Af/Pak & Other News (4/29/2013)

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Blast in Peshawar kills eight, including son of former Afghan
minister:

http://www.beta.dawn.com/news/794731/blast-in-peshawar-kills-eight-including-son-of-former-afghan-minister



Game changer: Maj. Gen. Abrams on the “homegrown” rejection of Taliban
in Afghanistan:

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/power-players-abc-news/game-changer-maj-gen-abrams-homegrown-rejection-taliban-111646849.html



US identifies 4 American victims in Afghan crash:

http://news.msn.com/world/us-identifies-4-american-victims-in-afghan-crash



With bags of cash, CIA seeks influence in Afghanistan: Report:

http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/with-bags-of-cash-cia-seeks-influence-in-afghanistan-report-113042900432_1.html




Civilian cargo aircraft crashes at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan:

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/04/29/civilian-cargo-aircraft-crashes-at-bagram-air-field-in-afghanistan/




Army Releases The Kraken To Protect Foreign Fire Bases; 'I'd Like To
See The Taliban Try To Attack This Place':

http://defense.aol.com/2013/04/29/army-releases-the-kraken-to-protect-foreign-fire-bases-id-lik/





Syria crisis: PM Halqi survives Damascus car bombing:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22335430



Strike on Syria chem weapons 'very complex:' Israel envoy:

http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Strike_on_Syria_chem_weapons_very_complex_Israel_envoy_999.html




Russia warns against WMD search as pretext for ousting Assad:

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2013/Apr-29/215433-russia-warns-against-wmd-search-as-pretext-for-ousting-assad.ashx#axzz2Rrt1p79i




Israel Says It’s Not Seeking U.S. Intervention in Syria, Despite
Chemical Arms:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/29/world/middleeast/israel-says-its-not-asking-us-to-intervene-in-syria.html?_r=0



Israeli lawmaker urges intervention in Syria, claims chemical weapons
‘trickling’ to Hezbollah:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/israeli-lawmaker-urges-intervention-in-syria-warns-chemical-weapons-trickling-to-hezbollah/2013/04/29/69f4b42c-b0bd-11e2-9fb1-62de9581c946_story.html





Israel: You Stop It Or We Will:

http://www.strategypage.com/qnd/israel/articles/20130429.aspx






Libya: The Slow Motion War On Terrorism:

http://www.strategypage.com/qnd/libya/articles/20130429.aspx




Mail delivery to resume in Somalia for first time in 22 years:

http://news.msn.com/world/mail-delivery-to-resume-in-somalia-for-first-time-in-22-years





Recoilless Guided Weapons Station:

http://www.aviationweek.com/Blogs.aspx?plckBlogId=Blog:27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7&plckPostId=Blog:27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7Post:ca5eb5dd-b583-422c-9896-bc92b3b725c3




Denis: Launch missile ... and go home:

http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/examiner-plus/2013/04/29/denis-launch-missile-and-go-home-86081-33251337/



UK drone moan reaches home:

http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-dewline/2013/04/uk-drone-moan-reaches-home.html



Bundeswehr Has ROSY Future:

http://www.aviationweek.com/Blogs.aspx?plckBlogId=Blog:27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7&plckPostId=Blog:27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7Post:c8bd5c0c-7d78-4ffb-b11d-914c0bafa7d1





Taiwan to Deploy 3 More PAC-3 Antimissile Batteries:

http://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/release/3/144629/taiwan-to-deploy-3-more-antimissile-batteries.html




Japan forgot data wipe on ship sold to Pyongyang:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/04/29/japan_coast_guard_forgets_wipe_data_norks/





China Seeks The Path Of Righteousness:

http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htlead/articles/20130429.aspx




Seoul Plans Phased-Development, Typhoon-Size Fighter:

http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/AW_04_29_2013_p46-571780.xml




Report: N. Korea Set To Stage Major Military Drill:

http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130428/DEFREG/304280004/Report-N-Korea-Set-Stage-Major-Military-Drill







Inside the CIA Mission to Haul Plutonium Up the Himalayas:

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2013/04/cia-himalayan-spies/




LCS Is Hacked:

http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htiw/articles/20130429.aspx



Army: AH-64E Apaches Are A-OK; Transmission Problem Didn't Hit Cost Or
Schedule:

http://defense.aol.com/2013/04/25/army-ah-64e-apaches-are-a-ok-transmission-problem-didnt-hit-c/



Edwards Completes Tests to Extend KC-135:

http://www.defencetalk.com/edwards-completes-tests-to-extend-kc-135-47610/



The last F-4 departs Davis-Monthan:

http://www.eglin.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123345676

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Update:



Army says no to more tanks, but Congress insists:

http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2013-04-29/army-says-no-to-more-tanks-but-congress-insists



How the CIA really caught bin Laden's trail:

http://news.yahoo.com/cia-really-caught-bin-ladens-trail-075000372.html