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NATO Off the Wire
15 May 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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15 May 2007
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| Swedish military officer suspected of leaking NATO documents to Serbian spy |
| (AP) — A Swedish military officer is suspected of leaking classified information about NATO's peacekeeping operations in Kosovo to an alleged Serbian spy she was dating, Sweden's armed forces said Monday. |
| Published on 15 May 2007 - Arizona Star, USA |
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| Support for U.S. missile shield rising in NATO, says Schwarzenberg |
| (CTK) - A discussion on the planned stationing of a U.S. missile defence shield in the Czech Republic and Poland proves that most NATO members view the project positively, Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg said in an interview for today's issue of the German paper Passauer Neue Presse (PNP). |
| Published on 15 May 2007 - the Prague Daily Monitor, Czech Republic |
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| NATO troops in gunfight at Pakistan border meeting |
| (Reuters) - A NATO soldier was killed and four wounded in an ambush while they were returning to the Afghan side of the border after meeting Pakistani counterparts, NATO said on Monday. |
| Published on 15 May 2007 - the Malaysia Star, Malaysia |
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14 May 2007
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| Swede may have given Serb spy NATO data |
| STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- A Swedish military officer is suspected of leaking classified information about NATO's peacekeeping operations in Kosovo to an alleged Serbian spy she was dating, Sweden's armed forces said Monday. |
| Published on 14 May 2007 - Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA, USA |
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| NATO losing Afghan civilian support in war on terror |
| Coalition troops deployed in Afghanistan to take the six-year-old War on Terror forward are reportedly worried over losing the support of the Afghan civilian population in the wake of a series of land and aerial offensives that have claimed a number of civilian lives. |
| Published on 14 May 2007 - Zee News, India |
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| Czechs to build U.S. base even if NATO resists - Czech minister |
| Berlin- The Czech Republic would construct the planned U.S. missile defence base even if some NATO member countries were against it, Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg told Monday's issue of the German daily Passauer Neue Presse. |
| Published on 14 May 2007 - Czech Happenings, Czech Republic |
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| NATO Says Death of Taliban Commander a `Serious Blow' to Rebels |
| (Bloomberg) -- The death of Mullah Dadullah, the Taliban's top military commander in Afghanistan, is a ``serious blow'' to the insurgency, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization said in a statement. |
| Published on 14 May 2007 - Bloomberg |
13 May 2007
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| Afghan civilian deaths damaging NATO |
| ZERKOH, Afghanistan: Scores of civilian deaths over the past months from the heavy U.S. and allied reliance on airstrikes to battle Taliban insurgents are threatening popular support for the Afghan government and creating severe strains within the NATO alliance. |
| Published on 13 May 2007 - International Herald Tribune, France |
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| NATO holds largest naval exercise in Baltic Sea |
| Stockholm : NATO's has begun its largest naval exercise in the Baltic Sea in the waters off Sweden's southern port city of Gothenburg. |
| Published on 13 May 2007 - Indian Muslims, CA, USA |
12 May 2007
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| Protesters march against docking of NATO ships at Swedish port |
| STOCKHOLM, Sweden: A few thousand people demonstrated Saturday against the docking of ships to be used in a NATO marine exercise at a port in Goteborg in southwestern Sweden, organizers said. |
| Published on 12 May 2007 - International Herald Tribune, France |
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