Did NATO pilots allow 62 Africans fleeing Libya to perish on the high seas because their mission did not include saving desperate migrants or because NATO’s tangled bureaucracy had failed? That’s the allegation roiling Europe after some of the handful of survivors, who drifted for weeks after a harrowing escape from Tripoli, told of having been spotted and then ignored by Western forces
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Gaddafi Survives a NATO Air Strike, as Fighting Intensifies
Six weeks after NATO bombs began pounding Libya, Muammar Gaddafi’s youngest son, Seif al-Arab, 29, and three of the Libyan leader’s grandchildren were killed in an air strike near Gaddafi’s house late Saturday, government officials said.
Afghan Officer Fires on NATO Troops, Kills Several
— Eight NATO service members and a contractor are dead after an Afghan military pilot opened fire on the foreign troops following a dispute at the airport in Kabul. Wednesday’s shooting was the deadliest incident in which a member of the Afghan security forces turned against coalition forces
Behind a United Front, NATO Meeting Deepens Cracks in the Alliance
While NATO foreign ministers ended their meeting in Berlin on Friday with a show of unity in the military campaign against Libya, the two-day summit had exposed further cracks in the alliance — and now questions are being asked about whether NATO’s air strikes are being ramped up from protecting civilians to all-out regime change.
Bahrain: Is a U.S. Ally Using Torture to Put Down Dissent?
On March 17, Ibrahim Shareef, the head of the anti-government activist movement Waad, was snatched from his home at gunpoint by what his family describes as Bahraini security forces. Thrown into a waiting sport utility vehicle, he was driven off into the night.
Are US Nukes in Europe Secure?
European air force bases that store U.S.
14 Americans dead in copter collisions in Afghanistan
Fourteen Americans died in a pair of helicopter crashes in Afghanistan on Monday, NATO’s International Security Assistance Force said.
4 U.S. service members dead in apparent accident in Afghanistan
Four U.S. service members were killed when two helicopters were apparently involved in a mid-air collision in southern Afghanistan on Monday, NATO’s International Security Assistance Force said.
Israel out of NATO event because of Gaza, Turkish official says
Turkey excluded Israel from a planned NATO military exercise partly because of Turkey’s criticism of Israel’s Gaza offensive nearly a year ago, Turkey’s foreign minister told CNN on Sunday.
NATO chief suggests Russian missile defense partnership
Russia, the United States and NATO should consider linking their missile defense systems in Europe, the NATO chief said Friday. “Both NATO and Russia have a wealth of experience in missile defense,” Anders Fogh Rasmussen said