Category: NATOSource

European press critical of US attack against Osama bin Laden

By Steven Erlanger, the New York TImes

From Steven Erlanger, the New York TImes:  Some are questioning whether “justice” in fact was done, as President Obama portrayed the killing

Update: NATO activities in Libya on May 5

By NATO

Rasmussen: ”NATO will keep up military pressure while political efforts are stepped up”

By NATO

From NATO:  After the first meeting in Doha, the Contact group on Libya gathered today in Rome.

NATO “needs to get its act together”

By the Editors of the New York Times

From the Editors of the New York Times:  Unless NATO, including the United States, get more serious, Libya’s liberation war could turn into a prolonged, bloody stalemate.

Mistral talks stumble over sensitive technology

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti:  Talks between Russia and France on the purchase of Mistral class helicopter carriers have come to a dead end over Russia’s demands on the transfer and licensed production of sensitive electronics

France expels 14 Libyan diplomats

By Nick Vinocur, Reuters

German media criticizes Obama and US for death of Osama bin Laden

By Charles Lane, the Washington Post

From Charles Lane, the Washington Post: [M]any of Obama’s erstwhile Euro-fans are feeling a twinge of buyer’s remorse.

EU battlegroups wait for Libya operation “unlikely ever to be launched”

By Toby Vogel, the European Voice

Update: NATO activities in Libya on May 4

By NATO

New lead negotiator on missile defense?

By Bill Gertz, Inside the Ring

From Bill Gertz, Inside the Ring:  Undersecretary of State Ellen Tauscher, who has been leading U.S.-Russian missile defense talks that are largely kept secret from Congress and the public, was given a demotion of sorts