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| November 20, 2013 |
 Obama asks key senators for time on Iran sanctions Washington (AFP) Nov 19, 2013 - US President Barack Obama asked key senators Tuesday for a delay in imposing new sanctions on Iran, but faced skepticism over the terms of a proposed interim nuclear deal with the Islamic Republic. Obama met the lawmakers at the White House on the eve of the next round of nuclear talks between the P5+1 powers and Iran in Geneva, and as some senators mull adding to sanctions which have alread ... more |  |
 US rules out Afghanistan 'apology' in security talks Washington (AFP) Nov 20, 2013 - The United States has ruled out apologizing to Afghanistan for "mistakes" made during the 12-year war and denied claims in Kabul that such a mea culpa was being drafted. The stern comments in Washington came after Afghan leader Hamid Karzai's spokesman said President Barack Obama planned to write a letter acknowledging that American military errors had caused civilian casualties. "There ... more |  |
 Outside View: New security mindset needed Washington (UPI) Nov 20, 2013 - Since George Washington was the United States' first commander in chief, successive administrations have often been accused of either lacking a strategy or having one that didn't work. The major exceptions perhaps were the bipartisan policies of containment and deterrence that ultimately prevailed over the Soviet Union. The debate then focused more on means than on ends. Unfortunately, ... more |  |
 DLA touts reverse auctions for procurement savings Fort Belvoir, Va. (UPI) Nov 19, 2013 - The U.S. Defense Logistics Agency says it saved more than $1.6 billion in materiel costs over the past 14 months using a reverse auction procurement process. Reverse auctions, conducted online, involve contractors placing a bid lower than an earlier bid, which the agency said creates intense competition and drives down prices. The bidding process lasts about an hour. "Sinc ... more |  |
 Intelsat General To Provide Satellite Services To US Marines Bethesda, MD (SPX) Nov 20, 2013 - Intelsat General Corp. has been awarded a subcontract from TeleCommunication Systems, Inc., a world leader in highly reliable and secure mobile communication technology, to provide managed Ku bandwidth on Intelsat satellites, in addition to associated teleport and terrestrial services, for the U.S. Marine Corps. The initial subcontract is for a base 12-month period starting August 1, 2013, ... more |  |
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 Javelin Joint Venture awarded contract for Javelin Weapon System Dubai UAE (SPX) Nov 20, 2013 - Raytheon and Lockheed Martin Javelin Joint Venture received a $176 million contract for the production and delivery of 842 Block I Javelin missile rounds and 120 command launch units (CLUs). The contract was awarded to the Javelin Joint Venture in September. The missiles will be provided through the U.S. government to the U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps and three international customers: Oman ... more |  |
 Airbus and Cassidian play key role in Perseus maritime surveillance program Madrid, Spain (SPX) Nov 20, 2013 - Systems developed by EADS sister companies Airbus Military and Cassidian have played key roles in the first large-scale demonstration of technologies to address the growing crisis of economic migration and smuggling on Europe's maritime borders. The two companies, which will soon join forces with Astrium in the restructured Airbus Defence and Space, demonstrated an Airbus Military CN235 ai ... more |  |
Netanyahu takes Iran nuclear campaign to Kremlin Jerusalem (AFP) Nov 19, 2013 - At odds with ally Washington over an emerging nuclear agreement with Iran, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will on Wednesday take his campaign against the deal to Moscow. Russia is a member of the P5+1 group - alongside the United States, China, France, Britain and Germany - which has been struggling to reach a deal to freeze or curb Iran's nuclear activities in exchange for some ... more |  |
 Raytheon awarded US Navy contract for radar production Tewksbury MA (SPX) Nov 20, 2013 - Raytheon has been awarded a $406 million U.S. Navy multi-year contract to provide AN/SPY-1 radar transmitters and MK99 Fire Control Systems for the AEGIS program. Both critical components of the weapon system, the AN/SPY-1 radar and MK99 perform the search, track and missile guidance functions for AEGIS, the shield of the U.S. Navy Fleet. The contract was awarded in Raytheon's third quarte ... more |  |
 Beirut bombings: Will Hezbollah avenge attack on Iranian embassy? Beirut, Lebanon (UPI) Nov 19, 2013 - The suicide bombing of the Iranian Embassy in Beirut Tuesday, in which 23 people were killed, suggested a dangerously sharp escalation in the Sunni-Shiite confrontation in Lebanon, a direct consequence of the increasingly sectarian civil war in neighboring Syria. The Abdullah Azzam Brigades, a Sunni extremist group based in Palesitne and closely linked to al-Qaida, claimed responsibilit ... more |  |
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Outside View: For Iranian negotiators 'Time is on My Side' Herndon, Va. (UPI) Nov 19, 2013 - What a difference half a century makes! Nuclear war was avoided 51 years ago as a young, inexperienced U.S. President, John F. Kennedy, whose foreign policy naivete led to the Bay of Pigs fiasco, came of age, confronting the Soviets "eyeball-to-eyeball until they blinked." Removal of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba ended the crisis. While an assassin's bullet cut his presidency s ... more |  |
AgustaWestland fights to keep graft-hit Indian chopper deal New Delhi (AFP) Nov 20, 2013 - British helicopter maker AgustaWestland will Wednesday fight its case at a meeting with Indian defence officials following a move to cancel a 556-million-euro ($753 million) deal over corruption charges. India suspended the contract to supply 12 luxury VIP choppers earlier this year after Italian investigators began looking into allegations that AgustaWestland paid bribes to win the contrac ... more |  |
Resurgent Iran raises fears among its foes Washington (AFP) Nov 20, 2013 - Nascent nuclear talks between Iran and western powers are kindling some fears that after years of being sidelined from global diplomacy, Tehran may once again find a seat at the table. US Secretary of State John Kerry has stressed that despite burning issues such as Syria and Afghanistan, the focus has so far remained on reining in the Islamic republic's suspect nuclear program. "We're n ... more |  |
High-stakes Iran nuclear talks to resume Geneva (AFP) Nov 20, 2013 - Intense negotiations were due to resume Wednesday between Iran and world powers, seeking a landmark breakthrough over Tehran's nuclear programme that also satisfies hardliners in Washington, Israel and the Islamic republic. The talks come amid heightened Middle East tensions, with Iran's foreign minister accusing Israel of trying to "torpedo" the process after twin suicide bombings killed at ... more |  |
US China envoy who oversaw embassy drama to resign Beijing (AFP) Nov 20, 2013 - The US ambassador to China who oversaw diplomatic dramas including an activist's escape from house arrest to find refuge in the embassy is to resign, he said in a statement Wednesday. Gary Locke, the first ethnic Chinese to hold the post, will step down early next year to "rejoin my family" in his home town of Seattle, he said, calling his two and a half years in the job "an immense and rewa ... more |  |
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Biden thanks Panama for Cuba, N. Korea arms interception Panama City (AFP) Nov 20, 2013 - US Vice President Joe Biden thanked Panama Tuesday for detecting a controversial shipment of Cuban arms headed for North Korea apparently in violation of UN sanctions. During his visit to tour an ongoing expansion of the Panama Canal, Biden said that the country "stepped up where others might have stepped back. ... You found and confiscated weapons heading from Cuba heading to North Korea. ... more |  |
China praises Korean assassin whom Japan calls a 'criminal' Beijing (AFP) Nov 19, 2013 - China and South Korea are to cooperate on a memorial to a Korean national hero who assassinated a Japanese official a century ago, provoking a diplomatic row Tuesday. Relationships between all three neighbours are heavily coloured by history, while both Beijing and Seoul are embroiled in separate territorial rows with Tokyo over disputed islands. The latest flashpoint between them is Ahn ... more |  |
 Flight of Iraq Christians resumes amid surge in unrest Baghdad (AFP) Nov 20, 2013 - Awshalim Benjamin is desperate to leave Iraq, where a sack of faded photographs is all that remains of the happy life he and his ancient, dwindling Christian community once knew. The 74-year-old waits by the phone for the call that will tell him he can finally depart Baghdad to join his family in the United States - and leave behind a 2,000-year-old community that has shrunk by more than ha ... more |  |
Iran eyes nuclear deal but accuses Israel of sabotage Rome (AFP) Nov 20, 2013 - Iran on Tuesday voiced optimism on a nuclear deal ahead of talks in Geneva but accused Israel of trying to sabotage them, and of stoking Mideast tensions, following bomb attacks on its embassy in Beirut. "I think there is every possibility for success," Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran's top nuclear negotiator, said after meeting his Italian counterpart Emma Bonino in Rome ... more |  |
 Unbreakable: US Army's 'Numurekwa'etuu' helped beat Germans Washington (AFP) Nov 20, 2013 - Native American "code talkers" who used their indigenous languages to keep critical military secrets from World War II enemies are finally getting their due in Congress, decades after their heroism. Twenty-four years ago France bestowed its highest civilian honor on American Indians who used their ancestral words as shields, forging an unbreakable code to communicate troops movements and ene ... more |  |
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