Analisi difesa number 21
Defense Analisys
Nr. 21
002 - WORLD ANALYSIS
- AN HOPE OF PEACE FOR ANGOLA?
Military situation
There’s a country in Africa having been torn from a civil war: it’s Angola, large more than 1.2 millions square kilometres and a population of only 10 millions inhabitants. 2001 ended just like it had begun: the reiter... - MACEDONIAN DEFENSE MINISTER ANNOUNCES ARMY REFORM
In an interview with a local radio station, Defense Minister Vlado Popovski announced that the army will be "reformed" within the following two to three months, Macedonian dailies reported on 15 December. The main reason for the move is tha... - NATO MUST ADDRESS ASYMMETRIC THREATS
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld urged NATO defense ministers to build up capabilities needed to combat "asymmetric threats," like the terror attacks on Sept. 11. Rumsfeld addressed the ministers at a meeting of the North Atlantic Council... - REVIEW CHANGES STATUS OF NUCLEAR DETERRENT
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9, 2002 -- DoD is embarked on making fundamental changes to America's nuclear deterrent, said J.D. Crouch, assistant defense secretary for international security policy. Crouch briefed reporters Jan. 9 on the Nuclear Posture Review.... - SYRIA'S NEW CHIEF OF STAFF PLEDGES TO MODERNIZE MILITARY
Syria's new military chief has pledged to modernize the nation's armed forces. Lt. Gen. Hassan Turkmani said he regarded the modernization of Syria's military as a leading goal as chief of staff. Turkmani was appointed on Tuesday to the post, replac... - U.S. PROPOSES REDUCING TROOP LEVELS IN BOSNIA
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has proposed NATO reduce troop presence in Bosnia by a third, to around 12,000. This would reduce U.S. troop levels in the country to around 2,100. The military committee will study the proposal as part of its usual...
011 - ENDURING FREEDOM
- ALARMS IN ISRAEL FOR THE IRAN - HEZBOLLAH - AL QAEDA AXIS
The declaration to the Defense Commission of Knesset of the General Aaron Zeevi Farkash, head of the Israeli Intelligence, has launched the alarm of threat in a new wave of attempts in a vast scale. According to indiscretions, the revealing of a hig... - BUSH SPOTLIGHTS ”MOST WANTED“ TERRORISTS
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10, 2001 -- President Bush unveiled the "World's Most Wanted Terrorist List" Oct. 10 during a ceremony at the FBI's J. Edgar Hoover Building here. "Terrorists try to operate in the shadows. They try to hide, but we're... - CIA CHIEF SAYS AL QAEDA STILL GREATEST THREAT TO U.S.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6, 2002 - Despite the progress in Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden and the Al Qaeda terror network remains the greatest danger confronting the United States, CIA Director George Tenet told the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. Ten... - GENEVA CONVENTION APPLIES TO TALIBAN, NOT AL QAEDA
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7, 2002 -- President Bush said the United States would regard the Geneva Conventions as applying to Taliban detainees under U.S. control -- but not Al Qaeda detainees. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said today the United States wo... - IRAN SEEKS TO COMPLETE NERVE-GAS PRODUCTION
Iran seeks to complete a project for the indigenous production of nerve gas. A CIA report released on Wednesday said Teheran is obtaining help for the project from China and Russia. Iran is also seeking dual-use equipment from Western Europe to prod... - IRAN'S MILITARY ON ALERT AMID U.S. THREATS
Iran's military has been placed on alert amid what officials term have been increasing accusations that the Islamic regime in Teheran is harboring Al Qaida fugitives. Iranian officials said they do not expect any U.S. military attack amid charges by... - SAUDIS REDUCE MILITARY TIES WITH U.S
Saudi Arabia has quietly reduced military ties with the United States, a report says. The report asserts that defense officials and military commanders have been meeting less over the last five years. The report, authored by a former Pentagon officia... - THE LESSONS OF AFGHAN CAMPAIGN
It took about two months of operations to close the Afghan campaign despite of many observers more or less interested and concerned as a real nightmare due to the logistic difficulty, imminent winter and fight capabilities of the Talibans and militia... - U.S. PRISONER FROM BOSNIA IS TOP AL-QAEDA MAN
"The New York Times" reported on 23 January that one of the six Algerians recently extradited from Bosnia to the U.S. "has been identified as a European lieutenant in Al-Qaeda, who was ordered to carry out attacks on American targets i... - U.S. TO HELP AFGHANISTAN DEVELOP MILITARY
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28, 2002 -- President Bush announced today that the United States would help Afghanistan set up and train its own military. The United States will continue to be a friend to the Afghan people in all the challenges that lie ahead, the...
