Category: Blogs

First images of Western “boots on the ground” near Misrata battlelines

By Tony Birtley, Al Jazeera

Op commander sees possible mission for NATO troops in post-Gaddafi Libya

By Tsvetelia Tsolova, Reuters

From Tsvetelia Tsolova, Reuters:  U.S. Admiral Samuel Locklear, commander of the Joint Operations Command at Naples conducting the Libya campaign, declined to comment whether NATO would expand its operation with forces on ground.

McCain: U.S.-Led Operation Would Have Gotten Rid of Qaddafi by Now

By Fox News

From Fox News:  The United States should be running military operations in Libya, not leaving it to NATO, Arizona Sen. John McCain said Sunday

Update: NATO activities in Libya on May 28

By NATO

Update: NATO activities in Libya on May 27

By NATO

Iran dismisses UAE’s move on NATO

By PressTV (Iran)

UAE to be first Arab country with NATO embassy: Poland

By AFP

From AFP:  The United Arab Emirates is to make a landmark move, becoming the first Arab country to send an ambassador to NATO, Poland’s Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said Wednesday. "We’re very happy that the United Arab Emirates is to become the first Arab country to open an embassy at the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation," […]

Russia’s Rogozin Seeks to Scare Bulgaria Away from US Missile Shield

By novinite.com

From novinite.com:  Bulgaria may become a target of terrorists if it accepts on its territory elements from the US/NATO missile shield in Europe, according to Russian Ambassador to NATO Dmitry Rogozin. Rogozin made his warning Friday in Bulgaria’s Varna, which is hosting a session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly. . . . "As far as […]

Russia, U.S. unlikely to agree on missile defense by end of Obama’s tenure – U.S. envoy

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti:  Russia and the United States are unlikely to agree on the missile defense issue by the end of U.S. President Barack Obama’s term, U.S. Ambassador to Russia, John Beyrle said on Friday.

Poland’s Solidarity

By Aleksandra Kulczuga, the Wall Street Journal