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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 10 May 2006 [PDF]
• CENTAF releases airpower summary AFPN 10 May 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials released today's airpower summary.
• Coalition Strikes Insurgents, Terrorists Target Tal Afar AFPS 10 May 2006 -- For the third straight day, coalition aircrews targeted an abandoned train station in Ramadi today, and a terrorist bomb detonated in a crowded area of Tal Afar last night, military officials in Iraq reported.
• Insurgents Ambush Bus, Kill 11 in Northern Iraq VOA 10 May 2006 -- Iraqi police say insurgents opened fire on a bus near the restive city of Baquba Wednesday, killing at least 11 passengers and wounding three others.
• Transcript: News Briefing with Lt. Gen. Eikenberry from the Pentagon 10 May 2006 -- Presenter: Commanding General, Combined Forces Command-Afghenistan, Lt. Gen. Karl Eikenberry
• General Notes 'Significant' Progress in Afghanistan AFPS 10 May 2006 -- Afghanistan has come a long way toward peace and stability since Operation Enduring Freedom began four and a half years ago, the commander of Combined Forces Command Afghanistan said here today.
• US General: Taleban Influence Up in Some Areas VOA 10 May 2006 -- The American commander of coalition forces in Afghanistan says the Taleban has increased its influence in some southern areas, but he predicts that as NATO increases its forces in the country during the next few months the situation will change
• Security forces at Bagram practice urban warfare AFPN 10 May 2006 -- Deployed Airmen, distributing humanitarian supplies, are taken hostage by enemy forces while visiting an Afghan village

Other Conflicts

• Israel Says There is Deadline for Peace Talks VOA 10 May 2006 -- Senior Israeli officials say they will wait six months before deciding whether to move unilaterally to set Israel's final border with the Palestinians.
• Israel Sets Deadline for Palestinians to Join Peace Talks VOA 10 May 2006 -- Israel says it will move ahead with unilateral plans to draw the country's final borders, if the Palestinians do not prove by the end of the year that they are willing to negotiate a peace deal.
• Palestinian Factions Agree to Stop Fighting VOA 10 May 2006 -- The two main Palestinian factions - Hamas and Fatah - say they have agreed to stop fighting.
• SUDAN: Annan urges expeditious deployment of a UN force in Darfur IRIN 10 May 2006 -- United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan pledged to speed up planning for the deployment of a UN peacekeeping force to the troubled Darfur region of western Sudan, comparing the crisis to those faced in Bosnia, Rwanda and Somalia.
• At Least 80 Dead in Somalia Violence VOA 10 May 2006 -- Officials in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, say three days of fighting in the lawless city have killed at least 80 people, mainly civilians, with more than 200 injured.
• Security Council extends Somalia Monitoring Group mission as violence rages UN News Centre 10 May 2006 -- The Security Council today re-established for a six-month period the mandate of the Monitoring Group on Somalia, set up to investigate the 1992 arms embargo, as the top United Nations envoy to the war-torn country appealed for all sides to end the bloody violence in the capital Mogadishu and “step back from the brink.”
• UN Calls For End to Somalia Fighting VOA 10 May 2006 -- The United Nations has condemned the latest round of fighting in Somalia's capital between militias loyal to the Islamic courts and a secular anti-terrorism alliance
• Mideast Quartet Responds to Palestinian Needs Washington File 10 May 2006 -- The Quartet for Middle East peace continues to insist that the Hamas-led Palestinian government accept international principles, but also will make an effort to deliver more aid directly to the Palestinian people.
• SOMALIA: UN envoy calls for end to hostilities IRIN 10 May 2006 -- The United Nations envoy for Somalia, Francois Lonseny Fall, has urged leaders in the Somali capital to consider "the fear and chaos for those civilians trapped in the crossfire" and end hostilities that have bloodied the streets of Mogadishu.
• BURUNDI-RWANDA: Officials vow to resolve land disputes by June IRIN 10 May 2006 -- Burundian and Rwandan government officials have agreed to resolve by June border land disputes involving communities from the two countries.
• Japanese special peace envoy-LTTE talks fail IRNA 10 May 2006 -- Talks between the Japanese Special Peace Envoy Yasushi Akashi and the LTTE's political wing leader, S P Tamilselvan, held in Kilinochchi on Tuesday, have failed.

Defense Policy / Programs

• NATO Missile Defence Feasibility Study Results delivered NATO 10 May 2006 -- Today NATO’s Assistant Secretary General (ASG) for Defence Investment and Permanent Chairman of the Alliance Conference of National Armaments Directors (CNAD), Marshall Billingslea, signed the NATO Missile Defence Feasibility Study and delivered the final report of NATO’s Armament Directors to the North Atlantic Council.
• NATO to build missile defence system for Europe IRNA 10 May 2006 -- The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) announced Wednesday that it has completed a Missile Defence Feasibility Study to protect Europe from missile attacks.
• Top British Official Says US Should Close Guantanamo Prison VOA 10 May 2006 -- Britain's Attorney General Peter Goldsmith has strongly criticized the United States prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, and called for it to be shut down.
• DoD Announces Recruiting and Retention Numbers for April 10 May 2006 -- The Department of Defense announced today its recruiting and retention statistics for the active and reserve components for the month of April.
• Raptors to bring air superiority to Northern Edge 2006 AFPN 10 May 2006 -- The Air Force’s newest fighter, the F-22A Raptor, will make its Pacific-region debut in exercise Northern Edge 2006 in June.
• Unique aircraft repair saves millions AFPN 10 May 2006 -- It was a long time in coming, but the repair of an F-16 damaged in an accident here December 2000 will save taxpayers tens of millions of dollars.
• Next-generation radar to undergo testing aboard Proteus AFPN 10 May 2006 -- A smaller, next-generation radar that will improve the Global Hawk’s surveillance capacity will soon undergo testing aboard a Proteus aircraft here.
• 'Ardent Sentry' Testing U.S., Canadian Crisis Response AFPS 10 May 2006 -- More than 5,000 U.S. and Canadian servicemembers are working with authorities in five U.S. states and two Canadian provinces to test their response capabilities to crises ranging from a major hurricane to a terrorist attack to a pandemic flu outbreak.
• Army Optimistic Current Recruiting Trend Will Continue AFPS 10 May 2006 -- The largest of the services, the Army is also the most heavily deployed, and with its one-year "boots-on-the-ground" deployment policy, it keeps its members away from home for the longest duration.
• Active-Duty Recruiting Tops Goals for 11th Straight Month AFPS 10 May 2006 -- All four services exceeded their active-duty recruiting goals in April for the 11th consecutive month and remain ahead of their year-to-date goals, defense officials announced today.
• Daily Press Briefing US Department of State 10 May 2006

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for May 10, 2006

News Reports

• Uzbekistan: U.S. Lawmakers Call For Sanctions RFE/RL 10 May 2006 -- U.S. Senator John McCain (Republican, Arizona) and Representative Christopher Smith (Republican, New Jersey) announced on May 9 that they will reintroduce legislation on democracy in Central Asia