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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 17 May 2006 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Army Casualties
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• Balad remains one busy airfield AFPN 17 May 2006 -- Aircraft pack the flightline here and operations are non-stop and intense
• AFGHANISTAN: Suicide attacker targets UN vehicles IRIN 17 May 2006 -- A suicide attacker in Afghanistan’s volatile southern province of Kandahar detonated an explosives-filled car near a convoy of vehicles belonging to the UN mine-clearing agency, killing himself and wounding an agency driver, the United Nations Mine Action Centre for Afghanistan (UNMACA) confirmed on Wednesday.

Other Conflicts

• India Leaders Name Growing Maoist Insurgency Top Security Threat VOA 17 May 2006 -- In India, lack of rural development and failed peace initiatives appear to be giving strength to the country's 40-year-old Maoist rebellion
• India to talk to new Nepal government on security issues IRNA 17 May 2006 -- Indian Minister of State for External Affairs E Ahamed today said that "India will talk to the new government in Nepal on all security-related issues, including ISI activities."
• Chechnya: Secret Prison Victim Recalls His Ordeal RFE/RL 17 May 2006 -- In a new report, the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHF) alleges that Russian security services and their Chechen allies are operating clandestine prisons in the breakaway province to detain and torture civilians
• Hamas Creates New Security Force in Gaza VOA 17 May 2006 -- The Palestinian militant group Hamas has defied President Mahmoud Abbas and announced the creation of a new police force for the Gaza Strip
• Uganda Makes New Offer to Rebel Leader VOA 17 May 2006 -- Uganda President Yoweri says he can guarantee the safety of the leader of the rebel Lord's Resistance Army, if certain conditions are met
• Sudan Weighs UN Military Visit VOA 17 May 2006 -- Sudan says it is weighing the possibility of allowing United Nations military planners into the war-torn Darfur region, to assess the situation there
• Burma's Karen Rebels Plead for Military to Stop Offensive Ahead of UN Visit VOA 17 May 2006 -- Rebels from the Karen ethnic minority have issued a plea to Burma's military to stop an offensive that has forced thousands of people to flee villages in eastern Burma
• Car Bomb Kills 7 in Ingushetia, Including Top Official VOA 17 May 2006 -- A powerful car bomb killed a top police official in the southern Russian region of Ingushetia, in what authorities say could have been a suicide bombing (or by remote control).
• DRC: Army captures militia commander IRIN 17 May 2006 -- Congolese soldiers in the restive northeastern district of Ituri have captured a "brigade commander" of the former militia Union des Patriotes Congolais(the Congolese Patriotic Union) which was led by Thomas Lubanga, currently awaiting trial before the International Criminal Court.
• UGANDA: Museveni gives rebels ultimatum over northern war IRIN 17 May 2006 -- Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has given the leaders of the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) a two-month ultimatum "to peacefully end terrorism" or face a combined force of Ugandan and southern Sudanese troops.
• SUDAN: UN prepares to deploy peacekeepers to Darfur IRIN 17 May 2006 -- A United Nations Security Council resolution has paved the way for the deployment of a UN peacekeeping force in Sudan's western Darfur region and threatened sanctions against any parties standing in the way of peace.
• SUDAN: Insecurity affecting humanitarian work in Darfur – ICRC IRIN 17 May 2006 -- Armed clashes and banditry in the western Sudanese region of Darfur have affected humanitarian work and created numerous security problems for civilians, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) warned on Wednesday.
• ETHIOPIA-ERITREA: Ethiopia will not start war - Meles IRIN 17 May 2006 -- Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has reiterated that Ethiopia would not re-ignite its border conflict with neighbouring Eritrea, despite prevailing tensions over determining the boundary between the two Horn of Africa neighbours.
• U.S. Official Optimistic On Karabakh Deal RFE/RL 17 May 2006 -- A U.S. State Department official has expressed optimism about the possibility of a peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh territory.
• Georgia: Tbilisi Meeting Raises Hopes Of Resolving Abkhaz Conflict RFE/RL 17 May 2006 -- The Coordinating Council established by the UN in late 1997 to serve as a forum for discussing issues related to resolving the Abkhaz conflict convened in Tbilisi on May 15 for the first time since January 2001.
• Russian FM warns against isolating Hamas RIA Novosti 17 May 2006 -- Attempts to isolate radical Islamist group Hamas are counterproductive and extremely dangerous, Russia's foreign minister said Wednesday.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Navy Ex-Aircraft Carrier Sunk, ‘Reefed’ off Pensacola Navy NewsStand 17 May 2006 -- The ex-Oriskany, a decommissioned aircraft carrier, became the largest ship intentionally sunk as an artificial reef May 17 when it was sunk approximately 24 miles off the coast of Pensacola, Fla.
• Rumsfeld Urges Congress to Support Defense Budget Requests AFPS 17 May 2006 -- U.S. troops serving in the war on terror are giving their all and deserve everything the country can give them to help them succeed, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said today in urging Congress to pass the fiscal 2007 defense budget and 2006 budget supplemental requests.
• U.S. Military Capability Much Better than in 2001, Rumsfeld Says Washington File 17 May 2006 -- Today's U.S. military forces are much different -- and more capable -- than they were just five years ago, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says.
• Rumsfeld, Blum Support Temporary Guard Border Mission AFPS 17 May 2006 -- President Bush's proposal to temporarily boost the National Guard's contribution to U.S. border security stands as a testament to the Guard's flexibility but in no way signals a new, long-term Guard mission, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld told Congress today.
• Improved C-5 promises more faithful years of service AFPN 17 May 2006 -- At a roll-out ceremony May 16 at Lockheed Martin’s plant in Marietta, Ga., the Air Force accepted delivery of the first C-5M Galaxy, the first of 111 that will undergo modernization at the facility, extending the fleet’s life by more than 25 years.
• Pentagon Tests Bio-Attack Response AFPS 17 May 2006 -- A full-scale bio-exercise in the Pentagon parking lot today tested how the Pentagon police, in partnership with local emergency services, would respond to a biological attack at the military headquarters.
• Press Briefing by Tony Snow The White House 17 May 2006
• Daily Press Briefing US Department of State 17 May 2006
• U.S., Australia Agree to Increase Counterterrorism Cooperation AFPS 17 May 2006 -- A new agreement between the United States and Australia opens the door to more information sharing and cooperation in research and development related to combating terrorism.
• Russian base withdrawal from Georgia to start May 25 RIA Novosti 17 May 2006 -- Russia will start withdrawing its military base from Batumi in southwest Georgia on May 25, a senior military official said Wednesday.

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for May 17, 2006
• Admiralty Shipyards to ink submarine export contract in June RIA Novosti 17 May 2006 -- Admiralty Shipyards, a St. Petersburg-based company, is planning to sign a foreign contract on the construction of two submarines next month, the general director said Wednesday.

News Reports

• Security Council Urges Syria To Set Up Better Ties with Lebanon Washington File 17 May 2006 -- The Security Council May 17 pressed Syria to work with Lebanon to delineate a clear boundary and establish diplomatic relations.