Category: NATOSource

Berlusconi declares he was against NATO intervention in Libya

By Lamine Chikhi, Reuters

From Lamine Chikhi, Reuters:  Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said on Thursday he was against NATO intervention in Libya but had to go along with it, an admission that exposed the fragility of the alliance trying to unseat Muammar Gaddafi.

House Passes Bill Promoting Human Rights in Belarus

By the House Foreign Affairs Committee

From the House Foreign Affairs Committee:  Support for people struggling to obtain basic human rights in Belarus—often called Europe’s last dictatorship—came today in the form of the House of Representatives passage of the Belarus Democracy and Human Rights Act of 2011.

Italy withdrawing its aircraft carrier from NATO’s Libya operation

By AFP

Time to Wake Up, Germany

By Wolfgang Ischinger, Spiegel

From Wolfgang Ischinger, Spiegel:  China is booming, the Arab world is in tumult and the Internet is fundamentally changing the way we live — and what is Germany doing?

Libya: covert guerrilla war in Tripoli

By Adrian Blomfield, the Telegraph

Update: NATO activities in Libya on July 6

By NATO

Erdogan may subordinate Turkey’s General Staff to Defense Ministry

By Zaman

From Zaman:  The replacement of former Defense Minister Vecdi Gönül with a younger and more dynamic Justice and Development Party (AK Party) deputy, İsmet Yılmaz

Turkey Appoints New Defense Minister

By Burake Ege Bekdil and Umit Enginsoy, Defense News

Stop searching for an Obama Doctrine

By Fareed Zakaria, the Washington Post

From Fareed Zakaria, the Washington Post:  Every few months, commentators find a new grand strategy that animates Barack Obama.

The US must end its illegal war in Libya now

By Dennis Kucinich, the Guardian

From Dennis Kucinich, the Guardian:  This week, I am sponsoring legislation in the United States Congress that will end US military involvement in Libya