Af/Pak & Other News (1/30/2012)

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Afghanistan to press Pakistan for access to Taliban:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/30/us-afghanistan-pakistan-idUSTRE80T0K820120130



US, Taliban talks on prisoner swap falter:

http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/29/10264773-us-taliban-talks-on-prisoner-swap-falter



Afghan Village Fight Illustrates More Lethal COIN Strategy:

http://defense.aol.com/2012/01/30/afghan-village-fight-illustrates-more-lethal-coin-strategy/



Afghan AAF Training Getting Its Own Air Traffic Control:

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/Afghan-AAF-Training-Getting-Its-Own-Air-Traffic-Control-07286/



Military Masks Could ‘Give Injured Soldiers Their Faces Back’:

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/01/military-biomask/



Monday Eye Candy: Tomcats and Sukhois. What!?:

http://defensetech.org/2012/01/30/monday-eye-candy-tomcats-and-sukhois-what/



Iran says it has laser-guided artillery rounds:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ioErZXIWLvs5jLKevw3uogj7Uiqw?docId=CNG.3805822e112de64f854324c7c664eed4.501



Pentagon Seeks Mightier Bomb vs. Iran:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203363504577187420287098692.html




Iraqi officials outraged by use of US drones: report:

http://www.defencetalk.com/iraqi-officials-outraged-by-use-of-us-drones-report-40163/



Gunfire 'everywhere': Street battles rage in Damascus suburbs:

http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/30/10267572-gunfire-everywhere-street-battles-rage-in-damascus-suburbs



Syria says 'terrorists' attack gas pipeline in Homs:

http://news.yahoo.com/syria-says-terrorists-attack-gas-pipeline-homs-000639291.html;_ylt=Avj_TtsifCPiH2FbF42zE.NvaA8F;_ylu=X3oDMTNqZGFzYnJpBG1pdAMEcGtnA2JhNmNkZWMzLTMxNDUtMzIwYy04ZWZiLTgxYjNjZTY0ZDkyMARwb3MDMTUEc2VjA2xuX01pZGRsZUVhc3RfZ2FsBHZlcgM4OTZmZWYzMC00YjQwLTExZTEtYmZiYy04ZjA2Njk4YmVmZjI-;_ylv=3



South Korea Opens Bidding For $7.4B Fighter:

http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story.jsp?id=news/awx/2012/01/30/awx_01_30_2012_p0-418948.xml&headline=SouthKoreaOpensBiddingFor$7.4BFighter&channel=defense



Air Force To Cut 10,000; Global Hawks Get Warehoused:

http://defense.aol.com/2012/01/27/air-force-to-cut-10-000-global-hawks-get-warehoused/



Northrop Grumman fights RQ-4 Block 30 cancellation threat:

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/northrop-grumman-fights-rq-4-block-30-cancellation-threat-367533/



Sea Ceptor is Born:

http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs/defense/index.jsp?plckController=Blog&plckBlogPage=BlogViewPost&newspaperUserId=27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7&plckPostId=Blog%3a27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7Post%3a19e5823f-f550-49b0-909d-d66a0fe0c570&plckScript=blogScript&plckElementId=blogDest




Ethiopian army, tanks boost force in Somalia:

http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Ethiopian-army-tanks-boost-force-in-Somalia-20120130



USAF woes clip C-27J’s wings in Australia:

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/usaf-woes-clip-c-27js-wings-in-australia-367521/