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Archives for March, 2009

Expert: NKorea has several nuclear warheads

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=46321244&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK North Korea is believed to have several nuclear warheads that could be mounted on a missile, an international security expert said Tuesday ahead of a rocket launch that regional powers suspect will test weapon delivery technology.

Russian movie gives Kremlin’s view of Georgia war

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=46320390&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A nerdy American entomologist hunting for a rare butterfly is the central character of a new film offering the Kremlin's version of the August war with Georgia.

US, Iran the offstage drama at Afghan meet

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=46318671&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK If common purpose in Afghanistan offers the chance for a thaw in the 30-year chill between the United States and Iran it wasn't in evidence as Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton described the overhaul of the U.S. war and development effort Tuesday.

Southeast Asia military delegates tour China base

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=46317127&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Top Southeast Asian military brass toured a tank base north of Beijing on Tuesday, highlighting China's growing engagement with a region that has long felt neglected by the United States.

Iraq: suicide bomber kills 8, wounds 12 in Mosul

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=46316499&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A suicide truck bomber plowed through a sandbag barrier to strike a police station in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Tuesday, killing at least eight people and wounding 12, U.S. and Iraqi officials said.

FACTBOX-Israel’s Lieberman and controversial comments

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=46315217&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK March 31 (Reuters) – Israel's incoming foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman, has stirred controversy over the years with comments about Arabs, notably Arab Israeli citizens and also Egypt. He once suggested Egypt's Aswan Dam might be bombed and last year he said the president of Israel's Arab peace partner could "go to hell".

FACTBOX-Five facts about Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=46314292&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK March 31 (Reuters) – Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak will continue to hold the post in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new government, to be sworn in later on Tuesday.

Q&A-Pakistani Taliban and their leader Mehsud

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=46313743&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK March 31 (Reuters) – Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud said on Tuesday his group has carried out an attack on a police academy in the eastern city of Lahore.

A look at forces in Afghanistan

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=46313739&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A look at NATO, U.S., Afghan government forces in Afghanistan who are battling about 15,000 Taliban and other insurgents:

FACTBOX-Five facts about Israel’s Avigdor Lieberman

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=46313740&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK March 31 (Reuters) – Israel's next foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman, has rung alarm bells abroad with his policy towards Israel's Arab citizens and his proposal to trade land on which many of them live for Jewish settlements in the West Bank.