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• Dempsey Thanks Kuwaiti Leaders for Help in Iraq AFPS 17 Dec 2011 -- The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff took time on a multicountry USO holiday tour this week to thank Kuwaiti officials for that nation's critical help to U.S. Forces Iraq over the past eight years and now, as the mission is ending.
• UK Government challenged over complicity in CIA drone attacks IRNA 17 Dec 2011 -- The British government is being challenged to clarify what the UK's policy is on providing intelligence used by the US in its 'targeted killing' campaign.

Defense Policy / Programs

• US Defense Chief Makes Historic Visit to Libya VOA 17 Dec 2011 -- U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has made a historic visit to a newly liberated Libya, where he has offered U.S. support as the country's transitional leaders struggle to create a cohesive democratic society.
• Panetta Promises Continued Support to Libya AFPS 17 Dec 2011 -- Paying tribute to the courage and determination of the Libyan people, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta today joined Libyan leaders in welcoming a new chapter in U.S.-Libyan relations.
• Panetta Arrives for Historic Visit to Tripoli AFPS 17 Dec 2011 -- Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta arrived here today to congratulate the Libyan people for their accomplishments and determine what help the United States can offer to help them succeed as they move forward.
• Statement by Secretary Panetta Following Visit to Tripoli Cemetery DoD 17 Dec 2011 -- Presenter: Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta
• Press Conference with Secretary Panetta and Prime Minister Al-Keeb in Tripoli, Libya DoD 17 Dec 2011 -- Presenter: Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta and Prime Minister Prime Minister Abdul Raheem al-Keeb
• Dempsey: DOD to Stay Engaged, Vigilant in Middle East AFPS 17 Dec 2011 -- It's too soon to calculate how the end of U.S. Forces Iraq will affect the region's military dynamics, but the U.S. focus on the Middle East and its partner countries there is unwavering, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said.
• Roundtable with Secretary Panetta in Turkey DoD 17 Dec 2011 -- Presenter: Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta
• USS New Orleans Hosts Royal Cambodian Navy during MAREX 2012 NNS 17 Dec 2011 -- Amphibious transport dock USS New Orleans (LPD 18) hosted more than a dozen members of the Royal Cambodian Navy (RCN) Dec. 14-15, during Cambodian Marine Exercise (MAREX) 2012.
• USS Olympia Completes Magnetic Silencing Treatment NNS 17 Dec 2011 -- Los Angeles-class submarine USS Olympia (SSN 717) finished undergoing deperming at the new drive-in submarine magnetic silencing facility (MSF) at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam's Beckoning Point, Dec. 15.
• Navy Advanced Metering Installation Underway in Hawaii NNS 17 Dec 2011 -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Hawaii and Weston Solutions Inc., began installing 'smart meters' to utility service connections at major Navy facilities on Oahu as part of a $10.2 million Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) project, Dec. 5.
• Seabees Honored in El Salvador during Southern Partnership Station 2012 NNS 17 Dec 2011 -- A recognition ceremony was held Dec. 15, at Centro Escolar Gregorio Alvarez Nunez in honor of U.S. Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 23 Seabees embarked aboard High Speed Vessel (HSV 2) Swift.
• USS Asheville Returns from Deployment NNS 17 Dec 2011 -- USS Asheville (SSN 758) returned to Naval Base Point Loma, Calif., Dec. 16, following a four-month deployment in support of combating transnational organized operations in the U.S. Fourth Fleet area of responsibility.
• CTF 20 Marks Milestone with Visit to Iwo Jima ARG NNS 17 Dec 2011 -- The commander of Task Force (CTF) 20 visited USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) Dec. 6, as the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) participated in composite training unit exercise.
• U.S., S. Korean Mechanized Forces Stage Anti-DPRK Exercises KCNA 17 Dec 2011 -- The U.S. imperialist aggression forces and the south Korean puppet army staged joint military exercises in Mugon-ri drill ground in Phaju, Kyonggi Province on Dec. 15 for mounting a preemptive attack on the DPRK by mobilizing mechanized forces, according to Yonhap News of south Korea.
• Russia to provide additional 42 Sukhoi fighters to India IRNA 17 Dec 2011 -- Russia will provide an additional 42 Sukhoi frontline fighters to India under an agreement signed Friday, taking the bilateral defence cooperation to new heights.
• Iran designs several models of drones: Defense Minister ISNA 17 Dec 2011 -- Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi said Saturday the country has designed several models of drones.
• Defense minister: Iran very serious on real battlefield IRNA 17 Dec 2011 -- Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi said on Saturday that the Islamic Republic of Iran by downing US drone proved that is very serious in confronting enemies on the real battlefields.
• Pakistani PM, Army chief meet, discuss memo controversy IRNA 17 Dec 2011 -- Pakistani Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani and Army Chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani have met to dispel the impression of a confrontation between the military and civilian leaders over the memo case, media reported on Saturday.

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• Sri Lanka: Ban voices hope Government will take steps on accountability UN News Centre 17 Dec 2011 -- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has voiced hope that the Sri Lankan Government will move forward on its commitments to deal with accountability concerns in the wake of the long-running civil war in the Asian country.

News Reports

• Eight Dead in Second Day of Egypt Clashes VOA 17 Dec 2011 -- Clashes between security forces and protesters in Cairo raged for a second straight day Saturday. At least eight people were killed and more than 300 wounded.
• US spy working for CIA arrested in Iran: Intelligence Ministry IRNA 17 Dec 2011 -- A US spy working for Central Intelligence Agency was identified and arrested in Iran, the Intelligence Ministry said on Saturday.
• Iran arrests CIA spy ISNA 17 Dec 2011 -- Iranian Intelligence Ministry said it has arrested a CIA spy.
• Defense minister: Iran very serious on real battlefield IRNA 17 Dec 2011 -- Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi said on Saturday that the Islamic Republic of Iran by downing US drone proved that is very serious in confronting enemies on the real battlefields.
• State Of Emergency In Restive Kazakh Town RFE/RL 17 Dec 2011 -- Kazakhstan's president has issued a decree enforcing a state of emergency and a curfew in Zhanaozen, a western Kazakh town where at least 11 people were shot dead amid a protest by striking oil workers on December 16.
• Medvedev tells off Obama over U.S. criticism of Russian polls RIA Novosti 17 Dec 2011 -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in a Friday's telephone conversation with his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama said that Washington's comments over Russia's allegedly rigged parliamentary polls were inadmissible, Russian president said on Saturday.
• Russian poll protests continue RIA Novosti 17 Dec 2011 -- Protests over alleged mass electoral fraud at the December 4 parliamentary elections continued in Moscow on Saturday, as more than a thousand people attended a rally near the Kremlin.
• Soyuz rocket launches six satellites RIA Novosti 17 Dec 2011 -- A Russian Soyuz rocket took off on Saturday from Europe's space base in French Guiana, carrying six military satellites.
• Pleiades 1A in orbit! Thales 17 Dec 2011 -- Pleiades 1A, the first new-generation observation satellite operated by French space agency CNES was orbited today by Arianespace on-board a Soyuz launcher from the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana.