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• OIF/OEF/OND Casualty Update 09 Sep 2011 [PDF]
• NATO and Libya - Operational Media Update: 08 Sep 2011
• RAF aircraft target a former regime compound in Libya UK MOD 09 Sep 2011 -- Royal Air Force aircraft participated in a long-range mission, targeting a military vehicle depot at a former regime compound located near Sebha.
• Report: Afghan Reporter’s Death Was Accidental AFPS 09 Sep 2011 -- ISAF has released the findings of a U.S. Army report of the investigation into the death of an Afghan reporter who was killed in Uruzgan province.
• What If Ahmad Shah Masud Hadn't Been Killed? RFE/RL 09 Sep 2011 -- Just before Al-Qaeda achieved its defining moment with the terror attacks against the United States in 2001, it was in a gift-giving mood in Afghanistan.
• Afghan Resistance Hero Honored VOA 09 Sep 2011 -- Afghans have gathered in Kabul to mark the 10th anniversary of the death of resistance commander Ahmad Shah Massoud.
• Seven dead in suicide bombing in Afghanistan RIA Novosti 09 Sep 2011 -- Seven people died and six were wounded in a suicide car bombing at a police headquarters in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar.
• Al-Qaida 'on the Path to Defeat,' Says Clinton VOA 09 Sep 2011 -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday al-Qaida is “on the path to defeat” and that the United States will not relent until the job is done.
• The Taliban's Internet Strategy RFE/RL 09 Sep 2011 -- The militant group cannot deny the potential of such media as tools of propaganda and recruitment.
• The RAID helps get containers home quickly, safely Army News 09 Sep 2011 -- The US Coast Guard Redeployment Assistance and Inspection Detachment is dedicated to helping units get containers back to the US.
• Iraqi Bill To Force President To Sign Death Sentences RFE/RL 09 Sep 2011 -- Member of Iraqi PM al-Maliki's political party: Draft law being prepared that would make it obligatory for the president to sign death sentences.
• Aircraft Join Texas, Northwest Firefighting Efforts AFPS 09 Sep 2011 -- Six C-130 aircraft have been tasked by U.S. Northern Command in support of the National Interagency Fire Center to supplement wildland firefighting efforts.
• Maryland Guard Tackles Lee Storm Floods AFPS 09 Sep 2011 -- The Maryland National Guard has activated 25 soldiers to assist in the response to heavy flooding in parts of the state caused by Tropical Storm Lee’s heavy rains.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Pentagon Observes 10th Anniversary of 9/11 AFPS 09 Sep 2011 -- Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta asked others to renew their commitment to keeping the nation safe as the Pentagon held a ceremony to honor the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
• Panetta Praises Nation’s Unity on 9/11 AFPS 09 Sep 2011 -- Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta said he, like millions of others, carries memories of Sept. 11, 2001 “seared into my insides, and my heart, and my mind.”
• Panetta: 9/11 Response Reflects American Spirit AFPS 09 Sep 2011 -- America’s immediate and determined response to the terrorist attacks of 9/11 reflects a spirit that no tragedy can defeat, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta said last night.
• Panetta Praises Pentagon’s 9/11 First Responders AFPS 09 Sep 2011 -- Police, fire and other emergency responders who rushed to the Pentagon 10 years ago on Sept. 11 to battle a deadly blaze and save lives, put their own lives on the line.
• Mullen: World Changed Forever as 757 Hit Pentagon AFPS 09 Sep 2011 -- Navy Adm. Mike Mullen was on the fourth floor of the Pentagon on the “spectacularly clear” morning of Sept. 11, 2001, when hijackers flew a 757 airplane into the side of the building.
• Rumsfeld Reflects on Changes Caused by 9/11 AFPS 09 Sep 2011 -- The morning of the 9/11 attacks, then Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld was hosting a breakfast meeting at the Pentagon.
• Comfort Returns To Baltimore Following Continuing Promise 2011 NNS 09 Sep 2011 -- U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) arrived home in Baltimore Sept. 8 after completing Continuing Promise 2011 (CP11), a five-month humanitarian and civic assistance mission in the southern hemisphere.
• John C. Stennis CSG Serves Community in Malaysia NNS 09 Sep 2011 -- Sailors from John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group (JCS CSG) departed Port Klang, Malaysia Sept. 8 following a four-day port visit.
• NAVFAC Southwest Awards $100 Million Contract NNS 09 Sep 2011 -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southwest awarded a $100 million construction contract Aug. 31 to ASTRO Mechanical Contractors Inc. of El Cajon, Calif., Countywide Mechanical Systems Inc. of Santee, Calif., Mesa Energy Systems Inc. of Irvine, Calif. doing business as EMCOR Services, and Souza Construction Inc. of Farmersville, Calif.
• USS West Virginia Changes Command NNS 09 Sep 2011 -- USS West Virginia changed command in Portsmouth, Va., Sept. 9.
• NATO may provide Russia with legal guarantee on missile shield RIA Novosti 09 Sep 2011 -- NATO does not rule out the issuing of a written guarantee that it will not direct missile defense shield in Europe against Russia.
• Odierno Outlines Priorities as Army Chief AFPS 09 Sep 2011 -- After being sworn in Sept. 7 as the new chief of staff of the Army, Gen. Raymond T. Odierno established some priorities for his tenure.
• Medical Deployment Support Command scheduled to move to Sembach Army News 09 Sep 2011 -- The 30th Medical Command Headquarters and Headquarters Company is scheduled to move to Sembach Kaserne, Kaiserslautern, Germany in fiscal year 2012.
• Russian Whistle-Blower Jailed RFE/RL 09 Sep 2011 -- Russian Major Igor Matveyev of the Interior Ministry, the man who claimed Russian soldiers were being given dog food to eat, sentenced to four years in prison.
• Whistleblower major jailed for beating soldiers RIA Novosti 09 Sep 2011 -- An army major in the Russian Far East has been sentenced to four years in prison for beating a warrant officer and a soldier.
• Secretary Clinton Interview With Alison Kosik of CNN US Dept. of State 09 Sep 2011
• September 9, 2011 - U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing US Dept. of State 09 Sep 2011
• Gaggle by Press Secretary Jay Carney Aboard Air Force One en route Richmond, VA The White House 09 Sep 2011

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for September 09, 2011

Other Conflicts

• 9 September 2011 - DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 09 Sep 2011
• Citing successes, Ban urges more preventive diplomacy to defuse conflicts UN News Centre 09 Sep 2011 -- Secretary-General Ban is calling on the world community to reinforce preventive diplomacy.
• France, Not US, Takes Lead in Libya Democracy Building VOA 09 Sep 2011 -- France and the United Kingdom have expressed willingness to step into the breach to help the new Libya get on its feet.
• Security Council mulls resolution on potential UN mission for Libya UN News Centre 09 Sep 2011 -- The Security Council has begun discussions on Secretary-General Ban proposal to set up a United Nations mission in Libya.
• Battles Loom for Key Gadhafi Outposts VOA 09 Sep 2011 -- Libya's provisional military leaders have sent reinforcements to towns still held by forces loyal to deposed leader Moammar Gadhafi.
• Fighting Erupts Around Qaddafi's Hometown Of Sirte RFE/RL 09 Sep 2011 -- Libya's interim government fighters have clashed with Muammar Qaddafi's loyalists outside the ousted leader's hometown of Sirte and entered Bani Walid.
• Gadhafi Loyalists in Libya Launch Rocket Attack VOA 09 Sep 2011 -- Forces loyal to Libya's Moammar Gadhafi fired a barrage of rockets Friday at National Transitional Council (NTC) fighters near Bani Walid.
• Interpol Issues Arrest Warrant For Gadhafi VOA 09 Sep 2011 -- Interpol has issued an arrest warrant for former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi on charges that he has committed crimes against humanity.
• Interpol Issues Arrest Warrant For Qaddafi RFE/RL 09 Sep 2011 -- Interpol has issued a "red notice" for the arrest of Libya's Muammar Qaddafi, his son Saif al-Islam, and intellligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi.
• Interpol issues arrest warrant for Gaddafi RIA Novosti 09 Sep 2011 -- Interpol on Friday issued arrest warrants for deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, his son Saif al-Islam, and intelligence chief Abdullah Senussi.
• Dueling Demonstrations in Yemen VOA 09 Sep 2011 -- The rival demonstrations come on the heels of meetings between leaders of the country's ruling party.
• U.S. 'will veto' Palestinian statehood bid - State Department RIA Novosti 09 Sep 2011 -- The US will use its veto right to block the Palestinian bid to win UN recognition of statehood should it come to a vote before the UN Security Council.
• Israel, Hamas resume prisoner exchange talks RIA Novosti 09 Sep 2011 -- Israel and Hamas resumed talks in Cairo aimed at securing the release of Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier abducted by Hamas in June 2006.
• Analysts Warn of Tensions from Turkish PM's North Africa Tour VOA 09 Sep 2011 -- Turkey's prime minister has further ratcheted up tensions against Israel, warning that Turkish warships will escort any Turkish ship seeking to break Israel's blockade of Gaza.
• US Urges Turkey, Israel to Ease Tensions VOA 09 Sep 2011 -- The United States is mounting a diplomatic effort to prevent further deterioration in relations between U.S. allies Turkey and Israel.
• Erdogan: Turkish Warships Will Escort Aid Vessels to Gaza VOA 09 Sep 2011 -- Turkey says warships will accompany any of its vessels carrying humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip to protect them from Israeli interference.
• East Africa Summit: Drought Aid Failing, Security Risk Rising VOA 09 Sep 2011 -- Desperate famine victims in Somalia are not getting the food and relief supplies they need, and some African leaders say that failure could soon risk the region's security.
• UN rights office calls on Nigeria to address renewed ethnic, religious violence UN News Centre 09 Sep 2011 -- The UN human rights office called on authorities in Nigeria to address the renewed ethnic and religious violence.
• UN Urges Nigeria to Stop Ethnic, Religious Violence VOA 09 Sep 2011 -- The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights is calling for an end to ethnic and religious violence in Nigeria’s “Middle Belt,” particularly in and around the city of Jos.
• US Accuses Venezuelan Officials of Aiding FARC VOA 09 Sep 2011 -- The United States has accused four top Venezuelan officials of supporting the drug trafficking operations of Colombia's main rebel group.
• Uruguay to probe alleged sexual misconduct by its UN peacekeepers in Haiti UN News Centre 09 Sep 2011 -- A high-level Uruguayan delegation has arrived in Haiti to investigate the alleged sexual assault of an 18-year-old Haitian man by Uruguayan members of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Caribbean country.
• UN ramps up aid in drought-stricken Horn of Africa as number in need rises UN News Centre 09 Sep 2011 -- The United Nations reported today that nearly a million more people need humanitarian aid across the drought-stricken Horn of Africa, bringing the total to 13.3 million, while funding to save lives there faces a shortfall of nearly $1 billion.

News Reports

• Syrian Security Forces Fire on Opposition Protesters VOA 09 Sep 2011 -- Syrian security forces have opened fire on anti-government demonstrators as activists appealed for "international protection" on Friday.
• HRW: Syrian Forces Remove Wounded From Hospitals RFE/RL 09 Sep 2011 -- Human Rights Watch: Syrian security forces have "forcibly removed" 18 wounded people from a hospital in Homs.
• Syrian opposition urges Russia to step up efforts to settle conflict RIA Novosti 09 Sep 2011 -- Syrian opposition leader Ammar Qurabi urged Moscow to play a more active part in resolving civil strife in the Middle East nation.
• Russia's envoy to Africa to meet with Syrian opposition leaders in Moscow RIA Novosti 09 Sep 2011 -- Russian presidential envoy to Africa Mikhail Margelov will hold talks with a delegation of Syrian opposition leaders.
• Russia calls for balanced approach to Syria - Medvedev RIA Novosti 09 Sep 2011 -- Russia is ready to support various approaches to resolving the situation in Syria, but they should not be based on a unilateral condemnation of the Syrian authorities' response to the popular uprising.
• Syrian opposition says no money for media war with Assad RIA Novosti 09 Sep 2011 -- The Syrian opposition has no money to wage a media war with the authorities, opposition leader Ammar Qurabi said.
• Egyptians Protest Slow Pace of Reform VOA 09 Sep 2011 -- Thousands of Egyptians have packed Cairo's Tahrir Square for what they are calling a "Correcting the Path" protest.
• Egyptians Again Rally For Reforms VOA 09 Sep 2011 -- Hundreds of Egyptian protesters are gathering Friday in Cairo's Tahrir Square to urge the country's interim military leaders to institute quicker democratic reforms.
• Egyptians rally once more on Tahrir Square in Cairo RIA Novosti 09 Sep 2011 -- Thousands gathered on Tahrir square in Cairo on Friday, to demand that the interim authorities speed up the transition of power.
• Kim Jong Il Pays Tribute to Kim Il Sung KCNA 09 Sep 2011 -- Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army Kim Jong Il, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and chairman of the National Defence Commission of the DPRK, visited the Kumsusan Memorial Palace at 00:00 on Friday together with senior officials of the party and armed forces organs on the 63rd anniversary of the DPRK to pay tribute to President Kim Il Sung.
• North Korean Leader, Heir Apparent Appear at Military Parade VOA 09 Sep 2011 -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Il appeared to be in relatively good health as he looked down on a massive military parade.
• North Korea Military Parade Suggests Succession On Course RFE/RL 09 Sep 2011 -- North Korea marked the 63rd anniversary of the country's estabishment with a military parade.
• Observers Doubt Burmese Government's Overtures VOA 09 Sep 2011 -- Burma's normally defiant authorities have in recent weeks been welcoming their domestic and international critics for candid discussions.
• Witness Intimidation Casts Shadow Over Kenya ICC Cases VOA 09 Sep 2011 -- The trials against suspects in Kenya’s post-election violence have yet to begin at the International Criminal Court but the issue of witness intimidation has once again been raised.
• Liberia's Candidates to be Made Public for October Election VOA 09 Sep 2011 -- The National Elections Commission of Liberia is expected to announce the names of legislative and presidential candidates considered qualified to stand in the October general election.
• Leaked Document Reveals U.S. Anger With 'Dishonest' Ter-Petrossian RFE/RL 09 Sep 2011 -- U.S. diplomatic records disclosed by WikiLeaks show Armenian opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrossian angering the U.S. ambassador.
• Cuba Says Fidel Castro in Good Health VOA 09 Sep 2011 -- Cuba has posted new photographs of former President Fidel Castro on a government website following rumors of his failing health or death.