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12 August 2009 Military News

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  • OIF/OEF Casualty Update 12 Aug 2009 [PDF]

  • Aug. 11 airpower summary: B-1Bs strike enemy AFNS 12 Aug 2009 -- Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations August 11, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
  • Airmen hand over visitation operations at Camp Bucca AFNS 12 Aug 2009 -- A ceremony was held to mark the end of Air Force participation in visitation operations at Camp Bucca's theater internment facility as the Army assumed responsibility of the mission Aug. 10 here.

  • Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Brig. Gen. Givhan from Afghanistan DoD 12 Aug 2009 -- Presenter: Commander, Combined Air Power Transition Force-Afghanistan Brig. Gen. Walter Givhan
  • Pentagon Says Operations to Clear Taliban Will Expand VOA 12 Aug 2009 -- A U.S. Defense Department spokesman says there will be more operations like the one launched in southern Afghanistan to secure a Taliban-controlled district in Helmand Province, and that coalition and Afghan forces will hold such areas after they drive out the insurgent forces.
  • Growing Afghan Air Corps Provides Election Support AFPS 12 Aug 2009 -- While building its capabilities from the ground up, Afghanistan’s National Army Air Corps is deeply involved in an operational mission in direct support of the upcoming elections: ferrying candidates and election materials around the country and helping to provide security.
  • Military Operation Targets Taliban Before Afghan Election VOA 12 Aug 2009 -- A joint U.S.-Afghan military operation has begun in the troubled Helmand province against Taliban fighters who have vowed to disrupt the August 20 presidential election.
  • Operation Aims to Secure Southern Afghanistan for Elections AFPS 12 Aug 2009 -- Hours into the new Operation Eastern Resolve II in Afghanistan’s Helmand province, defense officials report that U.S. Marines and Afghan soldiers are confronting “some resistance” as they work to secure the area for the Aug. 20 elections.
  • AFGHANISTAN: Elections could hit health services – ministry IRIN 12 Aug 2009 -- The Afghan Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) has added its voice to concerns aired by aid agencies about the use of health centres around the country as voting stations in the 20 August election.
  • Security Remains Main Concern in Upcoming Afghan Presidential Polls VOA 12 Aug 2009 -- Afghans go the polls later this month in the country's second presidential election since the ouster of the Taliban in 2001. The biggest concern remains security as Taliban insurgents step up attacks aimed at disrupting the vote. Washington is hoping that the election will be credible enough to help turn around a flagging war effort in the country.

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News Reports

  • Iran's Parliament Speaker Rejects Detainee Rape Claims VOA 12 Aug 2009 -- Iran's parliament speaker has rejected claims that some election protesters were raped in detention after the disputed re-election of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
  • Amnesty Wants Observers at Iran Trials VOA 12 Aug 2009 -- Human rights group Amnesty International is asking Iran to allow international observers into trials of more than 100 people charged with being involved with protests following the June presidential elections.

  • Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi Meets Lawyers to Discuss Appeal of Conviction VOA 12 Aug 2009 -- Detained Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has met with her lawyers to discuss an appeal of her conviction for violating the terms of her house arrest.
  • UN human rights chief joins call for release of Myanmar opposition figure UN News Centre 12 Aug 2009 -- The United Nations human rights chief today joined the call made by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and others for the immediate and unconditional release of Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, whose house arrest has been extended for another 18 months.

  • Clinton Hails Greater Cooperation with Nigeria VOA 12 Aug 2009 -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says a new bi-national commission between the United States and Nigeria will strengthen democratic reforms and military cooperation.
  • Congo Defends China Mineral Deal VOA 12 Aug 2009 -- The Democratic Republic of Congo is defending a $9-billion mineral deal with China that is holding up a major international agreement aimed at reducing the DRC's external debt.
  • Muslim Preachers Killed in Somalia's Puntland VOA 12 Aug 2009 -- At least five Muslim preachers from Pakistan have been shot to death outside a mosque in Somalia's semi-autonomous region of Puntland. There are reports that two more may have died in a hospital from their wounds. The motive behind the shootings is not clear.
  • Six Foreign Captives Released in Somalia VOA 12 Aug 2009 -- Somali kidnappers have released six foreign hostages. The four European aid workers and their two Kenyan pilots were released Tuesday after eight months of captivity.
  • SOMALIA: Humanitarian crisis “at new low” IRIN 12 Aug 2009 -- Isack Abdinor Satar, 80, remembers a green and lush Baidoa, in south-western Somalia, with waterfalls in areas that are now the town's suburbs.
  • Honduran Capital Under Curfew VOA 12 Aug 2009 -- The interim government of Honduras has reinstated a nighttime curfew in Tegucigalpa, after thousands of protesters marched on the capital city, burned a bus and destroyed a business.
  • Swine Flu Prompts Mumbai Closures VOA 12 Aug 2009 -- The Indian government is closing schools, colleges and movie theaters in Mumbai in an effort to contain the spread of the H1N1 swine flu virus.
  • US Presses Pakistan to Ensure Justice for Mumbai Terror Attacks VOA 12 Aug 2009 -- The U.S. ambassador to India says the United States will keep up pressure on Pakistan to bring the planners of last year's Mumbai attacks to justice. Two officers from the Federal Bureau of Investigation have given evidence on the attacks, which India blamed on Islamic militants based in Pakistan.
  • Indonesian Police: Terror Suspect Top Was Not Killed in Raid VOA 12 Aug 2009 -- Indonesian police say DNA tests show that a militant killed in a police raid at the weekend was not Malaysian terror suspect Noordin Mohammed Top.
  • US Soldier Charged in Mexican Cartel Killing VOA 12 Aug 2009 -- A U.S. soldier has been arrested and is facing murder charges for allegedly being the trigger man in the shooting death of a Mexican drug cartel member who was a informant for the United States.



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