Af/Pak & Other News (3/10/2013)

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Karzai accuses U.S. and Taliban of conspiring to keep troops in
Afghanistan:

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/10/17257872-karzai-accuses-us-and-taliban-of-conspiring-to-keep-troops-in-afghanistan?lite



U.S. and Taliban deny Afghan president's claims:

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57573484/u.s-and-taliban-deny-afghan-presidents-claims/



2 'militants' reported killed in US drone strike in Pakistan:

http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2013/03/2_militants_reported.php



150 arrested in Pakistan after burning Christian homes:

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Latest-News-Wires/2013/0310/150-arrested-in-Pakistan-after-burning-Christian-homes




Iraq War: how the Bush administration saw the march to war:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/9919593/Iraq-War-how-the-Bush-administration-saw-the-march-to-war.html




Syrian rebel fighters break through Homs siege - opposition:

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/03/10/uk-syria-crisis-homs-idUKBRE9290BV20130310



Videos Depicting Fierce Battles Between Rebels and Syrian Army
Mechanised Formations:

http://defense-update.com/20130310_videos-depicting-fierce-battles-between-rebels-and-syrian-army-mechanised-formations.html




Documents reveal new details on Dakar sinking:

http://www.jpost.com/Defense/Article.aspx?id=305900




Militants launch missile in Egypt's Sinai:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/africa/2013-03/10/c_132223102.htm




Chad joins African force in Mali:

http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Chad_joins_African_force_in_Mali_999.html




British military: Warplanes spotted in Nigeria moved soldiers for
Mali, not for hostage rescue:

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/03/10/british-military-warplanes-spotted-in-nigeria-moved-soldiers-for-mali-not-for/




Italy, Greece say hostages in Nigeria were killed:

http://news.yahoo.com/islamist-group-says-executes-7-foreign-hostages-nigeria-081226872.html





Type 45 destroyers to conduct TBMD trial:

http://alert5.com/2013/03/10/type-45-destroyers-to-conduct-tbmd-trial/





Falklands votes in sovereignty referendum rejected by Argentina:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/10/us-falklands-referendum-idUSBRE9290CK20130310



Malvinas curriculum helps Argentina revive Falklands claim:

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2013/0310/Malvinas-curriculum-helps-Argentina-revive-Falklands-claim




North Korea Scraps Armistice Today (Again):

http://www.informationdissemination.net/2013/03/north-korea-scraps-armistice-today-again.html



Has China Had Enough of N. Korean Antics? Maybe Not:

http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130310/DEFREG03/303100003/Has-China-Had-Enough-N-Korean-Antics-Maybe-Not?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE




Satellite photo of Laoning at home port:

http://alert5.com/2013/03/10/satellite-photo-of-laoning-at-home-port/




1,168 keywords Skype uses to censor, monitor its Chinese users:

http://www.zdnet.com/1168-keywords-skype-uses-to-censor-monitor-its-chinese-users-7000012328/





Upgraded Early Warning Aircraft Arrive In Taiwan:

http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130310/DEFREG03/303100005/Upgraded-Early-Warning-Aircraft-Arrive-Taiwan?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE





DARPA pushes ahead with 3-D electro-optical sensors for target
identification and tracking:

http://www.militaryaerospace.com/articles/2013/03/DARPA-MISTIR-briefings.html



ITT Exelis to Supply U.S. Coast Guard with Airborne Surveillance Radar
Systems:

http://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/release/3/143280/exelis-airborne-radars-for-us-coast-guard-hc_130js.html

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Update:

As North Korea Blusters, South Breaks Taboo With Nuclear Talk:

"two recent opinion polls show that two-thirds of South
Koreans support the idea posed by a small but growing
number of politicians and columnists — a reflection,
analysts say, of hardening attitudes since the Feb. 12
underground nuclear test, the North’s third such test
since 2006.

“The third nuclear test was for South Korea what the
Cuban missile crisis was for the U.S.,” said Han
Yong-sup, a professor of security policy at the Korea
National Defense University in Seoul. “It has made the
North Korean threat seem very close and very real.”"

"“Having a nuclear North Korea is like facing a person
holding a gun with just your bare hands,” said Mr. Kwon,
the engineer. South Koreans should have “our own
nuclear capabilities, in case the U.S. pulls out like it
did in Vietnam.”"

See:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/11/world/asia/as-north-korea-blusters-south-breaks-taboo-on-nuclear-talk.html?pagewanted=all