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• OIF/OEF/OND Casualty Update 23 Jul 2013 [PDF]
• 7 NATO supply trucks destroyed in ambush in Afghanistan Iran Press TV 23 Jul 2013 -- At least seven trucks carrying supplies to NATO bases have been destroyed in an ambush in southern Kandahar province of Afghanistan, Press TV reports.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Readout of Deputy Secretary Carter's Meetings with Senior Ugandan Security Officials DoD 23 Jul 2013
• Marines conduct non-lethal training during Western Accord 13 USMC News 23 Jul 2013 -- U.S. Marines Military Police from 4th Law Enforcement Battalion (LEB) provided non-lethal training to 50 Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) soldiers from 2nd Engineer Battalion June 17-26 during Western Accord 13 in Ghana.
• 4th Law Enforcement Battalion conducts policing, training exercise for Afghan deployment USMC News 23 Jul 2013 -- Tensions are high. Hollow sounds of protesters slip between falling rain drops and over corrugated, 10-foot walls. Their heated voices whisper warnings among a Marine patrol that waits inside the walls, standing stiffly in a rock-strewn courtyard, anxiously checking and re-checking equipment.
• Dempsey Arrives in Poland Following Afghan Meetings AFPS 23 Jul 2013 -- Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrived here today following a successful trip to Afghanistan.
• Mission Fulfills Sacred Pledge, POW/MIA Official Says AFPS 23 Jul 2013 -- No matter what it takes, no matter how long it takes, the nation must continue to fulfill its sacred pledge to account for its missing warriors, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for prisoner of war and missing personnel affairs said today.
• USS Harry S. Truman Deploys NNS 23 Jul 2013 -- Sailors aboard aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) said their goodbyes to friends and family prior to getting underway for an eight to nine- month deployment July 22.
• Bonhomme Richard ESG Partners with Australians, Completes Air Defense Exercise NNS 23 Jul 2013 -- The Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) teamed up with forces from the George Washington Carrier Strike Group and Australian Defence Force (ADF) to conduct an air defense exercise (ADEX) in support of exercise Talisman Saber 2013, July 22.
• USS Albuquerque Visits Saipan during Western Pacific Deployment NNS 23 Jul 2013 -- Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS Albuquerque (SSN 706) arrived at Tanapag Harbor, Saipan July 23 for a scheduled visit as part of Albuquerque's routine deployment to the Western Pacific.
• USS Maine Wins Ney Runner Up Award NNS 23 Jul 2013 -- Ballistic missile submarine USS Maine (SSBN 741) was presented the Captain Edward F. Ney Memorial Award, July 19 at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, for earning runner up in the Submarine Category.
• USS Gettysburg Sets Sail with Carrier Strike Group 10 NNS 23 Jul 2013 -- Guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG 64) departed Naval Station Mayport July 22 to join the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group on a scheduled deployment to the 6th and 5th Fleet areas of responsibility.
• Russian Missile Forces Holding Snap-Check Drills RIA Novosti 23 Jul 2013 -- The headquarters and two missile divisions of the Orenburg Missile Army in Russia's Urals region have been put on high-alert as part of snap combat readiness drills, the Defense Ministry said.
• Russian Investigators Open New Defense Property Corruption Cases RIA Novosti 23 Jul 2013 -- Russia's Investigative Committee opened two new criminal cases Tuesday into sales of Defense Ministry real estate, part of an ongoing investigation into alleged corruption at the ministry's property service company Oboronservis that has implicated high-level government officials.
• Russia's Strategic Missile Forces Start Snap Combat Drills RIA Novosti 23 Jul 2013 -- Over 2,500 servicemen and 350 weapons systems are involved in snap combat readiness drills for Russia's Strategic Missile Forces (RVSN), a Defense Ministry spokesman said Tuesday.
• No Work at North Korean Launch Site for 8 Months: Analysts VOA 23 Jul 2013 -- New satellite photos suggest construction work has been halted for the last eight months at a key North Korean launch site intended to test bigger and more advanced rockets.
• Royal Navy receives upgraded Merlin helicopters UK MOD 23 Jul 2013 -- The first of the UK's fleet of next-generation anti-submarine maritime patrol Merlin Mk2 helicopters have been delivered to the Royal Navy.
• Defense Ministry: Soldier's death will impact recruitment CNA 23 Jul 2013 -- Military officials said Tuesday that the recent suspicious death of an Army corporal will affect Ministry of National Defense efforts to recruit more servicemen and servicewomen, as Taiwan plans to have an all-volunteer force by 2015.
• July 23, 2013 - U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing US Dept. of State 23 Jul 2013
• Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney, 7/23/2013 The White House 23 Jul 2013

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for July 23, 2013

Other Conflicts

• 23 July 2013 - Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General United Nations 23 Jul 2013
• Remarks by Ambassador Rosemary A. DiCarlo, Acting U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, At a Security Council Open Debate on the Situation in the Middle East, July 23, 2013 US Dept. of State 23 Jul 2013
• Syria: UNICEF, partners deliver life-saving supplies to children in embattled Aleppo UN News Centre 23 Jul 2013 -- The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and its partners today delivered life-saving supplies to assist thousands of children in the city of Aleppo, one of the areas most affected by the Syrian conflict.
• Top US Officer Urges Caution on Syria Intervention VOA 23 Jul 2013 -- The top U.S. military officer has warned that intervening in Syria's civil war would cost billions of dollars, might escalate quickly and could turn into a highly risky endeavor for the United States.
• 'Army kills, injures militants in Homs' Iran Press TV 23 Jul 2013 -- Syrian army has clashed with foreign-backed militants in the western city of Homs, killing and injuring a number of the militants, Syrian media has reported.
• Turkey will respond to fire from Syria, army says Iran Press TV 23 Jul 2013 -- The Turkish army has announced that it will respond in multiples to fire coming from the Syrian side of their shared border.
• Syria Kurds release Takfiri leader in prisoner swap: UK-based group Iran Press TV 23 Jul 2013 -- A senior Iranian military official says the European Union's move to blacklist Lebanon's Hezbollah as a terrorist organization is indicative of the West's frustration over its failures in Syria.
• Pentagon: Military Options for Syria Costly, Risky RIA Novosti 23 Jul 2013 -- The US forces could carry out a variety of missions to support Syrian rebels in their fight against Bashar Assad's regime, but most of these missions would bear high cost and risk of retaliation, the United States' top military officer said.
• Syrian Rebels Hope for US Arms in August - Reports RIA Novosti 23 Jul 2013 -- Rebel forces seeking to overthrow Syrian President Bashar Assad hope to receive arms from the United States as early as next month after two key US congressional committees approved the weapons shipments, according to media reports.
• Top US Officer Outlines Options for Syria Intervention VOA 23 Jul 2013 -- The top U.S. military officer has outlined a set of potential options for using American force in Syria, while cautioning about the costs and potential consequences of direct involvement in the country's crisis.
• Security Council: UN official urges sustained efforts towards Israeli-Palestinian talks UN News Centre 23 Jul 2013 -- A senior United Nations official today briefed the Security Council on the Middle East peace process saying that amid a "deepening humanitarian catastrophe" in Syria and political unrest in Egypt, "time is of the essence" in the effort to renew serious dialogue between Israelis and Palestinians.
• U.S. policy on Taiwan unchanged: U.S. official CNA 23 Jul 2013 -- The United States' policy on Taiwan is consistent and unchanged, a senior State Department official said Monday in reference to President Ma Ying-jeou's planned transit stop in New York en route to Latin America next month.
• 'Sudan, S Sudan claims probe opened' Iran Press TV 23 Jul 2013 -- African nations have opened an investigation into claims by Sudan and its neighbor to the south of supporting rebels operating against the other state, the African Union has said.
• Food fears for tens of thousands in Jonglei IRIN 23 Jul 2013 -- Tens of thousands of people face severe food insecurity as they hide in the bush in South Sudan's Jonglei State following another wave of violence that has cut off aid to them.
• Renewed clashes in Darfur threaten long-term food security in Sudan - UN agency UN News Centre 23 Jul 2013 -- The new wave of violence in Sudan's Darfur region is threatening the ability of humanitarian organizations to assist the population and putting at risk long-term food security, the United Nations food relief agency said today.
• UN Forces Back Congo Army While Waiting for New Brigade VOA 23 Jul 2013 -- As the Congolese army battles M23 rebels near the eastern town of Goma, many are wondering when and if an enhanced U.N. peacekeeping operation will join the fight.
• UN concerned for civilians as ongoing violence displaces thousands in eastern DR Congo UN News Centre 23 Jul 2013 -- As fighting continues between Government forces and rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the United Nations refugee agency today expressed concern for the welfare of civilians in the area, including many who have fled to Uganda.
• US Calls on Rwanda to End M23 Support VOA 23 Jul 2013 -- The Obama administration wants Rwanda to stop backing Congolese rebels who are undermining efforts to end decades of violence in East Africa's Great Lakes region.
• Ahead of polls, UN urges Mali officials to expedite electoral procedures for refugees UN News Centre 23 Jul 2013 -- With the first round of Mali's presidential elections scheduled for Sunday, the United Nations refugee agency is calling on Malian authorities to quickly make public voters' lists and speed up distribution of electoral cards in neighbouring States for out-of-country voters.
• Analysis: Bringing peace, stability and aid back to Yemen's north IRIN 23 Jul 2013 -- More than three years after a tentative truce between the Houthi-led Shia movement in the north of Yemen and the government, humanitarian access is starting to open up in the areas still under the control of the Houthi militant forces.
• UN refugee agency welcomes new policy to protect half a million displaced Yemenis UN News Centre 23 Jul 2013 -- Yemen's new national policy to protect half a million people displaced by conflict represents "a major step forward," the United Nations refugee agency said today.

News Reports

• Fresh Clashes Erupt in Cairo VOA 23 Jul 2013 -- Deadly clashes in Egypt have continued Tuesday, despite a plea from the country's interim president urging people to remain calm and abstain from violence.
• No new deal made by Iran, IAEA IRNA 23 Jul 2013 -- Spokesman of the Foreign Ministry Abbas Araqchi said Tuesday no new deal has been made between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
• Iran slams EU move against Hezbollah as biased Iran Press TV 23 Jul 2013 -- Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Araqchi has slammed a recent decision by the European Union to blacklist Lebanon's Hezbollah resistance movement as "unprofessional and biased."
• Iran denounces EU decision on Lebanese Hezbollah IRNA 23 Jul 2013 -- Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi expressed regret over the European Union move in including military wing of the Lebanese Hezbollah in its so called terrorist list.
• Majlis condemns EU for blacklisting Hezbollah military wing IRNA 23 Jul 2013 -- Iranian MPs in a statement on Tuesday condemned the EU's move in placing the armed wing of Lebanon's Hezbollah on its list of terrorist groups.
• Netherlands refuses to extradite al-Qaeda suspect to US Iran Press TV 23 Jul 2013 -- A court in the Netherlands has blocked the extradition of a Dutch-Pakistani al-Qaeda suspect to the United States, saying it is unclear whether American authorities had played a hand in torturing him after his arrest in 2010.
• Iranian MPs slam EU move to blacklist Hezbollah Iran Press TV 23 Jul 2013 -- Iranian parliamentarians have denounced the European Union's "anti-Islamic and inhumane" move to blacklist the Lebanese resistance movement, Hezbollah.
• Hezbollah blacklisted due to West's failures: Iran cmdr. Iran Press TV 23 Jul 2013 -- A senior Iranian military official says the European Union's move to blacklist Lebanon's Hezbollah as a terrorist organization is indicative of the West's frustration over its failures in Syria.
• Iran slams EU decision to blacklist Hezbollah Iran Press TV 23 Jul 2013 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi has censured the European Union over its decision to put the military wing of Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah on its terrorist blacklist.
• Iran Condemns EU's Blacklisting of Hezbollah VOA 23 Jul 2013 -- Iran condemned on Tuesday the European Union's decision to put the armed wing of Lebanese militant group Hezbollah on its terrorism blacklist and said the move was "contrary to all political and legal norms, surprising and unacceptable."
• The Rise Of Al-Qaeda 2.0 RFE/RL 23 Jul 2013 -- Early on, Al-Qaeda was a close-knit band of extremists with common cause, a centralized leadership, and a base from which to launch global operations.
• Flood Damage Grows in DPRK KCNA 23 Jul 2013 -- Flood damage by consecutive downpour and heavy rainfalls is growing in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
• NASA Rushes Tools to Russian Spaceship After Helmet Leak RIA Novosti 23 Jul 2013 -- NASA is hurrying to get spare spacesuit parts aboard a Russian supply ship bound for the International Space Station (ISS) after about a quart (1 liter) of water poured into the helmet and suit of an Italian astronaut during a spacewalk last week, The Associated Press (AP) reported Monday.
• Boeing Gives First Peek Inside New NASA Spacecraft RIA Novosti 23 Jul 2013 -- US aerospace giant Boeing on Monday offered a first look inside a full-scale model of the Hershey's Kiss-shaped spacecraft it is developing for NASA to fly astronauts to low-Earth orbit destinations like the International Space Station (ISS).
• NASA's Cassini Captures Saturn, Earth, Moon in Rare Image RIA Novosti 23 Jul 2013 -- NASA's Cassini spacecraft has captured a rare image showing Saturn and its rings, the Earth and its moon in the same frame, the US space agency said.
• NASA Panel to Investigate Aborted Spacewalk RIA Novosti 23 Jul 2013 -- NASA said Tuesday that it has appointed an investigative board to look into last week's spacewalk that was aborted when water leaked into the helmet and spacesuit of an Italian astronaut outside the International Space Station (ISS).