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Hassan for regional bloc against US, NATO

By South Asian News Agency

Leader of major Pakistani political party calls for anti-NATO alliance during meeting with Iranian official. From South Asian News Agency: “Jamaat-e-Islami Amir Syed Munawar Hassan has said that Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan and China should from a bloc against the US and NATO forces.Talking to media holding meeting with Iranian Council General Agha Massod Zamani here […]

Confidence Building between Turks and Iraqi Kurds

The Obama administration’s “responsible redeployment” from Iraq is made even more urgent by the requirements resulting from worsening conditions in Afghanistan and Pakistan. For redeployment to occur on scale and on schedule, the United States seeks an end-state in Iraq that is stable and at peace with its neighbors. Simmering sectarian violence is inevitable, but […]

Europe’s Last Dictatorship

By Wall Street Journal

Jeffrey Gedmin visits Minsk and presents strong reasons for the US and the EU to continue pressure on the Belarus regime. From Wall Street Journal: “NATO sees Belarus as a potential threat toneighboring Lithuania. Russian tanks stationed in Belarus can be in theLithuanian capital, Vilnius, in about 90 minutes . . . The man who […]

Putin to the West: Hands off Ukraine

By TIME

From TIME: “In April 2008, a source told Russia’s Kommersant newspaper how Putin described Ukraine to George Bush at a NATO meeting in Bucharest: ‘You don’t understand, George, that Ukraine is not even a state. What is Ukraine? Part of its territories is Eastern Europe, but the greater part is a gift from us.'”

The Greatest National Security Threat

By Harlan Ullman

Last Thursday’s face-off between President Barack Obama speaking at the National Archives and former Vice President Dick Cheney shortly thereafter at the American Enterprise Institute brilliantly exposed what is arguably the greatest threat to the nation. Yet, understandably, no one took notice.

Is NATO disrupting Russia ‘reset’?

By Washington Times

Controversial statement by Edward Lozansky, the President of American University in Moscow. From Washington Times: “Russia contributed more to the defeat of the Taliban than any other U.S. ally, including NATO members.”

Second Stage Of Nato Exercises Begins In Georgia

By Turkish Weekly

From Turkish Weekly: “On May 21, the military base in Vaziani in a suburb of Tbilisi will host the second phase of field training exercises within the NATO program ‘Partnership for Peace’, which is called the ‘Cooperative Lancer 09. The Georgian Defense Ministry, thousands of soldiers from 14 countries – nine NATO countries (USA, Albania, […]

FACTBOX-Military deaths in Afghanistan

By Reuters

From Reuters: “Here are figures for foreign military deaths as a result of violence or accidents in Afghanistan since 2001: NATO/U.S.-LED COALITION FORCES:Britain 159Canada 118Denmark 22**France 27*Germany 31Spain 25Netherlands 19United States 683Other nations 68TOTAL: 1,152