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Oct 9, 2012

NATO Secretary General stresses closer defence cooperation amid tighter budgets

By NATO

From NATO:  NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen stressed the importance of closer cooperation on defence at the start of today’s Allied defence ministerial meeting.

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Oct 9, 2012

NATO’s role threatened by financial and sovereign pressures, says Norwegian defence minister

By Nicholas de Larrinaga, Jane's

Economy & Business

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Oct 9, 2012

Rasmussen: NATO has plans to defend Turkey if need be

By Reuters

From Reuters:  The head of NATO said on Tuesday that the 28-member military alliance had plans in place to defend Turkey against attack from Syria if necessary, but that he hoped the two countries would find a way to stop tensions escalating.

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Oct 8, 2012

Norway increasing its 2013 defense budget, including 30% boost for cyber security

By Ministry of Defense of Norway

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

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Oct 8, 2012

UK on BAE-EADS Merger: France and Germany ‘must reduce stake’

By BBC

From BBC:  France and Germany must reduce their stakes in defence firm EADS if the UK is to allow a proposed merger with BAE Systems to go ahead, Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has said.

United Kingdom

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Oct 8, 2012

Turkey deploy tanks and missile defense assets to border as clashes with Syria continue

By Selcan Hacaoglu, Bloomsberg

From Selcan Hacaoglu, Bloomsberg:  Turkey deployed additional tanks and missile defense systems to the Syrian border following five days of artillery exchanges with President Bashar al-Assad’s armed forces.

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Oct 6, 2012

New Georgian leader Ivanishvili meets NATO Liaison Officer

By Civil Georgia

From Civil Georgia:  Georgian Dream leader, Bidzina Ivanishvili, met with NATO Liaison Officer in Tbilisi, William Lahue, and reiterated his coalition’s commitment to NATO integration.

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Oct 6, 2012

New incident of Syrian shelling and Turkish retaliation

By Reuters

From Reuters:  Turkey has returned fire after a mortar bomb shot from Syria landed in a field in southern Turkey.

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Oct 5, 2012

Turkey’s Prime Minister: “We are not interested in war, but we’re not far from it”

By Reuters

From Reuters:  Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that testing Turkey would be "a fatal mistake", in a warning to Damascus in the wake of Syrian shelling of a town in southeast Turkey that killed five people.

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Oct 5, 2012

Israel says Syrian mortar strike on Turkey was attack on NATO

By Reuters

From Reuters:  Israel‘s Deputy Prime Minister Dan Meridor said on Thursday a deadly Syrian mortar strike on a Turkish town had to be considered an attack on a member of the NATO alliance.

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