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• Transcript: Defense Department Regular Briefing05 May 2005 -- Lawrence Di Rita, Pentagon Spokesman; and Lieutenant General James T. Conway, Director, Operations, Joint Staff
• Twenty-two detained near Bayji MNF-I/MNC-I 05 May 2005 -- Task Force Liberty Soldiers detained 22 suspects involved in an indirect fire attack on a Coalition Forces base near Bayji after 9 p.m. May 4.
• Up-Armored 'Gun Trucks' Save Servicemembers' Lives In Iraq AFPS 05 May 2005 -- New 5-ton armored "gun trucks" fielded in Iraq are providing U.S. troops with effective protection against insurgents' improvised explosive devices and small-arms fire, a senior military researcher said today on Capitol Hill.
• U.S. pilots train Iraqi counterparts to fly C-130 Hercules AFPN 05 May 2005 -- U.S. pilots are training their Iraqi counterparts to fly three C-130 Hercules the Iraqi air force received from the Department of Defense.
• 5th CAG, 3/25 assists citizens of Haqlaniyah, Iraq USMC News 05 May 2005 -- The Marines navigated the streets near the riverside here bearing Beanie Babies, school supplies and soccer balls.
• VMFA-314 Ordnance shop keeps pilots flying high, Marines alive USMC News 05 May 2005 -- One of the main objectives of Marine fighter attack aircraft is to assist ground troops in combat operations.
• 3/4 cripples terrorists on strategic level USMC News 05 May 2005 -- Multiple companies of Iraqi soldiers and more than 200 Marines with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment conducted Operation Southern Advance, April 24-28.
• 26th MEU Marines keep sharp in Arabian Gulf USMC News 05 May 2005 -- “This is fast rope, not slow rope,” shouts a helicopter rope suspension training master from a ledge 20 feet above the flight deck of the amphibious transport dock USS Ponce (LPD 15).

• Afghanistan: Blast Highlights Difficulties In Disarmament Process RFE/RL 05 May 2005 -- An official investigation has been launched in Afghanistan into a massive explosion at a local commander's secret ammunition cache on 2 May that left many dead. The commander was supposed to have been disarmed under a nationwide UN-sponsored Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) process, aimed at demobilizing the various Afghan warring factions and seizing all weapons in their possession.

• US House Approves Military Funding for Iraq and Afghanistan VOA 05 May 2005 -- The U.S. House of Representatives (in a 368 to 58 vote) has given final approval to a bill to fund military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The measure would also tighten immigration law

Other Conflicts

• COTE D IVOIRE: UN grants another one-month extension to peacekeeping force IRIN 05 May 2005 -- The United Nations Security Council has again extended the mission of peacekeepers in Cote d'Ivoire by just one month, giving it more time to discuss a request for troop reinforcements by Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
• Annan calls for mandate of UN mission in Sierra Leone to be extended until December UN News Centre 05 May 2005 -- The Government of Sierra Leone has made progress towards meeting the benchmarks for the withdrawal of the United Nations peacekeeping mission, Secretary-General Kofi Annan says in a new report to the Security Council in which he recommends extending the mission's mandate until the end of the year.
• US Lawmakers Urge Ethiopia, Eritrea To Settle Border Dispute VOA 05 May 2005 -- U.S. lawmakers are urging Ethiopia and Eritrea to lay aside differences and work for stability and economic progress in the Horn of Africa. The comments came during a congressional hearing (Thursday) focusing on both countries

Defense Policy / Programs

• BRAC 2005: DoD Briefs Commissioners on Strategy Concerns AFPS 05 May 2005 -- Base realignment and closure commissioners heard about the strategic underpinnings of the Defense Department's approach during May 4 testimony.
• BRAC 2005: Force Structure, Military Value at Heart of BRAC AFPS 05 May 2005 -- The U.S. military fighting the war on terrorism is far different from the military forces developed to confront the Soviet Union.
• Carlisle War Game Contemplates 'What If' Factor AFPS 05 May 2005 -- Army Gen. George S. Patton is reputed to have said, "If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking."
• Army releases findings in detainee-abuse investigations Army News Release 05 May 2005 -- Today, in a continuing effort to keep the public informed, the Army released a portion of findings from a series of exhaustive investigations into detainee and interrogation operations.
• Army hands over Strykers to Air Force AFPN 05 May 2005 -- With a handshake and the roar of a jet engine at Fort Polk, La., an Eielson unit became the first in the Air Force to own the latest addition to the service’s inventory – the Stryker armored vehicle.
• Cope Thunder wraps in Alaska AFPN 05 May 2005 -- Cope Thunder participants used Eielson’s 62,000 square miles of training airspace and met their objective: to fly, fight and win during Pacific Air Force’s premier combat airpower exercise that ends May 6.
• EOD Mobile Unit 6 Det. 10 Returns Home Navy NewsStand 05 May 2005 -- Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Mobile Unit 6 Det. 10 returned from deployment aboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) to Naval Station Norfolk, Va., April 18.
• Navy, UH Studying Dolphins to Improve Sonar Navy NewsStand 05 May 2005 -- Professionals and students from the University of Hawaii (UH) are currently studying dolphin hearing and echolocation - the use of sound waves to "see" - to help the Navy improve mining and sonar techniques and make the oceans safer for marine mammals.

• White House Daily Briefing, May 5 Washington File 05 May 2005 -- Bush phones Chinese President Hu, Bush/Obasanjo meeting, Charles Taylor/extradition, Social Security/reform, North Korea, Sudan, Bolton/document requests, Al Qaeda/terrorist arrest, Treasury bonds, Palestinian Authority, National Day of Prayer, British elections, Russia/Palestinian Authority, Latvia, energy prices
• State Department Briefing, May 5 Washington File 05 May 2005 -- Vietnam, Togo, Nigeria, Colombia, Department/naming of Human Rights Envoy, Bolton/nomination, Harvard Study/nuclear proliferation, Lebanon/Syria, Israel/Palestinian Authority, Tunisia, Brazil, Italy, Iran

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News Reports

• U.N. Security Council Presses for Lebanese Elections Washington File 05 May 2005 -- The U.N. Security Council May 4 recognized the positive developments under way in Lebanon and urged all parties to move ahead with disarming militias and holding elections as scheduled.

• Uzbekistan Pulls Out Of GUUAM RFE/RL 05 May 2005 -- The Uzbek government has informed Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin that the country is formally pulling out of GUUAM.