Af/Pak & Other News (4/30/2012)

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Weaker al-Qaida still plots payback for US raid:

http://news.yahoo.com/weaker-al-qaida-still-plots-payback-us-raid-084447254.html



Did rogue spies or 'Pakistani Blackwater' shield Osama bin Laden?:

http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/30/11465937-did-rogue-spies-or-pakistani-blackwater-shield-osama-bin-laden?lite



Pakistanis dead; got 'blood money' in CIA killing:

http://www.chron.com/news/article/Pakistanis-dead-got-blood-money-in-CIA-killing-3521108.php



Afghan Mission May Change U.S. Army Modernization Plans:

http://www.defensenews.com/article/20120430/DEFREG02/304300001/Afghan-Mission-May-Change-U-S-Army-Modernization-Plans?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE



Are Afghans Too Depressed to Beat the Taliban?:

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/04/afghans-too-depressed/



Maiden Flight of LCA Naval Version NP-1:

http://www.defense-aerospace.com/article-view/release/134842/naval-lca-variant-makes-maiden-flight.html



Submarines: The Mysterious Iranian Threat:

http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htsub/articles/20120430.aspx




Saudi F-15 crashed:

http://alert5.com/2012/04/30/saudi-f-15-crashed/



Somali pirates change tactics to evade navy heat:

http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25246:somali-pirates-change-tactics-to-evade-navy-heat&catid=108:maritime-security&Itemid=233



Deadly bombs in Syria's Idlib target security:

http://news.yahoo.com/deadly-bombs-syrias-idlib-target-security-103126898.html



IDF plans new security infrastructure in north:

http://www.jpost.com/Defense/Article.aspx?id=268038




F-22s Are Back in the Middle East:

http://defensetech.org/2012/04/30/f-22s-are-back-in-the-middle-east/




Stratfor: al Shabaab's threat to Kenya:

http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25254:stratfor-al-shabaabs-threat-to-kenya&catid=49:National%20Security&Itemid=115



Report: Algerian forces kill 20 alleged militants:

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/04/30/report-algerian-forces-kill-20-alleged-militants/



Sudan defends use of air strikes in South Sudan conflict:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/29/us-sudan-south-conflict-idUSBRE83S04G20120429



US troops synch hi-tech and nomad intel in Kony hunt:

http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25237:us-troops-synch-hi-tech-and-nomad-intel-in-kony-hunt&catid=56:diplomacy-a-peace&Itemid=111



PICTURE: Poland assumes NATO Baltic air policing duty:

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/picture-poland-assumes-nato-baltic-air-policing-duty-371243/



Russia: Conspiracy Nation:

http://www.strategypage.com/qnd/russia/articles/20120430.aspx



Cyber warriors: Cadets shine in NSA competition:

http://www.defencetalk.com/cyber-warriors-cadets-shine-in-nsa-competition-42087/



USN’s LCS Still Getting Its Sea Legs:

http://www.defensenews.com/article/20120430/DEFREG02/304300002/USN-8217-s-LCS-Still-Getting-Its-Sea-Legs?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE



VIDEO: Boeing 727 deliberately crashed in desert for TV:

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/video-boeing-727-deliberately-crashed-in-desert-for-tv-371267/



Super Secret Hypersonic Aircraft Flew Out of Its Skin:

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/04/super-secret-hypersonic-aircraft-flew-out-of-its-skin/

[SolomonW]

On Mon, 30 Apr 2012 09:39:47 -0700 (PDT), dump...@hotmail.com wrote:

> Did rogue spies or 'Pakistani Blackwater' shield Osama bin Laden?:
>
> http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/30/11465937-did-rogue-spies-or-pakistani-blackwater-shield-osama-bin-laden?lite

I like this line
"But there is no working deadline and expectations vary as to how blunt and
definitive an account commission members will be able to put forth."

Yeah right, checkout this?

http://tribune.com.pk/story/373019/abbottabad-commission-no-institution-individual-held-responsible/

ISLAMABAD: The Abbottabad Commission, probing the May 2 US raid which
killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden last year, has said that no
institution or individual has been held responsible in the report due to be
submitted by the end of May.