Turkey Buys Chinese SAMs
Turkey has selected the Chinese HQ-9 surface-to air-missile (SAM) for its T-Loramids air-defence programme, in a move that will surely raise eyebrows in Washington.
- Written by E.Tsiliopoulos
EU Enlargement Commissioner to meet Matthew Nimetz
EU commissioner for enlargement, Štefan Füle will be meeting today with UN mediator for the FYROM name issue, Matthew Nimetz, in New York, as Petar Stanor, spokesperson for Mr. Fule told Skopje media.
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Taliban Ambush Leaves 20 Dead, More Missing
A Taliban ambush has claimed the lives of at least 20 Afghan policemen in the remote northeastern province of Badakhshan this week. The ambush took place after official conclusion of an operation that supposedly cleared the area of the Taliban and killed more than 50 Taliban fighters.
The head of the provincial council for Badakhshan and the Wardoj district governor, where both the operation and the ambush happened, claimed that 23 Afghan policemen were killed, 21 were wounded, and another 24 are missing and thought to be held by the Taliban.
The Taliban claimed to have killed "as many as 60 Arbakis [pro-government militias], ANA soldiers, and the police" during fighting yesterday, and an additional 25 security personnel on Wednesday, according to a statement on Voice of Jihad.
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