Al Qaeda may try to provoke India-Pakistan conflict | Reuters

Posted by Matt in December 8th, 2009 | no comment

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“When they can’t guarantee there will be no attacks in their own country, they can’t guarantee India won’t be attacked.”
India, angry at Pakistan’s refusal to act against the Lashkar-e-Taiba militant group blamed for killing 166 people in the Mumbai attacks, has rejected calls for talks and suggested it could even retaliate were there to be [...]

NATO Of The South: Chile, South Africa, Australia, Antarctica

Posted by Matt in June 1st, 2009 | no comment

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The four countries directly north of the Antarctic Ocean are Chile, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand and all four are to varying degrees being integrated into Western military alliances; all four have bilateral military ties to the United States and with other NATO states, three directly with NATO itself.
With Britain filing a claim with [...]

Russia to cut army to one million

Posted by Matt in June 23rd, 2008 | no comment

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“We propose to have an army of 1 million within four or five years, that is by 2013,” Russian media quoted Serdyukov as telling reporters after meeting President Dmitry Medvedev.
Russian officials had earlier put the number of Russian army servicemen at 1.13 million at the end of 2007. Serdyukov said the Defence Ministry had earlier [...]