Libyan war updates/Stop NATO news: June 18, 2011

18 June 2011 — Stop NATO

  • Libyan War: 11,526 NATO Air Missions, 4,357 Combat Sorties
  • U.S. Seeks To Try Syria’s Assad In International Criminal Court
  • France, Germany Push UN Resolution Against Syria
  • U.S. Guided Missile Warship Headed To Georgian Port
  • “Georgia Will Surely Join NATO”: Italian NATO Parliamentary Assembly Head
  • Azerbaijan: NATO Strengthens Partnership On Caspian Sea
  • State Department Holds US-Azerbaijan Security Dialogue In Baku
  • Pakistan Lodges Protest With NATO Over Air Attack
  • NATO Deploys First Slovak Special Forces To Afghanistan
  • Germans To Build Combat Training Center In Russia
  • Cyberspace Should Be Platform For Peace, Not Battleground

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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 17 June, 2011: Analysis: Did Egypt really open Rafah crossing?

17 June, 2011 — VTJP

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International Middle East Media Center

Netanyahu: “No Peace With The Palestinians Without Recognizing Jewish State”
IMEMC – Saturday June 18, 2011 – 04:56, Israeli paper, Haaretz, reported Friday that Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, believes that there can be no peace agreement with the Palestinians unless they recognize Israel as a state for the Jewish people.

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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 11-18 June 2011: Afghanistan | SCO | USA | Pakistan | Iran | India | Russia

18 June 2011 — Strategic Culture Foundation

Will Pay-for-Peace Work in Afghanistan?

18.06.2011 | 00:34 | Aurobinda MAHAPATRA (India)
…Can international community play a meaning role in the post-NATO Taliban? It will depend on how the regional and international powers formulate their policies while respecting mutual differences. The Shanghai Cooperation Organization has taken a positive approach to the scenario and has declared its intention to help develop ‘a peaceful, stable and developing state’ in Afghanistan…
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Information Clearing House Newsletter June 17, 2011: Struggling Mom Sells Obama Letter

17 June 2011 — Information Clearing House

Obama, We’re At War. Stop Insulting Us.
By Stephen M. Walt
In plain English, we are killing (or helping to kill) Qaddafi loyalists (and occasionally innocent civilians), in an openly-acknowledged campaign to drive him from power.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28353.htm

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NATO Incorporates Libyan Experience For Global War Template By Rick Rozoff

18 June 2011 — Stop NATO

stop-nato-logo.jpgAs the West’s war against Libya has entered its fourth month and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization has flown more than 11,000 missions, including 4,300 strike sorties, over the small nation, the world’s only military bloc is already integrating lessons learned from the conflict into its international model of military intervention based on earlier wars in the Balkans, Afghanistan and Iraq. Continue reading