Af/Pak & Other News (1/18/2012)

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Afghanistan blasts kill 13 in Helmand province:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16620589



NATO trains Afghan air force to fly aircraft _ and fix them so history
doesn’t repeat itself:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia-pacific/nato-trains-afghan-air-force-to-fly-aircraft-_-and-fix-them-so-history-doesnt-repeat-itself/2012/01/18/gIQA38xC7P_story.html



Report: UK soldiers accused of abusing Afghan youths:

http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/18/10181367-report-uk-soldiers-accused-of-abusing-afghan-youths




Online Protest Against Obama’s Drone War Flops:

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/01/avaaz-drones/




India sizes up V-22 Osprey:

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/india-sizes-up-v-22-osprey-367058/



US knows what brought RQ-170 down over Iran:

http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22543:us-knows-what-brought-rq-170-down-over-iran&catid=35:Aerospace&Itemid=107



Why Russia is planning Iran war games:

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2012/0117/Why-Russia-is-planning-Iran-war-games



Pentagon pushes back on rumors U.S. delayed Israel war game:

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/envoy/pentagon-pushes-back-rumors-u-initiated-delay-israel-193305315.html;_ylt=AvFzlyljM.bu31Ef7to0YB1vaA8F;_ylu=X3oDMTRhY3V0MzRzBGNjb2RlA3ZzaGFyZWFnMgRtaXQDVG9wU3RvcnkgV29ybGRTRgRwa2cDMjQ5MTUwYzItNmU3ZS0zZjVmLTgyN2YtZmQzOTZiNDJkN2UxBHBvcwM5BHNlYwN0b3Bfc3RvcnkEdmVyAzEyNjg0NjYwLTQxZTctMTFlMS1iZjM5LWNmYTk1NmQ2ZTc5ZQ--;_ylg=X3oDMTFwZTltMWVnBGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDBHBzdGNhdAN3b3JsZARwdANzZWN0aW9ucwR0ZXN0Aw--;_ylv=3



Iran Unveils New Military Spy Plane, Satellite:

http://defense.aol.com/2012/01/17/iran-unveils-new-military-spy-plane-satellite/



Stratfor: Iran, the US and the Strait of Hormuz crisis:

http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22642:stratfor-iran-the-us-and-the-strait-of-hormuz-crisis&catid=56:diplomacy-a-peace&Itemid=111



Saudi ex-spy chief says 'all' options open on Iran:

http://www.france24.com/en/20120118-saudi-ex-spy-chief-says-all-options-open-iran



Activists: Syrian troops shell besieged town:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2012/01/18/international/i022930S66.DTL



Syrian tribal leader: I praised Assad at gunpoint:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46030517/ns/world_news-mideast_n_africa/



Syria Accuses Qatar of Arming Rebels:

http://www.defensenews.com/article/20120118/DEFREG04/301180002/Syria-Accuses-Qatar-Arming-Rebels?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE



Russia defends mystery Syria shipment:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gaH33ddn9A3ICsZSiNubn_r3FP2w?docId=CNG.071c7ffd572544aff1187d004ab66dba.51



Syria: 20 miles from Damascus, an oasis of fragile freedom:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jan/17/syria-oasis-fragile-freedom



Spy arrests expose Israeli penetration:

http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Spy_arrests_expose_Israeli_penetration_999.html



EXCLUSIVE: Downed airmen tell their tale:

http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2012/01/17/exclusive-downed-pilots-tell-their-tale/?hpt=hp_c3




USAF orders 2nd armed Cessna Caravan for Lebanon:

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/usaf-orders-2nd-armed-cessna-caravan-for-lebanon-367063/



Seychelles refuse to take Somali pirates held by Danes:

http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22638:seychelles-refuse-to-take-somali-pirates-held-by-danes&catid=51:Sea&Itemid=106




New AWACS Plane Enters Russian Air Force Service:

http://www.defencetalk.com/new-awacs-plane-enters-russian-air-force-service-39707/



US to Launch Space Arms-Control Initiative:

http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/US_to_Launch_Space_Arms_Control_Initiative_999.html



SHAKO: The Art of Flying, Marine Corps-Style:

http://4gwar.wordpress.com/2012/01/16/shako-the-art-of-flying-marine-corps-style/



Brazil receives LAR-E fast attack boat as navy modernises:

http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22644:brazil-receives-lar-e-fast-attack-boat-as-navy-modernises&catid=51:Sea&Itemid=106



Poland orders New Helicopters and Gunship Upgrades:

http://www.defencetalk.com/poland-orders-new-helicopters-and-gunship-upgrades-39694/



A Carrier Launched Predator C:

http://defensetech.org/2012/01/18/a-carrier-launched-predator-c/



PICTURES: Northrop adapts B-2's flying wing into airliner for NASA
study:

http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-dewline/2012/01/pictures-northrop-adapts-b-2s.html




Army one step closer to replacement of ACU pattern:

http://www.defencetalk.com/army-one-step-closer-to-replacement-of-acu-pattern-39700/



Boondoggle:

http://www.informationdissemination.net/2012/01/boondoggle.html



No, The U.S. Did Not Give Hugo Chavez Cancer:

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/01/chavez-cancer/

[Andrew Swallow]

On 18/01/2012 17:54, dump...@hotmail.com wrote:
> Report: UK soldiers accused of abusing Afghan youths:
>
> http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/18/10181367-report-uk-soldiers-accused-of-abusing-afghan-youths

Two wrongs here - the sex acts and photographing it.

What happened to the ban on carrying cameras?

Andrew Swallow

[Ray O'Hara]

"Andrew Swallow" <am.sw...@btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:6-CdnVloNsoBwYrS...@bt.com...

if you are willing to molest children and film it why would they worry about
a camera ban.
that's like double parking while robbing a bank.