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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 30 May 2006 [PDF]
• BODIES OF TWO MARINES MISSING FROM MAY 27 AIRCRAFT MISHAP IN AL ANBAR PROVINCE RECOVERED
• MND-B SOLDIER KILLED IN TERRORIST IED ATTACK
• TASK FORCE BAND OF BROTHERS SOLDIER KILLED
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• CENTAF releases combined airpower summary AFPN 30 May 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials release the airpower summary for May 26 to 29.
• Insurgents Kill At Least 46 in Iraq VOA 30 May 2006 -- Iraqi police say insurgents killed at least 46 people in a series of bombings and other attacks Tuesday.
• Future City Hall Bombed; Coalition Forces Kill Three, Detain 10 AFPS 30 May 2006 -- Terrorists bombed the site of a future Iraqi city hall yesterday, and coalition forces killed three terrorists and detained 10 more suspects in three incidents May 28.
• Additional U.S. Troops Moving Into Iraq's Anbar Province AFPS 30 May 2006 -- About 1,500 U.S. soldiers are moving into Iraq's western Anbar province to support security operations there, U.S. military officials said today.
• Reports: US to Send Reserve Troops to Western Iraq VOA 30 May 2006 -- U.S. newspaper reports say the top American commander in Iraq has decided to send reserve troops to combat the rising insurgency in Iraq's Anbar province, west of Baghdad.
• Analysis: Frustration Sparks Afghan Riots cfr.org 30 May 2006 -- A cargo truck in a U.S. military convoy crashed into traffic May 29 in Kabul, killing several civilians and triggering lethal riots (NYT) in the capital city
• Backgrounder: The Taliban Resurgence in Afghanistan cfr.org 30 May 2006
• AFGHANISTAN: Seven aid workers killed IRIN 30 May 2006 -- Seven aid workers lost their lives in Afghanistan on Tuesday in two separate incidents. At least four were killed in the northern Afghan province of Jawzjan when unidentified gunmen ambushed their vehicle, a government spokesman said in the capital Kabul.
• Following deadly riots in Afghanistan, Annan pledges continued UN support UN News Centre 30 May 2006 -- Reacting to the recent deadly riots in Afghanistan reportedly sparked by a road accident involving a United States convoy, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today stressed that the United Nations would continue its assistance for stability in the war-wracked country.
• U.S. To Compensate Victims Of Kabul Incident That Sparked Riots RFE/RL 30 May 2006 -- The U.S. military says it will compensate dozens of victims and their families following a military-truck accident that killed five people in Kabul and led to violent riots.
• Afghanistan: Kabul Residents Wonder What Comes After Deadly Riots RFE/RL 30 May 2006 -- Afghan government troops are patrolling the streets of Kabul and the parliament is meeting in a special session today after deadly rioting swept through the Afghan capital on Monday (May 29).
• U.S. Military Responds to Indonesia Earthquake AFPS 30 May 2006 -- The U.S. military is sending about 100 troops to Indonesia to contribute to international humanitarian relief efforts in the wake of a devastating 6.2 magnitude earthquake that struck May 27 near the ancient city of Yogyakarta.

Other Conflicts

• Russia condemns Georgian incursion into Ossetia conflict zone RIA Novosti 30 May 2006 -- The Russian Foreign Ministry condemned Tuesday the May 27 entry of Georgian special forces into the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict as a violation of existing agreements and a provocation.
• Georgia accuses Russia of troop rotation violations in S.Ossetia RIA Novosti 30 May 2006 -- Russia has violated the procedures for rotating its peacekeeping contingent in the breakaway region of South Ossetia, the Georgian Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.
• Wrap: Russia, Georgia clash over peacekeepers' rotation RIA Novosti 30 May 2006 -- Russia and Georgia traded accusations Tuesday over an alleged blockade of checkpoints manned by Russian peacekeepers in the zone of Tbilisi's long-running conflict with breakaway South Ossetia.
• Senior UN official ‘hits ground running’ in seeking to resolve Timor-Leste violence UN News Centre 30 May 2006 -- With a senior United Nations official on the ground in Timor-Leste today seeking to defuse the violence that has torn through the small country in recent weeks, UN agencies have resumed food distributions to camps holding 100,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) but conditions in them are worsening due to overcrowding and rain.
• UN peacekeeper in DR of Congo killed, bringing five-year total to 74 UN News Centre 30 May 2006 -- The United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) is searching for seven of their colleagues who disappeared during a confrontation between armed militias and UN-backed soldiers from the national army, which also left one UN peacekeeper dead and brought the six-year peacekeeping death toll to 74.
• DRC: Operation against militiamen displaces civilians in Ituri IRIN 30 May 2006 -- Civilians in Libi, a commercial centre in the Democratic Republic of Congo's embattled northeastern Ituri District, have fled into the bush following fighting between militia and the national army, which is supported by troops from the United Nations peacekeeping mission.
• ETHIOPIA: Blasts injure 42 in eastern town IRIN 30 May 2006 -- At least 42 people were injured when three blasts rocked the town of Jijiga in eastern Ethiopia at the weekend, the state-run Ethiopian news agency reported.
• SOMALIA: Armed fighters take over Mogadishu hospital IRIN 30 May 2006 -- Armed Somali fighters have occupied a major hospital that offers surgical services to civilians who have been wounded in recent clashes in northern Mogadishu, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Somali Red Crescent Society (SRCS), reported on Tuesday.
• Lankan gov't rules out military crackdown against LTTE IRNA 30 May 2006 -- Sri Lankan government on Tuesday ruled out any military crackdown against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) following the European Union ban on them and asked the rebels to 'think afresh' on resuming negotiations.
• Nepal army, rebels trade blame on peace violations IRNA 30 May 2006 -- Nepal's army and Maoist rebels have accused each other of violating a code of conduct agreed last week which commits both sides to cease provocations and stop intimidating people with arms.
• Palestinian premier comments on US plots to drive self-rule to failure IRNA 30 May 2006 -- Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said on Tuesday that Washington is the enemy of all Muslims.
• East Timor's President Takes Control of National Security VOA 30 May 2006 -- The East Timorese president has taken over direct control of the armed forces and declared a state of crisis in an attempt to end violence by rampaging rival gangs that have killed at least 27 people in the capital Dili.
• Darfur Violence Increases as Peace Deadline VOA 30 May 2006 -- Tensions are running high in Darfur, one day before a deadline expires for two holdout rebel groups to sign a peace agreement
• Israeli Troops Enter Gaza, Raid West Bank, 7 Palestinians Killed VOA 30 May 2006 -- Israeli troops carried out a major military operation in the Gaza Strip for the first time since Israel disengaged from the area last year
• Dili Leaders Talk as Gangs Continue Violence VOA 30 May 2006 -- Violence continued in the East Timor capital Dili Tuesday as the fractured government entered a second day of talks on how to end days of fighting triggered by a split in the military.
• UN Official Calls for More International Support for Somalia VOA 30 May 2006 -- A senior U.N. official is calling on donors to help people who have been displaced by 15 years of warfare in Somalia and are living in conditions he says are among the worst he has seen in Africa.

Defense Policy / Programs

• AFSO 21 crucial to achieving new vision AFPN 30 May 2006 -- Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st century will be crucial to achieving the 50th Space Wing’s new vision, said Col. John Hyten, wing commander.
• Japan's Cabinet Approves US Military Realignment Plan VOA 30 May 2006 -- Japan's Cabinet has approved an agreement with Washington for a major realignment of U.S. forces based in the country.
• Daily Press Briefing US Department of State 30 May 2006
• Press Briefing by Tony Snow The White House 30 May 2006
• Russia/Central Asia: Shanghai Cooperation Organization Mull Expansion RFE/RL 30 May 2006 -- Russia's president has praised the growing international stature of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization -- but it may also soon become more controversial, as its members consider whether to welcome Iran into their fold.

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for May 30, 2006

News Reports

• Myanmar: Annan vows to fight on for Aung San Suu Kyi’s release UN News Centre 30 May 2006 -- United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today vowed to continue working for the release of Myanmar democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, whose house arrest the authorities have extended.
• Annan Criticizes Burma for Imprisonment of Aung San Suu Kyi VOA 30 May 2006 -- U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has criticized Burma for extending the house arrest of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, after hinting she would be freed.
• Relief Operations Swing into Gear in Quake-Stricken Central Java VOA 30 May 2006 -- Officials in Indonesia say more than 5,400 people have now died from Saturday's earthquake and the rush is on to get aid to the survivors