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Jan 14, 2013

‘Red October’ cyber campaign spies on diplomats, governments worldwide

By Charlie Osbourne, ZDNet

From Charlie Osbourne, ZDNet: Kaspersky Labs has discovered yet another worldwide spying campaign that targets governmental bodies, political groups and research institutions.

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MENASource

Jan 14, 2013

Syria: Is It Too Late?

By Frederic C. Hof

Syria is dying. Bashar al-Assad has made it clear that the price of his removal is the death of the nation. A growing extremist minority in the armed opposition has made it clear that a Syria of citizenship and civil society is, in its view, an abomination to be killed. And those in the middle […]

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New Atlanticist

Jan 14, 2013

Mali: Another Chance to Lead from Behind

By John Deni

France’s military intervention in Mali provides Washington yet again an opportunity to show both solidarity and restraint with some of its closest, most important allies.

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NATOSource

Jan 14, 2013

Canada sending C-17 transport plane to help French mission in Mali

By CBC News

From CBC News:  Canada will provide one RCAF C-17 transport aircraft in a non-combat role to support the operations of its allies in Mali for a week, the Harper government announced Monday morning in a press release.

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NATOSource

Jan 14, 2013

Britain set to order Brimstone missiles, stocks still low after Libya op

By Andrew Chuter, Defense News

From Andrew Chuter, Defense News:  Britain’s Ministry of Defence is set to order a new batch of Brimstone precision-guided missiles from maker MBDA as the Royal Air Force continues to rebuild weapon stocks in the wake of the Libyan conflict.

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SouthAsiaSource

Jan 14, 2013

Looking Ahead to South Asia in 2013

By South Asia Center

In the coming year, the greater South Asia region will undergo significant changes. In advance of these transitions, the South Asia Center invited experts and Center supporters and contributors to share their predictions for the region in the coming year as well as offer advice for the second Obama administration on how best to approach greater […]

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NATOSource

Jan 14, 2013

Denmark offering aid to French military operation in Mali

By Politiken

From Politiken:  Denmark may be preparing to help France in its operation to quash Islamic rebels in the West African state of Mali.

NATOSource

Jan 14, 2013

Finland says “No” to Nordic defense pact

By Yle

MENASource

Jan 14, 2013

Article 198: “Crimes that Harm the Armed Forces”

By Mai El Sadany

When stressing the merits of Egypt’s new draft constitution and the rights it would guarantee the Egyptian people, a December 21st presidency-approved press release noted that Article 198 of the draft prohibited military trials for civilians. Just weeks after the document’s approval, civilian journalist and blogger Muhamed Sabry was arrested in Sinai for filming in […]

NATOSource

Jan 14, 2013

Video: Interoperability, capabilities, and partnerships top priorities for new NATO commander

By NATO

From NATO:  General Jean-Paul Paloméros said on Monday (14 January) that his top three priorities as Supreme Allied Commander Transformation were to foster Allied interoperability and capabilities and bolstering cooperation with partners.

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