Af/Pak & Other News (5/5/2012)

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US drone strike kills 10 militants in Pakistan:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g79b-jzsFJWsNY-nBHDJWaDr7q0g?docId=CNG.c6b1f0108945bd3cf2b01ca38fe93ebf.1b1



Alleged Sept. 11 planners disrupt arraignment at Guantanamo hearing:

http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/05/11548929-alleged-sept-11-planners-disrupt-arraignment-at-guantanamo-hearing?lite



Afghan intel confirms death of senior Afghan Taliban leader, possibly
25 others:

http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2012/05/afghan_intelligence_2.php#ixzz1u2J5InBq



USAF issues new RFP for Afghan LAS programme:

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/usaf-issues-new-rfp-for-afghan-las-programme-371483/




5 killed in Syria's increasingly restive Aleppo:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gTCZApjZgTYLHk1prYmDv7EhptZw?docId=a29b9549f6e04351a0765d7d74b7d2e8




IDF observation balloon crashes near Gaza Strip:

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/idf-observation-balloon-crashes-near-gaza-strip-1.428395



Egypt military detains hundreds following violence:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2012-05-05/egypt-clashes/54774130/1



Mali Islamists attack UNESCO holy site in Timbuktu:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47305413/ns/world_news-africa/#.T6W3N9X7HIU



Brits Testing 2012 London Olympic Security on a Week-Long Exercise:

http://defense-update.com/20120505_brits-testing-2012-london-olympic-security-on-a-week-long-exercise.html



MI6 Codebreaker Attended U.S. Security Conference Before His Death:

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/05/mi6-codebreaker-at-blackhat/



Uniting Against The Chinese Bully:

http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htlead/articles/20120505.aspx



SecDef to troops: Don’t be knuckleheads out there:

http://www.dodbuzz.com/2012/05/04/secdef-to-troops-dont-be-knuckleheads-out-there/



FBI Wants Backdoors in Facebook, Skype and Instant Messaging:

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/05/fbi-seeks-internet-backdoors/



Boeing awarded low rate production contract for Block III Apaches:

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/boeing-awarded-low-rate-production-contract-for-block-iii-apaches-371484/


Everyone Has Been Hacked. Now What?:

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/05/everyone-hacked/