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MILNEWS.ca Highlights – February 28, 2019
The Koreas
- “Trump, Kim Summit Ends With No Agreement”
- “No deal: President Trump, Kim summit collapses over sanctions impasse”
- “What Happened in Hanoi?” (38 North)
- “Subject: Remarks by President Trump in Press Conference” (Whitehouse info-machine)
- “Subject: Remarks by President Trump and Chairman Kim Jong Un of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Before Expanded Bilateral Meeting” (Whitehouse info-machine)
- “Key Points From Trump’s Press Conference in Hanoi”
- “Abrupt End to US-North Korean Summit Disappoints Experts, But Some See Prospect of Future Negotiations”
- “Why Donald Trump’s failure to reach deal with North Korea in Vietnam could be a win for China”
- “As Hanoi Summit Falters, Trump Sends China a Message”
- “Trump-Kim summit 2019: Xi could be ‘more helpful’, says US president”
- “China supports N.Korea-US direct talks” (CHN Communist Party media)
- “N. Korea Disputes Trump’s Account of Talks Breakdown”
- “N Korean FM Says Pyongyang Seeks Partial Not Complete Sanctions Relief – Reports”
- “Kim Would Not Be Having Summit With Trump, He Says, if Not Open to Denuclearization”
- “US Lawmakers Applaud Trump’s Decision to Walk Away From Deal With DPRK at Summit”
- “UN Chief Hopes Denuclearization Talks With North Korea Continue – Spokesman”
- “Trump: Kim Felt ‘Very Badly About’ US College Student’s Fatal Treatment”
- “North Korean Elites Prefer Status Quo to Big Changes World Seeks in Pyongyang”
- “Is North Korea’s food situation as bad as the government says? Probably not.” (North Korean Economy Watch blog)
What’s Canada Buying?
- “Used Australian fighter jets could cost taxpayers $1.1B: PBO”
- “Fiscal Analysis of the Interim F-18 Aircraft” (PBO)
#CHN/Pacific Rim
- “Huawei pleads not guilty in US trade-secrets case as Canadian decision on Meng Wanzhou’s extradition looms”
- “Royal Bank of Canada warns staff not to travel to China in wake of Huawei row”
- “China’s second aircraft carrier sets sail for fifth sea trial” (CHN mil media)
- “Respect Chinese sovereignty in South China Sea, Beijing warns Washington”
#MLI – Op PRESENCE/Africa
- “Royal Canadian Navy (HMCS Kingston & HMCS Shawinigan) deploys to the West Coast of Africa” (RCN info-machine)
- “Confronting Central Mali’s Extremist Threat” (Africa Center for Strategic Studies)
- “Mali, March 2019 Monthly Forecast” (Security Council Report blog)
- “Amadou Koufa, chef djihadiste peul, dément sa mort”
- “Exclusif : le jihadiste Amadou Koufa, annoncé mort au Mali, est toujours en vie”
- “Mali : au moins 10 civils tués dans l’explosion d’un engin explosif dissimulé dans le corps d’un homme décédé”
- “Denmark plans to back anti-jihadist force in Sahel”
- “Les Danois arrivent dans Barkhane à la fin de l’année”
- “Germany reckons with a long troop deployment in Mali”
- “Flintlock: US Special Forces bolster African armies”
#CANinIRQ/Mid East – Op IMPACT
- “Iraq takes steps to prosecute ISIS suspects recently handed over by SDF”
- “France Will Intervene if ISIS Fighter Citizens Sentenced To Death in Iraq”
- “Coalition confirms death of French ISIS media official — The US-led coalition on Thursday confirmed the death of a French Islamic State fighter in Baghouz, Syria …”
- “Encouraged by Opening of Humanitarian Corridor in Rukban, Special Envoy on Syria Says Constitutional Committee Could Pave Way for Genuine Negotiations” (UN Security Council info-machine)
- “Syria Situation Report: February 7 – 20, 2019” (ISW blog)
- #LVA/Europe – Op REASSURANCE/Cold War 2.0
- “Latvia to invest EUR 50 mln (CAN ~$75 million) a year in military infrastructure”
- “Russia says it forced to respond to NATO military buildup near its borders”
Way Up North
- “US Navy Admiral Says Russia Will Not Be Allowed to Control the Northern Sea Route”
- ” ‘We are an Arctic nation’: $655 million (CAN $862 million) set aside for new U.S. icebreaker”
- “Russian Official Confirms Plans for Behemoth Icebreaker”
- “Russia’s Rosneft considering pipeline to boost shipping on Northern Sea Route”
Internal Security
- ” ‘We need to get ready’: RCMP planning for return of Canadian ISIS members”
- ” ‘Fulfilling the wishes of God’: The inside story of a police investigation into a Toronto ISIS supporter”
- “Pamir Hakimzadah Sentenced for Leaving Canada to Join ISIS” (Public Prosecution Service of Canada)
- “Police investigation finds Danforth shooter ‘acted alone:’ source”
- “Punishment or Banishment?” (Centre for International Policy Studies)
Afghanistan
- “US to Withdraw All Troops from Afghanistan in Five Years – Report”
- “Lessons for Leaders: What Afghanistan Taught Russian and Soviet Strategists” (Russia Matters blog)
- Veterans & Helping Veterans (or Not?)
- “Veterans Affairs Canada now accepting 2019 applications for the Veteran and Family Well-Being Fund” (VAC info-machine)
Other Military News
MILNEWS.ca Highlights – February 26, 2019
#LVA/Europe – Op REASSURANCE/Cold War 2.0
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- “Well-prepared and locally invested: Interview with commander of NATO’s Latvia-based battle group — (CAF) Lieutenant-Colonel Philippe Sauvé recently took over as top brass of NATO’s enhanced forward presence in Latvia, thereby concluding the rotation of the third group of troops deployed in Latvia …”
- “Armenia defense minister, Canada army chaplain general discuss cooperation — Armenian Defense Minister Davit Tonoyan on Monday received Fr. Guy Chapdelaine, Chaplain General of the Canadian Armed Forces. They discussed cooperation between the chaplain services within the Armenian and the Canadian Armed Forces …”
- “2019.02.25 :: Data on interceptions of aircraft completed near the Baltic States’ borders February 18 – 24, 2019” (LTU MoD)
- “Erdogan Says Turkey Will Buy Russia’s S-400s”
- “Nuclear Upgrades At Russian Bomber Base And Storage Site”
- “Russian TV Host Announces Targets in the U.S. – Some are Civilian”
- “Russia donates $9 million worth of air defense weapons to Tajikistan”
- “Russian Navy tracks US warship movements in Baltic Sea — Defense Ministry”
- “Belarus: EU prolongs arms embargo and sanctions against 4 individuals for one year” (EU info-machine)
- “European Union extends weapons embargo against Belarus”
- “Is the Kremlin inciting anti-vaccination behaviour in Estonia?”
- “U.S. Cyber Command operation disrupted Internet access of Russian troll factory on day of 2018 midterms”
#CANinIRQ/Mid East – Op IMPACT
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- “While scores were travelling to Syria for jihad, a smaller but no less committed group of internationalists was heading to the other side of the battle. “People back home like to think Daesh [Isis] is just a problem for the Middle East and that’s it,” says Kyle Town, a mild-mannered 30-year-old from Thunder Bay, in Ontario, Canada, using the Arabic name for Isis. “But it doesn’t just exist here. It affects everyone.” …”
- “Le Canada déterminé à aider le peuple du Yémen à instaurer une paix durable”
- “Syrian Kurdish forces hand over 280 Iraqi, foreign IS militants to Iraq”
- “Kurds in Syria Hand over More ISIS Members, Including Foreigners, to Iraq”
- ” Iraq could help transfer non-Iraqi Islamic State detainees held by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Syria, Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi said on Tuesday …”
- “Iraq to prosecute 13 French IS fighters seized in Syria”
- “Iraq saves France from thorny repatriations of Islamic State jihadists”
- “SDC: US official suggests US will keep some troops to prevent ISIS resurgence”
- “France’s Macron Welcomes US Reversal on Keeping Troops in Syria”
- “ISIS has been reduced to 1.5 square miles in Syria”
- “Thousands Evacuate Last Islamic State Hold-Out in Syria”
- “Iraq’s Paramilitaries Are Turning on Their Own Ranks”
- “Syria’s Assad meets Khamenei in first Iran visit since Syrian war began”
- “Iraqi oil minister says to hold talks with Kurdistan region on oil exporting”
- “US Army transported 50 tons of gold from Syria, report says”
The Koreas
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- “All Eyes on Tangible Results from U.S.-North Korea Summit”
- “What to Expect from the US-North Korea Summit in Vietnam”
- “Will Trump Offer Peace Declaration as Tradeoff for North Korea’s Denuclearization?”
- “Trump and Kim: Round 2” (CGAI)
- “Scholar: China plays important role in pushing forward denuclearization of Korean Peninsula” (CHN mil media)
- “Why a Formal End to North Korean Missile Testing Makes Sense” (38 North)
- “The Second Trump-Kim Summit: Where Is China?” (38 North)
- “North Korea’s Yongbyon Nuclear Facility: No Indications Plutonium Production Reactor Is Operating” (38 North)
- “Why a Formal End to North Korean Missile Testing Makes Sense” (38 North)
- “While Kim goes to Hanoi, anti-corruption crackdown continues at home” (North Korean Economy Watch blog)
- “North Korean Propaganda Taps Kim Jong Un as Potential Nobel Peace Prize Winner”
#CHN/Pacific Rim
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- “Double double happiness? Canada’s Tim Hortons opens first China cafe, as diplomatic row brews between Ottawa and Beijing”
- “US Navy Ships Pass Through Strategic Taiwan Strait, Riling China”
- ” ‘No-go zone’ in Yellow Sea for Chinese aircraft carrier sea trials”
- “PLA undergoes intensive combat trainings in 2019” (CHN mil media)
- “Ground Force’s Logistics Department signs cooperation memorandum with five big banks” (CHN mil media)
- “China unveils national service center for veterans” (CHN mil media)
- “China sets up new center to help ex-servicemen adapt to civilian life” (CHN mil media)
#MLI – Op PRESENCE/Africa
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- “Chinese peacekeepers to Mali complete camp restoration project in Gao” (CHN mil media)
- “Mali: France airstrike kills 15 in Mopti as EU training base in Koulikoro attacked”
- “Dans la nuit du samedi à dimanche dernier, entre 2h50 et 3h10 du matin, le camp militaire Boubacar Sada SY de Koulikoro a subit une attaque terroriste à la voiture piégée …”
- “French forces strike jihadists in Mali”
- “Mali: French forces say they hit alleged Jihadis in Mopti”
- “Mopti : Deux civils tués dans une attaque”
- “Francafrique is adding another layer and more military boots to an already combustible region”
- “French PM urges joint stand to drive back jihadists in Sahel”
- “Top Al-Qaeda Commander Killed In Sahel, Says France”
- “Burkina Faso says its forces have killed 29 extremists”
- “Darfur peace process at a ‘standstill’ as demonstrations against Sudanese Government continue” (UN info-machine)
- “Soudan: des pays occidentaux déplorent le “retour à un régime militaire” … Les Etats-Unis, la Grande-Bretagne, le Canada et la Norvège ont déploré mardi le “retour à un régime militaire” au Soudan après une série de mesures prises par le président Omar el-Béchir …”
Way Up North
Internal Security
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- “Crown seeks six-year sentence for Toronto man who tried to join ISIS, assaulted witness”
- “RCMP aware of comments made about Trudeau on Yellow Vest Facebook page”
- “Soldier found dead on N.B. base was veteran of Afghanistan, Bosnia”
- “Task Force: US Efforts to Battle Extremism ‘Unsustainable’ “
- “Preventing Extremism in Fragile States: A New Approach” (Final Report of the Task Force on Extremism in Fragile States)
What’s Canada Buying?
Veterans & Helping Veterans (or Not?)
Other Military News0120
MILNEWS.ca Highlights – February 25, 2019
#MLI – Op PRESENCE/Africa
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- “Greater Victoria (NDP) MP Randall Garrison to push for extended Canadian mission in Mali”
- “Mali: cinq soldats tués par une mine”
- “Mali : deux casques bleus tués par une mine (Minusma)”
- “Mali: deux Casques bleus tués par une mine dans le centre du pays”
- “Mali: UN mourns three Guinean peacekeepers killed, condemns attack ‘in strongest terms’ ” (UN info-machine)
- “Security Council Press Statement on Attack against Peacekeepers of United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali” (UN Security Council info-machine)
- “Mali : le Secrétaire général condamne l’attaque contre des membres de la MINUSMA qui a fait trois morts parmi les Casques bleus guinéens et plusieurs blessés” (UN Sec Gen info-machine)
- “Mali: UN mourns three Guinean peacekeepers killed, condemns attack ‘in strongest terms’ “
- “Paix et stabilité au Mali : Les femmes s’engagent à travers le programme WISE II”
#CANinIRQ/Mid East – Op IMPACT
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- Int’view (~45 minutes, YouTube) with Canadian Fighter w/Kurdish Forces Fighting ISIS in #SYR near #IRQ Border
- “Canadian forces in Iraq planning for impact of U.S. withdrawal from Syria: commander”
- “Iraq received 14 French IS fighters from Syria Kurds: government”
- “Syrian forces hand 14 French Islamic State fighters to Iraq”
- “IS ‘slip into Iraq’ to fight another day”
Internal Security
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- “Canadian who tried to join terror group in Syria set for release from prison despite being ‘high risk to public safety’ “
- “Why some Chinese immigrants living in Canada live in silent fear”
- “Zimbabwe couple complicit in crimes against humanity for serving in Mugabe’s army lose bid to stay in Canada” (National Post)
- “A husband and wife from Zimbabwe who were found complicit in crimes against humanity for their years working together in the Zimbabwe National Army have lost their legal appeals to avoid deportation from Canada. Richard Tapambwa served in the Zimbabwean National Army for about 20 years; his wife, Stensia Tapambwa, served for about 16 years. Both were promoted to the rank of staff sergeant in the army’s data processing unit …” (ZWE media)
- Point: “Michael Wernick’s alarmist words are the politics of fear”
- Counterpoint, Stephanie Carvin on Twitter: “2010: Disbelief after CSIS Director says there is Chinese foreign influence in Canada; 2018: Disbelief after NSIA says there is Indian foreign influence in Canada; 2019: Disbelief PCO Clerk says there is a far-right threat; … I sense a pattern…. Wark is wrong. #cdnnatsec… “
#LVA/Europe – Op REASSURANCE/Cold War 2.0
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- “U.S. military aircraft conducts (Open Skies Treaty) observation flight over Russia”
- “Poland wants to increase the U.S. military presence on its territory”
- “Russia names potential targets of Zircon missiles in U.S. territory”
- “Russian President warns West that deploying missile launchers in Europe could ignite ‘tit for tat’ response”
- “Putin Threatens Washington with Retaliation”
- “Belarus to respond jointly with Russia if intermediate-range missiles deployed in Europe: Lukashenko”
- “Lukashenko: I will never surrender Belarus to Poland or Russia”
- “Belarus’s Relations With the West Receive Growing Scrutiny From Russian Military Intelligence”
- “Just How Sold Are Russia and Belarus on Unification Really?” (pro-RUS think tank)
Way Up North
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- “CAF members train to take on Arctic conditions”
- “CAF Reservists Train for Northern Scenarios in ‘Arctic Bison’ Exercise”
- “New Canadian Ranger Patrols Open in Cat Lake and Pikangikum (Ontario)”
- Conservative Senator: “Canada’s current approach to Arctic short-term in nature”
- “Canadian icebreaking capabilities not up to snuff, experts say”
- “US will not allow dominance of Russia and China in the Arctic” (pro-RUS site)
- “40 Commando Royal Marines training in very sub zero temperatures in Norway”
- “Royal Marines Light Up Arctic Circle With Mortars” (UK MoD info-machine)
- ” ‘Challenging’ Russia in the Arctic: Political posturing or a war in the making?” (RUS media)
- “Moscow warns US: Russian special forces are training for Arctic conflict”
Afghanistan
Haiti
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- “Why Are Canadian Special Forces in Haiti?” (Antiwar.com)
- HaitiInfoProject on Twitter: “Soldier from #Canada’s embassy providing security at Toussaint Louverture airport in PAP, #Haiti today.… “
- HaitiInfoProject on Twitter: “Troops & plainclothes from #Canada providing security at Toussaint Louverture airport in PAP today as cars from #Haiti’s National Palace also drop off #PHTK govt official’s family to leave the country (15 Feb 2019).… “
Big Honkin’ Ship Document Leak Case
Veterans & Helping Veterans (or Not?)
Mental Health in the CAF
Mental Health in the CAF
Other Military News
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- “A spokesperson for 5th Canadian Division Support Base Gagetown says military police are investigating after a person was found dead there Monday morning …”
- “Canada’s WWII-era Brownings still putting in work”
- “Future wars (12): “Modern victory is won and lost in the information space, not on the physical battlefield” ” (Col. Ted)
#CHN/Pacific Rim
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- “US Navy sends two warships through Taiwan Strait, risking friction with Beijing”
- “Official: China Will Step Up Military, Diplomatic Pressure Against Taiwan”
- “China’s military pulls back from joint war games to focus on training at home” (South China Morning Post)
- “China’s military pulls back from joint war games to focus on training at home” (CHN mil media)
The Koreas
MILNEWS.ca Highlights + #UKR Update – February 18, 2019
What’s Canada Buying?
#CANinIRQ/Mid East – Op IMPACT
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- “Canadian captured in Syria admits to role in gruesome ISIS execution videos”
- “Canadian ‘ISIS bride’ in Syria: ‘I should be allowed to go home’ “
- “The English voice of the Islamic State steps out of the shadows. He’s a Canadian”
- “What to do with Canadian Daesh supporters who want to come home?”
- “English-Speaking Narrator Behind Daesh Propaganda Videos Captured – Report”
Way Up North
Afghanistan
Veterans & Helping Veterans (or Not?)
#LVA/Europe – Op REASSURANCE/Cold War 2.0
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- “Latvia to host new NATO HQ”
- “GRU Agent in Estonian Army Convicted of Spying for Russia” (Warsaw Institute)
- “Defence Minister Sajjan Attends NATO Defence Ministerial, D-ISIS Meeting, and Munich Security Conference” (DND info-machine)
- “Russia Holds Large-Scale Military Drills” (Warsaw Institute)
- “Belgian Intel Officer is a Suspected Russian Spy, Reports Say”
- “NATO forces conduct cold weather training in Lithuania” (NATO info-machine)
- “What can we do to prevent nuclear war?”
- “There’s still time to save the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty”
- “Return of Neustrashimyy — Russian press reported recently that project 11540 frigate Neustrashimyy (SKR 712) will rejoin the Baltic Fleet before the end of 2019 …” (Russian Defense Policy blog)
- “Death of a Conscript — Authorities are investigating the murder of a 19-year-old Russian conscript in his motorized rifle regiment near Voronezh. The Western MD at first reported he died of a heart attack, but he was apparently beaten to death …” (Russian Defense Policy blog)
- “We’re Ready to Unite With Russia, Belarus Leader Lukashenko Says”
- “Lukashenko allows possibility of Belarus-Russia merger”
#UKR – Op UNIFIER
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- “50 observers from Canada arrive in Ukraine before presidential elections” (UKR media)
- “Fifty observers from Canada arrive in Ukraine before presidential elections – Freeland” (UKR media)
- “Ukraine reform conference to take place in Toronto in July – Canada’s FM” (UKR media)
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- “JFO: МAP – 17.02.2019” (UKR MoD)
- “JFO: МAP – 18.02.2019” (UKR MoD)
- “A summary of the situation in the area of the operation of the United forces as of 18:00 on February 18, 2019” (UKR MoD, in Ukrainian)
- “Summary of the squad “The Essence of Time” for February 14-17″ (pro-RUS site, in Russian)
- “Ukrainian soldier from Mykolaiv region dies in Donbas combat zone” (UKR media)
- “DPR records 183 ceasefire violations by Kiev over the week” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
- “One invader captured, four killed in latest skirmish in Donbas” (UKR media)
- “Kiev forces violate ceasefire six times over 24 hours” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
- “Donbas: four Ukrainian servicemen wounded over 24 hours” (UKR media)
- “Russian-led forces fire 55 mortars into Ukrainian troops in Donbas” (UKR media)
- “Four Ukrainian soldiers wounded in action in Donbas on Monday” (UKR media)
- “Spot Report by OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM): Explosions occur in Donetsk city centre”
- “DPR mission to JCCC records three IED blasts in central Donetsk” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
- “OSCE SMM monitors arrive to explosions site in central Donetsk” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
- “OSCE mission says explosions did not affect security situation in Donetsk” (RUS state media)
- “Spot Report by OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM): SMM loses long-range unmanned aerial vehicle near Berdianka”
- “LPR People’s Militia recovers SMM long-range UAV lost over Chernogvardeiskoye” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
- “Russian user shares footage showing Russian military equipment amassed near Ukraine border” (UKR media)
- “Newest Russian Torn radio intelligence system was spotted again in occupied Donbas” (InformNapalm.org, pro-UKR OSINT site)
- “Council of Europe agrees on Azov anti-Russian sanctions” (UKR media)
- “EU identifies priorities of economic support for Sea of Azov region” (UKR media)
- “EU Council approves so-called Azov package of sanctions against Russia” (UKR media)
- “Military Situation In Eastern Ukraine On 4th Anniversary Of Delbatseve Battle” (pro-RUS OSINT site)
- “Documentary film “Debaltsevoe” ” (UKR MoD, in Ukrainian)
- “Pushilin says liberation of Debaltsevo a most important victory of DPR and LPR” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
- “Roundtable on suicide prevention and unauthorized leaving of service places took place in Odesa” (UKR MoD, in Ukrainian)
- “OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Miroslav Lajčák meets with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin” (OSCE info-machine)
- “This is what it’s like to live through freezing winter in a war zone” (United Nations in Ukraine info-machine)
Other Military News
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- “Van Isle hosts troops from across Canada for military exercise”
- “PHL, Canada begin 5-day course on military-resource management — The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), the Canadian Ministry of Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces began a five-day Defense Resource Management Course (DRMC) on Monday that aims to help the military to properly allocate its resources from manpower to equipment and funds …”
- “8th Canadian Hussars donates retired armoured military vehicle to Sackville (NS)”
#CHN/Pacific Rim
MILNEWS.ca Highlights – February 13, 2019
NATO DefMins Meet
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- “The Coalition and its partners need to address the causes for the rise of the so-called Islamic State and ensure that the group does not re-emerge, a Canadian official said on Wednesday. Canada’s Defense Minister Harjit Sajjan made the comments ahead of meetings with other defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on Feb. 13 and 14 …” (Kurdish media)
- “(ROM) DefMin Les meets counterparts of Canada and Georgia in Brussels” (ROM media)
- “NATO Defence Ministers meet to address Russia’s violation of the INF Treaty” (NATO info-machine)
- “NATO Defence Ministers meet in Brussels” (NATO info-machine)
- “New NATO hub will gather the Alliance’s cyber defenders” (NATO info-machine)
Way Up North
#LVA/Europe – Op REASSURANCE/Cold War 2.0
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- “NATO Chief Says Allies Keen to Avoid Arms Race With Russia”
- “UK to deploy deadly Apache helicopters in Estonia”
- “Apache and Wildcat to touch down in Estonia as UK bolsters its commitment to NATO” (UK MoD info-machine)
- “Chinese embassy refutes Lithuania’s hype of “China Threat”: ridiculous and absurd” (CHN mil media)
- “America the Mercenary: Trump’s plan to bill NATO” (European Council on Foreign Relations)
- “Moscow Orders Ground-Based Kalibr Cruise Missiles”
- “Russian anti-material sniper rifle spotted in Yemen”
- “Russian army to get newest Proryv-3 tanks by 2020”
#CANinIRQ/Mid East – Op IMPACT
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- “Iraq Will Not Accept Foreign Military Bases on Its Soil”
- “US defence chief says Washington will respect Iraqi sovereignty”
- “(IRQ) PM says Iraq to repatriate Iraqi IS fighters held in Syria”
- “UK fighters returning from Syria face up to 10 years in jail”
- “Germany says it has arrested two former Syrian intelligence officers alleged to have been involved in torturing critics of President Bashar al-Assad …”
#MLI – Op PRESENCE/Africa
#CHN/Pacific Rim
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- “US ‘must use all military and diplomatic means’ to defend Taiwan against Beijing”
- “Huawei, US-China tensions and West’s 5G fears on the agenda as Beijing joins security talks”
- “China’s Huawei Soft Power Push Raises Hard Questions”
- “Former British surveillance head says calls to freeze Chinese companies out of 5G telecoms in Western countries are ‘short on technical understanding’ “
- “Rules aim to build up PLA combat abilities” (CHN mil media)
Internal Security
What’s Canada Buying?
Mental Health in the CAF
Veterans & Helping Veterans (or Not?)
Other Military News
