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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 22 Dec 2005 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Army Casualties
• TASK FORCE BAGHDAD SOLDIER KILLED

• Operational Update-Dec 22, 2005 MNF-I 22 Dec 2005 -- BRIEFING BY MAJOR GENERAL RICK LYNCH, MNF-I DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF, ON TOPICS INCLUDING SECURITY ASPECTS OF ELECTION, CURRENT OPERATIONS, AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR IRAQI SECURITY FORCES
• Transcript: News Briefing with PDASD for Public Affairs Lawrence Di Rita and Lt. Gen. James Conway 22 Dec 2005 -- Presenter: Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs Lawrence Di Rita and Director, Operations Directorate, Joint Chiefs of Staff Lt. Gen. James T. Conway
• IED in Baghdad Claims Soldier's Life; Weapons Caches Uncovered AFPS 22 Dec 2005 -- A Task Force Baghdad soldier was killed by an improvised explosive device today while on patrol in Baghdad, military officials reported.
• CENTAF releases daily airpower summary report AFN 22 Dec 2005 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials released today's airpower summary.
• Platoon perfects art of locating weapons caches Army News 22 Dec 2005 -- A unique group of Soldiers are reeling in weapons caches and improvised explosive devices from the streets of Balad … They were the last platoon from their company to start doing patrols.
• Task Force Band of Brothers Soldiers seize weapons caches MNF-I 22 Dec 2005 -- Iraqi and U.S. Soldiers are continuing to have success uncovering weapon caches throughout north central Iraq.

• Rumsfeld Visits Troops at Bagram, Kandahar AFPS 22 Dec 2005 -- Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld spent the morning today with troops from Combined Joint Task Force 76 in Afghanistan, awarding medals to aviators for valor in combat and answering servicemembers' questions during a town hall meeting.
• Militants Launch Attack In Eastern Afghanistan RFE/RL 22 Dec 2005 -- The Afghan Interior Ministry says Afghan and U.S.-led coalition forces were engaged in a clash with militants in eastern Afghanistan today.
• U.S., German Defense Ministers Visit Afghanistan RFE/RL 22 Dec 2005 -- The U.S. and German defense ministers are visiting the troops of their respective countries today in Afghanistan.
• AFGHAN, COALITION FORCES REPEL ATTACK, DISCOVER CACHE CENTCOM 22 Dec 2005 -- Afghan National Police and Coalition forces repelled an enemy attack near Ghazni on Dec. 22, and then discovered a cache of munitions.

• Rumsfeld Says Quick Pullout in Iraq, Afghanistan Risky VOA 22 Dec 2005 -- U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld Thursday warned an early withdrawal of troops from Iraq or Afghanistan would fuel terrorist attacks inside the United States.

Other Conflicts

• From Tsunami's Devastation, Aceh Finds Peace VOA 22 Dec 2005 -- Out of the ruins of last year's deadly tsunami, the people of Aceh have found one ray of hope - the end of three decades of civil war.
• Lankan rebels attacks two naval craft IRNA 22 Dec 2005 -- Sri Lankan rebels, the Tamil Tigers, today attacked a Navy patrol off the island's northwestern coast, triggering a sea battle which led to the capture of seven rebels, but three sailors were feared
• DR Congo: UNICEF rushes aid to 10,000 people displaced by fresh fighting UN News Centre 22 Dec 2005 -- The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has provided emergency relief items to over 10,000 newly displaced people in three camps north of Katanga province.
• UN says tension remains between Eritrea and Ethiopia despite redeployments UN News Centre 22 Dec 2005 -- The military situation in and around the Temporary Security Zone (TSZ) that separates Ethiopian and Eritrean forces remains tense and potentially volatile, even though Ethiopian troops have started pulling back in accordance with Security Council demands, the United Nations mission keeping the truce in the region said today.
• United States Disappointed by Latest Transnistria Conflict Talks Washington File 22 Dec 2005 -- The United States is disappointed at the lack of progress in talks held December 15 and 16 in the latest round of negotiations to settle the conflict over Moldova’s breakaway region of Transnistria.

Defense Policy / Programs

• NAVAIR Provides Troops with Eye in the Sky Navy NewsStand 22 Dec 2005 -- In December, Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) proved quick to answer the fleet’s request to install technology on F-14 Tomcats that gives boots on the ground an eye in the sky.
• SSGNs Take Significant Step Towards Rejoining the Fleet Navy NewsStand 22 Dec 2005 -- USS Ohio (SSGN 726), the Navy’s first modern guided-missile submarine, took a significant step towards rejoining the fleet Dec. 19, when it arrived at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Wash., with a broom atop its sail to signify its clean sweep of the ship’s initial sea trials.
• State Department Briefing, December 22 Washington File 22 Dec 2005 -- Italy, Iraq, India, Bolivia, Publication of Hi magazine Suspended to Measure Its Effectiveness/Website Remains Active/Distribution of Magazine, China/Hong Kong

Defense Industry

News Reports

• U.S. Warning Accompanies $235 Million Aid Funding for Armenia Washington File 22 Dec 2005 -- The U.S. government’s Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) has approved a five-year $235.65 million plan to help fight poverty in Armenia, but the money is accompanied by a stern warning to the country’s leadership.

• Russia: Authorities Baffled By Mystery 'Poisoning' In Chechnya RFE/RL 22 Dec 2005 -- More than 50 people -- most of them schoolchildren, and all but a handful of them girls -- have now been affected by a mysterious ailment in an eastern district of Russia's war-torn republic of Chechnya.

• Annan Reviews 'Difficult Year'; Criticizes Oil-For-Food Coverage VOA 22 Dec 2005 -- Secretary-General Kofi Annan says a difficult year is ending at the United Nations with tempers flaring in budget talks and the fate of critical reforms in doubt.