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Sunday, September 11, 2011

What's going on in the World Today 110910

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USA

U.S.: Past Attacks Cast Doubt on Reported 9/11 Anniversary Plot

Palestinian Territories: U.S. Will Veto Any Bid For Statehood September 8, 2011

The United States will veto any Palestinian effort to seek statehood at the U.N. Security Council, a U.S. State Department spokeswoman said at a Sept. 8 briefing, Xinhua reported.

EUROPE

NOTHING SIGNIFICANT TO REPORT

ASIA

China Security Memo: Increased Focus on Imitation Guns

RUSSIA

NOTHING SIGNIFICANT TO REPORT
 
IRAN

NOTHING SIGNIFICANT TO REPORT
 
IRAQ

Dispatch: U.S. Negotiates Number of Remaining Troops In Iraq
 
ISRAEL

Egypt: Israel Deploys Surveillance Aircraft To Border September 8, 2011

The Israeli air force deployed a unit of unmanned surveillance aircraft along Israel’s border with Egypt in response to the killing of eight Israelis by Egyptian militants in August, an unnamed senior Israeli military official said Sept. 8, AP reported. The official said the aircraft are monitoring the 250-kilometer (150-mile) border from Israeli airspace.
 
AFGHANISTAN

The Goals of a Settlement in Afghanistan

MIDDLE EAST

Dispatch: Turkey Suspends Defense Ties With Israel

Portfolio: OPEC Summit Overshadowed by Saudi Arabia | STRATFOR

Ankara's Tougher Regional Stance

Agenda: With George Friedman on Turkish-Israeli Relations

Egypt: Navy Arrests 7 Israeli Security Employees September 9, 2011

The Egyptian Navy arrested seven employees of an Israeli private security firm on a yacht near the Straits of Tiran in the Red Sea, Haaretz reported Sept. 9. An Egyptian naval patrol became suspicious of the yacht after the four security officials and three crew members threw their personal weapons overboard, causing the Egyptians to board and arrest the ship’s crew on suspicion of harboring militants. The Israelis were interrogated in the Egyptian Sinai port of Sharm el-Sheikh where the Israeli and Egyptian foreign ministries began communicating to clarify the misunderstanding. Released early Sept. 8, the detainees were all employees of an Israeli security firm specializing in commercial shipping security services in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean.

Turkey: NATO Radar System Not Directed Against Any Country September 9, 2011

The NATO radar system that will be deployed in Turkish territory is not directed against any country, a Turkish Foreign Ministry official said Sept. 9, Trend reported, citing Milliyet. The deployment is meant to improve the level of NATO’s missile defense, the official added. The statement is in response to Iran’s reaction to the radar placement in Turkey.
SOUTH OF THE BORDER

NOTHING SIGNIFICANT TO REPORT
 
MISC

NOTHING SIGNIFICANT TO REPORT
 

 
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