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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 13 Sep 2005 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty

• Transcript: Press Briefing on Overview of Operation Restoring Rights in Tall Afar, Iraq 13 Sep 2005 -- Presenter: Army Col. H. R. McMaster, commander of the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment
• Defense Department Report: Iraq Operational Update Washington File 13 Sep 2005 -- Terrorists have suffered hundreds of casualties and are on the run from an Iraqi city near the Syrian border, a U.S. Army colonel says.
• Two terrorists killed emplacing IED MNF-I 13 Sep 2005 -- Task Force Liberty Soldiers killed two terrorists who were trying to emplace an improvised explosive device in Samarra at about 2:30 p.m. Sept. 12.
• Civilian leads Soldiers to munitions in eastern Diyala Province MNF-I 13 Sep 2005 -- A civilian led Task Force Liberty Soldiers to a large number of munitions along the Iranian border in eastern Diyala Province at about 4:30 p.m. Sept. 12.
• U.S. Soldiers, Iraqi Police discover vehicle-borne IED MNF-I 13 Sep 2005 -- U.S. Soldiers and Iraqi Police discovered and defused a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device near Sha Lanei, southwest of Musayyib, on Sept 10th.
• Coalition Forces detain known terrorist in Haditha MNF-I 13 Sep 2005 -- Coalition Forces captured a known terrorist during a raid in Haditha Sept. 13 at approximately 2:30 a.m.
• Operations in Tall Afar net 78 terror suspects MNF-I 13 Sep 2005 -- Task Force Freedom detained 78 suspected terrorists during operations in Tall Afar Sept. 12 as Operation Restoring Rights continued.
• Operation Restoring Rights continues in Tall Afar MNF-I 13 Sep 2005 -- In the last 24 hours, the Iraqi Army's 3rd Division and U.S. Army's 3rd Armored Calvary Regiment have continued Operation Restoring Rights in Tall Afar.
• Al Qaeda-Connected Terrorist, Other Insurgents Captured AFPS 13 Sep 2005 -- Coalition forces captured a terrorist today known to have connections with senior leaders of al Qaeda in Iraq, officials reported.
• Tall Afar Terrorists 'On the Run,' U.S. Officer Says AFPS 13 Sep 2005 -- Terrorists who once ran the western Iraq city of Tall Afar have been routed by American and Iraqi security forces, a U.S. military officer told Pentagon journalists today.
• 'Operation Restoring Rights' to secure Tal Afar Army News 13 Sep 2005 -- At least 119 suspected terrorists have been detained since Sept. 10 by Iraqi security forces and Coalition troops in northern Iraq as they continue operations to purge insurgents from the city of Tal Afar, about 30 miles west of Mosul.
• Reconstruction underway in Tal Afar after offensive Army News 13 Sep 2005 -- Scores of insurgents were reportedly killed, detained or fled from the town of Tal Afar Sept. 11 as Coalition forces launched an offensive into the city, located about 30 miles west of Mosul in northern Iraq.
• Central-South troops seize weapons and ammunition MNF-I 13 Sep 2005 -- Multi-National Division Central-South units along with Iraqi security forces seized a weapons cache in Wasit province Sept. 12.

• Security Council extends mandate of security force in Afghanistan UN News Centre 13 Sep 2005 -- The United Nations Security Council today voted unanimously to extend the mandate of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan for a year from the middle of next month and called upon UN Member States to commit more personnel, equipment and funds so that the force can work more effectively.
• NATO Eyes Expanded Role in Afghanistan VOA 13 Sep 2005 -- NATO defense ministers are discussing an expanded role for the military alliance in Afghanistan, with the United States suggesting NATO could eventually take over counter-terrorism operations there.
• Two U.S. Troops Injured In Afghan Blast RFE/RL 13 Sep 2005 -- Two U.S. soldiers were injured in a bomb blast in southern Afghanistan today.
• U.S. To Ask NATO To Relax Afghan Mission Limits RFE/RL 13 Sep 2005 -- U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld plans to press NATO allies today to drop restrictions on what their troops may do in Afghanistan and on other alliance missions.
• Karzai Defends Taliban Participation In Election RFE/RL 13 Sep 2005 -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai says allowing candidates accused of human rights abuses to run in his country's upcoming election is in the interests of national reconciliation.
• Afghanistan: Banning Of Candidates Complicates Parliamentary Ballots RFE/RL 13 Sep 2005 -- Afghanistan's electoral watchdog has disqualified a further 28 candidates from parliamentary elections on 18 September.

• Keesler helping restore Gulf Coast medical infrastructure AFPN 13 Sep 2005 -- The Air Force joined a unified medical command of local, state and federal agencies aiming to restore primary care services to Mississippi’s ravaged Gulf Coast.
• Reserve conducts aerial spray mission over Louisiana AFPN 13 Sep 2005 -- The Air Force Reserve continues to save lives in Hurricane Katrina’s aftermath by conducting the first of many aerial spray missions that began Sept. 12 over Louisiana in an attempt to reduce mosquito and filth fly populations.
• Guard Readies for Possible Ophelia Mission AFPS 13 Sep 2005 -- National Guardsmen in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia are eyeing Tropical Storm Ophelia and preparing to respond, if needed, National Guard Bureau officials reported today.
• Military Continues Hurricane Katrina Support AFPS 13 Sep 2005 -- The more than 72,000 active and reserve component troops were continuing their support today for Hurricane Katrina relief operations through air, sea and ground operations, defense officials reported.
• Flow of Military Forces Into Gulf Coast Region Slows AFPS 13 Sep 2005 -- The movement of military forces and equipment into the Gulf Coast region decimated by Hurricane Katrina has all but ended, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said today.
• Canadian Relief Arrives in Pensacola Navy NewsStand 13 Sep 2005 -- Three Canadian ships carrying approximately 1,000 Canadian military personnel and pallets of supplies and heavy equipment arrived at Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola Sept. 12.
• VR-57 Returns From Hurricane Relief Efforts Navy NewsStand 13 Sep 2005 -- Air crews from Fleet Logistics Support Squadron (VR) 57, returned here Sept. 6, after participating in Hurricane Katrina relief efforts for six days.
• International, U.S. Sailors Join Forces for Hurricane Relief Navy NewsStand 13 Sep 2005 -- First Baptist Church in Biloxi, Miss., - the largest Red Cross food distribution center in two states - welcomed volunteer help from more than 200 U.S. and international military service members Sept. 12.
• NEPMU 2 Ensures Air Quality for New Orleans Relief Efforts Navy NewsStand 13 Sep 2005 -- Members of Naval Environmental Preventive Medicine Unit (NEPMU) 2’s Forward Deployable Preventive Medicine Unit (FDPMU) East continued their efforts to establish a safe environment for relief workers and residents recovering from the impact of Hurricane Katrina Sept. 13.

Other Conflicts

• Somali Militia Returns UN's Jowhar Office VOA 13 Sep 2005 -- A warlord who seized a United Nations compound in Somalia's restive south returned it to U.N. control Tuesday.
• Sharon Heads to UN, Hopes to Reap Diplomatic Benefits of Gaza Pullout VOA 13 Sep 2005 -- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon heads to New York Tuesday to attend this week's U.N. General Assembly
• 300 Detained, Dozens Injured During Anti-King Rally in Nepal VOA 13 Sep 2005 -- Reports from Nepal say police in the capital, Kathmandu, have arrested about 300 people during continuing protests against King Gyanendra's seizure of absolute power.
• DRC-RWANDA: Interview with Anastase Munyandekwe, spokesman for the Hutu-dominated FDLR IRIN 13 Sep 2005 -- The Great Lakes Region has been engulfed by instability since the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, and the wars that followed from 1996-1997 and 1998-2003 claimed millions of lives.
• Indonesia's Aceh Rebels Prepare to Start Turning in Arms VOA 13 Sep 2005 -- Later this week, the tsunami-ravaged Indonesian province of Aceh takes another crucial step towards ending more than three decades of civil war, when rebels of the Free Aceh Movement start surrendering their arms in return for the withdrawal of security forces

Defense Policy / Programs

• CENTCOM command chief: Knowledge, actions have far reach AFPN 13 Sep 2005 -- The command chief for U.S. Central Command wants everyone who has deployed to go back to their bases and share their experiences.
• Raptor completes avionics testing, advances to next phase of acquisition AFPN 13 Sep 2005 -- The F/A-22 Raptor recently finished avionics engineering manufacturing development testing here and surpassed 2,592 flight hours, pushing the aircraft one step closer to taking its place as the premier weapon system of the U.S. Air Force.
• 212th MASH lending medical support in Angola Army News 13 Sep 2005 -- The last Mobile Army Surgical Hospital in the Army has its tents pitched with all systems “go” in Angola, Africa, for Exercise MEDFLAG 2005, which began Aug. 21 and runs through Sept. 22.
• US Army top brass to discuss defence with Nepal IRNA 13 Sep 2005 -- Commander of the US Army, Pacific, Lt General John Brown arrives in Nepal on Tuesday to assess the situation in the Himalayan Kingdom and discuss matters relating to defence with the Royal Nepalese Army (RNA), reports 'The Pioneer'.

• State Department Briefing, September 13 Washington File 13 Sep 2005 -- North Korea, Egypt, China, Japan, Iran

Defense Industry

News Reports

• International Scientists To Evaluate Tsunami Warning Methods Washington File 13 Sep 2005 -- The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) is funding a team to develop a "tsunami preparedness model" that can be used to enhance public safety in tsunami-prone regions.