Category: NATOSource

NATO says found Afghan children dead after air strike

By Rob Taylor, Reuters

From Rob Taylor, Reuters:  NATO-led forces in Afghanistan said on Monday they found the bodies of dead children after a coalition air strike that has enraged the Afghan government, and said their deaths may have been linked to an anti-insurgent operation in the area.

America’s First Trans-Atlantic, Encrypted Cable Cost $20,000

By Parapolitical

From Parapolitical:  The U.S. National Security Agency last month released a 1991 historical summary detailing the U.S. State Department’s first use of the Trans-Atlantic Telegraph Cable to send an encrypted message

Russian Officer Convicted of Spying for CIA

By the AP

Most French favor U.N. military action in Syria: poll

By John Irish, Reuters

From John Irish, Reuters:  A narrow majority of French people would back a U.N.-authorized military intervention in Syria, a poll showed on Friday, a higher percentage than those who had supported the NATO mission that helped oust Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi.

What’s Georgia Going To Get At The NATO Summit?

By Joshua Kucera, the EurasiaNet

From Joshua Kucera, the EurasiaNet:  Georgia’s prospects in NATO, after being more or less left for dead in the wake of the 2008 war with Russia, have lately appeared to be improving.

Yanukovych to meet with NATO Secretary General at Chicago summit in May

By Interfax-Ukraine

From Interfax-Ukraine:  Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych is to meet with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen at NATO’s Chicago summit in May 2012

NATO’s Baltic Air Policing Mission Becomes Permanent

By Ott Tammik, Estonian Public Broadcasting

From Ott Tammik, Estonian Public Broadcasting: NATO has decided to make permanent its Baltic air policing mission, in which larger member states patrol the region with their fighter jets on a rota basis.

First NATO Military Delegation to visit China

By NATO