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Update: NATO activities in Libya on May 25

By NATO

Are US caveats in Libya operation prolonging the conflict?

By the Editors of the Washington Post

From the Editors of the Washington Post:  Each time he addresses the war in Libya, President Obama seems to contradict himself.

Obama’s Libya policy challenged as violation of War Powers Act

By Charlie Savage, the New York Times

From Charlie Savage, the New York Times:  At a hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, several members attacked Mr. Obama for failing to withdraw United States military forces from conflict after the expiration of a 60-day deadline

Sarkozy and Medvedev “reached a definitive agreement” on Mistral purchase

By Reuters

From Reuters:  Russia and France have reached a long-awaited agreement on a Russian purchase of four Mistral class helicopter carriers made by a French-led consortium, the two countries’ presidents said on Thursday. The deal, Moscow’s first major foreign arms purchase since the fall of the Soviet Union, is driven by its need to modernise its […]

Obama’s Westminster speech highlights NATO and the transatlantic relationship

By Barack Obama, the White House

From Barack Obama, the White House:  We are the allies who landed at Omaha and Gold, who sacrificed side by side to free a continent from the march of tyranny, and help prosperity flourish from the ruins of war.

Update: NATO activities in Libya on May 24

By NATO

U.S. missile defense in Europe “real threat” to Russia – General Staff

By RIA Novosti

NATO’s air war in Libya is “grinding down the regime”

By Eric Schmitt, the New York Times

From Eric Schmitt, the New York Times:  As Tuesday’s heavy airstrikes in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, underscored, NATO is escalating the pace and intensity of attacks on Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi’s forces

Internal memo reveals cyber attacks against NATO cause “wide-scale disruption”

By Spiegel

From Spiegel:  An internal NATO memo obtained by SPIEGEL shows just how worried the alliance is about cyber threats and how it plans to confront them "head-on." It also warns members that, if their shared defenses are to be robust and secure, each one needs to bolster their national defenses. NATO is increasing pressure on […]

Update: NATO activities in Libya on May 23

By NATO