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MENASource

Jun 26, 2012

Top News: Egypt Court Annuls Decree Allowing Military to Arrest Civilians

By Tarek Radwan

The Supreme Administrative Court has ruled on Tuesday against the Ministry of Justice issued decree allowing military police and intelligence the right to arrest civilians. Rights lawyer Khaled Ali, who filed the appeal against the law, confirmed to Ahram Online from the court that the ruling was in his favour. 

NATOSource

Jun 26, 2012

Turkish Border Is Crucial Link in Syrian Conflict

By Neil MacFarquhar, the New York Times

United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Jun 26, 2012

Why NATO Won’t Go To War Over Syria Shooting Down Turkish Jet

By James Joyner

This week, the North Atlantic Council (NAC) will meet at Turkey’s request to discuss what NATO should do in response to Syria shooting down a Turkish F-4 last week. The short answer will almost certainly be: not much.

NATO Security & Defense

NATOSource

Jun 26, 2012

Turkey warns Syria that any troops approaching border will be ‘treated as a military target’

By the AP

NATOSource

Jun 26, 2012

NATO condemns Syria, declares solidarity with Turkey

By NATO

NATOSource

Jun 25, 2012

Turkey reveals coordinates where jet was hit and eventual crash site

By Column Lynch, Turtle Bay

From Column Lynch, Turtle Bay: Excerpts from Turkey’s letter to the United Nations Security Council On 22 June 2012, at 11;58 local time, a Turkish RF-4 type military aircraft was shot down by Syrian forces while flying solo and without arms 13 NM off the coast of Syria in international airspace at an altitude of […]

NATOSource

Jun 25, 2012

Cyber Weapons We Can’t Control

By Misha Glenny, the New York Times

From Misha Glenny, the New York Times:  The decision by the United States and Israel to develop and then deploy the Stuxnet computer worm against an Iranian nuclear facility late in George W. Bush’s presidency marked a significant and dangerous turning point in the gradual militarization of the Internet.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Jun 25, 2012

European Political Union: What Would it Look Like?

By Julian Lindley-French

Cicero, that great defender of the Roman Republic and implacable opponent of those that would abuse power in the name of the people once said, “Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscene than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system”.

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Jun 25, 2012

Turkey: NATO should view Syria as attacking it

By Selcan Hacaoglu, the AP

NATOSource

Jun 25, 2012

Turkey says Syria opened fire on rescue plane

By the BBC

From the BBC:  Turkey says Syria fired on one of its planes that was taking part in a rescue operation for a warplane shot down by Syrian forces last week.

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