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Current Operations

• OIF/OEF/OND Casualty Update 04 Jun 2012 [PDF]
• Combined Force Detains Several Insurgents AFPS 04 Jun 2012 -- An Afghan and coalition security force detained several insurgents during a search for a Haqqani facilitator in the Khost district of Afghanistan’s Khost province.
• Monthly press briefing by NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen - Opening remarks NATO 04 Jun 2012
• NATO Plans New Afghan Mission RIA Novosti 04 Jun 2012 -- The Afghan government and NATO have agreed to develop a plan for a new international peacekeeping mission in the country, which will start after 2014.
• NATO Strikes Overland Central Asia Transport Deals RFE/RL 04 Jun 2012 -- Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen says NATO has struck deals with Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan to evacuate equipment through their territories as it winds down its military operation in Afghanistan.
• Military Police continue to strengthen relationship with Afghan counterparts Army News 04 Jun 2012 -- Afghan Uniformed Police and American Soldiers worked together to conduct a traffic control point in Kandahar.
• 207th Army Liaison Team completes border ops mission in Afghanistan Army News 04 Jun 2012 -- Col. Teddy Byrd, commander, 207th Army Liaison Team, and the Soldiers of the 207th returned home after succesfully completing their mission in Afghanistan May 25, 2012.
• 15 people die in US drone strike in NW Pakistan IRNA 04 Jun 2012 -- An American unmanned aircraft fired missiles into Pakistan’s north Waziristan tribal region early Monday and killed 15 people, local tribesmen said.
• Drone Strike Kills 15 In North Waziristan RFE/RL 04 Jun 2012 -- Pakistani officials say 15 suspected militants have been killed in a suspected drone strike in northwestern Pakistan.
• EU's Ashton To Visit Pakistan For 'Strategic Dialogue' RFE/RL 04 Jun 2012 -- European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton is headed to Pakistan to open a wide-ranging "strategic dialogue" covering security, development, and trade issues, officials say.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Joint Press Briefing with Secretary Panetta and Vietnamese Minister of Defense Gen. Phung Quang Thanh from Hanoi, Vietnam DoD 04 Jun 2012
• Statement from George Little on the Exchange of Artifacts Taken During the Vietnam War DoD 04 Jun 2012
• Former Enemies Vietnam, US Ramp Up Defense Ties VOA 04 Jun 2012 -- Defense chiefs from former foes Vietnam and the United States met Monday in Hanoi to ramp up ties at a time of rising tensions in the South China Sea.
• Past, Present, Future Come Together in Hanoi Meeting AFPS 04 Jun 2012 -- The past, present and future came together here today during a meeting between Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta and Vietnamese Defense Minister Gen. Phuong Quang Thanh.
• Vietnam Opens Sites to Joint POW/MIA Investigators AFPS 04 Jun 2012 -- The Vietnamese government will open three areas to help resolve the fate of Americans missing in action from the Vietnam War, DOD officials said.
• Diary, Letters Help Cement Ties Between U.S., Vietnam AFPS 04 Jun 2012 -- Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta and Vietnamese Minister of Defense Phuong Quang Thanh “returned artifacts taken by service members from both nations during the Vietnam War.”
• Chairman Visits Joint Special Operations Task Force AFPS 04 Jun 2012 -- Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey visited this small U.S. military installation within Zamboanga City on the island of Mindanao yesterday after attending an annual Asia security conference in Singapore.
• U.S. Shares Deep, Enduring Military Bonds With Philippines, Dempsey Says AFPS 04 Jun 2012 -- The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ended a visit to the Philippines confident the long-standing bonds between Philippine and U.S. forces will only deepen.
• Rodong Sinmun on ROK Purchase of Military Hardware from US KCNA 04 Jun 2012 -- Lee Myung Bak is reportedly envisaging the import of huge amount of military hardware worth of more than ten billion U.S. dollars from the US.
• US-ROK Army conduct joint ammunition retrograde operation at Jinhae Army News 04 Jun 2012 -- These retrograde ammunitions of War Reserve Stocks for Allies-Korea are being uploaded onto the Military Vessel Black Eagle, which will take them back to the United States.
• KCNA on Japanese Policy KCNA 04 Jun 2012 -- Japan is working hard to take part in the joint military drills with the U.S. and Australia slated in the Pacific waters and the U.S.-led joint air force drill due in Alaska.
• Dempsey Arrives in Bangkok to Meet With Thai Leaders AFPS 04 Jun 2012 -- The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff arrived here today for his last visit in a week-long Asia tour that focused on strategy and featured engagements with many key allies and partners in the region.
• Marines, Jordanians strike back during Exercise Eager Lion 12 USMC News 04 Jun 2012 -- Marine pilots flew a simulated live-fire counterattack with the Jordanian Air Force here, May 24, during Exercise Eager Lion 12.
• G-2 seeks to bring quick response capability, training into intel budget Army News 04 Jun 2012 -- The Army G-2 said the 35-year old intelligence corps was seeking to incorporate the quick response capabilities and training developed by industry into its programs of record and the base budget.
• Initiative could help improve ISR operators' processes AFNS 04 Jun 2012 -- The Electronic Systems Center Command and Control Constellation program held an operational demonstration to evaluate a new prototype capability to improve command and control of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance data.
• AF consolidates 3 field operating agencies AFNS 04 Jun 2012 -- Three San Antonio-based field operating agencies officially consolidated with the June 1 initial operational capability announcement.
• German opposition raps Israeli submarine deal IRNA 04 Jun 2012 -- German opposition parties lashed out at Berlin's decision to deliver Dolphin-class submarines to Israel.
• NATO and New Zealand sign new partnership accord NATO 04 Jun 2012 -- NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and John Key, New Zealand’s Prime Minister, pledged closer security cooperation after signing a new partnership cooperation accord at NATO headquarters on 4 June 2012.
• India Plans To Launch First Military Satellite RIA Novosti 04 Jun 2012 -- Indian forces are ready to launch the nation’s first military satellite.
• President to inspect live-fire military exercises CNA 04 Jun 2012 -- President Ma Ying-jeou will make an inspection tour of a live-fire joint-forces exercise scheduled for later this week in southern Taiwan.
• Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney, 6/4/12 The White House 04 Jun 2012
• U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing US Dept. of State 04 Jun 2012

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for June 04, 2012

Other Conflicts

• Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, 04 June 2012 United Nations 04 Jun 2012
• Press Conference by Security Council President on Work Programme for June, 04 June 2012 United Nations 04 Jun 2012
• Free Syrian Army Rebels Abandon Cease-Fire VOA 04 Jun 2012 -- The rebel Free Syrian Army says it is no longer bound by a United Nations-backed cease-fire agreement.
• Dozens of Syrian Soldiers Killed as Diplomacy Stalls VOA 04 Jun 2012 -- Diplomacy again stalled on Syria as clashes continued.
• Deadly Clashes In Syria As EU, Russia Seek Resolution RFE/RL 04 Jun 2012 -- Syrian government troops fought deadly battles with armed rebels as the European Union urged Russia to overcome differences over Syria.
• EU, Russia Agree Annan Plan Best Hope for Syria Peace RIA Novosti 04 Jun 2012 -- European Union and Russia agree that United Nations envoy Kofi Annan’s faltering peace plan remains the best chance to bring calm to the troubled Middle East country.
• Rompuy Says EU, Russia Agree Annan's Syria Plan Is 'Best Opportunity' RFE/RL 04 Jun 2012 -- Moscow and the EU "fully agree" that the peace plan brokered by United Nations-Arab league envoy Kofi Annan provides "the best opportunity" to avoid civil war in Syria.
• EU, Putin Spar Over Human Rights, Trade, Syria VOA 04 Jun 2012 -- European officials met with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss a variety of issues including the Kremlin’s human rights record, trade and the Syria crisis, among other things.
• Putin to Face EU Pressure on Syria RIA Novosti 04 Jun 2012 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to face more calls to increase pressure on his embattled Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad.
• Syria In Focus At EU-Russia Summit RFE/RL 04 Jun 2012 -- Syria is expected to dominate the agenda when Russian and EU leaders hold talks in St. Petersburg on June 4.
• South Sudan Accuses Khartoum of 'Bad Faith' Ahead of Talks VOA 04 Jun 2012 -- South Sudan's chief peace negotiator has accused Sudan of bad faith as the two countries sit down for direct talks on security issues.
• UN refugee chief warns of worsening humanitarian situation on South Sudan border UN News Centre 04 Jun 2012 -- The United Nations refugee chief warned of a sharply worsening humanitarian situation in South Sudan’s Upper Nile State.
• Report: Rwanda Arming Rebels in Eastern DRC VOA 04 Jun 2012 -- A human-rights group says Rwandan military officials have been arming rebels fighting the government in the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo.
• DRC: IDPs weigh options as fighting rages in North Kivu IRIN 04 Jun 2012 -- North Kivu Province in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo has become a spaghetti junction of human migration patterns.
• UN envoy condemns attack in central Baghdad UN News Centre 04 Jun 2012 -- The United Nations top envoy in Iraq condemned “in the strongest terms” an attack in central Baghdad.
• 23 Killed, Scores Wounded in Baghdad Blast VOA 04 Jun 2012 -- Iraqi officials say a car bomb attack in central Baghdad has killed at least 23 people and wounded more than 65.
• Car Bomb In Baghdad Kills At Least 20 RFE/RL 04 Jun 2012 -- At least 20 people are reported to have been killed in a car bomb explosion in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.
• Libya Officials Reportedly Negotiating With Militia Over Airport Seizure VOA 04 Jun 2012 -- Airport seizure forced officials to divert arriving flights to Mitiga Airport, a military airport in the eastern part of Tripoli.
• Militia Surrounds Airport In Libyan Capital RFE/RL 04 Jun 2012 -- Security and airport officials say a Libyan militia group has surrounded Tripoli's international airport.
• Libyan Militia Seizes Airport in Tripoli RIA Novosti 04 Jun 2012 -- A group of former Libyan rebels armed with tanks have seized Tripoli's international airport and are demanding the release of one of their leaders.
• Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian 'Mercenaries' Get Stiff Prison Terms RFE/RL 04 Jun 2012 -- A military court run by Libya's new rulers has handed down stiff prison terms to a group of Ukrainian, Russian, and Belarusian men accused of working as mercenaries for former leader Muammar Qaddafi.
• Libya Jails Russian, Ukrainian pro-Gaddafi Mercenaries RIA Novosti 04 Jun 2012 -- A Libyan military court handed down long prison terms to a group of men from former Soviet republics on charges that they worked to repair military equipment for Muammar Gaddafi.
• Clinton Concerned About Rising Armenia-Azerbaijan Tensions VOA 04 Jun 2012 -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says violence across the cease-fire zone separating Armenia and Azerbaijan could lead to greater regional conflict.
• Baku Denies Role In Reported Shoot-Out In Armenian Border Region RFE/RL 04 Jun 2012 -- Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry has refuted a charge from neighboring foe Armenia, saying its soldiers were not involved in a shoot-out on Armenian territory.
• Conditions for workers in occupied Arab territories remains precarious – UN UN News Centre 04 Jun 2012 -- The situation of workers in the occupied Arab territories remains “extremely worrying and precarious,” according to a United Nations report released.
• Briefing: The detention and imprisonment of Palestinians in oPt/Israel IRIN 04 Jun 2012 -- A hunger strike by about 1,550 Palestinians in Israeli prisons ended with an agreement on 14 May, in which Israel committed to meeting some of the prisoners’ demands in exchange for security guarantees.
• EU Condemns Serbian President's Denial of Genocide in Srebrenica VOA 04 Jun 2012 -- The European Union has rejected comments by Serbia's new president that the 1995 massacre of thousands of Muslim men and boys in Bosnia-Herzegovina's eastern town of Srebrenica was not a genocide.
• EU Warns Serbia's Nikolic Against 'Rewriting' History RFE/RL 04 Jun 2012 -- The European Union has warned the recently elected authorities in Serbia that it will not tolerate attempts to negate the genocide of Muslims at Srebrenica.
• Three Serbs Sentenced in War Crimes Trial RIA Novosti 04 Jun 2012 -- A Serbian court sentenced three men to between 12 and 15 years in prison for war crimes against civilians committed in 1992 in the city of Bijeljina.

News Reports

• Clinton Dismisses Iranian Threats Against Israel RFE/RL 04 Jun 2012 -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has dismissed Iran's latest threats against Israel as "nothing new."
• U.S. Plans New Iran Sanctions if Moscow Talks Fail RIA Novosti 04 Jun 2012 -- The United States is set to tighten sanctions against Iran if the upcoming international negotiations in Moscow fail to make progress.
• UN urges Iran to fulfil its obligations to ensure peaceful nuclear programme UN News Centre 04 Jun 2012 -- The head of the United Nations atomic watchdog called on Iran to fulfil its international obligations.
• IAEA Says To Meet With Iran Over Access To Parchin Site RFE/RL 04 Jun 2012 -- The United Nations nuclear watchdog and Iran will meet on June 8, as the IAEA seeks to secure access to investigate activities at Iran's Parchin military site.
• New chapter begins in Iran-IAEA cooperation: Slotanieh IRNA 04 Jun 2012 -- A new chapter has begun in the Iran-IAEA cooperation, Iran's permanent IAEA envoy, Ali-Asghar Soltanieh said here on Monday.
• IAEA, Iran to hold nuclear talks on June 8 IRNA 04 Jun 2012 -- The International Atomic Energy Agency and Iran will hold new round of talks on Friday to try to reach an agreement, IAEA Chief, Yukiya Amano, said.
• North Korea's Military 'Targets' Media Outlets in the South VOA 04 Jun 2012 -- South Korea's government is chiding the North for a specific threat made by its military against some of the media in Seoul.
• Pyongyang Threatens Attacks On South Korean Media RFE/RL 04 Jun 2012 -- North Korea has threatened to blow up the offices of South Korean media outlets following critical coverage of a mass children's event.
• General Staff of KPA Sends Open Ultimatum to ROK KCNA 04 Jun 2012 -- The General Staff of the Korean People's Army sent the following open ultimatum.
• China Rejects US Call to Release Tiananmen Prisoners VOA 04 Jun 2012 -- China's foreign ministry has expressed "strong dissatisfaction" with a U.S. call for Beijing to free all those still imprisoned for the 1989 Tiananmen Square demonstrations.
• China Rejects U.S. Criticism On Tiananmen Annniversary RFE/RL 04 Jun 2012 -- China's Foreign Ministry has expressed "strong dissatisfaction" over a call by the United States for Chinese authorities to free all people still imprisoned over protests 23 years ago.
• Taiwan Pres hopes for human rights improvement in China CNA 04 Jun 2012 -- President Ma issued a statement to mark the 23rd anniversary of China's 1989 Tiananmen massacre.
• Hong Kong Leads Tiananmen Remembrance VOA 04 Jun 2012 -- This week marks the 23rd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre.
• Heavy armed police presence at Tiananmen on massacre anniversary CNA 04 Jun 2012 -- Tiananmen Square attracted its usual crowds of tourists, who were treated to the spectacle of an extraordinary deployment of heavily armed police and public security personnel in the area.
• Dalai Lama Envoys Quit to Protest Chinese Posture on Tibet VOA 04 Jun 2012 -- Two envoys who represented the Dalai Lama in failed talks with China on Tibet issues have resigned to protest Beijing's unwillingness to consider new autonomy measures for the Himalayan region.
• MYANMAR-THAILAND: “The Lady” brings hope to Burmese refugees IRIN 04 Jun 2012 -- Spirits were high among the select group of Burmese refugees waiting in the stifling midday heat to catch a brief glimpse of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
• Observers: Cambodian Vote Improved but Problems Remain VOA 04 Jun 2012 -- Cambodia's ruling party won the majority of seats in local elections nationwide Sunday, but observers say the vote was not without its problems.
• Kazakh Chaos As Court Hands Down Zhanaozen Verdicts RFE/RL 04 Jun 2012 -- A court in western Kazakhstan has sentenced 13 people to jail terms between three and seven years for inciting mass disorder in the oil town of Zhanaozen last year.
• Japan Accused of Evading Settlement of Past KCNA 04 Jun 2012 -- Japan has not yet committed itself to making apology and reparation for its past crimes.
• U.S. Court Agrees Bout Move to Lower Security Prison RIA Novosti 04 Jun 2012 -- A U.S. court has decided to transfer convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout to a medium-security prison in Marion, Illinois.