Af/Pak & Other News (12/12/2012)

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Afghanistan’s “Crazy Lost Guys” and Time’s Force-Multiplier:

http://nation.time.com/2012/12/12/afghanistans-crazy-lost-guys-and-times-force-multiplier/



U.S. defense chief in Afghanistan ahead of drawdown decision:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/12/us-afghanistan-usa-idUSBRE8BB0M220121212



Crashes raise concern about Pakistani air force:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hUmRFSK0MvxutpDLy9KNKd-HXAuw?docId=94d88b6a2e5c47e18e798f24fa8a805d



Where War Still Echoes, Recalling Earlier Battles:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/12/world/asia/afghan-museum-recalls-a-previous-war.html?_r=0




Elites Still Bypassing Measures to Combat Money Laundering:

http://nation.time.com/2012/12/12/afghan-elites-still-bypassing-measures-to-combat-money-laundering/




Delivery Schedule of INS Vikramaditya:

http://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/release/3/140975/indian-carrier-delivery-now-due-in-late-2013.html



Agni-1 successfully test-fired:

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/agni1-successfully-testfired/article4190985.ece



India Confirms Selection of Boeing AH-64D Apache, CH-47F:

http://www.defencetalk.com/india-confirms-selection-of-boeing-ah-64d-apache-ch-47f-45934/




Iran claims to have decoded all data on board RQ-170:

http://alert5.com/2012/12/12/iran-claims-to-have-decoded-all-data-on-board-rq-170/



Iran Says It Can Make Copy of Captured CIA Drone:

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/iran-make-copy-captured-cia-drone-17940649




Iraq: al-Qaida inmate attempts suicide bombing:

http://www.boston.com/news/world/middle-east/2012/12/12/iraq-qaida-inmate-attempts-suicide-bombing/yaZxMSjeATlRXxuSNdWblM/story.html




More than 100 countries recognize Syria's new rebel coalition:

http://news.msn.com/world/more-than-100-countries-recognize-syrias-new-rebel-coalition




Syrian jihadists, including al Qaeda's Al Nusrah Front, form
Mujahideen Shura Council:

http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2012/12/syrian_jihadists_inc.php



Human Rights Watch: Assad forces using incendiary weapons on Syrians:

http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/human-rights-watch-assad-forces-using-incendiary-weapons-on-syrians-1.484398



Meet the Assadosphere, the Online Defenders of Syria’s Butcher:

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/12/assadosphere/



Syrian rebels gaining ground against Assad's air power:

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/middleeast/la-fg-syria-rocket-man-20121212,0,7083554.story




Israel requests 6,900 JDAM tailkits:

http://alert5.com/2012/12/12/israel-requests-6900-jdam-tailkits/



Israeli forces raid offices of West Bank NGOs:

http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Israeli_forces_raid_offices_of_West_Bank_NGOs_999.html



Gaza's Tunnels Rebound From Israeli Offensive:

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/gazas-tunnels-rebound-israeli-offensive-17940415




More F-16s for Egypt fuels arms debate:

http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/More_F-16s_for_Egypt_fuels_arms_debate_999.html





CIA helping Libyan militias in hunt for alleged WMDs, source says:

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/12/11/cia-helping-libyan-militias-in-hunt-for-alleged-wmds-source-says/




UN to deploy 2 000 extra troops, drones to revitalise DRC peacekeeping
operations:

http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28804:un-to-deploy-2-000-extra-troops-drones-to-revitalise-drc-peacekeeping-operations&catid=56:diplomacy-a-peace&Itemid=111





2 Somali Islamists arrested in suspected pipe bomb attack at Bonn
train station:

http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2012/12/2_somali_islamists_a.php



UK Royal Navy primed to receive first Lynx Wildcat:

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/uk-royal-navy-primed-to-receive-first-lynx-wildcat-380124/



North Korea launches rocket , raising nuclear arms stakes:

http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCABRE8BB02K20121212



U.S. military to boost Philippines presence; China tells army to be
prepared:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/12/us-philippines-usa-idUSBRE8BB0LL20121212



Lockheed Martin to Upgrade Japan’s AEGIS Weapon System:

http://www.defencetalk.com/lockheed-martin-to-upgrade-japans-aegis-weapon-system-45932/



USA Upgrades Submarine Fleet Acoustics Under A-RCI Program:

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/usa-upgrades-submarine-fleet-acoustics-under-arci-program-updated-01952/



CSAR-X to CRH - Then There Was One:

http://www.aviationweek.com/Blogs.aspx?plckBlogId=Blog:27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7&plckPostId=Blog:27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7Post:1b142d10-e0a8-4d0e-a221-3da1c409e6d1



Air Force Launches Robot Space Plane, X-37B -- But What's It For?:

http://defense.aol.com/2012/12/11/air-force-launches-robot-space-plane-x-37b-but-whats-it-for/?icid=trending1



Hypnosis ordered for soldier charged with killing comrades:

http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28814:hypnosis-ordered-for-soldier-charged-with-killing-comrades&catid=115:middle-east&Itemid=251



Hacking the Human Brain: The Next Domain of Warfare:

http://www.wired.com/opinion/2012/12/the-next-warfare-domain-is-your-brain

[SolomonW]

On Wed, 12 Dec 2012 09:22:53 -0800 (PST), dump...@hotmail.com wrote:

> Meet the Assadosphere, the Online Defenders of Syria’s Butcher:
>
> http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/12/assadosphere/

Checkout Saddam's page

https://www.facebook.com/RaghadSaddamHussein?ref=ts&fref=ts