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• US Military Hands Control of Anbar to Iraqi Forces VOA 01 Sep 2008 -- The U.S. military has handed control of Iraq's once violent Anbar province to Iraqi security forces.
• Route Clearance Platoon sweeps up weapons caches USMC News 01 Sep 2008 -- Many countermeasures are adopted to avoid improvised explosive devices, which are a significant threat to deployed Coalition forces in Iraq. However, the best way to avoid IEDs is to destroy them at the source.
• AFGHANISTAN: UN calls for "vital funding" to avert humanitarian crisis IRIN 01 Sep 2008 -- The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) says donors must provide "vital funding" to enable aid agencies to avert a possible humanitarian crisis this winter.
• NATO: Forces Accidentally Killed Afghan Children VOA 01 Sep 2008 -- NATO says says its forces accidentally killed three children and wounded several other civilians in an artillery strike Monday in eastern Afghanistan.
• AFNORTH Airmen assisting with Gustav medevac AFPN 01 Sep 2008 -- Air Forces Northern Airmen here coordinated with numerous civilian and government agencies in Texas and Louisiana to assist with the evacuation of critical-care patients prior to Hurricane Gustav's landfall.
• AFNORTH activates recovery center for Gustav AFPN 01 Sep 2008 -- Officials with the 601st Air and Space Operations Center have activated the Joint Personnel Recovery Center in preparation for landfall of Hurricane Gustav.
• Hurricane Hunters support weather study from Guam AFPN 01 Sep 2008 -- Two Air Force Reserve WC-130J Hercules and a Naval Research Lab P-3 Orion deployed here recently to conduct meteorological research on tropical cyclones in the Western Pacific from August through September.
• Military ready to support Hurricane Gustav relief effort AFPN 01 Sep 2008 -- American military forces are prepositioned and ready to provide any relief necessary if called upon Sept. 1 at England Air Park in Alexandria as Hurricane Gustav batters the Gulf Coast.
• EPLOs ready for emergency response role AFPN 01 Sep 2008 -- Emergency Preparedness Liaison Officers nationwide stand ready to respond to national emergencies and events when requested.
• Reserve teams answer calls for help AFPN 01 Sep 2008 -- More than 300 Gulf Coast patients were able to breathe a sigh of relief Sep. 1 thanks to Air Force Reserve aeromedical crews as Hurricane Gustav slammed into Terrebonne Bay, La., just west of New Orleans, at about 10:30 EST.
• EPLOs move into place to support Gustav AFPN 01 Sep 2008 -- As Hurricane Gustav approached the Gulf Coast, Emergency Preparedness Liaison Officers from all over the nation were brought in to help.
• Keesler officials assessing Gustav damages AFPN 01 Sep 2008 -- Officials here are preparing preliminary damage assessments from the effects of Hurricane Gustav.
• Chertoff: Air Force, Guard vital to hurricane relief efforts AFPN 01 Sep 2008 -- As Hurricane Gustav made landfall on the Gulf Coast, the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security praised the men and women of the Air Force and the National Guard for their efforts during preparations for the storm.
• Bush Praises Cooperation in Hurricane Response AFPS 01 Sep 2008 -- Cooperation among federal, state, local governments and non-governmental agencies has been much better as Hurricane Gustav hit the Gulf Coast than it was when Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005, emergency officials said.
• Press Gaggle by Dana Perino and FEMA Administrator Dave Paulison The White House 01 Sep 2008
• Navy Flexes to Support Hurricane Gustav Recovery Efforts Navy NewsStand 01 Sep 2008 -- Navy commanders have ordered a multitude of capabilities and assets to be prepared to deploy in the event the Navy is directed to provide assistance to civilian authorities after Hurricane Gustav came ashore Sept. 1.
• U.S. Navy Safeguards People, Equipment Before Gustav Navy NewsStand 01 Sep 2008 -- The U.S. Navy made preparations in advance of Hurricane Gustav - which made landfall in New Orleans mid-morning Sept. 1 - protecting numerous Sailors, families and civilians and safeguarding critical equipment throughout the Gulf Coast region.
• Hurricane Hunters tracking Gustav on Katrina anniversary AFPN 01 Sep 2008 -- Hurricane Hunters from the Air Force Reserve's 403rd Wing here spent the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina flying into yet another tempest, Hurricane Gustav, which made landfall just west of Grand island, La., Sept 1.
• McChord aircrew delivers response team, supplies to New Orleans AFPN 01 Sep 2008 -- A C-17 Globemaster III from the 62nd Airlift Wing, McChord Air Force Base, Wash., provided rapid deployment of a four-man contingency response team and 15,500 pounds of cargo from the 615th Contingency Response Wing at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., to the Louis Armstrong International Airport in New Orleans Aug. 30 in preparation for Hurricane Gustav.

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• Bush: Iraqis Take Control of Anbar Province Security AFPS 01 Sep 2008 -- Iraqi civilian authorities today assumed responsibility for security in Iraq's Anbar province, where Iraqi forces will now have the lead in security operations, President Bush said in a statement released by the White House.
• U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Arrives in Sevastopol, Ukraine Navy NewsStand 01 Sep 2008 -- U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Dallas (WHEC 716) pulled into port here Sept. 1 to participate in previously scheduled theater security cooperation activities with the Ukrainian Navy.
• MiG-29 fighter aircraft crashes in India's Gujarat IRNA 01 Sep 2008 -- A MiG-29 fighter aircraft crashed near Jamnagar in Gujarat on Monday during a training sortie but the pilot ejected safely.
• Russia may push forward with S-300 sales to Iran RIA Novosti 01 Sep 2008 -- Russia may proceed with plans to sell advanced S-300 air defense systems to Iran under a secret contract believed to have been signed in 2005, a Russian analyst said on Monday.
• Russia to send 200 peacekeepers to central Africa RIA Novosti 01 Sep 2008 -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed a decree on sending a Russian military contingent to Chad and the neighboring Central African Republic in support of a UN mission in the region, the Kremlin said on Monday.

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Other Conflicts

• Russian MFA Information and Press Department Commentary Regarding Implementation of the Medvedev-Sarkozy Plan Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 01 Sep 2008
• Russia calls for international police presence in S.Ossetia RIA Novosti 01 Sep 2008 -- Russia believes an international police force should be deployed in South Ossetia to prevent further Georgian attacks, the Foreign Ministry said on Monday.
• Russia wants arms embargo on Georgia RIA Novosti 01 Sep 2008 -- Russia would like to see the imposition of an embargo on arms supplies to Georgia until a change of leadership takes place in the Caucasus state, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday.
• KENYA-SOMALIA: Refugee surge stretching camp facilities IRIN 01 Sep 2008 -- Maka Abullahi Keinan, 18, is among hundreds of refugees newly arrived from Somalia at Dagahaley, one of the three main refugee camps in Dadaab town in northeastern Kenya.

News Reports

• Mauritanian Junta Appoints New Government VOA 01 Sep 2008 -- The premier of Mauritania's military run government has named a new cabinet. Following the move, analysts say the military may be determined to govern the country for the long term, despite international condemnation
• Zimbabwe Opposition Denies Power-Sharing Deal VOA 01 Sep 2008 -- Zimbabwe's main opposition party is denying media speculation that it has reached a power-sharing deal with the party of President Robert Mugabe.
• EU Summit To 'Reevaluate' Relations With Russia RFE/RL 01 Sep 2008 -- EU leaders are meeting in Brussels in an emergency attempt to find a consensus position regarding Russia in the wake of the Georgia crisis.
• Russia Turns Up The Pressure On Turkey RFE/RL 01 Sep 2008 -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is scheduled to arrive in Ankara on September 1, where bilateral discussions will focus on the presence in the Black Sea of U.S. warships transporting humanitarian aid to Georgia.
• Ingushetia Protests Expected As Slain Opposition Figure Buried RFE/RL 01 Sep 2008 -- Burial services are being held in the North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia for the opposition website owner Magomed Yevloyev, who died of a bullet wound to the head sustained while in police custody.
• Website Owner's Death Could Prove Point Of No Return For Ingushetia RFE/RL 01 Sep 2008 -- Magomed Yevloyev, the controversial owner of the outspoken opposition website ingushetiya.ru, died on August 31 in a hospital of a gunshot wound to the head, just hours after Interior Ministry personnel detained him as he disembarked in Nazran from a plane from Moscow on his first visit for several years.
• Former Uzbek Spy Accuses Government Of Massacres, Seeks Asylum RFE/RL 01 Sep 2008 -- A former Uzbek intelligence officer who claims President Islam Karimov personally ordered massacres in that strategic Central Asian state has arrived in Britain to claim political asylum after months in hiding abroad.