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09 March 2011 Military News

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  • 9 March 2011 - Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General United Nations 09 Mar 2011

  • Libyan Rebels Consolidate Gains as Terror Grips Capital VOA 09 Mar 2011 -- Libyan rebels reinforced a key oil port Thursday following new airstrikes launched by leader Moammar Gadhafi while residents in the capital, Tripoli, reported constant surveillance, searches by armed militiamen and disappearances of those involved in protests.
  • UN refugee chief urges sustained relief effort as Libya fighting worsens UN News Centre 09 Mar 2011 -- The United Nations refugee chief today called on the international community to forge ahead with humanitarian efforts as fighting in Libya escalates and people continue to flee the North African nation by the thousands.
  • Libyan Government, Rebels Lobby for International Support VOA 09 Mar 2011 -- With a military stalemate apparent on the front lines in Libya between pro-Gadhafi groups and the opposition, the war of words has taken center stage.
  • US Stresses Next Steps on Libya Must be Coordinated VOA 09 Mar 2011 -- Members of President Barack Obama's national security team met Wednesday as the president considered future steps on the situation in Libya. Mr. Obama is not ready to take specific action, which aides says will require agreement among international partners.
  • Analyst: Gadhafi’s Diplomatic Efforts Failing VOA 09 Mar 2011 -- A Benghazi-based Libyan political activist says embattled leader Moammar Gadhafi’s diplomatic efforts will amount to nothing saying Gadhafi has lost legitimacy to rule the country after what he described as his four-decade long repressive dictatorship.
  • Turkey Opposes Sanctions Against Libya, Contradicting its Western Allies VOA 09 Mar 2011 -- Pro-government forces in Libya are escalating their attacks on rebel forces. The increasing violence is fueling talk for tough sanctions and the enforcement of a no-fly zone against Libya and its leader, Moammar Gadhafi, both in the European Union and the United States. But Turkey, an EU applicant and NATO member, is voicing strong opposition to such moves.
  • Pro-Qaddafi Troops Keep Up Pressure On Libya's Opposition Forces RFE/RL 09 Mar 2011 -- Heavy fighting is continuing in Libya today as pro-government troops try to keep up pressure on opposition forces who have seized strategic areas to the east and west of the capitol, Tripoli.
  • Pro-Gaddafi forces strike rebel-held oil terminal RIA Novosti 09 Mar 2011 -- Forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi have launched further air strikes on a major oil export terminal held by rebels, Al Jazeera said on Wednesday.
  • Rebels say cannot repel Gaddafi tanks RIA Novosti 09 Mar 2011 -- Forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi have begun using tanks and artillery to fight rebels, who say they lack weapons to fight the army.
  • Libyan opposition urges EU to recognize rebel national council RIA Novosti 09 Mar 2011 -- The European Union should recognize Libya's national council, formed by rebels in the east of the country, as the legitimate ruling body, the head of the council's crisis committee said on Wednesday.
  • Gaddafi warns of Al Qaeda threat RIA Novosti 09 Mar 2011 -- Libya is confronting an attempt by the Al Qaeda terrorist network to destabilize the situation there and in another Arab countries, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi claimed on Wednesday in an interview with the Turkish TRT media holding.
  • Italy pledges support for any sanctions against Libya RIA Novosti 09 Mar 2011 -- Italy is ready to contribute to any action taken against Libya and back any decisions by the UN, EU or NATO, Italian President Giorgio Napolitano said on Wednesday.
  • Libyan Warplanes Strike Oil Facility in Rebel-Held Town VOA 09 Mar 2011 -- Libyan government warplanes have struck an oil facility near the rebel-held eastern town of Ras Lanuf during a heavy bombardment aimed at driving out opposition forces trying to topple Libya's leader Moammar Gadhafi.
  • Despite Government Strikes, Rebel-Held Areas Hold On in Libya VOA 09 Mar 2011 -- Libyan government forces are keeping up their offensive on rebel-held areas, including with an air strike Wednesday on a key oil storage facility. Even as the military momentum appears to be swinging back to the government, many in the rebel-held areas are getting on with life without Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.

  • Parties to Western Sahara dispute conclude another round of UN-convened talks UN News Centre 09 Mar 2011 -- Representatives of the parties to the Western Sahara dispute, Morocco and the Frente Polisario, today wrapped up another round of talks, during which both sides continued to reject each other’s proposal as a sole basis for future negotiations, United Nations envoy Christopher Ross said.
  • Top UN aid official stresses need for civilian protection in DR Congo UN News Centre 09 Mar 2011 -- The United Nations humanitarian chief today voiced concern over violence against civilians in parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) affected by conflict and stressed the need to continue to provide relief to those in need in the African country.
  • Ban calls on Lebanon and Israel to fulfil obligations and consolidate stability UN News Centre 09 Mar 2011 -- Lebanon’s paralysis over forming a government has prevented progress in implementing some of its key obligations in the United Nations resolution that ended the fighting between Israel and Hizbollah in 2006, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says in his latest report on the issue.
  • Philippines Prepares for Next Phase of Peace Talks VOA 09 Mar 2011 -- The Philippines government lead negotiator says the core of the problem with Muslim separatists is not religion - it is identity.
  • Charles Taylor Defense Says War Crimes Trial Politically Motivated VOA 09 Mar 2011 -- Defense attorneys for former Liberian president Charles Taylor say his war crimes trial is politically motivated and should include Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. Taylor's defense has begun its closing arguments in a trial that has lasted more than three years.

News Reports

  • Tunisian Court Dissolves Ousted President's Party VOA 09 Mar 2011 -- A Tunisian court has dissolved the political party of deposed President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali.

  • Uprisings Divide Islamic Clerical Establishment RFE/RL 09 Mar 2011 -- A split has emerged among predominantly Sunni Islamic clerics and scholars in the Middle East as they consider whether to support the wave of popular revolts spreading throughout the region.

  • Dozens Beaten, Arrested at Sudan Anti-Government Rally VOA 09 Mar 2011 -- Sudanese security forces have beaten and arrested dozens of protesters at an anti-government rally in downtown Khartoum.

  • Two Koreas at Stalemate Over Stranded Group VOA 09 Mar 2011 -- A standoff continues between the two Koreas over the fate of 31 North Koreans, whose fishing boat drifted south last month. South Korea and the United Nations Command say four of the North Koreans want to stay. But North Korea insists all must be returned together.

  • Soltanieh asks IAEA Board to stop politically motivated debates IRNA 09 Mar 2011 -- Iran’s IAEA envoy, Ali-Asghar Soltanieh, here on Wednesday called on all members of IAEA Board of Governors to discontinue politically motivated debates and instead open new chapter of confidence building and collective work.

  • U.S. Vice President Meets Russian Leaders RFE/RL 09 Mar 2011 -- U.S. Vice President Joe Biden held talks today with Kremlin leaders and assured his hosts of Washington's support for Russian membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO).

  • Taliban claim responsibility for intelligence office attack IRNA 09 Mar 2011 -- Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the car bomb attack on the office of the country’s major intelligence agency in the industrail eastern city of Faisalabad on Tuesday, which killed 32 people.
  • Suicide Bomber Attacks Funeral in Northwest Pakistan VOA 09 Mar 2011 -- A suicide bomber has killed at least 36 people in northwestern Pakistan, a day after a car-bomb in a central city left more than 20 people dead.

  • 'Farewell, Discovery,' as Shuttle's Space Career Ends VOA 09 Mar 2011 -- The U.S. space shuttle Discovery and its crew ended a 13-day mission and a journey of more than 8 million kilometers Wednesday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This is the end of a mission and the end of a storied career.
  • Space Shuttle Discovery Returns Home VOA 09 Mar 2011 -- The U.S. space shuttle Discovery has touched down on Earth, successfully ending its final voyage into space.

  • US Targets Mexican Drug Gang VOA 09 Mar 2011 -- U.S. law enforcement officials announced Wednesday that 10 Mexican nationals associated with a notorious criminal gang have been charged in last year's murder of a U.S. consulate employee and two other people in Juarez, Mexico.
  • BANGLADESH: Bird flu outbreaks up sharply in 2011 IRIN 09 Mar 2011 -- Outbreaks of H5N1 bird flu among poultry in Bangladesh - already three times higher this year than the same period last year - have caused “serious concern” for the authorities.
  • Bomb goes off outside Moscow FSB academy RIA Novosti 09 Mar 2011 -- A suspected bomb went off at a bus stop near an academy of the Federal Security Service (FSB) in Moscow on Wednesday, the National Antiterrorist Committee said.
  • Six high-ranking Kenyans summoned by International Criminal Court UN News Centre 09 Mar 2011 -- Six high-ranking Kenyan officials, including a deputy prime minister, two ministers and a police chief, have been summoned to appear before the International Criminal Court (ICC) in connection with possible crimes against humanity committed in post-electoral violence three years ago.
  • Will Political Turmoil Collapse the Old Oil Order? VOA 09 Mar 2011 -- The political turmoil in the Arab world may not only lead to much higher oil prices, but greater competition for resources and a shift in priorities for oil-producing nations. So says the author of Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet.
  • Boeing Completes Preliminary Design Review for Inmarsat-5 Satellites Boeing 09 Mar 2011 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] today announced that it has completed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for the Inmarsat-5 spacecraft and hosted payloads. Boeing is building three Ka-band satellites to add to Inmarsat's current mobile satellite services fleet.



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