http://www.globalsecurity.org Reliable Security Information from GlobalSecurity.org. http://www.globalsecurity.org/gslogo5.png http://www.globalsecurity.org http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/syria/2012/syria-120208-voa03.htm Turkey is calling for renewed international efforts to end bloodshed in neighboring Syria, where a government assault on the city of Homs. 2012-02-08T23:30:23Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/syria/2012/syria-120208-voa02.htm Syrian troops are continuing their assault on the protest hub of Homs, reportedly killing dozens of civilians. 2012-02-08T19:11:44Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/syria/2012/syria-120208-rferl03.htm France and Britain have expressed doubts about Russian efforts to mediate in the Syrian crisis. 2012-02-08T19:11:44Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/syria/2012/syria-120208-unnews01.htm The UN human rights chief urged the international community to protect civilians in Syria. 2012-02-08T23:30:23Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/syria/2012/syria-120208-rferl01.htm Syrian government forces reportedly were intensifying an offensive against residential neighborhoods in Homs on February 8. 2012-02-08T19:11:44Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/syria/2012/syria-120208-rianovosti04.htm Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called on the Arab world, the United States and Europe to refrain from passing judgment on the national dialogue in Syria before it has even begun. 2012-02-08T19:11:44Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/syria/2012/syria-120208-rianovosti01.htm Russia used its satellites to help the Syrian government fight growing insurgency in the country. 2012-02-08T19:11:44Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2012/02/mil-120208-state01.htm No description 2012-02-08T23:30:21Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2012/02/mil-120208-afps06.htm The United States and Japan have agreed to “delink” two aspects of the planned relocation of U.S. forces in Japan. 2012-02-08T23:30:21Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2012/02/mil-120208-afps07.htm The United States hasn’t seen a large-scale terrorist attack since 9/11 because U.S. forces have crushed al-Qaida over the last decade, a senior Defense Department official said. 2012-02-08T23:30:21Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2012/02/mil-120208-dod02.htm No description 2012-02-08T23:30:21Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2012/02/mil-120208-afps03.htm An Afghan and coalition security force captured two Taliban leaders during an operation in the Lashkar Gah district of Afghanistan’s Helmand province. 2012-02-08T23:30:21Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2012/02/mil-120208-afps04.htm Afghan national security forces and the International Security Assistance Force have the right plan, the momentum and the will to succeed in the country, the commander of ISAF Joint Command said. 2012-02-08T23:30:21Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2012/02/mil-120208-voa09.htm One of the top U.S. commanders in Afghanistan is defending the progress coalition troops are making in Afghanistan, after a U.S. Lieutenant Colonel publicly countered U.S. assertions the allied campaign is succeeding against Taliban insurgents. 2012-02-08T23:30:21Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2012/02/mil-120208-afps05.htm The Taliban are responsible for the rising civilian death toll in Afghanistan, a top military commander in the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force said. 2012-02-08T23:30:21Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/pakistan/2012/pakistan-120208-voa01.htm Pakistani military and NATO officials are holding talks on border security after last November's cross-border coalition attack that killed 24 Pakistani troops. 2012-02-08T19:11:44Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2012/02/mil-120208-rferl03.htm Officials say Pakistan's military leadership is holding talks with NATO and Afghan commanders to improve coordination along the Afghan-Pakistani border. 2012-02-08T19:11:42Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/pakistan/2012/pakistan-120208-rferl01.htm A suspected U.S. drone has fired missiles into Pakistan's tribal area near the Afghan border. 2012-02-08T19:11:44Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/pakistan/2012/pakistan-120208-rferl03.htm Reports from Pakistan say police in Peshawar have detained more than 100 in raids on unregistered madrasahs. 2012-02-08T19:11:44Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2012/02/mil-120208-voa05.htm Egypt's army-appointed prime minister says Cairo will not halt its investigation into foreign-funded pro-democracy groups despite what he called threats to cut off aid from the United States and other countries. 2012-02-08T23:30:21Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2012/02/mil-120208-irin01.htm Yemen is preparing for presidential elections on 21 February and the sole candidate, Vice-President Abdu Rabo Mansour Hadi, kicked off his campaign. 2012-02-08T19:11:42Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/pakistan/2012/pakistan-120208-voa02.htm Pakistani PM Gilani has filed an appeal against a Supreme Court summons calling for him to appear in court to face charges of contempt. 2012-02-08T19:11:44Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/security/library/news/2012/02/sec-120208-whitehouse01.htm No description 2012-02-08T19:11:43Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/security/library/news/2012/02/sec-120208-afps01.htm The United States is joining with European and Western Hemisphere partners in a multinational effort targeting illicit trafficking along the Central American isthmus. 2012-02-08T23:30:22Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/security/library/news/2012/02/sec-120208-africom01.htm Civilian and military representatives from 5 African nations and the US came together for a weeklong exercise to assess the current capability of the Ghanaian government to respond to a potential pandemic outbreak of influenza. 2012-02-08T19:11:43Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/russia/2012/russia-120208-rianovosti03.htm Russia and the United States have signed agreements on the exchange of telemetric information on ICBM and SLBM launches. 2012-02-08T23:30:23Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2012/02/mil-120208-afps08.htm The United States must be prepared to sustain its special operations forces during fiscally constraining times, a senior Pentagon official said. 2012-02-08T23:30:21Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2012/02/mil-120208-afps02.htm While the U.S. military will shrink in the coming years, the contracting career field will buck the trend and grow, officials at the U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center said. 2012-02-08T23:30:21Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2012/02/dod-contracts_4722.htm No description 2012-02-08T23:30:21Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2012/02/mil-120208-mcn01.htm Elements of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit arrived in the Kingdom of Thailand to participate in the 31st iteration of Exercise Cobra Gold, Feb. 8. 2012-02-08T19:11:42Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2012/02/mil-120208-afps01.htm Pentagon officials say they’re all for a “New York-style tickertape parade” honoring combat troops who served in Iraq. 2012-02-08T23:30:21Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/russia/2012/russia-120208-rianovosti02.htm Substandard and uncertified models of arms and military equipment have been excluded from the 2012 state defense order. 2012-02-08T19:11:44Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/russia/2012/russia-120208-rianovosti01.htm The Russian military is introducing new technology for destroying obsolete ammunition, with the straightforwardly-named “Destroyer” set to replace the current dangerous practice of just blowing up old bombs and rockets. 2012-02-08T19:11:44Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2012/02/mil-120208-rianovosti02.htm Russian Helicopters has denied press reports that it intends to take part in a joint venture to produce Mi-2A light helicopters in China. 2012-02-08T19:11:42Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/russia/2012/russia-120208-rferl01.htm Officials say 39 Russian soldiers in one unit have been hospitalized and one has died from pneumonia in the Krasnoyarsk Krai region in Siberia. 2012-02-08T19:11:44Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2012/02/mil-120208-ukmod01.htm Prime Minister David Cameron has today announced that the MOD is to order an additional C-17 Globemaster, taking the number of aircraft in the RAF's fleet to eight. 2012-02-08T19:11:42Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/india/2012/india-120208-irna02.htm India's indigenously developed micro-light pilot-less target aircraft 'Lakshya-1' was successfully test flown. 2012-02-08T19:11:43Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/india/2012/india-120208-irna01.htm The annual joint naval fleet exercises codenamed “TROPEX 2012” Tuesday began in the Bay of Bengal in Andhra Pradesh state. 2012-02-08T19:11:43Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/iran/2012/iran-120208-rferl01.htm Iran's ambassador to Russia says Iran is capable of striking U.S. military forces around the world if attacked by the United States. 2012-02-08T19:11:44Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/iran/2012/iran-120208-irna01.htm FM Spokesperson Mehmanparast welcomed Saudi Arabia's cooperation proposal with Iranian Navy's fleet of warships. 2012-02-08T23:30:22Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/security/library/news/2012/02/sec-120208-rferl01.htm Iraq's Justice Ministry says 14 Iraqis, most of them members of Al-Qaeda, have been executed for terrorism and criminal offenses. 2012-02-08T19:11:43Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2012/02/mil-120208-voa08.htm Somali militant group al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for a suicide car bomb explosion Wednesday outside a hotel in the capital, Mogadishu. 2012-02-08T23:30:21Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2012/02/mil-120208-irin02.htm Rebel groups fighting South Sudan’s government have bolstered their ranks through the forced recruitment of southerners living in Khartoum. 2012-02-08T19:11:42Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2012/02/mil-120208-unnews04.htm Secretary-General Ban welcomed the inauguration of the Darfur Regional Authority, a body intended to stimulate development and facilitate peace in the war-torn western region of Sudan. 2012-02-08T23:30:21Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2012/02/mil-120208-unconf01.htm No description 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