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25 May 2006 Military News |
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Current Operations
- OIF/OEF Casualty Update 25 May 2006 [PDF]
- DoD Identifies Marine Casualties
- ROADSIDE BOMB KILLS 2 MND-B SOLDIERS
- CENTAF releases airpower summary AFPN 25 May 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials released today's airpower summary.
- Three Terrorists Killed; Probe Sought of April 26 Incident AFPS 25 May 2006 -- Three terrorists were killed yesterday after planting a roadside bomb west of Baghdad, and the commander of Multinational Force West is seeking a criminal investigation of an April 26 incident in which an Iraqi civilian was killed.
- Suspected Taliban Captured; Three Civilians Killed, Three Injured AFPS 25 May 2006 -- Afghan and coalition forces detained two suspected Taliban fighters in Afghanistan's Kandahar province yesterday
- AFGHANISTAN: Fighting forces 3,000 to flee IRIN 25 May 2006 -- More than 3,000 villagers are on the move following intense fighting between the Taliban and security forces in Afghanistan’s restive southern province of Kandahar, officials from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) confirmed on Thursday.
Other Conflicts
- Annan sends seasoned envoy to Timor-Leste following mob violence UN News Centre 25 May 2006 -- Secretary-General Kofi Annan is sending a senior envoy who is an expert on Timor-Leste to assess the situation there first hand following serious unrest after a large portion of the national army was recently dismissed in the country which the United Nations shepherded to independence from Indonesia in 2002.
- Australian Peacekeepers Arrive in East Timor as Fighting Continues VOA 25 May 2006 -- Australian commandos have arrived in East Timor, a day after the country asked for international help to quell growing unrest in and around the capital, Dili
- SOMALIA: Thousands displaced as heavy fighting rages on in Mogadishu IRIN 25 May 2006 -- Thousands of people have fled their homes in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, as heavy fighting between rival groups continued in the city on Thursday afternoon, witnesses and medical sources have said.
- Fighting Rocks Somali Capital VOA 25 May 2006 -- Vicious fighting has broken out again in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, killing and wounding dozens of civilians
- SOMALIA: Renewed fighting claims 11 in Mogadishu IRIN 25 May 2006 -- At least 11 people have been killed and more than 20 wounded in renewed fighting in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, as heavy artillery and mortar fire pounded parts of the city for the second day on Thursday.
- Analysis: Abbas’ Bold Gamble cfr.org 25 May 2006 -- If the Hamas government does not accept a document that implicitly recognizes Israel within ten days, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas says he will call a referendum and ask the Palestinian people to vote on the proposal
- Abbas says will "go to the people" if factions don't endorse national unity program IRNA 25 May 2006 -- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday warned that he would "go to the people" if Palestinian political factions failed to adopt a political program contained in a document drafted by Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.
- Rival Palestinian Factions Open Dialogue to Ease Tensions VOA 25 May 2006 -- Rival Palestinian factions have opened talks aimed at easing tensions, which have escalated since the Islamic militant group militant group Hamas took power eight weeks ago
- Kashmir Talks End, Indian PM Hopeful VOA 25 May 2006 -- India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has wrapped up two days of roundtable discussions on the Kashmir conflict with promises to improve human rights in the divided region and to review the cases of Muslim militants who want to return home from neighboring Pakistan
- No peace in Kahsmir unless militants are involved in talks: Hizb IRNA 25 May 2006 -- Insisting that inclusion of militants in the talks process was the "sole guarantee" of peace, the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, the main militant organization in Kashmir, criticized the government's claim that the people had grown weary (of the movement) as "hollow."
- Roundtable on Kashmir resumes amid tight security IRNA 25 May 2006 -- A second roundtable conference resumed Thursday amid tight security in this strike-hit capital of Kashmir on proposals put forward by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
- Sudan: Joint UN-AU assessment team to visit Darfur within days, UN envoy says UN News Centre 25 May 2006 -- A joint United Nations-African Union team will go to Sudan’s conflict-torn Darfur region to assess the needs of the AU’s peacekeeping mission there after conducting wide-ranging consultations in the country’s capital, UN Special Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi said in Khartoum today.
- CHAD-SUDAN: 100s Chad villagers killed, but no definitive link with Sudan IRIN 25 May 2006 -- Militia fighters armed with machetes, knives and guns killed over 100 people in eastern Chad last month, including more than 75 people in one village alone, but there is no definitive proven link between the attackers and the Sudanese government, according to researchers from Human Rights Watch.
- SUDAN: Embattled town of Bentiu emerges from war IRIN 25 May 2006 -- Amidst the swampy reeds that line the banks of the Bahr el Ghazal River, a large ship with a crane towers over the small El Salaam bridge, which connects Rubkona town with Bentiu, the capital of Unity State in south Sudan.
- ERITREA-ETHIOPIA: US to blame for border stalemate - Afwerki IRIN 25 May 2006 -- Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki has said the United States is "complicating" efforts to resolve his country's border dispute with Ethiopia and encouraged his neighbour to defy the ruling of an international boundary commission.
- DRC: Fighting displaces 10,000 in Ituri IRIN 25 May 2006 -- At least 10,000 people have now been displaced as the Congolese army intensifies its offensive to disarm rebels in the northeastern district of Ituri, a United Nations humanitarian official has said.
- UGANDA: LRA rebels ready to talk peace - Joseph Kony IRIN 25 May 2006 -- The insurgent Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) is ready to engage the Ugandan government in talks to end two decades of fighting that has killed thousands and displaced close to two million people in the country's north, rebel leader Joseph Kony has said.
Defense Policy / Programs
- Launch of weather-tracking satellite successful AFPN 25 May 2006 -- The 45th Space Wing supported the successful launch of the NASA GOES-N, a weather satellite launched on a Delta IV booster May 24 from Space Launch Complex 37B here.
- Sea-Based Missile Defense Test Successful AFPS 25 May 2006 -- A U.S. Navy ship shot down a long-range ballistic missile in its final seconds of flight during a test yesterday.
- First at-Sea Demonstration of Sea-Based Terminal Capability Successfully Completed Missile Defense Agency 25 May 2006 -- The U.S. Navy, in cooperation with the Missile Defense Agency, today successfully conducted a ballistic missile defense demonstration involving the intercept of a target missile in the terminal phase (the last few seconds) of flight
- Releasing Guantanamo Detainees Would Endanger World, U.S. Says Washington File 25 May 2006 -- The U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, does not violate international law, and releasing detainees would allow dangerous combatants to target innocent civilians worldwide, the State Department’s legal adviser told a global Internet audience during a May 25 webchat.
- Press Briefing by Tony Snow The White House 25 May 2006
- Daily Press Briefing US Department of State 25 May 2006
- China Blasts US Report on Military Buildup VOA 25 May 2006 -- China has lashed out at the United States in response to a Pentagon report expressing continued concern over China's rapid military buildup and the rising Chinese threat to Taiwan
- Ukraine, Belarus to expand military, technical cooperation RIA Novosti 25 May 2006 -- Ukraine is planning to strengthen military and technical ties with Belarus, the country's defense minister said Thursday.
