USA
U.S. Naval Update Map: Nov. 23, 2010 STRATFOR
U.S.-Russian Relations in Pre-Summit Flux
STRATFOR
EUROPE
Central Europe Reacts to NATO's
Strategic Concept STRATFOR
ASIA
Deciphering North Korea's Provocations
STRATFOR
U.S. Carrier Strike Group Embarks for
the Yellow Sea STRATFOR
Dispatch: Importance of the Koreas' Northern
Limit Line STRATFOR
RUSSIA
Kuwait, Iraq: New Border Agreement Reached November 24, 2010
Iraq and Kuwait have agreed to create a 500 meter (1,640 foot) neutral
zone on either side of their shared border and move Iraqi farmers
living there to new homes, a Kuwaiti official said Nov. 24, AFP
reported. The zone will be devoid of any activity except that of the
border police, the official said. According to the deal, which was
signed at a meeting of the Iraq-Kuwait commission headed by the
countries’ foreign ministry undersecretaries, Kuwait agreed to build up
to 50 homes inside Iraq for the farmers who would be displaced, the
official said.
IRAN
Russia Reportedly Sends Iran Radar
Equipment STRATFOR
IRAQ
NOTHING SIGNIFICANT TO REPORT
ISRAEL
NOTHING SIGNIFICANT TO REPORT
AFGHANISTAN
Afghanistan: Protests In Kabul Ahead Of Election Results November 24,
2010
Afghan electoral candidates and their followers took to the streets of
Kabul to protest the polling process, Reuters reported Nov. 24. Many of
protesters are candidates who failed to win a seat, like Noor ul Haq
Olomi, a lawmaker from the southern Kandahar province, who claimed the
election was illegal with widespread fraud. Afghanistan’s Independent
Election Commission said it will announce the winners of the 249 seats
in the lower house of parliament on Nov. 24.
Afghanistan: The Intelligence War STRATFOR
A Week in the War: Afghanistan, Nov. 17-23,
2010 STRATFOR
MIDDLE EAST
Saudi King's Son to Head Elite Military Force
STRATFOR
SOUTH OF THE BORDER
Mexico: Alleged Successor To Drug Trafficker Arrested November 24, 2010
Mexican police have arrested Carlos Montemayor Gonzalez, also known as
“El Charro,” the man believed to be the successor to imprisoned
suspected drug trafficker Edgar “La Barbie” Valdez Villarreal, El
Universal reported Nov. 24. Montemayor Gonzalez was arrested Nov. 23 in
the Santa Fe district of Mexico City along with two other individuals.
Brazil: Tanks Deployed Against Drug Gangs November 25, 2010
The military has deployed six tanks to the Vila Cruzeiro area of
northern Rio de Janeiro in support of a police crackdown on drug gangs,
AFP reported Nov. 25, citing witnesses. The gangs had taken refuge
there after being forced out of 13 other slums. At least 23 people have
been killed in the crackdown, and police have deployed armored
vehicles, helicopters and heavily armed troops.
MISC
NOTHING SIGNIFICANT TO REPORT
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