Nov 06, 2002

TEL AVIV [MENL] -- Israel is quietly reviewing proposals to deploy strategicmilitary assets in the sea to protect them against an Arab or Iranianmissile strike or a Palestinian insurgency attack.

Nov 14, 2002

ABU DHABI [MENL] -- The Gulf Cooperation Council is said to have entered ahigher level of defense cooperation.

Nov 20, 2002

WASHINGTON [MENL] -- The United States is pressing NATO members in Europe tolaunch preparations for a missile defense umbrella to stopintermediate-range missile attacks from Iran and Libya.

Nov 22, 2002

LONDON [MENL] -- NATO plans to upgrade military cooperation with sevenMediterranean countries, particularly in the area of counter-terrrorism.