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(By Arun Kumar)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf is fond of saying time and again that over the last seven years in office he has learnt two things - one, to be patient with the media and, the other, to do a balancing act.
Zdroj: Daily India (India)

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28.09.2006
Georgia's NATO progress "irreversible"
(By Molly Corso)
The Georgian government is claiming a political victory after NATO decided to advance discussions with Tbilisi on membership in the Atlantic Alliance. Yet while Georgian officials celebrate, significant political and strategic tests remain in Georgia’s accession drive.
Zdroj: ISN Security Watch (Switzerland)

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28.09.2006
Afghanistan: The Other Lost War
(By Stephen Lendman)
In his important new book Freedom Next Time, dealing with "empire, its facades and the enduring struggle of people for their freedom," John Pilger has a chapter on Afghanistan. In it he says that "Through all the humanitarian crises in living memory, no country has been abused and suffered more, and none has been helped less than Afghanistan."
Zdroj: Alarab Online (United Kingdom)

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12.09.2006
Taliban insurgency stalks NATO
(By Jason Motlagh)
U.S. officials insist resurgent Taliban forces are still not a strategic threat in Afghanistan despite unprecedented troop casualties, a record drug harvest and a claim by one top NATO military commander that daily violence is now more intense than in Iraq.
Zdroj: United Press International (USA)

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25.08.2006
The use of force: Western military power is in crisis
(Julian Lindley-French)
The Israeli military failed against Hezbollah, American and British forces are bogged down in Iraq, NATO is under intense pressure in Afghanistan and France is deeply concerned about its forthcoming involvement in southern Lebanon. Why are the best armies in the world in difficulty against adversaries that 19th-century colonial officers would have defeated?
Zdroj: International Herald Tribune (France)

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22.08.2006
NATO 2006 – Global dilution / EU-US decoupling: NATO faced to a loss of confidence in US leadership
The question of the Alliance’s « added-value » is at the core of all the discussions which will lead to the “great debate” (or “great washing”) of the Riga summit. A military alliance is worth anything if it can protect from the military threats anticipated by each of its members. In case the threat assessment by some of its members or by some groups among its members begins to diverge, the destiny of the military alliance is endangered. Once the assessment fully diverged, the alliance is dead even if it continues to exist formally in order to prevent obvious signs of rupture (which diplomats hate) to appear. 
Zdroj: Newropeans Magazine (France)

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21.08.2006
NATO's 21st-century task: going from 'Europe' to 'global'
(By Howard LaFranchi)
The fact that the transatlantic alliance has gone in less than a decade from doubts about its purpose to requests for its participation in even the most intractable international disputes - from the Darfur region of Sudan to the recent Mideast war - suggests the pact's transition is considered a success.
Zdroj: Christian Science Monitor (USA)

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21.08.2006
Why are we in Afghanistan?
(By Colin Kenny)
Afghanistan is Canada's first major military deployment of the 21st century. Because war - even if it is sometimes necessary - is such an ugly, brutal, end-of-the line solution to any human dispute, it is essential that the citizens of any country waging war continually measure.
Zdroj: Hamilton Spectator (Canada) 

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02.08.2006
Peacekeepers are not peacemakers
(By Nancy Soderberg)
Now the United Nations and European Union officials are urging a strengthened force to "sort out the question of disarmament of the militia" in southern Lebanon and "guarantee sovereignty and freedom for Lebanon." These are goals so ambitious that no peacekeeping force, not even NATO, could achieve them.
Zdroj: International Herald Tribune (France)

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01.08.2006
Nato to Lebanon — but on one condition
(By Christoph Bertram)
The prior condition for setting up and joining an international force for southern Lebanon must be that Israel renews its commitment to the “roadmap” and negotiations with the Palestinians for a viable Palestinian state.
Zdroj: Jordan Times (Jordan)

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31.07.2006
NATO to go beyond peacekeeping in Afghanistan
(By Ron Synovitz)
NATO will take over command of security operations in southern Afghanistan from the US-led coalition by the end of the month. The alliance is describing a mission that goes far beyond a peacekeeping role. NATO says its troops will engage in combat and NATO commanders will be able to order preemptive strikes against suspected Taliban fighters.
Zdroj: ISN Security Network (Switzerland)

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(By Simon Cameron-Moore)
Almost five years after thousands of Taliban fighters fled Afghanistan to escape a U.S.-led invasion, Pakistan is still unable to shake off suspicions that it is allowing them to operate from its soil.

24.07.2006
Afghan NATO mission will test European resolve
(By Mark John)
NATO faces an uphill battle to bring security to violent southern Afghanistan and analysts question whether the transatlantic alliance is fully prepared for what will be the first true ground war in its history?
Zdroj: Reuters AlertNet (United Kingdom)

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24.07.2006
A greater role for NATO
(By John C. Bersia)
With crises, conflicts and chaos spreading like an influenza pandemic across the Middle East, many people here and in other countries naturally wonder the worst: Is that historically troubled area fated to fire and fury? Will it become the world's first failed region? Has the moment already passed to prevent the Middle East's free fall into oblivion?
Zdroj: Orlando Sentinel (U.S.A.)

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10.07.2006
Ukraine: not ready for NATO
(By Karl-Heinz Kamp)
Two years ago, seven countries entered NATO in one fell swoop - Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia. Three others - Albania, Croatia and Macedonia - were put off until the next round. The exact date was left open – with good reason. The integration of so many new members proved to be quite difficult. So the majority of NATO partners reached a tacit consensus stipulating a continued adherence to the "Open Door" policy, but without setting a definite time when the next applicants could step through this door. This silent accord has started to crumble of late as an increasing number of American politicians have begun publicly calling for another quick NATO enlargement round. Washington is not campaigning for one of the prevailing candidates; rather President George W. Bush, like Senator John McCain and others, argue specifically for the entry of Ukraine and Georgia.
Zdroj: International Herald Tribune (USA)

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