11 July 2010 Military News

Militant attacks kill at least 15 civilians in Afghanistan RIA Novosti 11 Jul 2010 -- Militant attacks have killed at least 15 civilians in Afghanistan's volatile east and south, the local authorities said on Sunday.

PAKISTAN: IDPs reluctant to return IRIN 11 Jul 2010 -- An ongoing UN survey of internally displaced persons from various conflicted-affected parts of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), adjacent to the Afghan border, has found that the main reasons they do not want to return are insecurity, damaged assets and a lack of employment opportunities.

1/7 arrives in Okinawa to join 31st MEU USMC News 11 Jul 2010 -- Marines assigned to 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment arrived in Okinawa to be deployed with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit.
Fleet Survey Team Demonstrates Capabilities in Indonesia Navy NewsStand 11 Jul 2010 -- Four members of the Navy's Fleet Survey Team returned from Indonesia where they held an expeditionary hydrography demonstration.

Russian destroyer to join UN anti-piracy mission off Somalia next week RIA Novosti 11 Jul 2010 -- Russia's Admiral Levchenko destroyer will join a UN anti-piracy mission off the coast of Somalia at the start of next week, a spokesman for the Defense Ministry said on Sunday.

India allocates $11 bln to build six new submarines - paper RIA Novosti 11 Jul 2010 -- India's Defense Acquisitions Council has approved the allocation of over 500 billion rupees ($11 billion) for the construction of six new-generation diesel-electric submarines for the Indian Navy in a record military deal, The Times of India reported on Sunday.

Israel Warns Aid Ship Not to Sail to Gaza VOA 11 Jul 2010 -- More than a month after Israel's deadly flotilla raid, another aid ship is sailing toward the blockaded Palestinian-ruled Gaza Strip.
Israeli PM: Mideast Peace Deal Unlikely by 2012 VOA 11 Jul 2010 -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he does not envision a negotiated Middle East peace settlement within the next two years, despite his Palestinian counterpart's intention to set up the institutions for a state by 2011.
Hezbollah says has list of targets in Israel RIA Novosti 11 Jul 2010 -- Hezbollah has a list of military targets inside Israel which will be hit in case of a new war, Sheik Nabil Kaouk, Hezbollah commander in South Lebanon, said on Sunday.

Darfur: conflict claimed more than 200 lives in June, UN-African mission reports UN News Centre 11 Jul 2010 -- The joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping mission in Darfur today reported that 221 people lost their lives in the war-torn Sudanese region due to armed conflict and criminality in June, the vast majority of deaths being attributed to inter-tribal fighting.
Colombian Forces Kill 12 Leftist Rebels in Raid VOA 11 Jul 2010 -- Colombian forces have killed 12 leftist rebels in an attack on fighters assigned to protect Alfonso Cano, leader of Colombia's main rebel group, the FARC.
Peacekeepers: 221 Killed in Sudan's Darfur in June VOA 11 Jul 2010 -- International peacekeepers said Sunday that 221 people have been killed in Sudan's volatile Darfur region in June.

Yemen Court Upholds al-Qaida Death Sentences VOA 11 Jul 2010 -- An appeals court in Yemen has upheld death sentences against four members of an al-Qaida cell convicted of attacks on government and Western targets.

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