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• CENTAF releases airpower summaries for Oct. 7 and 8 AFPN 09 Oct 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for Oct. 7 and 8
• CENTAF releases airpower summary for Oct. 9 AFPN 09 Oct 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for Oct. 9.
• Troops Find Several Weapons Caches in Iraq AFPN 09 Oct 2006 -- Soldiers from Multinational Division Baghdad’s 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, seized a total of 30 weapons caches last week in the southern Baghdad area, U.S. military officials reported.
• 30 Terrorists Killed in Iraq; Weapons Caches Found, Insurgents Captured AFPS 09 Oct 2006 -- Iraqi and U.S. soldiers killed about 30 terrorists and detained a high-value target after an attack in Diwaniyah today, U.S. military officials reported.
• NATO, Afghan Troops Kill 52 Insurgents VOA 09 Oct 2006 -- NATO says alliance and Afghan soldiers have killed 52 insurgents in a clash in southern Afghanistan, while a roadside bomb in eastern part of the country killed three top police officials.
• Rising violence and drug trade in Afghanistan prompts Security Council mission UN News Centre 09 Oct 2006 -- Voicing alarm about the volatile security situation inside Afghanistan and the threat posed by the country’s growing production of illegal drugs, the Security Council announced today that it will send a mission to the country as early as next month.

Defense Policy / Programs

• U.S. Army Announces New ‘Army Strong’ Advertising Campaign; National Advertising Begins Nov. 9 Army News Release 09 Oct 2006 -- The U.S. Army announced Oct. 9 the start of its communication and education efforts to assist the Army family to communicate to the Nation about Soldier’s skills, leadership, teamwork, and selfless service prior to the launch of a new Army advertising campaign
• Army unveils new advertising campaign Army News 09 Oct 2006 -- The Army announced start of its communication and education efforts to assist the Army family to communicate to the Nation its new advertising campaign – Army Strong – to an audience of Soldiers, Army civilians and family members today.

Defense Industry

• Northrop Grumman Establishes Premier Missile Defense Engineering Center Northrop Grumman 09 Oct 2006 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) announced today the company has established a high technology Missile Defense Engineering and Analysis Center (MDEAC), a state-of-the-art capability that will support the nation's integrated air and missile defense mission, at the company's Cummings Research Park complex in Huntsville, Ala.
• Boeing Manned/Unmanned Light Helicopter Makes First Flight Boeing 09 Oct 2006 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has flown its newly designed A/MH-6X light-turbine helicopter for the first time, marking a significant milestone in the continuing development of the versatile manned/unmanned military aircraft.
• LOCKHEED MARTIN'S SNIPER ADVANCED TARGETING POD SUCCESSFULLY DEMONSTRATES MAVERICK MISSILE COMPATIBILITY Lockheed Martin 09 Oct 2006 -- Lockheed Martin’s [NYSE: LMT] Sniper® Advanced Targeting Pod (ATP) successfully demonstrated compatibility with the launch of a Maverick missile from an adjacent A-10C wing pylon
• Northrop Grumman, Defense Department Begin Full-Rate Deployment of Health Readiness System to U.S. Army Northrop Grumman 09 Oct 2006 -- The U.S. Department of Defense began full-rate deployment in the U. S. Army of a Web-based health-information system, designed and developed by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC), to enhance occupational health care services and reduce health threats to military and civilian personnel.
• Raytheon Delivers Joint Standoff Weapon on Schedule for Five Consecutive Years Raytheon 09 Oct 2006 -- Raytheon Company has achieved five consecutive years of meeting or exceeding contract schedule deliveries of the Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW).
• Raytheon Delivers First Excalibur Production Rounds to the U.S. Army Raytheon 09 Oct 2006 -- The Raytheon Missile Systems and BAE Systems Bofors' Excalibur team delivered the first production Excalibur global positioning system-guided 155 mm artillery rounds to the U.S. Army Sept. 19, paving the way for the next series of testing required to field the weapon in theater early next year.

Other Conflicts

• CHAD: Darfur fighting spills over border IRIN 09 Oct 2006 -- For the first time, heavy fighting between Sudanese rebel groups and the government of Sudan has spilled across the border from the embattled Darfur region into eastern Chad, aid workers said on Monday.
• NEPAL: Peace talks making positive headway – rebels and government IRIN 09 Oct 2006 -- High-level peace talks in Nepal, which got under way at the weekend, are making good progress, according to both government and Maoist rebel representatives.
• COTE D IVOIRE: Summit fails to break deadlock IRIN 09 Oct 2006 -- West African leaders discussing Cote d’Ivoire’s future have decided to present their recommendations to the African Union and the United Nations to help determine a way forward for the divided country.
• DRC: 12 militias killed in clashes with army in Ituri IRIN 09 Oct 2006 -- The situation remained tense in the localities of Avena and Marabo in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, even though fighting at the weekend between the army and militias had ended, the UN Mission in the Congo (MONUC) said on Monday.
• Lebanon: UN commander in Lebanon discusses speedy Israeli withdrawal from final post UN News Centre 09 Oct 2006 -- The senior United Nations commander in Lebanon held talks with Lebanese and Israeli officers today over a speedy withdrawal by Israel from the last position it still occupies in the south of the country after this summer’s conflict with Hizbollah.
• Amid worsening tensions in Somalia, Annan urges ‘maximum restraint’ from neighbours UN News Centre 09 Oct 2006 -- Viewing the situation in war-torn Somalia with “increasing concern,” Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called on both the Transitional Government and the Islamic Courts to live up to their commitments made during recent peace talks and urged the country’s neighbours to avoid exacerbating the situation, his spokesman said.
• Somalia Government Troops Capture Town Held By Islamists VOA 09 Oct 2006 -- Islamist militia leaders in Somalia say government troops have taken control of a town near the government base of Baidoa that had been held by militias loyal to the rival Islamic Courts Union.
• SOMALIA: Islamic Courts warn of possible renewal of civil war IRIN 09 Oct 2006 -- The Union of Islamic Courts (UIC), which controls much of southern and central Somalia, has warned of imminent war between it and Somalia’s Transitional Federal Government (TFG), which reportedly took a town close to its headquarters in Baidoa on Monday, a senior UIC official told IRIN.
• CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Civilians flee clashes in the north IRIN 09 Oct 2006 -- Thousands of people have fled their homes around the town of Wandago in northern Central African Republic over the past three weeks after an outbreak of fighting between government troops and rebels, witnesses said.

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