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Dec 20, 2012

The case for a NATO-Gulf strategic dialogue

By Jean-Loup Samaan, NATO Review

From Jean-Loup Samaan, NATO Review:  Some achievements in NATO-GCC relations are worth considering and using.

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Dec 20, 2012

Kuwait allocates land for a NATO training site as part of the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative

By Kuwait News Agency

From Kuwait News Agency:  Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Hamad Al-Sabah said here Wednesday Kuwait’s allocation of a training site for NATO is part of the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative, which was launched by the alliance in 2004.

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Dec 20, 2012

Video: German troops preparing Patriot battery for deployment to Turkey

By NATO

From NATO:  Video of German troops preparing a Patriot missile system for deployment to Turkey.

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Dec 19, 2012

Dutch troops “lack experience” on Patriot missiles in Turkey

By Anthony Deutsch, Reuters

From Anthony Deutsch, Reuters:  Some of the Dutch troops due to man Patriot missile batteries on Turkey’s border with Syria are inadequately trained in the weapon systems, largely due to spending cuts, a trade union official said on Wednesday. The Dutch Defence Ministry denied the assertion. . . . Next month up to 360 Dutch […]

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Dec 19, 2012

Former German Defense Minister Peter Struck passed away

By Deutsche Welle

From Deutsche Welle:  Former German Defense Minister Peter Struck, a long-time member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), has died of a heart attack in a Berlin hospital.

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Dec 19, 2012

Nearly half of British forces to leave Afghanistan in 2013

By Peter Griffiths and Matt Falloon, Reuters

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Dec 19, 2012

US Plans to Indict State-Sponsored Cyber Attackers

By Aram Roston, Defense News

From Aram Roston, Defense News:  In an intriguing push against the ever-increasing number of foreign-governments sponsored cyber attacks against U.S. companies, the U.S. Department of Justice intends to turn to its roots with an old-fashioned tactic that has worked against the mafia, drug traffickers and white collar crime: criminal prosecutions.

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Dec 19, 2012

Congress passes bill to ban funding for MEADS missile defense system

By Andrea Shalal-Esa, Reuters

From Andrea Shalal-Esa, Reuters:  House of Representatives and Senate negotiators on Tuesday defied the White House and passed a defense budget bill that bans funding for the final year of a joint ground-based missile defense program with Italy and Germany. The lawmakers prohibited a final U.S. payment of $400.9 million for development of the Medium […]

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Dec 19, 2012

German troops arrive in Turkey for deployment of Patriot missiles

By Andalou Agency

From Andalou Agency:  A plane carrying German troops who will work on the deployment of Patriot aid defense systems in Turkey has arrived in the southern province of Adana on Monday.

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Dec 18, 2012

NATO in the Pacific?

By Julian Lindley-French, New Atlanticist

From Julian Lindley-French, New Atlanticist:  NATO’s role in the Pacific I hear you ask?

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