30 May, 2009

Netherlands proposes international anti-piracy tribunal
AFP
The group met for the first time in January and consists of 24 nations including regional players, the African Union, the European Union, NATO and the …
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US urges Europe, China to step up Afghan help
The Associated Press
Gates said he has been tougher on the Europeans than countries in Asia in demanding bigger contributions because three successive NATO summits have declared …
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J O S H U A P U N D I T: Turning The Screws: Obama Expands Arms …
By Freedom Fighter
Administration sources said the White House has drafted measures that could prevent Israel and other non-NATO allies from procuring U.S. fighter-jets, including the F-35. They said the administration would require that Israel obtain …
joshuapundit.blogspot.com/2009/05/tight
ening-noose-obama-continues-arms.html

What NATO and Kabul can learn from the Taliban – By Patrick …
By Blake Hounshell
So far, NATO has responded to Taliban expansion by reinforcing its units in the area, boosting its firepower, and combating the poppy economy through interdiction and crop substitution. That’s the easy part. The real challenge will come …
experts.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009
/05/29/legal_advice_from_the_taliban

Kriegspostille: Russen kreieren ihr eigenes Pendant zur NATO
By Calwer-Wildnis
A strong military group, which may appear in Central Asia in the nearest future, will make the CSTO become an analogue of NATO. The following post-Soviet countries are included in the treaty: Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, …
kriegspostille.blogspot.com/2009/05/
russen-kreieren-ihr-eigenes-pendant-zur.html

War on Terrorism: NATO, Afghan, Pakistani Troops Share Workspace …
By Lieutenant Raymond E. Foster, LAPD (ret.), MPA
Located just a few miles from the Afghan-Pakistani border, the KBCC here has brought Pakistani, Afghan and NATO International Security Assistance Force servicemembers together to remove the fog of war and to allow instant communication …
terrorism-online.blogspot.com/2009/05/
nato-afghan-pakistani-troops-share.html

Transnational Middle-East Observer: KRG rep. questions Turkish …
By Wladimir van Wilgenburg
In this context, he put forward the questions if these military operations fit into NATO’s strategic framework and whether they contribute to the credibility and the image of NATO in the world. Earlier before a London-based Kurdish …
vvanwilgenburg.blogspot.com/2009/05/
krg-rep-questions-turkish-border.html

Russia wants CSTO to be as strong as NATO – paper
GlobalSecurity.org is the leading source for reliable military news and military information, directed by John Pike.
www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news
/2009/05/mil-090529-rianovosti03.htm

Afghans Learn Bomb Disposal : The NewsMarket
By NATO
Teaching Bomb Disposal (Source: NATO) Edited package with narration and graphics. TRT: 00:02:42, More. Price: FREE. Teaching Bomb Disposal (Source: NATO) B-roll and soundbites. TRT: 00:03:44, More. ComponentArtSCStamp CallBack 2006.1. …
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spx?GUID=199f2bdc-cbf6-4366-ba20-4adeb69de350

Eurasia Press & News “ Macedonia’s DUI Gives Deadline For NATO
By Mircea Birca
Opinion polls show that ethnic Albanians, making up about one quarter of the population, are far more ready to compromise on the name in order to get the country into NATO. Macedonians on the other hand link the country’s name with …
eurasia.ro/?p=25324

Russia “alternato” plans through CSTO – ANGLAIS MILITAIRE et …
By Recce 233 Savoie
13:07 29/05/2009 Russia is planning to build a strong military contingent in Central Asia within the framework of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) comparable to NATO forces in Europe, a Russian business daily said on …
prepaplsanglais.canalblog.com/archives/2009/05/29/13897038.html

LATEST MOVIES GAMES SOFTWARES FREE DOWNLOADS: Battlefield 2 …
By naveen
In the fashion part 4 of which can be played: Russia, Georgia, NATO, America. The difference of NATO and America in the technique because NATO’s mixed media of different countries, how to make fashion more realistic. Year: 2009 …
naveen92.blogspot.com/2009/05/battle
field-2-fireguns-operation-clear.html

Russia creates its own version of NATO in Central Asia to be …
Russia warns NATO not to rattle weapons near Russia’s borders … CSTO become a proRussian bloc the military power of which would be similar to that of NATO …
english.pravda.ru/russia/politics/29-05-2009/107648-russia_war-0

29 May, 2009

US, Pak, Afghanistan and NATO forming joint strategy: Haqqani
The News International – Karachi,Pakistan
WASHINGTON: Islamabad’s ambassador to Washington Hussain Haqqani says that Pakistan, United States, Afghanistan and NATO are trying to outline a joint…
www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=79031

NATO soldier killed in Afghanistan
The News International – Karachi,Pakistan
KABUL: A bomb blast killed a soldier serving in the NATO-led force in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, the alliance said. The force did not give the …
www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=78892

NATO moves to counter Taliban propaganda
Canada.com – Don Mills,Ontario,Canada
By Brian Hutchinson, National PostMay 29, 2009 5:41 PM An Afghan man is interrogated by a Canadian soldier during a patrol in the village of Bazaar e …
www.canada.com/news/national/NATO+moves+
counter+Taliban+propaganda/1644412/story.html

NATO counter-piracy mission set to be extended
National Post – Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Portuguese Rear-Admiral Jose Domingos Pereira da Cunha said it is essential for NATO warships to continue patrolling the pirate-infested waters of the Gulf …
www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=1644188

2 NATO troops, ‘35 Taliban’ killed in Afghanistan
PRESS TV – Tehran,Iran
One of the soldiers was killed in a roadside bomb attack in southern Afghanistan, NATO said in a statement issued on Friday, adding the other died on …
www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=96404&sectionid=351020403

US, Pak, Afghanistan and NATO forming joint strategy: Haqqani
By mu2denny
WASHINGTON: Islamabad’s ambassador to Washington Hussain Haqqani says that Pakistan, United States, Afghanistan and NATO are trying to outline a joint strategy to fight militancy.
www.aindianews.com/us-pak-afghanistan-and-
nato-forming-joint-strategy-haqqani-1234-18161

UNDERNEWS: THE PLAN TO REPLACE THE UNITED NATIONS WITH A GLOBAL NATO
By TPR
Rick Rozoff, Global Research – In the last five years of the 20th Century and the first five of the 21st NATO had evolved from a regional alliance based in Western Europe to a global force contending with the United Nations for the …
prorev.com/2009/05/plan-to-replace-united-nations-with.html

US & NATO weapons are used by Talibans – Pakistan Defence Forum
By SSGPA1
Pakistan army spokesman fights media war RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (CNN) — The office of Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas has a bank of six flat-screen televisions.
www.defence.pk/forums/pakistans-war/
27482-us-nato-weapons-used-talibans.html

West Plots To Supplant United Nations With Global NATO | NO …
By BakrAnqara
By Rick Rozoff URL of this article:
www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=13759 Global Research, May 27, 2009 Stop NATO Ten.
www.noglobalization.com/2009/05/west-plots-
to-supplant-united-nations-with-global-nato/

Counter-piracy mission to be extended – Winnipeg Free Press
ON BOARD HMCS WINNIPEG — The member countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization are negotiating to extend and expand the highly successful counter-piracy mission in the Gulf of Aden, the senior officer in charge of Standing NATO …
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/Counter
-piracy-mission-to-be-extended-46465077.html

Doc’s Talk: Stabilizing Iraq: Intelligence Lessons for Afghanistan
By GS Don Morris, Ph.D.
The recent establishment of an Intelligence Fusion Center in Afghanistan, where analysts from NATO nations work together on critical intelligence products, provides an excellent example of needed cooperation. Sharing sensitive data in a …
docstalk.blogspot.com/2009/05/stabiliz
ing-iraq-intelligence-lessons.html

Pat Dollard | Young Americans | Blog Archive “ US Troop Surge In …
By MDVet
“The single biggest measure the Afghan people have in their mind of whether or not there is security is their ability to travel with freedom,” Lieutenant-General Jim Dutton, Nato’s deputy commander in Afghanistan, told The Times. …
patdollard.com/2009/05/us-troop-surge-i
n-afghanistan-escalates-war-with-taleban/

NATO, Russia want foreign ministers meeting
Auburn Citizen – Auburn,NY,USA
By SLOBODAN LEKIC BRUSSELS – Political ties between NATO and Russia are gradually improving following the break caused by the Russo-Georgian war,…
www.auburnpub.com/articles/2009/05
/28/ap/regional/europe/d98enh580.txt

KRG Official attends NATO Conference in The Hague
Kurdish Aspect – Denver,CO,USA
The conference which was attended by many politicians, diplomats and academics was held with the aim to formulating a framework for a new Strategy for NATO. …
www.kurdishaspect.com/doc052909KA.html

Interpol Chief Seeks Police Alliance to Fight Piracy Off Somalia
New York Times – United States
NATO, the European Union, China, India, Russia and the United States have dispatched warships to the area on anti-piracy patrols. But ships of the NATO …
www.nytimes.com/2009/05/29/world/
europe/29iht-interpol.html?ref=world

US & NATO Forces Silence over Terrorist’s Border Crossing …
By pakistanfront
Here, it’s also notable that NATO and US Forces deployed in Afghanistan are not paying any heat to the yield and are not even stopping militants crossing Pak – Afghan border. It was also found that Taliban are using the same weapons …
pakistanfront.wordpress.com/2009/05/29/us-nato-forces
-silence-over-terrorist%E2%80%99s-border-crossing/

Snuffysmith’s Blog: Why Treat Russia as an Enemy? William Pfaff
By Snuffysmith
customers) took place at the same time that a rather pathetic NATO exercise was being ended in Georgia. It was meant presumably as a “warning” to Russia, but a warning of what? The actual warning has been to NATO, which by violating its …
snuffysmithsblog.blogspot.com/2009/05/
why-treat-russia-as-enemy-william-pfaff.html

Jeffrey Fleishman and the Sound Byte War | Armenian Weekly
By Andy Turpin
NATO’s intervention in the conflict was, according to Fleishman, a way of making right its hesitant interventionism in the previous genocide, which took the lives of roughly 32723 civilians during the Bosnian War. …
www.hairenik.com/weekly/2009/05/29/
jeffrey-fleishman-and-the-sound-byte-war/

Indian warship thwarts piracy attempt in Gulf of Aden
By Ians
May 3rd, 2009 NATO thwarts Somali pirates, seizes dynamiteNAIROBI, Kenya— Special forces on a Portuguese warship seized explosives from suspected Somali pirates after thwarting an attack on an oil tanker, but later freed the 19 men. …
blog.taragana.com/n/indian-warship-thwarts
-piracy-attempt-in-gulf-of-aden-66867/

Pakistan in Media: Pakistan needs ‘shift’ to beat the Taliban
By Mobashir Ahmed
Senior Afghan Taliban leaders are also based in Balochistan and Sindh provinces from where they provide logistics for the Taliban’s war against US and Nato forces in Afghanistan. Meanwhile militant groups in Punjab who have fought in …
pakistaninmedia.blogspot.com/2009/05/
pakistan-needs-shift-to-beat-taliban.html

US Fails To Win Hearts And Minds In Afghanistan
By The Huffington Post News Editors
The new strategy should be to boot NATO out of Afghanistan and surge our forces like we did in Iraq. Lock the country down until the Afghan Govt gets its feet under it and can field a force just like the Iraqis did. …
www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/28/
us-fails-to-win-hearts-an_n_208849.html

Once Upon a Time in the West – Exposing the Twenty-First-Century …
By Perilous Times
Faux rightist regimes with entangling military-commercial alliances with Moscow, such as those found among NATO’s Mediterranean members like Italy, Greece, and Turkey, would no doubt capitulate. A new Korean hot war could also be …
once-upon-a-time-in-the-west.blogspot.com/2009/
05/ww4-file-russia-fears-korean-conflict.html

Tidbits of News on Russia! (5-29-09) | Windows to Russia – The …
By Kyle and Svet Keeton
The second tidbit that popped up was that Russia is looking for the CSTO to be developed into a counter balance to NATO. I have said before that the CSTO had a long term plan to be a huge security force. But all press releases have …
kylekeeton.com/2009/05/tidbits-of-news-on-russia-5-29-09.html

NATO bully UN Blue Helmets
Daily Kos – Berkeley,CA,USA
Despite agreements stated by the US to Gorbatchev to not extend Nato in eastern countries formally of Soviet Union, we can observe quite the contrary. …
www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/5/29/7
36546/-UpdateNATO-bully-UN-Blue-Helmets

35 Militants Killed in Afghanistan
Voice of America – USA
Also Thursday, an Afghan official and US military said Afghan and NATO troops had attacked Taliban militants on the ground and by air. …
www.voanews.com/english/2009-05-29-voa14.cfm

NATO: BERLUSCONI-RASMUSSEN, RESUME RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA
AGI – Agenzia Giornalistica Italia – Italy
(AGI) – Rome, 29 May – Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi today had a long talk over the phone with the new secretary-general of the NATO, Anders Fogh…
www.agi.it/english-version/italy/elenco-notizie/200905291302
-pol-ren0033-nato_berlusconi_rasmussen_resume_relations_with_russia

EU-RussiaCentre.org
By Eugenia Vesanto
The EU-Russia Centre (EU-RC) is an independent information and expertise resource for anyone interested in modern Russia and the future of EU-Russia relations.
www.eu-russiacentre.org/news/russia-csto-strong-nato-paper.html

iran-pak pipeline: good for china, russia; bad for US “ Niqnaq
By niqnaq
Washington and NATO lose, not to mention Afghanistan (no transit fees). But will Balochistan also win? If not, all hell will break loose, from desperate Balochis sabotaging IP to “foreign interference” manipulating them into creating an …
niqnaq.wordpress.com/2009/05/29/iran-pak
-pipeline-good-for-china-russia-bad-for-us/

Alenia Aeronautica Completes Deliveries of C-27js to Italian AF
The C-27J it is the only aircraft of its class offering interoperability with heavier airlifters in service with other NATO air forces, also thanks to its large cabin cross section, allowing the transport of NATO-standard pallets. …
www.asd-network.com/press_detail/20681/Alenia_
Aeronautica_Completes_Deliveries_of_C-27js_to_Italian_AF.htm

Russia wants CSTO to be as strong as NATO – paper
RIA Novosti – Moscow,Russia
The creation of a powerful military contingent in Central Asia reflects Moscow’s drive to make the CSTO a pro-Russian military bloc, rivaling NATO forces in …
en.rian.ru/russia/20090529/155118377.html

NATO-Russia Council: A forum for Arctic talks? “ The Arctic
By Mia Bennett
A U.S. foreign policy analyst has suggested that the NATO-Russia Council could serve as a forum for Russia and the West to discuss issues in the Arctic. The Council had its second meeting yesterday after being suspended in the aftermath …
arctic.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2009/05/28/
nato-russia-council-a-forum-for-arctic-talks/

US coalition: 35 militants killed, 13 wounded in southern Afghanistan
By Bureau News
March 2nd, 2009 KABUL – An Afghan child was killed and five civilians were wounded when a suicide bomber targeted a convoy of NATO forces in eastern Afghanistan, while eight militants were killed in two clashes elsewhere in the country, …
blog.taragana.com/n/us-coalition-35-militants-
killed-13-wounded-in-southern-afghanistan-66721/

IcelandReview – Online
The military training and air patrol is part of a defense agreement made between Iceland and the NATO member states after the US military left its base in Iceland in 2006. A team from the US air force is expected to arrive in Iceland …
icelandreview.com/icelandreview/daily_
news/?cat_id=29314&ew_0_a_id=324968