Af/Pak & Other News (5/1/2013)

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VIDEO: Flightglobal expert analyses Bagram 747 crash sequence:

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/video-flightglobal-expert-analyses-bagram-747-crash-sequence-385338/




Taliban assassinate member of Afghan High Peace Council:

http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2013/05/taliban_assassinate_5.php



Parties on ‘hit list’ resolve to defy terrorists:

http://dawn.com/2013/05/01/parties-on-hit-list-resolve-to-defy-terrorists/



Role of Drones in Afghanistan:

http://www.defencetalk.com/role-of-drones-in-afghanistan-47646/



Afghanistan roadside bomb kills three British soldiers:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22363093



RAF crew conducts first Reaper strike in Afghanistan from UK soil:

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/raf-crew-conducts-first-reaper-strike-in-afghanistan-from-uk-soil-385363/



Plots to attack Army: spy agencies probe five inmates:

http://dawn.com/2013/05/01/plots-to-attack-army-spy-agencies-probe-five-inmates/



HBO documentary focuses on women who searched for bin Laden:

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/hbo-documentary-focuses-women-searched-bin-laden-124822316.html



Reaper Reined In:

http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htproc/articles/20130501.aspx



Sources: US Wants to Buy Brimstones for Reapers:

http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130501/DEFREG02/305010013/Sources-US-Wants-Buy-Brimstones-Reapers



Amid Hunger Strike, Obama Renews Push to Close Cuba Prison:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/01/us/guantanamo-adds-medical-staff-amid-hunger-strike.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0





Kuwait: Iraq Owes $11.2 Billion In War Reparations:

http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130430/DEFREG/304300026/Kuwait-Iraq-Owes-11-2-Billion-War-Reparations





Revenge killings claim hundreds in Yemen annually:

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4374921,00.html





Syrian leader makes rare public appearance:

http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/01/world/meast/syria-civil-war/?hpt=wo_c1



What Is Known About Nerve Gas In Syria:

http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htchem/articles/20130501.aspx




Syria opposition denounces Hezbollah 'threat':

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2013/04/201343022456525184.html





Report: Hezbollah tightens grip on southern Lebanon:

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4374737,00.html






Norway receives final patrol boat:

http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Norway_receives_final_patrol_boat_999.html




U.K. Looks Ahead To F-35 Carrier Ops:

http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/AW_04_29_2013_p35-572845.xml




Colombia: Peace Versus Justice:

http://www.strategypage.com/qnd/colombi/articles/20130501.aspx



U.S. Looks to Re-Up Its Mexican Surveillance System:

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2013/05/mexico-surveillance-system/





JSOW Is Upgraded For War Against China:

http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htairw/articles/20130501.aspx







Cyberattacks on U.S., other banks seen to be mounting:

http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Cyberattacks_on_US_other_banks_seen_to_be_mounting_999.html




Army Not Impressed With Armed Aerial Scout Offerings:

http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=1129




Police: Three more suspects arrested in Boston bombing case:

http://www.haaretz.com/news/world/police-three-more-suspects-arrested-in-boston-bombing-case-1.518673