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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 27 Nov 2009 [PDF]
• MND-B Soldier dies of non-combat related injuries
• Airpower Summary: November 25 AFNS 27 Nov 2009
• Airpower Summary: November 26 AFNS 27 Nov 2009
• Security forces along Iraq, Turkey border inspect trucks Army News 27 Nov 2009 -- Along the border of Iraq and Turkey, U.S. service members, Iraqi security forces and contractors work together to ensure the safety of Iraq's citizens.
• Florida National Guard Soldiers prepare for Iraq deployment Army News 27 Nov 2009 -- Although the upcoming deployment of the 53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team will be a historic event, the preparation for the unit's mobilization has already gone down as the largest training event ever for the Florida Army National Guard.
• Security Soldiers protect key leaders throughout Iraq Army News 27 Nov 2009 -- The Personal Security Detachment with the 36th Sustainment Brigade out of Temple, Texas, keeps Soldiers safe while conducting operations outside the wire.
• Coastguardsman train in counter-IED class Army News 27 Nov 2009 -- Counter-improvised explosive device training can mean the difference between life and death for any service member who travels outside the wire on convoys
• German minister to resign over Afghan civilian bombing scandal IRNA 27 Nov 2009 -- Former German defense minister Franz Josef Jung is to resign from post as labor minister on Friday over his role in an alleged cover-up of civilian casualties in a recent air strike in Afghanistan, government spokesman Ulrich Wilhelm said.
• NATO chief urges more European troops for Afghanistan IRNA 27 Nov 2009 -- NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen here Thursday called on European countries to send additional soldiers to Afghanistan.
• Afghan President Reaches out to Taliban on Eid al-Adha VOA 27 Nov 2009 -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai has repeated his call to the Taliban and other extremist groups to lay down their weapons and help rebuild Afghanistan. Mr. Karzai made his appeal for peace in a speech Friday, marking the first day of the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Mental State of Alleged Fort Hood Shooter Questioned VOA 27 Nov 2009 -- The lawyer for the man accused of killing 13 soldiers and civilians at Fort Hood says he will ask for a psychiatric evaluation of his client before the trial begins. The lawyer, retired Army Colonel John Galligan, says he wants to determine whether Major Nidal Hasan fits U.S. military guidelines of whether he can be held mentally responsible for his actions.
• Soldiers receive realistic training before heading downrange Army News 27 Nov 2009 -- In the midst of a nondescript Middle Eastern-style village, 53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team Soldiers interact with the local inhabitants the same as they have done day in and day out on routine patrols.
• LCC Begins Fleet-wide roll-out this Month Navy NewsStand 27 Nov 2009 -- The Center for Personal and Professional Development (CPPD) is rolling out Modules 1 and 2 of the Leadership Core Continuum (LCC) this month.
• Russia destroys 45% of its chemical weapons RIA Novosti 27 Nov 2009 -- Russia has destroyed 45% of its chemical weapon stockpiles one month ahead of a deadline under an international pact, the Foreign Ministry said on Friday.
• Russia yet to decide on French warship deal - Putin RIA Novosti 27 Nov 2009 -- Russia has yet to make a final decision on whether to buy a Mistral-class helicopter carrier from France, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Friday.
• Lavrov says strategic arms deal with U.S. to be signed in time RIA Novosti 27 Nov 2009 -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov denied on Friday media reports that a new strategic arms reduction deal will not be signed before the old START pact expires next week.
• Russian Navy could be in dire straits by 2015 - expert RIA Novosti 27 Nov 2009 -- The Russian Navy's combat capabilities could seriously decrease by 2015 due to a large-scale decommissioning of ocean-going warships, a former commander of the Northern Fleet has warned.
• Russia's naval infantry to be totally re-armed by 2015 RIA Novosti 27 Nov 2009 -- All units of Russia's naval infantry will be fully equipped with advanced weaponry by 2015, the Russian Navy said in a statement on Friday.
• Legality of Iraq war ‘questionable,’ former ambassador admits IRNA 27 Nov 2009 -- Britain’s former ambassador to the UN, who was at the centre of failed attempts to obtain a Security Council mandate for the 2003 invasion of Iraq, admitted Friday that the legitimacy of the war was “questionable.”
• Pakistan-China Military nexus an area of serious concern: India IRNA 27 Nov 2009 -- India’s Defence Minister, A K Antony, on Friday said the nexus between China and Pakistan in the military sphere is of serious concern.

Defense Industry

• Thales and Rostechnologies pledge closer cooperation Thales 27 Nov 2009 -- Thales and Rostechnologies have signed a memorandum of partnership and cooperation with a view to strengthening their cooperation in advanced technologies.

Other Conflicts

• Ban deplores attack on UN helicopter in DR Congo UN News Centre 27 Nov 2009 -- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned the shooting attack on a United Nations helicopter on Thursday in Dongo in western Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) that left three peacekeepers, a civilian pilot and one member of the Congolese national police wounded.
• Somalia: UN expert urges end to inhuman practices after recent stonings UN News Centre 27 Nov 2009 -- An independent United Nations human rights expert today condemned the series of stonings that have been taking place in Somalia, and called for an urgent end to such “cruel, inhuman and degrading” practices.
• Hamas against scrapping talks with Israel on prisoners swap RIA Novosti 27 Nov 2009 -- Hamas has no plans to scrap talks on the exchange of prisoners with Israel and hopes for their completion in the near future, one of the radical Islamic group's leaders said.
• Philippine Mayor Charged With Mass Murder for Election-Related Massacre VOA 27 Nov 2009 -- Philippine authorities have charged a town mayor with mass murder in connection with an election-related massacre of 57 people that shocked the nation.
• Khmer Rouge Trial Adjourns; Accused Death Camp Commander Awaits Sentence VOA 27 Nov 2009 -- In Cambodia, the trial of a prison commandant who ruled over the deaths of at least 12,000 people has wrapped up. But, it will be months before a verdict and sentence are issued.

News Reports

• Tehran says IAEA’s anti-Iran resolution aims at piling up pressure IRNA 27 Nov 2009 -- Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast here Friday denounced the IAEA Board’s Friday resolution against Iran’s peaceful nuclear program and said it is aimed to pile up pressure on the Islamic Republic.
• Soltanieh defends Iran's peaceful N-program at IAEA IRNA 27 Nov 2009 -- Iran's Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Ali-Asghar Soltanieh in an address to the IAEA Board meeting on Friday defended Iran's right to have peaceful nuclear energy.
• Soltanieh: Don’t ruin ongoing positive atmosphere IRNA 27 Nov 2009 -- Iran’s Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Ali-Asghar Soltanieh here Thursday asked certain members of the IAEA Board of Governors not to ruin the ongoing positive atmosphere and let the Iran-IAEA technical cooperation continue.
• Statement from White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs on today's IAEA vote The WHite House 27 Nov 2009
• UN agency calls on Iran to halt work on recently-disclosed facility UN News Centre 27 Nov 2009 -- The United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) today called on Iran to immediately suspend the construction of a recently-disclosed uranium enrichment facility, and cooperate more fully to resolve all outstanding issues related to its nuclear programme.
• US Says IAEA Vote Shows 'Deficit of Confidence' in Iran's Nuclear Intentions VOA 27 Nov 2009 -- The United States says the International Atomic Energy Agency's vote Friday censuring Iran shows a growing international "deficit of confidence" over Tehran's insistence that its nuclear program is peaceful. The White House says time is running out for diplomacy on the Iranian program.
• Iran Warns IAEA Against Threats Ahead Of Vote RFE/RL 27 Nov 2009 -- The Iranian envoy to the UN nuclear monitoring agency has warned the agency not to use threats against Iran
• IAEA Votes To Censure Iran Over Enrichment Facility RFE/RL 27 Nov 2009 -- The UN nuclear watchdog's governing body today voted overwhelmingly to censure Iran for developing a uranium-enrichment facility in secret
• Iran says UN nuclear watchdog's rebuke will harm talks RIA Novosti 27 Nov 2009 -- Iran has hit back at the United Nations nuclear watchdog over its critical resolution passed on Friday, saying the document is likely to damage negotiations.
• Russia calls on Iran to heed IAEA resolution RIA Novosti 27 Nov 2009 -- Russia hopes that Iran will heed the resolution adopted on Friday by the International Atomic Energy Agency, which calls on Iran to comply with the UN nuclear watchdog's conditions.
• IAEA rebukes Iran over 2nd uranium enrichment facility RIA Novosti 27 Nov 2009 -- The UN nuclear watchdog, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), on Friday adopted a resolution criticizing Iran for the construction of the country's second uranium enrichment facility.
• Russia backs draft IAEA resolution on Iran's nuclear program RIA Novosti 27 Nov 2009 -- Russia backs a draft resolution at the IAEA calling on Iran to comply with IAEA conditions, a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency's Board of Governors said on Friday.
• IAEA Board Censures Iran Over Nuke Program VOA 27 Nov 2009 -- The board of the International Atomic Energy Agency has censured Iran for its nuclear program, in a motion endorsed Friday by all five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council.
• Tehran dismisses claims of confiscating Ebadi’s medal IRNA 27 Nov 2009 -- Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast on Friday ruled out charges that Tehran confiscated banking assets and medal of the Nobel peace prize laureate, Shirin Ebadi.
• Iran Seizes Human Rights Lawyer's Nobel Prize VOA 27 Nov 2009 -- Iran has frozen the bank accounts of Iranian Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi and confiscated her Peace Prize medal.
• Massive Corruption Threatens Russian State RFE/RL 27 Nov 2009 -- The numbers are staggering by any measure: Russians pay $300 billion in bribes each year, according to the government's own figures
• Corruption in Russia, Part 1: A Normal Part Of Everyday Life RFE/RL 27 Nov 2009 -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has made fighting corruption a centerpiece of his presidency
• Terrorist Attack Suspected in Russian Train Crash that Killed 26 VOA 27 Nov 2009 -- Officials in Russia say a train crash that killed at least 26 people and injured at least 50 late Friday may have resulted from an attack.
• UK nuclear reactor plans flawed, says safety watchdog IRNA 27 Nov 2009 -- Britain’s plans to build a new generation of nuclear plants have been thrown into doubt by safety concerns over European and American reactor designs that are central to the government’s proposals.
• Space Shuttle Atlantis Returns to Earth VOA 27 Nov 2009 -- The U.S. space shuttle Atlantis and its seven astronauts are back on earth, after a smooth landing at Florida's Kennedy Space Center. The eleven-day flight resupplied the International Space Station and was one of the last for the shuttle program.
• Atlantis shuttle returns from space station RIA Novosti 27 Nov 2009 -- The Atlantis shuttle landed at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, ending a mission to deliver spare parts to the International Space Station.
• Sri Lanka Sets Presidential Election for January 26 VOA 27 Nov 2009 -- President Mahinda Rajakpaksa is hoping for a mandate from the people in the wake of this year's crushing defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, which ended a devastating quarter-century civil war.
• New EU Commission Line-Up Cements Influence Of Berlin And Paris RFE/RL 27 Nov 2009 -- Jose Manuel Barroso's announcement today on the composition of his new European Commission for the next five years fills the last remaining blanks in the bloc's line-up of top jobs.
• Koreasat-6 payload left Thales Alenia Space plant in Toulouse to Orbital in Dulles, Virginia, for final assembly Thales 27 Nov 2009 -- Koreasat-6 satellite prime contractor Thales Alenia Space announced today that it has shipped the payload to Orbital Sciences Corporation for final integration aboard their STARTM platform.