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10 August 2009 Military News

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  • OIF/OEF Casualty Update 10 Aug 2009 [PDF]

  • Aug. 9 airpower summary: Predators neutralize threats AFNS 10 Aug 2009 -- Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations Aug. 9, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
  • U.S. Forces Capture Grenade Attacker in Iraq AFPS 10 Aug 2009 -- U.S. forces detained an Iraqi man who attacked a U.S. convoy with a grenade Aug. 7 in Iraq’s Kirkuk province, military officials reported.
  • Bombs in Iraq Kill 46 VOA 10 Aug 2009 -- Iraqi officials say bombings in Baghdad and northern Iraq have killed at least 46 people.

  • Taliban Attack Government Buildings South of Kabul VOA 10 Aug 2009 -- The latest offensive by the Taliban on Afghanistan's government infrastructure has taken place in a province adjacent to the national capital.
  • Jones: Strategy Boosts Afghan Army, Police AFPS 10 Aug 2009 -- Ramping up the numbers of Afghan soldiers and police is part of President Barack Obama’s multi-pronged Afghanistan-Pakistan strategy, National Security Advisor James L. Jones said here yesterday.
  • Forces Earn Support of Afghan Provincial Governor AFPS 10 Aug 2009 -- NATO forces working to secure and develop rural areas of this eastern Afghanistan province are finding support from the provincial governor, who is urging local leaders to embrace the opportunities of working with the International Security Assistance Force.
  • Total-force team airdrops 10-ton artillery load AFNS 10 Aug 2009 -- A team of Bagram Airfield Airmen airdropped an M198 artillery piece to an Army unit in a remote Eastern-part of Afghanistan Aug. 8.
  • U.S. Forces Pursue Terrorists Linked to Drug Trade AFPS 10 Aug 2009 -- U.S. forces are going after terrorists who feed off the drug trade in Afghanistan, a senior Defense Department spokesman said today.
  • Ten die as Taliban, security forces clash in Afghanistan RIA Novosti 10 Aug 2009 -- Ten people, including two police officers, were killed on Monday as Taliban militants and security forces clashed near the Afghan capital of Kabul, a spokesman for the governor of the Logar Province said.
  • Taliban Attack Provincial Government Near Kabul VOA 10 Aug 2009 -- Afghan officials say two militants were killed and three police officers wounded in a Taliban-launched assault on a provincial capital south of Kabul, just 10 days before nationwide elections.
  • US Denies Targeting Afghan Drug Traffickers VOA 10 Aug 2009 -- The U.S. Defense Department is denying a New York Times report that it is targeting Afghan drug traffickers, saying instead that it targets terrorists who work with the traffickers to finance terror operations.
  • Marines train, mentor Afghan police in south Helmand USMC News 10 Aug 2009 -- How many Marines does it take to turn men who know little about law enforcement into a well-disciplined unit with the ability and knowledge to deal with anything that might come their way?
  • Navy Civilian Engineers Work with Warfighters in Afghanistan to Field New Communications System Navy NewsStand 10 Aug 2009 -- A team of Navy civilian engineers are working with warfighters in Afghanistan to evaluate and field test Netted Iridium radios designed to solve a communications capability problem in the country's rugged and mountainous terrain.

  • Over 750,000 uprooted Pakistanis return home, UN reports UN News Centre 10 Aug 2009 -- Out of the more than 2 million people uprooted by clashes between Governments and militants in north-western Pakistan, some 765,000 have now returned to their homes, but continued fighting is causing a fresh round of displacement, the United Nations humanitarian arm said today.
  • Pakistan Believes al-Qaida Seeking New Taliban Leader VOA 10 Aug 2009 -- Pakistan's interior minister says he believes al-Qaida is trying to install a "chief terrorist" as the head of the country's Taliban, following last week's apparent killing of the group's leader.

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