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• Taliban attack police headquarters in Afghanistan, kill 11 Press TV 01 Oct 2019 -- Taliban militants have attacked a police headquarters in Afghanistan's northern province of Balkh, killing at least 11 policemen, officials say.
• Taliban Attack Kills At Least 11 Police In Northern Afghanistan RFE/RL 01 Oct 2019 -- A Taliban attack on a district police headquarters in Afghanistan's northern Balkh Province has killed at least 11 police officers, Afghan officials say.
• Afghanistan Tells Taliban: Peace Or We Will 'Fight' RFE/RL 01 Oct 2019 -- As the smoke gradually cleared from an Afghan presidential election riled by Taliban threats over the weekend, the country's national-security adviser, Hamdullah Mohib, issued a message to the hard-line Islamic insurgents that the government won't back down from them.
• Taliban Kill 11 Policemen in Northern Afghanistan VOA 01 Oct 2019 -- At least 11 Afghan police officers were killed in Balkh province in northern Afghanistan when the Taliban attacked police checkpoints Monday night, according to the governor's spokesman, Monir Ahmad Farhad.
• Both Afghan presidential rivals claim victory, heading for potential political gridlock Press TV 01 Oct 2019 -- The two main contenders in Afghanistan's presidential election have declared victory, even as ballot counting has just begun, with final results not being expected in a month.
• Afghanistan Tells Taliban: Peace Or We Will 'Fight' RFE/RL 01 Oct 2019 -- As the smoke gradually clears from Afghanistan's presidential election riled by Taliban threats over the weekend, the country's national-security adviser, Hamdullah Mohib, issued a message to the hard-line Islamic insurgents that the government won't back down from them.

Defense Policy / Programs

• LCS Successfully Launches Naval Strike Missile NNS 01 Oct 2019 -- The Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10) successfully demonstrated the capabilities of the Naval Strike Missile (NSM) Oct. 1 (local date) during Pacific Griffin.
• National Background Investigations Bureau Transferred to Department of Defense DoD 01 Oct 2019 -- Today, the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) successfully completed the transfer of the National Background Investigations Bureau (NBIB) from OPM to the DoD's Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA).
• New Agency Provides Personnel Vetting, Technology Protection DoD News 01 Oct 2019 -- Officials unfurled the flag of the new Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency yesterday during a ceremony at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle, Virginia, one day before the agency officially opened for business.
• U.S. Competition With China Ongoing Challenge DoD News 01 Oct 2019 -- The U.S. competition with China is the ongoing challenge of this generation, Randall Schriver said at a Brookings Institution event in Washington.
• Command and control of AFCENT from Shaw, not CAOC CENTCOM 01 Oct 2019 -- In a historic first, Airmen geographically separated from the Combined Air Operations Center at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar executed all aspects of command and control of U.S. Air Forces Central Command's air power from the United States.
• Navy Reestablishes Submarine Group 2 NNS 01 Oct 2019 -- Taking another important step in response to the reemergence of great power competition, the Navy reestablished Commander, Submarine Group (SUBGRU) 2 in Norfolk, Virginia. Sept. 30 following its disestablishment in August 2014.
• NATO ambassadors and military leaders meet to discuss disruptive technologies NATO 01 Oct 2019 -- General André Lanata, Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, today (Tuesday 1 October) hosted a discussion by the members of the North Atlantic Council and the NATO Military Committee NATO civilian and military leaders on the impact of disruptive technologies on our future security.
• South Korea's Role Key in Advancing Indo-Pacific Vision DoD News 01 Oct 2019 -- Competing, deterring and winning in the face of revisionist competitors such as China and Russia won't be easy, the undersecretary of defense for policy said.
• China's grand military parade showcases confidence, transparency, stokes patriotism Global Times 01 Oct 2019 -- A grand military parade and a mass pageantry marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China (PRC) were held in Beijing on Tuesday that featured the country's most sophisticated weaponry and spectacular performances, while patriotism and pride swelled among Chinese as they celebrated the country's seven decades of achievement under the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC).
• President Xi reviews armed forces on National Day for first time People's Daily 01 Oct 2019 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping reviewed the armed forces at the heart of Beijing Tuesday morning, his first on National Day, to mark the 70th founding anniversary of the People's Republic of China (PRC).
• China marks 70th founding anniv., shows off ICBM, other advanced weaponry Press TV 01 Oct 2019 -- China has celebrated the 70th anniversary of its founding with a massive military parade in Beijing showing off some of the world's most advanced weaponry, including an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), the backbone of its nuclear deterrence force.
• China's Xi Presides Over Massive Display of Military Might on National Day Radio Free Asia 01 Oct 2019 -- The ruling Chinese Communist Party rolled out its latest tanks, ballistic missiles and supersonic drones on Tuesday in a massive military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China on Oct. 1, 1949.
• China Marks 70th Anniversary of Communist Party Rule as Violent Clashes Erupt in Hong Kong VOA 01 Oct 2019 -- As China showed off its military might in an elaborate parade marking the country's 70th anniversary under Communist Party rule Tuesday, violent clashes erupted between pro-democracy demonstrators and security forces in Hong Kong in a direct challenge to the mainland's tightening grip on the autonomous city.
• China debuts most advanced ICBM DF-41 at parade Global Times 01 Oct 2019 -- China's most advanced intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), the DF-41, made its debut at the National Day parade in Beijing on Tuesday, which Chinese military experts said is a message to the world that China has sufficient and reliable strategic nuclear power to respond to any "nuclear blackmail" from any country.
• DF-17 ballistic missile makes debut at National Day parade Global Times 01 Oct 2019 -- China showcased the new DF-17, a ballistic missile said to be hypersonic with a very high defense penetration capability, for the first time at the National Day parade on Tuesday, with Chinese military expert saying that it is almost impossible to be intercepted by enemies.
• National parade showcases nuclear-capable submarine-launched ballistic missile JL-2 Global Times 01 Oct 2019 -- China showcased its JL-2 nuclear-capable submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBM) for the first time during the National Day parade in Beijing on Tuesday.
• China unveils new high-altitude, high-speed reconnaissance drone WZ-8 Global Times 01 Oct 2019 -- China unveiled for the first time its high-altitude, high-speed drone, the WZ-8, at the National Day parade in Beijing, and Chinese experts said that the drone can provide more reliable reconnaissance data than satellites.
• Z-20 helicopter confirmed in Chinese military service Global Times 01 Oct 2019 -- China's domestically made utility helicopter, the Z-20, made its debut at the National Day parade on Tuesday, a move that confirmed its active service status within the Chinese military.
• China unveils new H-6N bomber with extended range, extra capabilities Global Times 01 Oct 2019 -- China's latest bomber, the H-6N with refueling capability, made its debut at the National Day parade in Beijing on Tuesday, and Chinese military analysts said that the new bomber's ability to take aerial refueling can give it a much longer operational range compared to its predecessor H-6K.
• China's newest tank, the Type 15, makes parade debut Global Times 01 Oct 2019 -- Excelling at combat in a variety of terrains including high-elevation plateaus, forests and wetland, China's latest tank, the Type 15, rolled past Tiananmen Square in its first debut to the general public on Tuesday during the National Day parade.
• Chinese military commissions GJ-11 stealth attack drone Global Times 01 Oct 2019 -- The Gongji-11 (GJ-11) stealth attack drone, capable of attacking strategic targets without being detected, was showcased at Tuesday's National Day parade, indicating it is in active Chinese military service.
• China unveils most advanced Dongfeng-41 intercontinental strategic nuclear missiles People's Daily 01 Oct 2019 -- China unveiled Dongfeng-41 intercontinental strategic nuclear missiles, the country's most advanced and powerful deterrent, in a National Day military parade in central Beijing Tuesday.
• Backgrounder: Reform in China's national defense and armed forces People's Daily 01 Oct 2019 -- China is advancing defense and military modernization across the board and deepening reform in national defense and armed forces in all respects.
• How Does It Feel? Zarif Gets No Sympathy For Not Being Able To Travel In New York RFE/RL 01 Oct 2019 -- When Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted pictures of himself video-chatting with the country's United Nations envoy, who is in a New York hospital fighting cancer, he wanted to highlight U.S. travel restrictions on him and gain sympathy at a time of heightened tensions with the United States.
• Defense min says no proof of Iran's involvement in Aramco attack IRNA 01 Oct 2019 -- Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami said on Tuesday that there is no proof regarding the involvement of Iran in attacking Aramco, adding the allegations are totally baseless.
• Iran opposes foreign military presence in Caspian Sea IRNA 01 Oct 2019 -- Iran expressed its opposition to any foreign military presence in the Caspian Sea, saying the body of water should provide peace and friendship for its littoral states.
• Iran has most powerful helicopters in the ME: Army Aviation commander ISNA 01 Oct 2019 -- Iran Army Aviation commander said the country's defence and security power is acknowledged in the world as an indisputable power.
• IRGC disproved invincibility of US military: Senior Iranian general Press TV 01 Oct 2019 -- Iran's Major General Qassem Soleimani says the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has successfully shattered the invincibility myth of the US military.
• Japan - Follow-On Technical Support (FOTS) for AEGIS Destroyers DSCA 01 Oct 2019 -- The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Japan of Follow-On Technical Support (FOTS) sustainment and services in support of eight (8) Japan AEGIS Destroyers consisting of four (4) KONGO Class Destroyers, two (2) ATAGO Class Destroyers, two (2) MAYA Class Destroyers and one (1) Japanese Computer Test Site (JCPTS) for an estimated cost of $140 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale on October 1, 2019.

Defense Industry

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Other Conflicts

• 1 October 2019 - Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General United Nations 01 Oct 2019
• Three Saudi bases, over 150 square kilometers taken in 2nd phase of Najran offensive: Yemen Army Press TV 01 Oct 2019 -- The spokesman for Yemeni Armed Forces says three Saudi military bases and more than 150 square kilometers of land have been taken during the second phase of a recent large-scale military offensive carried out by Yemeni Army troops and allied fighters from Popular Committees in the kingdom's southern border region of Najran.
• IS Foreign Women Smuggled Out in Northeastern Syria Camp VOA 01 Oct 2019 -- A group of intruders who disguised themselves as security forces protecting al-Hol refugee camp in northeastern Syria have helped smuggle out several women affiliated with the Islamic State (IS) fighters, local authorities told VOA.
• Turkey's patience with US over safe zone in northern Syria running out: Erdogan Press TV 01 Oct 2019 -- President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey's patience with the United States over the creation of a so-called safe zone in the northeastern part of Syria by the end of the current month is running out, indicating that Ankara would launch an imminent cross-border offensive to push back militants from the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) from border areas.
• Iraqi Hashd al-Sha'abi to retaliate against Israel for attacks: Top cmdr. Press TV 01 Oct 2019 -- A high-ranking commander of the Popular Mobilization Units (PMUS) says Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi's confirmation of the Israeli regime's responsibility for a string of attacks on positions of the Iraqi pro-government forces makes retaliation legitimate.
• UN: Refugees Sailing from Bangladesh, Myanmar Face Greater Perils at Sea Radio Free Asia 01 Oct 2019 -- Nearly 1,600 refugees and asylum seekers sailed the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea between January 2018 and June 2019, UNHCR said in a report Tuesday, noting that the journeys resumed after a two-year lapse but have become more deadly than in previous years.
• Mortar Explosions Injure Five Civilians in Myanmar's War-torn Rakhine State Radio Free Asia 01 Oct 2019 -- Five civilians were injured early Tuesday by mortar shelling in western Myanmar's war-ravaged Rakhine state, with some local residents accusing the government military of intentionally launching the assault on their community.
• WHO and UNICEF in campaign to protect 1.6 million in Sudan from cholera UN News 01 Oct 2019 -- UN agencies are working with the authorities in Sudan to protect more than one million people from cholera, an infectious disease which can kill within hours if left untreated.
• Tanzania Urged Not to Deport Refugees to Burundi VOA 01 Oct 2019 -- The U.N. refugee agency is urging Tanzania's government not to forcibly deport tens of thousands of Burundian political refugees to their home country, where it says their lives would be at risk.
• Ukrainian Rights Activists Worry About 'Kremlin Hostages' as Peace Talks Loom VOA 01 Oct 2019 -- Authorities in Kyiv are working on plans to ease transport difficulties Ukrainians face entering and exiting Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsula annexed by Russia in 2014.

News Reports

• Pompeo: State Department Officials Bullied By Impeachment Inquiry RFE/RL 01 Oct 2019 -- U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has accused Democrats of trying to "intimidate" and "bully" State Department officials in demanding depositions as part of the chamber's impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.
• Pompeo Accuses House Democrats of Trying to 'Bully' His Agency VOA 01 Oct 2019 -- U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has accused House Democrats of trying to intimidate the State Department by scheduling depositions from agency officials in connection with President Donald Trump's phone call with his Ukrainian counterpart.
• Australia Confirms Trump Asked for Help to Investigate Mueller Probe Origin VOA 01 Oct 2019 -- Australia has confirmed that U.S. President Donald Trump asked Prime Minister Scott Morrison to help investigate the origins of the Mueller report. The request to assist an investigation led by Attorney General William Barr reportedly came shortly before Morrison's visit to the United States last week.
• Trump Reportedly Asked Australia's Morrison to Help AG Barr Investigate Mueller Probe Origins Sputnik 01 Oct 2019 -- US President Donald Trump asked Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison for help discrediting the Mueller investigation, two Trump administration officials told the New York Times on Monday.
• New York Times: Trump Wanted a Snake-Filled Trench at Mexican Border VOA 01 Oct 2019 -- U.S. President Donald Trump wanted a trench filled with snakes and alligators along an electric-charged border wall topped with flesh-piercing spikes, The New York Times reports.
• Russia blasts US "sanctions game", vows retaliation Press TV 01 Oct 2019 -- The Russian foreign ministry has blasted the new US sanctions on several Russians, vowing that the "useless sanctions game" will not "go unanswered."
• New Scrutiny For 'Putin's Chef' And Russian Mercenaries In Africa RFE/RL 01 Oct 2019 -- The report, on Russia's flagship weekly news program, was ambitious and exclusive.
• Iran hands death sentence, jail terms to US, UK spies: Judiciary spokesman Press TV 01 Oct 2019 -- Iran's Judiciary says a person has been handed a death sentence after being convicted of spying for the United States, while two others have been given jail terms on the same conviction.
• Iran Sentences Man to Death for Spying for the CIA VOA 01 Oct 2019 -- Iran's judiciary says it has sentenced a man to death for spying for the CIA, amid rising tensions between Tehran and the U.S.
• Chinese-American accused by US of spying for Beijing Press TV 01 Oct 2019 -- A naturalized US citizen of Chinese descent working as a tour guide near San Francisco, California, has been charged by US officials of being an agent of the Chinese government and providing China with classified US national security information.
• North Korea Beats Sanctions on Money Transfers by Placing Remittance Agent in Dandong, China Radio Free Asia 01 Oct 2019 -- A North Korean remittance agent has been dispatched to the Chinese border city of Dandong to oversee money transfers across the Sino-Korean border, sources familiar with the practice told RFA's Korean Service.
• North Korea Agrees to Resume Working-Level Talks on Saturday VOA 01 Oct 2019 -- North Korea has conducted another apparent missile launch, hours after announcing it will hold working-level nuclear talks with the United States on Saturday.
• Experts: US, North Korea Must Agree on Terms of Denuclearization at Talks VOA 01 Oct 2019 -- If nuclear talks are to be successful, Washington and Pyongyang need to compromise their positions to agree on a shared definition and process of denuclearization, experts say.
• DPRK, U.S. to hold working-level talks on Oct. 5 People's Daily 01 Oct 2019 -- Pyongyang and Washington have agreed to have preliminary contact on Oct. 4 and hold working-level negotiations on Oct. 5, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.
• Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un Sends Greetings to General Secretary of CPC Central Committee KCNA 01 Oct 2019 -- Kim Jong Un, chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea and chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, sent a message of greeting to Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and president of the People's Republic of China (PRC), on Tuesday.
• US use of dollar as weapon leads to economic terrorism: President Rouhani Press TV 01 Oct 2019 -- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says the United States' use of dollar as a weapon against other countries will only lead to economic terrorism targeting the lives of ordinary people, calling for global action against American unilateralism.
• Iran president refused to take Trump's call arranged by Macron: Reports Press TV 01 Oct 2019 -- In New York, President Hassan Rouhani of Iran refused to engage in a phone conversation with his American counterpart, Donald Trump, which had been secretly arranged by French President Emmanuel Macron, leaving Trump waiting on the line, US media reports say.
• Thousands Gather Worldwide to Protest Beijing's Rights Record as Communist China Turns 70 Radio Free Asia 01 Oct 2019 -- Thousands gathered in the Belgian and European Union capital Brussels and other cities around the world on Tuesday to collectively protest the erosion of human rights under Beijing's watch on the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.
• Yachen Gar Demolition Has Displaced As Many as 6,000 Monks and Nuns Radio Free/wmd/library/news/china/2019/ Asia 01 Oct 2019 -- China's ongoing demolition at the Yachen Gar Tibetan Buddhist center in Sichuan province has removed "five to six thousand homes" and led to the eviction of a similar number of monks and nuns, a source in the region told RFA's Tibetan Service on Tuesday.
• China Marks 70th Anniversary of Communist Party Rule as Violent Clashes Erupt in Hong Kong VOA 01 Oct 2019 -- As China showed off its military might in an elaborate parade marking the country's 70th anniversary under Communist Party rule Tuesday, violent clashes erupted between pro-democracy demonstrators and security forces in Hong Kong in a direct challenge to the mainland's tightening grip on the autonomous city.
• Hong Kong police shoot protester as riots continue Press TV 01 Oct 2019 -- Police in Hong Kong have shot an anti-government protester, the first such shooting in nearly four months since the onset of demonstrations that plunged the semi-autonomous Chinese city into chaos.
• Hong Kong Police Fire Live Ammunition At Protesters, Boy Shot in Chest Radio Free Asia 01 Oct 2019 -- A teenage protester is in critical condition in hospital after being shot by police with live ammunition during mass anti-China protests on the 70th anniversary of Chinese Communist Party rule.
• Hong Kong protests, 1 October 2019: Foreign Secretary's statement UK FCO 01 Oct 2019 -- Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab gave a statement following today's (1 October 2019) protests in Hong Kong.
• Officer fires shot at rioter in self-defense: HK police chief Global Times 01 Oct 2019 -- Hong Kong police chief confirmed late Tuesday night that a police officer was cornered to fire a shot at a rioter after he was besieged and attacked by radicals, which put the officer's life in danger.
• Taiwan government rejects Xi's 'one country, two systems' CNA 01 Oct 2019 -- As Beijing celebrated its National Day on Tuesday, Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) reiterated that Taiwan has never been part of China and rejects the "one country, two systems" framework proposed by Beijing as a future path for cross-strait relations.
• Gantz Cancels Power-Sharing Talks With Netanyahu VOA 01 Oct 2019 -- Ex-Israeli military chief Benny Gantz has called off Wednesday's meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in another setback in efforts to form a unity government.
• UN investigators offer more details of Khashoggi's murder Press TV 01 Oct 2019 -- The Saudi government hitmen who killed dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi are heard joking about dismembering human bodies on secret tapes that United Nations (UN) investigators have listened to.
• Saudi credit rating down amid looming threats on oil facilities Press TV 01 Oct 2019 -- Saudi Arabia's credit rating has been cut amid increased risk of attacks on its oil facilities, a further blow to a government led by an ambitious young prince who seeks to modernize the economy and diversify it away from oil.
• Erdogan Pressures Saudi Crown Prince on Journalist Murder Anniversary VOA 01 Oct 2019 -- With the first anniversary of the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul approaching, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is pledging to "continue to shed light" on the killing.
• Peruvian President Martín Vizcarra Orders Dissolution of Congress Amid Feud With Opposition Sputnik 01 Oct 2019 -- Peruvian President Martín Vizcarra ordered the dissolution of Congress Monday and called for parliamentary elections after a feud with the country's opposition-run Congress.
• Ukraine's New Government Unveils Ambitious Five-Year Development Plan RFE/RL 01 Oct 2019 -- Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk has released a bold five-year action plan for Ukraine on the government's website that sets development of human capital and the economy, defense, quality of life, and European integration as priorities.
• Vietnam Enacts Rules Against Graft Ahead of Party Meeting VOA 01 Oct 2019 -- Vietnam has passed a new regulation that details prohibitions against corrupt behavior by state officials, down to the last fruit basket.
• Cambodia Arrests One Opposition Activist, Charges Five Others as Sam Rainsy Return Looms Radio Free Asia 01 Oct 2019 -- Authorities in Cambodia have arrested one more member of the banned opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) and charged five others, as a crackdown continues ahead of a planned return from self-imposed exile by the party's acting president Sam Rainsy next month.