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Betrayer and Betrayed: New Documents Reveal Truth on NATO’s ‘Most Damaging’ Spy

By Gideon Swift | Published: May 1, 2010
  Source: SPIEGEL ONLINE For years, from his senior position in Estonia’s Defense Ministry, Herman Simm leaked highly sensitive NATO intelligence and the names of Western spies to Russia’s foreign intelligence service. In a classified damage analysis, NATO concludes that the former KGB colonel was one of the "most damaging" spies in the history of [...]
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Nato chief calls for closer ties with Russia

By Gideon Swift | Published: September 16, 2009
Nato’s top diplomat has called for an “open-minded and unprecedented dialogue” with Russia to reduce security tensions in Europe and confront common threats. As he prepares for an effort to engage Moscow on European security, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, who took over as secretary-general a month ago, said he wanted to begin an “open and frank [...]
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Nato ‘expels Russian diplomats’

By Gideon Swift | Published: April 30, 2009
Russia has confirmed Nato has expelled two of its diplomats from Brussels, reportedly in retaliation for a spy scandal involving an Estonian official. In a statement, the Russian foreign ministry described the expulsions as “outrageous” and a “crude provocation”. Nato diplomats claimed the Russians were undercover intelligence agents. The official, Herman Simm, was jailed for [...]
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NATO says senior Taliban leader slain

By Gideon Swift | Published: March 23, 2009
A senior Taliban leader responsible for numerous roadside bombings and suicide attacks against NATO forces has been killed along with nine other insurgent fighters, NATO said Monday. Maulawi Hassan, described as a well-known Taliban commander in southern Afghanistan, was killed in an attack Saturday on his compound near Kajaki, in Helmand Province, according to a [...]
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France officially asks to rejoin NATO command

By Gideon Swift | Published: March 22, 2009
President Nicolas Sarkozy has submitted a formal request to rejoin the NATO command structure following a 43-year absence, French and NATO officials said Friday. A letter with the request was presented Thursday to NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer during an EU summit in Brussels, the officials said on condition of anonymity because they [...]
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Afghanistan: ‘In real terms, Nato is losing’

By Gideon Swift | Published: March 20, 2009
Source: The Guardian It’s been more than seven years since Nato forces invaded Afghanistan. Yet there’s no end in sight for the conflict – and vast tracts of the country remain no-go areas for foreign troops.…. Right now there’s a stalemate between Nato and its Afghan government allies on one side, and the Taliban and [...]
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Militants Cut U.S., NATO Supply Line to Afghanistan

By Gideon Swift | Published: February 3, 2009
Source: washingtonpost.com Militants blew up a bridge in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, cutting the major supply line for U.S.-led troops in Afghanistan with an explosion that turned the narrow span into a jagged metal “V.” It was the latest, and perhaps most serious, attempt to block supplies to the U.S.-led mission against the Taliban. The [...]
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Nato tells Russia: no ‘new line’ in Europe

By Gideon Swift | Published: August 19, 2008
Source: FT.com Nato warned Russia on Tuesday that it could not draw a “new line” in Europe preventing Georgia and other countries from joining the western military alliance if they wished to do so. Meeting in emergency session in Brussels, the western military alliance’s 26 foreign ministers also suspended regular top-level ties with Russia, saying [...]
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