UK opposition slams Nato allies
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Conservative defence spokesman Liam Fox criticises Germany, Italy and Spain for not pulling their weight in Afghanistan.
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates criticized NATO allies on Monday for failing to send enough troops and equipment to Afghanistan, setting the stage for tense discussions in the alliance later this week.
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Britain defended its role in Afghanistan  and the reliability of its equipment on Sunday after the  country's worst military air crash in years sparked growing  criticism of the British mission in the country.
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Tory defence spokesman Liam Fox criticises Germany, Italy and Spain's efforts in Afghanistan.
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US Defense Secretary Robert Gates unleashed a storm on Wednesday by criticizing NATO forces in southern Afghanistan, saying they were ill-prepared to fight an insurgency.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell has renewed criticism of a group of Nato allies for refusing to allow officers to serve in a Nato training mission in Iraq .
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The government yesterday condemned a group of retired military officers who signed a petition opposing its arms procurement budget, saying that they were encouraging a &quot;defeatist&quot; attitude, and
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The British government has signaled its opposition to the creation of a European defence industry giant by the merger of the European aerospace group EADS and the French-British defence electronics group ...
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MUNICH -- Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld yesterday came out against a German proposal that would create a trans-Atlantic rival to NATO to coordinate and develop policy among alliance nations.
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The British government has signaled its opposition to the creation of a European defence industry giant by the merger of the European aerospace group EADS and the French-British defence electronics group Thales, the Observer reported.
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France and Germany spoke out Wednesday against a US proposal to put NATO in charge of the military and reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan, but US and other officials
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NATO led criticism on Monday of  President Vladimir Putin&#39;s latest attack on a planned U.S.  missile shield, but Western reaction was generally muted ahead  of a Group of Eight (G8) encounter with Putin this week.
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Tony Blair's allies will fight a rearguard action to prevent Labour's annual conference from issuing an embarrassing call for British troops to pull out of Iraq.
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France and Germany spoke out Wednesday against a U.S. proposal to put NATO in charge of the military and reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan, but U.S. and other officials said the alliance would go ahead and develop options for merging the missions.
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Critics of the Iraq war have slammed the prime minister following a decision to allow British troops to move into dangerous territory around Baghdad under US military command.
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Britain's anti-terrorism strategy faced mounting criticism on Thursday after an embarrassing announcement that three men suspected of planning attacks on British or U.S. troops abroad had absconded.
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Britain has condemned Russia's refusal to extradite Andrei Lugovoi over the Litvinenko murder.