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Pathankot attack: India says talks only if Pakistan acts Thursday January 7 th , 2016  at  12:16 PM BBC News - Home 1 Share India has said that planned talks with Pakistan would go ahead only if Islamabad took action against militants that Delhi said were behind the deadly assault on the Pathankot air base. A foreign ministry spokesman said the "ball is in Pakistan's court" and the "immediate issue" was their response. Indian troops killed six militants during a four-day battle at the base in Punjab, close to the Pakistan border. Foreign secretaries of the two sides are due to hold peace talks next week. Although India has not officially announced any dates, Indian media reports say the meeting is due to take place on 14-15 March in Islamabad. The assault on the Pathankot base started on Saturday, when a group of gunmen - wearing Indian army uniforms - entered residential quarters on the air base. Seven Indi
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No reason for Russia to view US as threat, says Pentagon - Washington - Muscat Daily | NATO, U.S. Deny Posing Any Security Threat To Russia | First Ever Cyber-Attack on a Power Grid Investigated | Investigators Trying to Piece Together 18-Minute Gap in Movements of San Bernardino Shooters - ABC News | A Mysterious Death Raises Questions in Russia | Germany: New Year's Eve Sex Assaults Were Likely Coordinated | German Police: New Year Assaults May Be Linked to Crime Ring - ABC News | The Iran Deal: A Diminished Legacy | Ruble Slides 1.7 Percent, Oil Price Drops To 11-Year Low | A riddle:"Soft but firm and plays O.K." | Map: The countries believed to have tested hydrogen bombs - The Washington Post

Reviews News Roundup and Notes: January 6, 2016 | Just Security Security No reason for Russia to view US as threat, says Pentagon - Washington - Muscat Daily NATO, U.S. Deny Posing Any Security Threat To Russia The Empty Threat of ‘Boots on the Ground’ - The New York Times Defining ‘Special Forces’ - The New York Times A Bold New Baltic Strategy for NATO | The National Interest Amid Russian Tensions, NATO Scrambled Jets 160 Times In 2015, Lithuania Says NATO's Nuclear Dilemma And The Turkey - Russia Crisis Intelligence: How Russia Put The XX To The U.S. Pentagon: Firefight continues at site of Afghan attack - Middle East - Stripes New FBI, ATF hires at the center of Obama's gun
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Igor Sergun: "Stratfor source heard a report that he died on New Year's Day in Lebanon... there is the question of whether the GRU can remain unified under a new leader..." | The official version of cause of Sergun's sudden death, based on autopsy, is the acute and extensive myocardial infarction, the contributing factors were described as "general exhaustion, overwork and lack of sleep"...

M.N.: It would be logical to assume that the GRU's main competitor is the SVR, not the FSB, and in the absence of the strong and skillful leader of the GRU, who Sergun undoubtedly was ( he practically revived the organisation and made it as powerful as in "good old days", if not visibly more powerful), it is M. Fradkov 's and SVR 's positions that did get relatively strengthened. The possible implications of this hypothetical power and influence shifts is an important but separate question. I do not think that much is known about the details of the competition between these two organisations and their respective leaders.  As to the circumstances of Sergun's death, the version of "Stratfor's source which heard a report" is possible but probably should be treated as putative (these circumstances are really still unknown, at least publicly), until some firmer evidence surfaces and is established.  Curiously enough,  general Ivanov , who (as far a
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