Holland Deploys Nuclear, Biological, Chemical Fox To Watch Out
Kiel, Germany (SPX) Feb 09, 2006
Rheinmetall Landsysteme has just delivered six highly advanced FOX NBC reconnaissance vehicles to the Dutch armed forces. In a ceremony at Rheinmetall Landsysteme GmbH's Kassel plant on January 25, 2006, Cees van der Knaap, the Dutch Deputy Minister of Defence, was presented with a symbolic key to the vehicles ahead of their official transfer to the NBC Reconnaissance Company of the Dutch armed forces.
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US Unveils Strategy For 'Long War' On Terror
Washington (AFP) Feb 03, 2006
The US Defense Department on Friday unveiled a new strategy to beef up US special operations forces for a "long war" on terrorism and develop new ways to combat weapons of mass destruction.
Al-Qaeda Top Threat, But Iran, NKorea Key Concerns Too
Washington (AFP) Feb 02, 2006
Iran and North Korea are "states of highest concern" because of the danger of nuclear proliferation but Al-Qaeda remains the top US security threat, the chief of US intelligence said Thursday.
China Admits Flaws But Slams Rights Report
Beijing (UPI) Feb 01, 2006
China's retort Thursday to the latest report by Human Rights Watch combined vitriol and vagueness, but officials admit there's room for improvement.
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Rumsfeld Acknowledges Surveillance Of Civilians In US
Washington (AFP) Feb 02, 2006
US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld Thursday acknowledged that the Pentagon conducts "counter-surveillance" of civilians in the United States to protect military personnel and bases.
US Plans To Beef Up Special Operations
Washington (AFP) Feb 01, 2006
The United States plans to significantly increase its special operations forces as part of a heightened effort to counter the spread of weapons of mass destruction, US defense chiefs said Wednesday.
British NATO Troops In Afghanistan To Peak At 5,700
London (AFP) Jan 26, 2006
Britain announced Thursday that its troop numbers in Afghanistan will peak this year at 5,700 with the deployment of thousands of fresh soldiers as part of a NATO expansion there.
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EU Lawmakers Start CIA Probe
Brussels (UPI) Jan 26, 2006
The European Parliament Thursday launched its probe into CIA activity in the European Union, saying it is ready to push for severe sanctions if any member state proves to have breached human rights in the U.S.-led war on terror.
Pakistani PM Reaffirms Commitment To US
Washington (UPI) Jan 24, 2006
Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has reaffirmed his government's commitment to close security ties with the United States.
US Outsourced Torture, EU Knew It
Strasbourg, France (UPI) Jan 26, 2006
Washington outsourced torture and moved more than 100 terrorist suspects throughout Europe, with governments there likely knowing of the practice, a Council of Europe investigator said Tuesday.
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OBL Tape May Be Attack Prelude
Washington (UPI) Jan 24, 2006
By Shaun Waterman
UPI Homeland and National Security Editor
Lawmakers who have been briefed by U.S. intelligence officials warned Sunday that the threats against America made by Osama bin Laden in his latest audiotape should be taken very seriously, and might be the precursor to a new attack by his al-Qaida network inside the United States.
There Is Still A War In Afghanistan
Washington (UPI) Jan 19, 2006
Steadily rising violence in Afghanistan renews and raises key questions as to whether the United States is actually winning the war on terrorism in Afghanistan.
Al Jazeera In New Bin Laden Tape Storm
Washington (UPI) Jan 21, 2006
Al-Jazeera television is back at the center of a new storm of controversy over its broadcast of the latest Osama bin Laden tape. But the network's correspondents say there is a lot more to the network's enduring achievements and impact than that.
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