Af/Pak & Other News (2/4/2013)

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Britain Unveils Photos of Nano UAVs in Use in Afghanistan:

http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130204/DEFREG01/302040004/Britain-Unveils-Photos-Nano-UAVs-Use-Afghanistan?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE



'Unsafe FOB Cost Two Soldiers' Lives':

http://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/release/3/142287/%27unsafe-fob-cost-two-soldiers%27-lives%27.html



Taliban Peace Talks Flounder as Troops Draw Down:

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/taliban-peace-talks-flounder-troops-draw-18393813



Pentagon Expects U.S. to Retain Presence in Afghanistan:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/04/world/asia/pentagon-expects-us-to-retain-presence-in-afghanistan.html




Baby Please Don't Go:

http://www.strategypage.com/qnd/afghan/20130204.aspx




How a Chaotic Hostage Rescue Foreshadows Afghanistan’s Post-American
Future:

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2013/02/afghan-good-enough/




Panetta admits that CIA DID use intelligence from water-boarding to
capture bin Laden:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2272860/Defense-Secretary-Panetta-admits-CIA-used-information-waterboarding-capture-Osama-Bin-Laden.html#axzz2Jwvdjmyy





May day: India’s New Basic & Intermediate Flight Trainers:

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/mayday-indias-intermediate-flight-trainers-07391/




Israeli experts dismiss Iran's Qaher fighter claims:

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/israeli-experts-dismiss-irans-qaher-fighter-claims-381841/



Report shows Hezbollah, Iran join forces:

http://www.jpost.com/IranianThreat/News/Article.aspx?id=302013



Ahmadinejad Wants to Be Iran's First Astronaut:

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/ahmadinejad-irans-astronaut-18398077





Al Qaeda in Iraq suicide bomber attacks Awakening in Taji:

http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2013/02/al_qaeda_in_iraq_sui.php





Report: Turkey detains 3 in US embassy bombing:

http://news.msn.com/world/report-turkey-detains-3-in-us-embassy-bombing




Syrian opposition chief renews dialogue offer:

http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_22514622/iranian-official-israel-will-regret-syria-strike



Syrian Rebels Free 3 Hostages in Exchange for Captured Fighters:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/05/world/middleeast/syrian-rebels-hostages-russia.html?_r=0




Lebanon issues arrest warrant for Syrian official:

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/lebanon-issues-arrest-warrant-syrian-official





Israel Aerospace Demos Electric UAVs to Foreign Prospects:

http://www.defencetalk.com/israel-aerospace-demos-electric-uavs-to-foreign-prospects-46632/



Israel Arrests Hamas Members in West Bank Raids:

http://www.voanews.com/content/israel-arrests-hamas-members-in-west-bank-raids/1596600.html



Israel Has A Better Idea:

http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htweap/articles/20130204.aspx




Egypt’s $1.5 Billion U.S. Aid Questioned Amid Crackdown:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-01/egypt-s-1-5-billion-u-s-aid-questioned-amid-crackdown.html




French out of Timbuktu by end of week, airstrikes continue:

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Latest-News-Wires/2013/0204/French-out-of-Timbuktu-by-end-of-week-airstrikes-continue?nav=88-csm_category-topStories



As Extremists Invaded, Timbuktu Hid Artifacts of a Golden Age:

http://apps.beta620.nytimes.com/accessible_nytimes/Top+News/2013/02/04/world/africa/saving-timbuktus-priceless-artifacts-from-militants-clutches.html




Pirates Seize French-Owned Tanker and Hold 17 Aboard:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/05/world/africa/pirates-seize-french-owned-tanker.html





Russia Reverses Course on Imports:

http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130204/DEFREG01/302040005/Russia-Reverses-Course-Imports?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE




Spain offers Eurofighters to Peru:

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/spain-offers-eurofighters-to-peru-381843/





North Korea military meeting hints at nuclear test:

http://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-military-meeting-hints-at-nuclear-test-46653/




Bid to rescue Jordanian in Philippines leaves 21 dead: police:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/04/us-philippines-kidnapping-idUSBRE9130GU20130204




Feds stumbling after Anonymous launches 'Operation Last Resort':

http://www.zdnet.com/feds-stumbling-after-anonymous-launches-operation-last-resort-7000010541/



Euro boffins plan supercomputer to Simulate Human Brain:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/02/04/human_brain_project/



Ex-Navy SEAL died pursuing his passion:

http://news.yahoo.com/ex-navy-seal-died-pursuing-passion-081539440.html



Obama can 'order pre-emptive cyber-attack' if U.S. faces threat:

http://www.zdnet.com/obama-can-order-pre-emptive-cyber-attack-if-u-s-faces-threat-7000010769/