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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 20 Sep 2006 [PDF]
• MND-B Soldier dies in non-combat related incident
• MND-B Soldier dies in non-combat related incident
• Iraqi, Coalition Forces Prepare for Expected Ramadan Violence Washington File 20 Sep 2006 -- Iraqi army and national police units, supported by their coalition allies, have conducted more than 600 security operations in the past two weeks as part of an effort to disrupt plans by enemies of the new Iraq to launch attacks against civilians during the upcoming observance of the Muslim holy month Ramadan.
• CENTAF releases airpower summary for Sept. 20 AFPN 20 Sep 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for Sept. 20.
• Soldiers Find Three Weapons Caches in Baghdad AFPS 20 Sep 2006 -- U.S. soldiers from Multinational Division Baghdad have found three weapons caches and captured six suspected terrorists in and around Baghdad since yesterday.
• Suicide Car Bombings, Other Attacks in Iraq Kill 23 VOA 20 Sep 2006 -- Authorities in Iraq say at least 23 people have been killed and many more wounded in a series of insurgent attacks in Baghdad and other parts of the country.
• Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Gen. Jones from the Pentagon 20 Sep 2006 -- Presenter: Commander European Command and Supreme Allied Commander Gen. James Jones
• Operation Medusa Foiled Taliban Plans, NATO Commander Says Washington File 20 Sep 2006 -- NATO's supreme commander says the alliance's recently concluded offensive operation in southern Afghanistan killed at least a quarter of the former Taliban regime's fighters, and possibly more.
• More International Forces Headed to Afghanistan AFPS 20 Sep 2006 -- Several NATO countries have agreed to send additional forces to Afghanistan to fill the troop requirement agreed upon a year and a half ago, NATO’s supreme allied commander in Europe said today.
• NATO: High-Level Meeting To Discuss Afghanistan, Global Strategy RFE/RL 20 Sep 2006 -- On the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, NATO will hold a brief ministerial-level meeting on September 21 in New York to discuss major political issues and the "transformation" agenda aimed at helping the alliance to better undertake global missions in the 21st century.
• Opium poppy trade must be stopped to defeat terrorists, Afghan leader tells UN debate UN News Centre 20 Sep 2006 -- The upsurge in terrorism across Afghanistan over the past year will not end until the booming opium poppy industry is defeated and farmers can find alternative livelihoods, the country’s President told the United Nations General Assembly today.
• Top NATO Commander Military Can't Rebuild Afghanistan Alone VOA 20 Sep 2006 -- NATO's top commander U.S. General James L. Jones has given reporters an in-depth update on NATO operations in Afghanistan, where attacks by Taleban forces have increased dramatically

Defense Policy / Programs

• Former Secretary of State Opposes Bush's Proposed Detainee Legislation VOA 20 Sep 2006 -- Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell says he is opposed to President Bush's efforts to redefine rules on the treatment of prisoners of war and the interrogation of terrorism suspects.
• B-52 tests alternative jet engine fuel AFPN 20 Sep 2006 -- The Air Force accomplished another aviation first when a B-52 Stratofortress flew using an alternative fuel Sept. 19.
• Pentagon Hot Dog Stand, Cold War Legend, to be Torn Down AFPS 20 Sep 2006 -- The hot dog stand in the Pentagon’s center courtyard, which has long been a source of Cold War intrigue, will be torn down in the coming months and replaced with a new eating facility.
• Army to recognize 750,000th Soldier to receive RFI Mission-Essential Equipment Army News 20 Sep 2006 -- The Army will celebrate a milestone tomorrow when a Soldier from the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, N.C., becomes the 750,000th individual to receive a Rapid Fielding Initiative (RFI) kit containing the best, most current individual military equipment available.
• Navy Christens Littoral Combat Ship Freedom 20 Sep 2006 -- The U.S. Navy will christen Freedom, the first littoral combat ship (LCS) at 10 a.m. EDT on Saturday, Sept. 23, during a ceremony at Marinette Marine Corp. in Marinette, Wis.
• C-130 Carries the Load for NAVCENT Navy NewsStand 20 Sep 2006 -- Fleet Logistics Support Squadron (VR) 54 is scheduled to relieve VR-55, Oct. 2, and will assume responsibilities operating the Navy C-130 "Hercules" detachment based at Naval Support Activity (NSA) Bahrain’s aviation unit.
• CTF 76 Ships Quick to Respond as Typhoon Shanshan Approached Navy NewsStand 20 Sep 2006 -- Ships under Sasebo, Japan-based Commander, Task Force (CTF) 76 left the area or made typhoon preparations Sept. 15-16 as Typhoon Shanshan, a Category 4 typhoon, approached Kyushu and Okinawa islands in Japan.
• Howard Sails on First Deployment with ESG Navy NewsStand 20 Sep 2006 -- The guided-missile destroyer USS Howard (DDG 83) departed from San Diego Sept. 13 for a deployment as part of Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 5 in support of the global war on terrorism.
• USS Bonhomme Richard Tests British Technology in Canadian Waters Navy NewsStand 20 Sep 2006 -- U.S. Navy Sailors and American and British contractors tested a new torpedo countermeasures system aboard USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) (BHR) Sept. 4-15, while underway off the Canadian Forces Maritime Experimental Test Range in Nanoose Bay.
• Lincoln Enters Drydock Navy NewsStand 20 Sep 2006 -- USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) entered Dry Dock #6 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PSNS & IMF), Bremerton, Wash., Sept. 8 to begin a scheduled Docked Planned Incremental Availability (DPIA) period, which is expected to last through March.
• Last West Coast S-3B Viking Conducts Final Take Off from NASNI Navy NewsStand 20 Sep 2006 -- Sailors from the "Shamrocks" of Sea Control Squadron (VS) 41 bid farewell to their last S-3B Viking as it departed for its final take off from Naval Air Station North Island (NASNI), Calif., Sept 19.
• U.S. gives Kyrgyzstan 4 planes for border control RIA Novosti 20 Sep 2006 -- The United States government has given four An-2 Colt transport aircraft to Kyrgyzstan to tighten its border control, the Central Asian state's Defense Ministry said Wednesday.
• Press Briefing by Elliott Abrams on the President's Bilateral Meeting with President Abbas The White House 20 Sep 2006
• Press Gaggle by Tony Snow The White House 20 Sep 2006

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for September 20, 2006
• Russia awaits helicopter purchase proposal from Venezuela RIA Novosti 20 Sep 2006 -- Russia is open to proposals for Venezuela to buy a new batch of helicopters, a defense ministry spokesperson said Wednesday.

Other Conflicts

• AU Peacekeepers to Remain in Darfur VOA 20 Sep 2006 -- The African Union will keep its peacekeeping forces in Sudan's volatile Darfur region until at least the end of the year
• Enhanced UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon reaches third of its mandated size UN News Centre 20 Sep 2006 -- The enhanced UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has reached approximately 5,000 troops with the arrival of contingents from France, Italy and Spain, concluding the first phase of a deployment of up to 15,000 blue helmets to oversee the cessation of hostilities between Israel and Hizbollah.
• At UN, Qatari leader urges comprehensive Mideast peace through Israeli withdrawal UN News Centre 20 Sep 2006 -- Israel’s withdrawal from all occupied territories is essential to achieving comprehensive peace in the Middle East, a top official from Qatar told the United Nations General Assembly today.
• At UN meeting, Quartet hopes new Palestinian government leads to renewed engagement UN News Centre 20 Sep 2006 -- A high-level meeting at the United Nations of key international partners in the Middle East peace process today welcomed efforts to form a Palestinian national unity government in the hope that it would commit to non-violence and recognize Israel’s right to exist, thus allowing for renewed engagement.
• Diplomatic Quartet Welcomes Palestinian Unity Efforts VOA 20 Sep 2006 -- The Middle East "Quartet" Wednesday welcomed Palestinian efforts to form a unity government that would meet international terms for engagement with the Palestinian Authority
• COTE D IVOIRE: President says peacekeepers can leave IRIN 20 Sep 2006 -- The United Nations and French peacekeepers in Cote d’Ivoire can leave the country if they want to, President Laurent Gbagbo said in an interview published just ahead of a crucial meeting on the nation’s faltering peace process.
• UGANDA: LRA leader moves towards assembly point IRIN 20 Sep 2006 -- Joseph Kony, the commander of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), has left his hideout in Garamba national park in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and moved towards one of the sites in southern Sudan where the rebels are assembling in accordance with the 26 August cessation of hostilities agreement, a Ugandan official said.
• SENEGAL: New attacks in Casamance IRIN 20 Sep 2006 -- Armed rebels looted a convoy of cars on Tuesday morning near the village of Kaparan in the restive Casamance region of southern Senegal, feeding local fears that a new cycle of violence is starting to take hold.
• SOMALIA: Security tightened in Baidoa town IRIN 20 Sep 2006 -- Security has been tightened in Somalia's southwestern town of Baidoa, the seat of the transitional government, two days after an assassination attempt on President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, but sources said the town was calm on Wednesday.
• BURUNDI: FNL fighters assemble but continue to tax civilians IRIN 20 Sep 2006 -- Residents of two Burundian provinces that are strongholds of the Forces nationales de libération (FNL) rebel group, which has agreed a ceasefire with the government, have expressed concern over continued ‘taxation’ by the rebels.
• Sudan Rejects UN Peacekeepers in Darfur VOA 20 Sep 2006 -- President Omar al-Bashir Tuesday categorically rejected the U.N. Security Council resolution extending the mandate of U.N. peacekeepers in southern Sudan to include Darfur.

News Reports

• Bush, Annan Head List of World Leaders Addressing UN Assembly VOA 20 Sep 2006 -- The words of President Bush, Secretary-General Kofi Annan and other world leaders dominated day one of the annual U.N. General Assembly debate
• Venezuelan Leader Calls Bush 'Devil' in UN Speech VOA 20 Sep 2006 -- The presidents of Afghanistan and Venezuela have presented starkly differing world views during day two of the annual U.N. General Assembly debate
• Budapest Rocked by Second Day of Anti-Government Violence VOA 20 Sep 2006 -- Tensions remain high in the Hungarian capital Budapest after at least 50 people were injured in a second night of clashes between anti-government demonstrators and riot police
• United States Urges Prompt Restoration of Democracy in Thailand Washington File 20 Sep 2006 -- The United States is urging the prompt restoration of democracy in Thailand, administration officials said September 20.
• US 'Disappointed' by Thailand's Military Coup VOA 20 Sep 2006 -- The United States has joined other nations in expressing concern about the military coup that toppled Thailand's government.
• Thai Coup Leader Promises to Hold Elections by October 2007 VOA 20 Sep 2006 -- The Thai army commander who led a coup against Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra says an interim government will be appointed within two weeks and national elections will be held in a year
• Coup Puts Thai Military in Control Again After 15 Years VOA 20 Sep 2006 -- The military is back in power in Thailand after ousting Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in a bloodless coup Tuesday
• DR Congo: UN announces campaign dates for 2nd round of presidential election UN News Centre 20 Sep 2006 -- Campaigning for the run-off presidential election in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) between President Joseph Kabila and Vice-President Jean-Pierre Bemba will take place from 13 to 27 October in the second phase of the largest and most complex vote the United Nations has ever helped organize.