Suicide bombing of NATO convoy kills 17:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45077998/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/#.TqyUfLJbW50

Report says security improved in Afghanistan but faults insurgency
safe havens in Pakistan:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/congress/report-says-security-improved-in-afghanistan-but-faults-insurgency-safe-havens-in-pakistan/2011/10/28/gIQAXKWnPM_story.html

Pakistan Tests Cruise Missile with New Launcher:

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%3a36e3569c-9188-4903-bc5b-2426c08edc44&plckScript=blogScript&plckElementId=blogDest

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Libya news:

ICC fears son of Libya's Gaddafi may flee justice:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/29/us-libya-idUSTRE79F1FK20111029

Libyan Lessons For Doomed Autocrats and U.S.:

http://defense.aol.com/2011/10/26/libyan-lessons-for-doomed-autocrats-and-u-s/

Al Qaeda in the New Libya:

http://defensetech.org/2011/10/28/al-qaeda-in-the-new-libya/

Score-settling after Libya's war casts shadow:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hunoUdHFRtp-gP6sL6qrYuZYK7oQ?docId=798448c75c534a1384b4e1126da648e0

Libyans want back property taken by Gadhafi:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45082061/ns/world_news-mideast_n_africa/#.TqyUsbJbW50

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And, in other news:

Syria protesters reportedly demand 'no fly' zone:

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-syria-protests-20111029,0,2950443.story

Syria's Assad warns of "earthquake" if West intervenes: report:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/29/us-syria-assad-idUSTRE79S33O20111029

Israel and Gaza militants exchange fire, 8 killed:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45087737/ns/world_news-mideast_n_africa/#.TqyUjLJbW50

'Saudi prince backs cleric's bounty offer for IDF soldier':

http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?ID=243644&R=R1

Russia Says Nuclear Missile Test A Success:

http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story.jsp?id=news/awx/2011/10/28/awx_10_28_2011_p0-387687.xml&headline=Russia%20Says%20Nuclear%20Missile%20Test%20A%20Success&channel=defense

Inquiry blames ‘unstable technique’ for Red Checkers crash:

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/inquiry-blames-%e2%80%98unstable-technique-for-red-checkers-crash-363860/

Chinese short-range cruise missile sale to Iran escape U.S. sanctions:

http://alert5.com/2011/10/29/chinese-short-range-cruise-missile-sale-to-iran-escape-u-s-sanctions/

IAF selects Boeing’s Apache Longbow combat helicopter for chopper
tender:

http://www.defencetalk.com/iaf-selects-boeings-apache-longbow-combat-helicopter-for-chopper-tender-37960/

GDLS to Deliver Double-V-Hull Strykers to Equip Two Brigades:

http://defense-update.com/20111027_stryker_dvh.html

Army Light Weight Machine Gun Prototype: A SAW killer?:

http://kitup.military.com/2011/10/army-light-weight-machine-gun-prototype-a-saw-killer.html

Humvees Are Maxed Out; Army Needs JLTV, Says Gen. Lennox:

http://defense.aol.com/2011/10/27/army-maxes-out-humvee-needs-jltv-gen-lennox/

Defense Whiz to Pentagon: Your Predictions Are Destined to Fail:

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/10/danzig-military-predictions/

Poland To Relaunch Trainer Jet Contest:

http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=8084404&c=ASI&s=AIR

Smugglers in Texas Using "Cloned" Vehicles to Move Drugs:

http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2011/10/smugglers-in-texas-using-cloned.html

Af/Pak & Libya News (10/29/2011)

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