The New Dark Age

More Afghan Civilians Dead; US, NATO Commander Addresses Elders
Voice of America
Stanley McChrystal, US, NATO commander in Afghanistan NATO officials in
Afghanistan are investigating the latest deaths of civilians caused by an
air strike …
www1.voanews.com/english/news/asia/More-Afghan-Civilians-Dead-US-NATO-Commander-Addresses-Elders-90020602.html

Kiev Scraps NATO Body
The Moscow Times
KIEV — Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has scrapped a state body
set up to oversee the country’s eventual accession to NATO, a presidential
decree on …
www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/kiev-scraps-nato-body/403437.html

Karzai Putting Brakes on Afghan Offensive?
FOXNews (blog)
KABUL — For months US and NATO military commanders have been preparing for
an upcoming assault on the Southern Afghan providence of Kandahar – even
…
liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/04/07/karzai-putting-brakes-on-afghan-offensive/?test=latestnews

Emergency in Kyrgyzstan as Police Fire on Protesters
New York Times
The unrest threatened the Kyrgyz government, an American ally that hosts an
important American air base supporting the NATO mission in nearby
Afghanistan. …
www.nytimes.com/2010/04/08/world/europe/08bishkek.html

NATO Parliamentary Delegation visited Shida Kartli Region
Daily Georgian Times
The delegation of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly visited Shida Kartli
Region today. The guests visited the Ergneti village bordering the line of
the …
www.geotimes.ge/index.php?m=home&newsid=21134

Yanukovych scraps state body aimed at overseeing NATO accession
Ukrainian Journal (subscription)
KIEV, April 6 – President Viktor Yanukovych scrapped a state body set up
to oversee the country’s eventual accession to NATO, according to a
presidential …
www.ukrainianjournal.com/index.php?w=article&id=10211

No more Burger King on Afghanistan base? Soldiers grumble.
Christian Science Monitor
The air base in southern Afghanistan is NATO’s largest in the country and
the main landing spot of the US troop surge. Its entertainment district –
a square …
www.csmonitor.com/World/2010/0407/No-more-Burger-King-on-Afghanistan-base-Soldiers-grumble.

US offers ‘stabilising role’
Straits Times
‘For generations, the United States’ nuclear deterrent has helped prevent
proliferation by providing our non-nuclear allies in Nato, the Pacific, …
www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/World/Story/STIStory_511440.html

The U.S.’s Expanding Military Empire
CBS News
US Marines with NATO forces patrol in Marjah, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Feb.
17, 2010 (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri) In my 1950s childhood, Ripley’s Believe It
or Not …
www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/04/06/opinion/main6369807.shtml

German soldiers under-equipped and under-trained, says politician
Deutsche Welle
A leading defense expert has criticized the training received by German
Bundeswehr soldiers being sent to Afghanistan. This was in response to an
attack in …
www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,5437641,00.html

Ukraine scraps NATO accession plans | European Dialogue
By y2009k
By Andreas Illmer The Ukrainian president has dissolved the commission
which was to work towards NATO membership. It’s the latest move to abandon
the pro-western stance of the ‘Orange Revolution’ and re-establish ties
with Russia.
eurodialogue.org/osce/Ukraine-scraps-NATO-accession-plans

NATO admits guilt in Afghan slayings – RT
NATO spokesmen have admitted culpability in the Feb.
rt.com/Politics/2010-04-06/nato-afghanistan-deaths.html

NATO Kills At Least Four Civilians in Helmand Air Strike — News …
By Jason Ditz
The NATO problems with civilian killings in Afghanistan are much
documented. So much embarrassment has been caused by the repeated, massive
civilian tolls that Gen. Stanley McChrystal has ordered that no air strikes
be called in unless …
news.antiwar.com/2010/04/06/nato-kills-at-least-four-civilians-in-helmand-air-strike/

India and NATO – Pakistan Defence Forum
By Justin Joseph
India and NATO “India is simply too big to be just another partner
country” to NATO. A Commentary by Michael Rühle, Deputy Head of Policy
Planning,
www.defence.pk/forums/world-affairs/53421-india-nato.html

EagleSpeak: Somali Pirates: NATO Shipping Centre PIRACY UPDATE 06 …
By Eagle1
Somali Pirates: NATO Shipping Centre PIRACY UPDATE 06. APRIL 2010. Report
found here: 05. April 2010. WARNING, Suspect Vessel, North Indian Ocean
(1819N,05848E) Alert number 324 / 2010. At 1750Z UTC a Merchant vessel
reported a …
www.eaglespeak.us/2010/04/somali-pirates-nato-shipping-centre.html

Ukrainians Likely Support Move Away From NATO
Gallup surveys suggest Ukrainians may back the new government’s plans that
would keep the country from entering NATO. Ukrainians in May 2009 were more
than …
www.gallup.com/poll/127094/ukrainians-likely-support-move-away-nato.aspx

Is NATO a Pretend Alliance? | The Foundry: Conservative Policy News.
The NATO military operation in Afghanistan is a “NATO operation” in
name only. In quality and quantity, most of the forces there are from the
…
blog.heritage.org/2010/04/06/is-nato-a-pretend-alliance/