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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 07 Jun 2006 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Navy Casualty
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Gen. Hagee from the Pentagon 07 Jun 2006 -- Presenter: Commandant , U.S. Marine Corps, Gen. Michael Hagee
• CENTAF releases airpower summary AFPN 07 Jun 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials released the airpower summary for June 7.
• Small aircraft take on some of the biggest missions AFPN 07 Jun 2006 -- Patrolling the sky over Iraq for more than 2,250 hours in May, the 46th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron here leads the largest unmanned aerial vehicle operation in the world with one of the Air Force’s smallest aircraft -- the MQ-1 Predator.
• NATO, Coalition Deny Taliban Winning In Afghanistan RFE/RL 07 Jun 2006 -- NATO and the U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan are denying reports that Taliban are winning the battle for the south of the country.
• Afghanistan: Group Says Eradication Efforts Failing, Taliban Taking Advantage RFE/RL 07 Jun 2006 -- Afghanistan's Helmand Province is poised to have a large opium poppy crop this year, despite a fledgling eradication program there
• Afghanistan: Many Factors Contribute To Increased Violence In South RFE/RL 07 Jun 2006 -- There have been more combat related deaths in Afghanistan during the past two months than any similar time period since the U.S-led coalition's campaign against the Taliban regime in late 2001
• AFGHANISTAN: Where the gun still rules IRIN 07 Jun 2006 -- Panjshir was one of the most militarised parts of the country during the Soviet occupation and the bloody internecine civil war that followed their withdrawal in 1989

Other Conflicts

• Increase in UN presence in Timor-Leste seen as likely UN News Centre 07 Jun 2006 -- A senior United Nations envoy ended a nine-day visit to Timor-Leste today after the recent outbreak of violence there, heralding a possibly beefed up presence by the world body in the small nation that it shepherded to independence four years ago.
• UN missions seeking to end Darfur strife visit African Union headquarters UN News Centre 07 Jun 2006 -- Two United Nations missions seeking to strengthen an African Union (AU) monitoring force in Sudan’s strife-torn Darfur region and prepare for its possible transition to a full-fledged UN peacekeeping operation held talks today with various officials in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
• Somali Factions Reported Preparing for More Battles VOA 07 Jun 2006 -- Media reports from Somalia say an alliance of warlords is trying to regroup north of Mogadishu after losing control of the capital to Islamic militias on Monday.
• Somali Warlord Arrested in Kenya VOA 07 Jun 2006 -- Kenyan authorities arrested Abdul Rashid Hussein Shiry, a Somali warlord, Wednesday for violating a ban on travel to Kenya by Somali warlords and their associates.
• Pakistan Announces Aid Package for Hamas VOA 07 Jun 2006 -- Pakistan has pledged $3 million in aid to the Palestinian Authority and offered other support to the hard-line Hamas-led government
• SUDAN: No agreement on UN force in Darfur IRIN 07 Jun 2006 -- Talks between a Security Council delegation and Sudanese President Umar al-Bashir on Tuesday centred on the role of the United Nations in resolving the Darfur conflict, but failed to reach a consensus on the deployment of a UN peacekeeping force.
• CAR: Silent crisis in northwest lingers IRIN 07 Jun 2006 -- What started as a seemingly insignificant skirmish between the army and antigovernment forces in Ouham Prefecture of northwestern Central African Republic (CAR) has spurred a humanitarian crisis in which almost 100,000 people have been displaced.
• BURUNDI: Peace talks at preliminary stage, FNL official says IRIN 07 Jun 2006 -- Peace talks between the government of Burundi and the country's remaining rebel group, the Forces nationales de liberation (FNL), which began on 29 May in Tanzania, are still at an informal stage, an official of the rebel movement said on Wednesday.
• SOMALIA: Kenya slams the door on Somali faction leaders IRIN 07 Jun 2006 -- A day after Kenya banned leaders of Somalia's armed factions and their associates from entering the country, authorities deported a prominent Somali businessman with alleged links to a group of secular politicians who have been engaged in a bloody conflict with Islamists in Mogadishu.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Army Relocates Special Operations Units Army News Release 07 Jun 2006 -- The Army announced today the relocation of Company F, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) (SOAR) from Fort Campbell, Ky., to Fort Lewis, Wash., the activation of Company G at Fort Lewis, and the relocation of a company from overseas to Fort Campbell, effective July 16.
• Navy to Commission New Guided Missile Destroyer Farragut 07 Jun 2006 -- The Navy will commission the newest Arleigh Burke class guided-missile destroyer, Farragut, Saturday, June 10, 2006, during an 11 a.m. ceremony in Mayport, Fla.
• Kyrgyzstan-U.S. airbase talks nearly finished, official says RIA Novosti 07 Jun 2006 -- Kyrgyzstan's Security Council chief said Wednesday that talks with the U.S. on the continued presence of its airbase in the Central Asian republic had entered the final stage.
• Transcript: Media Roundtable with Assistant Secretary Winkenwerder 07 Jun 2006 -- Presenter: Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs William Winkenwerder
• DoD Instruction Consolidates Detainee Medical Care Policy AFPS 07 Jun 2006 -- The Defense Department yesterday issued an instruction detailing the standards of medical care in detainee operations.
• San Antonio Tests Flight Operations Capabilities Navy NewsStand 07 Jun 2006 -- The U.S. Navy’s newest amphibious transport dock, USS San Antonio (LPD 17), began testing its flight operations capabilities June 5, as part of an overall test of the integration of new aerial technology with the newest maritime advances, using the tilt-rotor V-22 Osprey and the CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter.
• Chilean Ship Esmeralda Salutes Pacific Fleet Navy NewsStand 07 Jun 2006 -- The Chilean ship Esmeralda (BE 43) visited San Diego during a navigational training mission June 2.
• Congressional Delegation Visits Naval Station Rota Navy NewsStand 07 Jun 2006 -- Six members of a Congressional Delegation met with constituents from their home states June 2 at Naval Station Rota, Spain.
• Naval Support Activity Annapolis Stands Up Navy NewsStand 07 Jun 2006 -- Naval Support Activity (NSA) Annapolis was officially established in a commissioning ceremony held here June 6, following the retirement of Naval Station Annapolis' colors the previous week.
• U.S., Singapore Navies Practice Boarding At Sea Navy NewsStand 07 Jun 2006 -- A combined boarding at sea united the visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) teams of USS Crommelin (FFG 37) and the Republic of Singapore navy (RSN) patrol craft RSS Sea Lion (P 77) during the Singapore phase of exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) June 6.
• Monterey, The Sullivans, Boone Depart for Neptune Warrior Navy NewsStand 07 Jun 2006 -- Three ships led by Commander, Destroyer Squadron (COMDESRON) 24 left the east coast June 5 and 6 to participate with naval forces from the United Kingdom, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Australia, France and Spain in Neptune Warrior, a coalition course held in the North Atlantic.
• Vitale Assumes Command of TRCSG Navy NewsStand 07 Jun 2006 -- Rear Adm. Michael Vitale relieved Rear Adm. James Winnefeld Jr. as commander, Carrier Strike Group 2/commander, USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) Carrier Strike Group June 7 in a Change of Command ceremony held in Hangar Bay 2.
• Forward Deployable Preventive Medicine Units Conduct Battle Skills Training Navy NewsStand 07 Jun 2006 -- Sailors from Forward Deployable Preventive Medicine Units (FDPMU) out of Norfolk, Va., San Diego, and Jacksonville, Fla., gathered at Ft. Eustis here May 30-June 7 for battle skills training.
• NATO defence ministers to focus on Afghanistan in annual session IRNA 07 Jun 2006 -- Expansion of the mission of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Afghanistan and the upcoming NATO summit in Riga, Latvia in November will be the two main themes for discussion by defence ministers of the 26-member alliance when they meet in Brussels on Thursday.
• Pak, Afghan, US, NATO review plan for NATO-ISAF expansion IRNA 07 Jun 2006 -- Senior military and diplomatic representatives from Afghanistan, Pakistan, the coalition forces in Afghanistan and NATO International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) on Tuesday reviewed plans to extend the reach of the government of Afghanistan through greater NATO-ISAF presence in the south.
• Georgia, Ukraine NATO accession may cause geopolitical shift - FM RIA Novosti 07 Jun 2006 -- Russia's Foreign Minister said Wednesday that Ukraine or Georgia joining NATO could lead to a colossal shift in global geopolitics.
• Russian parliament blasts Ukraine's plans to join NATO RIA Novosti 07 Jun 2006 -- The State Duma, Russia's lower house of parliament, Wednesday slammed Ukraine's plans to join NATO and expressed concern over recent events in the country's largely Russian-speaking south.
• Ukraine slams Russian parliament's position on NATO entry RIA Novosti 07 Jun 2006 -- Ukraine's deputy foreign minister hit back at Russian criticism of his country's plan to join NATO Wednesday, saying Russian lawmakers had no grounds for their disapproval of the plan.
• Update: Russia mulling anti-terror fund to aid CIS, other countries RIA Novosti 07 Jun 2006 -- Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday that Russia was considering setting up a fund to support anti-terrorism agencies in post-Soviet states and other countries.
• Press Gaggle by Tony Snow The White House 07 Jun 2006
• Daily Press Briefing US Department of State 07 Jun 2006

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for June 7, 2006

News Reports

• East China Sea Joint Development Proposals Being Discussed VOA 07 Jun 2006 -- Diplomats involved in Sino-Japanese negotiations on their maritime border dispute say the neighbors have traded proposals to cooperate in developing resources in the East China Sea.