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• OIF/OEF/OND Casualty Update 09 Jan 2015 [PDF]
• Inherent Resolve Airstrikes Target ISIL in Syria, Iraq AFPS 09 Jan 2015 -- U.S. and partner-nation military forces have continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists in Syria and Iraq, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today.
• U.S. Navy Divers Use Advanced Equipment in Search for AirAsia Flight QZ8501 NNS 09 Jan 2015 -- An eight-member team from Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 1 onboard USS Fort Worth (LCS 3) is supporting the ongoing Indonesian-led search effort for AirAsia flight QZ8501 with advanced Tow Fish side scan sonar systems capable of providing high-resolution images of the ocean floor.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Findings and sentence disapproved in US v. Noor Uthman Muhammed DoD 09 Jan 2015 -- On Jan. 9, pursuant to his authority under 10 U.S.C. § 950b, the convening authority for military commissions disapproved the findings and sentence, and dismissed the charges in the case of United States v. Noor Uthman Muhammed.
• US Judge Gives Islamist Preacher Life Sentence VOA 09 Jan 2015 -- A U.S. judge has sentenced a radical Islamist preacher to life in prison, eight months after he was convicted of federal terrorism charges.
• Department of Defense Press Briefing by Rear Adm. Kirby in the Pentagon Briefing Room DoD 09 Jan 2015 -- Presenter: Pentagon Press Secretary Navy Rear Adm. John Kirby
• Statement from Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel on Personnel Accounting Reorganization DoD 09 Jan 2015
• Navy Names New Virginia-Class Attack Submarine DoD 09 Jan 2015 -- Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced today that SSN 795, a Virginia-class attack submarine, will bear the name USS Hyman G. Rickover.
• Readout of Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel's phone call with the French Minister of Defense Jean-Yves Le Drian DoD 09 Jan 2015
• CTF-75 Establishment Ceremony Celebrates Mission Ahead NNS 09 Jan 2015 -- Commander, Task Force (CTF) 75 was established in a ceremony at Camp Covington at Naval Base Guam Jan. 9.
• USS Theodore Roosevelt Begins COMPTUEX NNS 09 Jan 2015 -- The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) and embarked Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 12 staff departed Naval Station Norfolk to begin Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX), Jan 8.
• USS McFaul Participates in COMPUTEX NNS 09 Jan 2015 -- Guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74) departed Naval Station Norfolk Jan. 7 to participate in a scheduled Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) with the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group (CSG).
• US warplanes hunt for suspected Russian submarine: Report Iran Press TV 09 Jan 2015 -- Two American warplanes have been conducting operations in the north Atlantic this week, tracking a suspected Russian submarine off the coast of Scotland.
• UK Defence Ministry Asks for US Help to Track Alleged Russian Submarine Sputnik 09 Jan 2015 -- The UK Ministry of Defense has requested US military assistance in tracking a suspected Russian submarine near Scotland, The Independent has reported.
• Russia's Northern Fleet Receives S-400 Air Defense Systems: Spokesperson Sputnik 09 Jan 2015 -- Russia's Northern Fleet has increased its air defense capability with the addition of S-400 Triumph air defense missile systems, the Fleet's spokesperson Vadim Serga said Friday.
• January 9, 2015 - U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing US Dept. of State 09 Jan 2015
• Background Briefing Secretary Kerry's Trip to India and Pakistan US Dept. of State 09 Jan 2015
• Press Gaggle by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Eric Schultz en route Tennessee, 1/9/15 The White House 09 Jan 2015

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for January 09, 2015

Other Conflicts

• 9 January 2015 - Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General United Nations 09 Jan 2015
• Iraq army forces backed by local fighters deter ISIL offensive on western city Iran Press TV 09 Jan 2015 -- Units of Iraqi government troops, backed by local police forces and volunteer fighters, have managed to repel an attack by the ISIL Takfiri terrorists in the western province of Anbar.
• 3 KSA border attackers identified as Saudi nationals: Ministry Iran Press TV 09 Jan 2015 -- Three of the four gunmen involved in a cross-border attack in Saudi Arabia have been identified as Saudi nationals, the kingdom's Interior Ministry says.
• UN ramps up relief efforts as huge Mid-East snowstorm threatens Syrian refugees UN News Centre 09 Jan 2015 -- The United Nations refugee agency has been working around the clock this week to help the millions of Syrian refugees and internally displaced people scattered across the Middle East endure a severe winter storm that has swept through much of the region.
• Syrian army repels al-Qaeda incursion into Shia villages Iran Press TV 09 Jan 2015 -- Syrian army has repelled an incursion by an al-Qaeda affiliated militant group into two Shia Muslim villages in the northwestern province of Aleppo, a UK-based Syria opposition group says.
• Syrian Army Kills Over 30 Islamic State Militants in Northeastern Syria Sputnik 09 Jan 2015 -- Syrian government troops have eliminated more than 30 militants from the Islamic State (IS) extremist group in the city of Deir ez-Zor in northeastern Syria, SANA news agency reported Friday.
• Libya Becoming Hot Spot for Foreign Fighters VOA 09 Jan 2015 -- Efforts by the Islamic State group to make its presence felt in Libya came as no surprise to the United States, with military officials warning last month that fighters are training at IS camps there. Intelligence officials say there's been no letup, but they caution it doesn't mean the jihadist group sees Libya as part of its expanding caliphate — at least not yet.
• UN envoy meets with Libya militant commanders, urges freeze of clashes Iran Press TV 09 Jan 2015 -- The United Nations' special envoy to Libya has met with the leaders of different warring factions in an attempt to end the bloody conflict in the North African country.
• Senior UN envoy meets with Libyan stakeholders, warns 'time running out' to resolve crisis UN News Centre 09 Jan 2015 -- The top United Nations official in Libya, in discussions with the strife-torn North African nation's leaders and stakeholders, has warned that time may be running out to put an end to the political and security crisis, stressing that it is extremely important to 'freeze fire" so that political dialogue can begin.
• Fresh fighting in east Ukraine kills four more soldiers, wounds eight Iran Press TV 09 Jan 2015 -- Ukraine's military says four soldiers have been killed and eight others injured in the fresh exchanges of fire with pro-Russia forces in the country's eastern regions over the past 24 hours.
• Kiev, DPR Militia Accuse Each Other of Ceasefire Violations Sputnik 09 Jan 2015 -- The Defense Ministry of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) stated that the Ukrainian military violated the ceasefire about 40 times in the early hours of Friday morning, while Kiev security officials argue that their positions were shot at 34 times.
• Eastern Ukraine Shelling Kills Government Troops VOA 09 Jan 2015 -- Ukraine's military says four its soldiers have been killed and eight wounded as a result of shelling by Russia-backed separatists over the past 24 hours.
• New Boko Haram attacks in Nigeria drive more than 7,000 into Chad – UN UN News Centre 09 Jan 2015 -- The number of Nigerian refugees seeking safety in Chad has almost quadrupled over the past 10 days after attacks by Boko Haram insurgents in northeastern Nigeria uprooted thousands, the United Nations refugee agency reported today.
• 7,300 Nigerians flee Boko Haram attacks to Chad: UN Iran Press TV 09 Jan 2015 -- The United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says over 7,300 Nigerians have left their homeland for neighboring Chad in a bid to flee the deadly attacks by the Takfiri terrorist group, Boko Haram.
• Thousands of Nigerians Flee Boko Haram Attacks VOA 09 Jan 2015 -- The U.N. refugee agency reports thousands of refugees are fleeing across borders in the wake of deadly attacks by Boko Haram militants in northeast Nigeria. In Chad alone, UNHCR says, about 7,300 refugees have arrived in the past 10 days.
• Seven UN peacekeepers wounded in northern Mali blast Iran Press TV 09 Jan 2015 -- Seven UN peacekeepers have sustained injuries in an explosion that ripped through their vehicle in Mali's northern desert town of Kidal.
• Mali: UN Mission condemns attack that wounded 7 peacekeepers UN News Centre 09 Jan 2015 -- The United Nations Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) has condemned the attack on its peacekeepers near the Kidal airstrip this morning, when one of its vehicles struck an explosive device.
• UN rights chief urges more global attention to 'wanton' violence in Yemen UN News Centre 09 Jan 2015 -- The top United Nations human rights official appealed today for more international attention to be focused on Yemen and the plight of Yemenis as deepening insecurity and "utterly intolerable" violence in the country continue to wreak a terrible toll on civilians.
• Yemen arrests 5 suspects over deadly bomb attack in Sana'a Iran Press TV 09 Jan 2015 -- Yemen's security forces have detained at least five members of an al-Qaeda-linked terrorist group suspected of involvement in a deadly car bomb attack outside a police college in the capital, Sana'a.
• UN Rights Commissioner Urges All Parties in Yemen to Reach Peace Agreement Sputnik 09 Jan 2015 -- Amid a mounting toll of civilian deaths in Yemen, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Hussein on Friday called for all parties of the conflict to take steps towards a peace process.
• UN Reveals 353 Killed in South Sudan Attacks VOA 09 Jan 2015 -- The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has released new details of the killing of hundreds of people in two separate incidents in April. U.N. investigators determined civilians were deliberately targeted by ethnicity in the towns of Bentiu and Bor in some of the worst violence since the South Sudan conflict began over a year ago.
• UN probe says South Sudan attacks 'nadir' of conflict marked by abuses, rights violations UN News Centre 09 Jan 2015 -- The Human Rights Division of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) issued a report today saying there are reasonable grounds to believe that at least 353 civilians were murdered and another 250 wounded in attacks in the capitals of Unity state and Jonglei state between 15 April and 17 April last year.

News Reports

• French Police Kill 3 Gunmen to End Hostage Crises VOA 09 Jan 2015 -- French authorities say the two armed suspects in this week's Charlie Hebdo attack have been killed and their hostage freed during a police raid northeast of Paris. A separate raid in the capital killed another gunman holding multiple hostages at a kosher supermarket in the capital, but police said three hostages died in that operation.
• French Forces Kill Charlie Hebdo Suspects, Market Gunman; 4 Hostages Dead RFE/RL 09 Jan 2015 -- French media say three gunmen holed up with hostages at two locations in Paris and in a nearby village were killed when security forces stormed the premises.
• NSA Head Calls for Varied US Response to Cyberattacks: Reports Sputnik 09 Jan 2015 -- The US government should respond to cyberattacks in a variety of ways, including implementing economic sanctions, National Security Agency (NSA) head Admiral Michael Rogers said, as quoted by Time magazine.
• Ban commends success of Sri Lanka presidential election, peaceful transfer of power UN News Centre 09 Jan 2015 -- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today congratulated the people of Sri Lanka on the successful conclusion of the country's presidential election, and welcomed the constitutional transfer of power.
• Two leading Ebola vaccines show 'acceptable safety' – UN health agency UN News Centre 09 Jan 2015 -- The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that two promising Ebola vaccines appear safe and could soon be tested in West Africa, as the agency wrapped up an expert meeting in Geneva earlier today.
• Phase-3 Trials of Ebola Vaccines Set to Begin VOA 09 Jan 2015 -- The World Health Organization reports phase-3 trials of possible Ebola vaccines are set to begin at the end of January and early February in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. Experts who attended a high-level WHO meeting on Thursday reviewed data from clinical trials on three potential vaccines and agreed they were safe and could proceed to the next phase.
• Yingluck Impeachment Trial Revisits Thailand's Political Divide VOA 09 Jan 2015 -- Thailand's former prime minister, Yingluck Shinawatra, appeared in the National Legislative Assembly Friday to face impeachment charges over the country's rice price subsidy scheme that lost an estimated $16 billion. Bangkok moves to impeach Yingluck have again stirred Thailand's deep political divisions.
• Spain's Moroccan enclave: The story behind the picture IRIN 09 Jan 2015 -- Late last year an image went viral. In it two golfers, dressed in white on lush green fairways, appear oblivious as in the background around a dozen migrants try to scale a border fence in an attempt to enter Europe.
• Nigeria's President Launches Re-election Campaign VOA 09 Jan 2015 -- A spokesman for Nigeria's ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) predicted President Goodluck Jonathan will successfully win re-election on February 14 this year.