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NATO Off the Wire
29 January 2007
A look at news and commentary regarding NATO
on the Web
The spokesman's perspective:
Continuing our new series of video commentary, NATO Spokesman James Appathurai gives his personal perspective on recent articles discussing NATO. He invites you to write in with your own comments and opinions, which could be featured in the next installment.
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28 January 2007
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| One NATO is not enough |
| CARLISLE, Pennsylvania: In international relations, leadership often involves getting allies and friends to do things they have not done but need to do. |
| Published on 28 January 2007 - International Herald Tribune - France |
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| NATO to Send Additional Troops to Afghanistan |
| KABUL: The commander of NATO-led forces in Afghanistan says the alliance is sending thousands of extra troops to the war-torn country. |
| Published on 28 January 2007 - Pak Tribune - Pakistan |
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| The will, and the time, to win |
| Afghanistan | It is among the poorest countries in the world, with little infrastructure and widespread illiteracy. It has never known democracy, unity or stability. And on its forbidding ground, a desperate battle is being waged against poverty, corruption, the Taliban . . . and time. |
| Published on 28 January 2007 - Toronto Star -Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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| Afghanistan: NATO Begins Fund For Civilian War Victims |
| Millions of dollars in cash and relief aid have been given by the U.S. government in recent years as compensation to relatives of civilians accidentally killed by U.S. military strikes in Iraq and Afghanistan. |
| Published on 26 January 2007 - RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty - Prague,Czech Republic |
27 January 2007
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| NATO's reluctant partnership |
| By stumping up more money and sending more troops to Afghanistan, the US Secretary of State managed to persuade some of her reluctant North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) members to also send a few more "boots on the ground". |
| Published on 27 January 2007 - Gulf News- Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
26 January 2007
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| U.S. to push NATO allies to match big increase in funding for Afghanistan |
| BRUSSELS, Belgium (CP) - U.S. President George W. Bush will ask Congress for US$10.6 billion to help Afghanistan strengthen its security forces and rebuild from years of war, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday. |
| Published on 26 January 2007 - 570 News - Kitchener,Ontario,Canada
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| NATO forces denied diplomatic immunity in Pakistan |
| By IANS, [RxPG] Islamabad/Kabul, Jan 26 - Pakistan has refused diplomatic immunity and tax concessions to NATO forces stationed in Afghanistan following last Monday's shoot-out in which one soldier was killed and two were injured. |
| Published on 26 January 2007 - RxPG NEWS - Westchester,CA,USA |
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| NATO's outgoing commander says U.S. troops to bolster alliance efforts in southern Afghanistan |
| KABUL, Afghanistan: NATO's commander in Afghanistan said some of the U.S. troops ordered to stay on in the country will be sent to the insurgency-plagued south, where an airstrike on a Taliban command post killed a senior militant leader. |
| Published on 26 January 2007 - International Herald Tribune - France |
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| NATO backs UN proposal on Kosovo |
| Member states of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on Friday throw their weight behind a proposal by the United Nations (UN)'s envoy on Kosovo about the future status of the Serbian province. |
| Published on 26 January 2007 - China Daily - China |
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| French perspective on NATO expansion, By our correspondent |
| KARACHI: Addressing a conference at the Area Study Centre for Europe, KU, French Ambassador Regis de Belenet on Thursday said France had not been keen on developing NATO into a broader global organisation, and had instead favoured a more cautious attitude. |
| Published on 26 January 2007 - The News - International - Pakistan |
25 January 2007
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| NATO Troops Need Reinforcement to Defeat Taliban in Afghanistan |
| Jan. 25 (Bloomberg) -- NATO commanders are planning their annual spring offensive against the Taliban-led insurgency in Afghanistan; now all they need are more troops and equipment. |
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on 25 January 2007 - Bloomberg - USA |
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| NATO Sending New Brigade to Afghanistan |
| BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - New US Defence Secretary Robert Gates was making his first visit to NATO headquarters Monday with Afghanistan topping an agenda ... |
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on 25 January 2007 - Lexington Dispatch - Lexington,NC,USA |
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| Pakistan in strike against Taliban |
| Pakistan said on Tuesday it had attacked Taliban and al-Qaeda positions in an airstrike that coincided with a visit to Afghanistan by Robert Gates, the new US defence secretary. |
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on 25 January 2007 - MSNBC - USA
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| NATO admits to accidental shooting |
| KABUL, Afghanistan, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- NATO forces accidentally shot and killed an Afghan civilian Wednesday at a military roadblock, NATO said in a statement. |
| Published on 25 January 2007 - DailyIndia.com - Jacksonville,FL,USA
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24 January 2007
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| UN, NATO vow to cooperate on regional conflicts |
| BRUSSELS, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) should work closely to help restore peace and security in places like Afghanistan, Kosovo and Darfur, the leaders of the two organizations said Wednesday. |
| Published on 24 January 2007 - Xinhua - Beijing,China |
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| NATO: Taliban weakened in S. Afghanistan |
| KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- NATO force leaders say that Taliban militants in Afghanistan are no longer able to mount conventional attacks on large groups. |
| Published on 24 January 2007 - United Press International - USA
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| Afghanistan: Kabul Sharing Intelligence With Pakistan, NATO |
| KABUL, January 24, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- The NATO-led force International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), Afghanistan, and Pakistan have set up a joint intelligence-sharing center at ISAF headquarters in Kabul. |
| Published on 24 January 2007 - RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty - Prague,Czech Republic |
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