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Sep 5, 2012

Hundreds of Afghan soldiers arrested or fired over ‘green on blue’ attacks

By the BBC

From the BBC:  Hundreds of soldiers in Afghanistan have been dismissed or detained after a probe into a surge of insider attacks against foreign forces, officials say.

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Sep 5, 2012

Turkish PM: U.S. elections hampering Syria action

By CNN

From CNN:  Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the United States is "lacking of initiative" on Syria and suggested that could be because of the upcoming U.S. election.

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Sep 5, 2012

NATO vows action on insider attacks in Afghanistan

By Slobodan Lekic, the AP

From Slobodan Lekic, the AP:  The surge of assaults by Afghan soldiers and police on their foreign allies will not derail plans to draw down international troops from Afghanistan, but in the meantime, NATO will "do everything it takes" to stop such insider attacks

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Sep 4, 2012

NATO kicks off multinational close air support exercise

By Stars and Stripes

From Stars and Stripes:  Exercise Ramstein Rover 2012, a two-week training mission for NATO’s close air support providers, begins Wednesday and runs to Sept. 21 in the Czech Republic.

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Sep 4, 2012

Bulgaria, Romania Sign NATO Air Policing Agreement

By Sofia News Agency

From Sofia News Agency:  The Defense Ministers of Bulgaria and Romania, Gen. Anyu Angelov and Gen. Corneliu Dobritoiu, met in Sofia Tuesday for the singing of a Bulgarian-Romanian agreement under NATO’s Air Policing program.

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Sep 4, 2012

French Defense Minister Le Drian trying ‘to move forward with the Europe of defense’

By Europolitics

From Europolitics:  French Minister of Defence Jean-Yves Le Drian believes that the ‘Europe of defence’ should move forward, namely because of the budget difficulties many countries are facing.

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Sep 4, 2012

How will Turkey respond to possible chemical warfare with Syria?

By Barcin Yinanc, Hurriyet

From Barcin Yinanc, Hurriyet:  “This is exactly the time the Syrian regime has been preparing for in recent years, so it will fight until the very end,” a Turkish official told me six months ago.

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Sep 4, 2012

NATO’s Baltic air policing mission changes command

By NATO

From NATO:  On 1 September, Poland handed over command of NATO’s air policing mission in the Baltics to the Czech Republic.

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Sep 3, 2012

French Defense Minister Le Drian trying to relaunch European defense initiative

By Pierre Tran, Defense News

From Pierre Tran, Defense News:  French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian was due to meet European Union and NATO senior officials in a first visit to Brussels as part of France’s drive to relaunch a European defense initiative

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Sep 3, 2012

Scandinavia wants cyberwar weapons

By SC Magazine

From SC Magazine:  Finland has joined Sweden in plans to build an offensive capability as part of its national online defence arsenal.

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