Af/Pak & Other News (7/17/2012)

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EOD Team Used Hook and Line Kit to Remove IED From Tanker Truck:

http://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/release/3/136950/hook-and-sinker-catches-the-ied.html



Afghan Gets Death for Killing 4 French Troops:

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/afghan-death-killing-french-troops-16792223



New Pakistan protest at reopening of NATO supply routes:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gpgTy5NPL0Ft9LWgF51sl0ONv88w?docId=CNG.b875bca87dc5066fb2c7b7510ef57454.2a1



5,000 Taliban left the battlefield since 2010, says Nato:

http://dawn.com/2012/07/17/5000-taliban-left-the-battlefield-since-2010-says-nato/



Stryker BCTs in Afghanistan Now Equipped with Precision Mortars:

http://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/release/3/136960/new-precision-mortars-for-stryker-bcts-in-afghanistan.html




GAU-23 Becomes Gunship Standard:

http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htairw/articles/20120717.aspx



New 'Madi' cyber-espionage campaign targets Iran AND Israel:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/07/17/madi_cyber_espionage_campaign/




Aircraft carrier USS Stennis going to Persian Gulf early, staying
longer:

http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/07/16/12769568-aircraft-carrier-uss-stennis-going-to-persian-gulf-early-staying-longer?lite



Dangerous Business:

http://www.informationdissemination.net/2012/07/dangerous-business.html




Syria rebels claim to have shot down army helicopter:

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/07/17/syria-uses-helicopters-to-battle-rebels-in-capital-1322085371/



Syrian President Assad will use chemical weapons: Top defector:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-east/Syrian-President-Assad-will-use-chemical-weapons-Top-defector/articleshow/15016589.cms



Jordan moving to ward off Syrian chemical attack:

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2018705836_apmljordansyria.html




Rafael unveils new unmanned ship for Israel Navy:

http://www.jpost.com/Defense/Article.aspx?id=277732



Efforts to tackle Somali piracy pay off: watchdog:

http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26802:efforts-to-tackle-somali-piracy-pay-off-watchdog&catid=51:Sea&Itemid=106



Sudan: 7 killed in military helicopter crash:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iY5kWMXbZOqqriE4fohPhrBwgKeQ?docId=3d3eaf360dad4740a17e3001b5854125



UN, helicopter gunships attack M23 rebels:

http://www.iol.co.za/news/africa/un-helicopter-gunships-attack-m23-rebels-1.1340783



Russia, Tajikistan strike outline deal on military base:

http://www.cnbc.com/id/48210106



Russian Army to Switch to Wheeled Armored Vehicles:

http://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/release/3/136964/russian-army-to-switch-to-wheeled-armored-vehicles.html



Ukraine jails two N. Koreans for missile spying:

http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Ukraine_jails_two_N_Koreans_for_missile_spying_999.html



MPs Call For 'Cyber War' To Protect UK: Paper:

http://defense.aol.com/2012/07/17/mps-call-for-cyber-war-to-protect-uk-paper/



From Cold Warriors to targeting trafficking: US military shifts focus
in Europe:

http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/07/17/12784623-from-cold-warriors-to-targeting-trafficking-us-military-shifts-focus-in-europe?lite



Venezue-low: Su-30 pilot goes Caracas:

http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-dewline/2012/07/venezue-low-su-30-pilot-goes-c.html




N. Korea Reportedly Names New Army Vice Marshal:

http://www.defensenews.com/article/20120717/DEFREG03/307170001/N-Korea-Reportedly-Names-New-Army-Vice-Marshal?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE




How the Navy’s Incompetence Sank the ‘Green Fleet’:

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/07/green-fleet/



More Bad News For F-22’s oxygen system:

http://defensetech.org/2012/07/17/more-bad-news-for-f-22s-oxygen-system/



Air Force to Mil-Tweeters: You’re All Clueless N00bs:

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/07/air-force-social-media-guide/



DARPA Hypersonics - If At First (or Second) You Don't Succeed:

http://www.aviationweek.com/Blogs.aspx?plckBlogId=Blog:27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7&plckPostId=Blog:27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7Post:6d2f29ab-30ef-4c47-a8d7-2a81fa5d209b



NSA Mimics Google, Pisses Off Senate:

http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/07/nsa-accumulo-google-bigtable/




Lockheed Martin Successfully Completes First LRASM Captive Carriage
Test:

http://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/release/3/136955/lrasm-completes-captive-carriage-test.html




Frack the Border: Cartels Using Oil Boom to Move Drugs:

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/07/frack/