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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 17 Jul 2006 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• SOLDIER KILLED IN AL ANBAR PROVINCE
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• CENTAF releases airpower summary AFPN 17 Jul 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for July 17.
• Airmen, Soldiers thwart terrorists emplacing IED AFPN 17 Jul 2006 -- -- The combined efforts of Air Force Airmen and Multi-national Division-Baghdad Soldiers foiled the efforts of terrorists today attempting to put into place an improvised-explosive device south of Baghdad.
• Explosion Near Iraqi Mosque Kills 40, Wounds 90 AFPS 17 Jul 2006 -- Initial reports indicate 40 Iraqi citizens were killed and 90 wounded today when terrorists stormed a market area near the Mohammed Al Amin Mosque in Mahmudiya, Iraq, military officials reported.
• Iraqi Forces Capture Insurgent Leader, Kill Another AFPS 17 Jul 2006 -- Iraqi forces captured an insurgent cell leader in Baghdad July 13 and killed another insurgent leader in northern Iraq July 14, military officials reported.
• Coalition Forces Kill Terrorists, Strike Taliban Commander AFPS 17 Jul 2006 -- Coalition forces in Afghanistan had a long string of successes against terrorists during the last two days, military officials reported.
• Taliban Extremist Kills Five; 22 Wounded in Suicide Blast AFPS 17 Jul 2006 -- A suicide bomb attack in the Gardez district Afghanistan's of Paktia province killed five people and wounded up to 22 others, mostly innocent civilians, yesterday, military officials reported.
• Daily Violence Is Now Routine in Afghanistan VOA 17 Jul 2006 -- Coalition forces in southeastern Afghanistan killed four suspected al-Qaida extremists Sunday, and a day later a suicide bomb blast in Helmand province has destroyed a local government office and killed three people
• U.S. Contracts Cruise Ship For Possible Lebanon Evacuations AFPS 17 Jul 2006 -- The United States has contracted a commercial ship to assist in a possible mass evacuation of Americans from Lebanon, a Defense Department spokesman said here today.

Other Conflicts

• Bush Praises G8 Statement on Middle East for Addressing Terror Washington File 17 Jul 2006 -- President Bush welcomed the statement by Group of Eight (G8) leaders concerning the violence in the Middle East, saying he is pleased that he and his counterparts from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia and the United Kingdom came together in a statement to “condemn violence,” and “honor innocent life.”
• U.N., U.S. Action in Lebanon Awaits Return of Peace Mission Washington File 17 Jul 2006 -- While waiting for the results of a special U.N. peace mission to the Middle East, the Security Council July 17 began discussing ways it could contribute to a sustainable and lasting solution in the region.
• Diplomatic Efforts Intensify to End Israeli-Lebanese Crisis VOA 17 Jul 2006 -- The sixth day of Israeli bombardment of Lebanon on Monday killed more than 40 people, bringing the death toll in the country to over 200, mostly civilians
• Analysis: Mideast Conflict Rages On cfr.org 17 Jul 2006 -- The violence continues in the Middle East. More than 140 Lebanese, mostly civilians, have been killed (Daily Star) in Israeli attacks that followed Hezbollah's abduction of two Israeli soldiers last week
• SYRIA: Powerful show of support for Lebanese IRIN 17 Jul 2006 -- A blood drive was launched in Syria on Monday, with residents of the capital receiving text messages from private mobile-phone operators urging them to donate blood for Lebanese victims of ongoing Israeli air assaults.
• Mottaki: Ceasefire, exchange of hostages with Israel to be considered IRNA 17 Jul 2006 -- Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki here Monday said that ceasefire and exchange of hostages with Israel should be taken into consideration.
• EU mulls participation in international force to Lebanon IRNA 17 Jul 2006 -- The European Union said Monday that it is ready to consider participating in an international force for Lebanon if such a mission is dispatched.
• Middle East: EU Seeks Leverage To Quell Crisis RFE/RL 17 Jul 2006 -- EU foreign ministers, meeting today in Brussels, are expected to call for maximum restraint in the conflict between Israel and the Hizballah militia in Lebanon.
• Middle East: EU Rues Israel's 'Disproportionate Action' RFE/RL 17 Jul 2006 -- The EU calls on Israel to show the "utmost restraint" in its military operations in Lebanon, but most EU ministers appear to agree the EU lacks leverage either over Israel or Hizballah.
• UN force in Lebanon exerting all possible efforts to help civilians – spokesman UN News Centre 17 Jul 2006 -- Despite limitations imposed by the current fighting in the Middle East, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) is exerting all possible efforts to protect civilians affected by the violence, a spokesman for the world body said today.
• Middle East: UN team leader cites ‘promising first efforts’ but says much work remains UN News Centre 17 Jul 2006 -- The head of a three-member United Nations team dispatched to the Middle East to defuse the growing crisis said today in Beirut they had made “some promising first efforts” following high-level discussions with Lebanon’s Government, but he stressed there was much diplomatic work ahead and the consequences of failure could be grave.
• US Urges Cautious Diplomatic Strategy On Middle East VOA 17 Jul 2006 -- The United States is urging the U.N. Security Council to take a go-slow approach to hostilities in the Middle East.
• Israeli Prime Minister Says Israel Will Continue Attacks Against Hezbollah Militants VOA 17 Jul 2006 -- Israel's prime minister says Israel will continue to attack Lebanon until two Israeli prisoners are freed and Hezbollah militants leave the area along Israel's northern border
• Mediator Expects Peace Deal Between Ugandan Government, Rebels VOA 17 Jul 2006 -- Sudan's vice president says he expects Ugandan rebels and the Ugandan government to reach a peace deal in less than two months' time.
• Iran: Tehran Playing A Key Role In Israel-Lebanon Crisis RFE/RL 17 Jul 2006 -- As the conflict initiated by Hizballah's seizure of two Israeli soldiers and killing of another eight in a cross-border raid on July 12 continues, many observers are voicing concern that other regional actors -- notably, Iran and Syria -- will be drawn into the conflict.
• Security Council should discuss possible stabilization force for Middle East – Annan UN News Centre 17 Jul 2006 -- The United Nations Security Council should discuss a package of practical actions aimed at stemming the spiraling violence in the Middle East, as well as the possibility of a new stabilization force for the region, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today following meetings with the Group of 8 countries in Saint Petersburg, Russia, where he also called on the parties to avoid civilian casualties.
• Israeli Airstrikes Kill 20 in Lebanon VOA 17 Jul 2006 -- Israeli military planes have bombed Beirut's port and other sites in Lebanon on the sixth day of an offensive against the Hezbollah militant group.
• Bush Says Leaders Addressing Causes of Middle East Violence VOA 17 Jul 2006 -- President Bush says leaders of the world's biggest industrialized nations have taken an important step to encourage Middle East peace by calling for an end to rocket attacks against Israel and a halt to Israeli military operations in Lebanon.
• Israel Pounds Beirut as Hezbollah Rockets Hit Israel VOA 17 Jul 2006 -- Israel has carried out more air strikes against targets in Lebanon as Hezbollah militants retaliated by firing rockets deep into Israel
• Blair Calls for Foreign Troops Along Lebanese Border VOA 17 Jul 2006 -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair says an international force is needed to end Israeli and Hezbollah attacks across the Lebanese border.
• Iran Calls for Ceasefire, Prisoner Exchange in Israel-Lebanon Conflict VOA 17 Jul 2006 -- Iran's foreign minister, Manouchehr Mottaki, has called for a ceasefire in the fighting between Israel and the Lebanese militia Hezbollah, and a prisoner exchange.
• LEBANON: Amid attacks, health workers warn of waning supplies IRIN 17 Jul 2006 -- Local health workers say they face difficulties reaching the injured in southern Lebanon following furious Israeli artillery barrages and air strikes that came in response to the 12 July kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers by Hizbullah.
• Annan, Blair Call For International Forces In Lebanon RFE/RL 17 Jul 2006 -- UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and British Prime Minister Tony Blair are calling for the deployment of international forces in southern Lebanon to stop hostilities between Israel and Hizballah.
• G8 Leaders Urge End To Mideast Hostilities RFE/RL 17 Jul 2006 -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said that leaders at the Group of Eight summit (G8) in St. Petersburg, Russia, are demanding that Hizballah release captured Israelis and stop attacks on Israel.
• Italian PM says 10,000 peacekeepers needed in Lebanon-Israel RIA Novosti 17 Jul 2006 -- Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi said Monday another 8,000 peacekeepers might be needed in the Lebanon-Israel conflict zone.
• France's Chirac urges disarmament of units in Lebanon RIA Novosti 17 Jul 2006 -- French President Jacques Chirac said armed units in Lebanon should be disarmed.
• LEBANON: Displaced receive aid, but concern remains for those stuck in south IRIN 17 Jul 2006 -- Apart from a few mattresses, some clothes and a water pipe, the classroom on the third floor of the Karm al-Zeytun primary school is empty.
• SUDAN: Cash-strapped African troops unable to stem violence in Darfur – aid agencies IRIN 17 Jul 2006 -- Violence is rampant in the strife-torn region of Darfur in western Sudan despite the signing of a peace agreement between the government and rebels in May, aid workers said on Monday
• UGANDA: Peace talks start, but positions far apart IRIN 17 Jul 2006 -- Mutual recrimination and significant discrepancies between the positions of the Ugandan government and the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) jeopardise a swift conclusion to the peace talks, observers warn.
• SOMALIA: Gov't boycotts peace talks with Islamic group IRIN 17 Jul 2006 -- Peace talks scheduled for Saturday in Sudan between Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and the Union of Islamic Courts, currently in control of the capital, Mogadishu, stalled after the government boycotted the talks.
• SUDAN: Interview with Pagan Amum, Secretary-General of the SPLM IRIN 17 Jul 2006 -- Following the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) between the southern Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) and the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) that ended 21 years of civil war between north and south Sudan, the establishment of the new interim constitution on 9 July 2005 formally marked the beginning of a six-year interim period.

Defense Policy / Programs

• US Pacific Commander Orders New Detainee Policy VOA 17 Jul 2006 -- The commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific has ordered his chief lawyer to develop a policy for the treatment of detainees, to be ready in case his troops find themselves in a conflict
• Muster to test deployment capable numbers AFPN 17 Jul 2006 -- The Air Reserve Personnel Center conducts a muster for nearly 150 individual ready reservists July 20 and 27 at the Buckley Annex here to test the readiness of the force.
• National Guard Ahead of Schedule for Operation Jump Start AFPS 17 Jul 2006 -- National Guard troops flowing to the Southwest border are highly visible to drivers at an Interstate 35 inspection station north of this Texas border town as soldiers assist U.S. Border Patrol agents scrutinizing every northbound vehicle.
• USS Grapple Transfers to MSC Navy NewsStand 17 Jul 2006 -- The recovery and salvage ship USS Grapple (ARS 53) was decommissioned and transferred to Military Sealift Command (MSC) in a ceremony at Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek July 13 after completing 20 years of accomplished service.
• Stennis Conducts Fleet Replacement Squadron Flight Qualifications Navy NewsStand 17 Jul 2006 -- USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) conducted fleet replacement squadron carrier qualifications (FRSCQ) in July to train pilots how to safely operate in, and around, an aircraft carrier at sea.
• MCMRON 3 Changes Command Navy NewsStand 17 Jul 2006 -- A change of command ceremony for Mine Countermeasures Squadron (MCMRON) 3 was held a Naval Station Ingleside’s Base Fitness Center, July 7.
• Sailors, Coast Guardsmen Build Friendships in Indonesia Navy NewsStand 17 Jul 2006 -- Sailors from the guided-missile frigate USS Crommelin (FFG 37) and high endurance cutter USCGC Sherman (WHEC 720) watched children’s faces light up at an Indonesian orphanage July 13 as a delivery of gifts from the U.S. Navy was unveiled during the Indonesia phase of exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT).
• U.S., Indonesian Navies Increase Operability at Sea Navy NewsStand 17 Jul 2006 -- Seven ships, two helicopters and two maritime patrol aircraft from the U.S. and Indonesian navies operated together for five days in the Java Sea beginning July 13 during the longest at-sea portion of the six-phase Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) 2006 exercise series.
• Task Force 59 Aids in Departure of 42 American Citizens from Lebanon Navy NewsStand 17 Jul 2006 -- Two Marine Corps CH-53E Sea Stallion helicopters aided in the voluntary departure of 42 American citizens from the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, July 17.
• New Distance Support Processes Ensure LCS Stays in the Fight Navy NewsStand 17 Jul 2006 -- The Surface Warfare Enterprise’s distance support team is developing a new process of distance support for the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) which will have a core crew of about 40 operator/technicians for a ship the size of a frigate.
• International anti-terrorism exercise starts in Kyrgyzstan RIA Novosti 17 Jul 2006 -- A 10-day international anti-terrorism exercise will start Monday in Kyrgyzstan, the Defense Ministry said.
• Press Gaggle by Tony Snow The White House 17 Jul 2006
• Daily Press Briefing US Department of State 17 Jul 2006

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for July 17, 2006
• EADS and India join forces to develop a missile warning system EADS 17 Jul 2006 -- EADS, a global leader in aerospace, defence and related services, and the Indian government are poised to strengthen their co-operation in the highly sensitive field of electronic warfare.

News Reports

• Russia: Putin 'Satisfied' As G8 Summit Winds To A Close RFE/RL 17 Jul 2006 -- The Group of Eight summit of the world's major industrialized nations ends today in St. Petersburg, Russia
• G8 Summit Adopts Sweeping Action Plan VOA 17 Jul 2006 -- Group of Eight leaders have adopted a wide-ranging plan of action to address world problems; including concern over Iran and North Korea's nuclear programs
• Analysis: G8 Summit Concludes cfr.org 17 Jul 2006 -- An especially crowded agenda at this year’s Group of Eight (G8) summit in St. Petersburg, Russia, as well as distractions in the Middle East, left some wondering what resolutions of substance emerged from the highly orchestrated event
• Wrap: G8 focus on Mideast, nuclear threat, democracy - Putin aide RIA Novosti 17 Jul 2006 -- The Middle East has dominated talks between Vladimir Putin and his counterparts from the industrialized world during a three-day summit that ends Monday, a presidential aide said.