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Spotlight on Military News and International Affairs

Saturday, 12 January 2013

Canadian News
The Globe and Mail
    Canada to train forces in Niger
The Ottawa Citizen
    CF can’t provide cost guidance for charging for emergency help
CJCD Mix 100 News
    JTFN Honours Four New Members in Ceremony  - Laroche
CBC News
    Wind, loss of control factors in Yellowknife plane crash  - More  - Photo
The Globe and Mail
    Toronto-area mullah catapults onto Pakistan’s stage
Ottawa Researchers
    On This Day: June 19
Le Droit
    C’est arrivé un 19 juin

Canadian Commentary
Editorial -- The Ottawa Citizen
    Caution on Mali  - More
Mark Rodgers -- The Globe and Mail
    Haiti’s ‘republic of NGOs’ must be held accountable
Editorial -- Calgary Herald
    Military shouldn’t start charging Canadians for assistance
Noah Richler -- The Ottawa Citizen
    A meeting of cultures

International News
The Associated Press
    ‘Death Star’ super-weapon panned  - More
The Associated Press
    Terrorism suspect’s mindset debated at Ore. trial  - More
San Antonio Express-News
    Woman tells how recruiter forced sex act
Los Angeles Times
    Texas military assault scandal prompts congressional hearings
The Washington Post
    Who loves and hates America: A revealing map
International Herald Tribune
    Obama says U.S. can speed Afghanistan pullout
Foreign Policy
    Drone-proof clothing for the countersurveillance fashionista
Foreign Policy
    Rebecca’s War Dog of the Week
The Associated Press
    RFK children speak about assassination in Dallas
BBC News
    Searching Lake Garda for WWII missing
The Globe and Mail
    Costa Concordia salvage operation slated to be the largest in history
Reuters News
    Malian army drives back Islamist rebels with French help
Reuters News
    French army says no current plan to target northern Mali
Foreign Policy
    Mali and the return of Françafrique  - More
The Christian Science Monitor
    Paris wants to avoid Europe’s Afghanistan  - More
International Herald Tribune
    A trail that leads from Africa’s wars back to Iran
Reuters News
    Darfur fighting displaces more than 30,000 people
International Herald Tribune
    French soldier is killed in Somalia commando raid  - More
The Associated Press
    France: Hostage dead in rescue attempt in Somalia  - More
The Associated Press
    Official: Syrian troops capture much of Daraya
The Washington Post
    Reduced U.S. role in Afghanistan, starting this spring
BBC News
    Afghan children succumb to harsh winter weather
The Associated Press
    Pakistani Shi’ites refuse to bury 50 bomb victims
RIA Novosti
    India and Pakistan Square Up Over Kashmir
RIA Novosti
    India Tests Sea-Based Brahmos Missile
BBC News
    Haiti quake: Why isn’t aid money going to Haitians?
The New York Times
    On This Day: June 19  - More  - MoD  - AP
Journal Sud Ouest
    L’éphéméride du 19 juin

International Commentary
George F. Will -- The Washington Post
    Our interrogation legacy
Editorial -- International Herald Tribune
    The Afghan War’s Last Chapter?
Fred Kaplan -- Slate
    Afghanistan: We are so out of there
Blake Hall -- The Washington Post
    In Iraq, a debt I can’t repay
David Ignatius -- The Washington Post
    Anarchy in Syria
Mark Steyn -- Orange County Register
    Hagel vs. too-big-to-fail Defense Department
Aaron David Miller -- The Washington Post
    Five myths about Chuck Hagel
Editorial -- The Christian Science Monitor
    With Hagel at Defense, what would be America’s special role?
A Marine Lieutenant -- Foreign Policy
    We’re getting out of the Marines
Joseph Trevithick -- Small Wars Journal
    A Future for Armor in an Era of Persistent Conflict
Andrew Finkel -- International Herald Tribune
    Murder in Paris
Sinan Ulgen -- International Herald Tribune
    The Kurdish Challenge
Gail Collins -- International Herald Tribune
    The Flu. Who Knew?

Book Reviews
Brigadier General John S. Brown -- Army Magazine
    An Assessment of Leadership  - More
Colonel Gian P. Gentile -- New York Journal of Books
    American Military Command from World War II to Today
Colonel Gian P. Gentile -- New York Journal of Books
    The Inside Story of the Struggle for Iraq
Colonel Gian P. Gentile -- New York Journal of Books
    The Plot to Change the American Way of War

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