Category: NATOSource

British end military mission in Iraq

By Lara Jakes, the AP

From Lara Jakes, the AP:  The last of Britain’s military forces in Iraq pulled up anchor Sunday, ending more than eight years of fighting militants and training security forces since invading in 2003. Eighty-one Royal Navy sailors turned over the task of patrolling waters off the southern port city of Umm Qasr on the Persian […]

How much is each NATO country contributing to operations in Libya?

By Simon Rogers, the Guardian

Update: NATO activities in Libya on May 20

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Obama’s letter to Congress seeking support for Libya mission

By Barack Obama, the New York Times

From Barack Obama, the New York Times:  On March 21, I reported to the Congress that the United States, pursuant to a request from the Arab League and authorization by the United Nations Security Council, had acted 2 days earlier to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe

NATO, Libya and the Milosevic Option

By Robert Haddick, Foreign Policy

From Robert Haddick, Foreign Policy:  NATO’s bombardment strategy is now likely more focused on applying political and psychological coercion against the regime rather than inflicting battlefield damage against military forces.

NATO and the EU: Centrifugal Forces and Fragmentation?

By Ioan Mircea Pascu, the New Atlanticist

From Ioan Mircea Pascu, the New Atlanticist:  While we, the former allies of the Soviet Union were watching attentively that behaviour, drawing the right conclusions in regard to our future security

Update: NATO activities in Libya on May 19

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Secretary General honors 60th anniversary of the NATO Defense College

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  Since the day this College was founded, it has been NATO’s foremost academic center.  For almost as long as NATO itself, the College has helped to shape generations of officers for the highest levels of service.

Barack Obama seeks to reassure Europe

By Carrie Budoff Brown, POLITICO

From Carrie Budoff Brown, POLITICO:  Obama departs on a six-day trip Sunday, hoping to prove to his hosts that he hasn’t forgotten about them. It’s a long-awaited embrace for a Europe that was eager to say goodbye to George W. Bush but deflated by Obama’s perceived snubs and real distractions — three military conflicts, a […]

NATO aircraft attack Gaddafi’s navy in Tripoli, Al Khums and Sirte

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From NATO:  NATO and coalition air assets continued their precision airstrikes against pro-Qadhafi regime forces overnight with a coordinated strike against pro-Qadhafi forces in the ports of Tripoli, Al Khums and Sirte.