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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 31 Aug 2006 [PDF]
• 1/34 BCT SOLDIER WAS KILLED BY AN IED
• TWO SERVICEMEMBERS DIE IN AL ANBAR AUG. 30
• Coalition Forces in Iraq Free Kidnap Victim AFPS 31 Aug 2006 -- Bastogne soldiers of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, freed a kidnap victim and captured three of the terrorists who had taken him hostage just outside Kirkuk, Iraq, yesterday, military officials reported.
• CENTAF releases airpower summary for Aug. 31 AFPN 31 Aug 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for Aug. 31.
• Series of Attacks Kill 43 in Baghdad VOA 31 Aug 2006 -- A series of near simultaneous rocket and bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital have killed at least 43 people and wounded more than 100.

Other Conflicts

• United States Urges Sudan To Accept New U.N. Peacekeepers Washington File 31 Aug 2006 -- The United States has called on Sudan to accept the newly passed Security Council resolution that authorizes the United Nations to take over peacekeeping operations in Darfur.
• SUDAN: Security Council approves UN force for Darfur IRIN 31 Aug 2006 -- The United Nations Security Council on Thursday voted to create a UN peacekeeping force for Sudan’s western Darfur region, but the troops would be deployed only with the approval of the Sudanese government.
• Security Council votes to set up UN peacekeeping force in Darfur UN News Centre 31 Aug 2006 -- The Security Council agreed today to deploy a United Nations peacekeeping force of more than 17,000 troops in Sudan’s strife-torn Darfur region by the end of the year to try to end the spiralling violence and displacement there that has led senior UN officials to warn of an imminent humanitarian catastrophe.
• Security Council Gives UN Control Over Darfur Peacekeepers VOA 31 Aug 2006 -- The U.N. Security Council has expanded the mandate of its peacekeeping mission in Sudan to include Darfur
• UN Approves Deployment of Troops to Darfur VOA 31 Aug 2006 -- The United Nations Security Council has approved a resolution calling for the deployment of an international peacekeeping force to Darfur.
• U.S. Foreign Assistance Director Outlines Aid to Lebanon Washington File 31 Aug 2006 -- Director of U.S. Foreign Assistance Randall Tobias elaborated August 31 on the U.S. commitment of $230 million in emergency reconstruction assistance to Lebanon
• Lebanese army deploys in more areas of the south; UN helps clear deadly ordnance UN News Centre 31 Aug 2006 -- Lebanese troops today moved into more areas of the south of the country after Israeli forces withdrew, the United Nations said, as it continued to coordinate the deployment and stepped up its work to clear the masses of deadly unexploded ordnance that litter the countryside.
• Annan says Israeli blockade of Lebanon must not be a ‘collective punishment’ UN News Centre 31 Aug 2006 -- Warning that Israel’s continued blockade of Lebanon risks being seen as “collective punishment” of the Lebanese people, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today renewed calls for it to be lifted as he met with officials in Jordan on the latest leg of his regional tour of the Middle East.
• International community must act quickly to help Lebanon rebuild, Annan’s deputy says UN News Centre 31 Aug 2006 -- Warning of a “race against time” to rebuild Lebanon after the recent devastating month of conflict, the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General today urged donors to provide funds for the task, as he repeated calls for Israel to lift its air and sea blockade, saying it severely hinders relief efforts.
• Sweden: Donors Pledge Over $900 Million for Lebanon VOA 31 Aug 2006 -- Swedish officials say donor countries meeting in Stockholm have pledged more than $900 million in emergency aid to begin rebuilding war-shattered Lebanon.
• Lebanon: Donors Meeting Expected To Net $500 Million RFE/RL 31 Aug 2006 -- An international donors meeting for Lebanon in Stockholm today is expected to raise at least $500 million to put the country on the path to recovery from war damage.
• Lebanon: UN Condemns Israeli Cluster Bombs RFE/RL 31 Aug 2006 -- Two weeks after a UN-brokered cease-fire silenced the guns in southern Lebanon, people's lives are still in danger there -- largely because of cluster bombs from Israeli war planes or artillery.
• Siniora: War Damage Will Cost Billions to Repair VOA 31 Aug 2006 -- Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora has appealed to international donors in Stockholm for urgent financial aid to help his country recover from the devastating conflict between Israel and Hezbollah.
• Israeli Army says Troops Withdrawing from Gaza City Neighborhood VOA 31 Aug 2006 -- The Israeli army says its soldiers are withdrawing from the outskirts of Gaza City, where they have been operating for the past six days.
• India foils Nepal's bid to get missiles IRNA 31 Aug 2006 -- Less than four months after Nepal's new Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala pledged to put an end to violence and killings and make the restoration of peace his government's top priority, Nepal tried to obtain anti-aircraft missiles, if not other sophisticated weaponry like rifles and ammunition, from foreign makers but was foiled by India, which refused to allow the carrier aircraft passage through its air space.
• No Georgian inspections of former Russian base in Abkhazia RIA Novosti 31 Aug 2006 -- Abkhazian authorities will not allow the Georgian Defense Ministry to inspect the former Russian base in the self-proclaimed republic, the Abkhazian leader said Thursday.
• CONGO: 30,000 ex-fighters ready to disarm, reintegrate IRIN 31 Aug 2006 -- Civil-war veteran Olivier Ngouebo, 39, has had enough of war after the bitter experiences of fighting in his home region of Niari between 1998 and 1999 and again in 2002.
• UGANDA: Daunting post-conflict challenges in the north IRIN 31 Aug 2006 -- Resettling internally displaced persons (IDPs) and re-establishing civil services in war-ravaged northern Uganda will be a daunting task for the government, the country's minister for disaster preparedness has said.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Active Army Achieves Re-enlistment Goal One Month Early Army News Release 31 Aug 2006 -- The Active Army made its fiscal year 2006 retention goal with one month left in the year when the Vice Chief of Staff of the Army re-enlisted a Fort Campbell, Ky., Soldier today.
• Bush: Anti-Terror War Represents Epic Struggle of Ideas AFPS 31 Aug 2006 -- The war against terrorism is an epic struggle of ideas as much as an armed conflict, President Bush told members of the American Legion in Salt Lake City today.
• Reservists ready to fight wildfires in Pacific Northwest AFPN 31 Aug 2006 -- Air Force Reserve Command's only airborne fire fighting unit is back on the road and ready to fight fires again.
• India unveils arms procurement policy IRNA 31 Aug 2006 -- The Indian government on Wednesday unveiled new weapons procurement procedures reintroducing a modified fast-track process and making field trials of weapons systems more transparent.
• Daily Press Briefing US Dept. of State 31 Aug 2006
• Press Gaggle by Dana Perino The White House 31 Aug 2006

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for August 31, 2006
• Russia may buy minority interest in defense chipmaker RIA Novosti 31 Aug 2006 -- A Russian economics official confirmed media reports Thursday that the government may buy a minority stake in the Mikron plant, which produces chips for the defense industry.

News Reports

• International Security Forces, East Timor Police Search for Prison Escapees VOA 31 Aug 2006 -- International security forces and East Timorese police are searching for at least 56 inmates, including a rebel leader, who have escaped from prison.