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02 June 2006 Military News

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  • Wrap: Russia, Georgia continue clash over separatist S. Ossetia RIA Novosti 02 Jun 2006 -- Russia and Georgia continued Friday a heated exchange over the unrecognized republic of South Ossetia that was re-ignited by a Russian peacekeeping battalion's rotation in the region at the end of last month.
  • Russian peacekeepers will finish S. Ossetia mission - minister RIA Novosti 02 Jun 2006 -- Russian peacekeepers in the breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia will see their mission through to the end, Russia's defense minister said Friday.
  • Georgia has not ruled out S. Ossetia military action - FM Lavrov RIA Novosti 02 Jun 2006 -- Georgia's recent actions show it has not ruled out a military solution to the long-running South Ossetia conflict, Russia's foreign minister said Friday.

  • NEPAL: Massive show of rebel support IRIN 02 Jun 2006 -- Nepal’s Maoist rebels held the largest mass rally ever in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu on Friday, when nearly 200,000 people gathered to listen to speeches from 13 of the movement’s leaders.
  • U.S. Affirms Support for Sri Lankan Fight Against Terrorists Washington File 02 Jun 2006 -- The United States stands "squarely behind the government" of Sri Lanka in its struggle against Tamil terrorists who bear "the major responsibility for the upsurge of violence," said Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher.
  • Putin dismisses idea of giving Kuril Islands to Japan RIA Novosti 02 Jun 2006 -- Russia has never thought that it should give any of the Kuril Islands to Japan, President Vladimir Putin said Friday.
  • Wrap: Putin urges uniform regional-conflict approaches RIA Novosti 02 Jun 2006 -- President Vladimir Putin called Friday for uniform approaches to be devised to resolve regional conflicts, while reiterating Russia's opposition to military action against Iran and its position as a reliable energy supplier.
  • World Police Body Seeks Top Rebels in Northern Uganda VOA 02 Jun 2006 -- The global police body Interpol has issued arrest warrants for several people believed to be top rebels operating in northern Uganda.
  • Pakistan Arrests Senior Militant Behind Dozens of Sectarian Attacks VOA 02 Jun 2006 -- Pakistani officials say they arrested the alleged mastermind responsible for a series of deadly sectarian attacks that killed more than 100 people in 2003 and 2004.
  • Hamas, Fatah Gunmen Clash in Gaza VOA 02 Jun 2006 -- A Palestinian security officer has been killed and several other people wounded in clashes between rival Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip
  • Philippine Muslim Rebel Group Doubtful of Peace Deal This Year VOA 02 Jun 2006 -- The largest Muslim rebel group in the Philippines says it is doubtful whether a peace deal can be signed this year because some tough issues, like the size of a proposed Muslim homeland, may require more time
  • UGANDA: Give peace a chance, northern leaders tell ICC IRIN 02 Jun 2006 -- The decision by Interpol to issue wanted person's notices against several Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) leaders will scuttle ongoing efforts to peacefully end the war in northern Uganda and may escalate the violence there, religious leaders in the war-affected region said on Friday.
  • SUDAN: Darfur commanders ask to sign peace accord IRIN 02 Jun 2006 -- Senior members of the two rebel groups that earlier refused to accept a peace deal aimed at ending hostilities in the troubled western Sudanese region of Darfur have now expressed interest in signing the agreement.
  • ETHIOPIA-SOMALIA: Scores killed in inter-clan fighting in northeast IRIN 02 Jun 2006 -- At least 39 people have been killed in four days of inter-clan fighting in Daroor, a remote township in the Somali Zone Five region of Ethiopia, local sources said
  • BURUNDI: FNL intensifies attacks as peace talks go on IRIN 02 Jun 2006 -- Despite ongoing peace talks between the government of Burundi and the Forces nationales de liberation (FNL), the country's remaining rebel group, FNL fighters have intensified attacks against civilians in the western province of Bubanza, killing one person and abducting four others in the latest incident.
  • NEPAL: Ceasefire offers chance to tackle small arms menace IRIN 02 Jun 2006 -- In the remote village of Mahadiyama in Kapilbastu district, 350 km southwest of Nepal’s capital Kathmandu, local people still shudder with fear when they recall the murder one year ago of villager Salim Fakir and his elder brothers Jama and Namdan, who were shot dead in cold blood by Maoist insurgents.

  • DRC: German parliament approves contingent for Congo's EU force IRIN 02 Jun 2006 -- The German parliament, the Bundestag, voted 135-5 on Thursday to send a maximum of 780 soldiers to a United Nations-mandated European Union force, due to be deployed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), to support the UN mission there during general elections set for 30 July.

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