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Current Operations

• Obama: 'Tough Fight' Still In Afghanistan RFE/RL 01 Sep 2012 -- U.S. President Barack Obama has told U.S. soldiers heading to Afghanistan they still faced a "very tough fight" but vowed to end the war there as "responsibly" as in Iraq.
• Twin Suicide Attacks Kill 12 in Afghanistan VOA 01 Sep 2012 -- Two suicide bombers, including one driving a truck, killed 12 people and wounded more than 50 others Saturday near a NATO base in eastern Afghanistan.
• Twin Suicide Bombers Kill At Least 12 Afghans; 2 U.S. Soldiers Killed RFE/RL 01 Sep 2012 -- Afghan officials say four police officers and eight civilians died and 50 people were injured when two suicide attackers blew themselves up near a NATO base in the country's east.
• Twelve Killed in Afghan Suicide Bombing RIA Novosti 01 Sep 2012 -- Twelve people were killed and 59 others injured when two suicide bombers struck a U.S.-Afghan military base in central Afghanistan.
• Afghan airmen learn language of flight AFNS 01 Sep 2012 -- Whether an Afghan airmen needs to fly an aircraft safely, communicate with air traffic controllers, or maintain and fix equipment, he must first learn the language of flight.
• US drone kills 6 people in NW Pakistan IRNA 01 Sep 2012 -- At least Six people were killed when a U.S. spy aircraft fired missiles in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal region.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Iraqi air force F-16 training takes off in Arizona AFNS 01 Sep 2012 -- While the Republic of Iraq anticipates an initial delivery of F-16 Fighting Falcons in September 2014, the pilots who will fly them embark on a historic partnership with the Arizona Air National Guard's 162nd Fighter Wing.
• U.S. Nature as Nuclear Criminal Exposed by Declassified Documents KCNA 01 Sep 2012 -- It was recently disclosed that the U.S. worked out a plan to spray nuclear materials on the Korean Peninsula during the last Korean War.
• HM-15 CO, CMC Relieved of Duties NNS 01 Sep 2012 -- Capt. Paul Esposito, commander, Helicopter Sea Combat Wing Atlantic, relieved Cmdr. Sara Santoski, commanding officer of the Norfolk-based Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron (HM) Fifteen, due to loss of confidence in Santoski's ability to command.
• Marine F/A-18C Hornet Crash NNS 01 Sep 2012 -- A Marine F/A-18C Hornet crashed in a remote range area of the Fallon Range Training Complex at approximately 3:15 p.m. CDT Saturday.
• Russian Warships Visit Japan RIA Novosti 01 Sep 2012 -- A Russian Navy group has visited Japan’s naval base Maizuru and is on its way to the home port of Vladivostok.
• The Baltic air policing mission changes command NATO 01 Sep 2012 -- On 1 September, Poland handed over command of NATO’s air policing mission in the Baltics to the Czech Republic.
• Army takes delivery of new indigenous rocket system CNA 01 Sep 2012 -- Taiwan's Army said it has taken delivery of a new multiple launch rocket system that was developed and produced by the country's military's technology research unit.

Defense Industry

Other Conflicts

• Activists: Syrian Rebels Seize Air Defense Facility VOA 01 Sep 2012 -- Activists say Syrian rebels have seized an air defense facility and attacked a military airport in eastern Syria.
• Russia's Lavrov Says Calls For Assad Withdrawal 'Unworkable,' Defends 'Realistic' Approach RFE/RL 01 Sep 2012 -- Russia says it would be "naive" for outside powers to expect Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to withdraw his troops first from major cities and then wait for the armed opposition to follow suit.
• Islamic Extremists Seize Town in Northern Mali VOA 01 Sep 2012 -- Islamic extremists have seized a town in northern Mali, close to government-controlled territory.
• Taiwan can serve as South China Sea peacemaker: official CNA 01 Sep 2012 -- Taiwan is determined to become a peacemaker in the South China Sea, President Ma Ying-jeou's top national security adviser said.
• Two Injured in Gaza Airstrike RIA Novosti 01 Sep 2012 -- Two Palestinians were hurt when Israeli F16 fighter jets attacked western Gaza City on Saturday morning, a health ministry spokesman said.
• Gunmen Kill 7 Shi'ite Muslims in Pakistan VOA 01 Sep 2012 -- Pakistani police say gunmen have shot dead seven Shi'ite Muslims in the troubled southwestern province of Baluchistan.
• Gunmen Kill 7 Shi'a In Balochistan RFE/RL 01 Sep 2012 -- Gunmen have shot dead seven Shi'ite Muslims in two separate incidents in Pakistan's troubled southwestern province of Baluchistan.
• As Armenia Protests Killer's Pardon, Azerbaijan Promotes Him RFE/RL 01 Sep 2012 -- A storm of protest threatened to set back relations in the fragile Transcaucasus and beyond after Azerbaijan promoted an ax murderer whose pardon after repatriation a day earlier provoked howls of international outrage.
• Obama 'Concerned' Over Pardon Of Killer RFE/RL 01 Sep 2012 -- The White House says President Barack Obama is "deeply concerned" after Azerbaijan's president pardoned a soldier who killed a fellow officer from Armenia.

News Reports

• NAM Summit Backs Iran's Right To Nuclear Power RFE/RL 01 Sep 2012 -- The 120-nation Non-Aligned Movement has wrapped up its summit in Tehran with a declaration supporting Iran's right to the peaceful use of nuclear power.
• Supreme Leader: Iran determined to attain its lofty goals IRNA 01 Sep 2012 -- Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said that the Islamic Republic of Iran is determined to pave its path to attain its lofty goals.
• Iran, North Korea sign agreement on scientific, academic, technological cooperation IRNA 01 Sep 2012 -- The Islamic Republic of Iran and North Korea signed a document on expansion of mutual cooperation in scientific, academic and technological know-how between the two countries.
• Prominent Exiled Activist Returns to Burma VOA 01 Sep 2012 -- A prominent Burmese activist who had been sentenced to life in prison in absentia, has returned to his homeland after his name was removed from a government blacklist.
• Chinese activist agrees to visit Taiwan next year CNA 01 Sep 2012 -- Blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng has agreed to visit Taiwan next year and will give a speech at the Legislative Yuan.
• Ethiopia Prepares State Funeral for PM Meles VOA 01 Sep 2012 -- Ethiopia's longtime leader Meles Zenawi will be buried Sunday in a state funeral in Addis Ababa, nearly two weeks after the government announced he had died from an undisclosed illness.
• Kyrgyz Appoint New Acting Prime Minister RFE/RL 01 Sep 2012 -- Deputy Prime Minister Aaly Karashev has been appointed Kyrgyzstan's acting prime minister to serve as parties try to find a way out of a government crisis brought on by economic woes and corruption scandals.
• Kyrgyz Prime Minister Resigns RIA Novosti 01 Sep 2012 -- Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev has accepted acting prime minister Omurbek Babanov’s resignation, the presidential press service said on Saturday.
• Early Election Results Signal Victory for Angola's Ruling Party VOA 01 Sep 2012 -- Angola's preliminary election results indicate the ruling party of President Jose Eduardo dos Santos captured almost three-quarters of the vote, a move that could extend the president's 33-year-rule.
• Iraqi Oil Exports Reach Highest Level In Three Decades RFE/RL 01 Sep 2012 -- Iraq says its oil exports last month reached their highest level in more than three decades.