Russia offers olive branch as NATO joins parade
Reuters
Most of the Soviet war veterans attending the parade seemed unconcerned by
the presence of NATO soldiers, though they did not applaud when they
marched past …
www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6480OP20100509

Afghan, NATO soldiers among 24 killed in Afghanistan – Summary
Earthtimes (press release)
By : dpa Kabul – A NATO soldier, three Afghan army personnel and 16
insurgents were killed in separate clashes in Afghanistan, and Taliban
militants …
www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/322734,afghan-nato-soldiers-among-24-killed-in-afghanistan—summary.html

Shootings of Afghans on Rise at Checkpoints
New York Times
By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr. KABUL, Afghanistan — Shootings of Afghan
civilians by American and NATO convoys and at military checkpoints have
spiked sharply …
www.nytimes.com/2010/05/09/world/asia/09afghan.html

NATO Observes Unmanned Aircraft
NewsBlaze
By Sgt. Will Hill CAMP ATTERBURY JOINT MANEUVER TRAINING CENTER, Ind. –
NATO representatives from around the world visited Camp Atterbury Joint
Maneuver …
newsblaze.com/story/20100509071252zmil.nb/topstory.html

Tensions between Eikenberry, McChrystal will be focus of their Washington visit
Washington Post
Their views have diverged despite shared experience: Eikenberry served 18
months as the NATO commander in Afghanistan, the job McChrystal now holds,
…
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/08/AR2010050803391.html

NATO: Global Military Bloc Finalizes 21st Century Strategic Doctrine
Australia.TO
In Brussels in the first week of May NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh
Rasmussen delivered his urbi et orbi (to the city and the world) monthly
address, …
australia.to/2010/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2595:nato-global-military-bloc-finalizes-21st-century-strategic-doctrine&catid=52:world&Itemid=166

FM to meet EU leaders over Cheonan row
Korea Times
He will also deliver a speech to the 28 members of the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization (NATO). Yu plans to meet EU leaders, including EU
foreign policy …
www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2010/05/120_65600.html

Obama: US, Russia must fight terrorism together
The Associated Press
Obama gingerly dealt with the issue of an expanded NATO, a sore subject
with Russia as former Soviet states join or seek to join the western
alliance. …
www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jH0YjpygDi5_ckf0EOh5tBGbOnMAD9FIS9HO0

Taleban vow new Afghan offensive with Karzai in US
Arab News
The Taleban said their spring offensive, targeting Afghan and NATO military
and staff plus foreign contractors, would begin on Monday – the same day
that …
arabnews.com/world/article51619.ece

Canadian troops prepare for deadly battle over Kandahar
Ottawa Citizen
NATO’s senior civilian representative in Afghanistan says actions by
Canadian and US troops will focus on Taliban targets inside the city in the
upcoming …
www.ottawacitizen.com/Canadian+troops+prepare+deadly+battle+over+Kandahar/3005090/story.html

Review | ‘War’: Trying to hold the Korengal Valley
MiamiHerald.com
BY FRED GRIMM On April 14, NATO command provided a devastating afterword to
Sebastian Junger’s new book. Allied forces were abandoning perilous
outposts in …
www.miamiherald.com/2010/05/09/1618363/books-trying-to-hold-the-korengal.html

Advancing Europe’s Security
New Europe
This week I will sit down with NATO ambassadors to advance the ongoing
dialogue among the United States and its closest allies on the future of
European …
www.neurope.eu/articles/100708.php

Afghanistan bars security firms
AFP
Their clients include NATO and US-led forces, aid agencies and private
businesses, which use them to provide armed escorts for convoys travelling
on …
www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ibkP6uyiGwT932t9bn9siN6D4L3Q

Push for Afghan involvement delays construction
North County Times
Print KANDAHAR AIR FIELD, Afghanistan —- An effort to give construction
projects to Afghan firms is leading to delays at a time when NATO is
rushing to …
www.nctimes.com/news/world/article_0cfc70c4-a852-5d4e-9edc-22118f35dd58.html

Bob Davis: Arsenal of Democracy — Central Asia offers challenge to 70-year …
Anniston Star
So said Richard Holbrooke, US special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, of
the nation where thousands of US and NATO soldiers have been trying to
bring …
annistonstar.com/bookmark/7359682-Bob-Davis-Arsenal-of-Democracy-%E2%80%94-Central-Asia-offers-challenge-to-70-year-old-notion

Canada—a wary but strong ally
Charlottesville Daily Progress
Support is growing, however, to retain a small, non-combat Canadian force
beyond 2011 to support a major NATO training mission to help Afghan forces
…
www2.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/opinion/columnists/article/canada_—_a_wary_but_strong_ally/55972/

New Column from INOSMI on Russia and Turkey
True/Slant
Although Turkey is a NATO member and, at least nominally, an aspiring
member of the EU, under the leadership of the mildly Islamist and broadly
popular …
trueslant.com/markadomanis/2010/05/08/new-column-from-inosmi-on-russia-and-turkey/

APPROX. 154 MINS. – PROD. YEAR: 2007 – MPA RATING: NR
DVDTOWN.com
The year is 1999, and NATO is engaged in a conflict with Serbia over the
status of the province of Kosovo. When Serbian president Slobodan Milosevic
ordered …
www.dvdtown.com/review/california-dreamin/dvd/8074

Somali pirates hijack German-owned chemical tanker off East Africa
Thaindian.com
LONDON (BNO NEWS) — Somali pirates hijacked a German-owned chemical oil
tanker off Oman on Saturday, NATO and the European Union Naval Force
Somalia said. …
www.thaindian.com/newsportal/world/somali-pirates-hijack-german-owned-chemical-tanker-off-east-africa_100360778.html

Taliban gears up for Western offensive in Kandahar
Los Angeles Times
“We are not scared of NATO, or of the Americans. Whoever comes, we will
kill them.” No one knows how many Taliban fighters have ensconced
themselves in …
www.latimes.com/news/custom/topofthetimes/topstories/la-fg-kandahar-taliban-20100509,0,7076551.story

Bulgarians in Serbia could be bridge between two countries: FM Mladenov
Focus News
In Bosnia the talks will focus on its NATO Membership Action Plan,
something we have been working very actively for and for which we have
concrete …
www.focus-fen.net/index.php?id=n219074

The Ghosts of Gandamak
New York Times
It is a measure of the increasingly pertinent parallels between the events
of 1842 and today’s that one of the main NATO bases in Afghanistan is named
Camp …
www.nytimes.com/2010/05/09/opinion/09dalrymple.html

UPI NewsTrack TopNews
UPI.com
Biden wrapped up a two-country made to consult with the NATO leaders, the
European Union, Belgium and Spain on security and economic issues. …
www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/05/09/UPI-NewsTrack-TopNews/UPI-63781273411283/

Intel officials: US missiles kill 10 in Pakistan
The Associated Press
… region that has long been a haven for Taliban- and al-Qaida-linked
militant networks battling American and NATO forces across the border in
Afghanistan. …
www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hkiMxbHNH0BqgpWA2ZG6VD6wVTmAD9FJ616G0

Official: Flash floods kill 87 Afghans in a week
Earthtimes (press release)
NATO forces and Afghan aid agencies were still trying to rush supplies to
affected people by air, Afghan and NATO military officials said. …
www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/322725,official-flash-floods-kill-87-afghans-in-a-week.html

Reflections of a deployed Mother’s Day in Afghanistan
NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan
Each woman below, deployed here in support of the NATO Training
Mission-Afghanistan, was given a chance to reflect on their thoughts about
being a deployed …
www.ntm-a.com/news/1-categorynews/646-reflections-of-a-deployed-mothers-day-in-afghanistan

Swift and bloody: the Taliban’s revenge
Times Online
The two men know that success in Kandahar will be crucial both to
persuading the Taliban to the negotiating table and to enabling Nato forces
to leave. …
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/afghanistan/article7120695.ece

More bloodshed for Afghanistan
Aljazeera.net (blog)
This while the US, the Afghan government and NATO are giving conflicting
signals of the way forward for the country. After announcing for months a
large …
blogs.aljazeera.net/asia/2010/05/09/more-bloodshed-afghanistan

Ukraine-Russia relations: Why Kiev made a dramatic U-turn back toward Moscow
Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone
Yanukovich’s swift movesIn March, Yanukovich quietly shut down a government
commission that had been preparing the country for eventual membership in
NATO, …
news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20100507/wl_csm/299848

NATO: Global Military Bloc Finalizes 21st Century Strategic …
By Chip
In Brussels in the first week of May NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh
Rasmussen delivered his urbi et orbi (to the city and the world) monthly
address, the bloc’s Military Committee assembled the defense chiefs of 49
nations supplying …
www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/52064

Pat Dollard | Young Americans | Blog Archive “ Many Russians Angry …
By Pat Dollard
(Reuters) – President Dmitry Medvedev struck a conciliatory note at
Russia’s Victory Day military parade on Sunday, urging world powers to
unite for peace and defending his decision to invite NATO troops to march
on Red Square. …
patdollard.com/2010/05/many-russians-angry-as-nato-troops-march-on-red-square/

Afghans wary as NATO rebrands Kandahar “process”
By EthiopianReview.com
The operation, involving at least 23000 NATO and Afghan troops, is the
central objective of U.S. and NATO commander General Stanley McChrystal’s
counter-insurgency plan to turn the tide using reinforcements pledged by
Obama in December. …
www.ethiopianreview.com/news/102820

Anger as NATO prepares to join Red Square parade | Reuters | 1913 …
By Matt
NATO troops will march across Red Square on Sunday as Russia marks the 65th
anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany, a gesture of friendship to the
West which.
www.1913intel.com/2010/05/08/anger-as-nato-prepares-to-join-red-square-parade-reuters/

NATO troops take part in Moscow Victory Day parade
By Expatica – Spanish Headlines
NATO troops take part in Moscow Victory Day parade. Written by Expatica –
Spanish Headlines on May 9th, 2010. Russia marked the 65th anniversary of
the end of World War II on Sunday with the largest-ever post-Soviet
military parade in …
news.expatlifespain.com/nato-troops-take-part-in-moscow-victory-day-parade

Russia offers olive branch as NATO joins parade | My News Ledger
By admin
MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Dmitry Medvedev struck a conciliatory note at
Russia’s Victory Day military parade on Sunday, urging world powers to
unite for.
www.mynewsledger.com/2010/05/russia-offers-olive-branch-as-nato-joins-parade/

NATO troops take part in Moscow Victory Day parade | NewsRide.net
By MisterX53310
Russia marked the 65th anniversary of the end of World War II on Sunday
with the largest-ever post-Soviet military parade in Moscow. It was also
the first time that NATO forces participated.
www.newsride.net/english/2010/05/nato-troops-take-part-in-moscow-victory-day-parade/

NATO Observes Unmanned Aircraft – War On Terror News
By MsMarti –
Camp Atterbury Public AffairsStory by Sgt. William Hill 05.07.2010 CAMP
ATTERBURY JOINT MANEUVER TRAINING CENTER, Ind. – NATO representatives
from around the world visited Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training
Center, Ind., May 6, …
waronterrornews.typepad.com/home/2010/05/nato-observes-unmanned-aircraft.html

Russia offers olive branch as NATO joins parade (Reuters) – world
By admin
Russia offers olive branch as NATO joins parade (Reuters) – world -Reuters
– President Dmitry Medvedev struck a conciliatory note at Russia’s Victory
Day military parade on Sunday, urging world powers to unite for peace and
defending …
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Anger as NATO prepares to join Red Square parade | 9DOWNSOFT …
By Admin
Anger as NATO prepares to join Red Square parade By Michael Stott Read more
on Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News.
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Outdated, unwanted, possibly insecure, US nukes hang on in Europe …
By Obama Chronicles
KLEINE BROGEL AIR BASE, Belgium (AP) — Unseen beyond the grazing
Holsteins and rolling pastures of eastern Belgium, the 12-foot-long tapered
metal cy…
www.obamachronicles.org/2010/05/09/outdated-unwanted-possibly-insecure-us-nukes-hang-on-in-europe-as-nato-debate-builds/

NATO Chief Wants Countries to Develop Areas of Expertise – Defense …
BRUSSELS – NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has called for
alliance countries to focus on specialized areas of expertise rather than
cover the …
www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=4602178