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• Feb. 28 air power summary: F-15E destroys enemy weapons cache AFNS 01 Mar 2009 -- Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations Feb. 28, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
• Combined Forces Discover Weapons, IEDs in Iraq AFPS 01 Mar 2009 -- Iraqi security forces and Multinational Division Baghdad soldiers discovered a munitions cache during a patrol northwest of Baghdad yesterday, officials announced.
• Multiple contingency operating locations closed or turned over in Anbar MNF-I 01 Mar 2009-- During the month of February 2009 in Al Anbar province, Multi National Force - West closed two observation posts and one patrol base and turned over two contingency operating posts and one observation post to Iraqi Security Forces
• Karzai Opponents Slam Decree for Early Elections VOA 01 Mar 2009 -- Political opponents of Afghan President Hamid Karzai are rejecting his decree that presidential elections now scheduled for August should instead be moved up to April. There are widespread fears the government will not be prepared to hold early polls or ensure their security.
• Afghan President Accused of 'Sabotage' Over Election Date RFE/RL 01 Mar 2009 -- Afghanistan's opposition has accused President Hamid Karzai of trying to sabotage the presidential election and leaving other contenders with little time to campaign.
• Focus Shifts In Trans-Atlantic Debate On Contributions To Afghanistan RFE/RL 01 Mar 2009 -- For years, the United States has asked Europe to contribute more troops to Afghanistan, with little success
• Coalition Forces Kill Militants in Afghanistan, Seize Caches AFPS 01 Mar 2009 -- Coalition forces engaged several militants this morning, killing four, while conducting operations in the Maywand district of Afghanistan about 50 miles northwest of Kandahar, U.S. Forces Afghanistan announced.
• Secretary Addresses Pakistan, Afghanistan, Other Key Issues AFPS 01 Mar 2009 -- As the United States reviews its strategy in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said he’s gratified by Pakistan’s growing recognition of the importance of eliminating extremist safe havens along its border.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Mullen Supports President’s Iraq Decision AFPS 01 Mar 2009 -- The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said the president’s decision to redeploy American troops from Iraq is the responsible one.
• Gates: Plans on Track for New Transition Force Role in Iraq AFPS 01 Mar 2009 -- The U.S. military will conduct “a very different mission” in Iraq after combat troops withdraw in August 2010, with troops slated to remain there through 2011 serving primarily as trainers and advisors, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said today on CNBC’s “Meet the Press.”
• Military Leaders Back Obama's Iraq Plan VOA 01 Mar 2009 -- America's top military leaders say they back President Barack Obama's plan to drawdown U.S. forces in Iraq. They indicated in broadcast interviews they are fairly confident the plan will move forward on schedule.
• Secretary Gates Interview on Meet The Press with David Gregory DoD 01 Mar 2009 -- Presenter: Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and David Gregory
• Estonia, NATO Weigh Damage Done By Russian Mole RFE/RL 01 Mar 2009 -- This week's conviction in Estonia of former senior defense official Herman Simm as a Russian spy ends what officials have described as the biggest espionage scandal in NATO's history
• US Military Chief: Iran Has Enough Material to Make Nuclear Bomb VOA 01 Mar 2009 -- U.S. military chief Admiral Mike Mullen says Iran has stockpiled enough material to make a nuclear bomb

Defense Industry

Other Conflicts

• OPT: Gaza borders must open – UN humanitarian envoy IRIN 01 Mar 2009 -- On his first visit to the Occupied Palestinian Territories, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Humanitarian Envoy, Abdul Aziz Arrukban, met with aid agency officials to discuss better ways of bringing in relief supplies and with Gaza residents to assess how much aid they were actually receiving.
• SRI LANKA: Displaced civilians traumatised IRIN 01 Mar 2009 -- Thousands of civilians who fled fighting in northern Sri Lanka remain traumatised by their experience and anxious about their future, say aid workers.
• 3 separatists killed in India's restive NE state of Manipur IRNA 01 Mar 2009 -- Three separatists were killed in India's restive northeastern state of Manipur in separate encounters with security forces, even as 43 militants surrendered before authorities in the adjoining state of Assam, officials said.
• Media report about UN envoy in Sudan 'complete fabrication,' declares mission UN News Centre 01 Mar 2009 -- The United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) has strongly protested a report in today's Al-Raed newspaper alleging that Special Representative Ashraf Qazi admitted that the Mission provided information about the country to the International Criminal Court.
• Relations between Rwanda and DR Congo focus of Ban's talks in Kigali UN News Centre 01 Mar 2009 -- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and President Paul Kagame discussed the situation in the border region between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) today during their meeting in Kigali, the current stop on the United Nations chief's five-nation Africa trip.
• Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair in Gaza VOA 01 Mar 2009 -- Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is in the Gaza Strip to discuss reconstruction efforts ahead of a Palestinian donor conference this week.
• Israel Threatens 'Harsh' Retaliation for Palestinian Rocket Attacks VOA 01 Mar 2009 -- Israel is threatening to hit back hard for Palestinian rocket fire from the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.

News Reports

• World Marks Ten Years Of Landmine Ban Treaty VOA 01 Mar 2009 -- Campaigners around the globe are taking action this week to once again draw the world’s attention to the horrific consequences of landmines and to call for renewed efforts toward a mine-free world. The campaign is led by the International campaign to ban land mines, a network of more than 1400 non-governmental organizations in 90 countries working for a global ban on landmines.
• Efforts to rid world of landmines must go on, Ban says on anniversary of landmark treaty UN News Centre 01 Mar 2009 -- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has commended the tireless efforts undertaken over the past decade to rid the world of anti-personnel landmines, while stressing that much work remains to eliminate this global scourge.
• Emergency EU Summit Puts Premium On Unity RFE/RL 01 Mar 2009 -- As they gather for a short emergency summit in Brussels, European leaders will be battling centrifugal forces
• Start of Lebanon tribunal 'decisive milestone' in pursuit of justice – Ban UN News Centre 01 Mar 2009 -- Just over four years after former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri and 22 others were killed in a terrorist attack in Beirut, the international tribunal set up to try the perpetrators began its work today, marking what Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon deemed a historic step in the search for justice.
• Hariri Tribunal Opens in The Hague VOA 01 Mar 2009 -- The international tribunal created to try the suspected assassins of veteran former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq al Hariri in 2005 has officially opened in The Hague. High-ranking U.N. and international figures were present at the opening ceremony. UN special prosecutor Daniel says he will ask Lebanon to hand over four pro-Syrian generals held in connection with the assassination.
• Bangladesh Border Guards Returning to Post After Violent Mutiny VOA 01 Mar 2009 -- Hundreds of paramilitary soldiers have returned to their barracks in Dhaka. Many claim they were not involved in the mutiny at the headquarters of the Bangladesh Rifles, but fled the violence that is believed to have left more than 100 of their commanders dead. Police intend to file murder charges against 1,000 of the paramilitary troops.