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Falklands defense cuts blamed for oil row with Argentina

Published: March. 3, 2010 at 4:59 PM

LONDON, March 3 (UPI) — Reduced British defense spending in the Falklands has emboldened Argentina to take its current tough stand on oil exploration in the islands’ waters, lawmakers at the British Parliament said.

Conservative [...]

Hillary Clinton's dubious position over the Falklands

Hillary Clinton and David Miliband 'joke around' at NATO (Photo: AP)

By Nile Gardiner
Last updated: March 2nd, 2010
Source: Telegraph

The transcript of Hillary Clinton’s press conference in Buenos Aires with Argentine President Kristina Kirchner last night, has just been released by the State Department, and it is a real eye-opener. Her remarks [...]

Argentina claims Falklands ship controls

February 17, 2010
AFP
Source: The Age

Argentina has asserted greater control over shipping to the Falkland Islands, saying ships headed through its waters to the disputed British-held territory must have its permission.

The move, which will stir up an escalating row with Britain [...]

Spitfires of the seas saved

19 February 2010
Source: Navy News

THESE magnificent boats – among the last reminders of craft which scythed through the narrow seas at high speed – have been saved for the nation.

Seven decades ago, Motor Gunboat 81 and High Speed Launch 102 [...]

Major offensive launched in south Afghanistan

Published 13 February, 2010, 14:20
Edited 15 February, 2010, 04:4
Source: Russia Today

NATO troops led by the US have launched a major offensive in southern Afghanistan. This is the largest military assault since the Taliban was toppled in the 2001 invasion.

More than [...]

British Ambassador to boycott Iran Revolution celebrations

Show of support: Iranian schoolgirls in Tehran (AFP: Atta Kenare)

From The Times
February 11, 2010
Martin Fletcher

Britain’s Ambassador in Tehran and four European counterparts are to boycott today’s celebrations of the 31st anniversary of the Iranian Revolution, which the opposition hopes to turn into another massive demonstration against the regime.

The Foreign [...]

BAE Settles Corruption Charges with U.K., U.S.

By ANDREW CHUTER, LONDON
Published: 5 Feb 2010 12:46

BAE Systems has reached settlements with the U.S. Department of Justice over an investigation into its activities in Saudi Arabia and Britain’s Serious Fraud Office over a corruption inquiry into the sale of [...]

UK, India eye defence ties

THURSDAY, 04 FEBRUARY 2010 21:47
Source: The Asian Age

London, Feb. 4: India and Britain have agreed to prioritise collaboration in defence and high-end manufacturing, UK business secretary Mr Peter Mandelson and the Union commerce minister, Mr Anand Sharma, said on Thursday [...]

London meeting to launch decisive year in Afghan war

* Conference aims to lay the ground for end to Afghan war
* London talks expected to back plans to buy off insurgents
* Attention on longer-term talk of Taliban reconciliation

By Myra MacDonald

LONDON, Jan 28 (Reuters) – Facing a make-or-break year in [...]

Britain exits longest recession on record

26 Jan 2010, 1548 hrs IST, REUTERS
Source: The Economic Times

LONDON: Britain came out of recession in the fourth quarter of 2009, but only just and with a far weaker growth rate than expected, data showed on Tuesday, suggesting any monetary [...]

U.S., U.K. Face Common Security Issues

By Linda D. Kozaryn
American Forces Press Service
Source: U.S Dept of Defense

LONDON, Jan. 25, 2010 – Three international issues that showcase common values held by the United States and the United Kingdom also highlight the benefits of a common approach to [...]

Bin Laden wording ‘indicator’ of upcoming attack: monitor

(AFP) – 3 hours ago
Source: Google

WASHINGTON — Osama bin Laden’s word choice in the latest audio message attributed to him is seen as a “possible indicator” of an upcoming attack by his Al-Qaeda network, a US monitoring group warned Sunday.
IntelCenter, [...]

Tributes to British war reporter killed working with US troops in Afghanistan

From Times Online
January 11, 2010
Tom Coghlan, Defence Correspondent

A British journalist has been killed in an explosion while covering the war in Afghanistan. Rupert Hamer, 39, the defence correspondent of the Sunday Mirror newspaper, was with the US Marines in Helmand [...]

UK probes Sea Viper missile test failures

04 January 2010
By Richard Scott and additional reporting by Doug Richardson
Source: Jane’s

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) and Royal Navy (RN) are examining the potential impact of two successive test failures of the Sea Viper air-defence system on the overall [...]

UK intelligence on Detroit bomb suspect was passed on to Americans

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US counterterrorism officials were warned Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab had links to Islamic extremists in Britain, [...]

Americans blame Britain for rise of Islamic extremism

Britain has been accused of being a “menace to the outside world” as American anger over the UK’s perceived failure to tackle Islamic extremism intensified.

By Toby Harnden in Washington
Published: 10:03PM GMT 30 Dec 2009
Source: Telegraph

Senior policymakers in the United States [...]

United Kingdom Announces Approval Of Third F-35B Joint Strike Fighter Purchase

Source: Lockheed Martin

FORT WORTH, Texas, December 22nd, 2009 — The Joint Combat Aircraft (JCA) program has announced that the United Kingdom has received financial approval to purchase its third Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] F-35B Lightning II operational test aircraft, reinforcing [...]

UK Awards Javelin Joint Venture $176 Million for Javelin Missile Rounds

TUCSON, Ariz., Dec. 17, 2009 /PRNewswire/ — The Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) – Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) Javelin Joint Venture received a $176 million contract from the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defense for more than 1,300 Javelin missile rounds [...]

UK offers help for Indian aircraft upgrade programmes

02 December 2009
By Jon Grevatt and Gareth Jennings
Source: Jane’s

The UK has offered assistance to India in upgrading its Sepecat Jaguar IS/IM/IB combat aircraft and the production of BAE Systems Hawk Mk 132 advanced jet trainers (AJT), the Indian Ministry of [...]

Iraq war inquiry: Britain heard US drumbeat for invasion before 9/11

• UK dismissed idea in 2001 as having no basis in law
• Terror attacks ended US support for ‘containment’

Richard Norton-Taylor
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 24 November 2009 22.54 GMT

Tony Blair’s government knew that prominent members of the Bush administration wanted to topple Saddam [...]