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• Combined Iraqi, Coalition Forces Seize Weapons in Baghdad AFPS 11 Jan 2009 -- Iraqi police, Iraqi army and Multinational Division Baghdad Soldiers seized multiple weapons and munitions caches in Baghdad Jan. 10, officials in Iraq reported.
• Biden Visits Kandahar, Reaffirms Support for Troops in Afghanistan VOA 11 Jan 2009 -- The next vice president of the United States has reaffirmed President-elect Barack Obama's full support for troops in Afghanistan during a visit to a stronghold of Taliban insurgents.
• Joint Forces Target Foreign Fighters in Afghanistan AFPS 11 Jan 2009 -- Afghan and coalition forces detained eight suspected militants, including two wanted men, during operations in Afghanistan’s Khost and Kandahar provinces Jan. 9, U.S. military officials in Afghanistan reported.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Obama: Unlikely to Close Guantanamo in First 100 Days VOA 11 Jan 2009 -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has repeated his pledge to close the Guantanamo Bay prison facility, but he says it may not happen within his first 100 days in office.
• USS George H.W. Bush Aircraft Carrier Commissioned VOA 11 Jan 2009 -- The U.S. Navy has commissioned a new aircraft carrier named for former U.S. President George H.W. Bush. The former leader and his son, President George W. Bush, took part in Saturday's ceremony at Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia. It was the ultimate honor for a decorated Navy pilot from World War II.
• Bush: Military Fulfilled 'Hard Tasks' to Protect U.S. Security AFPS 11 Jan 2009 -- President George Bush said today that, as he prepares to swap a presidency defined by the Sept. 11, attacks for the quiet life in Texas, he’ll miss heading up the military.

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Other Conflicts

• ISRAEL-OPT: Gazans have nowhere to run, nowhere to hide IRIN 11 Jan 2009 -- Palestinians in the Gaza Strip received on 10 January air-dropped leaflets warning them that the Israeli military was about to step up operations against militant targets there and that they should take necessary precautions.
• EGYPT-OPT: Tensions running high on the Egypt-Gaza border IRIN 11 Jan 2009 -- With Israel’s two-week military offensive in Gaza showing no signs of abating, patience is running thin among those waiting to get into the Strip from the Egyptian border town of Rafah, the Palestinians’ only access to the outside world that is not controlled by Israel.
• UN rights chief suggests mission to assess war crimes in Gaza IRNA 11 Jan 2009 -- The top United Nations human rights official has proposed a mission to assess violations and possible war crimes committed by both Israel and Hamas in the Gaza conflict, and called for immediate implementation of a ceasefire, UN Information Center said
• UN Sec-Gen condemns Israel for targeting UN aid convoy IRNA 11 Jan 2009 -- United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon condemned Israel for targeting the United Nations aid convoy in Gaza, UN Information Center said
• Fierce fighting underway east of Gaza City IRNA 11 Jan 2009 -- Heavy fighting is underway east of Gaza City where Hamas fighters fired anti-tank missiles and mortar bombs at advancing Israeli forces who responded with tank shells and air strikes
• Olmert Says Too Early for a Ceasefire in Gaza VOA 11 Jan 2009 -- Israel's Cabinet met Sunday to discuss the next steps in the 16-day-old offensive against the Islamic militant group Hamas in the Gaza Strip
• Israel and Hamas Vow to Press on With Fighting in Gaza VOA 11 Jan 2009 -- Israel says it will press on with its military offensive in the Gaza Strip, as Hamas vows to do the same. Hostilities are now into their third week with Gaza medical sources reporting over 860 Palestinians killed, about half of them civilians. Thirteen Israelis have been killed in that time span, including three civilians killed by Hamas rocket fire.
• At Least 860 Palestinians Killed, Israel Says Bombings Will Continue VOA 11 Jan 2009 -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says Israel's military is fulfilling its goals in Gaza, but will continue the offensive against Hamas until troops have completely halted rocket attacks on southern Israel.
• Two Egyptian Children, Police Injured in Israeli Air Strike Near Gaza Border VOA 11 Jan 2009 -- Security officials say shrapnel from Israeli air strikes near the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip Sunday wounded two Egyptian police officers and two young children.
• Sudan's Security Chief Warns Foreigners of Attacks VOA 11 Jan 2009 -- Sudan's security chief has warned that foreigners could be targeted by radicals if the International Criminal Court indicts President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for alleged war crimes.
• UNHCR Says Situation Worsening in East Sri Lanka VOA 11 Jan 2009 -- The U.N. refugee agency says it is concerned about the worsening situation in the eastern part of Sri Lanka. It says there has been a significant increase in recent months in the numbers of killings, abductions and injuries in places where Tamil internally displaced people and refugees have returned.
• Somali Islamist Groups Clash, 25 Killed VOA 11 Jan 2009 -- The U.N. refugee agency says it is concerned about the worsening situation in the eastern part of Sri Lanka. It says there has been a significant increase in recent months in the numbers of killings, abductions and injuries in places where Tamil internally displaced people and refugees have returned.

News Reports

• Russia Balks at Ukrainian Modifications to Gas Deal VOA 11 Jan 2009 -- Russian President Dmitri Medvedev says a written agreement to restart the flow of Russian natural gas through Ukraine to Europe will not be implemented until Ukraine withdraws last-minute changes to the deal.