Af/Pak & Other News (2/27/2012)

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Crashed drone wreckage destroyed in missile strike:

http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=12767&Cat=13



9 killed in Afghan airport bomb, NATO base attacked:

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/9-killed-in-afghan-airport-bomb-nato-base-attacked/917249/



Why Terrorists Are Leaving Pakistan:

http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htatrit/articles/20120227.aspx



Kandahar Air Wing conducts first led air assault:

http://www.dvidshub.net/news/84339/kandahar-air-wing-conducts-first-led-air-assault#.T0rC7nl1Y9U



French Harfang UAV Checks Out of Afghanistan:

http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs/defense/index.jsp?plckController=Blog&plckBlogPage=BlogViewPost&newspaperUserId=27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7&plckPostId=Blog%3a27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7Post%3a9fed11a1-9dbc-466a-87c7-19ff1d2b67ef&plckScript=blogScript&plckElementId=blogDest



Soldiers As Spies:

http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htsf/articles/20120227.aspx



Iran may be "struggling" with new nuclear machines:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-nuclear-iran-enrichmenttre81q0wr-20120227,0,4765725.story



Remains recovered of last GI killed in Iraq; he was slain by Iran-
backed group:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46540294/ns/world_news-mideast_n_africa/



Dozens of Syrian soldiers 'defect to Iraqi Kurdistan':

http://www.france24.com/en/20120227-dozens-syrian-soldiers-defect-iraqi-kurdistan



Qatar Favors Arming Syrian Opposition: PM:

http://www.defensenews.com/article/20120227/DEFREG04/302270004/Qatar-Favors-Arming-Syrian-Opposition-PM?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE



Bashar Assad's forces bombard Homs as Syria awaits vote result:

http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/27/10516807-bashar-assads-forces-bombard-homs-as-syria-awaits-vote-result



French defence minister in Libya:

http://www.spacewar.com/reports/French_defence_minister_in_Libya_999.html



France donates helmets and bullet proof vests to Burundi:

http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23895:france-donates-helmets-and-bullet-proof-vests-to-burundi&catid=50:Land&Itemid=105



Israel Orders ‘Special’ C-130J-30s:

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/Israel-Orders-Special-C-130J-30s-05011/



Plot to kill PM Vladimir Putin foiled, pro-government TV channel
reports:

http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/27/10515271-plot-to-kill-pm-vladimir-putin-foiled-pro-government-tv-channel-reports



U.S. eyes V-22 aircraft sales to Israel, Canada, UAE:

http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23896:us-eyes-v-22-aircraft-sales-to-israel-canada-uae&catid=7:Industry&Itemid=116



Wikileaks Pairs with Anonymous to Publish Intelligence Firm’s Dirty
Laundry:

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/02/wikileaks-anonymous-partners/



Failed Vatican hack attack sheds light on Anonymous' methods:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46538009/ns/technology_and_science-the_new_york_times/



US Army Tests Four Light Robots:

http://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-tests-four-light-robots-40654/



Bonhomme Richard Arrives in 7th Fleet for Hull Swap, Forward
Deployment:

http://www.cpf.navy.mil/media/news/articles/2012/feb/feb26-BHR.shtml




AFA: Air Force may get used UH-1Ns from Marines:

http://www.dodbuzz.com/2012/02/24/afa-air-force-may-acquire-used-uh-1ns-from-marines/



New Bomber Program 'Underway' But Cloaked in Secrecy:

http://defense.aol.com/2012/02/24/new-bomber-program-underway-but-cloaked-in-secrecy/?icid=trending1



Air Force plans two-year delay in developing new Cruise Missile:

http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20120224_7479.php?oref=topnews




Marine Corps Aviation Introduces F-35B Lightning II Into Fleet:

http://www.defencetalk.com/marine-corps-aviation-introduces-f-35b-lightning-ii-into-fleet-40659/



Prosthetics Breakthrough Might Fuse Nerves With Fake Limbs:

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/02/nerve-prosthetics/



Actress Lucy Lawless arrested in oil-ship protest:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46534864/ns/world_news-world_environment/