Af/Pak & Other News (4/26/2012)

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US restricts Pakistan staff during bin Laden anniversary:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hH4wL9dwT6-XC9pDAoB797jGhBcg?docId=CNG.4aa16c85ba823a4f548f5a5ce824884f.a1



Reagan envoy found Pakistan 'superb liar' on nukes: US memos:

http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Reagan_envoy_found_Pakistan_superb_liar_on_nukes_US_memos_999.html




Four Afghan police dead, 16 seized in Taliban attack:

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/four_afghan_police_dead_seized_in_IRKkDmJp2t3TAeQQOzmgsM



NATO reaches ‘important stage’ in Afghan war:

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/displayarticle.asp?xfile=data/international/2012/April/international_April712.xml&section=international&col=




Ukraine on Brink of Missile Deal with India:

http://www.defencetalk.com/ukraine-on-brink-of-missile-deal-with-india-41992/




Iran undecided on nuclear bomb - Israel military chief:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-17837768



U.S. Drones Can Now Kill Joe Schmoe Militants in Yemen:

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/04/joe-schmoe-drones/



How Russia, Iran keep fuel flowing to Syria:

http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25219:how-russia-iran-keep-fuel-flowing-to-syria&catid=7:Industry&Itemid=116



France Raises Prospect of Military Action in Syria:

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/activists-syrian-forces-resume-shelling-16208026



U.S. lawmakers want development rights to Iron Dome:

http://alert5.com/2012/04/26/u-s-lawmakers-want-development-rights-to-iron-dome/




Ex-Liberia President Charles Taylor guilty in 'watershed' war-crimes
case:

http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/26/11405006-ex-liberia-president-charles-taylor-guilty-in-watershed-war-crimes-case?lite



Ffffound Underground:

http://defensetech.org/2012/04/25/ffffound-underground/



Hellfire-First As Apaches Exercise With Navy Off Scotland:

http://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/release/3/134738/hellfire_first-as-apaches-exercise-with-royal-navy.html



Bo Xilai said to have spied on top China officials:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47182972/ns/world_news-the_new_york_times/



Analysts say North Korea's new missiles are fakes :

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_NKOREA_FAKE_MISSILES?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-04-26-03-06-09



Former Terrorists and Neo-Nazis Get Their Own Social Network:

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/04/wiredcouk-nazi-social-net/



First Boeing C-17 retires at Edwards AFB:

http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-dewline/2012/04/first-boeing-c-17-retires-at-e.html



Buy More Subs, Destroyers, HASC Tells Navy:

http://defense.aol.com/2012/04/25/buy-more-subs-destroyers-hasc-tells-navy/



Army’s ‘Magic Bullet’ Will Hang Out in Midair, But Won’t Kill You:

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/04/warhead-loiter-nonlethal/



Directed Energy and Electric Weapons Systems (DEEWS Serial 2):

http://www.informationdissemination.net/2012/04/directed-energy-and-electric-weapons_26.html




LCS Vigorously Defended by U.S. Navy:

http://www.defensenews.com/article/20120425/DEFREG02/304250009/LCS-Vigorously-Defended-by-U-S-Navy?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE




Storyboard Podcast: James Bamford on How the NSA’s New Spy Center
Might Know Everything:

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/04/storyboard_bamford/



HASC Orders DoD To Fly Block 30 Global Hawks; Sticks $260M In Bill:

http://defense.aol.com/2012/04/25/hasc-orders-air-force-to-fly-its-block-30-global-hawks-260-mil/




Quantum cruncher beats today's computers by 10^^80:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/04/26/300_atoms_quantum_computer/



TSA Screeners Watched Suitcases of Drugs Pass Through Airport:

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/04/tsa-cocaine-suitcases/