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NATOSource

Jul 3, 2011

Germany to sell tanks to Saudi Arabia: report

By AFP

From AFP:  Germany has allowed the sale of 200 Leopard tanks to Saudi Arabia after decades of blocking heavy weapons sales to the kingdom, the Der Spiegel said Saturday. The federal security council approved the sale last week, the weekly news magazine said without citing sources. The Saudis want to buy 200 Leopard 2A7+ tanks […]

NATOSource

Jul 3, 2011

Turkey recognizes Libya rebels, promises more aid

By Selcan Hacaoglu, the AP

NATOSource

Jul 2, 2011

NATO SecGen rules out military intervention in Syria

By Andrew Rettman, the EUobserver

From Andrew Rettman, the EUobserver:  Nato head Anders Fogh Rasmussen has said there will be no military intervention in Syria despite similar levels of government-sponsored violence as in Libya. Speaking in Vienna on Thursday (30 June) after a meeting with foreign minister Michael Spindelegger, the Nato chief told press: "We do not foresee any intervention […]

International Organizations Politics & Diplomacy

NATOSource

Jul 2, 2011

Update: NATO activities in Libya on July 1

By NATO

NATOSource

Jul 2, 2011

Clinton: Gadhafi threats won’t deter NATO mission in Libya

By Bradley Klapper, the AP

United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Jul 2, 2011

U.S. Continues Carrying Load in Libya Despite Pretense Otherwise

By James Joyner

The Obama administration has been downplaying the American role in Libya. A Thursday report in the Military Times family of newspapers reported that “Air Force and Navy aircraft are still flying hundreds of strike missions over Libya despite the Obama administration’s claim that American forces are playing only a limited support role in the NATO […]

Libya

NATOSource

Jul 1, 2011

Russia to deploy 2 army brigades in Arctic

By the AP

Energy & Environment

NATOSource

Jul 1, 2011

Defiant Gadhafi threatens attacks in Europe

By the AP

From the AP:  A defiant Moammar Gadhafi has threatened to carry out attacks in Europe unless NATO halts its campaign of airstrikes against his regime in Libya.

NATOSource

Jul 1, 2011

The Peril of Deep Defense Cuts

By Donald Rumsfeld, the Wall Street Journal

From Donald Rumsfeld, the Wall Street Journal:  Today Leon Panetta will take the oath to become our nation’s 23rd secretary of defense.

United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Jul 1, 2011

American Independence: Time to End the Experiment

By Julian Lindley-French

Dear Yanks, We are prepared to forgive and forget. On 4th July you will commemorate the 235th anniversary of your expulsion from the British Empire for bad behaviour. You are a perverse people, celebrating such a dark day in your history, but there you have it.

United Kingdom