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08 September 2010 Military News

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  • Secretary Clinton Remarks on United States Foreign Policy, September 8, 2010 US Dept. of State 08 Sep 2010
  • Clinton: Obama Foreign Policy Yielding Dividends VOA 08 Sep 2010 -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the Obama administration's foreign policy strategy of rebuilding alliances and applying so-called soft power is beginning to yield dividends. But Clinton warned that mounting government debt is beginning to erode U.S. power abroad.

  • Battle colors fly during rededication ceremony USMC News 08 Sep 2010 -- Hundreds of Marines and spectators gathered at the Marine Air Control Group 38 Headquarters building to gaze at the unit’s Battle Colors Rededication Ceremony here Sept. 1.
  • Fuel for thought: MWSS-373 makes aviation possible USMC News 08 Sep 2010 -- As four F/A-18D Hornets roar and fly across the sky, one can not help but marvel at their grace and power; what is truly marvelous, however, are the Marines behind the scenes who make it possible for those birds to fly.
  • Pacific Aviation Museum Prepares Ford Island Air Tower for Renovation Navy NewsStand 08 Sep 2010 -- Leaders from the Pacific Aviation Museum (PAM) and Commander, Navy Region Hawaii signed a lease for the Ford Island air control tower and observation deck during a ceremony on historic Ford Island Sept. 2.
  • Navy SAPR Members Conduct Communication Exercise in Rota Navy NewsStand 08 Sep 2010 -- The Regional Legal Service Office at Naval Station Rota, Spain, held a table-top exercise to simulate official command responses for sexual assault allegations and reporting procedures Sept. 2 at Naval Station (NAVSTA) Rota.
  • Navy Announces Updates to Selective Reenlistment Bonus Navy NewsStand 08 Sep 2010 -- Changes to selective reenlistment bonus (SRB) award levels were announced in NAVADMIN 300/10 for active duty and Reserve full-time support Sailors, which are scheduled to take effect Oct. 1.
  • Republic of Philippines Citizens Tour USS George Washington in Manila Navy NewsStand 08 Sep 2010 -- USS George Washington's (CVN 73) crew gave local residents a glimpse of life aboard the Navy's only permanently forward-deployed nuclear aircraft carrier Sept. 5-7 through tours open to the public as part of the ship's four-day port visit to Manila, Philippines.
  • Uruguayan armed forces train with rescue reservists AFNS 08 Sep 2010 -- Ten members of the Uruguayan armed forces visited Air Force Reserve Command's 920th Rescue Wing here Aug. 29 through Sept. 2 to get hands-on rescue orientation and training.
  • ACC commander visits Ellsworth, talks hot topics AFNS 08 Sep 2010 -- The commander of Air Combat Command visited here Aug. 31 through Sept. 2, and met with Airmen to show his appreciation for their work and answer their questions.
  • Air support squadron updates urban warfare capabilities USMC News 08 Sep 2010 -- Marines from Marine Air Support Squadron 2, Marine Air Control Group 18, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force, recently deployed to Camp Fuji at the base of Mount Fuji, Japan. The ten-day training evolution was designed to fulfill the Marine Corps' Basic Skills Training requirement; refresh the Marines in the fundamentals of urban warfare and re-familiarize Marines with the capabilities and limitations of the various weapons systems used.
  • CROWS land on vehicles, keep Soldiers safe Army News 08 Sep 2010 -- Technology makes life easier. In the Army, technological advances sometimes serve to protect human life. One of the most dangerous positions in the Army is the convoy gunner, but technology has found a way to keep gunners safe.
  • MEDFLAG 10 medical training exercise under way in Kinshasa Army News 08 Sep 2010 -- U.S. Armed Forces along with the Armed Forces of Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) held an opening ceremony Sept. 6 at the Command and Staff College in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, to signify the start of MEDFLAG 10, a joint medical exercise.
  • MASS-2 Marines ascend in training USMC News 08 Sep 2010 -- Marines from Marine Air Support Squadron 2, Marine Air Control Group 18, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force, recently deployed to Camp Fuji at the base of Mount Fuji, Japan. The ten-day training evolution was designed to fulfill the Marine Corps' Basic Skills Training requirement; refresh the Marines in the fundamentals of urban warfare and re-familiarize Marines with the capabilities and limitations of the various weapons systems used.

  • Russia: Missile Tests to Resume Within Weeks VOA 08 Sep 2010 -- Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov says tests are set to resume this month on a submarine-launched ballistic missile that has failed repeatedly in earlier trials.
  • Bulava tests to resume in late September - defense minister RIA Novosti 08 Sep 2010 -- Test launches of Russia's Bulava submarine launched ballistic missile will resume in late September, Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said on Wednesday.
  • Russian, foreign companies to take part in helicopter carrier tender RIA Novosti 08 Sep 2010 -- Both Russian and foreign companies will participate in a tender for the construction of helicopter carriers for the Russian Navy, Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said on Wednesday.
  • Russia to reorganize military command structure RIA Novosti 08 Sep 2010 -- The central commands of Russia's Air Force, Navy and Ground Forces will be retained but some of their functions will be transferred to integrated strategic commands, Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said on Wednesday.

  • China hopes for 'healthy' military ties with U.S. - top official RIA Novosti 08 Sep 2010 -- China is interested in pursuing "healthy" military cooperation with the United States, the vice chairman of the Chinese Central Military Commission said on Wednesday, as Beijing seeks to patch up ties with Washington.

  • India to probe Army officer's death who knew about fake encounters IRNA 08 Sep 2010 -- Four years after the mysterious death of a decorated army officer, who had allegedly committed suicide during his posting in Kashmir in 2006, the Indian ministry of defence accepted the request from deceased captain’s family to inquire into the matter.

  • September 8, 2010 - U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing US Dept. of State 08 Sep 2010
  • Press Gaggle by Press Secretary Robert Gibbs aboard Air Force One en route Cleveland, Ohio The White House 08 Sep 2010

Defense Industry

Other Conflicts

  • 8 September 2010 - Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General United Nations 08 Sep 2010

  • Commentary: Can Serbia Move Beyond Kosovo? RFE/RL 08 Sep 2010 -- Shortly before he was assassinated in March 2003, Serbia's reform-minded Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic indicated that he wanted to solve the Kosovo problem. But so far, no Serbian leader who came after him has had the vision or the courage to do so.
  • Transdnestr rejects Moldova's accusations of peacekeeping inefficiency RIA Novosti 08 Sep 2010 -- The foreign minister of Moldova's breakaway region of Transdnestr rejected on Wednesday accusations by the Moldovan authorities that the peacekeeping operation in the region is inefficient.
  • UN mission in DR Congo prolongs special patrols to deter attacks against civilians UN News Centre 08 Sep 2010 -- The United Nations peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today said it was extending by another week an operation designed to enhance the protection of civilians in the eastern areas of the country where members of illegal armed groups raped some 240 people recently.
  • Liberia: UN envoy says further progress needed to consolidate fragile peace UN News Centre 08 Sep 2010 -- While the overall security situation in Liberia is stable, it also continues to be fragile, and further progress is needed in a number of areas to truly consolidate the peace, the top United Nations envoy to the West African nation said today.
  • Secretary-General concludes visit to Rwanda to discuss human rights report UN News Centre 08 Sep 2010 -- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today concluded a visit to Rwanda during which he spoke with President Paul Kagame and other Government officials about their concerns regarding the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) human rights report compiled by the United Nations.
  • Iran, Israel 'Meet' at Lebanon's Border VOA 08 Sep 2010 -- The revived Middle East Peace talks are focused exclusively on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. But there are other key actors in the search for an overall peace between Israel and its neighbors.
  • Saakashvili hails UN resolution on Georgian refugees RIA Novosti 08 Sep 2010 -- The UN resolution recognizing the rights of refugees from Georgia's breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia to return to their homes is a diplomatic victory for the country, President Mikheil Saakashvili said on Wednesday.
  • UN welcomes agreement on final voters’ list in Côte d'Ivoire UN News Centre 08 Sep 2010 -- The agreement reached on the final list of voters for next month’s long-delayed presidential polls signals a major breakthrough in Côte d'Ivoire’s electoral process, the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the West African nation said today.
  • Israeli Settlers Pressure Leadership on West Bank Settlements VOA 08 Sep 2010 -- Israeli and Palestinian negotiators are under pressure from extremists on both sides who want peace talks to fail. Hamas - the militant Islamist group that rules the Gaza Strip and has publically called for the elimination of Israel - claimed responsibility for the shooting deaths of four Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank shortly before the start of the direct negotiations in what was seen as an attempt to derail the talks. West Bank settlers, meanwhile, responded by resuming construction inside settlements, despite a building freeze.
  • OXFAM: Recent Mass Rapes in Eastern DRC Now Number 500 VOA 08 Sep 2010 -- The aid organization OXFAM says the number of women, children and even men who were raped recently in the Eastern DRC is now about 500. That’s about double the figure currently being used by the United Nations.
  • No Easy Solution for Peace in Somalia VOA 08 Sep 2010 -- In Somalia, militant Islamist threats last month to launch a final war against the United Nations-backed government in Mogadishu have been followed by renewed fighting that has killed hundreds more in the besieged city. Questions are being raised as to whether the transitional government and its international backers have a plan and are moving toward a solution that could help end the conflict.

News Reports

  • Fidel Castro Calls on Iran to Stop Slandering Jews VOA 08 Sep 2010 -- In an interview with a U.S. magazine, former Cuban Leader Fidel Castro has called on Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to, in his words, "stop slandering the Jews."
  • Castro Criticizes Iranian President Over Anti-Semitism RFE/RL 08 Sep 2010 --Former Cuban revolutionary and President Fidel Castro has been quoted as criticizing Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad for espousing anti-Semitic attitudes and denying the Holocaust.

  • Republic of Korea's Implementation of UNSCR 1929 US Dept. of State 08 Sep 2010 -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Joint Statement With Treasury Secretary Timothy
  • MPs dismiss Amano’s report on Iran nuclear program, political IRNA 08 Sep 2010 -- A group of Iranian members of parliament on Wednesday dismissed a report issued by Director-General of International Atomic Energy Agency Yukiya Amano on Iran’s nuclear program as political, lacking technical specifications.
  • Rumors of Mottaki’s resignation denied IRNA 08 Sep 2010 -- Rumors of the resignation of Iran’s Foreign Minister were rejected.
  • Majlis vice-speaker criticizes IAEA new report on Iran IRNA 08 Sep 2010 -- Majlis Vice-Speaker Hojatoleslam Mohammad-Hassan Aboutorabi-Fard here on Wednesday urged the UN nuclear watchdog to issue a transparent and clear report on Iran’s peaceful nuclear activities.
  • Iran has enough enriched uranium to produce nuclear bomb - paper RIA Novosti 08 Sep 2010 -- Iran already has enough enriched uranium to produce a nuclear bomb and is still continuing its enrichment process, Russian business daily Kommersant said, citing experts and the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) report.
  • South Korea Imposes Sanctions on Iran VOA 08 Sep 2010 -- South Korea is the latest country to impose independent sanctions on Iran for its nuclear program. The announcement comes after weeks of internal government discussions and pressure by the United States.

  • Pakistani flood emergency still unfolding, UN relief chief warns during visit UN News Centre 08 Sep 2010 -- With millions of homes and livelihoods in flood-hit Pakistan washed away, disease spreading in affected areas and large swathes of the country still under water, the top United Nations relief official today warned that the emergency there is not yet over.
  • PAKISTAN: Minorities test aid impartiality IRIN 08 Sep 2010 -- People have been turned away from relief camps set up for flood victims in Pakistan mostly due to a lack of space, but in some instances decisions on who gets aid appear to have been affected by religious or ethnic discrimination.
  • Frustration Grips Parts of Flood-Ravaged Pakistan VOA 08 Sep 2010 -- More angry flood victims in southern Pakistan have turned against the country's government, looting a convoy loaded with supplies.

  • Clinton Criticizes Planned Quran Burning VOA 08 Sep 2010 -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has called plans by a small Florida evangelical church to burn copies of the Koran on September 11 a "disrespectful, disgraceful act."
  • Vatican Condemns Planned Quran Burning in US VOA 08 Sep 2010 -- The Vatican says plans by a small American evangelical church to burn copies of the Quran on September 11 would be an "outrageous and grave gesture."

  • New York Imam Says Islamic Center Will Proceed VOA 08 Sep 2010 -- The U.S. imam leading plans for an Islamic center near the site of the September 11 terrorist attacks in New York says the project will continue.

  • Ban urges wider global partnerships to implement UN anti-terrorism strategy UN News Centre 08 Sep 2010 -- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is urging stronger partnerships between the United Nations, governments, regional organizations and civil society in an effort to implement provisions of the UN global strategy against terrorism to enhance international peace and security.

  • Trial Begins in Philippines Political Massacre Case VOA 08 Sep 2010 -- In the Philippines, the first trial of men suspected of massacring 57 people has begun.
  • Is There A Civil War Within WikiLeaks? RFE/RL 08 Sep 2010 -- What the heck is going on inside WikiLeaks? On the one side, the organization’s founder, architect, and editor, Julian Assange, is being investigated for, well, some kind of sexual misconduct in Sweden. On the other side, an important political ally of the organization, Icelandic parliamentarian Birgitta Jonsdottir, has told "The Daily Beast" that Assange should “step aside” as the organization’s public spokesperson until the criminal case is resolved
  • Despite progress since quake, Haiti still threatened by unrest, Ban warns UN News Centre 08 Sep 2010 -- Eight months after the catastrophic earthquake, Haiti has fended off a second-wave disaster of epidemics and unrest, but the impoverished nation’s political, social and economic situation will remain fragile, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says in a new report.
  • Russia seeks to maintain balanced relations with Armenia, Azerbaijan RIA Novosti 08 Sep 2010 -- In less than a fortnight after Russia signed a deal with Armenia Russian president Dmitry Medvedev heads to Baku to discuss the urgent issues with the Azerbaijani government. Some experts believe that this highest level visit is aimed at soothing the effect of Russian-Armenian military agreement. Political analyst Viktor Nadein-Rayevsky, a senior fellow of the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of World Economy and International Relations, shared his views on the situation in the South Caucasus.
  • Tymoshenko vows to continue 'purge' of Ukrainian opposition ranks RIA Novosti 08 Sep 2010 -- Ukraine's former prime minister and current opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko has pledged to continue strengthening the opposition by "purging" it of "weak" members.



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