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29 December 2008 Military News

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  • OIF/OEF Casualty Update 29 Dec 2008 [PDF]

  • Dec. 27 airpower summary: F-15Es provide armed aerial overwatch AFNS 29 Dec 2008 -- Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations Dec. 27, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
  • Dec. 25 airpower summary: F-15s protect convoys AFNS 29 Dec 2008 -- Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations Dec. 25, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
  • Iraqi, Coalition Forces Uncover Enemy Weapons AFPS 29 Dec 2008 -- Iraqi and coalition forces uncovered several enemy weapons stockpiles in recent operations, military officials reported.

  • Coalition Forces Kill Taliban Fighters in Afghanistan AFPS 29 Dec 2008 -- Coalition forces killed two armed Taliban militants while targeting the network’s kidnapping and roadside-bombing operations in Afghanistan’s Ghazni province yesterday, military officials reported.
  • AFGHANISTAN: Iran agrees to halt deportations - Afghan minister IRIN 29 Dec 2008 -- Iran is to suspend large-scale deportations of illegal Afghan migrants until March 2009, the Afghan Ministry of Refugees and Returnees (MoRR) has said.
  • Over 200,000 vulnerable Afghans to receive winter aid from UN agency UN News Centre 29 Dec 2008 -- The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and its partners have started to deliver supplies to help an estimated 200,000 Afghan returnees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) get through the country’s harsh winter.

  • Carter Hall's Boat Engineers Contribute to MSO Navy NewsStand 29 Dec 2008 -- The visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) team aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Carter Hall (LSD 50) is an integral part of the ship's overall mission to conduct maritime security operations (MSO) in the 5th Fleet Area of Responsibility (AOR).
  • Coalition Ships Seize 20 Tons of Drugs AFPS 29 Dec 2008 -- Coalition warships operating in the North Arabian Sea and Gulf of Aden as part of Combined Task Force 150 have seized more than 20 tons of narcotics since October, with an estimated value of more than $100 million, officials said.

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  • GUINEA: Civil society looks to junta for break from past IRIN 29 Dec 2008 -- Security forces in 2007 opened fire on Guinean citizens demonstrating for an end to corrupt, dictatorial rule. Today, a week after the death of 24-year president Lansana Conté, civil society leaders see the newly-installed military junta as the best chance for bringing about that change.
  • ZIMBABWE: Tough challenges for an aid agency IRIN 29 Dec 2008 -- "There is no food, we have malnutrition, there is cholera, now we are expecting a malaria outbreak,” said an exasperated Amanda Weisbaum, the emergency manager for Save the Children, UK, in Zimbabwe.
  • Sheikh Hasina's Awami League Heads to Victory in Bangladesh VOA 29 Dec 2008 -- Bangladesh, one of the world's poorest countries, has moved a step closer to a return to democracy with a relatively peaceful parliamentary election. Officials say about 70 percent of the 81 million eligible voters went to the polls Monday.
  • Bangladesh Votes for New Parliament in Restoration of Democracy VOA 29 Dec 2008 -- Sunny weather, combined with voter optimism and a huge security presence throughout the country has resulted in a high turnout for national elections in Bangladesh. The process seems calm compared to previous elections, but there have been some complications with the new digitized voter identification system.
  • African Union Suspends Guinea VOA 29 Dec 2008 -- The African Union has suspended Guinea following last week's military coup while Guinea's new military leaders have demoted many of the country's generals.
  • Protests Delay New Thai Government's Policy Statement VOA 29 Dec 2008 -- Thailand's new prime minister has been forced to delay his policy statement.
  • President Grabs Limelight As Czechs Take EU Helm RFE/RL 29 Dec 2008
  • Czechs To Focus On 'Three E's' During EU Presidency RFE/RL 29 Dec 2008 -- On the eve of the Czech Republic's assuming of the EU Presidency, RFE/RL correspondents Kathleen Moore and Oksana Pelenska spoke to Czech Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs Alexandr Vondra
  • Gazprom continues talks with Ukraine, hopes for deal by yearend RIA Novosti 29 Dec 2008 -- Gazprom is continuing to hold gas talks with Ukraine and hopes to reach an agreement by the yearend to avoid supplies cuts over Kiev's outstanding debts, a deputy CEO at the Russian gas giant said Monday.



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