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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 08 Jun 2006 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Army Casualties
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• DoD Identifies Navy Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• Transcript: Press Briefing June 8, 2006 - Maj. Gen. William B. Caldwell IV MNF-I 08 Jun 2006 -- IRAQ OPERATIONAL UPDATE BRIEFING BRIEFER: MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM CALDWELL, SPOKESMAN, MULTINATIONAL FORCE IRAQ
• Raids Launched in and Around Baghdad after Zarqawi's Death Washington File 08 Jun 2006 -- Raids conducted by U.S. and Iraqi forces in and around Baghdad, Iraq, in the wake of the successful elimination of al-Qaida in Iraq’s leader, Abu Musa al-Zarqawi, have netted “a treasure trove” of counterterrorism intelligence information, according to a coalition spokesman.
• Coalition forces kill Abu Musab al-Zarqawi MNF-I 08 Jun 2006 -- Multi-National Force-Iraq Commanding General, Gen. George W. Casey Jr., announced the death of al-Qaida in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
• Terrorist Mastermind Zarqawi Killed in Iraq VOA 08 Jun 2006 -- U.S. forces killed al-Qaida's top lieutenant in Iraq, Jordanian-born Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, in an airstrike northeast of Baghdad
• Al-Qaeda Leader In Iraq Reported Dead RFE/RL 08 Jun 2006 -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has announced the killing of the leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, Jordanian terrorist Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi.
• Iraqi, US Officials Say Al-Zarqawi Killed in Airstrike VOA 08 Jun 2006 -- Terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is dead. Iraqi and U.S. officials say al-Qaida's leader in Iraq was killed in an airstrike on a safehouse near Baquba.
• Rumsfeld Confident NATO Will Be Successful in Afghanistan Washington File 08 Jun 2006 -- The pending increase of forces in Afghanistan was among the topics discussed by NATO defense ministers at a meeting in Brussels, Belgium, June 8.
• Afghan, NATO Officials Confident of Alliance's Expanded Role VOA 08 Jun 2006 -- Afghanistan's defense minister and the chief of NATO expressed confidence that alliance forces will be effective at taking responsibility for security in most of the country, in spite of the recent increase in attacks by insurgents and criminals
• NATO Determined To Expand Afghan Mission RFE/RL 08 Jun 2006 -- NATO is expressing determination to confront a surge in violence in Afghanistan and press ahead with the expansion of its mission there.
• Afghanistan: NATO Promises Robust Action In South RFE/RL 08 Jun 2006 -- Defense ministers representing the 37 nations participating in the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force for Afghanistan (ISAF) today met with their Afghan counterpart Abdul Rahim Wardak in Brussels.
• NATO Secretary-General Pledges Support to Afghan Mission AFPS 08 Jun 2006 -- NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer today pledged the alliance's support to security and stability in Afghanistan.
• AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN: Regional security commission confronts new Taliban threat IRIN 08 Jun 2006 -- commission, composed of senior military and diplomatic representatives from Afghanistan, Pakistan, US-led coalition forces in Afghanistan, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), met this week in Rawalpindi

Other Conflicts

• Islamic Group Controlling Somali Capital Faces Authority Challenges VOA 08 Jun 2006 -- After months of fighting against an alliance of secular Somali factional leaders to seize Mogadishu, an organization called the Union of Islamic courts says it is now in control of the capital
• Breakaway Factions of Darfur Rebel Groups Sign 'Commitment' to Peace Accord VOA 08 Jun 2006 -- Breakaway factions of two Sudanese rebel groups that rejected the Darfur peace accord have signed a document committing to the deal.
• Somali Islamic Leaders Meeting with Transitional Government VOA 08 Jun 2006 -- Islamic authorities who have seized control of Somalia's capital are beginning talks Thursday with the country's U.N.-backed transitional government.
• EU Soldiers Arrive as Tensions Mount Ahead of Congo Polls VOA 08 Jun 2006 -- The first of the European soldiers being sent to help oversee Democratic Republic of Congo's elections began arriving and setting up base in Kinshasa this week.
• COTE D IVOIRE: Disarmament of militias postponed IRIN 08 Jun 2006 -- Pro-government militias in the west of Cote d’Ivoire will not hand in their guns as scheduled on Thursday postponing the much-delayed disarmament programme, key to holding presidential elections later this year, once again.
• CAR-SUDAN: Talks underway to repatriate Sudanese refugees IRIN 08 Jun 2006 -- Talks are going on between the Central African Republic (CAR) government and the United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, for the repatriation of an estimated 10,000 Sudanese refugees, a UNHCR official said on Wednesday.
• DRC: EU military communications advance team arrives IRIN 08 Jun 2006 -- A 20-member advance team of the European Union (EU) force charged with safeguarding the first general elections in 45 years in the Congo has arrived in the capital, Kinshasa, a spokesman for the force said on Thursday.
• Russia withdrawing from Georgia according to plan - commander RIA Novosti 08 Jun 2006 -- Another train with Russian military hardware from a Soviet-era military base in Georgia departed from the former Soviet republic according to plan, a senior Russian military officer said Thursday.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Transcript: Press Avail. with Sec. Rumsfeld en route from Brussels to Washington, D.C. 08 Jun 2006 -- Presenter: Secretary Donald Rumsfeld
• Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Secretary Rumsfeld from Nato Headquarters, Brussels 08 Jun 2006 -- Presenter: Secretary Donald Rumsfeld
• New squadron first step in C-130 training pipeline AFPN 08 Jun 2006 -- The first stop C-130 Hercules aircrew members will make in the training pipeline before operating the "Herc" is at the newly created 714th Training Squadron here.
• Force shaping necessary for AF budgetary management AFPN 08 Jun 2006 -- As Air Force officials continue to implement 2006 force shaping initiatives, they prepare for the majority of personnel reductions set for fiscal 2007.
• Army restructures commands Army News 08 Jun 2006 -- The Army is reorganizing its commands and specified headquarters to accelerate transformation efforts and increase the Army’s responsiveness at home and abroad.
• Giambastiani: Conventional Trident Missiles Will Aid Terror War AFPS 08 Jun 2006 -- Arming submarines with nonnuclear intercontinental ballistic missiles will give America a necessary quick-strike weapon in the war on terror, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said here yesterday.
• Military Transformation Requires Cultural Change AFPS 08 Jun 2006 -- To be sure, the Defense Department's transformation initiative is about improving military technology, mobility, lethality and speed to meet the 21st century's asymmetrical threats. But it is a cultural transformation as well.
• Missileers receive new computer capabilities AFPN 08 Jun 2006 -- Airmen who pull alert in ICBM launch control centers deep underground in remote locations around the country are virtually cut off from the outside world.
• DoD Announces Release of Final DACMC Report 08 Jun 2006 -- The Department of Defense announced today that the Defense Advisory Committee on Military Compensation (DACMC) released their final report titled, “Completing the Transition to an All-Volunteer Force
• Iwo Jima Strike Group Deploys Navy NewsStand 08 Jun 2006 -- Amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), amphibious transport dock USS Nashville (LPD 13), guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG 58), dock landing ship USS Whidbey Island (LSD 41), and fast-attack submarine USS Albuquerque (SSN 706) deployed June 6 as part of the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group (ISG).
• Cole, Bulkeley Deploy as Part of Iwo Jima ESG Navy NewsStand 08 Jun 2006 -- Norfolk-based guided-missile destroyers USS Cole (DDG 67) and USS Bulkeley (DDG 84) deployed June 8 as part of the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG).
• Test Flights of New Armed UAV a Success Navy NewsStand 08 Jun 2006 -- Test flights of the Navy-built Guardian Griffin unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in May demonstrated a new capability to support U.S. joint forces with missions ranging from convoy escort and port security to combat patrol.
• U.S. Navy Drones Provide Singapore Navy with Realistic Training Opportunity Navy NewsStand 08 Jun 2006 -- The Republic of Singapore navy (RSN) successfully tracked and shot down two moving targets launched from the deck of USS Tortuga (LSD 46) during an aerial drone targeting exercise June 8.
• WP-MCMEX 06 Begins in Malaysia Navy NewsStand 08 Jun 2006 -- The multinational Malaysian-sponsored Western Pacific Mine Countermeasures Exercise (WP-MCMEX) 2006 began here with an opening ceremony at Lumut Naval Base and tours of participating nations' ships at Kuantan Naval Base June 6.
• NATO Defense Ministers Discuss Alliance's Security Missions AFPS 08 Jun 2006 -- Discussions on the expansion of NATO's mission in Afghanistan and the continued development of the NATO Response Force topped the agenda at a defense ministers meeting here today.
• NATO arguments spark clashes in Ukraine's Crimea RIA Novosti 08 Jun 2006 -- Pro- and anti-NATO demonstrators clashed Thursday at the southern Ukrainian port of Feodosia as tension mounts over a U.S. naval ship docked at the port and Ukraine's intention to join the alliance.
• Ukraine, NATO postpone joint maneuvers RIA Novosti 08 Jun 2006 -- Ukraine's defense minister said Thursday that joint air-force exercises with the U.K. scheduled for next week had been cancelled as a political crisis mounted over foreign troops' presence in the country.
• No Georgia CFE ratification without Russian withdrawal - MP RIA Novosti 08 Jun 2006 -- Georgia will not ratify the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe until Russia fulfils commitments it undertook at Istanbul in 1999, a senior Georgian parliamentarian said Thursday.
• Press Briefing by Tony Snow The White House 08 Jun 2006
• Daily Press Briefing US Department of State 08 Jun 2006

Defense Industry

News Reports

• Getting the Tridents ready for ... what? RIA Novosti 08 Jun 2006 -- If you see a gun hanging on the wall at the beginning of a play, famous Russian writer Anton Chekhov used to say, you can be sure someone is going to get shot in the end.