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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 28 Dec 2010 [PDF]
• Joint task force Airmen save lives in Iraq AFNS 28 Dec 2010 -- Airmen assigned to Combined Joint Task Force Troy are dedicated to countering improvised explosive devices and saving lives of Iraqi and joint forces conducting Operation New Dawn.
• Training helicopters to boost Iraqi Army skills Army News 28 Dec 2010 -- The recent arrival of three Bell T-407 training helicopters at Camp Taji, Iraq, will help to train qualified Iraqi Army pilots to operate and maintain the helicopters, as well as rapidly accelerate the fielding and utilization of Iraqi 407 Armed Scout Helicopters which are scheduled to be fielded here by the end of 2011.
• Airmen work side-by-side with Iraqi AAC members AFNS 28 Dec 2010 -- As part of efforts by U.S. officials in Iraq to continue strengthening a long-term partnership, Airmen assigned to the 721st Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron train, advise and assist members of the Iraqi Army Aviation Command with all helicopter operations here.
• Transcript: DOD News Briefing with Col. Luong via Teleconference from Afghanistan DoD 28 Dec 2010-- Presenter: Commander, Task Force Rakkasan and 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Col. Viet Luong
• Afghan, Coalition Forces Capture Haqqani Leader AFPS 28 Dec 2010 -- Afghan and coalition forces yesterday captured a Haqqani network leader during a security operation conducted in Khost province, military officials reported.
• Colonel Cites Measurable, But Fragile, Afghan Progress AFPS 28 Dec 2010 -- Measurable progress has been achieved in Afghanistan’s Khost and Paktia provinces, but it is fragile, Army Col. Viet Luong, commander of the American task force in the area, said today.
• 3/1 IBCT begins movement to Afghanistan - Brigade is the largest to deploy from Fort Knox since WW II Army News 28 Dec 2010 -- Under the watchful eyes of their commanders and noncommissioned officers, Soldiers of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, are heading overseas from Fort Knox, Ky. in numbers not seen here since the Second World War.
• Progress continues with ANP facility in Wardak Province Army News 28 Dec 2010 -- Steady but slower than expected progress continues at the new Afghanistan National Police Training Center in the Wardak Province, with expectations of the first class starting early March still in the plans.
• Drone Strikes Kill 15 in Pakistan VOA 28 Dec 2010 -- Pakistani authorities say suspected U.S. drone strikes killed at least 15 militants in the northwestern tribal region on Tuesday.
• Assassinations Mark Worsening Conflict In Balochistan RFE/RL 28 Dec 2010 -- Death tolls are rising in Pakistan's Balochistan Province, adding to fear that the low-level separatist conflict in the resource-rich region is worsening.
• National Guard Highlights Top 10 Missions of 2010 AFPS 28 Dec 2010 -- This year has been a busy one for members of the National Guard. Here’s a look at some of the National Guard’s most memorable missions and events in 2010:

Defense Policy / Programs

• KCNA on US Arms Modernization KCNA 28 Dec 2010 -- The US Defense Department recently released pamphlets on development of conventional task force.
• 386th AEW first with all-AF customs team AFNS 28 Dec 2010 -- Due to the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing's all-Air Force customs team, a first in the Air Force Central Command area of responsibility, a process that would usually require Airmen who are redeploying to stay confined to the passenger terminal for more than 14 hours was greatly reduced.
• Civilian Expeditionary Workforce prepares civilians for deployments Army News 28 Dec 2010 -- It is a familiar sight to any Soldier: people waiting in line for deployment processing. Seemingly endless queues as personnel move though the stations; medical, check; dental, check; finance, check. And on the process goes.
• U.S. Army Africa commander makes first visit to Algeria Army News 28 Dec 2010 -- U.S. Army Africa's commanding general met with Algerian military and government leaders in Algiers, Algeria, Dec. 5-7.
• ARRA Stimulus Package Is Success on Arsenal Island Army News 28 Dec 2010 -- New housing construction and other important projects on the Rock Island Arsenal has received funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, 2009.
• 1st Theater Sustainment Command Army News 28 Dec 2010 -- In October 1950, the 1st Logistical Command was activated as a planning headquarters at Fort McPherson. During the Berlin Crisis of 1951, the 1st Logistical Command deployed to France. The unit mission during this period was to organize a Base Logistics Command to supervise seven depots and area port operations in western and southwestern France.
• Antiterrorism Theme - Antiterrorism Awareness in Contracting Army News 28 Dec 2010
• DoD News: Senior Executive Service Announcements DoD 28 Dec 2010
• Russian Air Force receives new Su-34 fighter-bombers RIA Novosti 28 Dec 2010 -- Russia's Air Force received four new Su-34 Fullback fighter-bombers on Tuesday as part of its current modernization program, an Air Force spokesman said.
• Lithuanian defense minister says Russian-French warship deal 'mistake' RIA Novosti 28 Dec 2010 -- Lithuanian National Defense Minister Rasa Jukneviciene said France's decision to build Mistral-class helicopter carriers jointly with Russia was 'a mistake.'
• India, Lanka to develop defence cooperatiion, conduct Navy exercises IRNA 28 Dec 2010 -- India and Sri Lanka Tuesday decided on a series of measures to enhance defence cooperation between the two countries.

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for December 28, 2010

Other Conflicts

• KCNA on the Northern Limit Line KCNA 28 Dec 2010 -- Former State Secretary Kissinger and other former U.S. high-ranking officials recognized the illegality of the northern limit line.
• Repression of Reunification Champion in S. Korea KCNA 28 Dec 2010 -- In a recent trial the south Korean authorities demanded 10 years in prison and 10 years of suspension of qualifications for Rev. Han Sang Ryol.
• Ivory Coast President Threatens to Expel Ambassadors VOA 28 Dec 2010 -- The government of Ivory Coast's incumbent president, Laurent Gbagbo, says it will sever ties with countries that recognize envoys named by presidential challenger Alassane Ouattara.
• Mediators Finding No Progress in Ivory Coast Dispute VOA 28 Dec 2010 -- While the international community is pushing in many directions to have incumbent Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo step down, they are finding no success one month after a disputed election. Analysts now say the much anticipated and costly election may not have been the solution to the Ivorian problem the international community was hoping for.
• UN soldier injured as crowd attacks peacekeepers in Côte d’Ivoire UN News Centre 28 Dec 2010 -- A large crowd today attacked a three-vehicle convoy of the United Nations peacekeeping force in Côte d’Ivoire in the commercial capital of Abidjan, slashing one soldier with a machete and setting one of the vehicles on fire.
• African Presidents Urge Gbagbo to Resign VOA 28 Dec 2010 -- Three African heads of state are in Abidjan, on behalf of West African regional bloc ECOWAS, to urge incumbent Ivorian president, Laurent Gbagbo, to step down and bring a peaceful end to a violent, month-long, political power struggle.
• COTE D'IVOIRE: Political impasse sparks food price hikes IRIN 28 Dec 2010 -- While political rivals in Côte d’Ivoire trade barbs, diplomats make declarations and regional groups issue warnings, many Ivoirians are eating less so they can feed their children, as prices for basics like cooking oil, rice and flour climb, in some cases doubling.
• Sudan’s Comprehensive Peace Agreement: Success or Failure VOA 28 Dec 2010 -- Many analysts credit the CPA with bringing an end to two decades of civil war, which took over two million lives and left four million people homeless.
• SUDAN: Southern returnee deluge leaves aid workers in a quandary IRIN 28 Dec 2010 -- Build camps and run the risk of long-term dependence, or build nothing and watch basic needs grow: this is the dilemma facing aid workers in Southern Sudan amid an unexpectedly large deluge of people leaving the north of the country in the run-up to January’s secession referendum in the south.
• With restrictions lifted, UN and partners deliver assistance to displaced Darfuris UN News Centre 28 Dec 2010 -- The United Nations and other aid agencies today began providing vital humanitarian assistance to thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) sheltered outside the UN-African Union mission’s sites in Darfur now that restrictions have been lifted on all air and road movements to areas of recent fighting.
• Sudan: UN delivers ballots for independence referendum in south UN News Centre 28 Dec 2010 -- The United Nations has delivered ballots for more than 4 million voters in Southern Sudan for next month’s independence referendum, culminating a six-year peace process that ended two decades of civil war between the north and south.
• Lebanon: President Sleiman visits UN peacekeeping operations in south UN News Centre 28 Dec 2010 -- Lebanese President Michel Sleiman today reaffirmed his country’s “consensus” support for the United Nations peacekeeping operation that was strengthened in 2006 as part of the agreement that ended fighting between Israel and Hizbollah.
• UN refugee agency calls on Thailand not to forcibly return Myanmar nationals UN News Centre 28 Dec 2010 -- The United Nations refugee agency today urged Thailand not to forcibly return a group of some 166 Myanmar nationals who fled their country amid renewed fighting and are currently seeking temporary protection from the Royal Government.
• Rebels Attack Southern Senegal Village VOA 28 Dec 2010 -- Senegalese army spokesman, Colonel Abdourahim Kebe, said Monday that rebel fighters from the Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance launched an attack Sunday on a village near the Gambian border.

News Reports

• President Ahmadinejad: Iran ready to talk with G5+1 IRNA 28 Dec 2010 -- Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said here on Tuesday that the Islamic Republic of Iran is ready to hold talks in Istanbul, Brasilia and Tehran with Group 5+1.
• Date for Iran-G5+1 talks not yet fixed: FM spokesman IRNA 28 Dec 2010 -- Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said here on Tuesday that the date for Iran-G 5+1 meeting has not yet been fixed.
• Iran Hangs Man Accused of Spying for Israel VOA 28 Dec 2010 -- Iran says that it has hanged an Iranian man whom it claims was working for the Israeli spy agency Mossad. Iran's prosecutor's office also claims that he fed classified information about the country's missile systems, military bases and fighter jets.
• An MKO member, a Mossad agent executed at Tuesday dawn IRNA 28 Dec 2010 -- Terrorist Mojaehdin-e Khaloq Organization (MKO) member Ali Saremi and racist Zionist regime agent Ali-Akbar Siadat were hanged at Tehran's Evin Prison at dawn, Tuesday.
• British court to review alleged Russian 'spy' case in February RIA Novosti 28 Dec 2010 -- A British court will hold in February hearings on the deportation of alleged Russian spy Katia Zatuliveter, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.
• Russia expels two Spanish diplomats in 'spy' tit-for-tat RIA Novosti 28 Dec 2010 -- Russia has expelled two Spanish diplomats in response to the expulsion of two Russian diplomats from Madrid seven weeks ago, the Spanish daily El Pais said on Tuesday.
• Russia Rejects US, European Criticism of Khodorkovsky Conviction VOA 28 Dec 2010 -- The Russian government has lashed out at U.S. and European governments over Western criticism of the conviction of former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky on embezzlement and money laundering charges.
• Russia Criticizes Western Pressure Over Khodorkovsky RFE/RL 28 Dec 2010 -- Russia's Foreign Ministry has described as "unacceptable" what it says are attempts to influence the trial of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, following Western criticism of the former oil tycoon's conviction for embezzlement and money laundering.
• Russia Rejects Criticism of Khodorkovsky Trial VOA 28 Dec 2010 -- Russia has rejected U.S.and European criticism of the embezzlement and money laundering conviction of Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
• Belarus Gets New Prime Minister Amid Growing Criticism VOA 28 Dec 2010 -- Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Tuesday gathered together new political allies in the face of Western criticism of his government's assault on opposition figures and independent journalists.
• Controversy brewing over French plan to build N-plant in India IRNA 28 Dec 2010 -- Controversy is once again brewing over the plan to build a mega nuclear power plant in Jaitapur in Maharashtra with the state government rubbishing the concerns raised by the opposition and environmentalists over the safety of the French project.
• Relations Between Turkey, Israel Blowing Cold VOA 28 Dec 2010 -- Tensions between former close allies Turkey and Israel have flared up again, with the Turkish foreign minister accusing the Israeli government of not being sincere in wanting to resolve current bilateral tensions. Relations all but collapsed last May, when Israeli forces killed nine Turks when they seized a ship, the Mavi Marmara, which was seeking to break Israel's economic blockade of Gaza. Emotions continue to run high over the deaths.
• Ukraine's ex-interior minister transferred to regular prison RIA Novosti 28 Dec 2010 -- Ukraine's former interior minister Yuriy Lutsenko, who was arrested for abuse of office last weekend, has been transferred to one of the country's oldest prisons, Ombudswoman Nina Karpachyova said on Tuesday.