25 July 2009 Military News

July 24 airpower summary: Reaper stops enemy attack AFNS 25 Jul 2009 -- Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations July 24, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
U.S. Forces Transition To Reconstruction In Hussein's Hometown RFE/RL 25 Jul 2009 -- U.S. forces have intensified reconstruction work in Tikrit -- the hometown of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein -- since U.S. troops withdrew from Iraqi cities on June 30, RFE/RL's Radio Free Iraq (RFI) reports.

Police Stop Suicide Bombers Before they Strike in Afghanistan VOA 25 Jul 2009 -- Police in Afghanistan are said to have killed a group of suicide bombers on Saturday just when they were about to hit targets in an eastern city bordering Pakistan.

Gates to Discuss Military Relations with Israeli, Jordanian Leaders AFPS 25 Jul 2009 -- Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates is on a trip to the Middle East with stops in Israel and Jordan.
Kauffman Chiefs Revisit, Rekindle Chile Relations Navy NewsStand 25 Jul 2009 -- Chief petty officers from guided-missile frigate USS Kauffman (FFG 59) completed a community relations (COMREL) project at Escuela General Basica Centenario school in Arica, Chile July 10.
USS Doyle Sailors Renovate Chilean School Navy NewsStand 25 Jul 2009 -- Sailors from Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 40 and guided-missile frigate USS Doyle (FFG 39) conducted a community relations (COMREL) project July 10, at the Arturo Prat School in Valparaiso, Chile.
CARAT Indonesia Begins With Jungle Training, Engineering Projects Navy NewsStand 25 Jul 2009 -- Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Indonesia began July 20 with the arrival of nearly 200 U.S. Sailors and Marines taking part in the bilateral exercise.

Russia Says Next START Talks Due by Early September VOA 25 Jul 2009 -- Russia says the next round of negotiations with the United States on a new deal to replace the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) will take place by early September.

Iran Warning: Israel's Nuclear Sites Within Reach VOA 25 Jul 2009 -- Iran's Revolutionary Guards corps is warning it will respond to any attack by Israel with a strike on nuclear sites in the Jewish state.

US Sends Senior Officials to Israel VOA 25 Jul 2009 -- The United States is sending senior officials to Israel for a week of high diplomacy. There are wide gaps to be bridged.
Somalia: UN takes part in new effort to improve security UN News Centre 25 Jul 2009 -- The United Nations has taken part in the first meeting of a new joint initiative in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, that aims to boost security and safety across the war-torn country.

WHO Says Swine-Flu Virus Could Infect 2 Billion VOA 25 Jul 2009 -- The World Health Organization says the H1N1 swine-flu virus could infect up to two billion people over the next two years - about one of every three people in the world.

Thousands Gather Worldwide In Solidarity With Iranians RFE/RL 25 Jul 2009 -- From New York to Seoul, Madrid, or Sydney, thousands of people are taking to the streets on July 25 in a worldwide show of support for Iranians
Prominent Iranian Journalist Implicates Nokia In His Arrest RFE/RL 25 Jul 2009 -- Issa Saharkhiz, a prominent journalist and former senior Culture Ministry official, has told his family in a short phone call from prison that several of his ribs were broken during his arrest in northern Iran on July 4 in the postelection crackdown
Iranian Opposition Leaders Call on Clerics, Launch New Charges VOA 25 Jul 2009 -- Opposition leaders in Iran are calling on the country's top clerics to help end the crackdown that followed massive protests of Iran's June 12 elections.

Iraqi Kurds Vote In Regional Elections RFE/RL 25 Jul 2009 -- Voters went to the polls on July 25 in Iraq's largely autonomous Kurdish north to choose a new parliament and president
Polls Close in Kurdish Parliamentary, Presidential Elections VOA 25 Jul 2009 -- As polls closed Saturday, Iraqi Kurds are hoping the results, expected in two to three days, will help ease tensions with Baghdad over oil and land disputes that threaten the stability in the self-ruled region.

Pakistani Court Delays Mumbai Attack Case for Month VOA 25 Jul 2009 -- A Pakistani anti-terrorism court has adjourned for more than a month a case against five men accused of being involved in November's terror attacks in India's commercial city of Mumbai.
Poland To Support Moldovan EU Ambitions If Elections Fair RFE/RL 25 Jul 2009 -- Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski said in Chisinau on July 24 that Warsaw is ready to support Moldova's European integration efforts if the upcoming Moldovan parliamentary elections are "positively evaluated internationally."
OSCE Revising Karabakh Proposals For Armenia, Azerbaijan Leaders RFE/RL 25 Jul 2009 -- The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Minsk Group cochairs met in Krakow on July 24 to update the proposals for a solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, called the Madrid Principles, RFE/RL's Azerbaijani Service reports

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