCategoryId=442

AFGHANISTAN: ATTACKS ON ITALIAN TROOPS INCREASING | Italy
By admin
(ANSA) – Rome, May 27 – Attacks on Italian soldiers taking part in the NATO peace-keeping mission in Afghanistan are increasing, Defence Minister Ignazio La Russa said Wednesday. Speaking after a meeting with NATO Secretary-General Jaap …
www.lifeinitaly.com/node/5812

PUKHTUNKHWA TIMES: World Agenda: Tehran summit could be a turning …
By THE PATHANS
But Tehran has given covert support to the Taleban to encourage their opposition to Nato forces in Afghanistan and to prevent Nato determining a settlement on Iran’s eastern flank. Until now, the three countries have had strained …
pukhtunkhwatimes.blogspot.com/2009/05/
world-agenda-tehran-summit-could-be.html

stopwar.org.uk
21 of the 27 EU members’ states are also member states of NATO. The majority of people in Afghanistan reject the NATO war in Afghanistan. Do you favour an end to the NATO occupation? Negotiations on upgrading the EU trade agreement with …
stopwar.org.uk/content/view/1260/27/

Euro force, NATO overlap
Washington Times – Washington,DC,USA
By Leander Schaerlaeckens THE WASHINGTON TIMES | Thursday, May 28, 2009 BRUSSELS | The emergence of a European Union force, separate from NATO, could lead …
washingtontimes.com/news/2009/may/28/euro-force-nato-overlap/

NATO, Russia want foreign ministers meeting
The Associated Press
BRUSSELS (AP) — Political ties between NATO and Russia are gradually improving following the break caused by the Russo-Georgian war, but a ministerial …
www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5
gvdpVPBRKXHBRbtXUJtpo8vt6E3wD98ENH580

Taliban stuck between anvil and hammer
Asia Times Online – Kowloon,Hong Kong
This raises new questions about the future of Pakistan and US/North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) operations in Afghanistan. …
www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/KE28Df01.html

27 May, 2009

NATO-Russia mood improves, ministerial date sought| Join Our Story …
By riptmoittee
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO and Russia said on Wednesday the mood between them had warmed since rifts over a spy scandal and Georgia, clearing the way for better cooperation on global security issues including piracy and Afghanistan. …
angnetwork.com/blog/2009/05/nato-russia
-mood-improves-ministerial-date-sought/

West Plots To Supplant United Nations With Global NATO by Rick …
By dandelionsalad
Boutros-Ghali was deprived of the traditional second term for not authorizing NATO’s bombing of Bosnian Serb targets in 1995 and for speaking the truth about the deadly Israeli bombing of a refugee camp in Qana, Lebanon in the following …
dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2009/05/27/west- plots-to
-supplant-united-nations-with-global-nato-by-rick-rozoff/

CPA/AJPA: Entrevista ao Professor Victor Marques dos Santos
By Samuel de Paiva Pires
The end of the cold war faced NATO with an awkward scenario where the classic enemy had apparently vanished. Althoug the western approach and mindset over security and defence remained the same, soon the revision of the strategic …
cpa-ajpa.blogspot.com/2009/05/entre
vista-ao-professor-victor-marques.html

Guam Okinawa plus Washington Tokyo: Report urges U.S. to maintain …
By Added Entry
In addition, the report says it is necessary for the United States to keep the relatively small U.S. nuclear stockpile in Europe as long as it supports NATO political goals in reassuring allies and acts as a disincentive for NATO allies …
two—plus—two.blogspot.com/2009/05/
report-urges-us-to-maintain-nuclear.html

Britannia Radio
By Britannia Radio
4.5 The NATO SOFA effectively has primacy. The PfP SOFA extends the NATO SOFA to all the States which have accepted the invitation to participate in the partnership for Peace. The EU SOFA only comes into force once it has been approved …
britanniaradio.blogspot.com/2009/05/
declaration-and-bill-of-rights-16889.html

US, Afghan Officials Say Insurgents Killed in Battle
Voice of America – USA
A spokesman for the governor of Paktika province on Thursday said Afghan police and NATO troops launched a ground operation and air strikes in Wor Mamay …
www.voanews.com/english/2009-05-28-voa11.cfm

US can prevent arms race
The Japan Times – Japan
“US allies, including members of the NATO alliance, Australia, Japan and South Korea, depend on security assurances from the United States,” the Council on …
search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090528a2.html

3 US troops killed in Afghan suicide blast – Yahoo! News
Map locates Kapisa, Afghanistan, where three NATO troops were killed in a bomb … The troops served with NATO’s International Security Assistance Force. …
news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090526/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan

“Russia tests prevailing mood in NATO countries”. permalinke-mail story
to a friendprint version. 27 May, 2009, 20:33. Mikhail Troitsky, a political analyst from Moscow University of International Relations, discusses the predominant …
www.russiatoday.ru/Top_News/2009-05-27/_
Russia_tests_prevailing_mood_in_NATO_countries_.html

NATO: 15 insurgents killed in eastern Afghanistan | Aiken Standard …
NATO: 15 insurgents killed in eastern Afghanistan 5/27/2009 10:53 AM Associated Press KABUL — Afghan and NATO troops killed 15 insurgents in a battle in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, the military alliance said. …
www.aikenstandard.com/World/0527afghanistan

NATO, Russia want foreign ministers meeting | newsworthypolls.com
By Newsworthy Poller
Political ties between NATO and Russia are gradually improving following the break caused by the Russo-Georgian war, but a ministerial meeting is needed to pave the way for military cooperation, officials said Wednesday.
newsworthypolls.com/?p=26145

Naval Leaders Meet to Coordinate Counterpiracy Efforts
“By synchronizing and deconflicting our efforts, Combined Task Force (CTF) 151, EU, NATO and other international forces are making a difference.” Representatives from nations including Australia, Bahrain, China, Denmark, France, …
www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=45681

Attacks, strikes kill 34 in Afghanistan
AFP
Elsewhere in Paktia, Afghan security forces backed by NATO troops and air power killed at least 15 insurgents in the early hours, the alliance said.…
www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/
ALeqM5icz7d7SBC-x3-QYw9I0dlztGxSgA

NATO-Russia ministerial meeting not to resume soon
Xinhua – China
BRUSSELS, May 27 (Xinhua) — A NATO-Russia meeting at ministerial level will not be resumed in the near future, said Russian envoy to NATO Dmitry Rogozin on …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-05/28/content_11446837.htm

Biden’s Unfinished Balkan Business
Washington Post – United States
NATO and EU enlargement were seen as tandem processes in the grand design of “Europe whole and free.” The Western Balkans have been struggling to keep up …
newsweek.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/needto
know/2009/05/bidens_unfinished_balkan_busin.html

District governor, sons killed Afghanistan (Lead)
By DPA
KABUL – An Afghan district governor, his three sons and a civilian were killed in a Taliban ambush in eastern Afghanistan Wednesday, while 15 militants were killed in fighting with Afghan and NATO-led forces in the same region, …
blog.taragana.com/n/district-governor
-sons-killed-afghanistan-lead-66342/

NATO the North Atlantic Treaty De fundicion gris hierro is sixty …
By anna
NATO the North Atlantic Treaty De fundicion gris hierro is sixty ·
Commentaires : 0 – Date : mai 27th, 2009 – Catégorie : De fundicion gris hierro. World watches Obama, Sarkozy the wives. Cosmic Log Big questions, short answers. …
tvwebband.unblog.fr/2009/05/27/nato-the-
north-atlantic-treaty-de-fundicion-gris-hierro-is-sixty/

WHAT ABOUT NORTH KOREA?
OpEdNews – Newtown,PA,USA
Georgia is also being set-up for that role with Russia, as NATO has already been. It’s not at all difficult to see the US “grand strategy” taking shape if …
www.opednews.com/articles/WHAT-ABOUT-NORTH
-KOREA-by-Bruce-K-Gagnon-090527-36.html

NATO: 15 Insurgents Killed in Eastern Afghanistan / Colorado …
Colorado Springs, Pueblo, Southern Colorado, Breaking News, News, Weather, School Closings, Traffic from KKTV 11 News.
www.kktv.com/home/headlines/46230937.html

Watching America : “ You’re On Your Own, Obama
By Ron Argentati
Western European NATO members are in agreement with Obama, insofar as they support his assessment of the Iraq war, but support for the Afghan mission isn’t an issue near and dear to their hearts. Before an audience of the Brussels Forum …
watchingamerica.com/News/27749/youre-on-your-own-obama/

Four militants killed, 10 detained in Afghanistan
By Xinhua
March 15th, 2009 KABUL – Nine people — a NATO soldier, two Afghan police personnel, five Taliban militants and a civilian — were killed in a series of clashes in southern and eastern Afghanistan, officials said Sunday. …
blog.taragana.com/n/four-militants-
killed-10-detained-in-afghanistan-66326/

Macedonia’s DPA Proposes New Rules :: BalkanInsight.com
But observers say frustration among Albanians in the country grows as Macedonia is locked into a dispute over its name with Greece, that is blocking the country’s entrance into NATO. Opinion polls show Albanians are much more eager to …
balkaninsight.com/en/main/news/19402/

The Frenchifying of UAE | The Daily Clarity
By Clarity Staff Reporter
Sarkozy has already taken France back into the NATO command structure, and to now have French military personnel on a base in the Middle East in a permanent presence is either an act of diplomatic brilliance or political suicide. …
mydailyclarity.com/2009/05/the-frenchifying-of-uae/

NATO to send election monitors to Albania
Southeast European Times – MD,USA
BRUSSELS, Belgium — NATO’s Parliamentary Assembly has decided to send observers to monitor next month’s general elections in Albania, media reported …
www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/
newsbriefs/setimes/newsbriefs/2009/05/27/nb-05

Army advance in Mingora slowed down by Taliban resistance
Press Trust of India – New Delhi,India
A powerful roadside bomb, the type increasingly used by the Taliban against US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, hit a Pakistani army convoy near Mingora, …
www.ptinews.com/pti%5Cptisite.nsf/0/DF9B8D1
F474C9808652575C3004E7902?OpenDocument

NATO: 15 insurgents killed in eastern Afghanistan
The Associated Press
KABUL (AP) — Afghan and NATO troops killed 15 insurgents in a battle in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, the military alliance said. …
www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM
5hvWEqwq3CrRvaQCmt21MfoYhjZJQD98EK6800

Sonja Karad?i?: Hague tribunal is a disciplinary commission of …
The Hague tribunal is not a court of justice, but just some kind of disciplinary commission of NATO. RT: When was the last time you spoke with your father and how he was doing? S.K.: I talk to my father by phone almost every day. …
russiatoday.com/Politics/2009-05-27/Sonja_Karad_i___
Hague_tribunal_is_a_disciplinary_commission_of_NATO.html

3 NATO troops killed in Afghan blast Open Pakistan
By editor
KABUL: NATO forces say three international troops have been killed in a bomb blast in eastern Afghanistan. Spokesman Lt. Commander Christopher Hall says their military vehicle was rocked by an explosion outside the capital of Kapisa …
www.openpakistan.com/?p=1220

EU-RussiaCentre.org
By Eugenia Vesanto
The Russian ambassador to the North Atlantic Alliance Dmitry Rogozin says that the Russia-NATO Council should perform irrespectively of the type of relations between Moscow and Brussels… Rogozin described as inadmissible that Russia’s …
www.eu-russiacentre.org/news/rogozin-
russianato-council-remain-operational.html

Second-Chance Logistics / ISN
By John CK Daly
While the Obama administration pledges to increase troops for Afghanistan two-fold by the year’s end, a collateral issue that Washington has been scrambling to address is the security of logistics supplying US and NATO-led International …
www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/Current-Affairs/Security-Watch/Detail/? ots5
91=4888CAA0-B3DB-1461-98B9-E20E7B9C13D4&lng=en&id=100609

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – May 27, 2009 – Robert Amsterdam
By Editor
Russian Ambassador to NATO Dmitry Rogozin says that a ‘a deep content analysis of our relations’ will take place at today’s ambassadorial-level meeting of the NATO-Russia Council. ‘Switzerland must be present at all talks on the opening …
www.robertamsterdam.com/2009/05/ras_
daily_russian_news_blast_-_may_27_2009.htm

New Kosova Report – Turkey pledges support to Kosovo Security Forces
They reiterated to him that Turkey fully supports Kosovo’s aspirations for NATO membership. The KSF is a professional force that is politically neutral, multi-ethnic and lightly armed, as befits its role as the security force of a small …
www.newkosovareport.com/200905271815/Society/
Turkey-pledges-support-to-Kosovo-Security-Forces.html

Nato starts mediation between rival Kurram factions | Pakistan …
By PAK NEWS
Militants destroy nine Nato vehicles in Peshawar: officials Suspected Taliban militants in Pakistan destroyed nine parked Nato force vehicles after attacking a terminal, officials said Friday. Rebels. …
www.pakistaninewspapers.info/archive/05/nato-
starts-mediation-between-rival-kurram-factions/

Disinfo.com – General David Petraeus on Closing Gitmo: The ‘New …
By hypnos1
Given that, why, in your opinion, has it been so difficult for some of them to commit more firmly to helping the U.S. and NATO efforts? Petraeus: What might be most beneficial for all of the countries — including my own and Russia and …
www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=General-David-
Petraeus-on-Closing-Gitmo-New-Great-Game-in-Asia-2

Is A New Russia-Georgia War On The Horizon?
And with Saakashvili severely weakened politically and Georgia’s bid to join NATO on hold indefinitely, analysts say the mere threat of an invasion may be sufficient to achieve Moscow’s goals. “The easiest thing to do is to destabilize …
www.globalsecurity.org/military/library
/news/2009/05/mil-090526-rferl01.htm

The West’s Reckless Approach to Relations with Russia
KFSM – Fort Smith,AR,USA
The actual warning has been to NATO, which by violating its own rules contributed to last August’s short war between Georgia and Russia. …
www.kfsm.com/sns-200905261857tmswp
fafftr—v-a20090526may26,0,1813009.story

Russia-NATO council to convene in Brussels
RIA Novosti – Moscow,Russia
BRUSSELS, May 27 (RIA Novosti) – A meeting of the Russia-NATO Council at the level of ambassadors will be held on Wednesday in Brussels. …
en.rian.ru/world/20090527/155099993.html

Sonja Karad?i?: Hague tribunal is a disciplinary commission of NATO
RT – Moscow,Russia
The Hague tribunal is not a court of justice, but just some kind of disciplinary commission of NATO. RT: When was the last time you spoke with your father …
www.russiatoday.com/Politics/2009-05-27/Sonja_Karad_i
___Hague_tribunal_is _a_disciplinary_commission_of_NATO.html

NATO Says Georgia Will Join Alliance as War Games Continue | Asbarez
By Asbarez Staff
Geoergia NATO Military Exercises TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — 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.asbarez.com/2009/05/26/nato-says-
georgia-will-join-alliance-as-war-games-continue/

Suicide bomb kills three foreign soldiers in Afghanistan | WORLD News
Three soldiers fighting with NATO-led forces and three civilians were killed by a suicide car bomb attack on a military convoy in eastern Afghanistan,…
tvnz.co.nz/world-news/foreign-soldiers-killed-in-afghanistan-2758397

TH!NK ABOUT IT – european blogging competition 2009 “ Blog Archive …
By AncaGurzu
The sign on the bus indicated its final destination: NATO. A local Brussels bus that goes to the headquarters of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, the same organisation that was founded during the Cold War and which celebrated its …
www.thinkaboutit.eu/2009/05/first-nato-impressions/

U.S. and NATO commemorate dead – The Viewspaper
By admin
You are here: Home “ Video Reports “ U.s. And Nato Commemorate Dead. May. 25. U.s. And Nato Commemorate Dead. By admin on May 25, 2009. Sphere: Related Content · Like this article? Subscribe to the RSS feed! Relevant Articles . …
theviewspaper.net/us-and-nato-commemorate-dead/

The West’s Reckless Approach to Russia by William Pfaff — Antiwar.com
By William Pfaff
The actual warning has been to NATO, which by violating its own rules contributed to last August’s short war between Georgia and Russia. NATO’s rules preclude membership for nations with unsettled territorial disputes or unresolved …
original.antiwar.com/pfaff/2009/05/26/
the-wests-reckless-approach-to-russia/

Truthdig – Reports – The West’s Reckless Approach to Relations …
By editor@truthdig.com
Under pressure from Americans apparently eager to humiliate Russia, the NATO governments were persuaded to offer Georgia eventual membership in the alliance, which Georgia’s reckless president, Mikheil Saakashvili, took as authority to …
www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090526_the_
wests_reckless_approach_to_relations_with_russia/

A Disarmed Palestinian State? | TPMCafe
By Amitai Etzioni
Namely that the Palestinian state be disarmed and that US or NATO troops be stationed along the Jordan river. They pointed to this condition in a new book America and the World, composed of interviews with Brzezinski and Scowcroft, …
tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/
05/26/a_disarmed_palestinian_state/

A cold war state has overshadowed Iran-US ties | Iran News
By Iran Quest
So the solution seems to be to reduce US troops in Iraq – which is effectively considered a lost war – and shift them to Afghanistan to make sure NATO does not loose face in Afghanistan and its future as global military for the US and …
iranquest.com/blog/?p=6109

NATO-Russia Council to meet at ambassadors level in Brussels
ITAR-TASS – Moscow,Russia
BRUSSELS, May 27 (Itar-Tass) – The first after the “pseudo spy scandal” and mutual expulsion of diplomats meeting of the NATO-Russia Council at the level of …
www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=13981593&PageNum=0

3 Americans and a Civilian Die in Afghanistan Attack
New York Times – United States
By ADAM B. ELLICK and ABDUL WAHEED WAFA KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide car bomber plowed into a NATO convoy on a main road north of Kabul on Tuesday morning …
www.nytimes.com/2009/05/27/world/asia/27afghan.html?hpw

NATO Condemns North Korea’s Nuclear Test
NTDTV – Atlanta,GA,USA
NATO says it poses a threat to security and peace. “Today the North Atlantic Council, that is all the 28 NATO countries, released a statement strongly …
english.ntdtv.com/ntdtv_en/news/2009-05-26/838179480821.html

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