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Iran Offer Dismissed As US Gulf Armada Builds Washington (AFP) Feb 21, 2007 
The United States on Tuesday dismissed an Iranian offer to suspend uranium enrichment work if Western countries did the same, as a second US aircraft carrier took up position in the region. The offer came ahead of a Friday report by the UN nuclear watchdog expected to confirm that Iran has defied the calls for a halt to its sensitive uranium enrichment program. Washington and many Western nations believe Iran wants to develop nuclear weapons.
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Military Operations Outside Iraq Unacceptable
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Feb 21, 2007The Russian foreign minister said Wednesday U.S.-led multinational foreign forces in Iraq must not conduct military operations outside the country, including against Iran. "The multinational force in Iraq should abide strictly by the UN Security Council's mandate, which does not provide for any operations outside the country," Sergei Lavrov said in an interview with weekly Lebanese magazine Al-Watan Al-Arabi. Iran Ready To Face West As Russia Demands Contract Changes 
Tehran (RIA Novosti) Feb 21, 2007Iranians will continue to make full use of peaceful nuclear energy and disregard opposition from countries speaking the language of force, the president said Wednesday. North Korea Could Make Nuclear Warhead For Missile Delivery 
Seoul (AFP) Feb 21, 2007North Korea is capable of arming its medium-range Nodong missile with a crude nuclear warhead, two US experts said in a report released Wednesday. The report by the Washington-based Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) also estimates that the communist state has separated enough plutonium to build about five to 12 nuclear weapons. |
Russian Threat To Withdraw From INF Not Bluff
Washington (UPI) Feb 21, 2007The extraordinary tough talk coming out of Moscow over the past week on the Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty is mixed but not contradictory. First, four-star Army Gen. Yury Baluyevsky, the Chief of the Russian General Staff, warned explicitly last Thursday that Russia might unilaterally pull out of the nearly 20-year-old treaty that has been a cornerstone of detente and of peace and security in Europe. A Bad Treaty Is Better Than A Good Missile 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Feb 21, 2007In December of this year, the Russian-American treaty on the elimination of intermediate- and shorter-range missiles (INF Treaty) may celebrate its 20th anniversary. Or it may not. Considering the position of Poland and the Czech Republic, which are about to allow the Americans to install elements of an anti-missile defense system on their soil, the Russian leadership may well act on its recent threat to withdraw from that treaty. EADS Delivers Core Electronics For Next-Generation Air Defence Radar 
Ulm, Germany (SPX) Feb 07, 2007EADS Defence and Security Systems will provide the tri-national Medium Extended Air Defence System (MEADS) with advanced electronics components which make the system's fire control radar the most powerful radar worldwide. |
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North Korea Talks Remain In Fog Of Hot Air
Seoul (UPI) Feb 21, 2007As delegates prepare for the March round of negotiations to end North Korea's nuclear program, how Pyongyang will actually go about dismantling its nuclear arsenal remain unclear. The United States, Russia, China, South Korea, and Japan are determined that North Korea must report all of its nuclear weapons programs, including suspected programs with highly-enriched uranium and dismantle all of them. But North Korea largely remains in denial of the very existence of any uranium program. Raytheon Delivers Software Build For DDG 1000 
Tewksbury MA (SPX) Feb 21, 2007Raytheon has delivered the software build for the Total Ship Computing Environment Infrastructure Release 4.0, the new open architecture baseline software application for the DDG 1000 Zumwalt class destroyer. Sunni Insurgents Seen To Maneuver For Advantage In Baghdad 
Washington (AFP) Feb 20, 2007Sunni insurgents are maneuvering for advantage against a US crackdown in Baghdad, but US defense officials said Tuesday they discern no new strategy despite some unusual tactics in the latest violence. The tactics included a rare coordinated attack on a US military outpost, and the detonation of a chlorine tanker truck, as well as car bombings and suicide attacks that claimed the lives of dozens of civilians. |
Breakdown In Leadership Blamed For Plight Of Wounded Soldiers From Iraq Battles
Washington (AFP) Feb 21, 2007A top army general Wednesday blamed "a breakdown in leadership" for poor living conditions of wounded soldiers at the US Army's renowned Walter Reed Medical Center. But General Richard Cody, vice chief of staff of the army, said no one has been relieved of command or disciplined since the problems were exposed over the weekend by The Washington Post. Is The Arms Race Back 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Feb 21, 2007Vladimir Putin's speech in Munich has provoked a debate in Russia on the state of the country's army. There is no reason to simply reduce his speech to Moscow's complaints against Washington for not observing the letter and spirit of agreements on curbing the arms race. France Shows Interest In Russian Aircraft 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Feb 21, 2007France's top government officials expressed Wednesday their interest in buying Russian aircraft, including heavy helicopters and unmanned aerial vehicles. "We are interested in heavy helicopters, and also in reconnaissance aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)," French Defense Minister Michele Alliot-Marie said at a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and officials from the Russian-French Council for Security Cooperation. |
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