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NATO stories: 159 news summaries

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Taliban Force
US to Find
New Route to Afghanistan

Pakistan corridor no longer reliable

Nov 19, 08 8:39 AM CST
(Newser) - Since the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, the American military has received about 75% of its supplies via a NATO corridor from Pakistan. But as the Taliban continue to grow in strength and the border region becomes ever more unstable, the US is now seeking new routes—including a punishing... More »

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Afghanistan • NATO • Pakistan • army supplies • convoys • NATO troops

ANALYSIS

Somali Pirates Could Force
Shipping Detours

Attacked ship anchored off Somalia

Nov 18, 08 10:43 AM CST
(Newser) - The pirates who seized the Sirius Star have reportedly brought their massive prize to anchor off the coast of Somalia, the BBC reports. The Saudi oil tanker’s entire 25-person crew is believed to be safe, but the consequences for international shipping may be far-reaching, Roger Middleton writes in the... More »

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Somalia • Africa • NATO • Saudi Arabia • piracy • pirates • US Navy

Obama to Focus on bin Laden, Revamp Afghan Approach

Eyes regional strategy, talks with Taliban, Iran

Nov 11, 08 8:39 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama is drastically rethinking the war effort in Afghanistan, his security advisers tell the Washington Post, including making the capture of Osama bin Laden a top priority. The administration’s fledgling plan calls for a more aggressive regional approach, possibly involving help from Iran. Obama also favors... More »

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Afghanistan • Barack Obama • NATO • Taliban • military strategy • Hamid Karzai • President Obama

Britain Will Resist US Calls
for Afghan Buildup

Army stretched too thin, top commander says

Nov 10, 08 12:31 PM CST
(Newser) - Britain should oppose any calls from President Obama to shift troops to Afghanistan as they are pulled out of Iraq, the country's defense chief says, arguing that UK troops need a breather. “I have said for a very long time that the British armed forces are stretched,” Sir... More »

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Afghanistan • NATO • David Miliband • British troops • Britain • troop levels • Iraq exit strategy • NATO troops • President Obama • Jock Stirrup

Russia Will
Move Missiles Near Poland

Installation would 'neutralize' US shield
in Central Europe

Nov 5, 08 1:06 PM CST
(Newser) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev delivered an aggressive speech against the US today, threatening to deploy short-range missiles and perhaps its navy to “neutralize” US plans for an anti-missile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic. Moscow perceives the American defense system—which Washington says is intended to deter “... More »

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Russia • NATO • Vladimir Putin • United States • missile • Dmitry Medvedev • defense

US, Russian Commanders Hold First Post-Georgia Talks

Secret meeting is first between chiefs since Georgian conflict

Oct 21, 08 4:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ranking US and Russian military commanders met face to face for the first time since the Georgian crisis, the AFP reports. Few details emerged from the Helsinki meeting, but it appeared to be a first step toward a mending of relations. Michael Mullen, chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,... More »

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Russia • NATO • Georgia • United States • Adm. Mike Mullen • Finland • Nikolai Makarov • military commanders • Helsinki

In Kosovo Visit,
Gates Walks
a Fine Line
With Russia

But defense sec says US troops will remain

Oct 8, 08 8:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US will maintain its current troop levels in Kosovo until at least the end of 2009, according to Defense Secretary Robert Gates. His trip to Kosovo is the first by an American cabinet member since the republic declared independence in February. The move of support is meant to show... More »

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Russia • NATO • Robert Gates • Georgia • Kosovo • independence • KFOR

Afghanistan Commander Calls for More Troops, Now

US General appeals for political support, manpower

Oct 1, 08 1:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - The top US commander in Afghanistan today asked for more troops, as well as additional political and economic aid, "as quickly as possible" to combat a growing influx of foreign insurgents in the country, the AP reports. The fight against Islamic militants is going to get harder before it... More »

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Afghanistan • NATO • Pakistan • insurgents • US military • US troops • David McKiernan

 Pakistan Fires on US Choppers 

Crew and craft not damaged, but tensions rise

Sep 25, 08 10:34 AM CDT
(AP) - Pakistani troops fired at American reconnaissance helicopters patrolling the Afghan-Pakistan border today, heightening tensions as US steps up cross-border operations in a region known as a haven for extremists. Two American OH-58 reconnaissance helicopters were on a routine afternoon patrol in the province of Khost when they received small-arms fire... More »

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Afghanistan • NATO • Pakistan • helicopter • Afghan border • Pakistan military • Afghanistan war

 Palin Raises Specter 
 of War With Russia 

Candidate tells Gibson that Russian aggression could pull US into war

Sep 12, 08 7:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin talked tough on Russia in excerpts from her interview with Charlie Gibson aired last night, CNN reports. The candidate said she firmly backed NATO membership for Ukraine and Georgia. Asked if that meant America would have to go to war if Russia invaded Georgia again, she said... More »

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NATO • Georgia • Sarah Palin • interview • Charles Gibson

Medvedev: US Taunting Russia With Ships

He scoffs at notion
that they're providing humanitarian relief

Sep 6, 08 12:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Dmitry Medvedev accused the US of baiting the bear today by using military vessels to deliver humanitarian aid to Georgia. “I wonder how they would feel if we now dispatched humanitarian assistance to the Caribbean, suffering from a hurricane, using our navy,” mused the Russian president, theorizing that... More »

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Russia • NATO • Navy • Georgia • Dmitry Medvedev • George W. Bush

Taliban Photos Enrage French

Magazine shows militants posing with personal effects
of dead soldiers

Sep 5, 08 9:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - A magazine photo shoot of Taliban fighters wearing the uniforms and personal effects of dead French troops has shocked France, the Guardian reports. Paris Match ran the photos and an interview with a Taliban commander who claims to be responsible for the ambush that killed 10 French soldiers last month.... More »

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Afghanistan • NATO • Taliban • France • Paris Match • French troops

 Karzai Vows Punishment 
 for Deadly US Raid 

'Our relation with the foreigners got worst,' president says after 90 Afghans claimed dead

Sep 4, 08 12:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Hamid Karzai vowed to punish those responsible for killing as many as 90 civilians in a raid last month by US and Afghan commandos, saying Afghanistan’s relationship with “the foreigners got worst,” the AP reports. The US and NATO claim at least 30 militants and no... More »

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NATO • Hamid Karzai • civilian casualties • soldier • Afghanistan war

 EU Snubs Talks on
New Russia Pact

Retaliation for invasion of Georgia

Sep 2, 08 3:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Europe has backed out of talks on a new partnership agreement with Russia in the wake of the invasion of Georgia, the BBC reports.  The decision followed an emergency European summit in Brussels. The commission president said Europe could not continue with negotiations "as if nothing had happened.... More »

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NATO • European Union • Europe • Georgia • Jose Manuel Barroso • Dmitry Medvedev • European Commission • Abkhazia • South Ossetia

Firebrand Sets Russia's Tone
at NATO

Moscow's Brussels rep, a Stalin admirer,
revels in attack

Aug 28, 08 9:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - If you needed proof of Russia's contempt for NATO, look no further than Dmitri Rogozin, Moscow's representative to the military alliance. A fiery ultranationalist who once had a poster of Stalin hanging in his office, Rogozin has seemed more showman than diplomat. But since the South Ossetian war, something's changed—... More »

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Russia • NATO • Georgia • Brussels • nationalism • South Ossetia • Dmitri Rogozin

 West to Put Screws to Russia

New fury at Russia's formal recognition of breakaway states

Aug 27, 08 2:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - The West is preparing to crank up diplomatic pressure on Russia after its challenging move formally recognizing breakaway Ossetia and Abkhazia in the wake of its invasion of Georgia. The US, Europe and NATO have condemned the action, but Russia remains defiant. "We are not afraid of anything, including... More »

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Russia • NATO • Angela Merkel • European Union • Vladimir Putin • Georgia • United States • David Miliband • Kremlin • Viktor Yushchenko • Yulia Tymoshenko • Mikheil Saakashvili • Dmitry Medvedev • Abkhazia • South Ossetia

OPINION

Facing Russia, Ex-Soviet States Need NATO

Joining alliance key to security, Ukraine's president says

Aug 26, 08 1:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Russia's military actions in Georgia sent shudders throughout the region, Ukrainian president Viktor Yushchenko writes in the Guardian. Not only did the war reveal the Kremlin's willingness to commit "massacres" for political gain; it also exposed the weakness of the UN and European security organizations. The West needs to... More »

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Russia • NATO • Georgia • peacekeeping force • Ukraine • Viktor Yushchenko

 US Aid Ship Arrives in Georgia


Aug 24, 08 12:57 PM CDT
(AP) - A US Navy warship carrying humanitarian aid anchored at the Georgian port of Batumi today, sending a strong signal of support to an embattled ally as Russian forces built up around two separatist regions. But a top Russian general suggested that the presence of US and other NATO ships in... More »

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Russia • NATO • Georgia • Russian military • US Navy • warship • humanitarian aid • Abkhazia • South Ossetia • Georgians • USS McFaul

analysis

Post-Soviet States No Longer Russian Puppets

Reactions to Georgia show self-interest

Aug 22, 08 1:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Former cold warriors can be expected to see the Georgian conflict as signalling a return to simpler East-vs-West geopolitics, writes Bridget Kendall for the BBC. But the reaction of the post-Soviet states shows something very different: Former Soviet client states whose loyalty was assured 20 years ago—including Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan,... More »

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Russia • NATO • Georgia • Ukraine • sovereignty • Belarus • invasion

Opinion

 Russia Roars,
 NATO Purrs

Alliance needs to step up and protect Eastern Europe

Aug 22, 08 7:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Russia had better watch its back. NATO has proven that if it goes around invading its neighbors, the world’s mightiest alliance will take action and…er… cancel the next NATO-Russia Council meeting. That’s the lone consequence NATO put forth in its statement on the “situation in Georgia,... More »

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Russia • NATO • Georgia

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