Friday, June 26, 2015

June 25, 2015
Cyprus peace talks (click here) will enter a new phase on June 29 with the pursuit of building further trust between Turkish Cypriots and Greek Cypriots, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) Presidency spokesman Barış Burcu said Wednesday.
Addressing a press conference in the TRNC capital of Lefkoşa, Burcu said: "The measures for developing trust should continue, that's the main principle. There is no need for new mistrustfulness, misunderstandings and conflicts".

The spokesman highlighted that Turkish Cypriots along with Turkey had a solution-oriented vision to resolve the Cyprus issue and hoped that the Greek Cypriot leader, Nicos Anastasiades, too would contribute in the talks by building a common vision....


NATO is also looking at a short fall of recruits from Great Britain. With that reality in Great Britain, recruiting needs to be careful to run back ground checks on anyone. With a short fall in goals comes a desperation to recruit all those that come to that opportunity. That would be a mistake. If anything UK needs to be very careful of their recruits. Close the loop. Make sure the security with recruits provides for national security and not national risk.

At this point, the DOD needs to be working with their Russian equals to potentially agree on some well placed bombs. Quite possibly smart bombs from USA assets. It would not hurt to talk to China to learn any intelligence they may have.