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• OIF/OEF/OND Casualty Update 05 Sep 2013 [PDF]

More Than 3-to-1 Against an Attack on Syria 05 Sep 2013

The Democratic Congressman Who Thinks He Can Stop the Syria War 05 Sep 2013

• CTF Dragoon assumes responsibility for all of Kandahar Province Army News 05 Sep 2013 -- Combined Task Force Dragoon (2d Cavalry Regiment) has officially taken the reigns of the western and northern portions of Kandahar Province.
• Oil supply to Nato resumes after five months IRNA 05 Sep 2013 -- Oil supply to Nato forces in Afghanistan has resumed after a five-month suspension because of attacks on tankers in Pakistan.
• President Karzai says Taliban defaming Afghanistan, Islam PressTV 05 Sep 2013 -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai has censured the Taliban militant group for ‘defaming’ Islam and Afghanistan.
• Pakistani militant group blamed for attack on Shia mosque in Kabul PressTV 05 Sep 2013 -- Afghan authorities have blamed a Pakistani militant group for an attack on a Shia Muslim mosque located in western part of the capital, Kabul.
• Airman improves bio waste program on forward operation base AFNS 05 Sep 2013 -- Every day Staff Sgt. Chad Whitehead drives out to the edge of the Forward Operating Base Ghazni to dispose of biowaste.
• Pakistani court rejects petition against US drones IRNA 05 Sep 2013 -- Pakistan’s top court has dismissed a petition, seeking action against the American drone attacks in the country’s tribal regions.
• Bomb blast wounds nearly a dozen outside Pakistan girls' school PressTV 05 Sep 2013 -- A powerful bomb explosion outside a girls' school has left nearly a dozen children wounded in Pakistan's troubled northwestern tribal region.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Department of Defense Press Briefing with George Little from the Pentagon DoD 05 Sep 2013
• Asian Leaders Welcome U.S. Rebalance, Official Says AFPS 05 Sep 2013 -- Leaders across Asia welcomed the U.S. rebalance to Asia, the acting assistant secretary of defense for Asian and Pacific security affairs told reporters.
• U.S., Russia Can Make Bilateral Progress, DOD Official Says AFPS 05 Sep 2013 -- The United States and Russia disagree on some aspects of their bilateral relations, but there are many areas where the countries can and do cooperate.
• Greenert Details Navy’s Fiscal 2014 Budget Realities AFPS 05 Sep 2013 -- Even without the uncertainty caused by budget negotiations, it will take years for the Navy to recover from the effects of sequestration.
• Official Predicts Bleak Budget Picture for Fiscal 2014 AFPS 05 Sep 2013 -- Budget pressures mean defense acquisition workers’ lives “are going to stay difficult for a while,” their chief told the workforce.
• B-2 undergoes comm upgrade AFNS 05 Sep 2013 -- After a 20-year wait, the B-2 Spirit will receive a significant new communications upgrade.
• The Navy Carrier Strike Group: Epitomizing the CNO's Tenets NNS 05 Sep 2013 -- U.S. carrier strike groups continue to be a primary representation of Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert's key tenets.
• Testing, tactics, training: Training squadron sets the bar AFNS 05 Sep 2013 -- The 505th Test Squadron provides testing, tactics development and training for the United States military and coalition forces.
• USS Freedom VBSS Team Trains with Malaysian Navy during SEACAT NNS 05 Sep 2013 -- Sailors assigned to USS Freedom's visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) team conducted a boarding exercise with the Royal Malaysian Navy.
• Special Reaction Team masters CQB basics USMC News 05 Sep 2013 -- Training evolution was part of a continuous cycle designed to maintain and improve SRT Marines’ technical and tactical proficiency.
• Fort Hood Shooter Forcibly Shaved In Prison RFE/RL 05 Sep 2013 -- The U.S. Army psychiatrist sentenced to death for a shooting rampage at the Fort Hood military base in Texas has been forcibly shaved.
• Forest Service Ends Military Firefighting Aircraft Activation AFPS 05 Sep 2013 -- The U.S. Forest Service has decided to end current military C-130 Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System operations as of the end of the day today.
• What is required to give China a carrier-borne UCAV? People's Daily 05 Sep 2013 -- Military experts are currently speculating on whether China's aircraft carrier may be equipped with unmanned combat air vehicles.
• China's 052D destroyer equipped with new vertical launching system People's Daily 05 Sep 2013 -- First 052D missile destroyer of Chinese Navy is having on sea trial in a certain sea area of the East China Sea.
• Iran army to stage massive military maneuver late September IRNA 05 Sep 2013 -- A senior Iranian commander said the Islamic Republic Army is set to stage a massive military maneuver in late September 2013.
• U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing, September 5, 2013 US Dept. of State 05 Sep 2013
• Secretary Kerry Interview With Chris Hayes of MSNBC US Dept. of State 05 Sep 2013

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for September 05, 2013

Other Conflicts

• Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, 05 September 2013 United Nations 05 Sep 2013
• Power: No Viable Syria Path Via Security Council VOA 05 Sep 2013 -- U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power declared that the United States has abandoned efforts to work with the United Nations Security Council on Syria.
• US Voices 'Horror' over NYT Syria Execution Photo VOA 05 Sep 2013 -- Images of Syrian rebels executing seven government soldiers displayed the violence of the Syrian civil war as world leaders met for summit talks.
• US Congress Questions Rationale for Striking Syria VOA 05 Sep 2013 -- President Barack Obama’s abrupt decision to seek congressional authorization for striking Syria has had at least one salutary effect so far.
• Obama Presses Syria Strike at G20 Summit VOA 05 Sep 2013 -- U.S. President Barack Obama is pressing world leaders at the Group of 20 summit in Russia for backing of a possible U.S. strike on Syria.
• Syrian Crisis to Dominate G20 Summit VOA 05 Sep 2013 -- U.S. President Barack Obama has arrived in Russia for a meeting of world leaders that is expected to be overshadowed by debate over possible U.S. military strikes in Syria.
• At G20 summit, Ban, UN-Arab League Envoy push for political solution to Syrian crisis UN News Centre 05 Sep 2013 -- UN Secretary-General Ban and Envoy Brahimi reiterated the need to “push even harder” to for a political solution to end the bloodshed.
• UN Syria Envoy to Make Peace Conference Push at G20 RIA Novosti 05 Sep 2013 -- The United Nations special envoy for Syria will attend the G20 summit of world leaders in St. Petersburg to boost efforts to convene a peace conference on Syria.
• EU Leaders Call for Political Solution to Syrian Crisis RIA Novosti 05 Sep 2013 -- The European Union’s two most senior officials called for a political solution to the ongoing conflict in Syria.
• US Congressional Vote On Syria Faces Tough Road VOA 05 Sep 2013 -- The Foreign Affairs Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives has begun considering whether to authorize U.S. military force against Syria.
• DOD Focuses on Ending Assad Regime’s Chemical Weapons Use AFPS 05 Sep 2013 -- The Defense Department leadership is focused on what President Barack Obama has defined as the objective of a proposed military operation in Syria.
• US Military Leaders Lay Out Goals for Syria Attack VOA 05 Sep 2013 -- With destroyers and other assets positioned to strike Syria, U.S. military leaders have laid out their goals if there is an attack.
• The 'What Ifs' Of U.S. Military Intervention In Syria RFE/RL 05 Sep 2013 -- One thing is already certain: a U.S. military strike inside the warring country has the potential to produce unintended consequences.
• Iran Lurks Behind Washington's 'Red Line' On Syria RFE/RL 05 Sep 2013 -- Prior to this week, Iran was rarely mentioned in connection with the August 21 chemical-weapons attack.
• Caucasus Islamists Split From Al-Qaeda-Linked Syria Rebels RFE/RL 05 Sep 2013 -- A group of Islamist militants from Russia's volatile North Caucasus region fighting in Syria say they have split with a major Al-Qaeda-linked rebel unit.
• US Downplays Concerns About Al-Qaida in Syria RIA Novosti 05 Sep 2013 -- In testimony before a Senate panel, Secretary of State John Kerry denied that al-Qaida and affiliated Islamist forces had taken full control of the Syrian opposition.
• Rockets in Syria Attack Carried Large Payload, Experts Say VOA 05 Sep 2013 -- Experts have concluded the missiles used in the assault carried up to 50 times more nerve agent than previously thought, according to a report in the New York Times.
• Hagel Cites Russia as Source of Syrian Chemical Weapons RIA Novosti 05 Sep 2013 -- US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said that Russia was a supplier of chemical weapons to the Syrian military.
• Russia Questions IAEA on Syrian Nuclear Risks RIA Novosti 05 Sep 2013 -- Russia has handed over an official request to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to analyze potential nuclear risks of a US airstrike on Syria.
• Syria Refugee Tide Rises as Strikes Loom VOA 05 Sep 2013 -- The United Nations said more than two million people have now fled war in Syria. And as families await potential airstrikes from the United States, they are fleeing faster than ever.
• Russia Boosts Mediterranean Fleet for Potential Evacuation - Kremlin RIA Novosti 05 Sep 2013 -- Russia has strengthened its naval presence in the Mediterranean Sea for a possible evacuation of Russian nationals from Syria.
• ‘American al-Shabab’ Disavows Militant Group, al-Qaida VOA 05 Sep 2013 -- An American citizen who joined the Somali militant group al-Shabab said he no longer is a member of that group or al-Qaida, although he still considers himself a terrorist.
• UN envoys urge renewed talks between M23, DR Congo Government UN News Centre 05 Sep 2013 -- Top United Nations officials focusing on the Democratic Republic of the Congo are attending talks with regional leaders meant to reenergize peace efforts.
• DRC Government ‘Ready’ For Peace Talks with M23 Rebels VOA 05 Sep 2013 -- The Democratic Republic of Congo is ready to re-start peace talks with the M23 rebels in Uganda’s capital, Kampala, according to Information Minister Lambert Mende.
• 15 die in militant attack in northeastern Nigeria: Residents PressTV 05 Sep 2013 -- Suspected members of the Boko Haram militant group have shot dead 15 people in an attack on a local market in northeastern Nigeria.
• Omer Hussein, Sudan: "There will not be North without South and no South without North" IRIN 05 Sep 2013 -- The presidents of Sudan and South Sudan pledged at a summit in Khartoum on 3 September to turn the page in their relations.
• Readout of Secretary Hagel's Call with Egyptian Minister of Defense General Abdul Fatah al-Sisi DoD 05 Sep 2013
• Egypt's Interior Minister Survives Assassination Attempt VOA 05 Sep 2013 -- A bomb exploded near a convoy carrying Egyptian Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim Wednesday in Cairo, an attack authorities are calling an assassination attempt.
• Egypt interim govt. pledges to defeat 'terrorism' with 'iron hand' PressTV 05 Sep 2013 -- Egypt's military-installed interim government has pledged to fight the so-called "terrorism" with an "iron hand" after its interior minister survived a bomb attack in Cairo.
• Darfur: African Union-UN mission recovers body of peacekeeper missing since floods UN News Centre 05 Sep 2013 -- The body of an African Union-United Nations peacekeeper who had been assisting flood victims has been recovered in Darfur, a spokesperson announced today.
• Putin Agrees With Japan to Seek Judo-Style Peace Treaty RIA Novosti 05 Sep 2013 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed with Japan’s PM that a post-World War II peace deal could finally be reached only under the judo principle of hikiwake – “no winner, no loser.”
• Cambodia Criticized for 'Delaying' Khmer Rouge Tribunal VOA 05 Sep 2013 -- A prominent human rights group is criticizing Cambodia for failing to pay local staff at the Khmer Rouge war crimes tribunal.

News Reports

• Remarks by President Obama and Prime Minister Abe of Japan Before Bilateral Meeting at the G20 Summit The White House 05 Sep 2013
• Briefing by Ben Rhodes on the Bilateral with Japan The White House 05 Sep 2013
• Egyptians Lash Out at Qatari 'Meddling' VOA 05 Sep 2013 -- After years of growing influence, Qatar's apparent ambitions as a regional powerhouse have faltered in Tunisia and Syria and with what some experts say is its latest stumble in Egypt.
• Iran's President Puts Foreign Ministry In Charge Of Nuclear Negotiations RFE/RL 05 Sep 2013 -- Iranian President Hassan Rohani has announced that the country's Foreign Ministry will be in charge of nuclear talks with world powers.
• President Rouhani puts Foreign Ministry in charge of nuclear talks PressTV 05 Sep 2013 -- Iran Foreign Ministry has been tasked with leading future negotiations between the Islamic Republic and the P5+1 group of world powers over the country’s nuclear energy program.
• Iran Puts Foreign Ministry in Charge of Nuclear Talks RIA Novosti 05 Sep 2013 -- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani transferred the authority to conduct nuclear talks from the country’s security council to the Foreign Ministry.
• Pakistan to launch operation against terrorists, target killers in Karachi IRNA 05 Sep 2013 -- Pakistani government announced to launch “targeted action” in the violence-hit port city of Karachi against terrorists‚ target killers‚ kidnappers for ransom and extortionists.
• China's Smiling Safety Official Gets 14 Years in Jail VOA 05 Sep 2013 -- A Chinese official who ignited a national controversy when he was caught smiling at the scene of a deadly bus crash has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for corruption.
• Kenya: ICC Membership (Taken Question) US Dept. of State 05 Sep 2013
• Kenya Votes to Withdraw From ICC VOA 05 Sep 2013 -- Kenya's parliament has voted in favor of calls for the country to withdraw from the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court, where there president and his deputy are set to be tried for crimes against humanity.
• Guinea-Bissau’s transition is on track, UN envoy tells Security Council UN News Centre 05 Sep 2013 -- Despite a possible delay in the elections scheduled for November, the political efforts in Guinea-Bissau are moving forward and the country remains calm.
• Guinea poised to complete transition to civilian rule IRIN 05 Sep 2013 -- Guinea’s parliamentary election, to be held later this month, will establish a legislative assembly and complete a transition to civilian rule that has been delayed for nearly five years.
• Liberian Opposition Leader Calls for Peaceful Co-existence VOA 05 Sep 2013 -- The man named by President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf nearly a year ago to head Liberia’s national reconciliation process says it is important for all Liberians to embrace the idea of peaceful co-existence.
• Ukraine Approves First Laws Toward EU RFE/RL 05 Sep 2013 -- Ukrainian lawmakers have approved a first set of measures expected to pave Kyiv's path toward closer integration with the European Union.
• Moldovan President Says Country Will Stay On European Course RFE/RL 05 Sep 2013 -- Moldova's president says his country is committed to closer ties with the European Union.