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Aug 17, 2009

NATO launches new anti-piracy operation off Somalia

By AFP

From AFP: NATO on Monday launched operation Ocean Shield to help fight rampant piracy off the Horn of Africa after the alliance’s North Atlantic Council approved the mission, it said in a statement. “No timeframe has been set for this long-term operation, which will last as long as it’s deemed necessary,” Major Stefano Sbaccanti, a […]

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Aug 15, 2009

NATO Approves Intermediate Headquarters for Afghanistan

By the U.S. Department of Defense

From the U.S. Department of Defense: NATO has approved the idea of an intermediate military headquarters in Afghanistan, Pentagon officials said today. The headquarters is a corps-level organization that will oversee the tactical, day-to-day operations in the country. U.S. officials would like to see Army Lt. Gen. David M. Rodriguez, deputy commander of U.S. Forces […]

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Aug 15, 2009

Russian diplomat: Georgia’s, Ukraine’s NATO membership no longer on agenda

By the Kyiv Post

From the Kyiv Post: “Russia and NATO bear common responsibility for security on the Euro-Atlantic area. The fact that the theme of these two countries’ membership of NATO is no longer on the political agenda is above all a victory of common sense,” Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko said in an interview with Interfax. […]

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Aug 14, 2009

U.S. to Resume Training Georgian Troops

By the New York Times

From the New York Times: The United States is resuming a combat training mission in the former Soviet republic of Georgia to prepare its army for counterinsurgency operations in Afghanistan, despite the risks of angering Russia, senior Defense Department officials said Thursday . . . “This training mission is not about internal defenses or any […]

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Aug 14, 2009

Combined NATO-EU Operation Foils Piracy Attack

By NATO

From NATO: Dramatic events in the Gulf of Aden last night demonstrated the level of co-operation that now exists between the international counter piracy forces in that region. Following an approach by pirates, the Turkish flagged merchant vessel ELGIZ NUR CEBI issued a distress call. The rapid, determined and coordinated response by both NATO and […]

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Aug 14, 2009

History, used and abused

By Chris Patten at europeanvoice.com

From Chris Patten at europeanvoice.com: Afghanistan is NATO’s great test. The alliance has promised to see the job through. So if it abandons the job now, leaving the country to poverty, prejudice and poppies, what will happen? Why should anyone in Pakistan believe that the West is serious in wanting to sustain that country as […]

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Aug 13, 2009

Is It Worth It?

By the American Interest

From the American Interest: There is a hard core of committed Islamist ideologues centered on Mullah Omar and based in Quetta, but much of the Taliban’s actual combat strength consists of an array of warlords and other factions who often side with the Taliban for reasons of profit, prestige or convenience. Depending on the circumstances, […]

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Aug 13, 2009

Sailing to Byzantium

By victorhanson.com

From victorhanson.com: The “Turkish Question” — is it West or East, should it be in the E.U., is it a reliable NATO partner? — is hardly a question anymore. Istanbul is Western, its citizens Western in appearance, a liberality prevalent in commerce and discourse. And yet a 100 miles away in the interior, the traditional […]

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Aug 13, 2009

New NATO chief makes first trip to Kosovo

By Deutsche Welle

From Deutsche Welle: NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen is meeting with Kosovo officials and evaluating a possible winding down of the 13,800 strong Kosovo Force (KFOR) if the security situation in the region continues to improve. “I would like to stress that this decision only reflects the improvement of the security situation in Kosovo […]

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Aug 13, 2009

Turkey and Russia: Old rivals, new partners

By the Economist

From the Economist: An alliance of convenience that arouses some suspicion in the West Through the long Ottoman era, Turks and Russians fought many bloody wars. In modern times Turkey guarded NATO’s southern flank against Soviet mischief. “The Russians are treacherous” is a popular Turkish adage. But one would hardly have guessed it as the […]

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