Af/Pak & Other News (3/14/2013)

[dump...@hotmail.com]

Drone stats: how the UK has adjusted Reaper weapons use:

http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-dewline/2013/03/drone-stats-how-the-uk-has-adj.html




U.S. General Puts Troops on Security Alert After Karzai Remarks:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/14/world/asia/karzais-remarks-draw-us-troop-alert.html?hp&_r=0



Health Workers in CIA's Bin Laden Plot Reinstated:

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/health-workers-cias-bin-laden-plot-reinstated-18728040



Eagle Eye:

http://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/release/3/143411/marine-corps-lauds-eagle-eye-uav.html




IMU commander captured in Kunduz:

http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2013/03/imu_commander_captur_1.php



Suicide bomber kills 10 spectators at Afghan goat polo match:

http://news.msn.com/world/suicide-bomber-kills-10-spectators-at-afghan-goat-polo-match



Court Docs Reveal Blackwater’s Secret CIA Past:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/03/14/exclusive-erik-prince-on-blackwater-s-secret-cia-past.html




Indian Helo Scandal Probe Deepens:

http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/asd_03_14_2013_p02-01-558974.xml





Report: Iran test-fires short-range missiles during military drill:

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/03/14/report-iran-test-fires-short-range-missiles-during-military-drill/



Reports: Iran Plans Suing Hollywood Over 'Argo':

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/reports-iran-mulls-suing-hollywood-argo-18707756





Attack on Iraqi Justice Ministry kills 24 less than a week before
anniversary of US invasion:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/iranian-dissident-wounded-in-attack-on-refugee-camp-in-iraq-last-month-dies-exile-group-says/2013/03/14/30dccbf2-8c7d-11e2-adca-74ab31da3399_story.html






Trying to Build Trust Along the Iraqi-Syrian Border:

http://nation.time.com/2013/03/14/trying-to-build-trust-along-the-iraqi-syrian-border/



Syrian air force, vital for regime, sags:

http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Syrian_air_force_vital_for_regime_sags_999.html



Syrian troops and rebels open new battlefront near Damascus:

http://news.msn.com/world/syrian-troops-and-rebels-open-new-battlefront-near-damascus



China missiles' Syria success to boost image: media:

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2013/Mar-14/210068-china-missiles-syria-success-to-boost-image-media.ashx#axzz2NWls3aID



France, Britain to arm Syria rebels 'even without EU support':

http://www.spacewar.com/reports/France_Britain_to_arm_Syria_rebels_even_without_EU_support_999.html



UN curbs Golan Heights patrols after peacekeepers seized, diplomats
say:

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/un-curbs-golan-heights-patrols-after-peacekeepers-seized-diplomats-say-1.509393



Syria Plans to Use Chemical Arms, Says Israel Intel Chief:

http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/75606-syria-plans-to-use-chemical-arms-says-israel-intel-chief



Exclusive: Iran steps up weapons lifeline to Assad:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/14/us-syria-crisis-iran-idUSBRE92D05U20130314



Syrian power balance to tilt towards rebels: think tank:

http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Syrian_power_balance_to_tilt_towards_rebels_think_tank_999.html




Lebanon’s Sunnis Gird for a Fight:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/14/world/middleeast/lebanons-sunnis-gird-for-a-fight.html?pagewanted=all





Hamas Interior Minister behind terror group's activities in West Bank:

http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2013/03/hamas_interior_minister_behind.php




Israel prepares to host Blue Flag combat exercise:

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/israel-prepares-to-host-blue-flag-combat-exercise-383446/




UK Lynx flight completes anti-piracy deployment on French warship:

http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29857:uk-lynx-flight-completes-anti-piracy-deployment-on-french-warship&catid=108:maritime-security&Itemid=233




Libya's Militarized Youth Feed Into Economic Woes:

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/libyas-militarized-youth-feed-economic-woes-18720468




Algerian Arms Deal Brings Russia $7.5 billion, Gas Market Leverage:

https://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/algerian-arms-deal-brings-russia-75-billion-gas-market-leverage-02024/





Islamic extremists moving freely between Nigeria, Mali, raising terror
attack fears:

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/03/14/islamic-extremists-moving-freely-between-nigeria-mali-raising-terror-attack/




Giving Terrorists The Illusion Of Success:

http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htmoral/articles/20130314.aspx




Senior Official: Military Will Maintain Low-key Africa Presence:

http://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/release/3/143417/us-to-keep-low-profile-in-africa.html




Rooivalk ready to deploy after upgrades completed:

http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29859:rooivalk-ready-to-deploy-after-upgrades-completed&catid=7:Industry&Itemid=116





Bangladesh still aiming for sub purchases:

http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Bangladesh_still_aiming_for_sub_purchases_999.html




Photo: Liaoning test anti-torpedo system:

http://alert5.com/2013/03/14/photo-liaoning-tests-anti-torpedo-system/





Report: Surge in N. Korea Air Force Sorties:

http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130313/DEFREG03/303130012/Report-Surge-N-Korea-Air-Force-Sorties?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE



The Fate Of North Korea:

http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htwin/articles/20130314.aspx




Photo: J-20 with 2 different engines:

http://alert5.com/2013/03/14/photo-j-20-with-2-different-engines/





Blue Coat, Skype and QQ named despots' best friends:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/03/14/china_enemy_internet_blue_coat_skype/




Spy agencies to be granted access to US citizen finances:

http://www.zdnet.com/spy-agencies-to-be-granted-access-to-us-citizen-finances-7000012612/




Puzzle box: The quest to crack the world’s most mysterious malware
warhead:

http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/03/the-worlds-most-mysterious-potentially-destructive-malware-is-not-stuxnet/




AF to Retain Additional Intra-theater Airlift Aircraft Through Fiscal
2014:

http://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/release/3/143421/us-air-force-maintains-intra_theater-airlift-fleet.html



Next-generation Fire Scout unmanned helicopters to have increased
range and payload:

http://www.militaryaerospace.com/articles/2013/03/Northrop-MQ8C-contract.html



US national vulnerability database hacked:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/03/14/us_malware_catalogue_hacked/



'Guardian' Rises at Joint Base Lewis-McChord:

http://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/release/3/143419/first-unit-fields-latest-ah_64e-apache-helo.html

[Andrew Swallow]

On 14/03/2013 16:40, dump...@hotmail.com wrote:
> Reports: Iran Plans Suing Hollywood Over 'Argo':
>
> http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/reports-iran-mulls-suing-hollywood-argo-18707756

Does the rule about courts not feeding a dirty dog apply in other countries?

Andrew Swallow