Af/Pak & Other News (3/18/2012)

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Afghan forces foil new year bomb plot: official:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5in0R1LJFGWRVej_02lJu42aANGCQ?docId=CNG.24ab75128c6e39725df9792dd84d5724.2b1



Pakistan’s Intelligence Agency Gets New Director:

http://www.defensenews.com/article/20120318/DEFREG03/303180004/Pakistan-8217-s-Intelligence-Agency-Gets-New-Director?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE



More than 50 dead in gunfights, air strikes:

http://www.dawn.com/2012/03/18/more-than-50-dead-in-gunfights-air-strikes.html



'Mossad, CIA agree Iran has yet to decide to build nuclear weapon':

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/mossad-cia-agree-iran-has-yet-to-decide-to-build-nuclear-weapon-1.419300



Qaeda claims deadly west Iraq police attack:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jQcLUfSbMy5yILT6MES1DMgSM-Ow?docId=CNG.6c7f38ff7c731a3373646811263daa26.101



US concerned about Iranian flights over Iraq to Syria:

http://www.spacewar.com/reports/US_concerned_about_Iranian_flights_over_Iraq_to_Syria_999.html




Blast hits Aleppo; clashes and protests across Syria:

http://news.kuwaittimes.net/2012/03/18/blast-hits-aleppo-clashes-and-protests-across-syria/




Yemen Says More Than 2,000 Killed in Uprising:

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/yemen-gunmen-kill-us-teacher-central-city-15947480#.T2ZC2vUvjIU



Libya, France, International Criminal Court all want a piece of
Gadhafi henchman Senussi:

http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/18/10740558-libya-france-international-criminal-court-all-want-a-piece-of-gadhafi-henchman-senussi



Indonesia says 'no problem' with US Marines plan:

http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Indonesia_says_no_problem_with_US_Marines_plan_999.html



BAE’s Bribery Battles: Tanzania Paid, as Czech Case Simmers:

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/UK-Fraud-Office-BAE-Set-for-Another-Round-05777/



Columbian police nab US sought pioneer in 'drug submarines':

http://www.nst.com.my/latest/columbian-police-nab-us-sought-pioneer-in-drug-submarines-1.62303



Drones may be controlled by gestures:

http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Drones_may_be_controlled_by_gestures_999.html