Category: NATOSource

Hague Court issues warrant for Gaddafi for war crimes

By Marlise Simons, the New York Times

From Marlise Simons, the New York Times:  The International Criminal Court in The Hague issued arrest warrants on Monday for Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, his son Seif al-Islam and his chief of intelligence, Abdullah al-Sanoussi

What’s happened to America’s leadership role?

By Fred Hiatt, the Washington Post

From Fred Hiatt, the Washington Post:  America is not fated to lose its leadership position in the world. But President Obama and his Republican opposition, in different ways, are making that outcome more likely.

Belgium to withdraw half its troops from Afghanistan

By AFP

From AFP: Belgium plans to halve its troop numbers in Afghanistan from the start of January, a defence ministry official told AFP on Sunday in the latest sign of allied exit from the decade-old war.

Update: NATO activities in Libya on June 25

By NATO

The Gulf of Sidra Irresolution

By the Editors of the Wall Street Journal

From the Editors of the Wall Street Journal:  The House’s confusion—failing to authorize the U.S. intervention but failing to shut it down too—shows that Congress as usual doesn’t want to take responsibility for its alleged convictions.

America is tired of war

By Lexington, the Economist

From Lexington, the Economist:  “I venture to say that no war can be long carried on against the will of the people.” Edmund Burke should be alive today. None of America’s several wars is popular.

Sarkozy rebuts ‘bitter words’ from Gates

By James Kanter, the New York Times

From James Kanter, the New York Times:  President Nicolas Sarkozy of France said on Friday that criticism by the departing United States defense secretary, Robert M. Gates, about European support for operations in Libya had been motivated by personal reasons and was grossly unfair.

Update: NATO activities in Libya on June 24

By NATO

China and Britain locked in cyber spy war

By Duncan Gardham, the Telegraph

From Duncan Gardham, the Telegraph:  As Wen Jiabao, the Chinese Premier, sips tea with the Prime Minister at Downing Street on Monday, both men will already know that their countries are in a state of undeclared war.

If Turkey refuses, Bulgaria offers to host radar for NATO missile defense system

By Novinite

From Novinite:  Bulgaria is likely to host elements of the US/NATO missile defense system in Europe instead of Turkey if Turkey refuses to host them, according to Bulgarian Deputy Defense Minister Avgustina Tsvetkova. Turkey’s position about hosting elements of the US and NATO missile shield, most likely its radar system, should be clear by the […]