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NATOSource

Jun 30, 2011

Libya: Russia decries French arms drop to Libya rebels

By the BBC

New Atlanticist

Jun 30, 2011

Time for Unity in Europe

By Carles Castello-Catchot

There has not been a time in recent years in which Europe, both as an idea and as a viable political and economic institution, has faced tougher times.

Southern & Southeastern Europe

New Atlanticist

Jun 30, 2011

Vietnam Redux

By Arnaud de Borchgrave

U.S. President Barack Obama has just finished explaining to the world that he is ordering 10,000 soldiers home from Afghanistan this year and another 23,000 by September 2012, which will still leave some 70,000 till 2014, when his secretary walks in, notepad at the ready, and says, “The Taliban called. They said, ‘Take your time.'” […]

Afghanistan

New Atlanticist

Jun 30, 2011

U.S. Needs Viable Afghan Exit Plan

By Gurmeet Kanwal

There are few people in the United States who understand the American foreign policy better than Henry Kissinger. So, when the former secretary of state, who changed the balance of power in Asia with his “shuttle diplomacy” in the early 1970s, says something about a conflict zone in our part of the world, one has […]

NATOSource

Jun 30, 2011

Update: NATO activities in Libya on June 29

By NATO

NATOSource

Jun 30, 2011

NATO: not involved in French arms aid to Libya rebels

By Fredrik Dahl, Reuters

From Fredrik Dahl, Reuters:  NATO was not involved in a French operation to airlift weapons to Libya’s rebels, alliance chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Thursday.

NATOSource

Jun 30, 2011

France defends arms airlift to Libyan rebels

By Louis Charbonneau and Hamuda Hassan, Reuters

From Louis Charbonneau and Hamuda Hassan, Reuters:  France said it did not break a U.N. arms embargo by airlifting weapons to Libya’s rebels because the arms were needed to defend civilians under threat. France on Wednesday became the first NATO country to openly acknowledge arming rebels seeking to topple Muammar Gaddafi, who has resisted a […]

International Organizations Politics & Diplomacy

NATOSource

Jun 30, 2011

China urges nations to obey UN rules about arms transfers to Libya

By Reuters

NATOSource

Jun 29, 2011

NATO reviews Libya campaign after France admits arming rebels

By Nick Hopkins, the Guardian

International Organizations Politics & Diplomacy

NATOSource

Jun 29, 2011

Update: NATO activities in Libya on June 28

By NATO