Af/Pak & Other News (3/22/2013)

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Roadside bomb kills 9 people in southwest Pakistan:

http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/2013/03/22/roadside-bomb-kills-people-southwest-pakistan/TkVgaCF8r87vedARI9RScI/story.html



US drone strike leaves four dead in North Waziristan:

http://dawn.com/2013/03/22/us-drone-strike-leaves-four-killed-in-north-waziristan/



Afghan Local Policeman Kills 5 Colleagues:

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/afghan-local-police-member-kills-colleagues-18787758



China to supply nuclear reactor to Pakistan:

http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/03/22/news/national/china-to-supply-nuclear-reactor-to-pakistan-2/




Fox News Poll: Voters Say Afghanistan Matters, US Safer after Action
in Iraq:

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/03/21/fox-news-poll-voters-say-afghanistan-matters-us-safer-after-action-in-iraq/




10 Sketches From Inside Guantanamo Bay’s Military Courtroom:

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2013/03/guantanamo-sketches/




NATO, Uzbekistan and the ISAF Withdrawal:

http://www.defense-aerospace.com/article-view/release/143673/nato%2C-uzbekistan-and-isaf%E2%80%99s-withdrawal.html




MQ-1B Predator Accident Report Released:

http://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/release/3/143660/faulty-propeller-caused-predator-crash.html




Jihadi Web Forums Are Losing Members to Twitter, Facebook, Death:

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2013/03/jihadi-forums/





Murder trial: Italian marines on way back to Delhi:

http://dawn.com/2013/03/22/murder-trial-italian-marines-on-way-back-to-delhi/





Navy Delivers Two Coastal Patrol Boats to Iraq:

http://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/release/3/143657/us-navy-delivers-coastal-patrol-boats-to-iraq.html



Army Brass On Iraq Anniversary: Shock And Awe? Never Again:

http://defense.aol.com/2013/03/19/army-brass-on-iraq-anniversary-shock-and-awe-never-again/





Syria bombing kills top pro-Assad Sunni preacher:

http://news.msn.com/world/syria-bombing-kills-top-pro-assad-sunni-preacher



U.N. to Investigate Chemical Weapons Accusations in Syria:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/22/world/middleeast/un-to-investigate-chemical-weapons-accusations-in-syria.html



Fighting on Golan as Obama in Israel:

http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Fighting_on_Golan_as_Obama_in_Israel_999.html





Rebels advance toward C. African Republic capital:

http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/03/22/3300361/rebels-advance-toward-c-african.html






Dutch Orders for F-35 Likely to Be Scaled Back -Sources:

http://www.defense-aerospace.com/article-view/release/143675/dutch-likely-to-cut-f_35-order-by-up-to-one_third.html




617 Sqn's Dam fine tail art:

http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-dewline/2013/03/617-sqns-dam-fine-tail-art.html






North Korea unveils drone:

http://alert5.com/2013/03/22/north-korea-unveils-drone/




Typhoon Touches Down in Malaysia:

http://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/release/3/143658/raf-sends-four-typhoons-to-malaysia-show.html




YouTube: J-20′s missile launch rail:

http://alert5.com/2013/03/21/youtube-j-20s-missile-launch-rail/




Korea: The House Of Pain:

http://www.strategypage.com/qnd/korea/articles/20130322.aspx






Rescue of downed USMC CH-46E by 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade Black Hawk
in Thailand:

http://alert5.com/2013/03/22/rescue-of-downed-usmc-ch-46e-by-2nd-combat-aviation-brigade-black-hawk-in-thailand/




Pentagon: Missile defense system covers Guam:

http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2013/03/gannett-pentagon-says-missile-defense-system-covers-guam-032113/





Army developing new 120mm AMP tank round:

http://www.defencetalk.com/army-developing-new-120mm-amp-tank-round-47228/



Army researchers launch industry and academia alliance to promote
network cyber security:

http://www.militaryaerospace.com/articles/2013/03/Army-cybersecurity-consortium.html



US Marines Corps' VMFA-121 squadron flies first "operational" STOVL
sortie:

http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-dewline/2013/03/us-marine-vmfa-121-squadron-fl.html



Back in Court - Beechcraft's LAS Stand:

http://www.aviationweek.com/Blogs.aspx?plckBlogId=Blog:27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7&plckPostId=Blog:27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7Post:aec76744-cb18-434f-bae1-d34893273455



Army Issues RFP For $6 Billion M113 Replacement: Armored Multi-Purpose
Vehicle Program:

http://defense.aol.com/2013/03/22/army-issues-rfp-for-6-billion-m113-replacement-armored-multi-p/



Report urges US spies to shift away from Qaeda focus:

http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Report_urges_US_spies_to_shift_away_from_Qaeda_focus_999.html



2nd Bomb Wing gets Sniper pod:

http://alert5.com/2013/03/22/2nd-bomb-wing-gets-sniper-pod/



USN looking at adding conformal fuel tanks on F/A-18E/F--also a look
at Super Hornet RCS reduction measures:

http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-dewline/2013/03/usn-looking-at-adding-conforma.html



First Rapid Prototype Torpedo Warning System Testing On Board CVN:

http://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/release/3/143663/us-navy-carrier-tests-new-torpedo-countermeasures.html



US Marine kills two colleagues at Quantico base:

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/22/17409264-us-marine-kills-two-colleagues-at-quantico-base?lite



A Strange Computer Promises Great Speed:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/22/technology/testing-a-new-class-of-speedy-computer.html?partner=yahoofinance&_r=0



So It Begins: Darpa Sets Out to Make Computers That Can Teach
Themselves:

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2013/03/darpa-machine-learning-2/



Five Things on Friday Morning:

http://www.informationdissemination.net/2013/03/five-things-on-friday-morning.html