* US rushes Gulf defense systems Official: Adjustments should be seen as measures designed to avoid aggression.

* US military strategy focuses on fighting multiple wars The US military must shift its focus to fighting a wide range of threats – from cyber attacks to terrorism – the Pentagon’s 2010 draft strategy says.

* Israel could lose Turkey’s friendship Erdogan slams Netanyahu for “climate of mistrust” that is undermining ties.

* U.S. Arms for Taiwan Send Beijing a Message For the past year, China has adopted an increasingly muscular position toward the United States.

* Abbas: Direct talks possible PA president suggests 3-month J’lem building freeze to get negotiations going.

* Israel reprimands top officers over UN compound strike Israel has revealed it has reprimanded two top army officers for authorising an artillery attack which hit a UN compound in Gaza last year.

* Gaddafi thwarted over African Union presidency Libya’s leader Muammar Gaddafi has failed in his bid to stay on as president of the African Union for another year.

* Female suicide bomber kills dozens in Iraq At least 41 people have been killed and 106 injured by a female suicide bomber in north-east Baghdad, an interior ministry spokesman has said.

* IDF to Remove ‘Jesus Gun’ Codes A Michigan company that supplies gun sights to Israel and other companies has agreed to provide a kit to remove the “JN8:12” code, a reference to the New Testament passage of John 8:12 that Jesus is the “light of the world.”

* Berlusconi says wants to see Israel in EU Italian premier visits Israel along with several of his ministers; describes meeting with PM Netanyahu as ‘extremely important’ to Jerusalem-Rome relations.