Af/Pak & Other News (4/14/2012)

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Afghan, Nato forces attack insurgents in east:

http://dawn.com/2012/04/14/afghan-nato-forces-attack-insurgents-in-east/



Pakistan weapons ban 'no bar to NATO convoys':

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gJqhnJptjDhKQA_Qml2y6Av_xQvQ?docId=CNG.0aed8735d1342bd2d8ddc08ead1bdb9b.501



Bidding Reopens Next Week on Controversial Afghan Aircraft Contract:

http://www.defensenews.com/article/20120413/DEFREG02/304130004/Bidding-Reopens-Next-Week-Controversial-Afghan-Aircraft-Contract?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE




Come To Afghanistan And Die:

http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htterr/articles/20120414.aspx




Special Ops Trucks: More Punch in Smaller Packages:

http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/archive/2012/May/Pages/SpecialOpsTrucksMorePunchinSmallerPackages.aspx



NATO allies are interested in Lockheed's K-MAX- what about the US
Army?:

http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-dewline/2012/04/nato-allies-are-interested-in.html



Army Wants to Replace C-12 Fleet:

http://defensetech.org/2012/04/13/army-wants-to-replace-c-12-fleet/



Night-Vision Technology Arms Race Accelerates:

http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=740



CIA: Iran Expanded its Nuclear Program in 2011:

http://www.israeldefense.com/?CategoryID=484&ArticleID=1137



Yemen officials: US drone kills 7 al-Qaida members:

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/04/14/yemen-12-killed-in-militant-attack-in-south/



Nimr family enters production in UAE:

http://www.janes.com/products/janes/defence-security-report.aspx?ID=1065966694&channel=defence




The Dutch To Fight Pirates On Shore:

http://www.informationdissemination.net/2012/04/dutch-to-fight-pirates-on-shore.html




Airlines cancel Israel flights for over 60 percent of pro-Palestinian
fly-in protesters:

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/airlines-cancel-israel-flights-for-over-60-percent-of-pro-palestinian-fly-in-protesters-1.424246



US stops food aid to North Korea after missile launch:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/13/us-usa-korea-aid-idUSBRE83C0ZD20120413



Hungary to put 24 MiG-29s up for sale to public:

http://alert5.com/2012/04/14/hungary-to-put-24-mig-29s-up-for-sale-to-public/



Bombs go off after Obama arrives in Colombia; leftist guerrillas
suspected:

http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/14/11194549-bombs-go-off-after-obama-arrives-in-colombia-leftist-guerrillas-suspected?lite



More Cyberthreat Info-Sharing Networks Pop Up:

http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story.jsp?id=news/dti/2012/04/01/DT_04_01_2012_p18-438634.xml&headline=More%20Cyberthreat%20Info-Sharing%20Networks%20Pop%20Up&channel=defense



High-Speed Wireless on the Battlefield Is Coming, But Not Soon Enough:

http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=746



Lockheed: Aegis getting even better, but limits in sight:

http://www.dodbuzz.com/2012/04/13/lockheed-aegis-getting-even-better-but-limits-in-sight/



Raptor videos from Red Flag:

http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-dewline/2012/04/raptor-videos-from-red-flag.html



Air Force Seeks Impossible-to-Intercept Communications:

http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/archive/2012/May/Pages/AirForceSeeksImpossible-to-InterceptCommunications.aspx



Secret Service personnel, accused of hiring prostitutes, recalled from
Colombia:

http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/14/11198491-secret-service-agents-military-personnel-accused-of-hiring-prostitutes-in-colombia