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21 December 2014 Military News

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  • US-led coalition hits areas in Syria's Aleppo Iran Press TV 21 Dec 2014 -- The US-led coalition allegedly fighting against ISIL militants has reportedly carried out airstrikes against areas north of the Syrian city of Aleppo for the first time.

  • At Least 17 Killed In Afghan Attacks RFE/RL 21 Dec 2014 -- Officials say at least 17 people, including women and children, have been killed in separate attacks across Afghanistan.
  • Romania To Send 450 More Troops To Afghanistan RFE/RL 21 Dec 2014 -- Outgoing President Traian Basescu says Romania has committed an extra 450 troops to Afghanistan starting next year in addition to the previously announced 200 military instructors and trainers.

Defense Policy / Programs

Defense Industry

Other Conflicts

News Reports

  • U.S. Urged to Honestly Apologize to Mankind for Its Evil Doing before Groundlessly Pulling up Others KCNA 21 Dec 2014 -- "The Sony Pictures Entertainment, the biggest movie producer in the U.S., which produced the undesirable reactionary film "The Interview" daring hurt the dignity of the supreme leadership of the DPRK and agitating even terrorism and had a plan to distribute it, was exposed to surprisingly sophisticated, destructive and threatening cyber warfare and has been thrown into a bottomless quagmire after suffering property losses worth hundreds of millions of dollars."
  • Obama: US Might Put N. Korea on Terror List VOA 21 Dec 2014 -- President Barack Obama said the United States is reviewing whether to put North Korea back onto its lists of state sponsors of terrorism following a cyber attack on Sony Pictures, which U.S. officials blame on the communist nation.
  • North Korea vows to respond to potential US bans over hacking Iran Press TV 21 Dec 2014 -- North Korea has warned it will take retaliatory measures in case the US imposes sanctions against Pyongyang over an alleged recent hacking attack against US-based Sony Pictures.

  • Raul Castro: US Must Respect Cuba's Socialist Principles Sputnik 21 Dec 2014 -- Cuban President Raul Castro told the island nation's National Assembly on Saturday that the United States must respect Cuba's decision to maintain its socialist political and economic trajectory, Telesur reports.
  • Kerry: US-Cuba Thaw Will Advance Interests for Both VOA 21 Dec 2014 -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says President Barack Obama's decision to normalize relations with Cuba will advance U.S. interests as well as those of the Cuban people.

  • Obama: Putin Has Not Outmaneuvered West VOA 21 Dec 2014 -- U.S. President Barack Obama says Russia's economic troubles show Russian President Vladimir Putin has not managed to outmaneuver him or the United States.

  • Pakistan executes 4 more militants after school carnage Iran Press TV 21 Dec 2014 -- Pakistani authorities have executed four more suspected Taliban militants, ending the country's six-year moratorium on the death penalty after a Taliban school massacre.
  • Pakistani Official Warns of Possible New Terrorist Massacre VOA 21 Dec 2014 -- Pakistan's Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan says the government has information that terrorists may be planning another attack like last week's horror-filled bloodbath at a military school.

  • Full text of remarks by President Xi Jinping at gathering for Macao SAR's 15th anniversary People's Daily 21 Dec 2014 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday delivered a speech at a gathering marking the 15th anniversary of Macao's return to China and the inauguration of the fourth-term government of the Macao Special Administrative Region.
  • Chinese president inspects PLA garrison in Macao People's Daily 21 Dec 2014 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday urged soldiers of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA)'s Macao Garrison to unswervingly uphold the principle of 'one country, two systems' and safeguard the region's prosperity and stability.
  • Chinese government net assets at 55.3 trl yuan: research People's Daily 21 Dec 2014 -- The total net assets of the Chinese government, including government executive departments, legislative departments and justice departments was 55.3 trillion yuan (around 9 trillion U.S. dollars) in 2013, according to research published Saturday.

  • Egypt jails official over spying for Israel Iran Press TV 21 Dec 2014 -- An Egyptian court has sentenced a shipping services manager at the Suez Canal to 10 years in prison on charges of spying for the Israeli regime.

  • South Korea Suspends Importation of US Poultry Due to Bird Flu Outbreak Sputnik 21 Dec 2014 -- South Korea's Agriculture Ministry has suspended the country's importation of US poultry due to an outbreak of bird flu in the United States, Reuters reported on Sunday, quoting a station issued by the ministry.

  • Sierra Leone Educates on Safe Ebola Burials VOA 21 Dec 2014 -- With Ebola having killed more than 2,000 people in Sierra Leone, and unsafe burials possibly being responsible for up to 70 percent of new infections, officials said they are resorting to increasingly desperate measures to clamp down on traditional burials in the country.

  • Uzbekistan's Polls Close In An Election With No Opposition Parties RFE/RL 21 Dec 2014 -- Uzbekistan's Central Election Commission has begun counting ballots in the country's December 21 parliamentary elections, but the outcome of the ballot is already assured - a parliament that supports President Islam Karimov.

  • Tunisians Vote in Historic Presidential Runoff VOA 21 Dec 2014 -- Tunisians cast their ballots Sunday in the second and final round of a landmark presidential vote that marks the culmination of a rocky transition to democracy.



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