26/1/08

New Preemptive Nuke First Strike Option for EU via NATO? (Olog-hai)
This might have the names of the military genii of other countries on there . . . but this is the baby of Klaus Naumann, former supreme military commander of NATO and former head of the German Bundeswehr. (Weren’t we supposed to have …
www.subchat.com/otchat/read.asp?Id=280716

NATO Reform Report calls for Pre-emptive Nuclear Option
By Ray(Ray)
A group of former senior military officials has said that Nato must be prepared to launch pre-emptive nuclear strikes to “ward off the use of weapons of mass destruction by its enemies”, the Telegraph reports. …
cyberray-rays.blogspot.com/2008/01/
nato-reform-report-calls-for-pre.html

NATO’s Nuclear “Quiver”
By William Keller
A new strategy document calls for NATO to hold first use of nuclear weapons “in the quiver of escalation as the ultimate instrument to prevent the use of weapons of mass destruction.” This proposal from would-be NATO nuclear hawks …
www.securitysweepblog.org/2008/01/25/natos-nuclear-quiver/

Ukraine promises to push ahead with NATO plans
Euronews.net – Lyon,France
The Ukrainian government is revising its plans to join NATO after an opposition protest prevented parliament from meeting. Up to two dozen members of the …
www.euronews.net/index.php?page=info&article=466683&lng=1

Unleash NATO
Antiwar.com – Redwood City,CA,USA
Perhaps it was the presentation just days before of a 150-page manifesto to the Pentagon in Washington and to NATO’s Secretary General, …
www.antiwar.com/prather/?articleid=12269

Russian parliament annuls deal with Ukraine on Soviet-built radars
The Canadian Press –
MOSCOW – Russia is revising some of its military arrangements Ukraine in light of Kyiv’s bid to join NATO. The State Duma, Russia’s lower house of…
canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeq
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Ukraine opposition prevents assembly meeting over Nato
Gulf Times – Doha,Qatar
The ex-Soviet state’s leaders, linked to the 2004 “Orange Revolution” aimed at moving Ukraine closer to the West, last week asked Nato to grant Ukraine a …
www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item
_no=197886&version=1&template_id=39&parent_id=21

Lithuania supports US missile defense shield in Europe
Xinhua – China
Lithuania will present this position at the NATO summit in April that is to deal with the US project and its possible integration with NATO defense,…
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/26/content_7498279.htm

25/1/08

Albania to back Kosovo independence
Euronews.net – Lyon,France
On a visit to Brussels, he has been holding talks with a number of senior figures including EU foreign policy envoy Javier Solana and NATO chief Jaap de …
www.euronews.net/index.php?page=info&article=466639&lng=1

Canada needs more NATO help in Afghanistan: Casey
Truro Daily News – Truro,Nova Scotia,Canada
TRURO – Bill Casey agrees with a new report that says Canada needs help from its NATO allies to win the war in Afghanistan. …
www.trurodaily.com/index.cfm?sid=101563&sc=68

In Brief – NATO Invites Russia’s Putin To Summit In April
Moscow News – Russia
BRUSSELS (AFP) – The North Atlantic Treaty Organization has invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to a NATO-Russia summit on the margins of a summit of …
mnweekly.ru/news/20080124/55305678.html

NATO, Nuclear Arms and Germany
theTrumpet.com – Edmond,OK,USA
Surprising initiatives contained in the new NATO manifesto point to the prospect of new life being breathed into the alliance, spearheaded by overt support …
www.thetrumpet.com/index.php?q=4736.3005.0.0

Dion “open to debate” on Afghan mission
Canada.com – Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
The five-member panel called for Canada to remain in the region beyond the mission’s scheduled end in 2009, provided NATO allies offer additional troops. …
www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?
id=a0c5935a-7a3a-460d-bbf7-6f514f247ef9&k=75775

Russian parliament annuls deal with Ukraine on Soviet-built radars …
San Diego Daily Transcript (subscription) – San Diego,CA,USA
… Russia’s lower house of parliament on Friday annulled an agreement with Ukraine on using Soviet-built military radars, citing Kiev’s bid to join NATO. …
www.sddt.com/News/article.cfm?SourceCode=200801251e

Prime Minister of Kosovo visits NATO
The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Mr. Hashim Thaci, visited NATO Headquarters on Friday 25 January 2008. He met with the Secretary General, Mr. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer.
www.nato.int/docu/update/2008/01-january/e0125a.html

NATO is Scraping the Bottom of the Tank
By Mike Booth
The think tank, that is. According to an article published in The Guardian on January 22, 2008, five of the west’s most senior military officers and strategists got together to affirm that “the west must be ready to resort to a …
mikebooth.wordpress.com/2008/01/25/
nato-is-scraping-the-bottom-of-the-tank/

Albania’s president downplays fears of violence in independence …
Kyiv Post – Kyiv,Ukraine
Kosovo has been under UN and NATO administration since the 1999 end to the war between Serbian troops and separatist ethnic Albanians. …
www.kyivpost.com/bn/28247/

Target missed
Edmonton Sun – Alberta, Canada
The proposed caveat that we should discontinue our military commitment if NATO fails to find us yet another partner in Kandahar willing to deploy another …
www.edmontonsun.com/Comment/2008/01/25/4792858-sun.html