Category: NATOSource

50 Insurgents Killed in Eastern Afghanistan

By  Voice of America

 From Voice of America: NATO says Afghan and coalition forces have killed more than 50 insurgents during a military operation in eastern Afghanistan.

Other members of NATO must step up

By  Ted Kaufman, Wilmington(DE) News Journal

From Ted Kaufman, Wilmington(DE) News Journal: I always have been a strong supporter of NATO. Since 1949, NATO has been our most important military alliance. It has been enormously successful, first by playing a key role in the collapse of the Soviet Union, then by limiting new member nations from Eastern Europe to those willing to commit […]

Doubts cloud NATO handover in Afghanistan

By Aymeric Vincenot, AFP

From Aymeric Vincenot, AFP: Grave doubts over the ability of Afghanistan’s fledgling security forces to beat back the Taliban are weighing on a transition from NATO control taking place in seven parts of the country this week.

Pentagon mulls NATO request for more U.S. drones in Libya campaign

By David S. Cloud, Los Angeles Times

From David S. Cloud, Los Angeles Times: The Obama administration is considering sending more Predator drones and other surveillance planes to bolster the NATO air war in Libya, and has reopened a debate over whether to give weapons to the rebels seeking to overthrow Moammar Kadafi, a senior Defense Department official said.

Update: NATO activities in Libya on July 21

By  NATO

Anonymous: We Hacked NATO

By  PCMag.com

From PCMag.com:  Anonymous said Thursday morning that it had breached the databases of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and was sitting on about 1GB of data.

Update: NATO activities in Libya on July 20

By  NATO

Lessons of History Would Help Obama Lead on Libya

By  The Editors, Bloomberg

From The Editors, Bloomberg: “NATO hits one tank and then goes away,” lamented a commander of Libya’s opposition forces to the Washington Post. “But NATO could turn this war around in a day if they wanted to.” Muammar Qaddafi, by threatening to launch terrorist attacks against Europe, has given the Obama administration a solid rationale for […]

Two Britons arrested in Afghanistan

By BBC

From BBC: Two Britons have been arrested in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence has said.