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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 19 May 2006 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty

• Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Lt. Gen. Chiarelli from Iraq 19 May 2006 -- Presenter: Lt. Gen. Peter W. Chiarelli
• CENTAF releases airpower summary AFPN 19 May 2006 -- U.S Central Command Air Forces officials released today's airpower summary.
• Strike Targets Support Base, Marines Respond to Ramadi Attacks AFPS 19 May 2006 -- Coalition forces destroyed an abandoned hotel yesterday in Haqlaniyah, Iraq, using precision munitions to deny its use as an insurgent support base, military officials in Baghdad reported today.
• Insurgent Violence Continues Across Iraq VOA 19 May 2006 -- Insurgents in Iraq continued to launch attacks against security and civilian targets across the country, a day before Iraq's prime minister-designate is to submit his Cabinet for parliamentary approval.
• News Reports: Captured Afghan Militant May Not be Top Taleban Commander VOA 19 May 2006 -- News reports indicate that a militant captured in southern Afghanistan may not be one of the Taleban's top commanders as earlier thought.
• Authorities Try to Confirm Capture of Top Taleban Leader VOA 19 May 2006 -- Authorities in Afghanistan say they may have captured a top Taleban military commander during a major upsurge in clashes between the militia and U.S.-led coalition and Afghan government forces
• U.S. Air Force B-1B strikes Taliban stronghold AFPN 19 May 2006 -- A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer struck a Taliban-associated compound May 17 near Kandahar, Afghanistan, in support of coalition ground forces conducting operations to detain individuals suspected of terrorist activities.
• Coalition Finds Weapons, Targets Taliban in Air Strike AFPS 19 May 2006 -- Coalition forces confiscated weapons caches in five Afghanistan locations yesterday, and a U.S. Air Force B-1B bomber struck a terrorist stronghold May 17, military officials reported.
• Forces in Afghanistan Kill 61 Enemy Fighters, Capture 20 AFPS 19 May 2006 -- A series of continuous offensive operations May 17 and yesterday across eastern and southern Afghanistan left 61 Taliban extremists dead and 20 others captured, military officials here reported today.
• Pakistan rejects British military statement on Taliban presence IRNA 19 May 2006 -- Pakistan on Friday described as ludicrous remarks by British Colonel Chris Vernon, Chief of Staff for Southern Afghanistan, that Pakistan is allowing Taliban to use its soil for attacks in Afghanistan.
• South Asia: Afghan President Reignites Feud With Pakistan Over Insurgency RFE/RL 19 May 2006 -- Pakistan today rejected fresh charges by Afghan President Hamid Karzai that the country is providing a training ground for militants and allowing them to infiltrate Afghanistan. Karzai made the accusations on May 18 after an upsurge in violence that appears to have left more than 100 people dead.
• Pakistan Rejects Afghan Leader's Latest Accusation of Aiding Taleban VOA 19 May 2006 -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai has again accused elements in Pakistan of aiding and abetting Taleban insurgents

Other Conflicts

• United States Welcomes Progress in South Ossetia Conflict Washington File 19 May 2006 -- The United States is pleased with the latest progress in talks aimed at settling peacefully the long-standing conflict over Georgia’s breakaway region of South Ossetia, according to an American diplomat. But in remarks to Europe’s largest security organization May 18, the diplomat, Ambassador Julie Finley, also expressed alarm at interference with international military monitors.
• Annan Dispatches Veteran Envoy Brahimi to Sudan VOA 19 May 2006 -- U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan is sending a high-level mission to Khartoum to persuade Sudan's government to allow U.N. military planners into Darfur
• Annan sends envoys to Sudan to speed up plans for UN peacekeeping force in Darfur UN News Centre 19 May 2006 -- The Sudanese Government has not yet given the green light for an assessment team to prepare for a United Nations peacekeeping force in its strife-torn Darfur region and Secretary-General Kofi Annan is sending two high-level officials to Khartoum, the capital, for intensified talks next week, a spokesman said today.
• Rival Palestinian Factions Engage in Gaza City Gun Battle VOA 19 May 2006 -- Palestinian security forces from rival Fatah and Hamas factions have engaged in a gun battle in Gaza City.
• Hamas Aide Caught at Border With $804,000 VOA 19 May 2006 -- Palestinian security officials say they have confiscated $804,000 from a spokesman for the militant group Hamas, who tried to smuggle it into the Gaza Strip from Egypt.
• Israeli Officials to Meet with Abbas on Sunday in Egypt VOA 19 May 2006 -- Israel's government says two top officials will meet with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday at an economic forum in Egypt.
• Rice Decries Violence Between Rival Palestinian Security Forces VOA 19 May 2006 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Thursday warned that the creation of rival Palestinian security forces is creating a dangerous situation.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Detainees, Guards Clash During Guantanamo Suicide Attempt VOA 19 May 2006 -- Detainees at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, clashed with guards trying to prevent a suicide attempt Thursday.
• Saudi Foreign Minister Urges More Detainee Releases From Guantanamo VOA 19 May 2006 -- Saudi Arabia's foreign minister says he hopes the United States will release more prisoners from the detention facility at the U.S. Naval Station at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
• UN: Committee Urges Closure Of Guantanamo Bay RFE/RL 19 May 2006 -- A UN report released today calls for the United States to close its detention facility at Guantanamo Bay and to end the use of secret prisons in its war on terror.
• Transcript: Media Availability at the Conclusion of the Multinational Experiment 4 Senior Leader Seminar in Brussels, Belgium 19 May 2006
• Multinational Experiment is a Success, General Says AFPS 19 May 2006 -- A recently completed international experiment successfully explored a "holistic" approach to dealing with conflict situations, the general who heads U.S. Joint Forces Command and serves as NATO's supreme allied commander for transformation, said today.
• Transcript: Department of Defense Town Hall Meeting with Secretary Rumsfeld and Gen. Pace 19 May 2006 -- Presenter: Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Peter Pace
• PCU Texas Returns From Sea Trials Navy NewsStand 19 May 2006 -- The second Virginia-class submarine, PCU Texas (SSN 775), returned to Newport News after successfully conducting alpha sea trials, May 17.
• Navies Partner for Southeast Asia Maritime Security Exercise Navy NewsStand 19 May 2006 -- The fifth annual Southeast Asia Cooperation Against Terrorism (SEACAT) maritime security exercise began May 20 with the departure of a U.S. Navy task group from Okinawa.
• NAVSEA Rolls Out New Navy Science and Engineering Web Site Navy NewsStand 19 May 2006 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), Ship Design, Integration and Engineering Office rolled out a Navy Science and Engineering (NSE) Web site May 11.
• Stout Sailors Train with Coast Guard for VBSS Navy NewsStand 19 May 2006 -- Stout Sailors and the embarked Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment Team (LEDET) 101 have been training together for Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure (VBSS) operations while operating in the Caribbean Sea during the month of May.
• Stout Conducts COMREL at Honduran Kindergarten Navy NewsStand 19 May 2006 -- USS Stout (DDG 55) Sailors participated in a community relations project (COMREL) at Ramon Amaya Amador Kindergarten in Roatan, Honduras, May 15.
• GW Completes COMREL in Antigua Navy NewsStand 19 May 2006 -- USS George Washington (CVN 73) (GW) Sailors completed more than 1,200 hours of volunteer service during community relations (COMREL) projects in Antigua May 17.
• Army stands by official CLP products Army News 16 May 2006 -- The Army Research, Development and Engineering Command wants to make it clear to all Soldiers that the only two approved CLPs (cleaners, lubricants, protectants) that should be used on a variety of weapons systems are Breakfree and Royal.
• Briefing on the President's Supplemental Appropriation Request Via Teleconference The White House 19 May 2006
• Press Gaggle by Tony Snow The White House 19 May 2006
• Daily Press Briefing US Department of State 19 May 2006
• TAIWAN TO PURCHASE 60 F-16C/D JET FIGHTERS: DEFENSE NEWS CNA 19 May 2006 -- A military delegation from Taiwan is scheduled to visit Washington, D.C. May 25-29 to explore the possibility of procuring 60 F-16C/D fighter planes from the United States, according to a report carried in the latest issue of the Defense News weekly.

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for May 19, 2006

News Reports

• Bush Extends Emergency Basis for Sanctions Against Burma Washington File 19 May 2006 -- President Bush has signed a one-year extension of a declaration of national emergency that underlies the imposition of economic sanctions against Burma, according to a notice released by the White House May 18.
• Montenegro: Voters to Decide On Independence RFE/RL 19 May 2006 -- Montenegro is to hold a referendum on May 21 on whether to remain in its union with Serbia or declare independence.
• CAR: Interview with Leodégal Bazira, head of UN country team IRIN 19 May 2006 -- The northwestern region of the Central African Republic (CAR) has faced a humanitarian crisis since an insurrection broke out in late 2005. Months of violence - caused by bandit attacks on civilians and the national army's pursuit of the armed groups behind the uprising - have resulted in untold suffering in the civilian population