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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 08 Mar 2006 [PDF]
• ONE SOLDIER KILLED, FOUR WOUNDED
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• Gunmen Seize Security Company Employees in Iraq, Violence Kills At Least 11 VOA 08 Mar 2006 -- Gunmen in Iraqi police commando uniforms have stormed a private security company in Baghdad, taking dozens of employees hostage.
• CENTAF releases daily airpower summary AFPN 08 Mar 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials released today's airpower summary.
• U.S. Soldiers Discover Bodies in Vehicle; Iraqi Civilian Killed AFPS 08 Mar 2006 -- Multinational Division Baghdad soldiers found the bodies of 18 murder victims inside an abandoned vehicle at about 9:30 p.m. yesterday in Baghdad's Mansour district, military officials in Iraq reported.
• IED-Making Site Destroyed; Iraqi Force Frees Hostage AFPS 08 Mar 2006 -- Coalition forces destroyed an improvised explosive device-manufacturing site in Fallujah, Iraq, yesterday, and Iraqi forces freed an Iraqi hostage March 6 in Balad, military officials in Iraq reported.
• Roadside Bombs Kill At Least Four, 20 Bodies Found in Baghdad VOA 08 Mar 2006 -- Iraqi police say roadside bombs, including one that hit an Interior Ministry security convoy, have killed at least four people in Baghdad Wednesday.
• Hitmen captured; several caches destroyed Army News 08 Mar 2006 -- Suspected terrorists who have been known to engage in ‘murder-for-hire’ assassinations were captured in Coalition operations Feb. 26.
• Pakistan: More Fighting As Army Shells Village Near Afghan Border RFE/RL 08 Mar 2006 -- Dozens of people have been fleeing a Pakistani village near the border with Afghanistan today in fear of fighting between government troops and pro-Taliban militants
• Pakistan Shells Suspected Hideout Near Afghan Border RFE/RL 08 Mar 2006 -- Pakistani forces have reportedly shelled a village near the Afghan border after an ambush in the region against the troubled North Waziristan's top administrator.

Other Conflicts

• Lankan rebels warns government over "conflicting" signals IRNA 08 Mar 2006 -- Sri Lankan rebels Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) warned the Rajapakse government that they were ready to resist if a war was "thrust" on them.
• DR of Congo: UN-backed military operation succeeds in driving rebels from South Kivu UN News Centre 08 Mar 2006 -- Troops from the army of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), backed by hundreds of United Nations peacekeepers with armoured vehicle and helicopter support, have regained control of parts of the South Kivu region in the east of the strife-torn country that were occupied by rebels from neighbouring Rwanda.
• Europeans Upbeat on Serbia-Kosovo Status Talks VOA 08 Mar 2006 -- With United Nations Kosovo envoy Martti Ahtisaari in New York and Washington reporting on the recent launch of Kosovo status negotiations, analysts in Europe are cautiously optimistic that the talks will produce a settlement by the end of the year.
• Key US Congressional Committee Advances Darfur Legislation VOA 08 Mar 2006 -- A key committee of the U.S. Congress has approved legislation aimed at stepping up pressure on the government of Sudan because the situation in Darfur.
• Darfur Rebels Endanger Peace Talks VOA 08 Mar 2006 -- The Abuja peace talks on Darfur are in danger of being stalled, following another split within the leadership of the main rebel group.
• Russia Used 'Deception' To Kill Maskhadov RFE/RL 08 Mar 2006 -- Chechen separatist leader Abdul-Khalim Sadulayev accused today the Russian authorities of luring his predecessor Aslan Maskhadov into a fatal trap one year ago.

Defense Policy / Programs

• US Military Denies Expanding Overseas Intelligence Operations VOA 08 Mar 2006 -- Small teams of U.S. Special Operations troops are turning up in a number of American embassies around the world
• Special Operations Forces 'Play a Leading Role' in Terror Fight AFPS 08 Mar 2006 -- Multiservice U.S. special operations forces are at the tip of the spear in the war against global terrorism, a senior DoD official said on Capitol Hill today.
• NATO 'Reinventing' Itself, General Says AFPS 08 Mar 2006 -- The common military defense principle that spawned NATO remains valid, but the alliance is now also engaged in security operations to deal with new 21st century threats, the U.S. general in command of the alliance's military forces said yesterday.
• Integration builds on fighter wings' strengths AFPN 08 Mar 2006 -- The ongoing association between the 419th and 388th Fighter Wings here will make both organizations stronger by capitalizing on the strengths of each, said Lt. Gen. John A. Bradley, commander of Air Force Reserve Command.
• Commander Stresses Senate Support to Achieve Goals in Korea AFPS 08 Mar 2006 -- Continued Senate support is essential to maintaining readiness and stability on the Korean peninsula and in the region, the commander of U.S. and coalition forces in Korea said yesterday.
• EUCOM Leader Calls Africa Global Strategic Imperative AFPS 08 Mar 2006 -- Modest near-term investments in Africa will prevent costly future intervention, U.S. European Command's leader said.
• QDR Emphasizes International Alliances AFPS 08 Mar 2006 -- A key element of the Quadrennial Defense Review is to strengthen allied operations and increase partner-nation capacity, senior defense officials told a Senate committee here today.
• Musharraf, Abizaid discuss Pak-Afghan `tiff' IRNA 08 Mar 2006 -- Pakistan's President General Pervez Musharraf and visiting US General John Abizaid, commander of US Central Command, on Wednesday discussed the Pak-Afghan volley of allegations and counter-allegations.
• Pakistan President, US Military Commander Discuss Anti-terror Fight VOA 08 Mar 2006 -- A senior U.S. military commander met with Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf Wednesday to discuss the war against terrorism
• White House Briefing, March 8 Washington File 08 Mar 2006 -- Hurricane Katrina recovery, Dubai/port security, NSA/eavesdropping investigation, Iran/IAEA, North Korea
• State Department Briefing, March 8 Washington File 08 Mar 2006 -- North Korea, Iran, Department, Kosovo, Sudan, Lebanon

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for March 8, 2006

News Reports

• Japan Turns Down Chinese Proposal Over Gas Dispute VOA 08 Mar 2006 -- Japan has turned down a Chinese proposal to jointly develop gas and oil fields near a disputed island group in the East China Sea.
• UN Tsunami Envoy Chides Sri Lankans, Praises India for Response to Disaster VOA 08 Mar 2006 -- A United Nations tsunami recovery envoy calls it "unfortunate" that Sri Lankan leaders did not rise above their political differences to seize the opportunity for peace after the December 2004 tragedy ravaged the country
• Zimbabwe State Media Report Says Arms Cache Found VOA 08 Mar 2006 -- Zimbabwe state media reports that a cache of what it describes as arms of war was unearthed in the eastern border town of Mutare