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03 April 2006 Military News |
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- OIF/OEF Casualty Update 03 Apr 2006 [PDF]
- THREE MARINES, ONE SAILOR KILLED IN AL ANBAR PROVINCE
- Five Marines killed in vehicle mishap
- DoD Identifies Army Casualty
- DoD Identifies Army Casualty
- DoD Identifies Army Casualty
- CENTAF releases combined airpower summary AFPN 03 Apr 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials released the airpower summary for April 1 to 3.
- Two Insurgents Killed, Eight Captured; Weapons Cache Found, Destroyed AFPS 03 Apr 2006 -- Two insurgents were killed and eight captured near Kirkuk, Iraq, April 1 after 101st Airborne Division soldiers spotted terrorists planting a homemade bomb near a road the soldiers frequently travel, military officials said today.
- Iraqi security forces gaining ground Army News 03 Apr 2006 -- The Iraqi army has proven that they're trained and capable of protecting the Iraqi people, and their nation recognizes that, according to Multinational Division – Baghdad Commander Maj. Gen. James Thurman in a teleconference with the Pentagon press corps March 31.
- 10 Dead in Iraqi Truck Bombing VOA 03 Apr 2006 -- Iraqi authorities say a bomb blast near a Shi'ite mosque in Baghdad has killed at least 10 people and wounded 30 others.
- RFE/RL Afghanistan Report, Volume 5, Number 9 03 April 2006
- Provincial reconstruction teams training for Afghanistan AFPN 03 Apr 2006 -- Department of Defense teams created and designed to help with the reconstruction, security and governing of Afghanistan are training here before deploying for 365 days to this war-torn country.
- AFGHANISTAN: Parliamentarian killed in northeast IRIN 03 Apr 2006 -- Unidentified gunmen killed the speaker of the provincial parliament in Afghanistan’s northeastern Takhar province on Saturday, officials confirmed on Sunday.
- US Official Predicts Violence in Afghanistan Will Increase This Year VOA 03 Apr 2006 -- A senior U.S. official visiting Afghanistan says violence in the country is likely to increase this year as NATO-led foreign forces expand into new areas where Taleban insurgents are active.
Other Conflicts
- US Decries Sudanese Move To Bar UN Relief Official VOA 03 Apr 2006 -- The United States Monday voiced serious concern over the refusal of the Sudanese government to allow United Nations emergency relief coordinator Jan Egeland to visit Darfur
- COTE D IVOIRE: Rebel, loyalist military chiefs resume talks IRIN 03 Apr 2006 -- Rebel and army chiefs of divided Cote d'Ivoire have agreed to resume talks on Tuesday in the rebel stronghold Bouake after meeting briefly on Saturday for the first time in eight months.
- SIERRA LEONE: Taylor pleads not guilty to crimes in ‘sister republic’ IRIN 03 Apr 2006 -- Charles Taylor pleaded not guilty to 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity on Monday at the Special Court for Sierra Leone, but said he did not recognise the Court’s jurisdiction.
- SUDAN: Gov't denies UN humanitarian chief permission to visit Darfur IRIN 03 Apr 2006 -- Sudanese authorities have denied the United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator, Jan Egeland, permission to visit the strife-torn western region of Darfur, a UN spokeswoman said on Monday.
- SIERRA LEONE: The Special Court - one of many tools for a lasting peace IRIN 03 Apr 2006 -- After a decade of war 1991-2002, Sierra Leoneans asked the world for help in bringing to justice those responsible for crimes during the fighting, says a document explaining the Special Court for Sierra Leone.
- Kosovo, Serbian sides hold third round of status talks under UN chairmanship UN News Centre 03 Apr 2006 -- Delegations from Kosovo and Serbia today ended a third round of direct talks on decentralization in the Albanian-majority Serbian province, which the United Nations has administered ever since the North Atlantic Treaty Alliance (NATO) drove out Yugoslav troops in 1999 amid grave rights abuses in ethnic fighting.
- Kurdish Protests Continue in Southeastern Turkey VOA 03 Apr 2006 -- Hundreds of Kurds clashed Monday with Turkish security forces near the Syrian border, in a seventh day of unrest spawned by last week's killing of 14 Kurdish rebels by government security forces.
- Liberia's Charles Taylor Appears in Court, Pleads Not Guilty VOA 03 Apr 2006 -- Former Liberian President Charles Taylor has made his first appearance before Sierra Leone's special war crimes court.
- SOMALIA: MPs worried over increasing insecurity in Baidoa IRIN 03 Apr 2006 -- Members of Somalia's Transitional Federal Parliament, who are currently meeting in the town of Baidoa, have expressed concern over insecurity after armed militia blocked access to a parliamentary session on Saturday.
- UGANDA: Northern conflict an "epicentre of terror" - Egeland IRIN 03 Apr 2006 -- United Nations Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Jan Egeland declared the 20-year conflict in northern Uganda "the world's worst form of terrorism" during a visit on Saturday to a camp for internally displaced persons in Pader District.
Defense Policy / Programs
- 17 Airmen survive Dover C-5 Galaxy crash AFPN 03 Apr 2006 -- The 17 Airmen aboard the C-5 Galaxy that crashed near Dover Air Force Base, Del., today all survived, a 436th Airlift Wing spokesman said.
- U.S. Military Commissions to Resume This Week at Guantanamo AFPS 03 Apr 2006 -- U.S. military commissions proceedings resume this week in the cases of four enemy combatants held here since 2002.
- DoD Releases More Guantanamo Detainee Hearing Transcripts AFPS 03 Apr 2006 -- The Defense Department today released hundreds' more pages of unredacted detainee hearing transcripts taken at the U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, facility, a senior Pentagon official said here today.
- Army bans commercial body armor Army News 03 Apr 2006 -- Soldiers may no longer wear body armor other than Army-issued Interceptor Body Armor, Army officials announced last week.
- USS Oak Hill Provides Aid to Motor Vessel off Coast of Somalia Navy NewsStand 03 Apr 2006 -- USS Oak Hill (LSD 51) provided assistance to a vessel in distress approximately 60 nautical miles off the coast of Somalia March 30, while conducting maritime security operations (MSO) in the area.
- Fort McHenry Sailors Prepare Ship for Departure Navy NewsStand 03 Apr 2006 -- USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43) Sailors are preparing to move to what will be their new home on USS Tortuga (LSD 46) beginning April 3.
- New center provides single contact for mobility air forces AFPN 03 Apr 2006 -- Air Mobility Command moved toward a supply process transformation March 29 when the Regional Supply Squadron here was re-designated as the Mobility Logistics Support Center.
- SkyTote to demonstrate high-speed flight with vertical takeoff AFPN 03 Apr 2006 -- Air Force Research Laboratory scientists are working on a novel unmanned air vehicle called SkyTote that will take off and land vertically like a helicopter, but also transition into horizontal flight like a conventional aircraft.
- Tour of Kyrgyz base marks milestone AFPN 03 Apr 2006 -- Air Force leaders from Manas Air Base toured a Republic of Kyrgyzstan air base March 28 following an invitation by the Ministry of Defense here.
- Exchange Pilot Assignment Strengthens Australia, U.S. Ties AFPS 03 Apr 2006 -- Foreign exchange pilots from Australia assigned here are helping their U.S. counterparts carry out global air refueling, airlift and humanitarian assignments.
- Afghan, Pakistani Military Leaders Meet in Germany, Discuss Terrorism AFPS 03 Apr 2006 -- Things may have gotten a little tougher for Osama bin Laden and the remnants of the Taliban thanks to a seminar that brought together 16 Afghan and Pakistani officers who work along the border between the two nations.
- U.S. Agency Works to Reduce WMD Threat AFPS 03 Apr 2006 -- The United States is aggressively pursuing ways to lessen the threat from weapons of mass destruction, the director of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency said here last week.
- Atlantic Strike III hones joint operations skills Army News 03 Apr 2006 -- Hundreds of troops from all branches of the military gathered March 27-31 at Avon Park, Fla., to train and prepare joint air and ground troops for future deployments.
- Nuclear Weapons Center the right organization at the right time AFPN 03 Apr 2006 -- In a ceremony replete with military tradition, Col. Gregory Foraker, formerly the director of the Nuclear Weapons Directorate here, assumed command of the Nuclear Weapons Center.
- India, France hold joint naval exercises off Goa coast IRNA 03 Apr 2006 -- The second phase of the Joint Indo-French naval exercise Varuna VI began on the coast of Goa.
- White House Briefing, April 3 Washington File 03 Apr 2006 -- Germany, Iraq, immigration, personnel
- State Department Briefing, April 3 Washington File 03 Apr 2006 -- India, Venezuela, Iran, Iraq, Sudan, Turkey, China, bombings in Turkey
