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Jan 17, 2013

NATO officer: ISAF not preparing ‘zero option,’ total troop withdrawal from Afghanistan

By Peter Spiegel, Financial Times

From Peter Spiegel, Financial Times:  Allied commanders in Afghanistan have not been asked to prepare a “zero option” for troop levels after the US-led mission concludes next year

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Jan 17, 2013

Dempsey and NATO defense chiefs plan Afghan transition

By Jim Garamone, American Forces Press Service

From Jim Garamone, American Forces Press Service: With just 23 months until the end of the International Security Assistance Force mission in Afghanistan, Afghan forces are poised to move into the lead operationally

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Jan 16, 2013

Russia’s Deputy PM warns Norway on missile defense participation

By Thomas Nilsen, BarentsObserver

From Thomas Nilsen, BarentsObserver:  It was last Thursday Norway’s Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide said to BarentsObserver that he was worried about the Cold War rhetoric. . . . “A language that remains of Cold War rhetoric is used too often. That worries me.

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Jan 16, 2013

NATO Stuck in Kosovo

By Laurence Norman, Wall Street Journal

From Laurence Norman, Wall Street Journal:  Fourteen years after North Atlantic Treaty Organization troops first entered Kosovo to end fighting between ethnic Serbs and ethnic Albanians, there is still no “Mission Accomplished” sign in sight.

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Jan 15, 2013

NATO: Assad regime has fired over 20 ballistic missiles in the last 30 days

By Adrian Croft, Reuters

From Adrian Croft, Reuters:  Syrian armed forces fired a short-range ballistic missile on Sunday, bringing to more than 20 the number launched in the past month, NATO said on Monday.

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Jan 15, 2013

EU rules out sending combat mission to Mali

By Reuters

From Reuters:  The European Union ruled out taking any combat role in Mali on Monday and NATO said it had not received any French request for help, after France intervened against al Qaeda-linked Islamists in the north of the African state.

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Jan 15, 2013

NATO welcomes French action in Mali, but not asked to participate

By Hurriyet Daily News

From Hurriyet Daily News:  NATO said Monday it supported French efforts to turn back the terrorist threat in Mali but that the alliance had received no request for assistance and had not discussed the conflict, AFP has reported.

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Jan 14, 2013

Obama: US aircraft part of French raid in Somalia, but no weapons fired

By White House

From White House:  On January 11, 2013, French forces conducted an operation in Somalia in which they attempted to rescue a French citizen being held hostage by al-Shabaab.

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Jan 14, 2013

‘Red October’ cyber campaign spies on diplomats, governments worldwide

By Charlie Osbourne, ZDNet

From Charlie Osbourne, ZDNet: Kaspersky Labs has discovered yet another worldwide spying campaign that targets governmental bodies, political groups and research institutions.

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Jan 14, 2013

Canada sending C-17 transport plane to help French mission in Mali

By CBC News

From CBC News:  Canada will provide one RCAF C-17 transport aircraft in a non-combat role to support the operations of its allies in Mali for a week, the Harper government announced Monday morning in a press release.

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