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NATO Off the Wire
20 September 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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19 September 2007
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| NATO says it will not leave Serbia outside bloc |
| (Xinhua) -- NATO has insisted that it cannot leave Serbia outside the military bloc, saying that the country is a very important, if not the most important country in the region, news reaching here from Belgrade reported on Monday. |
| Published on 19 September 2007 - Tehran Times, Iran |
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| Overstretched NATO forced to rethink showpiece response force |
| Shortages of troops and equipment have forced NATO to rethink its elite new response force less than a year after the 25,000-strong unit was declared ready to serve as the spearhead of the allies' military modernization drive, the alliance's chief spokesman acknowledged Wednesday. |
| Published on 19 September 2007 - International Herald Tribune, Europe |
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| Giuliani says NATO should admit Israel, Japan |
| (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani urged NATO to admit Australia, India, Israel, Japan and Singapore on Wednesday as part of proposals to combat Islamic extremism. |
| Published on 19 September 2007 - Reuters |
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| Canada, the Netherlands Seek More NATO Troops for Afghanistan |
| Canada and the Netherlands are urging other members of the NATO alliance to send troops to southern Afghanistan to help fight Taleban militants. |
| Published on 19 September 2007 - Voice of America |
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| NATO pressurises Dutch to stay in Afghanistan |
| NATO is turning up the heat on the Netherlands to keep its troops in Afghanistan. A senior military chief at NATO recently made a formal request to the Dutch government to keep its force in the country. |
| Published on 19 September 2007 - Radio Netherlands, Netherlands |
18 September 2007
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| NATO 'on top of our game' in Afghanistan: officer |
Reports that NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and the Canadian military are not faring well in their war against the Taliban are wrong, says the Canadian officer who oversees military intelligence in Afghanistan. In fact, says Brig.-Gen. Jim Ferron, the battlefield successes of Canada and other NATO armies could spur peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban.
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| Published on 18 July 2007 - National Post, Canada |
17 September 2007
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| NATO commander confirms more weapons from Iran seized |
| (AFP) — A convoy of explosives seized by NATO troops in Afghanistan definitely came from Iran but not necessarily from the government in Tehran, the top NATO general here said. General Dan McNeill, head of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), confirmed a report in Sunday's Washington Post which said the shipment had been discovered last week. |
| Published on 17 September 2007 - AFP |
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| Canberra asks for NATO to do more |
| The Federal Government is concerned at the findings of an advisory group that the 50,000 NATO troops in Afghanistan are insufficient to make a conclusive breakthrough against the Taliban and al-Qaeda. |
| Published on 17 September 2007 - The Sydney Morning Herald, Australia |
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| Croatia Is NATO Frontrunner as Expansion Entry Talks Resume |
| (Bloomberg) -- Croatia is the frontrunner for membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization as talks over the next round of expansion enter the home stretch and the alliance debates how to handle an increasingly assertive Russia. |
| Published on 17 September 2007 - Bloomberg |
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| NATO rapid-reaction force hobbled by cuts |
| (Reuters) - NATO's flagship rapid reaction force has fallen below full strength less than a year after its launch because over-stretched allies have withdrawn pledges of military assets, NATO sources said on Monday. |
| Published on 17 September 2007 - Reuters |
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| Language gap holding back efforts to train Afghan army |
| NATO should urgently step up the teaching of English to Afghan army officers so they can work alongside international forces there, the general coordinating allied training efforts said Monday. "The biggest problem that we meet is language skills," said Brig. Gen. Ryszard Wisniewski. "The Afghan National Army has a lot of needs starting with the basic language skills to get more and better relationships and communication between allies and Afghans." |
| Published on 17 September 2007 - International Herald Tribune, Europe |
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| Georgian Foreign Minister Focuses on NATO |
| Last week the Georgian Minister of Foreign Affairs travelled to Washington and Vilnius, Lithuania, to gather support from the members of the North-Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to allowing Georgia to move into a new stage of integration into the organization. The purpose of the meeting was also to prepare grounds for the visit of President Saakshvili to the US and UN. Saakashvili is expected to address the UN in the near future. |
| Published on 17 September 2007 - The Georgian Times, Georgia |
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