The New Dark Age

NATO: Joint Force Captures Taliban Sub-Commander in Afghanistan
Voice of America
NATO says a joint Afghan and international security force has captured a
Taliban sub-commander and killed several insurgents. NATO says it captured
two …
www1.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Afghan-Joint-Force-Captures-Taliban-Sub-Commander-92039119.html

Nato tankers attacked in Pakistan
Aljazeera.net
Twelve Nato oil tankers have been set alight and four policemen killed when
unknown gunmen opened fire in Talagang, a town in Pakistan’s Punjab
province. …
english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2010/04/2010424191518201134.html

Russia ready for missile defense cooperation with NATO: Rogozin
Tehran Times
BRUSSELS (Itar-Tass) — Russia is ready to discuss missile defense
cooperation with NATO, Russian Permanent Representative to the North
Atlantic Alliance …
www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=218219

Afghanistan says 4-5 years to take over security
Washington Post
NATO foreign ministers agreed at a meeting in Tallinn, Estonia, last week
on a plan to begin turning over responsibility for security in some
provinces to …
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/25/AR2010042501237.html

80 Afghan schoolgirls sick in week; poison feared
The Associated Press
NATO said a helicopter belonging to a civilian contractor was forced to
make an emergency landing in Farah, but said the landing was due to
reported …
www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hvWEqwq3CrRvaQCmt21MfoYhjZJQD9FA33H81

BiH welcomes NATO’s decision on MAP
Southeast European Times
In Sarajevo, High Representative Valentin Inzko welcomed the NATO foreign
ministers’ decision and again called on Bosnian authorities to resolve the
…
www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/newsbriefs/setimes/newsbriefs/2010/04/25/nb-01

Impose peace in the Middle East, Abbas tells Obama
Tampabay.com
A suicide car bomber attacked a prison van while gunmen torched six NATO
oil tankers in strikes Saturday that killed four Pakistani police officers
and …
www.tampabay.com/news/impose-peace-in-the-middle-east-abbas-tells-obama/1090217

Abdullah bin Zayed partakes in NATO foreign ministers’ meeting
WAM – Emirates News Agency
Tallin, Estonia, 24 April 2010 (WAM) – Foreign Minister HH Sheikh Abdullah
bin Zayed Al Nahyan participated today the NATO foreign ministers meeting
in …
www.wam.org.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1267001337453&p=1135099400124&pagename=WAM%2FWamLocEnews%2FW-T-LEN-FullNews

Multi-billion dollar smuggling in garb of Nato, ISAF supplies
The News International
By By Ikram Hoti ISLAMABAD: A massive multi-billion dollar smuggling racket
exploiting the ISAF-Nato supply route through Pakistan was busted on
Friday. …
www.thenews.com.pk/print1.asp?id=235913

Georgia’s ‘Little War’ Raises Big Questions
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
And the key moment in that was the [2002 NATO] Prague Summit where we
completed the so-called “big bang” enlargement of NATO [to] Central and
East Europe …
www.rferl.org/content/Interview_Georgias_Little_War_Raises_Big_Questions/2023466.html

Karzai to meet PM on Monday to discuss ties
Economic Times
NEW DELHI: As the US and NATO finetune a plan to start handing over parts
of Afghanistan to the Afghan leadership by the end of this year, Afghan
President …
economictimes.indiatimes.com/Dateline-India/articleshow/5854469.cms

ATTRITION: The Ash Of Doom
Strategy Page
April 25, 2010: NATO nations in the path of recent Icelandic volcanic ash
clouds, had to ground their combat aircraft. Even though the skies might
seem …
www.strategypage.com/htmw/htatrit/articles/20100425.aspx

Afghan scenario lends extraordinariness
Pakistan Observer
Islamabad—The NATO foreign ministers collective concurrence, arrived at
their historic Tallin conference in Estonia on Saturday, to hand over
security and …
pakobserver.net/detailnews.asp?id=27630

Witnessing the making of foreign policy aboard FM’s plane
Hurriyet Daily News
I have covered numerous trips abroad of Turkish foreign ministers and many
international summits, especially for NATO and the European Union. …
www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=witnessing-the-making-of-foreign-policy-on-board-2010-04-25

Militants killed in Afghan raids: officials
Bangkok Post
Afghan security forces backed by NATO troops and air power killed around 20
Taliban insurgents in a region of northern Afghanistan that is becoming …
www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/175700/militants-killed-in-afghan-raids-officials

Richard Holbrooke Had Better Cut the ‘Baloney’
Worldmeets.us
“He claims that the Taliban insurgency carries out its attacks on American
and NATO forces in Afghanistan from sanctuaries inside Pakistan’s tribal
region. …
worldmeets.us/thefrontierpost000045.shtml

US Military Deaths
NewsOK.com
Two US soldiers were killed in a gunbattle with insurgents in eastern
Afghanistan, NATO said Friday. A soldier died of noncombat-related
injuries on …
www.newsok.com/u.s.-military-deaths/article/3456656?custom_click=pod_headline_middle-east

Poll: Yes to NATO, but only as Macedonia
MINA
Sixty-five percent of the Macedonian citizens consider that Macedonia
should not change the name to join NATO, show results of public opinion
poll conducted …
macedoniaonline.eu/content/view/13580/2/

Afghan forces stop FC from fencing Torkham border
Daily Times
Meanwhile, NATO officials intervened in the matter to resolve the standoff,
requesting the FC to stop putting up barbed wire until the two sides could
…
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010%5C04%5C25%5Cstory_25-4-2010_pg7_27

Merkel mourns German troops killed in Afghanistan
euronews
Despite providing the third largest NATO contingent, polls show a large
majority of people in Germany oppose it’s involvement in the conflict.
www.euronews.net/2010/04/24/merkel-mourns-german-troops-killed-in-afghanistan/

RCMP Expected to Remain in Afghanistan after Canada’s Military Mission in …
allvoices
NATO this weekend declared that more of the responsiblity for Afghanistan’s
security will be handed over to Afghan authorities. …
www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/5679455-rcmp-expected-to-remain-in-afghanistan-after-canadas-military-mission-in-afghanistan-ends

Taliban Kill Four In Morning Ambush
NewsTime
Most of NATO’s supplies for troops in Afghanistan past through Pakistan and
the Taliban have been engaging in ambushes on these convoys as they gain
more …
www.newstime.co.za/rs_headlines.asp?recid=4866

Turkish, Serbian leaders to join Srebrenica ceremonies in Bosnia
http://www.worldbulletin.net
Noting that before the summit, an important step was taken on
Bosnia-Herzegovina’s NATO membership path, Gul said that Bosnia was invited
to membership …
www.worldbulletin.net/news_detail.php?id=57588

4 cops killed, 12 tankers torched
Pakistan Observer
Tila a Gang—Twelve oil tankers transporting fuel for Nato were set on
fire by miscreants also killing four policemen in Tala Gang area on
Saturday. …
pakobserver.net/detailnews.asp?id=27626

Belarus leader raps Russia, may snub security summit
Washington Post
ODKB countries control a key land route from Europe to Afghanistan, and the
group is often billed as a regional counterweight to NATO. …
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/25/AR2010042501080.html

Truman Was Right; Netanyahu Would Be Right
American Thinker
Does any NATO member — like Poland, like Estonia — sleep more soundly
with this ringing declaration of confusion, this uncertain trumpet? …
www.americanthinker.com/2010/04/truman_was_right_netanyahu_wou.html

AFGHANISTAN: NEW US PUTTING BRITISH TROOPS AT RISK
Express.co.uk
“You’ve got to ask: are we fighting the Taliban or Nato?” Formerly
soldiers under attack were allowed to retaliate with force, even calling in
air support. …
www.express.co.uk/posts/view/171270/Afghanistan-New-US-putting-British-troops-at-risk

Al-Sadr advisers clarify offer of military aid to government
Seattle Times
Pakistan attack: A suicide car bomber attacked a prison van while gunmen
torched six NATO oil tankers in separate strikes Saturday that killed four
…
seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2011695619_afghan25.html

Russia Says Polish Plane Crash Probe to Build Ties
New York Times
… divided by historical grievances and present-day disputes over missile
defense, NATO enlargement, gas pipelines and other issues. …
www.nytimes.com/reuters/2010/04/24/world/international-us-russia-poland-crash.html

Novel shows Vietnam through a different lens: Life at Fort Ord provided …
Monterey County Herald
When her mother, Carmel resident Sandrine Belanger, got a job as an
interpreter for NATO, the young Soli moved with her mother to the
organization’s …
www.montereyherald.com/entertainment/ci_14956019

Officials: 25 militants killed in NW Pakistan
The Associated Press
That tribal region is dominated by Taliban militants from the Haqqani
network, which launches attacks against American and NATO forces across the
border in …
www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hkiMxbHNH0BqgpWA2ZG6VD6wVTmAD9F9IR880

The Dignified Rant: Preserve NATO
By Brian J. Dunn
And NATO, however useless as a military alliance in practice when the
alliance doesn’t have to defend in place against a military threat, is
useful as an alliance of nations to counter the rise of an anti-democratic
European Union that …
thedignifiedrant.blogspot.com/2010/04/preserve-nato.html

aangirfan: NATO INVENTED THE ASH CLOUD?
By Anon
NATO was carrying out a large airforce exercise in Europe between 12 April
and 22 April 2010. On 25 April 2010, The Mail on Sunday (The ash cloud that
never was.) reports that: 1. During the crisis, the main aircraft used by
the UK …
aangirfan.blogspot.com/2010/04/nato-invented-ash-cloud.html

Russia’s view of Nato. “ The Waspsnest
By Wasp
NATO´s meeting this Thursday in the Estonian capital city, Tallinn, was a
group hug among the twenty-eight member states desperate to find a reason
to exist, other than providing a gentleman’s club and a marketplace for the
weapons …
www.waspsnest.com/2010/04/24/russias-view-of-nato

Dozen NATO tankers burned in Pakistan | Rebel News – Independent …
By PressTV
Militants have killed at least four police officers in a gun battle
following an attack on a NATO fuel cargo in eastern Pakistan which left a
dozen tankers ablaze. Unknown gunmen attacked oil tankers.
www.rebelnews.org/politics/asia-pacific/216352-dozen-nato-tankers-burned-in-pakistan

CanadianSense: Quebecers out of touch vs R.O.C. ( N.A.T.O & U.S.)
By CanadianSense
Quebecers out of touch vs R.O.C. ( N.A.T.O & U.S.). Are all Quebecers
unique, pessimistic in their opposition to the mission or any armed
conflict? Are both English and French Quebecers equally opposed to the
mission? …
canadiansense.blogspot.com/2010/04/quebecers-out-of-touch-vs-roc-nato-us.html

Dozen NATO tankers burn in Pakistan – Another World Is Possible
By editor
Militants Armed men have killed at least four police officers in a gun
battle following an attack on a NATO fuel cargo in eastern Pakistan which
left a dozen tankers ablaze. Unknown gunmen They attacked oil tankers bound
for a US base …
www.a-w-i-p.com/index.php/news/2010/04/25/dozen-nato-tankers-burn-in-pakistan

Four policemen killed in Nato tankers attack “ CNet World
By admin
CNet world Tila Gang: Twelve oil tankers transporting fuel for Nato were
set on fire by miscreants also killing four policemen in Tila Gang area,
RPO Aslam Tarin told Areview News Saturday. Popularity: unranked [?] …
cnetworld.co.cc/mfarhanonline/news/pakistan-news/four-policemen-killed-in-nato-tankers-attack-3/

Nato allied long lines agency | Gasterbato.spb.su medical archive
By admin
Nato allied long lines agency, next floods domination-this is the self-love
something of a individual drug that has been said. You have to direct the
science.
gasterbato.spb.su/2010/04/25/nato-allied-long-lines-agency/

Turkey prevails against top NATO powers in Bosnia case | A G O R A
By Agora
by SERKAN DEM?RTA? Turkey’s months-long campaign to set the course for
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s future NATO membership has yielded a positive
result.
agora-dialogue.com/?p=5123

News Essentials: NATO sets strategy to exit Afghanistan
By World Watch
He said he hoped that the Afghan government and the international community
would endorse the plan at a conference to be held in Kabul in mid-July,
with the transfer of duties starting in November, when NATO holds its next
summit in …
newsessentials.blogspot.com/2010/04/nato-sets-strategy-to-exit-afghanistan.html

PHOTOGRAPHS: NATO CHOCOLATE CREAM SOLDIERS INTEND A COWARDLY …
By Karmal
At least 20 Taliban militants have been killed in northern Afghanistan in
separate operations carried out by Afghan and NATO troops, a security
official says. In one incident in Saheb district of the Kunduz province on
Friday, …
natural-beauty-pavocavalry.blogspot.com/2010/04/nato-chocolate-cream-soldiers-intend.html

Afghanistan: NATO approves plan to hand over Afghanistan security …
By Fakhria
TALLINN, ESTONIA — NATO members adopted a framework Friday for turning
over security in Afghanistan to that country’s government, and senior
officials said they want to begin the transition this year. …
afghanistaninfo.blogspot.com/2010/04/nato-approves-plan-to-hand-over.html

PM Gilani orders probe into Nato tankers attack
By Daily Newspaper
TILA GANG: The fire erupted on Nato oil supply tankers during attack from
unknown miscreants has been brought under control after six hours of rescue
efforts, Geo news reported.
www.dailynewspaper.us/27912/pm-gilani-orders-probe-into-nato-tankers-attack.html

World United: Dozen NATO tankers burn in Pakistan
By Stewart
Pakistan is the main supply route for the US and NATO forces in Afghanistan
who receive up to 80 percent of their supplies via routes that pass through
Khyber region in the northwestern Pakistan and the southwestern Chaman
border …
worldunited-stewart.blogspot.com/2010/04/dozen-nato-tankers-burn-in-pakistan.html

A Nuclear Spring? – The Washington Note
By Steve Clemons
Second, as NATO drafts its Strategic Concept, the role of deterrence and
nuclear weapons is crucial. The U.S. maintains some 200 old theater nuclear
weapons at a handful of NATO bases. The Russians meanwhile have several
thousand …
www.thewashingtonnote.com/archives/2010/04/a_nuclear_sprin/

Cold War Targets: The Soviet HEN Class “ AW1 Tim’s Blog
By AW1 Tim
The missiles carried were the R-13 ( NATO SS-N-Sark) for the Hotel I class,
and the R-21 (NATO SS-N-5 Serb) for the HOTEL II class. The former had a
range of ~350 NM. The latter had a new gas-ejection system which allowed
the HOTEL-II …
aw1tim.wordpress.com/2010/04/25/cold-war-targets-the-soviet-hen-class/

piglipstick: “Exit Strategy” To Mollify The Rubes Back Home
By nolocontendere
Amazingly, initial indications are that the “exit strategy” won’t
involve actually removing any troops, but instead will hand over select
provinces to the Karzai government while keeping the NATO troops there too
for support. …
piglipstick.blogspot.com/2010/04/exit-strategy-to-mollify-rubes-back.html

NATO: Trying to Find a Strategic Concept or Looking for a Strategy …
NATO´s meeting this Thursday in the Estonian capital city, Tallinn, was a
group hug among the twenty-eight member states desperate to find a reason
to exist …
english.pravda.ru/world/europe/22-04-2010/113149-nato_tallinn-0