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| NightWatch 20100906 | A typhoon prompted the US and South Korea to postpone anti-submarine warfare exercises in the Yellow Sea. North Korean media reported delegates for the 3rd Party Conference are arriving in Pyongyang. This announcement means the Conference will start soon, if it has not already begun. The Indo-Russian jointly developed BrahMos supersonic cruise missile successfully completed a "user's trial" on 5 September, involving a steep dive at nearly three times the speed of sound while carrying a conventional warhead. |
| NightWatch 20100903 | US and South Korean authorities confirmed the start of anti-submarine warfare exercises in the Yellow Sea this weekend. India and South Korea signed two major agreements on cooperation between military forces and in defense industrial production. India has protested the presence of large numbers of Chinese military forces in Pakistani Kashmir. Food riots over the prices of bread and utilities ended in Maputo, Mozambique, but the problems persist. |
| NightWatch 20100902 | Preparations for North Korea's 3rd Party Conference are well advanced, but the dates of the Conference have not been released. Flood relief and recovery pose the most significant threat yet to the elected government in Pakistan. |
| NightWatch 20100901 | Japan rejected as premature North Korean reported willingness to resume nuclear talks soon. Just days after Kim Chong-il returned from China, the commander of the Chinese military region adjacent to North Korea arrived in Pyongyang to "further develop" military cooperation. Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for suicide bombings in eastern Pakistan that killed 33 and injured more than 150 during a Shiite religious observance. The Netherlands released two Yemenis, who arrived on a flight from the US, for lack of evidence to hold them. |
| NightWatch 20100831 | South Korea's Red Cross has offered assistance to North Korean flood victims, but the North has not responded. China is reported to have rendezvoused two satellites in space. The US is the only other country to have achieved this capability which is essential to offensive space warfare. Taiwan intends to deploy hundreds of surface-to-surface cruises missiles this year as a counter to Chinese ballistic missile aimed at Taiwan. Hamas claimed responsibility for killing four Israelis to try to disrupt talks in Washington on 2 September between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. |
| NightWatch 20100830 | North Korean leader Kim has returned to Pyongyang. His visit appears to have been primarily a pilogrimage to his late father. In Indian Kashmir, the police shooting of another youth portends more violent demonstrations. Russian Prime Minister Putin continues his campaign of criticizing NATO and the US over ballistic missile defense installations in Eastern Europe. |
| NightWatch 20100829 | North Korean leader Kim Chong-il is reported to have left China and returned to North Korea, presumably after introducing his son and successor to Chinese officials. Two Chinese warships are making a first port call to Burma/Myanmar. Afghanistan President Karzai's Chief of Staff has exposed what appears to be a serious disagreement with NATO about strategy, asserting that US-style counterinsurgency undermines Afghan sovereignty. |
| NightWatch 20100826 | Former US President Carter extended his visit to North Korea to obtain the release of an American citizen in captivity. Kim Chong-il is in China. China denied a visa to a prominent Indian Army General over his role in suppressing unrest in Kashmir. Denmark declined to provide F-16 combat aircraft to NATO forces in Afghanistan because the Danes have done enough and strongly desire "to scale down engagement." |
| NightWatch 20100825 | North Korea has assembled military units and other assets for a large-scale parade, probably to celebrate the Workers' Party anniversary on 10 October. Former US President Carter arrived today in Pyongyang on a humanitarian mission. In Iraq, insurgents executed 34 attacks in 16 cities today, the largest demonstration of their capabilities to date. President Sarkozy renewed France's commitment to win the fight against terrorists in northwestern Africa. Mauritanian soldiers on guard duty thwarted a suicide bombing at a military barracks. |
| NightWatch 20100824 | South Korea has authorized its forces to return fire against North Korean artillery batteries firing off the west coast. Former US President Carter is on a humanitarian mission to return a US citizen in custody in North Korea. Al Jazirah told the Muslim world today that the Taliban are winning in Afghanistan. Hezbollah's leader said today Lebanon should build a nuclear power plant,just like Iran's Bushehr plant. |
| NightWatch 20100823 | The Australian elections on Saturday produced no winner with a majority, prompting negotiations for forming a coalition government for the first time in 70 years. The news report that a captured US soldier has converted to Islam and is helping the Taliban does not look credible. The first of several thousand troop reinforcements from African Union states arrived in Mogadishu, Somalia last Friday. |
| NightWatch 20100820 | Australia's general elections are too close to call, between the incumbent Labor government and the Liberal National Party challenger. The issues are bland and local. South Korea said it will not return to Six Party nuclear talks until after North Korea apologizes for sinking the Cheonan. India has taken possession of a Russian nuclear-powered attack submarine under a ten year lease. Six city police officers, who killed the mayor of Santiago, Mexico, for cracking down on corruption, are in custody. |
| NightWatch 20100819 | A senor Chinese diplomat seems to have succeeded in persuading North Korea to rejoin six-party nuclear talks, though the conditions and timing are unstated. Iraq's Foreign Minister accused the US President of abandoning Iraq. Mexican security forces have found the body of the mayor of Santiago, near Monterrey, Mexico. He was kidnapped on Sunday by 15 armed men. |
| NightWatch 20100818 | North and South Korean media are discussing prospects for a summit meeting. A North Korean figher died while crash landing a MiG-21 fighter in China, apparently in a bid to escape North Korea. Russia is making diplomatic preparations to assume a greater leadership role in Afghanistan. The Colombian agreement granting US access to Colombian military bases was found unconstitutional today on procedural grouns. |
| NightWatch 20100817 | North Korea flew a remotely piloted vehicle on 9 August near the area of coastal artillery firing exercises into the Yellow Sea. This appears to be a first sighting of the aicraft which is not identified. An Iranian military official on 17 Augsut specified three scenarios for Iranian retaliation for a US "act of aggression." |
| NightWatch 20100816 | South Korean President Lee has proposed a plan to reunite North and South Korea in a "peace community." Next week South Korea plans to release the report on the sinking of the corvette Cheonan. Data released today show China's economy now is the world's second largest, surpassing Japan. France has raised its terrorism alert in reaction to threats from al Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb. |
| NightWatch 20100812 | China is using security liaison visits and token security aid to reinforce its increasing subversion of North Korea. A Chinese general came close to calling the US an enemy because of US plans for a US aircraft carrier to engage in exercises with South Korean naval forces in the Yellow Sea. Iraq said statements by General Zebari about needing US forces until 2020 were "misinterpreted." The King has directed the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia to restrict the issuance of religious sanctions. |
| NightWatch 20100811 | Fiji's leader has determined that China is Fiji's new alliance partner. China continues its 25-year long project to build an aircraft carrier force. Ramadan begins on 12 August in Pakistan. The International Maritime Bureau reported a 34% drop in worldwide piracy. |
| NightWatch 20100810 | Working-level talks between North Korean and UN Command military officers made no progress on 10 August and ended without setting a date for another round. Israel has announced sterner rules of engagement for handling encounters with Lebanese armed forces along the northern border. |
| NightWatch 20100809 | UN Command and North Korean colonels are scheduled to hold a working-level meeting on 10 August. Mexican police officers in Ciudad Juarez detained their commander for corruption, blackmail and links to drug cartels. He has been suspended, pending investigation.. |
| NightWatch 20100805 | South Korean forces are engaged in anti-submarine exercises that are likely to evoke a North Korean response. In Kyrgyzstan, anti-government protests on 5 August show the government is not yet stabilized. The number of terrorist-style bombings is increasing in Mexico. |
| NightWatch 20100804 | In eastern India, Maoists defeated yet another large Indian police force element. Iran claims to have four advanced S-300 air defense missiles, but Russia and Belarus deny making any sales. Israel has promised to retaliate on three fronts for recent attacks. |
| NightWatch 20100803 | North Korea has restated its readiness for Six Party talks. India has reinforced paramilitary police in Kashmir after a month of building civil disorders. A Lebanese Army element clashed with an Israeli patrol in southern Lebanon, increasing regional tension. |
| NightWatch 20100802 | North Korea threatened a "physical response" if South Korea holds anti-submarine warfare exercises this week in the Yellow Sea off western North Korea. In Afghanistan, the Netherlands contingent announced the termination of its four-year mission and the start of its withdrawal, as ordered by the new Dutch government. The US reopened its consulate in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, after a car bomb threat did not take place. |
| NightWatch 20100730 | North Korean and UN Command officers agreed to meet on 9 August, continuing preparations for flag-level meetings. A new Pew Center poll found that 68 percent of Pakistanis have a negative view of the United States and most see India as a greater threat than the Pakistani Taliban or al Qaida. Israeli aircraft retaliated asymmetrically for Palestinian rocket and mortar attacks from the Gaza Strip. The US closed its consulate in Ciudad Juarez because of the security situation. |
| NightWatch 20100729 | North Korean and UN Command colonels met at Panmunjom on 30 July, the day after major Allied exercises ended. The leaked documents on Afghanistan have increased tension between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Saudi King Abdullah is on the final leg of a diplomatic mission to strengthen Arab unity against Iran. |
| NightWatch 20100728 | North Korea and the UN Command have postponed their third meeting to discuss the sinking of the corvette Cheonan. Venezuela has denied yesterday's report about reinforcing the Colombian border. |
| NightWatch 20100727 | China is upset by the US asserting its interests in longstanding disputes about islands and seabed resources in the South China Sea. The rules of engagement for African Union soldiers in Somalia have been relaxed to include pre-emptive military attacks against al Shabaab Islamist fighters. France declared war against al-Qaida in north Africa after it executed a French captive. |
| NightWatch 20100726 | North Korean threats against the US and South Korea today were less explicit than in the past two days. India is expanding and upgrading its paramilitary forces opposite China along with its Army units. Tension between Russia and Iran has increased over anti-Russian statements by Iran's President. Intial European reactions to the Wikileaks documents on Afghanistan are concerned about the safety of national troop contingent. |
| NightWatch 20100725 | North Korea has threatened nuclear retaliation for Allied naval exercises, which are now in their second day on 26 July. In Afghanistan, the fate of two missing US Naval personnel is unknown, but the Taliban claim to have killed one and kidnapped the other. The New York Times' disclosures on Afghanistan as yet contain little not already in the public information domain. |
| NightWatch 20100723 | North Korea has threatened a "physical response" to US and ROK exercises next week. Delegations who met at Panmunjom today agreed to meet next week. Russia restated its commitment to support Afghanistan by providing logistics assistance across Russia and through Central Asia. Guinea promised to send immediately a battalion to reinforce the African Union peacekeepers who are helping keep the Mogadishu government in power. |
| NightWatch 20100721 | The US announced new economic sanctions against North Korea as part of its pressure campaign. India and China have increased their engagement with Vietnam. Pakistan and NATO have agreed to improve border control cooperation. Mexico has begun an operation in Ciudad Juarez to prevent further use of car bombs by drug cartels. |
| NightWatch 20100720 | The US and the Republic of Korea will stage show of force exercises against North Korea. North Korean Foreign Minister Pak will attend the ministerial meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Friday. The US Secretary of State insists with good reason that people in the government of Pakistan know where bin Laden and Mullah Omar are. |
| NightWatch 20100719 | The second round of preparatory talks between North Korea and the UN Command at Panmunjom have been delayed until after the visit to Seoul by the US Defense Secretary. NATO claims to have intercepted a directive from Taliban leader Omar to target government workers, including women. Syria has banned women from wearing full face veils as contrary to the secular and academic values of Syrian universities. |
| NightWatch 20100716 | South Korea is continuing its plan to resume anti-North Korean broadcasts into North Korea, which are sure to increase tension. Indian-Pakistani ministerial talks ended in deadlock and public recriminations, but both sides agreed to meet again. Pakistani Chief of Army Staff General Kayani has been extended on active duty for two to three years. For the first time, a Mexican cartel used a car bomb in an attack, in Ciudad Juarez. Aside from the sensationalism, the destruction was not significant. |
| NightWatch 20100715 | North Korean and American colonels met at Panmunjom to make technical arrangements for a flag-rank officers' meeting next week to discuss the sinking of the corvette Cheonan. Today, Russia demanded Iran explain the military components of its nuclear program. Colombian intelligence has produced a report that indicates Venezuela is a state sponsor of terrorism against Colombia. |
| NightWatch 20100714 | The US again delayed planned show-of-force exercises against North Korea. During this Watch, South Korean news services confirmed North Korean participation at a meeting with the UN Command at Panmunjom. India claims it has new evidence that Pakistani intelligence planned and managed the Mumbai terrorist attacks in 2008. The Libyan cargo ship with relief aid for the Gaza Strip entered the Egyptian port of El Arish, avoiding a clash at sea with the Israeli navy. |
| NightWatch 20100713 | Fiji has expelled Australia's acting ambassador for political meddling. North Korea will meet the UN Command at Panmunjom on 15 July for working level discussions about the sinking of the corvette Cheonan. Indian and Pakistani foreign ministers also will hold talks on15 July, the first since 2008. |
| NightWatch 20100712 | North Korea apparently has agreed to discuss the sinking of the South Korean patrol ship Cheonan at Panmunjom, but has delayed a meeting set for 13 July. The Somali terrorist group al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility for the Uganda suicide-murder massacre. It has warned Burundi to expect the same. |
| NightWatch 20100709 | Today's UN Security Council statement on the sinking of the South Korean ship Cheonan did not assign blame and avoided provoking North Korea. North Korea has asked for direct talks with the US over the sinking. A Libyan foundation is sponsoring a relief ship that wil try to break the Israeli naval blocade of the Gaza Strip this weekend. |
| NightWatch 20100708 | Pakistani intelligence leaders continue to blame the US and western states for terrorism in Pakistan. A European Union Court has barred the UK from extraditing terrorists to the US because US criminal penalties are too harsh for Muslim murderers?! With Western aid, Kenya, the Seycehlles and Tanzania have created courts for prosecuting Somali pirates as criminals. |
| NightWatch 20100706 | Japan and India agreed to extend their cooperation in the fight against piracy in the Gulf of Aden. Trade figures indicate North Korea is becoming increasingly dependent on China. Pakistan and the Taliban deny a report that Taliban leader Mullah Omar was arrested today. For now, Israel continues some military training for the Turkish armed forces. |
| NightWatch 20100705 | North Korean media continue to refer to an unspecified "new developed method" as a reinforcement of its nuclear deterrent. The references began after their May report of a successful nuclear fusion experiment. Pakistan's government announced it will convene a national conference for dealing with terrorism. Turkey has threatened to sever diplomatic relations with Israel and close its aispace to Israeli civil and military aircraft. |
| NightWatch 20100702 | The US-South Korean agreement to delay the transfer of wartime operational control of Allied forces to South Korea means the North Korean sinking of the patrol ship Cheonan backfired against the North. It is the latest in a long line of strategic blunders during Kim Chong-il's reign. |
| NightWatch 20100701 | South Korea rejected the North's demand for bilateral military talks about the sinking of the patrol ship Cheonan. Suicide bombers attacked a Sufi mosque in Lahore, Pakistan, killing 41 and wounding 175, a day after warnings. The UN began delivering aid to the Gaza Strip from stores aboard the ships Israel seized last month. Al Qaida terrorists killed 11 Algerian paramilitary policemen on the Mali border; Algeria and Mali are cooperating in the hot pursuit. |
| NightWatch 20100630 | South Korea's defense ministry wants a large budget increase in the aftermath of the sinking of the patrol ship Cheonan. North Korea plans to restore the primacy of the Workers' Party after more than a decade of neglect. Pakistani security issued a warning that terrorists are planning attacks in Lahore. A Taliban suicide attack at Jalalabad airport is a waste of Taliban assets. |
| NightWatch 20100629 | North Korea has begun an offensive propaganda campaign to spotlight real or perceived provocations by the Allies. Kyrgyzstan's constitutional referendum on Sunday was peaceful, but Russia doubts its value. Russian President Medvedev expressed alarm over the new US CIA assessment that Iran has fissile material for up to two nuclear weapons. He wants confirmation. |
| NightWatch 20100625 | South Korea assesses that North Korean sailing restrictions off the west coast are part of regular artillery training. India and Pakistan and Pakistan and Afghanistan held security talks. Iran's Red Crescent Society will not send an aid ship to the Gaza Strip to test the blockade. |
| NightWatch 20100625 | North Korean media announced elections to the Politburo will be held in September. |
| NightWatch 20100623 | The Australian Labor Party elected Julia Gillard to replace Kevin Rudd as Prime Minister. North Korea announced it will perform its own investigation of the sinking of the Cheonan. A HAMAS leader advocated rocket firings into Israel from the West Bank as well as the Gaza Strip. |
| NightWatch 20100622 | Japan is considering adding naval refueling services to its growing anti-piracy initiatives. Ships from Iran and Lebanon aim to test Israel's naval blockade of the Gaza Strip. Drug cartels have stationed armed reconnaissance personnel in southern Arizona, according to Fox News. |
| NightWatch 20100620 | A UN report suggested security conditions in Afghanistan have not improved. NightWatch monitoring shows increased violence, but no geographic spread in the insurgency. Israel has relaxed its restrictions on goods that may be sent to the Gaza Strip. |
| NightWatch 20100617 | China rejected North Korean requests for modern aircraft and massive economic aid during Kim Chong-il's trip in May. Reports of severe food shortages and starvation in North Korea are increasing. Israel announced it will ease the blockade of the Gaza Strip, but Iranian entities still threaten to test the naval blockade. |
| NightWatch 20100616 | Russian experts will need a few more weeks before they reach their own conclusions about the sinking of the Cheonan. Israel warned that additional attempts to break the naval blockade of the Gaza Strip will be treated as hostile acts. Russia said it will deliver the S-300 advanced air defense system to Venezuela. |
| NightWatch 20100615 | North Korea said it will take military action if the UN Security Council attempts to punish North Korea for sinking a South Korean naval ship. The Pakistani Taliban are back in Bajaur Agency in the northwest. The Kyrgyzstan uprising continues but this Russian leadership has declined to become engaged in a counterinsurgency in central Asia. |
| NightWatch 20100614 | The UN began consideration of the case of the sinking of the South Korean patrol ship Cheonan. Security conditions in southern Kyrgyzstan continued to deteriorate, prompting the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization to consider assistance options. |
| NightWatch 20100613 | North Korea renewed its warning that it will destroy South Korean loudspeakers if anti-North Korea broadcasts resume. South Korea's Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, has offered his resignation because he was drunk the night the Cheonan was sunk. Turkey's Prime Minister told Iran's President that the US President admitted to him that the UN sanctions would have no effect on Iran. |
| NightWatch 20100610 | China demanded North Korea punish the border guards who killed three Chinese yesterday. Russian sources made contradictory comments about whether the new UN resolution permits Russia to complete the sale of the S-300 air defense system to Iran. A pro-Iranian Shiite political bloc will form the majority in Iraq's parliament. |
| NightWatch 20100609 | North Korea informed the UN Security Council that it rejected claims that it sank a South Korean patrol ship. South Korea demanded the North apologize for the sinking. The UN Security Council passed another resolution imposing sanctions on Iran. Israel agreed to allow junk food snacks and beverages into the Gaza Strip. |
| NightWatch 20100608 | Russian experts are expected to reject as insufficient South Korean evidence that a North Korean torpedo sank the patrol ship Cheonan. The shooting of several Chinese by a North Korean border guard has raised tension with China. International media report that the UN Security Council will approve more sanctions against Iran, possibly on 9 June. HAMAS will not admit to the Gaza Strip any aid from the maritime aid convoy that is delivered by Israel. |
| NightWatch 20100607 | At the 7 June session of the North Korean Supreme People's Assembly, Kim Chong-il appeared and proposed several leadership changes which indicate leadership succession is in progress. HAMAS "rejected" Iran's offer of armed escorts for aid ships. |
| NightWatch 20100606 | Iran has offered to provide armed escorts to future initiatives to break Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip. The Iraqi government is trying to disarm the Sunni militiamen, the Sons of Iraq, whose work made stability possible. |
| NightWatch 20100604 | Japan's new Prime Minister is Naoto Kan. South Korea sent a letter to the UN Security Council requesting a rebuke of North Korea. The crew of the Irish ship Rachel Corrie vows to run the Israeli naval blockade of Gaza this weekend. |
| NightWatch 20100603 | Japan's new prime minister will be elected on 4 June. North Korea engaged in saber-rattling at the UN and a Foreign Ministry official indicated that ballistic missile and nuclear tests are potential response options for UNSC consideration of the Cheonan sinking. In Israel, a deal is in the works that involves easing the naval blockade in exchange for support for sanctions against Iran. |
| NightWatch 20100602 | Japanese Finance Minister Naoto Kan is the leading candidate for prime minister. US and South Korean forces will engage in exercises in the Yellow Sea next week; China has rejected a proposed visit by the US Secretary of Defense. Israel's relations with Turkey are strained over the intercept of the ships bound for Gaza. |
| NightWatch 20100601 | Japan's Prime Minister Hatoyama announced his resignation, mainly because of his capitulation to the US over the Okinawa base dispute. Iraq's Supreme Court ratified the 7 March election results which showed al Iraqiya List as the winner. Anti-Israel demonstrations continued in many Muslim states. However, in cooperation with Israel, Egypt opened border crossing points to allow aid to the Gaza Strip. |
| NightWatch 20100531 | A team of Russian naval experts has arrived in Seoul to examine the wreckage of the patrol ship Cheonan and the findings of the investigation. Chinese Premier Wen declined to take a stand on the sinking at the weekend summit in South Korea. Israel's action to prevent an aid flotilla from reaching Gaza has evoked strong criticism, but has derailed the US initiative to find a Middle East peace plan. |
| NightWatch 20100528 | For the first time, North Korean defense officials in several separate media outlets publicly and in great detail refuted evidence of the North's involvement in sinking the Cheonan and again demanded a North Korean team inspect the evidence. China said it will not "protect" whoever sank the South Korean ship. Ukraine announced it will not join the Russian lead Collective Security Treaty Organization, but will develop bilaeral ties with Russia. |
| NightWatch 20100527 | North Korea is sending confusing and contradictory behavioral signals, suggesting policy disputes and leadership disarray. A British survey of Kashmiri attitudes indicates unemployment is a more serious concern than resolution of the status of Kashmir. |
| NightWatch 20100526 | A South Korean destroyer turned back a North Korean cargo ship in the first sea incident of the ongoing crisis. Russia and Iran are in a public dispute over Russian support of new UN sanctions against Iran |
| NightWatch 20100525 | North Korea severed all communications and contacts with South Korea. One source reported North Korean forces have been placed on increased alert, but the report is not confirmed. A Thai court approved a warrant for the arrest former Prime Minister Thaksin on charges of terrorism in connection with the Bangkok protests. |
| NightWatch 20100524 | North Korea warned that it will fire across the Demilitarized Zone unless South Korea stops recent psychological warfare operations. This is a warning item. |
| NightWatch 20100523 | South Korea suspended trade with North Korea. In Thailand the curfew remains in effect. |
| NightWatch 20100520 | North Korea wants to send its own team to investigate South Korean charges and has threatened all out war in the event of retaliation for the sinking of the patrol ship Cheonan. Musharraf confirmed his intentions to return to politics and run for high office in Pakistan. |
| NightWatch 20100519 | South Korea has accused North Korea of sinking the patrol ship Cheonan. The Thai army forcefully ended the Red Shirt demonstration in Bangkok, but clashes continue in Bangkok and in parts of north and northeastern Thailand. In France, the government approved the draft law banning face-covering garments. It now goes to parliament. |
| NightWatch 20100518 | South Korea plans to announce on 20 May that the international investigation indicates a North Korean torpedo sank the patrol ship Cheonan on 26 March. Thai troops broke through the opposition barricades in central Bangkok and began to regain control of sections of the city center. During his state visit, Russian President Medvedev invited Ukraine to join the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization. |
| NightWatch 20100517 | North Korea announced an unusual June session of the Supreme Peoples Assembly. The political and security crisis in Bangkok continued without resolution. Pakistan announced Chief of Army Staff General Kayani will not be extended on active duty this summer, as previously indicated. |
| NightWatch 20100516 | A South Korean news outlet reported China refused to provide extraordinary aid, prompting Kim Chong-il to cut short his trip on 6 May. The Thai crackdown has produced more than 260 killed and injured. The crackdown continues. |
| NightWatch 20100514 | The Thai crackdown on the Red Shirts continued. Pakistani official sources indicate the population of overseas Pakistanis exceed 5.5 million around the word. |
| NightWatch 20100513 | The Thai government began its crackdown to disperse the Red Shirt protestors in Bangkok. In Afghanistan the UN says a fungus will reduce poppy production. Pakistan has arrested an accomplice to the Times Square bombing. |
| NightWatch 20100512 | The Thai government has issued an ultimatum for the Red Shirts to dispurse after they rejected the government's reconciliation offer. In Iraq, a new Sunni-Shiite political bloc has reached a preliminary cooperation agreement that could help avert sectarian violence. |
| NightWatch 20100511 | North Korea claimed on 12 May that it achieved nuclear fusion for the first time. There is no independent corroboration. Iraqi intelligence blamed "Arab states" for supporting bombing attacks in Basra, for the first time. A Sunni vs Shiite civil war moved a step closer. |
| NightWatch 20100510 | US Secretary of State renewed her charge the some Pakistani officials know more about bin Laden and al Qaida than they admit. Iraqi authorities blamed al Qaida for the dozens of attacks that killed at least 85 and injured more than 300 people. |
| NightWatch 20100509 | In Thailand, limited, violent attacks disrupted the peaceful interlude from reconciliation talks. In Pakistan, a man arrested in Karachi with electrical circuitry in his shoes probably was testing the sensitivity of the detection systems in an attack dry run. An attack is still in preparation, but the target is not year clear. |
| NightWatch 20100506 | The Thai government announced that parliament will be dissolved by late September in response to Red Shirt demands for a firm date. Russian naval infantry rescued a Russian tanker seized by Somali pirates, all of whom were captured. |
| NightWatch 20100505 | The Pakistani government is considering an extension of active duty for Chief of Army Staff General Kayani so as to help maintain the stability of the civilian government. The President of Mexico announced increased consular services for "our fellow citizens" in Arizona. |
| NightWatch 20100504 | Japan and China continue to exchange protests over maritime behavior. Japan's Prime Minister has conceded that the US Marine Corps air base on Okinawa cannot now be relocated. The Thai government and the Red Shirts reached agreement on national reconciliation, but interpretations differ. |
| NightWatch 20100503 | North Korean leader Kim Chong-il is expected in Beijing after visting the port city of Dalian. Thai Prime Minister Abhisit has offered a compromise plan to settle the political stalemate in Bangkok. Somali Islamists have confirmed their seizure of a key pirate base and their determination to end piracy. |
| NightWatch 20100502 | North Korean leader Kim Chong-il reportedly arrived in China on 2 May. In Iraq, major Shiite political blocs have merged so as to form a government, with Iranian help. In Somalia, Islamic fundamentalists, who oppose piracy, claim to control Haradhere, a center of piracy. |
| NightWatch 20100429 | In Thailand, the political stalement continued. The Indian and Pakistani Prime Ministers held "positive" talks in Bhutan. |
| NightWatch 20100428 | South Korea plans to inform China and Russia of the results of its investigation into the sinking of its patrol ship last month, which apparently blame North Korea. A violent clash in Bangkok today moves the political stalemate closer to martial law. In Pakistan, Musharraf is planning a political comeback. |
| NightWatch 20100427 | China complained to Japan about recent naval activity. Kyrgyzstan charged ex-president Bakiyev with crimes so as to justify his extradition from Belarus. |
| NightWatch 20100426 | The political standoff in Thailand continues, but the King urged the government to do its duty. In Somalia, al Shabaab fundamentalists have move to suppress piracy in one coastal stronghold. |
| NightWatch 20100425 | The first Chinese tourist train to North Korea began on 24 April. The Thai government rejected the Red Shirts' terms for a settlement and warned of its intention to end the protests. |
| NightWatch 20100423 | North Korea confiscated five South Korean properties at the Mount Kumgang resort in the North. Bangkok was quiet, but Iraq experienced the bloodiest day of the year. |
| NightWatch 20100422 | South Korean intelligence agrees with North Korean miitary officers that North Korea sank the South Korean ship. A violent attack in Bangkok that killed 3 and injured 70 increased the likelihood of martial law. |
| NightWatch 20100421 | Chinese naval forces are becoming more assertive towards Japanese naval ships near Okinawa. A growing body of evidence indicates North Korean commandos sank the South Korean patrol ship Cheonan. Somali pirates attacked yet another French naval ship and got captured, |
| NightWatch 20100420 | The US and South Korea denied a press claim that North Korea is preparing a third nuclear test. In Thailand, the Army show of force persuaded the Red Shirts to cancel their march on 20 April. Israel has begun implementing its order to expel Palestinians from the West Bank who lack proper approval. |
| NightWatch 20100419 | North Korea seems to be preparing to freeze South Korean assets at the Kaesong joint industrial zone. Confrontation in Bangkok did not occur but a major rally is scheduled for 20 April. Al Jazeera reported that the Korangel Valley has been occupied by the Taliban, less than a week after the departure of US forces. |
| NightWatch 20100418 | In Thailand a showdown is brewing between the Army and the Red Shirts on 19 April for control of the center of Bangkok. A Taliban spokesman denied a British report that the Taliban were prepared to negotiate with the Coalition. |
| NightWatch 20100416 | The government of Thailand has appointed the Army Commander-in-Chief as the person in charge of controlling the emergency, escalating the confrontation with the opposition. Sudan has begun counting ballots cast in the first elections in 24 years. Results are expected next week. |
| NightWatch 20100415 | South Korea raised the stern portion of its sunken patrol ship. For a second day no clashes were reported in Thailand. Kyrgyzstan's ousted President Bakiyev was given safe conduct and flew to Kazakhstan. |
| NightWatch 20100414 | Thailand was quiet on the first day celebrating the Lunar New Year. Drug-related deaths during the past three years in Mexico are much higher than previously reported. |
| NightWatch 20100413 | North Korea today froze selected South Korean assets at the Mount Kumgang resort. Thailand had a day without violence. The interim Kyrgyz government promised a one year extension to the US lease for access to Manas International airport. |
| NightWatch 20100412 | The political crisis in Thailand deepened with the Army and the National Election Commission withdrawing their support for the government. On 13 April, Israeli security forces are scheduled to begin executing a controversial expulsion order for all persons lacking a permit to be in the West Bank. |
| NightWatch 20100411 | In Thailand, clashes with security forces resulted in at least 20 persons killed and 800 injured. Hungarian voters elected a strongly rightist government in Sunday's elections. A bomb was thrown into the compound of the US Consulate General in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, but produced no injuries |
| NightWatch 20100409 | Kim Chong-il did not appear at the session of the Supreme People's Assembly, as is customary. The Kyrgyz regime is becoming increasingly open about its pro-Russian orientation. US authorities judge the Sinaloa cartel has won control of drug routes through Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. |
| NightWatch 20100408 | North Korea has frozen South Korean assets and expelled workers from a resort area. Pakistan has passed reform package that restores parliamentary government. Russia has backed the new regime in Kyrgyzstan. |
| NightWatch 20100407 - Special Report | In Kyrgyzstan, demonstrators protesting high prices claim to be in control of the government, following two days of increasingly violent street encounters. President Bakiyev has fled Bishkek, the capital. |
| NightWatch 20100407 | Thailand imposed a state of emergency and is cracking down on protestors. The new Kyrgyz government is trying to consolidate its control in Bishkek. |
| NightWatch 20100406 | North Korea has sentenced US citizen Gomes to eight years of hard labor for illegal entry. India’s paramilitary Central Reserve Police suffered one of the most serious losses in its history in multiple ambushes by the Naxalite rebels. |
| NightWatch 20100405 | Tonight’s highlights include a South Korean report hinting that the frigate Choenan might have been sunk by friendly fire and a warning to expect violence because the Thai police in Bangkok are preparing to confront the Red Shirt opposition. |
| NightWatch 20100404 | Tonight's highlights are confirmation that Kim Chong-il remains in North Korea and an update on Afghanistan. |
| NightWatch 20100402 | Tonight's highlights are political updates on Pakistan and Iraq. |
| NightWatch 20100401 | Tonight's highlights are the Indian national census; updates on Pakistani and Iraqi political developments; Kenya's announcement that it refuses to take any more pirates for trial; and an update on violence along the US-Mexican border. |
| NightWatch 20100331 | Tonight's highlights include an assessent of reports that Kim Chong-il will visit Beijing in the coming week and an analysis of the impact on the fighting in Afghanistan of the Pakistani crackdown on Afghan Taliban leaders operating in Pakistan. |
| NightWatch 20100330 | Tonight's highlights include another update on Pakistani Supreme Court political developments, comments on Iran's nuclear program and a new US diplomatic offensive, plus a status report on al-Maliki's tactics to negate the Iraqi election results. |
| NightWatch 20100329 | Tonight's highlights are an update on the status of the South Korean naval recovery operations and a review of Pakistani internal political developments. |
| NightWatch 20100328 | Tonight's highlights include an update on the South Korean naval search and rescue operation and political updates for Pakistan and Iraq. |
| NightWatch 20100326 | Tonight's highlights include analysis of North Korea's latest threats and a summary of the National Drug Threat Assessment, 2010 |
| NightWatch 20100325 | Tonight's highlights are a dicussion of constitutional reform in Pakistan and the results of Feedback on isolating a country from the internet. |
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