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Feb 12, 2013

Obama to announce 34,000 troops to return from Afghanistan

By Reuters

From Reuters:  President Barack Obama will announce in his State of the Union address on Tuesday that 34,000 troops – about half the U.S. force in Afghanistan – will return by early 2014, a senior administration official said.

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Feb 12, 2013

NATO strongly condemns North Korean nuclear test

By NATO

From NATO:  We condemn in the strongest terms the test by North Korea of a nuclear weapon, conducted in flagrant violation of relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions.

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Feb 11, 2013

Iran and Hezbollah building 50,000 strong militia in Syria for post-Assad contingencies

By Karen DeYoung and Joby Warrick, Washington Post

From Karen DeYoung and Joby Warrick, Washington Post:  Iran and Hezbollah, its Lebanese proxy, are building a network of militias inside Syria to preserve and protect their interests in the event that President Bashar al-Assad’s government falls or is forced to retreat from Damascus, according to U.S. and Middle Eastern officials.

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Feb 11, 2013

Flaws found in missile defense system planned for Europe

By Desmond Butler, AP

From Desmond Butler, AP:  Secret Defense Department studies cast doubt on whether a multibillion-dollar missile defense system planned for Europe can ever protect the U.S. from Iranian missiles as intended, congressional investigators say.

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Feb 11, 2013

U.S. said to be target of massive cyber-espionage campaign

By Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post

From Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post:  A new intelligence assessment has concluded that the United States is the target of a massive, sustained cyber-espionage campaign that is threatening the country’s economic competitiveness, according to individuals familiar with the report.

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Feb 11, 2013

Rasmussen: ‘NATO cannot act as the world’s policeman’

By Andrew Rettman, EUobserver

From Andrew Rettman, EUobserver:  Nato head Anders Fogh Rasmussen has said that the alliance would only take action against Syria if Turkey is attacked.

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Feb 11, 2013

Secretary General: Door is open for Ireland to join NATO

By Suzanne Lynch, Irish Times

From Suzanne Lynch, Irish Times :  The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) would welcome any application by Ireland to join the organisation, its secretary general has said, although he stressed that the decision to seek membership was a matter for each individual country.

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Feb 11, 2013

Abandoning the MEADS missile defense program may cost the U.S. more than completing it

By Tom Kington and Albrecht Muller, Defense News

From Tom Kington and Albrecht Muller, Defense News:  Italy and Germany have warned the U.S. that it could be liable for penalty payments of $400 million if it pulls out of a trilateral anti-missile program, almost exactly the sum U.S. politicians want to save by canceling U.S. involvement.

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Feb 11, 2013

Deputy Prime Minister: Sweden needs Patriot missiles to deter Russia

By Local (Sweden)

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Feb 11, 2013

Foreign Minister Bildt: “Sweden will not be neutral if Baltic states are attacked”

By Jorge,  Lithuanian Tribune

From Jorge,  Lithuanian Tribune:  [Swedish Foreign Minister, Carl Bildt] did recognize that Russian military capabilities are being develop to a great extent but he expressed that they still haven’t manage to achieve the arsenal they had during the Soviet era.

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