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Nov 26, 2012

Turkey’s military says use of Patriots to create no-fly zone is “out of the question’

By Reuters

From Reuters:  NATO surface-to-air missiles due to be stationed near Turkey’s border with Syria will only be used to protect Turkish territory and not to establish a no-fly zone within Syria, the Turkish military said on Monday.

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Nov 26, 2012

PM and President define Finland’s role in Iceland air policing mission as ‘patrols and exercises’

By Icenews

From Icenews:  Finland’s premier has said that the country’s possible commitment to assist with a NATO effort in patrolling Icelandic airspace will not be a combat mission but merely a series of peacetime training exercises.

MENASource

Nov 24, 2012

Egypt’s Morsi: Back Down or Crackdown?

By Tarek Radwan

If ever there was a time when President Morsi could use a graceful exit, now would be it. After negotiating a fragile ceasefire between Hamas fighters and the Israeli Defense Force for which he received glowing accolades, Morsi now appears to be fighting his own war at home. The streets of Cairo are teeming with […]

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Nov 24, 2012

As cyberwarfare heats up, allies turn to U.S. companies for expertise

By Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post

From Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post:  In the spring of 2010, a sheik in the government of Qatar began talks with the U.S. consulting company Booz Allen Hamilton about developing a plan to build a cyber-operations center.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

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Nov 24, 2012

Iran criticizes Turkish request for Patriots

By Bassem Mrque, AP

From Bassem Mrque, AP:  Iran lashed out Friday at Turkey for requesting that NATO supply it with Patriot surface-to-air missiles to deploy along the border with Syria, denouncing the step by Ankara as counterproductive.

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Nov 23, 2012

NATO Allied Land Command activating next week in Turkey

By John Vandiver, Stars & Stripes

From John Vandiver, Stars & Stripes:  A new NATO land command headquarters, restructured to streamline costs and decision making, will be activated next week in Turkey as the new home for planning how infantrymen from the 28-nation alliance fight together.

NATO Security & Defense

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Nov 23, 2012

Syria condemns Turkey’s request for NATO missiles as ‘provocative step’

By Reuters

From Reuters:  Syria on Friday condemned Turkey’s request for NATO to deploy Patriot defence missiles near their common border, calling it "provocative", after a spate of fighting there that has raised fears of the Syrian civil war embroiling the wider region.

NATOSource

Nov 23, 2012

Turkey tells Moscow that Patriot missiles are ‘strictly for defense’

By Reuters

From Reuters:  Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Friday that Moscow has no reason to worry about the Patriot missiles Ankara has asked NATO to deploy on its troubled border with Syria.

NATOSource

Nov 23, 2012

Lavrov: Patriot missile deployment in Turkey will lead to further regional destabilization

By RT

From RT:  [ Russian Foreign Minister Sergei] Lavrov iterated Russia’s concerns about plans to deploy Patriot missile systems on Turkish territory in a telephone conversation with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen.

MENASource

Nov 23, 2012

Egypt: Divided into Two Camps

By Nancy Messieh

On Friday, President Mohammed Morsi gave a heated speech outside the presidential palace, before an enthusiastic crowd of his supporters, chanting “The people want God’s law,” calling also for the dissolution of the Supreme Constitutional Court. An equally enthusiastic group of Egyptians amassed in Tahrir protesting against a constitutional decree passed by Morsi the day […]

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