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• OIF/OEF/OND Casualty Update 02 Apr 2013 [PDF]
• Combined Force Arrests Haqqani Facilitator in Paktia AFPS 02 Apr 2013 -- A combined Afghan and coalition security force arrested a Haqqani network facilitator today in the Zurmat district of Afghanistan’s Paktia province.
• Kabul rejects army attrition claim by UK PressTV 02 Apr 2013 -- Afghan Defense Ministry has dismissed a report by British Ministry of Defense that claimed some 5,000 Afghan troops escape their duty every month.
• US officials confirm Afghan teenager stabbed American soldier PressTV 02 Apr 2013-- US officials have confirmed that an Afghan teenager stabbed a 26-year-old American soldier to death in eastern Afghanistan.
• Karzai Says Mullah Omar Can Run For President RFE/RL 02 Apr 2013 -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai has told a German newspaper that Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar can run for president in the election scheduled for next year.

Defense Policy / Programs

• DOD News Briefing with George Little from the Pentagon DoD 02 Apr 2013
• Readout of Secretary Hagel's call with China's Minister of National Defense General Chang Wanquan DoD 02 Apr 2013
• Remarks by President Obama and Prime Minister Lee of Singapore Before Bilateral Meeting The White House 02 Apr 2013
• Readout of Secretary Hagel and Deputy Secretary Carter's meeting with Philippines Secretary of Foreign Affairs Albert F. Del Rosario DoD 02 Apr 2013
• US Needs 5-7 GBIs to Intercept One Topol ICBM - Expert RIA Novosti 02 Apr 2013 -- The United States will need between five and seven Ground Based Interceptors to intercept one Russian Topol-M intercontinental ballistic missile.
• Stratcom Advocates for Current, Future Capabilities AFPS 02 Apr 2013 -- The Defense Department is relying on Stratcom itself to help determine what assets are needed and where to dedicate them.
• Space mission continues despite restructure AFNS 02 Apr 2013 -- Critical Air Force missions continue from their current locations after today's restructure of Air Force Space Command's Space Innovation and Development Center.
• Guantanamo Hunger Strike Grows But Numbers In Dispute RFE/RL 02 Apr 2013 -- A U.S. official has said 39 detainees are on hunger strike at the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, but prison inmates say the real number is higher.
• Security Assistance Enterprise engages Pacific partners Army News 02 Apr 2013 -- U.S. Army Security Assistance Command's mission of building partner capacity, supporting geographic combatant commands strategies, and strengthening global partnerships.
• USS Tortuga Arrives in Manila NNS 02 Apr 2013 -- Forward-deployed amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga arrived in Manila, Republic of the Philippines for a port visit and preparation for exercise Balikatan.
• DOD Announces Recruiting and Retention Numbers for Fiscal Year 2013 Through February 2013 DoD 02 Apr 2013
• Army developing models for most survivable combat vehicle Army News 02 Apr 2013 -- In order to protect Soldiers' lives, military vehicles in combat must be capable of surviving severe hostile fires.
• Peleliu Departs Port of Dubai NNS 02 Apr 2013 -- Amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu departed from its four-day port visit to Jebel Ali, Dubai, March 29.
• USS Princeton Departs for Training, Deployment NNS 02 Apr 2013 -- The USS Princeton is scheduled to depart April 3 for a six-month deployment to the Western Pacific Ocean and U.S. Central Command areas of responsibility.
• 'Beyond the Horizon' exercise begins in El Salvador Army News 02 Apr 2013 -- Joint Task Force Jaguar arrived in El Salvador along with more than 75 other service members to finalize plans for the comprehensive joint exercise, Beyond the Horizon El Salvador 2013.
• Message to the Department of Defense from Secretary Chuck Hagel on Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month DoD 02 Apr 2013
• Sexual Assault Has No Place in DOD, Official Says AFPS 02 Apr 2013 -- Sexual assault has no place in the Defense Department, a senior Pentagon official said, calling on the workforce to be part of the solution.
• Hagel to Return Part of Salary During Furloughs, Spokesman Says AFPS 02 Apr 2013 -- Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will voluntarily return part of his salary to the U.S. Treasury.
• Russian Military Says CFE Treaty Has No Future RIA Novosti 02 Apr 2013 -- The Russian Defense Ministry has reaffirmed that the original document has no prospects in the future.
• Russia to Scrap Last Soviet-Era Nuclear Sub by 2014 RIA Novosti 02 Apr 2013 -- Russia's Nerpa shipyard is to scrap the last Soviet-era nuclear submarine to be withdrawn from the Russian Fleet by 2014.
• Joint Forces Command reaches full operating capability UK MOD 02 Apr 2013 -- A new military command, established to improve the way MOD prepares for and conducts operations, reaches full operating capability today.
• RAF Reaper pilots gain wings UK MOD 02 Apr 2013 -- The UK's first airmen officially qualified to fly remotely-piloted air systems have graduated in the USA.
• Last Type 42 destroyer returns from final deployment UK MOD 02 Apr 2013 -- HMS Edinburgh, the Royal Navy's last remaining Type 42 destroyer, returned to Portsmouth from her final deployment last week.
• Press Conference By President of Arms Trade Treaty Conference, 02 April 2013 United Nations 02 Apr 2013
• Historic Arms Trade Treaty US Dept. of State 02 Apr 2013-- BUG: the source does not exist in description file
• UN General Assembly approves global arms trade treaty UN News Centre 02 Apr 2013 -- The United Nations General Assembly has approved a global arms trade treaty that failed to achieve unanimous support last week but which garnered the support of a majority of Member States when put to a vote today.
• UN Passes Landmark Arms Treaty VOA 02 Apr 2013 -- The United Nations has overwhelmingly approved (154-3 with 23 abstentions) a landmark treaty regulating trade in conventional arms.
• UN General Assembly Adopts Global Arms Trade Treaty RIA Novosti 02 Apr 2013 -- The UN General Assembly approved the first global treaty to regulate international trade in conventional weapons, the UN News Centre said.
• UN General Assembly Approves Arms-Trade Treaty RFE/RL 02 Apr 2013 -- The UN General Assembly has voted to approve a first-ever treaty regulating the international arms trade.
• UN Set to Vote on Global Arms Trade Treaty RIA Novosti 02 Apr 2013 -- The UN General Assembly will vote on the first international treaty establishing rules for cross-border conventional arms trade.
• Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney, 4/2/2013 The White House 02 Apr 2013
• U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing US Dept. of State 02 Apr 2013

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for April 02, 2013

Other Conflicts

• Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, 02 April 2013 United Nations 02 Apr 2013
• Secretary Kerry Remarks With Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea Yun Byung-se After Their Meeting US Dept. of State 02 Apr 2013
• Pentagon Spokesman: North Korea Should Stop Provocations AFPS 02 Apr 2013 -- North Korean leaders need to stop their harsh rhetoric and provocative actions.
• US moves destroyer closer to N. Korea coast: Official PressTV 01 Apr 2013 -- The United States is shifting a guided-missile destroyer in the Pacific to waters off the Korean Peninsula as tensions mount with North Korea.
• UN Chief: North Korea Tensions Have 'Gone Too Far' VOA 02 Apr 2013 -- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says tensions involving North Korea have "gone too far."
• Korean peninsula crisis has ‘gone too far’, warns UN chief UN News Centre 02 Apr 2013 -- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed the current crisis on the Korean peninsula “has already gone too far.”
• Analysts Downplay North Korean Nuclear Threats VOA 02 Apr 2013 -- Analysts say it is too soon to tell how North Korea's decision to resume operations at a shuttered plutonium nuclear reactor and further uranium enrichment will impact Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program.
• Why Is Pyongyang Restarting Its Nuclear Reactor? RFE/RL 02 Apr 2013 -- For weeks, North Korea and the West have been engaged in a largely symbolic ratcheting up of tensions.
• North Korea to Restart Yongbyon Nuclear Reactor VOA 02 Apr 2013 -- North Korea says it is restarting nuclear operations at the Yongbyon nuclear complex, adding to already heightened tensions on the Korean peninsula.
• Ban Ki-moon warns of rising tensions on Korean peninsula PressTV 02 Apr 2013 -- UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has warned about tensions simmering on the Korean peninsula saying the crisis must be resolved through dialogue.
• North Korea To Restart Nuclear Reactor RFE/RL 02 Apr 2013 -- North Korea has announced it will restart its nuclear reactor at Yongbyon, which was shut down in 2007.
• N Korea relaunching main N-complex PressTV 02 Apr 2013 -- North Korea has announced that it is “readjusting and restarting” all facilities at the country’s main Yongbyon nuclear complex, amid escalating tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
• North Korea Vows to Restart Nuclear Reactor RIA Novosti 02 Apr 2013 -- North Korea pledged to restart facilities at its Yongbyon nuclear complex, including a uranium enrichment plant and a reactor, in a move likely to further ratchet up tensions in the region.
• DPRK to Adjust Uses of Existing Nuclear Facilities KCNA 02 Apr 2013 -- A spokesman for the General Department of Atomic Energy of the DPRK gave the following answer to a question raised by KCNA as regards the new strategic line.
• New Strategic Line, Succession of Line of Simultaneously Developing Economy and Defense KCNA 02 Apr 2013 -- March 2013 plenary meeting of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea set forth a new strategic line on carrying on the economic construction and the building of nuclear armed forces simultaneously.
• KSDP Will Make Every Possible Effort for Earlier Conclusion of Showdown with U.S. KCNA 02 Apr 2013 -- The chairman of the Central Committee of the Korean Social Democratic Party made public a statement in support of the important decision made by the dear respected Marshal Kim Jong Un.
• March Reported As Deadliest Month Yet In Syria RFE/RL 02 Apr 2013 -- A leading opposition activist group says March was the deadliest month yet in Syria's two-year-long conflict.
• West Prepares Modified Libyan Scenario for Syria RIA Novosti 02 Apr 2013 -- The West might try implementing a modified "Libyan scenario" in Syria by supplying weapons to the Syrian opposition to oust President Bashar al-Assad.
• Croatian weapons found in Syria: Report PressTV 02 Apr 2013 -- Croatian weapons have started to emerge in the hands of foreign-sponsored militants fighting against the Syrian government in the country's southwestern Daraa province.
• Syrian Jihadists Launch Russian-Language Website RIA Novosti 02 Apr 2013 -- Confirming Russian Islamists’ involvement in the Syrian civil war, a new website has been launched to promote the activity of a Syrian rebel group – in Russian language.
• Syria: UN food agency convoys increasingly caught in conflict UN News Centre 02 Apr 2013 -- The growing cycle of violence in Syria is preventing life-saving food aid from reaching many of the millions of vulnerable people in need.
• McCain: US Wants to Support Fight Against al-Qaida in Mali VOA 02 Apr 2013 -- The United States will seek ways it can help French and African forces in Mali combat al Qaeda-linked rebels, U.S. Senator John McCain said during a visit to the West African country.
• Seven Dead In Assault On Pakistani Power Station RFE/RL 02 Apr 2013 -- Pakistani police say dozens of militants have attacked a power station in the country's volatile northwest.
• Gunmen attack grid station, kill at least 7 in northwest Pakistan PressTV 02 Apr 2013 -- Dozens of gunmen have attacked a grid station in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, killing at least seven people.
• Militants Kill 7 in Attack on Pakistan Power Station VOA 02 Apr 2013 -- Pakistani police say dozens of suspected militants attacked a power station in the country's northwest, killing seven people and leaving thousands without electricity.
• Kurds, Turkey Face Impasse Over Withdrawal VOA 02 Apr 2013 -- Turkey's peace process with Kurdish militants faces a hurdle as the rebels demand legal protection to prevent any military attack on them during their planned withdrawal.
• Wounded South Sudan Soldiers Tax Jonglei Hospital VOA 02 Apr 2013 -- A hospital in the capital of Jonglei state is running out of vital medicines and beds as it is flooded with government soldiers who have been wounded in fierce battles with David Yau Yau's rebel group.
• Israel Launches Air Strike on Gaza; First Since Truce VOA 02 Apr 2013 -- Israel launched an air strike on the Palestinian Gaza Strip, the first such attack since an eight-day war in November.
• 'Israel cuts water to Palestinian villages' PressTV 02 Apr 2013 -- The Israeli regime has completely cut off water to Palestinian villages in the occupied West Bank.
• Thousands of Libyan families displaced in the Nafusa Mountains IRIN 02 Apr 2013 -- Relations between ethnic groups in Libya’s northwestern Nafusa Mountains remain tense several weeks after renewed clashes in the town of Mizdah.
• Georgia Against Military Solutions of Territorial Disputes RIA Novosti 02 Apr 2013 -- Georgia rules out any type of military solutions to the territorial disputes with its former republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, Georgian Defense Minister Irakly Alasaniya said.
• Ingush Leader Calls Report 'A Provocation' RFE/RL 02 Apr 2013 -- The head of Russia's North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia calls an accusation that the republic's prime minister has paid money to an Islamic militant leader "a provocation."
• Serbia, Kosovo Resume Normalization Talks RFE/RL 02 Apr 2013 -- The Serbian and Kosovar prime ministers, Ivica Dacic and Hashim Thaci, are holding another round of EU-brokered talks in Brussels aimed at normalizing relations between Belgrade and Pristina.

News Reports

• US Considers Sanctions Against Pakistan for Iran Pipeline VOA 02 Apr 2013 -- The United States says Pakistan may face economic sanctions over a gas pipeline project with Iran.
• Chinese Tanker Loads Iranian Oil VOA 02 Apr 2013 -- A Chinese tanker loaded crude in Iran in March, the first time a China-flagged ship, has transported Iranian crude since EU sanctions imposed last July stopped insurers covering the shipments.
• South Africa Hopes Summit Will Resolve CAR Situation VOA 02 Apr 2013 -- Regional leaders in the Economic Community of Central African States plan to meet to discuss the restoration of constitutional order in the Central African Republic.
• Cause of Burma Mosque Fire Under Scrutiny VOA 02 Apr 2013 -- A fire at a mosque in Burma's largest city, Rangoon, early Tuesday, killed at least 13 children as they were sleeping in their quarters.
• Sudan Begins Release of Political Prisoners VOA 02 Apr 2013 -- Authorities in Sudan have released seven political prisoners, a day after Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir ordered the release of all political detainees.
• Sudan frees six political prisoners PressTV 02 Apr 2013 -- Six Sudanese political prisoners have been freed, after President Omar al-Bashir ordered all political detainees to be released.
• Pakistani Caretaker Ministers Sworn In RFE/RL 02 Apr 2013 -- Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has sworn in a caretaker cabinet to run the administration until elections in early May.
• Hamas reelects Khaled Meshaal as political leader: Official PressTV 02 Apr 2013 -- Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has reelected Khaled Meshaal for a new term as political bureau chief of the movement, a senior party official has said.
• Meshaal Re-Elected as Hamas Leader – Media RIA Novosti 02 Apr 2013 -- Khaled Meshaal has been re-elected as the political leader of the Palestinian militant movement Hamas for another four years, Egyptian media said citing sources close to the voting.
• Zambia’s Ex-President Faces Corruption Trial VOA 02 Apr 2013 -- Zambia’s former president is set to face trial Wednesday for allegedly stealing millions of dollars from the nation while he was in office.
• Is The Armenian Postelection Standoff Over? RFE/RL 02 Apr 2013 -- The six-week standoff between Armenian President-elect Serzh Sarkisian and his closest challenger, Raffi Hovannisian, may have run its course - or simply entered a new phase.
• At Chavez's Birthplace, Maduro Vows to Win Venezuela Vote VOA 02 Apr 2013 -- Venezuelan acting President Nicolas Maduro made a pilgrimage to late socialist leader Hugo Chavez's birthplace on Tuesday and pledged to win the April 14 election in his honor.
• Medvedev Warns Ruling Party to Avoid Communists' Fate RIA Novosti 02 Apr 2013 -- Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev warned his ruling United Russia party not to repeat the mistakes made by the Soviet Union’s Communist Party.
• Putin Signs Law Allowing Regions to Cancel Governor Polls RIA Novosti 02 Apr 2013 -- Law allows regions to decide whether they want to elect a governor by a direct popular vote or let regional legislatures choose them from nominees approved by the president.
• Slovenian Vote Clears Way For Croatia To Join EU RFE/RL 02 Apr 2013 -- Slovenia's parliament has ratified Croatia's European Union accession treaty, removing one of the last hurdles to Croatia becoming the next EU member.