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• Top NATO Commander Addresses Recent Taliban Gains, Vows Commitment To Security RFE/RL 30 May 2010 -- In an exclusive interview, NATO's top military commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, spoke in Kabul today with RFE/RL Radio Free Afghanistan correspondent Mujahed Jawad about the current situation in Nuristan Province, near the border with Pakistan, and in the southern province of Kandahar.
• U.S. General Accuses Iran of Helping Taliban in Afghanistan VOA 30 May 2010 -- The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, says there is "clear evidence" that Iran is providing weapons and training to Taliban fighters in the war-torn country.
• US Ship Rescues Yemeni Mariners From Pirates Navy NewsStand 30 May 2010 -- The Ticonderoga class guided-missile cruiser, USS San Jacinto (CG 56) rescued five Yemeni mariners from suspected pirates May 26, while conducting routine counter narcotics operations, 68 miles southeast of Ras Fartak, Yemen.

Defense Policy / Programs

• ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Review Process Vital, Mullen Says AFPS 30 May 2010 -- It’s of vital importance that the Pentagon gain input from servicemembers and military families on their views about the repeal of the so-called “don’t ask, don’t tell” law, the top U.S. military officer said today.
• Marines, Romanian forces wrap up initial phase of training USMC News 30 May 2010 -- Romanian Marines and soldiers topped off two weeks of peacekeeping operations training with U.S. Marines and Sailors at Romania’s Babadag Training Area with a final exercise, May 27, and a ceremony marking their accomplishment, May 28.
• Serving the Army and the Nation for over 250 Years Army News 30 May 2010 -- The history of Carlisle Barracks, Pa., reaches back to May 30, 1757, when British Col. John Stanwix established a Royal Army camp there during the French and Indian War. The story of Carlisle Barracks from its earliest days also offers glimpses at various Army schools. Woven into those glimpses are lives of individual Soldiers who commanded, studied, and trained there.
• Human Terrain Team mapping course for a transitioning Iraq Army News 30 May 2010 -- The role of U.S. Forces in Iraq continues to evolve with the launch of Operation New Dawn later this year, and the majority of efforts will be re-focused on the responsible transfer of authority to Iraqi Security Forces.
• NMCB 7 Detachment Liberia Receives Commendation Navy NewsStand 30 May 2010 -- Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 7 Detachment Liberia received commendation certificate May 10 for camp construction improvements.
• Obama: Memorial Day Honors Troop, Family Sacrifices AFPS 30 May 2010 -- Memorial Day is a time for Americans to remember and honor the ultimate sacrifices made by past and present generations of U.S. servicemembers, President Barack Obama said yesterday during his weekly address to the nation.
• Russia wins large contract to modernize Indian Su-30MKI fighters - media RIA Novosti 30 May 2010 -- India has placed orders with the Russian defense industry to modernize Su-30MKI Flanker-H fighters produced in India under the Russian license, India Today magazine reported in its June issue, without disclosing the sum of the contract.
• Small Party Quits Japan's Govt. to Protest US Base Decision VOA 30 May 2010 -- A small Japanese party is leaving the country's ruling coalition, after the prime minister broke a campaign promise to move a U.S. Marine base off Okinawa island.

Defense Industry

Other Conflicts

• U.S. Official: North Korea May Attack Again VOA 30 May 2010 -- The chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff says he is worried North Korea may follow up the deadly attack on a South Korean warship with a second provocative act.
• China Seeks Reduced Tension Between Koreas VOA 30 May 2010 -- China has wrapped up a three way summit with neighboring South Korea and Japan by calling for calm amid escalating tensions. South Korea and its partners have yet to win China's firm support of an investigation blaming North Korea for the deadly sinking of a South Korean naval ship.
• ISRAEL-OPT: Gaza food supplies strangled by 1,000-day blockade IRIN 30 May 2010 -- The amount and quality of food available to the estimated 1.5 million Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip has been severely restricted by more than 1,000 days of a near-complete blockade, states a UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) report.
• Aid Flotilla Heads to Gaza to Break Israel's Blockade VOA 30 May 2010 -- A confrontation is looming between the Israeli navy and international activists on the high seas near the Palestinian-ruled Gaza Strip.
• PAKISTAN: Ahmadi minority fearful after militants kill at least 80 members IRIN 30 May 2010 -- A brutal assualt on Pakistan’s Ahmadi community on 28 May has left them feeling more vulnerable than ever before. Armed assailants laid siege to two mosques in Lahore, capital of Punjab Province, where Ahmadis were praying and killed at least 80 people.
• Pakistani Taliban train men for Lahore attacks IRNA 30 May 2010 -- Militants, who attacked worship places of a minority sect and killed over 90 people in Pakistan’s Lahore city, received training in North Waziristan, a senior police officer said Saturday.
• Death Toll Reaches 140 in India Train Wreck Blamed on Maoists VOA 30 May 2010 -- Rescue workers in India recovered more bodies Sunday from the wreckage of a passenger train that derailed and was hit by a cargo train.

News Reports

• Jalili: US should choose either isolation or change IRNA 30 May 2010 -- Secretary of Supreme National Security Council Saeed Jalili said here Sunday that the US should choose one of the following alternatives: “Following the past wrong path and getting further isolated” or “undergoing change.”
• Iran expects positive response from Russia on nuclear fuel swap deal RIA Novosti 30 May 2010 -- Tehran hopes that Russia would take a positive stance on the recent trilateral deal to swap Iran's low-enriched uranium in Turkey, the Fars news agency quoted a foreign ministry spokesman as saying.
• Saakashvili claims victory for his party at Georgian elections RIA Novosti 30 May 2010 -- Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili congratulated his party on winning local elections on Sunday as exit polls showed a strong performance by the United National Movement in Tbilisi.
• Georgians Vote in First Election Since War VOA 30 May 2010 -- For the first time since Georgia fought a war with Russia nearly two years ago, the country is holding municipal elections. About 3.5 million Georgians are registered to vote.
• Colombia Votes for New President VOA 30 May 2010 -- Colombians are voting to choose a successor to popular President Alvaro Uribe, who has served the maximum two terms.