The New Dark Age

US Urging NATO to Maintain Nuclear Deterrent
New York Times
By MARK LANDLER TALLINN, Estonia — Fresh off signing a strategic nuclear
arms deal with Russia, the United States is parrying a push by NATO allies
to …
www.nytimes.com/2010/04/23/world/europe/23diplo.html

Russia Criticises NATO’s Afghan Anti – Drug Efforts
New York Times
By REUTERS DUSHANBE (Reuters) – A top Russian security official criticised
NATO’s forces in Afghanistan on Thursday for failing to halt drug
trafficking …
www.nytimes.com/reuters/2010/04/22/world/international-uk-russia-afghanistan-drugs.html

NATO: Shooting victims were 4 Afghan civilians
The Associated Press
KABUL — NATO acknowledged Wednesday that four unarmed Afghans who were
killed this week when a military convoy opened fire on their vehicle were
all …
www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hvWEqwq3CrRvaQCmt21MfoYhjZJQD9F7HE9O0

NATO’s Future Debated as Clinton Goes to Estonia
CBS News
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is heading to a meeting of NATO
ministers in Estonia. (CBS/Karin Cooper) (AP) Secretary of State Hillary
Rodham Clinton …
www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/04/21/politics/main6417727.shtml

US can maintain Kyrgyz air base, Clinton says
The Associated Press
… in Kyrgyzstan that the United States will retain access to the Manas
air base,” Clinton told reporters on the sidelines of a NATO summit in
Estonia. …
www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iaQRLtONCsE-NngOUKrdikdjDQ4gD9F850LG2

NATO Apologizes For Killing 4 Unarmed Afghans, Admits They Weren’t ‘Known …
Huffington Post (blog)
NATO apologizes for killing 4 unarmed Afghans, says it was a “mistake” to
claim they were insurgents. The victims, their family claims, were
civilians …
www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/21/nato-apologizes-for-killi_n_546355.html

NATO’S top commander in Afghanistan visits Germany to discuss new strategy
Deutsche Welle
The commander of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan
has traveled to Berlin to convince German leaders of NATO’s new
“partnering” …
www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,5490172,00.html

ROAR: Road to NATO “closed for Ukraine” after Black Sea Fleet deal
RT
This means that Russia will keep its presence in the Crimea at least for 30
years, and “the road to NATO will be closed for Ukraine for a long
time,” the …
rt.com/Politics/2010-04-22/roar-politics-ukraine-russia.html

Bosnia takes step toward NATO
European Voice
By Toby Vogel Bosnia and Herzegovina is tomorrow expected to get the green
light to enter a NATO programme that prepares would-be members for
accession to …
www.europeanvoice.com/article/2010/04/bosnia-takes-step-toward-nato/67778.aspx

Cooperation with NATO Should Be Full-fledged: Lavrov
CRIENGLISH.com
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday that cooperation with NATO on
the construction of a missile defense system in Europe should be
full-fledged. …
english.cri.cn/6966/2010/04/22/189s564943.htm

NATO’s Common European Roof
The Moscow Times
The proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their means of
delivery is a threat to both the NATO allies and Russia. A look at current
trends shows …
www.themoscowtimes.com/opinion/article/natos-common-european-roof/404492.html

Serbia TV tower demolished by NATO reopens
BusinessWeek
Authorities have reopened a landmark TV tower outside the Serbian capital
that was demolished during NATO air strikes on April 29, 1999. …
www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9F7K6V80.htm

Ukrainian Ambassador to Azerbaijan believes in country’s entry in EC and NATO
Azerbaijan Business Center
According to him, Ukraine did not refuse intention to enter in NATO and the
European Union (EU) as well. “We have many programmes of cooperation with
NATO …
abc.az/eng/news_22_04_2010_44426.html

Afghan election body’s chief calls on gov’t, NATO to ensure security for elections
People’s Daily Online
The newly-appointed Chief of Afghanistan’s Independent Election Commission
(IEC) Fazal Ahmad Manawi on Thursday called on Afghan government and
NATO-led …
english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90777/90851/6960314.html

REPUBLIC OF KOREA JOINS ISAF as A NON NATO CONTRIBUTING NATION
Australian Department of Defence
The Chief of the Defence Force, Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston, today
acknowledged that the NATO Secretary General has formally welcomed the
Republic of …
www.defence.gov.au/media/DepartmentalTpl.cfm?CurrentId=10177

What sort of air defence did we have in Europe when the ash cloud grounded …
Strategy Page
NATO air force planes were grounded, particularly fighters ( link ), so
would the RAF for instance have been able or willing to send up
interceptors if the …
www.strategypage.com/militaryforums/6-70660.aspx

Secretary General to speak on NATO Transformation in Brussels
ISRIA (registration)
The NATO Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, will give a speech on
“NATO Transformation” at the Belgian Royal High Institute for Defence
in Brussels …
www.isria.com/pages/22_April_2010_103.php

Draft changes to Romania Constitution include articles regulating NATO and EU …
HotNews.co
Romania has been a member of the EU since 2007 and joined NATO in 2004, so
articles 148 and 149 of the Constition should have simply be removed, …
english.hotnews.ro/stiri-politics-7158609-draft-changes-romania-constitution-include-articles-regulating-nato-and-accession-aim-accomplished-back-2004-and-2007-respectively.htm

Patriot battery seen in Poland late May
Washington Post
The temporary deployment of the battery, along with a 100-man team to
operate it, is part of a Polish-US agreement signed late last year to
upgrade the NATO …
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/21/AR2010042102775.html

DECISIVE ANALYTICS Corporation Executive Becomes Chairman of the NATO …
PR Newswire (press release)
He succeeds Robert Bell, formerly of SAIC, who became the Defense Advisor,
US Mission NATO effective April 19, 2010. The NIAG, first established in
1968, …
www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/decisive-analytics-corporation-executive-becomes-chairman-of-the-nato-industrial-advisory-group-91741759.html

Interim Kyrgyz leaders race to referendum and elections
Financial Times
Mr Tekebayev said the future of the military airbase the US leases outside
Bishkek to support Nato operations in Afghanistan will not be reviewed
until a …
www.ft.com/cms/s/a5bd225a-4dec-11df-b437-00144feab49a.html

Turkish FM heralds Bosnia’s NATO bid in Belgrade
Hurriyet Daily News
NATO’s long-expected approval of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s membership bid
will likely be given during Thursday’s foreign ministers’ meeting in
Estonia, …
www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=fm-heralds-bosnia8217s-nato-bid-in-belgrade-2010-04-21

Britain to continue with Czech troops training
Prague Daily Monitor
Prague, April 21 (CTK) – British military experts will help train NATO
soldiers in the Czech Military Academy in Vy?kov, south Moravia, for
another five …
praguemonitor.com/2010/04/22/britain-continue-czech-troops-training

Battle brews on missiles in Europe
Politico
Carl Levin argued for the administration’s plan during a hearing, saying it
would protect all of NATO Europe by 2018. AP Republicans are blasting the
Obama …
www.politico.com/news/stories/0410/36167.html

Russia decides to buy French warship
Daily Times
The deal – the first such sale of advanced military technology by a NATO
country to Moscow – has proved controversial among Russia’s neighbours, …
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010%5C04%5C22%5Cstory_22-4-2010_pg4_5

UPI NewsTrack TopNews
UPI.com
KABUL, Afghanistan, April 21 (UPI) — NATO apologized Wednesday for the
shooting deaths of four unarmed Afghan civilians and for wrongly labeling
two of …
www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/04/21/UPI-NewsTrack-TopNews/UPI-51681271901600/

Pakistan, US undeterred by Afghan setback
Asia Times Online
In August 2008, Pakistan and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
launched a joint military campaign, “Operation Lion Heart”, with the
Pakistanis …
www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/LD23Df01.html

RAAF plane damaged by flare
The Australian
Better known for its maritime patrol work, the aircraft is gathering vital
intelligence on Taliban insurgents for the NATO-led International Security
…
www.theaustralian.com.au/news/raaf-plane-damaged-by-flare-on-board/story-e6frg8yo-1225857171807

On the war fronts
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Stanley McChrystal, the top US and NATO commander in Afghanistan, praised
Afghan President Hamid Karzai for his efforts to reach out to broad swaths
of the …
www.startribune.com/world/91771669.html?elr=KArks:DCiUBcy7hUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUr

The Netherlands Receives First NH90 NFH Helicopter
defpro
12:47 GMT, April 22, 2010 Today, the first Dutch NH90 NATO Frigate
Helicopter (NFH) has been transferred to the Dutch Defence Materiel
Organisation …
www.defpro.com/news/details/14704/

NATO apologizes for civilian deaths “ FILE22 NEWS – Your kind of news!
By eyewitness
NATO has apologized for the deaths of 4 Afghans shot by international
troops while fired on a vehicle on Monday in eastern Khost province because
it kept accelerating toward the military convoy despite warnings to stop.
…
www.file22.com/news/?p=513

NATO apologizes to win ‘hearts and minds’ “ P U L S E
By Jasmin Ramsey
When US General Stanley McChrystal became the commander of US and NATO
troops in Afghanistan, he announced plans to revise their strategy in
Afghanistan by implementing policies designed to win the ‘hearts and minds’
of the Afghan …
pulsemedia.org/2010/04/21/nato-apologizes-to-win-hearts-and-minds/

Clinton in Estonia for NATO talks focusing on Afghanistan, nuclear …
By Robert Burns
Clinton in Estonia for NATO meetingsTALLINN, Estonia — US Secretary of
State Hillary Rodham Clinton has arrived in the Baltic state of Estonia for
a meeting of NATO ministers to discuss Afghanistan and other issues.
blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/04/21/clinton-in-estonia-for-nato-talks-focusing-on-afghanistan-nuclear-policy-missile-defense-30362/

Clinton in Estonia for NATO meetings | The Daily Caller – Breaking …
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has
arrived in the Baltic state of Estonia for a meeting of NATO ministers to
discuss.
dailycaller.com/2010/04/21/clinton-in-estonia-for-nato-meetings/

NATO Admits Four Killed Were Civilians, Not ‘Insurgents’ — News …
By Jason Ditz
After the initial denial, NATO is now expressing “regret” over the
killings, the second incident of NATO troops attacking a civilian vehicle
in a week, and promised to deploy “training teams” to “implement the
critical lessons learned. …
news.antiwar.com/2010/04/21/nato-admits-four-killed-were-civilians-not-insurgents/

NATO open door policy is in force | Hotels in Tbilisi
By hotels
The position of the NATO towards Georgia has not been changed – the
Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Anders Fogh
Rasmussen announced before the opening of the NATO Ministerial in Tallinn
today.
www.hotels.ltd.ge/nato-open-door-policy-is-in-force/

NATO Teamwork Event – Friday 23rd April – Project Reality Forums
By [R-COM]Robbi
“ Blue guys are Green guys too!” Once again we’d like to bring you another
excellent teamwork event, this Friday the 23rd at 18:00 PRT. -The server
will be.
www.realitymod.com/forum/f376-pr-event-news/80277-nato-teamwork-event-friday-23rd-april.html

Clinton in Estonia for NATO meetings | Fiza News
By Fiza News
Clinton in Estonia for NATO meetings – Read latest News at Pakistan leading
English Newspaper Online.
www.fizanews.com/2010/04/22/clinton-in-estonia-for-nato-meetings/

NATO Admits Killing 4 Afghan Civilians — Signs of the Times News
NATO has acknowledged that the US-led forces in Afghanistan have killed
four civilians in the war-torn country’s southeastern province of Khost.
The alliance had earlier had claimed that two militants were killed when
foreign troops …
www.sott.net/articles/show/207255-NATO-Admits-Killing-4-Afghan-Civilians

NATO to debate future of nuclear arms in Europe
By admin
(Reuters) – NATO ministers meeting in Estonia on Thursday will debate the
future of battlefield nuclear weapons and relations with Russia after
Washington and Moscow agreed a major arms reduction treaty this month. …
www.viewsontopnews.com/world/nato-to-debate-future-of-nuclear-arms-in-europe/

LOATAY.COM – NATO confirms Afghans killed by convoy were civilians
By admin
Yesterday, NATO said it had described two of the victims as insurgents
because their fingerprints matched those in a military biometric database.
But their presence in the database does not necessarily mean they were
insurgents. …
loatay.com/nato-confirms-afghans-killed-by-convoy-were-civilians/

Jaanika Erne “ Blog Archive “ Informal Meeting of NATO Foreign …
By Jaanika Erne
Ideas on Europe aims to invigorate current discussion on Europe by
providing an impartial, unbiased online platform where individuals can
engage in informed analysis, comment, dialogue and debate.
jaanikaerne.ideasoneurope.eu/2010/04/22/informal-meeting-of-nato-foreign-ministers-in-tallinn/

world news “ Blog Archive “ NATO ministers meet on Afghan trainers …
By Agence France-Presse
TALLINN: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Estonia Thursday
for talks with her NATO counterparts about the alliance’s role in nuclear
defence and ways to drum up more trainers for the Afghan army. …
world.sompost.com/?p=3781

NATO apologizes for civilian deaths | ICT magazine
NATO has apologized for the deaths of four Afghans shot by international
troops, VOA reports. The alliance said their report describing two of those
killed as known insurgents was incorrect.
www.ictmag.info/politics/nato-apologizes-for-civilian-deaths/

BBC News – Nato troops pull out of flashpoint Taliban valley
Nato troops pull out of a Taliban stronghold valley in eastern Afghanistan,
commanders say.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8620061.stm

NATO troops kill unarmed teens – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting …
NATO troops have opened fire on a vehicle in south-east Afghanistan,
killing four unarmed Afghans, the alliance said.
www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/04/21/2878345.htm

Newsvine – Clinton in Estonia for NATO meetings
TALLINN — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has arrived in
the Baltic state of Estonia for a meeting of NATO ministers to discuss
Afghanistan …
www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/21/4188073-clinton-in-estonia-for-nato-meetings

NATO strikes killing more Afghan civilians | MichaelMoore.com
KABUL — Deaths of Afghan civilians by NATO troops have more than doubled
this year, NATO statistics show, jeopardizing a U.S. campaign to win over
the local …
www.michaelmoore.com/words/latest-news/nato-strikes-killing-more-afghan-civilians

“Death to America” Fury at NATO Massacre in Kandahar – Pravda.Ru
Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai has condemned another NATO massacre of
civilians in Afghanistan, the latest in its blase Wham! Bam! …
english.pravda.ru/world/asia/13-04-2010/112999-death_nato_massacre-0