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14 September 2014 Military News

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Defense Policy / Programs

  • US says Malaysia offers to host surveillance planes Iran Press TV 14 Sep 2014 -- A top US Navy officer says Malaysia has offered to let the US use one of its airbases to fly military spy planes over the South China Sea, a move that will likely increase frictions with Beijing.

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Other Conflicts

  • Ukraine accuses pro-Russians of violating truce Iran Press TV 14 Sep 2014 -- The Ukrainian government has accused pro-Russia forces of jeopardizing a shaky ceasefire in the volatile eastern regions of the country.
  • More Observers, Drones To Monitor Ukraine Truce RFE/RL 14 Sep 2014 -- More international monitors plus unarmed drones will be deployed to monitor a shaky cease-fire in eastern Ukraine.
  • Canadian Politician: Support, But Also Skepticism, For Ukrainian Government RFE/RL 14 Sep 2014 -- Canadian politician and journalist Chrystia Freeland was one of the moderators at the Yalta European Strategy (YES) conference, which took place in Kyiv on September 11-13. RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service's Maryana Drach spoke to Freeland about Western policies toward Ukraine and the role of Russian propaganda.
  • Defense Minister: Western Weapons on Way to Ukraine VOA 14 Sep 2014 -- Ukraine's Defense Minister Valeriy Heletey said Sunday weapons are on the way to Ukraine from Western countries - which he would not name - to help the country in its fight against Russian-backed rebels.

  • UN Aid Chief Says 1.8 Million People Displaced in Iraq, Plan Needed RIA Novosti 14 Sep 2014 -- Up to 1.8 million people have been displaced in Iraq since January as the Islamic State (IS) has advanced, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos said Sunday.
  • UN humanitarian chief urges sustained funding to assist millions of Iraqis in need UN News Centre 14 Sep 2014 -- Sustained funding and support will be vital if the United Nations and its partners are to continue assisting the millions of Iraqis affected by the ongoing crisis in the country, particularly as winter approaches, the world body's top humanitarian official said on Sunday.
  • HRW Urges Investigation of Civilian Deaths in Iraqi Airstrike VOA 14 Sep 2014 -- New York based Human Rights Watch is calling for an investigation of an Iraqi airstrike that killed 31 civilians two weeks ago at a school housing displaced people near Tikrit.

  • Saudi Arabia Joined US in Training 5,000 Syrian Rebels: Pentagon RIA Novosti 14 Sep 2014 -- The US government has declared that it is planning to provide training for 5000 Syrian opposition fighters annually in order to battle IS militants, Washington Times reports.

  • Nigeria jet missing since Friday op against Boko Haram Iran Press TV 14 Sep 2014 -- A Nigerian jet has been lost in an operation to battle Boko Haram's Takfiri militants in the country's volatile northeast.
  • Ban strongly condemns latest attack on UN peacekeepers in Mali UN News Centre 14 Sep 2014 -- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday strongly condemned an attack on a military vehicle of the United Nations mission in Mali that resulted in the death of a Chadian peacekeeper and left four other troops wounded.
  • UN Peacekeepers to Deploy in CAR VOA 14 Sep 2014 -- A United Nations peacekeeping force will deploy Monday in the Central African Republic, which has been devastated by more than two years of sectarian violence and civil war. Many hope the U.N. troops will have a strong impact on economic development of this poor nation.
  • DRC Rebel Group Wants Assurances to Hand Over Weapons VOA 14 Sep 2014 -- The leader of the Mai Mai Kifuafua rebel movement said he needs assurances from the Democratic of Republic of Congo's (DRC) government that it will protect unarmed civilians in the territory the group controls before his 2,800 members will hand over their weapons under the administration's peace effort program.

News Reports

  • ISIL future and Arab states' policy shift IRNA 14 Sep 2014 -- In light of ISILs various tactics of spreading terror among people to carry out ethnic cleaning in Iraq and Syria, regional and Arab countries have now realized that the terrorist ISIL group is an obvious danger, that can jeopardize the security of any country in the Middle East, noted Iran Daily on Sunday.
  • Around 100 French nationals involved with ISIL: Minister Iran Press TV 14 Sep 2014 -- French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve says around 930 French citizens are either fighting for the ISIL terrorist group in Iraq and Syria or planning to join the terrorists.
  • West Condemns Killing Of British Aid Worker By IS Militants RFE/RL 14 Sep 2014 -- Western allies have pledged an increasingly aggressive campaign against Islamic State militants after the group executed a British aid worker in Syria.
  • Security Council deplores 'heinous' murder of British aid worker by Islamic militants UN News Centre 14 Sep 2014 -- Members of the United Nations Security Council on Sunday strongly condemned the "heinous and cowardly" murder of David Haines, a British humanitarian aid worker, by the armed group known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
  • British PM Vows Response to IS Militants after Beheading of Briton VOA 14 Sep 2014 -- In an emotional statement at 10 Downing Street, British Prime Minister David Cameron said Britain will hunt down those responsible for the death of British aid worker David Haines.
  • US Touts Coalition to Fight Islamic State VOA 14 Sep 2014 -- The Obama administration is expressing confidence in the formation of an international coalition to combat Islamic State radicals who control swaths of territory in Iraq and Syria. But congressional action in support of the effort is a matter of growing debate.

  • Liberia Fires Officials for Not Returning to Fight Ebola VOA 14 Sep 2014 -- Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has fired 10 senior officials who defied an order to return to the country and help in the fight against Ebola.
  • Liberia sacks absent officials amid Ebola crisis Iran Press TV 14 Sep 2014 -- Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has dismissed 10 government officials over remaining 'out of the country without an excuse,' amid the nation's persisting Ebola crisis.
  • WHO releases Third Ebola Response Roadmap IRNA 14 Sep 2014 -- The total number of probable, confirmed and suspected cases in the current outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa was 4366, with 2218 deaths, according to the Third Roadmap the World Health Organization released on Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa.

  • News Analysis: New Russia Sanctions Seen As Burning Slowly RFE/RL 12 Sep 2014 -- A fresh round of U.S. and European Union sanctions will not inflict immediate economic shock in Russia but could undermine the country's fiscal stability in the long term if the measures are not rolled back, economists and industry experts say.

  • N Korea sentences US man to 6 years of hard labor Iran Press TV 14 Sep 2014 -- A North Korean court has sentenced a 24-year-old US citizen to six years of hard labor after convicting him of hostile acts against the East Asian country.
  • North Korea Sentences Detained American Tourist to 6 Years in Labor Camp: Reports RIA Novosti 14 Sep 2014 -- American citizen Matthew Miller, arrested in April in North Korea for violating his tourist status has been sentenced to six years of work in a corrective labor camp, Agence France Presse (AFP) reported with reference to North Korea's state-run news agency KCNA on Sunday.
  • North Korea Releases Report Claiming Citizens 'Enjoy Genuine Human Rights' RIA Novosti 14 Sep 2014 -- North Korea has published a report that claims the country's citizens "enjoy genuine human rights" in a bid to counter allegations of widespread abuses and crimes against humanity made among others by the UN, the North's news agency KCNA reports.



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