The New Dark Age

Afghan soldier fires on NATO troops, wounds 1
CNN
(CNN) — An Afghan soldier fled after he opened fire on NATO troops,
wounding one, military officials said Sunday. The injured Polish soldier
was …
www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/04/11/afghanistan.shooting/

Karzai tours with McChrystal after US feud
Washington Post
It was the third time Karzai had met elders with McChrystal recently, in
what NATO says is part of McChrystal’s strategy of emphasizing the Afghan
…
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/11/AR2010041101451.html

In Kandahar, coaxing Afghan police into training
Washington Post
Bureaucratic resistance, missing teachers and recruits dropping out are
among various frustrations US-led NATO forces face as they rush to train
Afghan …
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/10/AR2010041003791.html

Karzai, McChrystal side-by-side in Afghan north
Washington Post
By Deepa Babington KUNDUZ, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Afghan President Hamid
Karzai showed solidarity with NATO troops on Sunday, appearing at a meeting
of …
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/11/AR2010041100762.html

Ayalon to NATO official: Iran’s statements should worry world
Ynetnews
Deputy Foreign Minister Daniel Ayalon met with NATO Defense Policy
Assistant Secretary General Jiri Sedivy on Sunday and discussed with him
the upgrading of …
www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3874094,00.html

Iran rejects NATO chief’s claims
Press TV
The Iranian embassy in Copenhagen has responded to the NATO chief’s recent
claims about Tehran’s nuclear program, calling them “misleading false …
www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=122983&sectionid=351020104

Italy charity slams Afghan govt, NATO for arrests
Reuters AlertNet
A spokesman for the NATO-led international force said on Saturday no NATO
troops were involved in the arrest, but Strada said video footage of the
arrest …
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LDE63A0AR.htm

How to Build on the Start Treaty
New York Times
These talks should encompass missile defense, Russia’s relations with NATO,
the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty, the Intermediate-Range
Nuclear …
www.nytimes.com/2010/04/11/opinion/11shultz.html

Istanbul’s Polonezköy mourns following death of Polish president
Hurriyet Daily News
From 2004 to 2006, was Poland’s representative at NATO in Brussels. Gen.
G?gor was an author of numerous articles and publications on military
affairs and …
www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=poloneskoy-silenced-by-death-of-polish-president-2010-04-11

Eleven Years After The Bombing: Deadly Legacy of NATO’s Merciful Angel
allvoices
By Ljubica Vujadinovic A leading Serbian expert in the field says the
NATO’s use of depleted uranium ammunition in it’s aggression on Serbia has
caused …
www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/5580432-eleven-years-after-the-bombing-deadly-legacy-of-natos-merciful-angel

Polish air disaster Plane branded careless by Nato after 37 crashes
Scotsman
By David Leask NATO may have come up with the most appropriate call sign
for the Russian-made airliner that crashed yesterday. It was named
“Careless” after …
news.scotsman.com/viewarticle.aspx?sectionid=7000&articleid=6218163

Turkey’s bid to join NATO’s cyber defense team to be reviewed in May
Today’s Zaman
NATO’s cyber defense watchdog, located in Estonia, is very eager to see
Turkey, the largest military force in Europe, join its ranks, the
organization’s …
www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-207062-101-turkeys-bid-to-join-natos-cyber-defense-team-to-be-reviewed-in-may.html

Afghanistan beyond 2011 – it’s a done deal
rabble.ca (blog)
The proposed training role outlined by MacKay will surely be welcomed by
our partners in NATO who recently requested that Canada remain in
Afghanistan, …
rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/apicazo/2010/04/afghanistan-beyond-2011-its-done-deal

Should Obama draft an Arab-Israel plan?: Part 2. Hints at Obama plan
Examiner.com
The US or NATO would guarantee Israeli security, perhaps by stationing
troops along the Jordan River, to thwart invasion from the East (Helene
Cooper, …
www.examiner.com/x-7095-NY-Israel-Conflict-Examiner~y2010m4d10-Should-Obama-draft-an-ArabIsrael-plan—Part-2

45 killed as jets bomb LI hideouts in Tirah
Daily Times
The group is also accused of attacking NATO supply vehicles travelling
through the area into neighbouring Afghanistan. Khyber is on the main NATO
land …
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010%5C04%5C11%5Cstory_11-4-2010_pg7_3

Icelandic Foreign Minister Remembers Polish President
IcelandReview
“The first time in relation with a NATO summit in Strasbourg and then I
met him with the President of Iceland at the UN headquarters last
September. …
www.icelandreview.com/icelandreview/daily_news/?cat_id=16539&ew_0_a_id=360543

Stanford Eastern Europe scholar: Despite catastrophe, ‘Poland will survive’
Stanford University News
The Poles are in the European Union and NATO – as are the Baltic
countries. And within those organizations, they are the most wary of
Russian intentions. …
news.stanford.edu/news/2010/april/poland-scholar-qanda-041010.html

Reuters World News Highlights at 0900 GMT, Apr 11
Forexyard
KUNDUZ, Afghanistan – Afghan President Hamid Karzai showed solidarity with
NATO troops on Sunday, appearing at a meeting of elders alongside the US
and NATO …
www.forexyard.com/en/news/Reuters-World-News-Highlights-at-0900-GMT-Apr-11-2010-04-11T095735Z

Whale watchers shadow huge war games off coast
The Herald
Scotland is the focus of a mass gathering of NATO armed forces involving 21
surface vessels, headed by the aircraft carrier Ark Royal, five submarines
and …
www.heraldscotland.com/news/transport-environment/whale-watchers-shadow-huge-war-games-off-coast-1.1019849

Clinton, Gates seek to calm Karzai tensions
Washington Post
McChrystal is the top US and NATO commander in Afghanistan. Both Gates and
Clinton said Karzai was sensitive to critical stories about him in the
Western …
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/11/AR2010041101495.html

Sweden to invest in new submarines
The Local
… conceded that the Baltic Sea area remained stable, with only
Kaliningrad and St. Petersburg breaking the circle of EU and
NATO-affiliated countries. …
www.thelocal.se/26006/20100411/

Swiss minister defends his country as a “neutral” state
Khabrein.info
… Ueli Maurer assured on Saturday the need to preserve the “privacy of
Switzerland” as a neutral state that does not join the European Union or
NATO. …
www.khabrein.info/news/Swiss_minister_defends_his_country_as_a_neutral_state_1270960337/

Pakistan’s role in the new Asian Security Architecture
Pakistan Ledger (blog)
Russia had wanted to build the “Asian Security Pact” as a counterweight
to NATO, SEATO and CENTO. Islamabad had an option of of either joining the
Soviet or …
pakistanledger.com/2010/04/11/pakistans-role-in-the-new-asian-security-architecture/

Kyrgyzstan buries its dead
CNN
Kyrgyzstan, a former Soviet republic, houses the Manas Transit Center that
forms an important link in the supply line for United States and NATO
forces in …
www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/04/11/kyrgyzstan.burial/?hpt=T2

Lt. Gen. Ashkenazi expresses condolences to Polish military
Israel Defense Forces
“I met a commander, an amazing military man, who integrated his army in the
NATO pact,” continued the IDF Chief of the General Staff, and expressed his
…
dover.idf.il/IDF/English/News/today/10/04/1001.htm

Strategic dialogue with America
The Nation, Pakistan
We have been fighting this war along with the US and NATO allies for the
last eight years. Ever since General (retd) Pervez Musharraf surrendered to
Bush’s …
www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/Opinions/Columns/11-Apr-2010/Strategic-dialogue-with-America

HASH(0xb74cf74)
eTaiwan News
1999 – The 25th straight day of NATO attacks on Yugoslavia is the most
intense yet, with 500 missions pummeling refineries, bridges and dozens of
other …
www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1224478&lang=eng_news

US military aims to save more civilian lives in Afghanistan
MiamiHerald.com
Afghan investigators have alleged that US forces tried to cover up the
killings, and NATO was forced to backtrack on initial reports that implied
that …
www.miamiherald.com/2010/04/11/1574047/us-military-aims-to-save-more.html

Kyrgyzstan Another Soros “Color” Revolution
Before It’s News
It could affect US and NATO plans for the largest military offensive of the
Afghan war scheduled to begin in two months in Kandahar province. …
beforeitsnews.com/news/31939/Kyrgyzstan_Another_Soros_Color_Revolution.html

Support for Israel runs on party lines
Boston Globe
… as by lifelong Democrat Ed Koch (”It is unimaginable that the
president would treat any of our NATO allies, large or small, in such a
degrading fashion. …
www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2010/04/11/support_for_israel_runs_on_party_lines/

Prompt Global Strike: World Military Superiority Without Nuclear …
By richardrozoff
The US is boosting its military budget, unleashing NATO as a global
gendarme, and planning real-life exercises in Iran to test the efficiency
of the Prompt Global Strike initiative in practice. At the same time,
Washington is talking …
rickrozoff.wordpress.com/2010/04/10/prompt-global-strike-world-military-superiority-without-nuclear-weapons/

THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS: REPORT: KARZAI THREATENING TO HALT NATO OFFENSIVE
By Reliapundit
The president of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, has cast doubt over Nato’s
planned summer offensive against the Taliban in the southern province of
Kandahar, as more than 10000 American troops pour in for the fight. …
astuteblogger.blogspot.com/2010/04/report-karzai-threatening-to-halt-nato.html

Turkey’s bid to join NATO’s cyber defense team to be reviewed in …
By Cabatli_53
Membership in the CCDCOE is open to all NATO members. Turkey was the first
to formally apply for a seat at the now seven member center charged with
developing defense tactics for the ever-growing security threats in
cyberspace. …
trdefence.com/?p=380

Nanchang Q-5 NATO Code: Fantan – Pakistan Defence Forum
By luftwaffe
The Nanchang Q-5 (NATO reporting name ‘Fantan’), also known as the A-5 in
its export versions, is a Chinese-built jet ground-attack aircraft. The.
www.defence.pk/forums/military-photos-multimedia/53875-nanchang-q-5-nato-code-fantan.html

Military News – More NATO troops needed for Afghanistan success …
WASHINGTON — Defence Minister Peter MacKay warned Canada’s NATO allies
Friday the military alliance cannot take its “foot off the gas” in
Afghanistan, simply because the United States is about to send 17000 more
troops to the country. …
www.military-world.net/Afghanistan/3670.html

Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, threatens to block Nato offensive …
By Lucianne.com
Times [UK], by Stephen Grey Posted By: Photoonist- Sun, 11 Apr 2010
04:16:19 GMT Kandahar ‘ The president of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, has
cast doubt over Nato’s planned summer offensive against the Taliban in the
southern province of …
www.newmediablog.com/2010/04/afghan-president-hamid-karzai-threatens-to-block-nato-offensive/

Free Thought Manifesto: US-NATO Fuel New Arms Race In The Middle East
By Cavalier Zee
US-NATO Fuel New Arms Race In The Middle East. Making A Killing By Finian
Cunningham March 30, 2010. Courtesy Of Global Research. The Middle East, a
byword for political instability and conflict, is witnessing a renewed arms
race, …
freethoughtmanifesto.blogspot.com/2010/04/us-nato-fuel-new-arms-race-in-middle.html

Shift supervisors nato (british)
By gabriel1977
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www.closeprotectionworld.co.uk/current-vacancies/30033-shift-supervisors-nato-british.html

Karzai’s Push Back: Threatens To Cancel NATO’s Major Kandahar …
By Drillanwr
Karzai Casts Doubt Over Major Kandahar Offensive Sunday Times Afghan
president threatened to delay or even cancel NATO’s Kandahar offensive —
www.infidelsparadise.com/?p=23181

Who made America the world police?Why can’t the N.A.T.O. countries …
By admin
Secondly NATO is a defense pact made from multiple countries, including the
US and as such their is politics involved. They are not a single conhesive
army. Third, it’s American politicians that decide to send those brave
young men and …
www.dirkbradshaw.com/?p=18863

A Conversation with Nato Thompson By Chelsea Hain … | nachhaltiger.net
By Carl Jonas
A Conversation with Nato Thompson By Chelsea Haines The creation of a
journal, such as “127 Prince,” on social art practice speaks to some larger
issues not only about art.
nachhaltiger.net/index.php/2010/04/news/a-conversation-with-nato-thompsonby-chelsea-hain/

natowelch: Watching the War
By Nato Welch
Nato Welch ( [info] natowelch) wrote, @ 2010-04-10 18:38:00. Previous Entry
· Add to memories! Share this! Next Entry. Watching the War. Cross-posted
from n8o.r30.net: I’ve been meaning to mention that I’ve been watching
Starcraft II …
natowelch.livejournal.com/482654.html

Glitches hound OAV in Hong Kong — reports | kontradaya.org
By nato
News Release April 12, 2010. Glitches hound OAV in Hong Kong. Several
glitches happened on the second day of voting for overseas Filipinos in
Hong Kong, based on reports gathered by the watchdog group Kontra Daya. …
kontradaya.org/?p=434

How to Build on the Start Treaty “ Tribuna Libre
By jose
The Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty enabled NATO and Warsaw Pact
nations to make significant reductions in conventional armaments and to
limit conventional deployments. Today, there is still a need for limiting
conventional …
www.almendron.com/tribuna/29566/how-to-build-on-the-start-treaty/

On visit to increasingly violent north, Afghan president calls on …
Also Sunday, NATO said an Afghan soldier shot and lightly wounded a Polish
soldier with whom he had been arguing. The Afghan soldier fled after the
shooting and was being sought by Afghan and international forces. …
www.washingtonexaminer.com/world/1-polish-soldier-lightly-wounded-in-attack-by-rogue-afghan-trooper-still-being-sought-90555379.html
World
www.washingtonexaminer.com/rss/?section=%2Fworld

Unshred America: Clinging to Power – The Art of Blackmail
By UnshredAmerica
For NATO, threats and diplomatic pressures have had no results whatsoever.
The attempt to create grassroots democracy as a counter to Taliban and
Karzai dictatorial efforts has fallen flat on its face, as local tribal
cabals (often …
unshred.blogspot.com/2010/04/clinging-to-power-art-of-blackmail.html

NATO forces to launch Kandahar offensive – Afghanistan- msnbc.com
A senior military official is confirming that NATO forces in June will
launch a major offensive in the Afghanistan city of Kandahar.
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36088492/

NATO – Opinion: ”Afghanistan and the Future of Peace Operations …
You won’t be surprised to hear that much of my day is spent on the
management of the organization, NATO, and our operations, most obviously
Afghanistan. …
www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/opinions_62510.htm

NATO probes German killing of Afghan soldiers – NATO : news, world …
NATO – NATO probes German killing of Afghan soldiers. euronews :
Independent, international news from a European standpoint, including
politics, …
www.euronews.net/2010/04/03/nato-probes-german-killing-of-afghan-soldiers/

NATO acknowledges deaths of five civilians during night raid
The NATO-led force in Afghanistan acknowledged on Sunday that it had killed
five Afghan civilians, including.
www.nationalpost.com/news/world/afghanistan/story.html?id=2762634