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• Taliban Vows to Disrupt Afghan Elections VOA 05 Sep 2010 -- The Taliban on Sunday announced plans to disrupt Afghanistan's parliamentary elections, scheduled for September 18.
• Georgian officer killed in Afghanistan RIA Novosti 05 Sep 2010 -- One Georgian army officer was killed on Sunday and another injured during an ISAF operation in Afghanistan, Georgia's Defense Ministry said.
• Western Withdrawal Date Brings Old Debate On Islamic Law Into Focus RFE/RL 05 Sep 2010 -- set to begin in July 2011 -- Nine years after the toppling of their hard-line regime, the Taliban are making a comeback in rural Afghanistan with their harsh system of justice and strict social controls.

Defense Policy / Programs

• US Troops Leave Millions in Unclaimed Back Pay VOA 05 Sep 2010 -- The U.S. military is having trouble giving bonus payments to troops who were involuntarily kept on duty after September 11, 2001.
• Former British Army Chief Blasts Blair, Brown for Inadequate War Funding VOA 05 Sep 2010 -- The former head of the British army has strongly criticized former Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown for letting British troops down in Iraq and Afghanistan by not adequately funding the two conflict efforts. Retired General Richard Dannatt makes the claim in his new book.
• Israeli defense minister heads to Russia for military talks RIA Novosti 05 Sep 2010 -- The Russian and Israeli defense ministers, Anatoly Serdyukov and Ehud Barak, are planning to sign on Monday an agreement on military cooperation between the countries during talks in Moscow, the Russian defense minister's spokeswoman has said.
• India successfully test-fires BrahMos missile IRNA 05 Sep 2010 -- India on Sunday Successfully test fired BrahMos cruise from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur off Orissa coast.
• India to develop missiles with speed of 6,000 kmph IRNA 05 Sep 2010 -- India will soon become the first country to have cruise missiles with hyper speed of over 6,000 km per hour, as an agreement for their joint development will be signed with Russia during the visit of President Dmitry Medvedev here in December.

Defense Industry

• Israel Aerospace Industries Completed Series of Successful Flight Tests of Colombian Air Force's Boeing 767 Air Refueling Aircraft Israel Aerospace Industries 05 Sep 2010 -- Itzhak Nissan, President and CEO of Israel Aerospace Industries: "We are proud to be working with such a distinguished customer as the Colombian Air Force, and are pleased to have been chosen to take on such critical projects as supplying and upgrading Kfir aircraft and supplying aerial refueling aircraft. These projects reflect IAI's strength and its integrative capabilities."

Other Conflicts

• Israeli PM Says Conditions Ripe for Peace VOA 05 Sep 2010 -- Israel is optimistic about new peace talks with the Palestinians despite deadly violence in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.
• Israeli airstrike hits Gaza RIA Novosti 05 Sep 2010 -- The Israeli Air Forces launched a series of airstrikes on Gaza in response to a rocket assault by Palestinian militants, the Israeli Defense Forces' press service said on Saturday.
• At Least Three Killed, Dozens Injured In Daghestan Suicide Bombing RFE/RL 05 Sep 2010 -- A suicide bomber today killed at least three soldiers and wounded dozens more at a military base in southern Daghestan.
• 5 Russian Soldiers Killed in Dagestan Suicide Bombing VOA 05 Sep 2010 -- A suicide bomber plowed his explosive-filled car into a military base in the Russian republic of Dagestan, but was stopped before he could reach an area where many soldiers were sleeping.
• Russian defense minister inspects site of Dagestan attack RIA Novosti 05 Sep 2010 -- Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov personally examined on Sunday the scene of the suicide bombing that killed three soldiers at a military firing range in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Dagestan.
• Five killed in N.Caucasus suicide car bombing RIA Novosti 05 Sep 2010 -- Five people were killed and over 30 injured in Sunday's attack on a military unit in the southern Russian republic of Dagestan, a law enforcement source reported.
• Thirteen injured in attack on military unit in N.Caucasus RIA Novosti 05 Sep 2010 -- Thirteen people were injured in an explosion in the republic of Dagestan in the North Caucasus, police said.
• Interview: 'I Am Quite Hopeful That A Win-Win Solution Is Possible' On Kosovo RFE/RL 05 Sep 2010 -- >There has been a flurry of diplomatic activity surrounding the issue of Kosovo, ahead of the UN General Assembly session this month in New York. Despite a recent ruling by the UN's highest court saying Kosovo's 2008 independence declaration did not violate international law, Serbia has submitted a draft resolution to the General Assembly that calls on the member states to revisit the issue of whether the declaration was legal.
• 6 Killed in Darfur Refugee Camp Violence VOA 05 Sep 2010 -- Peacekeepers in Sudan's Darfur region say at least six people have been killed during clashes at a refugee camp.

News Reports

• Iran reacts to Japan's sanctions IRNA 05 Sep 2010 -- Any country joining the sanction-imposing states club against Iran would deprive itself from making advantages of the country's high potentials, it was announced here Sunday.
• Spain's Basque Separatists Declare Cease-Fire VOA 05 Sep 2010 -- The Basque separatist group ETA has issued a video declaring a cease-fire.
• Moldova votes in referendum on direct presidential elections RIA Novosti 05 Sep 2010 -- People in the former Soviet republic of Moldova voted on Sunday in a referendum on whether the country's president should be directly elected, with turnout at around 18 percent with five hours of voting remaining.
• Moldovans Weigh In On Direct Presidential Vote RFE/RL 05 Sep 2010 -- most likely in November -- Moldovans have voted on a constitutional referendum on reestablishing direct presidential elections.
• YEMEN: Chewing your way to an early death IRIN 05 Sep 2010 -- The widespread daily ritual of chewing the amphetamine-rich leaf ‘qat’ is to blame for the growing number of mouth cancers in Yemen, according to local NGO National Foundation to Support Cancer Patients.