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• OIF/OEF/OND Casualty Update 01 Oct 2013 [PDF]
• The changing face of Helmand UK MOD 01 Oct 2013 -- Catriona Laing talks of the changes she witnessed during her 18-month deployment as the UK's senior representative in southern Afghanistan.
• Marine Corps to relieve two general officers for Camp Bastion attack USMC News 01 Oct 2013 -- Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. James F. Amos is recommending to the Secretary of the Navy that two commanding generals be relieved of their duties as a result of the September 2012 insurgent attack on Camp Bastion, Afghanistan.
• Two U.S. Generals Out Over Afghan Failure RFE/RL 01 Oct 2013 -- The U.S. Marine Corps has forced two generals into retirement, effectively firing them, over a failure to defend a base in Afghanistan from a deadly Taliban attack.
• Intelligence official killed in Afghanistan PressTV 01 Oct 2013 -- A provincial intelligence official has been killed, following a roadside bomb blast in Afghanistan’s eastern Kunar province.
• CTF Dragoon takes to the streets to listen to what the enemy has to say Army News 01 Oct 2013 -- Combined Task Force Dragoon Soldiers conducted an over-watch foot patrol in the village of Hodzhamulk, Afghanistan Sept. 27, 2013 in order to monitor enemy communication.
• Afghan Women's Movement Enters Political Arena RFE/RL 01 Oct 2013 -- When Wave of Change, a female-led political movement, was unveiled last week in Afghanistan, it was greeted with applause by women's rights activists.
• Former Afghan foreign minister registers for presidential election PressTV 01 Oct 2013 -- Prominent Afghan opposition leader and former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah will run for president in next year's election.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Media Availability with Adm. Locklear and Gen. Thurman in South Korea DoD 01 Oct 2013
• U.S.-South Korean Leaders Guard Against Complacency AFPS 01 Oct 2013 -- The state of the U.S.-South Korea alliance is strong, but the allies cannot become complacent in face of changes in North Korea, Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said.
• Joint Statement on the Sixth U.S.-Vietnam Political, Security, and Defense Dialogue US Dept. of State 01 Oct 2013
• Obama Lauds DOD Workforce, Encourages Budget Resolution AFPS 01 Oct 2013 -- President Barack Obama thanked the Defense Department workforce in a video message and expressed his disappointment in Congress’ failure to approve a budget.
• Media Availability with Secretary Hagel on the Government Shutdown DoD 01 Oct 2013
• Hagel Says National Security Assured During Shutdown AFPS 01 Oct 2013 -- The Defense Department and other government agencies responsible for national security will carry out their missions despite the government shutdown, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said.
• US Military Operations Continue Despite Shutdown VOA 01 Oct 2013 -- Among the U.S. government agencies hardest hit by the shutdown is the Department of Defense, though officials say military operations around the world are not affected.
• Government shut down affects Marine Corps operations USMC News 01 Oct 2013 -- A Corpswide, partial shutdown of Marine Corps operations began midnight, Sept. 30 because of a lack of government funding for fiscal year 2014.
• Dempsey Gives Hints on Priorities for Future AFPS 01 Oct 2013 -- In his first two-year term as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey hasn’t blinked when facing challenges that would make some men quit.
• First female Marines attend infantry course USMC News 01 Oct 2013 -- The first female Marines to ever attend infantry training with the Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry-East, at Marine Corps Base Camp Geiger, N.C., completed the first week of training Sept. 28.
• MSAS, AFAFRICA, Share Ideas with Angolan Air Force AFRICOM 01 Oct 2013 -- U.S. Africa Command and U.S. Air Forces Africa worked together with a 621st Contingency Response Wing traveling contact team to conduct a building partnership engagement in Angola.
• Air Force auxiliary to continue missions during government shutdown AFNS 01 Oct 2013 -- Members of the Civil Air Patrol, the U.S. Air Force auxiliary, will continue to perform emergency and disaster response missions authorized by Air Force officials.
• USS Bonhomme Richard Commanding Officer Relieved NNS 01 Oct 2013 -- The commanding officer of USS Bonhomme Richard was relieved of his duties on Oct. 2 due to a loss of confidence in his ability to command.
• Army Releases August 2013 Suicide Information DoD 01 Oct 2013
• Military Must Slow Growth for Military Pay, Health Care AFPS 01 Oct 2013 -- The military has to look at the entire package of compensation, health care and retirement, Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey told a U.S. Forces Korea Town Hall meeting.
• Care Continues for Navy Yard Victims NNS 01 Oct 2013 -- The Federal Occupations Health and Employee Assistance Program will continue to provide support to personnel affected by the shooting at the Washington Navy Yard.
• Russian Ground Forces to Receive 750 Units of Military Hardware RIA Novosti 01 Oct 2013 -- The Russian Ground Forces will receive over 750 units of military hardware in 2014.
• Tajik Lawmakers Ratify Russian Military Base Lease RIA Novosti 01 Oct 2013 -- The lower house of Tajikistan’s parliament ratified a long-stalled deal to extend the lease of Russia’s military base in the Central Asian nation until 2042.
• Russia Allows Army Draftees to Serve With Pets RIA Novosti 01 Oct 2013 -- Russian conscripts whose dogs are trained for certain activities are welcome to do their mandatory year of military service with their pets.
• S. Korea Parades Cruise Missiles, Military Hardware to Deter Pyongyang VOA 01 Oct 2013 -- Military parade mainly to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the founding of its armed forces, but also to deter provocations from North Korea.
• UK and Saudi Arabia begin Red Crocodile drills PressTV 01 Oct 2013 -- Britain and Saudi Arabia have launched joint military drills, codenamed Red Crocodile 3, with the participation of their commando units.
• MND to mull plan to withdraw forces from islets close to China CNA 01 Oct 2013 -- The Ministry of National Defense will contemplate a plan aimed at withdrawing military forces from two frontline bases on Kinmen.
• Taiwan said to begin cluster bomb production in 2015 CNA 01 Oct 2013 -- Mass production of a cluster bomb developed in Taiwan will begin in 2015, one to two years ahead of schedule, a lawmaker said.
• Ukraine Starts Last Mandatory Draft RFE/RL 01 Oct 2013 -- The last mandatory drafting of conscripts into the Ukrainian armed forces is under way.
• Ukraine to Scrap Military Draft as Part of EU Integration Plan RIA Novosti 01 Oct 2013 -- Ukraine’s final military draft before its armed forces switch to a contract basis in line with the country’s European Union aspirations began on Tuesday.
• Iran to increase air-launched missiles range: Cmdr. PressTV 01 Oct 2013 -- A senior Iranian military commander says the country plans to increase the range of domestically-designed and manufactured air-launched missiles to 300 kilometers.
• Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney, 10/1/2013 The White House 01 Oct 2013
• U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing US Dept. of State 01 Oct 2013

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• Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, 1 October 2013 United Nations 01 Oct 2013
• Concern Grows Over Middle East's WMD Arsenal VOA 01 Oct 2013 -- Efforts to secure Syria's chemical weapons and regulate Iran's nuclear program have again raised the idea of a Middle East free of weapons of mass destruction.
• Syrian Conflict Will Take Years to Sort Out, Dempsey Says AFPS 01 Oct 2013 -- The conflict in Syria will take years to sort out, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said.
• UN Inspectors Begin Syria Disarmament VOA 01 Oct 2013 -- International inspectors have arrived in Syria to begin the task of verifying and destroying President Bashar al-Assad's chemical weapons arsenal.
• OPCW Team In Syria To Dismantle Chemical Weapons RFE/RL 01 Oct 2013 -- A team of experts from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has arrived in Syria to begin the process of dismantling Syria's chemical weapons.
• Moscow to Conduct Its Own Probe into Syria Chemical Attacks RIA Novosti 01 Oct 2013 -- Russia announced it will carry out its own investigation into chemical weapons attacks in Syria.
• Participants at UN forum agree to boost support for countries hosting Syrian refugees UN News Centre 01 Oct 2013 -- Participants at a United Nations meeting in Geneva agreed on urgent action to mitigate the humanitarian crisis spawned by the Syrian conflict.
• Russia Provides $10M to Syrian Refugees RIA Novosti 01 Oct 2013 -- Russia has donated $10 million for Syrian refugees and is ready to provide more, a Russian envoy said.
• Kenyatta: Kenyan Forces to Stay in Somalia VOA 01 Oct 2013 -- Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said on Tuesday the country will remain militarily engaged in Somalia following the assault on a Nairobi shopping mall by Somali militants.
• Gunmen still holed up in Yemen army base: Official PressTV 01 Oct 2013 -- Al-Qaeda-linked militants are said to be still holding hostages at a Yemeni army headquarters in the southern port city of Mukalla, despite reports that the army has recaptured the building.
• Central African Republic: UN underscores grave humanitarian, human rights situation UN News Centre 01 Oct 2013 -- United Nations officials voiced deep concern at the deteriorating situation in the Central African Republic.
• Is Rebel Leader David Yau Yau Ready for Talks? VOA 01 Oct 2013 -- South Sudanese rebel leader David Yau Yau could be ready for talks with the government, a spokesman for former rebels said.
• Darfur: Ban voices sadness at death of UN-African Union peacekeeper wounded in July UN News Centre 01 Oct 2013 -- Secretary-General Ban voiced his sadness after a police advisor serving in Sudan’s Darfur region succumbed to injuries sustained in a July attack.
• 1,000 killed in Iraq violence in September: UN PressTV 01 Oct 2013 -- The United Nations says a wave of violence in Iraq left some 1000 people dead in the month of September.
• Al-Qaeda claims responsibility for Iraq attacks PressTV 01 Oct 2013 -- An al-Qaeda affiliated group in Iraq has claimed responsibility for a series of bombings that killed dozens of people across Baghdad Province.
• Dozens Killed In Baghdad Attacks RFE/RL 01 Oct 2013 -- A wave of attacks, including several car bombs has killed at least 55 people in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.
• Iraqi Prisoners Say Treatment Harsher After Mass Breakout RFE/RL 01 Oct 2013 -- Prisoners in two Iraqi prisons that saw mass breakouts earlier this year say they are victims of much harsher treatment as a result.
• Zamboanga displaced face bleak prospects IRIN 01 Oct 2013 -- The road to recovery for more than 100,000 displaced in Zamboanga will prove a long one, aid workers say, following a recent siege by Muslim rebels of the port city on the southern island of Mindanao.
• Closing of Smuggling Tunnels Hits Gazans Hard VOA 01 Oct 2013 -- Gaza's economy has been hit hard by the recent destruction of most of the smugglers' tunnels into Egypt's Sinai Peninsula.
• Turkey govt. reforms not aimed at ending conflict: PKK PressTV 01 Oct 2013 -- Turkey’s Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) says Ankara’s proposed human rights reforms are not aimed at ending a nearly 30-year conflict with the Kurds.
• Despite Government efforts, torture widespread in Libya’s detention centres – UN report UN News Centre 01 Oct 2013 -- Torture continues to be widespread in Libya’s detention centres, according to a United Nations report.
• Ivory Coast Opposition Condemns Member’s ICC Arrest Warrant VOA 01 Oct 2013 -- A leading member of Ivory Coast opposition says the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) arrest warrant for Charles Ble Goude will undermine any attempt to stabilize the country.
• ICC Unseals Arrest Warrant for Gbagbo Ally VOA 01 Oct 2013 -- The International Criminal Court has unsealed an arrest warrant for Charles Ble Goude, an alleged organizer of the 2010-2011 post-election violence in Ivory Coast.

News Reports

• Netanyahu Slams Iran at UN; Iran Lashes Back VOA 01 Oct 2013 -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his country will never allow Iran to obtain nuclear weapons.
• Iran's Foreign Minister Accuses Israeli PM Of Lying RFE/RL 01 Oct 2013 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has accused Israel’s prime minister of lying.
• Netanyahu Slams Iran's Nuclear Ambitions in UN Speech VOA 01 Oct 2013 -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Iran is continuing a "vast and feverish" effort to acquire nuclear arms.
• Netanyahu: Israel Won't Allow Iran To Get Nuclear Bomb RFE/RL 01 Oct 2013 -- Israel will not allow Iran to get nuclear weapons. If Israel is forced to stand alone Israel will stand alone," Netanyahu said in his address to the UN General Assembly on October 1.
• PM Netanyahu addresses UN General Assembly Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs 01 Oct 2013
• At UN, Israel insists tough sanctions must remain to deter Iranian nuclear threat UN News Centre 01 Oct 2013 -- Israeli PM Netanyahu warned that the only way diplomacy will stop Iran acquiring nuclear weapons is to keep up international pressure.
• Iran's Hard-Liners Muted On Rohani's Historic Call With Obama RFE/RL 01 Oct 2013 -- A historic telephone call between Iranian President Hassan Rohani and U.S. President Barack Obama has generally been welcomed in the Islamic republic.
• Iran AEOI chief optimistic about nuclear talks PressTV 01 Oct 2013 -- Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Ali Akbar Salehi has expressed optimism about the prospect of Tehran’s nuclear talks with the six world powers.
• Iranian Daily Publishes Interview With State Department Official RFE/RL 01 Oct 2013 -- In an unprecedented move, an Iranian daily has published an interview with a State Department official.
• Egypt General Calls for Quick Political Transition VOA 01 Oct 2013 -- Egypt's military chief is calling for a quick government transition based on a political roadmap that envisions presidential elections by next year.
• Bangladesh Opposition Leader Sentenced to Death for War Crimes VOA 01 Oct 2013 -- A war crimes tribunal in Bangladesh has handed the death penalty to a senior member and lawmaker from the main opposition party for his role in the country’s 1971 war of independence.
• Bangladesh opposition leader sentenced to death PressTV 01 Oct 2013 -- A special tribunal in Bangladesh has sentenced the leader of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party to death over his alleged war crimes during the 1971 liberation war.
• Clock Ticking for US Diplomats Expelled from Venezuela VOA 01 Oct 2013 -- The clock is ticking for the top U.S. diplomat in Venezuela and two other U.S. embassy employees one day after Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced their expulsion.
• Venezuela Expels 3 US Diplomats in ‘Sabotage Conspiracy’ RIA Novosti 01 Oct 2013 -- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has announced on national television that he has ordered the expulsion of three US diplomats from the country.
• Radioactive water leaks at crippled Fukushima plant: Japan's TEPCO PressTV 01 Oct 2013 -- The operator of Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant says workers have spilled several tons of rainwater that may be contaminated.
• China Arrests Activist for Seeking Public Comment in Rights Report VOA 01 Oct 2013 -- Later this month, China's human rights record comes under United Nations scrutiny as part of the U.N.’s regular review of members' rights policies.
• Historic Census Pushes Bosnians To Decide Who They Are RFE/RL 01 Oct 2013 -- Bosnia-Herzegovina this week begins its first official census since the 1993-95 war.