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• NATO and Libya - Operational Media Update: 06 Aug 2011
• Corpsmen teach Afghan soldiers skills to save lives in combat USMC News 07 Aug 2011 -- 'Get your head down! Get your head down! What are you doing? You're getting shot at! Get your head down!'
• Nimroz provincial, district governors meet for first time USMC News 07 Aug 2011 -- Senior Nimroz provincial, district, military, and police officials met here for the first time to discuss their current concerns and plan how to resolve future challenges facing the province.
• Latin roots help 'Carlos' Company Marines succeed in Helmand USMC News 07 Aug 2011 -- Through the course of the recent Iraq wars, and now in Afghanistan, Company C, 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, has literally grown up together, using their experiences from back home to unite and strengthen them on the battlefield.
• Saving lives on the battlefield: Air support begins with ordnance Marines USMC News 07 Aug 2011 -- Thousands of Marines and Afghan and coalition troops rely on 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward) for close air support. Here at Kandahar Airfield, that responsibility is carried on the wings of Marine Attack Squadron 513's AV-8B Harriers.
• Afghans train to defeat terrorist threats USMC News 07 Aug 2011 -- Thirteen Afghan National Security Forces personnel received diplomas July 28 after completing the anti-terrorism and force protection course at Joint Sustainment Academy Southwest, Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province.
• NATO-led coalition confirms death of 38 in Afghan copter crash RIA Novosti 07 Aug 2011 -- The NATO-led coalition on Sunday confirmed the death of 38 U.S. and Afghan troops in a military helicopter crash in eastern Afghanistan.
• Houses of militants dynamited in Pakistan tribal region IRNA 07 Aug 2011 -- Pakistani security forces Sunday dynamited houses of three militants, who are wanted by the authorities for their involvement in anti-state activities, in a tribal region, officials said.
• Mullen talks security at Ninewa Combined Coordination Center Army News 07 Aug 2011 -- Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Mike Mullen, met with Iraqi Security Forces leaders to discuss progress in northern Iraq, August 1.

Defense Policy / Programs

• ’Rainbow Hurricane’ prepares troops for disaster response Army News 07 Aug 2011 -- New York National Guard Soldiers in an exercise meant to mimic the Guard’s hurricane response efforts.
• DPRK Officials Visit China's Flotilla KCNA 07 Aug 2011 -- Senior officers of the Korean People's Army and leading officials of local party and power bodies visited the flotilla of the Navy of the Chinese PLA.
• Performance Given by Military Band of Navy of CPLA KCNA 07 Aug 2011 -- A performance was given by the military band of the Navy of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.

Defense Industry

Other Conflicts

• Somali Gov't, AU Troops Patrol Mogadishu after al-Shabab Retreat VOA 07 Aug 2011 -- Somali government troops and African Union peacekeepers are patrolling the streets of Mogadishu, a day after al-Shabab militants staged a surprise withdrawal from most of the Somali capital.
• Three Years After War, Georgia Looks To Long Term RFE/RL 07 Aug 2011 -- Moscow has recognized the breakaway Georgian regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia as independent countries, while Tbilisi insists they are an integral part of Georgia -- the prospects for movement seem dim.

News Reports

• UN chief urges Syrian leader to halt use of violence against civilians UN News Centre 06 Aug 2011 -- Speaking to Bashar al-Assad by telephone on Saturday, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the Syrian President to immediately halt the use of force against civilians.
• Assad Troops Kill Dozens In Raids Against 'Outlaws' RFE/RL 07 Aug 2011 -- A defiant Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has vowed to continue a deadly crackdown against opposition demonstrators that he has described as 'outlaws.'
• Syrian forces kill at least 52 in fresh assaults - media RIA Novosti 07 Aug 2011 -- Syrian security forces backed by tanks have launched fresh assaults, killing at least 52 people and wounding dozens of others on Sunday, Arab media reported.
• Rights Groups: Syrian Troops Kill 55 People in Raids on Towns VOA 07 Aug 2011 -- Syria's military has launched an offensive against the eastern city of Deir el-Zour, even as international pressure builds on the government to end its crackdown on a popular uprising. There has also been violence in Houleh in Homs province. Activists say at least 55 people have been killed in the unrest across Syria on Sunday. These casualty reports have not been confirmed because independent journalists are not allowed to go into the region.
• Britain, U.S. Concerned Over Ex-Ukraine Prime Minister Arrest RFE/RL 07 Aug 2011 -- Britain and the United States have expressed concern over the detention of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko by a judge in her ongoing abuse trial.
• Police cordon off Tymoshenko supporters tent camp in Ukrainian RIA Novosti 07 Aug 2011 -- Police on Sunday cordoned off a tent camp set up in the center of the Ukrainian capital by supporters of former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko to demonstrate their protest against her arrest.
• Yulia Tymoshenko supporters' tent camp in Kiev RIA Novosti 07 Aug 2011 -- A Ukrainian court in Kiev ruled on Sunday to prohibit mass demonstrations at places where supporters of the country's former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko have been gathering in protest against her arrest.
• Iraqi PM Orders Electricity Minister to Quit Over Power Contracts VOA 07 Aug 2011 -- Iraqi officials say Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has ordered his electricity minister to step down because of irregularities in the awarding of contracts to improve Iraq's power supply.
• Attacks in Iraq Kill 8, Wound 14 VOA 07 Aug 2011 -- Iraqi police say insurgent attacks in several parts of the country have killed eight people, including six family members whose home was blown up in central Iraq.