Category: NATOSource

Turkey: Top Military Figures Arrested Over Plot Claims

By the BBC

From the BBC: Some 40 people, including several top military figures, have been arrested in Turkey over an alleged coup plot dating back to 2003, Turkish media report. The former heads of the air force and navy were among those detained in raids in Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir. The so-called ‘sledgehammer’ plot allegedly involved planting bombs […]

Hillary Clinton: The Future of NATO

By the Atlantic Council

  From the Atlantic Council: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton spoke on the future of NATO before the Atlantic Council on February 22. Council Chairman Senator Chuck Hagel offered welcoming remarks, and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright introduced Secretary Clinton. Albright is the Chair of the Group of Experts commissioned by NATO Secretary General […]

Dutch Government Collapses Over Afghanistan Troop Exit

By  Time

  From Time: It was always going to be a tough sell for Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende. His government had pledged to withdraw 1,950 troops from Afghanistan by September — but he was going to renege on that promise and try to keep the Dutch contingent in the war zone through this year, flying […]

African Union Discusses Practical Cooperation with NATO

By  NATO

From NATO: On 18 and 19 February, a group of high level officials from the African Union (AU) – led by Mr. Sivuyile Thandikhaya Bam, Head of the Peace Support Operations Division of the African Union – visited NATO’s Headquarters and the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) in Belgium. The event was organized by NATO’s […]

U.S. to Brief Russia and NATO Partners on Details of Missile Plan

By  UPI

  From UPI: The Russian permanent envoy to NATO said Friday a U.S. official will provide details of the U.S. missile defense program at an upcoming briefing. Envoy Dmitry Rogozin told Russia’s Interfax news agency the briefing by the U.S. official, whose identity was not released, would occur at a March 3 meeting of the Euro-Atlantic […]

U.S. Patriot Missiles in Poland Early April

By  Reuters

From Reuters: Poland is set to host a battery of U.S. Patriot missiles and the American troops to man it from the start of April, PAP news agency said Sunday. "The Defense Ministry expects the first stage of the stationing of a Patriot air-defense battery and a 100-man service team to get under way in the […]

Alexander Haig, 1924-2010; Former Secretary of State and SACEUR

By the Washington Post

From the Washington Post: Retired Army Gen. Alexander Haig, who held influential positions in the U.S. military and government and who as White House chief of staff shepherded Richard M. Nixon toward peacefully resigning the presidency, died Saturday at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore of complications from an infection. He was 85. Presidents Gerald R. Ford […]

US Missile Defence Plan Stalled as Ankara Resists Radar Base

By the Financial Times

From the Financial Times: President Barack Obama’s missile defence plan to counter Iran is facing resistance in Turkey because Ankara is reluctant to host a radar base unless other Nato countries also increase support for the system. While the US has identified Turkey as the best land-based site to provide coverage of Iranian short and medium-range […]

This is a test

 test