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• DoD Identifies Army Casualty

• Iraqi Soldiers, Police Seize Multiple Weapons Caches AFPS 07 Jan 2006 -- Iraqi soldiers and police seized a bevy of enemy weapons caches during a series of operations conducted across the country yesterday.
• Six Iraqis Hurt in Mosul Attack; Forces Seize Suspects, Weapons AFPS 07 Jan 2006 -- Six Iraqi civilians, including three children, were injured along with four police yesterday when a car bomber attacked an Iraqi police patrol in Mosul.

• U.S. Medics Treat Afghans Wounded in Suicide Attack AFPS 07 Jan 2006 -- U.S. military medical personnel treated 22 Afghans injured in a suicide bombing Jan. 5 in the southern Afghanistan city of Tarin Kowt, military officials in Afghanistan reported today.

Other Conflicts

• UN's force commander in Haiti found dead, circumstances under investigation UN News Centre 07 Jan 2006 -- As investigators began probing the death of the senior military official leading the United Nations peacekeeping operation in Haiti, a 58-year old Brazilian general who was found dead today in Port au Prince, UN officials praised his legacy of peace.
• New Rebel Attack on Sri Lankan Military Heightens Fears of War VOA 07 Jan 2006 -- In Sri Lanka, at least 13 sailors have been killed in an attack on a naval vessel by suspected ethnic Tamil rebels. Sri Lankan officials say rebels rammed an explosive filled fishing boat into a naval patrol boat soon after it left Trincomalee harbor in the northeast of the country on Saturday.
• Burma Postpones ASEAN Visit Meant to Assess its Progress Toward Democracy VOA 07 Jan 2006 -- Burma's military government has postponed a planned visit by an envoy from the Association of South East Asian Nations, ASEAN, to assess the country's progress in instituting democratic reforms.
• 12 Colombian Rebels, Two Soldiers Killed in Southern Colombia Clashes VOA 07 Jan 2006 -- Colombian military officials say at least 12 Marxist rebels and two soldiers have been killed in clashes in the southern coca-growing region.
• Security Council Calls for Prompt Elections in Haiti VOA 07 Jan 2006 -- The U.N. Security Council is urging Haiti's transitional government to hold elections by early next month. Meeting in emergency session Friday, the Security Council showed its impatience at the repeated postponement of elections in Haiti.

Defense Policy / Programs

• My Lai War Hero Hugh Thompson Dies VOA 07 Jan 2006 -- When he realized that US troops were shooting civilians, he landed his helicopter in the line of fire and ordered his two crew members to train their guns on the Americans. Mr. Thompson threatened to shoot the U.S. troops if they did not stop, helping end one of the worst atrocities of the war.

Defense Industry

News Reports

• Syria's Assad Rejects UN Commission Interview Request VOA 07 Jan 2006 -- - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has rejected a United Nations request to be interviewed as part of an investigation into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.