22 March 2008 Military News

March 21 airpower summary: A-10s deter enemy activities AFPN 22 Mar 2008
Iraqi Police: US Air Strike Kills 6 at Checkpoint in Iraq VOA 22 Mar 2008 -- Iraqi police and a local tribal leader say six members of a U.S.-backed neighborhood patrol group have been killed in a U.S. air strike on their checkpoint.

Submarine Group 2 Holds Change of Command Navy NewsStand 22 Mar 2008 -- Commander, Submarine Group 2 held a change of command ceremony March 21 at Naval Submarine Base New London.
Mississippi Business to build New Radiology Clinic at Keesler AFB Navy NewsStand 22 Mar 2008 -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast awarded a $10 million contract on March 4 to Carothers Construction Inc., a large business out of Water Valley, Miss., for a diagnostic imaging center radiology oncology clinic at Keesler Air Force Base (AFB), Biloxi.

UN mission to Chad and Central African Republic signs status agreement UN News Centre 22 Mar 2008 -- The United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT) has signed a status of mission agreement with Chadian authorities that will establish the legal principles under which the operation will run in the strife-torn African country.
Russia: Duma Votes To Back Separatist Efforts In Georgia RFE/RL 22 Mar 2008 -- Russia's parliament has urged the government to consider recognizing Georgia's two separatist regions, Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
Cheney: US Will Never Pressure Israel if Security is Threatened VOA 22 Mar 2008 -- U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney says the United States will never pressure Israel to take steps that threaten its security.
US State Department Urges Uganda and Rebels to Finalize Peace Deal VOA 22 Mar 2008 -- The U.S. State Department is urging Uganda and the rebel Lord's Resistance Army to finalize a peace deal to end 22 years of fighting.

Pro-China opposition wins Taiwan presidential election RIA Novosti 22 Mar 2008 -- Taiwan's opposition candidate, who favors closer economic ties and eventual reunification with China, won a clear victory in Saturday's presidential election according to a partial vote count.
Pro-China President Elected in Taiwan VOA 22 Mar 2008 -- Voters in Taiwan have elected as president the man who campaigned for closer economic ties with China
Both U.N. bid referendums vetoed CNA 22 Mar 2008 -- Two controversial referendums on Taiwan's quest for U.N. membership failed to pass a legal threshold Saturday, marking yet another blow to the pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) administration.
Decisive election win puts KMT back in power CNA 22 Mar 2008 -- The Kuomintang's presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou scored an impressive victory in Taiwan's presidential election on Saturday, completing a remarkable return to power for a party that was knocked out of the Presidential Office in 2000 and had been consistently dogged by its authoritarian past.
Biography of President-elect Ma Ying-jeou CNA 22 Mar 2008 -- Following is the biography of Ma Ying-jeou, from the opposition Kuomintang (KMT), who won Saturday's presidential election in Taiwan, defeating the ruling Democratic Progressive Party's candidate Frank Hsieh.

Protesters Call for Olympic Boycott, Media and UN Access to Tibet VOA 22 Mar 2008 -- Demonstrators sympathetic to Tibet carried out large demonstrations again Saturday in London, Tokyo and India while dissidents called for more international access to the region.

Pakistan Poised to See Veteran Politician as Next Prime Minister VOA 22 Mar 2008 -- The Pakistan Peoples Party has selected as its candidate for prime minister the veteran politician Yousuf Raza Gilani

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