19 September, 2008

UN drug chief says aggression needed in Afghanistan
Radio Australia – Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
A senior United Nations official has called on NATO to act more aggressively in the fight against drug trafficking in Afghanistan, including bombing …
www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/
200809/s2369150.htm?tab=latest

NATO troops kill a civilian in Afghanistan
Hindu – Chennai,India
KABUL (AP): NATO troops killed a civilian who did not heed their warnings to stop in southern Afghanistan, while US-led coalition troops killed two…
www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/003200809191521.htm

NATO members wonder: Will defense promises hold?
LONDON — In the aftermath of Russia’s brief war with Georgia, the United States and its NATO partners face questions about the very foundation of their alliance _ the pledge enshrined in the 59-year-old North Atlantic Treaty that an …
www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20080919/eu-gates-nato

This isn’t the time to grant NATO membership to Georgia and Ukraine
By eideard
“The policy of Nato enlargement now would be a strategic error,” said Dr John Chipman, Director General of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS). “There is no case for accelerating membership for Georgia and Ukraine. …
eideard.wordpress.com/2008/09/19/this-isnt-the
-time-to-grant-nato-membership-to-georgia-and-ukraine/

NATO members wonder: Will defense promises hold?
The Associated Press
LONDON (AP) — In the aftermath of Russia’s brief war with Georgia, the United States and its NATO partners face questions about the very foundation of their …
ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iS_nMAb9
0YiOuer5cER73uaSJL9QD939LMA01

Georgian PM and Brown at Nato talks
Prime Minister Gordon Brown will meet his Georgian counterpart as Nato defence ministers gather in London for talks on the alliance’s future.
news.aol.co.uk/georgian-pm-and-brown-at-nato/
article/2008091821574821535136?rsp=UK%20News%5D

Already sour, mood between Russia and West gets worse
International Herald Tribune – France
Rice’s tough speech followed a day of growing tensions between Moscow and major international organizations, including NATO and the Organization for…
www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/18/europe/georgia.php

NATO Probes `Friendly Fire’ Death of Afghan Governor (Update1)
Bloomberg – USA
19 (Bloomberg) — NATO is investigating after a district governor in southern Afghanistan was killed in a possible ``friendly fire’’ incident involving …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=
20601102&sid=a_ptLqXKogD0&refer=uk

Gates Urges Cautious NATO Stance on Russia After Georgia Conflict
New York Times – United States
By THOM SHANKER LONDON — With NATO divided over how to respond to a newly assertive Russia, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said Thursday that he would …
www.nytimes.com/2008/09/19/world/europe/19russia.html?ref=world

US calls on Nato allies to fund Afghan army growth
Financial Times – London,England,UK
By James Blitz in London The US will today begin putting pressure on its Nato partners to provide the $20bn (€14bn, £11bn) that Washington believes is …
www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8f85ffa2-85e3-11dd-a1ac-0000779fd18c.html

McCain would rather lose a NATO ally than admit a mistake
By John Aravosis (DC)(John Aravosis (DC))
After all, a potential future American president just accused a NATO ally of possibly not believing in democracy and human rights. So, in a nutshell, rather than simply admit he screwed up, for whatever reason, McCain is now risking …
www.americablog.com/2008/09/mccain
-would-rather-lose-nato-ally-than.html

Britain to put more troops in Afghanistan
Independent – London,England,UK
It’s not just Nato countries, for example we have Japan, the world’s second- biggest economy, who have no troops in Afghanistan. Shouldn’t they contribute …
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/britain
-to-put-more-troops-in-afghanistan-935402.html

18 September, 2008

Pentagon chief: Afghan war strategy under review
The Associated Press
Gates made the remark to reporters in advance of a NATO meeting at which he said he would be raising the issue of how to pay for a planned doubling in the …
ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jyH-bzM
LGyexARglWCPt9LRdxhNQD9394B380

RTO-TR-SCI-131 – Military Impact of Future Denial and Deception
Traditionally, the SCI Panel as the sole NATO focus on Camouflage, Concealment and Deception (CC&D) has conducted many studies resulting in novel CC&D solutions ready to be taken up by the nations. With NATO transitoning to a new, …
www.rta.nato.int/Pubs/RDP.asp?RDP=RTO-TR-SCI-131

Afghan Chief Shot In NATO “Mistake”
By Human Security Report Project
EXCERPT: “An Afghan district governor and two of his bodyguards have been killed by mistake in a Nato raid on a house in Uruzgan province, police say. Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president, expressed sorrow over the killing,…
www.afghanconflictmonitor.org/2008/09/afghan-chief-sh.html

NATO Defence Ministers meet in London
On 18-19 September 2008, the Ministers of Defence of 26 Allied countries will meet in London. During informal sessions they will exchange views on a broad range of security and defence aspects of NATO’s agenda.
www.nato.int/docu/update/2008/09-september/e0918a.html

Adviser: McCain Considers Zapatero A “NATO Ally,”
In this week’s interview, Senator McCain did not rule in or rule out a White House meeting with President Zapatero, a NATO ally. If elected, he will meet with a wide range of allies in a wide variety of venues but is not going to spell …
marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/
2008/09/wires_crossed_on_zapatero.php

About NATO…
By Bambi
When you look at the map it seems that NATO is indeed trying to encircle Russia and diminish its influece in areas where it has always been dominant. I would too be angry if someone was trying to isolate my country.…
www.yahooka.com/forum/politics-
current-affairs/142134-about-nato.html

New global conflicts cause NATO to reflect on strategy
SmartBrief – Washington,DC,USA
Nato defense ministers are meeting to discuss the fundamental strategic mission of NATO, which has diverged from its original mission of protecting Europe …
www.smartbrief.com/news/un_wire/storyDetails.jsp?issueid
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US Defense Chief Calls for Cautious, Prudent NATO Response to Russia
Voice of America – USA
By Al Pessin US Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he will urge caution and prudence in NATO’s response to Russia’s actions in Georgia when he meets with …
www.voanews.com/english/2008-09-18-voa51.cfm

Nato should stop expanding, says UK think tank
Independent – London,England,UK
By Anne Penketh and Mary Dejevsky Nato needs to stop expanding, according to a leading British strategic think tank. The International Institute for…
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/nato-
should-stop-expanding-says-uk-think-tank-935180.html

Gates Says US, NATO Should Fight Drug Trade in Afghanistan
Voice of America – USA
By Al Pessin US Defense Secretary Robert Gates says US and NATO forces in Afghanistan should take on the country’s narcotics trafficking problem as part of …
voanews.com/english/2008-09-18-voa29.cfm

Karzai ally killed in battle with NATO troops | KXNet.com North …
KXMC – Minot,ND,USA
AP KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) Officials in Afghanistan say NATO-led troops killed an ally of President Hamid Karzai during an overnight gunbattle in…
www.kxmc.com/News/276697.asp

ALDE Seminar on the Enlargement of NATO
By rss@dailymotion.com (ALDEADLE)
Video summary of the ALDE Seminar on “Enlargement of NATO – Opportunities for European Security and Defence Policy” Event date: 01/04/08 09:00 to 12:30 Location: Room ASP 5G1, European Parliament, Brussels On the eve of the important …
www.dailymotion.com/video/x6sk42_alde
-seminar-on-the-enlargement-of_news

Russia envoy warns NATO on air space to Afghanistan
KABUL (Reuters) – Russia threatened to block NATO from using its air space for operations in Afghanistan if member states did not stop “hostile” policies toward Moscow, the Kremlin’s top diplomat in Kabul said. …
www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/
duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3497090

Georgia and Ukraine ‘shouldn’t join Nato’
BBC News – UK
By Paul Reynolds
In a potentially significant swing of expert Western opinion, a leading British think tank has urged that Nato membership should not be …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7623240.stm

Gates urges caution in NATO response to Russia
AFP
LONDON (AFP) — US Defence Secretary Robert Gates urged NATO Thursday to avoid provocation in response to Russia’s invasion of Georgia, but to pursue …
afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gfkPC1QJPniEqM-ZGFVKFOAXkeIQ

Karzai ally killed in battle with NATO troops
The Associated Press
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — NATO-led troops killed an ally of President Hamid Karzai in southern Afghanistan during an overnight gunbattle, officials said …
ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jGv4c
Eqc-wRw_6Mt57psjGEs9lLgD9396F200

Afghan chief shot in Nato ‘mistake’
Aljazeera.net – Qatar
An Afghan district governor and two of his bodyguards have been killed by mistake in a Nato raid on a house in Uruzgan province, police say. …
english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2008/09/2008918125844865901.html

Lithuania: NATO-Georgia commission was established in Tbilisi
ISRIA (subscription) – Washington,DC,USA
On the first day of the visit, 26 NATO Ambassadors met with President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili. During the visit, NATO and Georgia signed the document …
www.isria.info/RESTRICTED/D/2008/SEP
TEMBER_18/diplo_18september2008_20.htm

Gates: US reviewing its Afghanistan war strategy
The Associated Press
Gates visited Afghanistan on Wednesday and flew to London for NATO consultations. He did not reveal whether the White House has launched a formal review of …
ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jyH-bzMLGyexARglWCPt9LRdxhNQD93951K81

Ukraine’s Yushchenko advocates NATO as balance to Russia
By johnibii
Asked about recent remarks by Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin that NATO membership for Georgia would require a military response from the Western alliance, Mr. Yushchenko spoke in broader terms of the need for …
johnibiii.wordpress.com/2008/09/18/ukra
ines-yushchenko-advocates-nato-as-balance/

The NATO has refused to make comments on crisis in Ukraine
By admin
It was declared on Wednesday in Bruxelles by the official representative of NATO James Appaturaj. It has been the day before declared disintegration of a coalition of the Block of Julia Timoshenko and the propresidential block“Our …
fin-forex.com/the-nato-has-refused
-to-make-comments-on-crisis-in-ukraine/

Russian gunboat diplomacy in Crimea?
BBC News – UK
In the aftermath of Russia’s invasion, should Nato move ahead more rapidly with plans to bring both Georgia and Ukraine inside its protective fence?…
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7622520.stm

Nation’s NATO bid looking more unlikely
Kyiv Post – Kyiv,Ukraine
For Kyiv, one of two pro-western allies along with Tbilisi on post-Soviet turf, both seeking swift NATO membership, the Georgia war bears major significance …
www.kyivpost.com/nation/29783

Gates: US should apologize more quickly for deaths
The Associated Press
Gates was in London on Thursday for a NATO meeting that was expected to include a discussion among allied defense ministers of the struggles to turn the …
ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jyH-bzML
GyexARglWCPt9LRdxhNQD938VVLG0

Yushchenko advocates NATO as balance – Washington Times
BBC NewsYushchenko advocates NATO as balanceWashington Times – 4 hours agoKIEV | Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko blamed the Russia-Georgia war on a security imbalance in the Black Sea region that he said could be corrected by …
news.originalsignal.com/article/990089/yushchenko
-advocates-nato-as-balance-washington-times.html

Insurgents in Afghanistan show strength, sophistication
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
A French soldier with the NATO-led force in Afghanistan surveys the Shomali plain north of Kabul. Taliban fighters in August ambushed and killed 10 French …
www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/
la-fg-insurgency18-2008sep18,0,5197114.story

NATO suffers casualties in Afghan ambush
Reuters UK – UK
KABUL (Reuters) – A NATO force was ambushed by insurgents on Thursday in eastern Afghanistan and suffered some casualties, an alliance spokeswoman said. …
uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKISL6470420080918

NATO soldier killed in E Afghanistan
Xinhua – China
18 (Xinhua) — An service member with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) was killed Wednesday during a small-arms fire attack by …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-09/18/content_10073687.htm

America First Party denounces potential Ukraine, Georgia NATO …
By Fred Church Ortiz
In a press release penned by Chairman Jon Hill, the America First Party discusses the pitfalls of accepting Ukraine and Georgia into NATO, calling it a “Very Bad and Dangerous Idea” in light of the obligations of the Cold War era …
www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2008/09/america-first
-party-denounces-potential-ukraine-georgia-nato-membership/

US seeking sole command of Nato’s war against the Taliban
The Bush administration is pushing for sweeping changes to the military command structure in Afghanistan, so that the head of international forces would report directly to US Central Command instead of Nato. …
agonist.org/20080917/us_seeking_sole_
command_of_natos_war_against_the_taliban

Russia-Georgia Rift Prompts Questions About NATO’s Future Role
By Lieutenant Raymond E. Foster, LAPD (ret.), MPA(Lieutenant Raymond E. Foster, LAPD (ret.), MPA)
16, 2008 – Russia’s attack on Georgia, the first invasion orchestrated by Moscow since the end of the Soviet Union, raises questions about NATO’s future role in the region, defense officials said. “We have heretofore, since NATO began …
military-online.blogspot.com/2008/09/
russia-georgia-rift-prompts-questions.html

Ahmadinejad warns against NATO talks – United Press International
ABC NewsAhmadinejad warns against NATO talksUnited Press International – 1 hour agoTBILISI, Iran, Sept. 17 (UPI) — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says NATO should not interfere with the Caucacus states following Russia’s recent …
news.originalsignal.com/article/989863/ahmadinejad
-warns-against-nato-talks-united-press-international.html

NATO, UN, EU invading Kosovo
By admin
Serbianna.com PRISTINA, Kosovo-NATO’s 16000-strong peacekeeping force is ready to provide security for international officials in Kosovo’s tense, Serb-dominated north, the top commander in Kosovo said Wednesday. Lt. Gen.…
www.freepressinternational.com/2008/09/nato-un-eu-invading-kosovo/

Nato to consider response to new Russian assertiveness
GEORGIA:The alliance has been forced into a strategic rethink faced with a
resurgent Russia, writes James Blitz.
www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2008/0918/1221599467845.html

Russia threatens to break with NATO
It is one thing to fuss around a US protege (Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili), but quite another to give shelter to an aggressive state, said Dmitry Rogozin, Russia’s NATO envoy. In such circumstances there could be no question …
www.timesoftheinternet.com/4588.html

Russia accuses NATO of encouraging further Georgian aggression
By North Pole Resident
MOSCOW, September 17 (RIA Novosti) – Russia\’s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday that NATO\’s drive to strengthen ties with Georgia is effectively encouraging the Tbilisi regime to carry out new acts of aggression in the future. …
www.politicalforum.com/showthread.php?t=49887

Russia laughs at NATO’s face – Russia to share space technology …
By eldib
Russia laughs at NATO’s face Dmitry Rogozin, Russia’s ambassador to NATO, believes that Georgia will not be able to join the Membership Action Plan in December. The official added that the recent statements from NATO Secretary General …
eldib.wordpress.com/2008/09/18/russia-laughs-at-nato%
E2%80%99s-face-russia-to-share-space-technology-with-cuba
-us-intelligence-gathering-ship-enters-sevastopol-harbor/

US seeking sole command of Nato’s war against the Taliban
Independent – London,England,UK
The changes would have huge repercussions for Nato, whose officials have stated that Afghanistan is a “defining moment” for the organisation’s ability to …
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/us-seeking-sole
-command-of-natos-war-against-the-taliban-934256.html

Defence: Nato must transform to beat Taliban – Browne
guardian.co.uk – UK
Speaking to the Guardian before a meeting of Nato defence ministers in London today, he called for an “honest discussion” about the problems facing the …
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/sep/18/nato.afghanistan