Eurasia Security Watch: No. 239
NATO steps up assistance to Libyan opposition;
Qatar supplies Libyan rebels with "
defensive weapons"
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Camp Ashraf under fire;
Syria wracked by protests
NATO steps up assistance to Libyan opposition;
Qatar supplies Libyan rebels with "
defensive weapons"
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Camp Ashraf under fire;
Syria wracked by protests
It should come as little surprise, but U.S. headlines are again dominated by dour news out of Pakistan. The U.S.-Pakistan relationship is today under severe strain, rattled by heated disputes over CIA drone strikes in Pakistan's tribal areas; clandestine U.S. intelligence operations inside Pakistan; and Islamabad's persistent refusal to crack down on the Taliban and their radical allies. Intelligence cooperation is at an all-time low.
China and India beef up border forces;
India largest importer over five years;
Taliban forms unit to hunt CIA spies;
Than Shwe steps down, sort of;
India and Pakistan to resume talks
White paper endorses cross-strait military talks;
China-Pak cooperation concerns India  
Western banks abandon Russia;
Microsoft plants a flag at Skolkovo