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NATO Off the Wire
5 February 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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5 February 2007
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| NATO defence Ministers to focus on Afghanistan |
| NEW YORK: With Afghanistan being top most priority for NATO countries, the informal meeting of Defence Ministers at Seville in Spain next week is expected to focus entirely on how to successfully counter the resurgence of the Taliban in Afghanistan this spring. |
| Published on 5 February 2007 - PakTribune.com - Pakistan |
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| No to independence: Serb president |
| Serbian President Boris Tadic rejected the idea of independence for Kosovo last week after United Nations special envoy Martti Ahtisaari presented his plan for the future status of the disputed province. |
| Published on 5 February 2007 - Budapest Times, Hungary |
4 February 2007
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| NATO to kick Taliban out of truce town |
| The NATO commander in Afghanistan has vowed to kick the Taliban out of a key southern town and reinstate tribal elders who struck a peace deal with foreign troops. |
| Published on 4 February 2007 - The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia |
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| American Takes Over Command of NATO Force in Afghanistan |
| KABUL, Afghanistan, Feb. 4 — A senior American officer, Gen. Dan K. McNeill, took over command of the 35,000-member NATO force in Afghanistan from the departing British commander on Sunday, ahead of an expected spring offensive by a resurgent Taliban. |
| Published on 4 February 2007 - New York Times - New York,NY,USA
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| Taleban warn of bloody spring as US takes NATO |
| KABUL - The Taleban promised a spring offensive of thousands of suicide bombers as the United States, doubling its combat troops in Afghanistan, took over command of the 33,000-strong NATO force in the country on Sunday. |
| Published on 4 February 2007 - Khaleej Times - Dubai,United Arab Emirates |
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| Thousands support anti-NATO demonstration in Seville |
| Thousands of people have supported a demonstration in Seville against an informal NATO meeting which takes place in the city later this week. |
| Published on 4 February 2007 - Typically Spanish - Malaga,Spain |
3 February 2007
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| NATO general expects offensive, says Taliban beaten |
| KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban will launch an offensive within months once the snows melt, but they are effectively a beaten force, according to the outgoing head of NATO forces in Afghanistan. |
| Published on 3 February 2007 - Reuters - USA
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| Musharraf refuses to take blame; asks US, Nato to curb movement at Afghan border |
| Islamabad, Feb 3 (ANI): Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has rejected the criticism that Pakistan was not doing enough in the war against terrorism, saying that his country was not solely responsible to check Taliban movement to and from Afghanistan. |
| Published on 3 February 2007 - DailyIndia.com - Jacksonville,FL,USA
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| NATO welcomes Ahtisaari's proposal on Kosovo status |
| The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on Friday extended applause to the proposal tabled by UN special envoy Martti Ahtisaari on the status of Serbia 's Kosovo. |
| Published on 3 February 2007 - People's Daily Online - Beijing,China |
2 February 2007
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| Lithuania to support Georgia on its way to NATO |
| Lithuanian Prime Minister Gedimnas Kirkilas has pledged support to Georgia's aspirations to join North Atlantic Treaty Organization and share the experience his country had gained after becoming an independent country, as it was one of the pioneer post-soviet states who joined NATO. |
| Published on 2 February 2007 - Daily Georgian Times - Georgia |
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| NATO to step up efforts to control Afghan border |
| LONDON: NATO forces are getting ready to step up efforts to take control of the Afghan side of the country’s border with Pakistan, the alliance’s military chief said in an interview published in the Financial Times on Friday. |
| Published on 2 February 2007 - Online - International News Network - Islamabad,Pakistan |
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| US talking with Macedonia over NATO, despite Greek objections |
| WASHINGTON-It is only Greece that has a problem with calling Macedonia Macedonia, and the two southern Balkan neighbors need to work it out to get on with international business, a State Department spokesman said Thursday. |
| Published on 2 February 2007 - Serbianna.com - MI,USA
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| Putin reiterates opposition to Finnish membership in NATO |
| Russian President Vladimir Putin says that Finland’s possible membership in NATO would not be good for relations between Russia and Finland. |
| Published on 2 February 2007 - Helsingin Sanomat - Helsinki,Uusimaa,Finland
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1 February 2007
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| Karzai adviser rules out talks with Taliban |
| Berlin - The Afghan government will not negotiate with the resurgent Taliban as a group, Afghanistan's national security adviser Zalmai Rassoul said on Wednesday. |
| Published on 1 February 2007 - Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa |
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| NATO troops, Afghan allies get boost |
| NATO forces and their allies fighting in Afghanistan got a boost today from two announcements. |
| Published on 1 February 2007 - National Post - Don Mills,Ontario,Canada |
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| NATO commanders meet Pakistani generals |
| ISLAMABAD: The four commanders of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) and International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) separately called on Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Chairman Gen Ehsanul Haq and Vice Chief of Army Staff Gen Ahsan Saleem Hayat on Thursday. |
| Published on 1 February 2007 - Daily Times - Lahore,Pakistan |
31 January 2007
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| NATO, Pakistan say Afghan refugees must return home |
| BRUSSELS: NATO and Pakistan agreed on Tuesday that three million Afghan refugees in Pakistan posed a security threat and needed to be repatriated. |
| Published on 31 January 2007 - Daily Times - Lahore,Pakistan |
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| NATO, U.S. neglect 'psychological warfare' - report |
| LONDON, Jan 31 (Reuters) - The United States and its allies must pay more attention to 'psychological warfare' as they battle insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan, an influential think-tank said on Wednesday. |
| Published on 31 January 2007 - Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
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| Peretz discusses NATO cooperation |
| Amir Peretz made history Wednesday after becoming the first Israeli defense minister to visit NATO headquarters in Brussels. During his visit, Peretz met with NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and discussed ways to enhance cooperation between Israel and the Western military alliance. |
| Published on 31 January 2007 - Jerusalem Post - Jerusalem,Israel
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30 January 2007
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| U.S. lawmakers, back from Afghanistan, say more NATO troops needed |
| WASHINGTON: A U.S. congressional delegation, led by Rep. Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the House of Representatives, said Tuesday after a visit to Afghanistan that European allies must do more to help defeat the continuing Taliban militia insurgency in that country. |
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on 30 January 2007 - International Herald Tribune - France
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| Afghanistan: Slow Progress on Security and Rights |
| (New York, January 30, 2007) – One year after launching the Afghanistan Compact, President Hamid Karzai’s government and its international backers have largely failed to meet the compact’s benchmarks on improving human rights and basic security, Human Rights Watch said. Members of the international community and the Afghan government will meet in Berlin on January 30 and 31 to assess their implementation of the Afghanistan Compact. |
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on 30 January 2007 - Human Rights Watch - New York, NY, USA |
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| At site of NATO's largest Afghan ground battle, race is on to prevent Taliban return
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| SPERWAN GHAR, Afghanistan: Gunfire rang out from every hedgerow, irrigation ditch and storage hut. The leaves on the raisin-grape vines had grown so thick that U.S. Special Forces soldiers couldn't see the muzzle flashes from the AK-47s aimed their way. |
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on 30 January 2007 - International Herald Tribune - France |
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| NATO prepared for north Kosovo 'domino effect' |
| PRISTINA, Serbia, Jan 30 (Reuters) - NATO is prepared for the worst-case scenario of regional violence in the event Serbs in north Kosovo revolt over an imminent decision on the fate of the province, the NATO commander there said on Tuesday. |
| Published on 30 January 2007 - ReliefWeb (press release) - Geneva,Switzerland
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29 January 2007
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| NATO ready for 'all eventualities' in Kosovo |
| BRUSSELS – NATO's 17,000-strong Kosovo peace force is on alert for potential violence as the United Nations prepares to reveal plans for the future of the breakaway Serb province, the alliance's chief said on Monday. |
| Published on 29 January 2007 - San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego,CA,USA |
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| NATO and NCOIC Strengthen Cooperative Efforts |
| WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- The NATO Consultation, Command and Control Headquarters Staff (NHQC3S) and the Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium(TM) (NCOIC) have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to jointly advance Network Centric Operations, NATO Network Enabled Capability (NNEC) and Information Superiority. |
| Published on 29 January 2007 - Yahoo! News (press release) - USA |
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| Karzai calls for talks with Taliban |
| KABUL — President Hamid Karzai renewed his call Monday for talks with the Taliban and other groups battling his government, as Afghans brace for more fighting in the spring. |
| Published on 29 January 2007 - Edmonton Sun - Edmonton,Alberta,Canada
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