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05 December 2013 Military News

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

  • Regional Security at Stake in Delayed US-Afghan Accord VOA 05 Dec 2013 -- The proposed bilateral security agreement between the United States and Afghanistan will determine the scope and size of the U.S. military presence there after 2014. It's a significant issue between Washington and Kabul, but also is important for regional security. The U.S. troop presence, or lack of it, would have significant ramifications for the region, especially for neighboring Pakistan.
  • One team, one objective: ANSF, Marines seeks stability in Sangin USMC News 05 Dec 2013 -- Since the beginning of the war, Sangin has built a reputation for heavy fighting. In 2008, the Marine Corps deployed to the district in an effort to curb insurgency. Over the years, the Marines fought some of the war's bloodiest battles within the district and sustained a large amount of casualties.

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  • 5 December 2013 - Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General United Nations 05 Dec 2013

  • UN tribunals have lessons to offer on helping States deliver justice, Security Council told UN News Centre 05 Dec 2013 -- As the United Nations tribunals set up in the wake of the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s and the 1994 Rwandan genocide prepare to conclude their work, there are lessons to be learned in terms of building the national capacity of States to deliver justice, officials from the courts told the Security Council.

  • DOD Offers Help to Meet Syria Chemical Weapon Deadline AFPS 05 Dec 2013 -- The Defense Department has offered the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons a technical solution for removing the worst chemical weapons from war-torn Syria by Dec. 31 and is readying the capability for early January if the OPCW accepts, senior defense officials said here.

  • Central African Republic: Security Council approves new peacekeeping force UN News Centre 05 Dec 2013 -- Seriously concerned that the new dynamic of violence and retaliation in the Central African Republic (CAR) could divide the country along religious and ethnic lines and potentially "spiral into an uncontrollable situation," the United Nations Security Council authorized an African-led and French-backed peacekeeping force to quell the spiralling violence.
  • UN Authorizes African, French Forces for CAR VOA 05 Dec 2013 -- The U.N. Security Council has unanimously authorized the deployment of French and African troops to the Central African Republic in a bid to stop escalating violence that has left 50 people dead and 90 others wounded in the capital, Bangui today.

  • Suicide Bomber, Gunmen Attack Yemeni Defense Ministry VOA 05 Dec 2013 -- A suicide bomber and gunmen attacked the heavily guarded defense ministry compound in the Yemeni capital, Sana'a, killing at least 20 people and wounding dozens more.
  • Military Boosts Mideast Alert Status Following Yemen Bombing AFPS 05 Dec 2013 -- The U.S. military boosted its alert status across the Middle East following's reported militant bombing of a defense ministry hospital in Yemen.
  • Yemen: UN officials strongly condemn terrorist attacks against defence ministry UN News Centre 05 Dec 2013 -- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and his Special Adviser for Yemen have both strongly condemned the terrorist attacks against the country's Ministry of Defence that reportedly killed more than 20 people and caused many injuries.
  • Yemen: Suicide Car Bomb, Assault Kill 52 VOA 05 Dec 2013 -- A suicide bomber and gunmen attacked the heavily guarded defense ministry compound in the Yemeni capital, Sana'a, killing 52 people.

  • DOD, State Department Pursue Peace, Reform in Burma AFPS 05 Dec 2013 -- The Defense and State departments will continue to implement a strategy for "careful, calibrated" reengagement with the Burmese military in pursuit of peace, a senior Pentagon official told the House Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific here yesterday.
  • Myanmar's Kachin IDPs seek land justice IRIN 05 Dec 2013 -- Even if a nationwide ceasefire is signed between the Burmese government and armed opposition groups, people displaced by fighting in Myanmar's Kachin State may face land tenure problems when they return to their homes, say rights groups.
  • Papuan returnees live with broken promises in Indonesia IRIN 05 Dec 2013 -- Refugees who have returned to Indonesia's Papua province from exile in neighbouring Papua New Guinea (PNG) are disillusioned with their new lives. Provincial officials pledged money, jobs and homes in 2009, but four years later, although some of the former refugees have homes, few have found steady work.
  • 135 peacekeepers depart for Mali People's Daily 05 Dec 2013 -- With only a few international flights landing and leaving from Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang province, the city's international airport usually remains quiet. However, on Tuesday, the departure building was bustling with preparations involving a group of Chinese troops.

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