01 September 2003 Military News |
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- Afghanistan: Karzai Approves Defense Reforms RFE/RL 01 Sep 2003 -- Afghan Transitional Administration Chairman Hamid Karzai has approved long-delayed reforms to the structure of the Defense Ministry and wants 22 top posts filled within two weeks.
- Afghanistan: Battle Rages Against Suspected Taliban Fighters RFE/RL 01 Sep 2003 -- A weeklong battle in southern Afghanistan between suspected Taliban fighters and U.S.-led coalition forces has been escalating, with reports suggesting that hundreds of Taliban fighters have reinforced positions in the remote mountains of Zabul Province. U.S. war planes have been bombing those areas in what is being described as one of the fiercest battles since the Taliban was driven from Kabul in late 2001.
- AFGHANISTAN/FIGHTING UPDATE VOA 01 Sep 2003 -- Suspected Taleban guerrillas have killed at least nine Afghan soldiers and policemen in southern Afghanistan. The raids came in an area where Afghan forces and the U-S led anti-terrorism coalition are attacking rebels.
- AFGHANISTAN/FIGHTING VOA 01 Sep 2003 -- In Afghanistan, suspected Taleban guerrillas have killed at least seven policemen in southern parts of the country. The raids came in the area where Afghan forces and the U-S led anti-terrorism coalition are attacking rebels.
- Afghanistan: Clash Leaves Two U.S. Soldiers, Four Militants Dead RFE/RL 01 Sep 2003 -- A weekend firefight in eastern Afghanistan has left two U.S. soldiers and four militants dead. The U.S. Central Command said a group of militants attacked its soldiers near Shkin in Paktika Province yesterday
- LIBERIA / NIGERIA VOA 01 Sep 2003 -- Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo is in Monrovia for talks with Liberia's caretaker President Moses Blah. The aim of the talks is to help advance Liberia's progress toward peace.
- INDIA BOMBING ARRESTS VOA 01 Sep 2003 -- Indian authorities have charged four people, including three members of one family, in connection with last week's car bombings in Bombay that killed 52 people, and injured nearly 150 others. Security has been tightened in the city as it celebrates a major Hindu religious festival.
- INDIA/SRI LANKA/TOURISM VOA 01 Sep 2003 -- Tourism in India and Sri Lanka is reviving as war and threats of war in the two countries diminish.
- GAZA / STRIKE VOA 01 Sep 2003 -- Israeli helicopter gunships have fired missiles at a car in Gaza City, killing at least two people and wounding 20 others.
- ISRAEL / SHOOTINGS INQUIRY VOA 01 Sep 2003 -- A judicial inquiry into the fatal shooting of 13 Israeli Arabs nearly three-years ago has criticized the Israeli police for the use of excessive force. At the same time, the report of the inquiry did not recommend action against the then Prime Minister, Ehud Barak.
- ISRAEL PALESTINIANS VOA 01 Sep 2003 -- Israel says it will not deal with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, who is involved in a power struggle with Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas.
- Western Sahara: Annan hails Polisario's release of over 200 war prisoners UN News Centre 01 Sep 2003 -- Reacting to the latest developments concerning Western Sahara, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today welcomed the release by the Frente Polisario of 243 prisoners of war who were repatriated to Morocco by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
- DRC / PEACEKEEPERS VOA 01 Sep 2003 -- A French-led European Union force ended its mandate in Congo's northeastern town of Bunia, handing over control to a newly mandated -UN force to be made up of Bangladeshi, Pakistani, and Nepalese troops. The troops are expected to be deployed in the surrounding province of Ituri in two weeks.
- USS Blue Ridge in Yokosuka after exercise, port visits 7th Fleet Release 01 Sept 2003-- The U.S. Navy's Seventh Fleet command-and-control ship, USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19), and the embarked Commander, Seventh Fleet staff, returned here Sept. 1 after nearly a month at sea.
- Marines test free legal services in An Najaf Marine Corps News 01 Sept 2003-- Members of 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, based out of 29 Palms Calif., have established the First Legal Aid Society in Iraq, designed to employ underused lawyers while providing economically disadvantaged Iraqis free legal advice.
- CJTF-HOA Chief of Staff opens local school Marine Corps News 01 Sept 2003-- The Chief of Staff and service members from Combined Joint Task Force-Horn Of Africa celebrated the opening of the As Eyla Primary School with a ribbon cutting August 28.
- Rumsfeld to Make Maiden Trip to Seoul ROK Ministry of Unification 01 Sep 2003 -- U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld will visit Seoul for the annual ROK-U.S. Security Consultative Meeting in October, an official from Defense Ministry said on Sunday (Aug. 31).
- CHINA-MILITARY VOA 01 Sep 2003 -- China has announced more cuts to its military, currently the largest standing armed force in the world.
- Polish defense minister wraps up Tehran visit IRNA 01 Sep 2003 -- Polish Minister of Defense Jerzy Szmajdzinski wrapped up his two-day visit to Iran and left here on Monday. Szmajdzinski was officially seen off by Iran`s Minister of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani.
- SHAPE News Summary & Analysis SHAPE 01 Sep 2003 -- EU foreign ministers to review Britain's ESDP proposal Sept. 5 / U.S.-Turkey talks this week on Iraq deployment / U.S. delays transfer of security powers to Polish-led force / Defense Minister: Afghanistan to be focal point for future Bundeswehr deployments
- BURMA - SUU KYI VOA 01 Sep 2003 -- Burma's military government rejects a United States claim that detained opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, is on a hunger strike. But Aung San Suu Kyi has held hunger strikes in the past.
- BURMA - ECONOMY - SANCTIONS VOA 01 Sep 2003 -- The United States has imposed tough new economic sanctions against Burma, and some business people say they already are forcing many textile factories to close. The sanctions are aimed at pressuring the military government to free detained opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi.
