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Sep 12, 2012

Picking up the Pieces and Honoring Ambassador Stevens

By Karim Mezran and Danya Greenfield

The violent attack on the US consulate in Benghazi and the tragic deaths of Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other American embassy staff should provoke a thorough reassessment of priorities by the Libyan and the US governments.

Libya

NATOSource

Sep 12, 2012

Gates warns that terrorists ‘using off-the-shelf equipment can develop toxic tools and deploy them with great effect’

By Brian Prince, Security Week

From Brian Prince, Security Week:  In a keynote today at the ISC2 Security Congress in Philadelphia, [Robert] Gates – who served as defense secretary from 2006 and 2011 and is also a former director of the CIA – said the threat of cyber-war waged by nation-states in some ways is less problematic than the prospect […]

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Sep 12, 2012

Video: Obama responds to ‘outrageous attack’ in Benghazi

By Barack Obama, White House

From Barack Obama, White House:  I strongly condemn the outrageous attack on our diplomatic facility in Benghazi, which took the lives of four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Sep 12, 2012

NATO Secretary General strongly condemns attack in Benghazi

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  I strongly condemn the attack on the US mission in Benghazi which led to the tragic loss of four Americans, including the Ambassador.

United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Sep 12, 2012

Free Speech in America Yields Violence in Egypt and Libya

By James Joyner

Dozens of Egyptian protestors climbed the walls of the U.S. embassy in Cairo Tuesday, stormed the compound and tore down the American flag, replacing it with a black Islamist flag bearing the inscription “There is no god but God and Muhammad is his prophet.” Overnight, violent protests at the American consulate in Benghazi killed at […]

Libya North Africa

MENASource

Sep 12, 2012

Top News: Egypt Calls on US to Stand Firm Against the Film’s Producers

By Egypt Source

Dr. Hisham Qandil demanded Wednesday that the U.S. administration to take a firm stand against the producers of the film offending the Prophet (Muhammad) within the framework of international covenants which criminalizes acts that stir up disorder on the basis of race, color, or religion. 

MENASource

Sep 11, 2012

Inflammatory Film Brings Thousands to US Embassy: A Summary

By Tarek Radwan

Word of a film originating in the United States that depicts the Prophet Muhammad having sexual intercourse and questioning his role as a prophet spread like wildfire across the streets of Egypt. Shortly thereafter, approximately two thousand protesters (many of them bearded, but with the front lines consisting mainly of the overzealous Ultras) appeared at […]

NATOSource

Sep 11, 2012

ls Europe becoming more reliant on the US for its defense?

By Julian Lindley-French, the New Atlanticist

From Julian Lindley-French, the New Atlanticist:  [G]iven Europe’s strategic retreat/pretense the only outstanding issue is the relevance of Europeans to America’s grand strategy. If none then both NATO and indeed Europe’s future defense will fail.

European Union International Organizations

New Atlanticist

Sep 11, 2012

Looking Back: The Wonders We Didn’t Expect

By Paul Saffo

It has been a wild ride of a century full of expected wonders. Molecular manufacturing became a reality well before 2050, turning all sorts of once-valuable materials into commodities, and yes, we even eventually got flying cars.

NATOSource

Sep 11, 2012

US increasing cyber cooperation with key allies

By John Reed, Killer Apps

From John Reed, Killer Apps:  The Defense Department has reached what Pentagon officials describe a key agreement with some of the United States’ closest international allies to share information in the cyber realm.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense
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