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• NATO and Libya - Operational Media Update: 16 Jul 2011
• NATO forces continue to remove threats against civilians NATO 17 Jul 2011 -- NATO forces have continued to strike key command and control nodes, military supply facilities, armoured vehicles and military storage facilities across Libya.
• NATO Warplanes Hit Libyan Military Targets Near Tripoli, Brega VOA 17 Jul 2011 -- NATO warplanes have bombed targets near the Libyan capital, Tripoli, a day after hitting the forces of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi around the eastern oil port of Brega.
• Transition to Afghan Security Forces Begins VOA 17 Jul 2011 -- NATO has handed over control for security in Afghanistan's central Bamiyan province to Afghan security forces.
• Senior Aide To President Karzai Reported Killed RFE/RL 17 Jul 2011 -- Reports from Kabul say a senior aide to President Hamid Karzai has been killed in an attack on his home in the Afghan capital.
• Sangin FET Marines reach out to local women during 1/5 operation USMC News 17 Jul 2011 -- Service women with Female Engagement Team 13, in Sangin District, Helmand province set out on patrol in support of 1/B/1/5th Marines and the Afghan National Army.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Rodong Sinmun on US-S. Korea Military Exercise KCNA 17 Jul 2011 -- South Koreans recently staged the combined exercise of the US Marine Corps in areas around Paekryong Island for more than 10 days.
• German government to subsidize sale of sixth submarine for Israel IRNA 17 Jul 2011 -- German tax payers are to foot part of the bill for the highly controversial sale of a sixth submarine to Israel, the Hamburg-based news magazine Der Spiegel said in a report on Sunday.
• Brazil launches construction of four Scorpene-class submarines RIA Novosti 17 Jul 2011 -- The construction of four Scorpene-class attack submarines for the Brazilian Navy was launched on Saturday at a plant near Rio de Janeiro.

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• Fighting in Libya’s Brega town takes to streets IRNA 17 Jul 2011 -- Clashes between pro-Gaddafi forces and Libya's revolutionary forces in the oil-rich Libyan town of Brega took to the streets on Sunday.
• Russia has no plans to supply arms to Libya - Russian envoy RIA Novosti 17 Jul 2011 -- Russia has no plans to supply arms to Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi, Russia's NATO envoy Dmitry Rogozin said in an interview with Ekho Moskvy radio station on Sunday.
• IRGC destroys PJAK cell in NW Iran IRNA 17 Jul 2011 -- The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) managed to destroy the biggest compound of anti-revolutionary forces and PJAK terrorist group in this northwestern Iranian city late Saturday.
• Over 7 Palestinians injured in Israeli airstrike on Gaza RIA Novosti 17 Jul 2011 -- More than seven Palestinians, including children, were injured in an Israeli airstrike on the Gaza Strip, local health officials said on Sunday.
• UN airlift arrives with vital aid for Somali refugees in Kenya UN News Centre 17 Jul 2011 -- The first in a series of emergency airlift flights arrived in the Kenyan capital on Sunday as part of the efforts of the United Nations refugee agency to assist the hundreds of thousands of Somalis who have taken refuge in neighbouring countries.
• Kenya Wants to Stop Flow of Somali Refugees VOA 17 Jul 2011 -- Kenyan and British officials met in Nairobi Sunday to discuss the drought that has sent thousands of Somalis fleeing into Kenya to escape starvation.

News Reports

• Activists: Syrian Troops Raid, Surround Towns in Opposition Crackdown VOA 17 Jul 2011 -- Syrian rights activists and residents say government troops have raided one town near the Lebanese border and surrounded another near the Iraqi frontier in an ongoing crackdown on opposition protests.
• China angered as Obama meets Dalai Lama RIA Novosti 17 Jul 2011 -- U.S. President Barack Obama told the visiting Dalai Lama on Saturday that the United States did not support independence for Tibet while stressing the importance of a dialogue between the Chinese authorities and Tibetans, the White House said.
• China Formally Protests Obama Meeting With Dalai Lama VOA 17 Jul 2011 -- China lodged a formal protest Sunday with the U.S. embassy in Beijing over a meeting between President Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader seen by Beijing as seeking independence for his homeland.
• Yemenis Protest on 33rd Anniversary of Saleh's Rule VOA 17 Jul 2011 -- Tens of thousands of people in Yemen have rallied in the country's two largest cities to demand the ouster of President Ali Abdullah Saleh on the 33rd anniversary of his autocratic rule.
• Bahrain's Main Shi'ite Party Quits Government-Led Reform Dialogue VOA 17 Jul 2011 -- Bahrain's main Shi'ite opposition party says it is pulling out of a national dialogue with the Gulf state's minority Sunni rulers, accusing them of not being serious about political reforms.