Africa: Global NATO seeks to recruit 50 New Military Partners by Rick Rozoff  http://usa.mediamonitors.net/content/view/full/83363

"...the world's only military bloc can further expand from one that grew from 16 to 28 members in a decade - 1999-2009 - into one that will become truly international in scope with nearly 100 military partners. Partners and members on every inhabited continent. Two-thirds of the nations in the world."