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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 30 Aug 2006 [PDF]
• MARINE KILLED IN AL ANBAR
• MND-B SOLDIER KILLED BY ROADSIDE BOMB
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• CENTAF releases airpower summary for Aug. 30 AFPN 30 Aug 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for Aug. 30.
• Nearly 60 Dead in Latest Iraq Violence VOA 30 Aug 2006 -- Nearly 60 people have been killed in the latest violence in Iraq, including bombings at a busy market and a blast outside an army recruiting center.
• Afghanistan's "Devil's Garden" Blooms Again Washington File 30 Aug 2006 -- Unexploded land mines, munitions cleared from former battlefield

Other Conflicts

• Annan expresses support for Palestinian unity government on trip to West Bank UN News Centre 30 Aug 2006 -- Secretary-General Kofi Annan today expressed support for Palestinian efforts towards forming a unity government in the occupied territory as he met President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank for talks focusing on the economic and social problems there and in Gaza.
• Annan Visits Israel, Palestinian Territories VOA 30 Aug 2006 -- U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has held talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders and urged Israel to lift its blockade of Lebanon and ease restrictions in the Palestinian territories
• UN Condemns Israel's Use of Cluster Bombs in Lebanon VOA 30 Aug 2006 -- The top U.N. humanitarian aid official has condemned Israel's use of cluster bombs in the final days of its offensive in Lebanon.
• Experts Provide Their Perspectives on the UN Force Mandate in Lebanon VOA 30 Aug 2006 -- The U.N. Security Council resolution on ending the month-long war between Israel and Hezbollah called for adding up to 13,000 troops to the 2,000 member U.N. peacekeeping force presently stationed in Lebanon, called UNIFIL
• EU calls for immediate lifting of Israeli blockade on Lebanon IRNA 30 Aug 2006 -- The European Union Wednesday called on the Zionist state to lift its air and sea blockade on Lebanon at once.
• LEBANON: Economic recession looms IRIN 30 Aug 2006 -- The Lebanese economy could go into recession in 2006 because of the damage done by the recent Israeli offensive and its ongoing air and naval blockade of the country, Lebanon’s Finance Minister Jihad Azour has warned.
• Meeting Olmert, Annan renews call for lifting of Israeli blockade against Lebanon UN News Centre 30 Aug 2006 -- Meeting today in Jerusalem with Israel’s Prime Minister and other top officials, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan renewed calls for the immediate lifting of the blockade of Lebanon, which has now been in place for the past seven weeks, and said all sides had a responsibility to work for peace in the strife-torn region.
• Annan Appeals to Israel to Lift Lebanon Blockade VOA 30 Aug 2006 -- United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appealed to Israel to lift its air and sea blockade of Lebanon
• UN: Annan Fails To Persuade Israel To Lift Lebanon Blockade RFE/RL 30 Aug 2006 -- In talks with top Israeli officials today, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan failed to persuade Israel to lift its air and sea blockade of Lebanon.
• UGANDA: Rebels expected to release captives as army pulls back IRIN 30 Aug 2006 -- Aid agencies are preparing to receive women and children who have been held in captivity by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and are expected to be released after a truce in the 20-year war between the rebels and the Uganda government.
• UGANDA: Key events in the northern conflict since May IRIN 30 Aug 2006
• UGANDA: Preparing to start a new life IRIN 30 Aug 2006 -- An uneasy calm has returned to most parts of northern Uganda, 20 years after the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) launched its war against the Ugandan government.
• Sri Lankan troops killed 17 aid workers: Peace monitors IRNA 30 Aug 2006 -- Nordic ceasefire monitors on Wednesday accused Sri Lankan security forces of killing 17 aid workers in the northeast of the island earlier this month and subsequently covering up the incident.
• Sri Lanka Ceasefire Monitors Blame Government Troops for Deaths of Aid Workers VOA 30 Aug 2006 -- International ceasefire monitors have blamed the Sri Lankan military for the massacre earlier this month of 17 aid workers
• Security Council expected to vote tomorrow for UN peacekeeping mission in Darfur UN News Centre 30 Aug 2006 -- The Security Council is set to vote tomorrow on a draft resolution outlining the establishment within months of a United Nations peacekeeping mission in Sudan’s strife-torn and impoverished Darfur region.
• Security Council Ready to Adopt Darfur Resolution VOA 30 Aug 2006 -- The U.N. Security Council is set to adopt a resolution paving the way for deployment of a blue-helmeted peacekeeping force in Sudan's Darfur region.
• CHAD-SUDAN: Darfur crisis spreading to Central Africa - UN IRIN 30 Aug 2006 -- If the crisis in Sudan's Darfur region is not resolved soon, the conflict could spread deeper into neighbouring Chad and the Central African Republic and destabilise the whole region, the United Nations representative in Chad warned in an interview.
• Chechnya: Khasavyurt Accords Failed To Preclude A Second War RFE/RL 30 Aug 2006 -- On August 6, 1996, as OSCE Grozny Mission head Tim Guldimann was seeking to mediate talks between Chechen resistance fighters loyal to acting President Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev and the Russian military, the Chechen forces launched a major attack on Grozny, taking control of the city within days.
• DR Congo: UN mission calls on media to exercise restraint during presidential runoff UN News Centre 30 Aug 2006 -- The UN mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today renewed its call for calm during the upcoming presidential runoff elections, appealing to the local media to refrain from publishing hate messages and propaganda.
• Somalia Government, Islamist Forces to Hold Talks VOA 30 Aug 2006 -- The Somali government and the Islamist forces that control many parts of the country are expected to meet for a much-delayed second round of Arab League-mediated talks in Sudan later this week but remain at odds on numerous key matters
• South Ossetia to hold independence referendum this year RIA Novosti 30 Aug 2006 -- South Ossetia, a breakaway province in Georgia, will most likely hold a referendum on its independence by the end of the year, the self-proclaimed North Caucasus republic's president said Wednesday.
• Russia wants common approach over Kosovo, frozen conflicts RIA Novosti 30 Aug 2006 -- Russia insists that a common approach be taken to resolving the problem of Kosovo and other regional, "frozen" conflicts, a deputy foreign minister said Wednesday.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Rumsfeld Speech on Terrorism Generates Controversy VOA 30 Aug 2006 -- The Defense Department has called on the Associated Press to correct a report that it says mischaracterized a speech by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on Tuesday
• Fairchild combines wing functions to streamline operations AFPN 30 Aug 2006 -- Members of the 92nd Air Refueling Wing opened the doors Aug. 29 to a facility responsible for three key functions for Fairchild Air Force Base's expeditionary success.
• New Africa Command Under Discussion at Pentagon VOA 30 Aug 2006 -- A senior U.S. Defense Department official says Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and his top military officer are working on a decision on whether to establish a new command to handle military relationships and activities in Africa
• Glonass to be deployed in full by 2010 - Defense Ministry RIA Novosti 30 Aug 2006 -- Glonass to be deployed in full by 2010 - Defense Ministry
• Daily Press Briefing US Department of State 30 Aug 2006
• Press Gaggle by Dana Perino The White House 30 Aug 2006

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for August 30, 2006

News Reports

• New Land Mine Detection Tool Called Major Breakthrough Washington File 30 Aug 2006 -- The U.S. State Department announced August 29 what it calls a major breakthrough in land mine detection and removal technology.
• Russia warns Lithuania against closing Kaliningrad railroad RIA Novosti 30 Aug 2006 -- Comments made by Lithuanian officials that a railroad leading to Russia's exclave on the Baltic might be closed for repairs could seriously affect bilateral relations, a deputy Russian foreign minister said Wednesday.