Af/Pak & Other News (4/22/2013)

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11 foreigners abducted in Afghanistan after chopper's forced landing:

http://www.latimes.com/news/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-afghanistan-helicopter-kidnap-20130422,0,7957285.story



Afghan girls school feared hit by poison gas:

http://news.msn.com/world/afghan-girls-school-feared-hit-by-poison-gas



Suicide bomb threat in Peshawar, bombs defused:

http://dawn.com/2013/04/22/suicide-bomb-threat-in-peshawar-bombs-defused/




Pakistan's Musharraf avoids treason charge by caretaker government:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22253247




Attack on VMA-211 made possible due to security cutbacks:

http://alert5.com/2013/04/22/attack-on-vma-211-made-possible-due-to-security-cutbacks/




SC releases list of journalists paid ‘secretly’:

http://dawn.com/2013/04/22/explosive-list-of-bribed-journalists-to-be-made-public-today/





India Finds Another Way To Delay:

http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htsub/articles/20130422.aspx





Iran unveils new UAV, missiles:

http://www.militaryaerospace.com/news/2013/04/22/iran-unveils-new-uav-missiles.html





Hagel’s First Middle East Trip to Seal Historic Arms Deal:

http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=119828





Iraqis vote in first election since US withdrawal:

http://news.msn.com/world/iraqis-vote-in-first-election-since-us-withdrawal





Up to 500 feared dead in Damascus suburb: activists:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/22/us-syria-crisis-killing-idUSBRE93L0OO20130422





Turkey refutes Sunday Times report on air base usage by Israeli Air
Force:

http://alert5.com/2013/04/22/turkey-refutes-sunday-times-report-on-air-base-usage-by-israeli-air-force/




Israel admits it 'acted' to prevent arms reaching Hezbollah:

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Local-News/2013/Apr-22/214631-israel-admits-it-acted-to-prevent-arms-reaching-hezbollah.ashx#axzz2RD1PKyUX




Egypt says Russia to help revive nuclear programme:

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/04/22/uk-egypt-russia-idUKBRE93L0R920130422




Libyan officers demand dismissal of army chief, charging corruption,
mismanagement:

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/04/22/libyan-officers-demand-dismissal-army-chief-charging-corruption-mismanagement/





Child soldiers patrol Central African Republic capital:

http://news.msn.com/world/child-soldiers-patrol-central-african-republic-capital




Nigerian Air Force establishes airline:

http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30227:nigerian-air-force-establishes-airline&catid=35:Aerospace&Itemid=107




Nigeria says heavy fighting in northeast, no word on casualties:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/22/us-nigeria-violence-idUSBRE93L0PX20130422





France: Commissioning of the EDA-R Fast Landing Craft:

http://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/release/3/144436/french-navy-commissions-eda_r-fast-landing-craft.html





Balkans: One Damn Conspiracy After Another:

http://www.strategypage.com/qnd/balkans/articles/20130422.aspx





Philip Dunne Visits New Aircraft at RAF Northolt:

http://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/release/3/144430/more-on-raf%E2%80%99s-latest-transport-aircraft.html





Indonesia to have 16 Su-27/30s by end of 2013:

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/indonesia-to-have-16-su-2730s-by-end-of-2013-384940/




Japanese Feds urge ISPs to support Tor ban plan:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/04/22/tor_japan_police_ban/





Combat Logistics Battalion 6 Performs Live Fire of Motorized Weapon
System:

http://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/release/3/144432/marines-talk-up-remote-weapon-station.html




Northrop Launches CUTLASS, Next Generation Unmanned Ground Vehicle:

http://www.defencetalk.com/northrop-launches-cutlass-next-generation-unmanned-ground-vehicle-47536/



MEADS Low Frequency Sensor Successfully Cues Multifunction Fire
Control Radar In Test:

http://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/release/3/144429/meads-sensor-cues-fire-control-radar-in-test.html



Raytheon-led team to continue development of UAV-based hyperspectral
sensor to find hidden objects like IEDs:

http://www.militaryaerospace.com/articles/2012/11/raytheon-hyperspectral-aceshy.html



Navy to Christen Third Joint High Speed Vessel:

http://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/release/3/144431/us-navy-christens-third-joint-high-speed-vessel.html



Block 2 CH-47F To Tackle Payload Shortfalls:

http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/AW_04_22_2013_p33-569864.xml



Surveillance in Boston bombing raises issues:

http://www.spacewar.com/reports/SciTechTalk_Surveillance_in_Boston_bombing_raises_issues_999.html



#Freejahar Hashtag Rallies Emerging Cult of Boston Bomb Suspect:

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2013/04/cult-of-tsarnaev/