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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 27 Dec 2010 [PDF]
• At Least 12 People Killed in Iraq Suicide Bombings VOA 27 Dec 2010 -- Back-to-back suicide-bombings in Iraq's Anbar province capital of Ramadi Monday have caused more than a dozen casualties. Iraqi TV says the target of the explosions was a government complex and that many of the victims were policemen.
• Coalition Reports Progress in Afghanistan, UN Data Paint Bleaker Picture VOA 27 Dec 2010 -- NATO says coalition forces have made significant progress in recent weeks in tackling the Taliban-insurgency. But confidential U.N. maps released by a prominent U.S. newspaper suggest security has deteriorated in parts of the country this year.
• Afghan Car Bomb Kills 3 in Kandahar VOA 27 Dec 2010 -- Police in southern Afghanistan say a car bomb exploded in the center of Kandahar city Monday, killing three people and wounding at least 26 others.
• New fuel system enhances Bagram's refueling capabilities AFNS 27 Dec 2010 -- Airmen from the 455th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron Fuel Management Flight used a new fuel delivery system Dec. 21 that will change the way large aircraft are refueled here.
• NATO Condemns Suicide Attack in Afghanistan AFPS 27 Dec 2010 -- NATO’s International Security Assistance Force joined Afghan President Hamid Karzai in condemning today’s insurgent suicide attack that killed at least one civilian in Kandahar City, military officials reported.
• Medvedev signs Afghan transit deal with France into law RIA Novosti 27 Dec 2010 -- President Dmitry Medvedev has signed a law on the ratification of a Russian-French intergovernmental agreement on the transit of military equipment and personnel from Afghanistan via Russia, the Kremlin said on Monday.
• USS Doyle, Coast Guard Law Enforcement Team Seize Cocaine Shipment NNS 27 Dec 2010 -- A U.S. Coast Guard boarding team and Navy crew members operating from the USS Doyle (FFG 39) discovered more than 600 kilos of cocaine during counter-illicit trafficking (CIT) operations in the U.S. 4th Fleet (C4F) Area of Responsibility Dec. 6.
• National Guard Responds to East Coast Storm AFPS 27 Dec 2010 -- As of 8 a.m. today, 430 National Guard members had been activated in response to an East Coast winter storm that left as much as 2 feet of snow in some areas and prompted six governors to activate their National Guard.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Gates to Travel to China AFPS 27 Dec 2010 -- Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates will travel to China from Jan. 9 to 12, and then to Japan Jan. 13 and 14. He'll also make a stop in South Korea on Jan. 14, according to defense officials.
• Maritime Civil Affairs, Security Training Command works with Royal Cambodian Navy NNS 27 Dec 2010 -- Maritime Civil Affairs and Security Training (MCAST) Command deployed mobile training teams (MTTs) to Cambodia throughout 2010 to provide leadership training and assist in the implementation of a training management system for the Royal Cambodian Navy's (RCN) first class of new recruits.
• NATO program enhances multinational tactical operations AFNS 27 Dec 2010 -- This year, six pilots from the 480th Fighter Squadron here completed Allied Command Europe's Tactical Leadership Program at Albacete-Los Llanos Air Base, Spain, for the first time.
• Nellis hosts joint explosive detection training exercise for local canine units AFNS 27 Dec 2010 -- Military working dog handlers from the 99th Security Forces Squadron here worked with 25 canine teams from Las Vegas during an explosive detection training exercise here recently.
• Ellsworth weather wizards are on the job 24/7 AFNS 27 Dec 2010 -- When the weather outside is frightful, Airmen at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., look to official guidance to keep them safe during these conditions.
• PTSD/TBI treatment: Sooner is better Army News 27 Dec 2010 -- The most important thing we can do for Soldiers exposed to the trauma of battle is to get them the proper care they need-right away, said Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Peter W. Chiarelli.
• Runway repair team keeps airlift moving AFNS 27 Dec 2010 -- Senior Airman Jacob Cleer wrestles his 30-pound jackhammer into place and begins pounding the pavement on one of two landing strips at an air base here.
• Military trends: barriers and cooperation RIA Novosti 27 Dec 2010 -- People enjoy taking stock and such a tangible threshold as the turn of a decade is a wonderful opportunity to reflect on past achievements and look to the future. The development of military hardware and technology in the past decade provides enough material to see certain tendencies.
• Russia's upper house may ratify New START treaty on Jan. 26 RIA Novosti 27 Dec 2010 -- Russia's upper house of parliament, the Federation Council, may ratify the new U.S.-Russian arms reduction deal on January 26, a top Russian senator said on Monday.
• Taiwan has high rate of trainer plane crashes: official CNA 27 Dec 2010 -- The incidence of crashes involving T-34 Mentor airplanes during regular training missions is "relatively higher" in Taiwan compared with other countries, Air Force Chief of Staff Wang Cheng-hsiao said Monday.
• Taiwan will pay fair price for U.S. helicopters: official CNA 27 Dec 2010 -- Taiwan will not have to pay more than other countries to purchase U.S.-made UH-60M helicopters, Deputy Defense Minister Chao Shih-chang assured lawmakers Monday.
• Nearly 80% of Taiwanese will voluntarily defend country: poll CNA 27 Dec 2010 -- Deputy Defense Minister Chao Shih-chang on Monday confirmed the results of a poll that showed 76.5 percent of respondents will voluntarily fight for their country if it comes under military threat.
• Indian Defence Secretary in Sril Lanka to mull defence cooperation IRNA 27 Dec 2010 -- Indian Defence Secretary Pradeep Kumar arrived in Colombo on Monday to discuss ways to develop defence cooperation with Sri Lankan officials.
• December 27, 2010 - U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing US Dept. of State 27 Dec 2010

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for December 27, 2010

Other Conflicts

• South Korean President Calls for Unity to Thwart Further Attacks by North VOA 27 Dec 2010 -- Lee made the statement in his final biweekly radio address of the year, Monday. The president called for national unity, saying North Korea looks for division in the South as an opportunity to attack.
• Israeli Defense Minister Says Turkey Tensions Must Ease VOA 27 Dec 2010 -- Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Monday that Israel stands to gain by reducing tensions with Turkey.
• Abbas: Palestinians Serious About Peace Deal VOA 27 Dec 2010 -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Sunday that Palestinians have not given up on peace negotiations with Israel.
• UN peacekeeping chief arrives in Côte d'Ivoire, confers with president-elect UN News Centre 27 Dec 2010 -- The head of the United Nations peacekeeping operations arrived in Côte d'Ivoire today and met president-elect Alassane Ouattara, while stressing his department's support for the UN mission in the West Africa country, which has plunged into political uncertainty following the outgoing leader's refusal to stand down after losing the election.
• Ivory Coast Strike Call Goes Unheeded VOA 27 Dec 2010 -- Most workers in Ivory Coast's main city Abidjan have ignored a call to strike to force incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo from power.
• Gbagbo Makes His Case to French Media VOA 27 Dec 2010 -- In interviews with two leading French newspapers, Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo accused France and the United States of plotting to remove him. The accusation comes as supporters of Ivory Coast presidential contender Alassane Ouattara on Monday peacefully took control of their country's Paris embassy after loyalists of Gbagbo departed.
• NEPAL: Resettlement of Bhutanese refugees gathers momentum IRIN 27 Dec 2010 -- When most of Bhutan’s ethnic-Nepali minority fled their country in the early 1990s, most assumed they would eventually return. But nearly two decades on, this refugee population, which once numbered more than 110,000, has all but abandoned hope of repatriation.
• Japan rejects Russian proposal for joint Kurils economic zone RIA Novosti 27 Dec 2010 -- Japan has rejected a proposal by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to create a joint economic zone on the disputed Kuril Islands, Japan's Deputy Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto said on Monday.
• Nigerian Police Dispatched to Jos in Effort to Control Violence VOA 27 Dec 2010 -- Nigerian authorities have deployed additional armed riot police to the city of Jos, where clashes broke out Sunday, two days after bombings that killed 32 people. Authorities say the situation is under control and government officials are calling for calm.

News Reports

• Bagheri: Scientists' assassination sign of enemies' desperation IRNA 27 Dec 2010 -- A senior Iranian official said here on Monday that assassination of Iranian nuclear scientists shows enemies' desperation.
• Khodorkovsky, Lebedev Found Guilty In Second Trial, Await Sentencing RFE/RL 27 Dec 2010 -- A court in Moscow has found jailed oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his business partner, Platon Lebedev, guilty of stealing billions of dollars of oil from their own company in a second trial many said was a test of the country's authoritarian regime.
• Khodorkovsky, Lebedev found guilty of embezzlement in second trial RIA Novosti 27 Dec 2010 -- Former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his business partner Platon Lebedev were declared guilty at the culmination of their second new trial in Moscow's Khamovniki court on Monday.
• Khodorkovsky's guilty verdict 'no surprise,' but too early to 'scream bloody murder' - experts RIA Novosti 27 Dec 2010 -- Japan has rejected a proposal by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to create a joint economic zone on the disputed Kuril Islands, Japan's Deputy Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto said on Monday.
• Russian Oil Tycoon Khodorkovsky Found Guilty of Money Laundering VOA 27 Dec 2010 -- Former Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky has been found guilty of embezzlement at his politically charged second trial in Moscow. The judge ruled that Khodorkovsky and his business partner Platon Lebedev were guilty of stealing from their firm Yukos and laundering the proceeds.
• As Russia Claims Democracy, Is It Redefining The Word? RFE/RL 27 Dec 2010 -- As a new decade begins, is Russia ready to go beyond being a hyphenated democracy to becoming a real one? One might think so, listening to President Dmitry Medvedev's keynote democracy speech this year. The occasion was the Yaroslavl Global Policy Forum in September, where he argued forcefully that Russia fully subscribed to the universal standards of democracy. He said that if Russia fell short of those standards, it was only because democracy is still new in the country.
• More Join List Of Former Ukrainian Officials In Trouble With Law RFE/RL 27 Dec 2010 -- Yuriy Lutsenko went out on December 26 to walk his dog near his apartment in Kyiv. Instead, the former Ukrainian interior minister found himself bundled into a car by Ukrainian Security Service officers and taken to jail. He faces charges of abuse of office and embezzling state funds and was today ordered held for two months.
• Ukrainian court sanctions arrest of ex-interior minister Lutsenko RIA Novosti 27 Dec 2010 -- The Pechyorsky Court of Kiev officially sanctioned on Monday the arrest of former interior minister Yuriy Lutsenko, who is suspected of abusing his power of office.
• Tymoshenko to be questioned by Ukrainian prosecutors Dec. 29 RIA Novosti 27 Dec 2010 -- Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko has been summoned again for questioning at the Prosecutor General's Office on December 29.
• Otunbaeva Says Kyrgyzstan Now 'Cleaning Things Up' RFE/RL 27 Dec 2010 -- When Kyrgyz opposition leader Roza Otunbaeva rose to the helm of her country’s government following the April overthrow of former President Kurmanbek Bakiev, she came sporting a squeaky clean political reputation.
• Russia launches European telecoms satellite RIA Novosti 27 Dec 2010 -- Russia's Proton-M delivery vehicle lifted off early on Monday from the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan, carrying a European telecommunications satellite Ka-Sat on board.