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• DoD News: DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD News: DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Post from Iraq DoD 10 Nov 2008 -- Presenter: Deputy Commanding Gen. Multinational Force-West, Maj. Gen. Martin Post
• Coalition Dismantles Bomb Networks in Iraq, Captures 11 AFPS 10 Nov 2008 -- Coalition forces in Iraq today captured 11 suspects in operations aimed at dismantling Baghdad’s car-bomb networks, military officials reported.
• Nov. 9 airpower summary: tankers help sustain operations AFNS 10 Nov 2008 -- Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan during operations Nov. 8, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
• Marines Encouraged by Iraqi Progress in Anbar, General Says AFPS 10 Nov 2008 -- Since Anbar province returned to Iraqi control, Iraqi security forces are taking more responsibility and U.S. Marines in western Iraq are increasingly performing an overwatch role, the deputy commander of Multinational Force West said today.
• Afghan Army Hosts First Command Post Exercise AFPS 10 Nov 2008 -- After six months of planning, Afghan National Army officials, in conjunction with Combined Security Transition Command Afghanistan and International Security, put into action their combined efforts for the ANA’s first six-day command post exercise, or CPX, at the Ministry of Defense compound here, beginning Nov 1.
• Afghanistan: UN extends presence with opening of new office in Baghlan UN News Centre 10 Nov 2008 -- The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has opened its newest office in Pul-i-Khumri, the capital of the country’s northern Baghlan province, bringing the total number of its field offices to 18.
• NY Times: US Conducts Secret Operations Against Al-Qaida VOA 10 Nov 2008 -- An American newspaper says the U.S. military has conducted nearly a dozen secret raids against al-Qaida and other terrorist groups in Syria, Pakistan and other countries since 2004.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Syria's Assad Criticizes Proposed US-Iraqi Security Pact VOA 10 Nov 2008 -- Syrian President Bashar Assad has criticized a proposed U.S.-Iraqi security pact, saying it will turn Iraq into a U.S. base for attacking neighboring states.
• Detainee Transfer Announced DoD 10 Nov 2008 -- The Department of Defense announced today the transfer of two detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Algeria
• New UAS program at Randolph simulates air battle space AFNS 10 Nov 2008 -- A first-of-its-kind combat familiarization program for pilots slated to fly unmanned aircraft systems soon will launch at the 563rd Flying Training Squadron here.
• Recruiting Successes Continue in Fiscal 2009 AFPS 10 Nov 2008 -- Recruiting successes in fiscal 2008 continued into the first month of the new fiscal year, with all active and reserve components meeting or exceeding their October goals, defense officials reported today.
• DoD Announces Recruiting and Retention Numbers for October 2008 DoD 10 Nov 2008 -- The Department of Defense announced today its recruiting and retention statistics for the active and reserve components for the month of October
• Missile Defense Agency Sponsors Agreement for Cooperative Research between United States and Czech Republic MDA 10 Nov 2008 -- Lieutenant General Henry A. “Trey” Obering, Missile Defense Agency (MDA) director, announced today the completion of a second cooperative project between the United States and the Czech Republic for research and development that follows from an ongoing MDA-sponsored study of Czech technical capabilities that could have application to missile defense
• Navy pilots learning to fly Global Hawk AFNS 10 Nov 2008 -- In what could prove to be the first step toward creating a joint RQ-4 Unmanned Aircraft System training unit here, pilots of the 1st Reconnaissance Squadron are teaching a class of Navy pilots the Global Hawk system.
• Naval War College Touches Every Facet of Maritime Strategy, Boasts New Commander Navy NewsStand 10 Nov 2008 -- The United States Naval War College, where the Maritime Strategy originated, held a change of command ceremony at Naval Station Newport Nov. 6.
• Continuing Promise Mission Arrives in Guyana Navy NewsStand 10 Nov 2008 -- USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), along with various embarked units, began humanitarian/civic assistance (HCA) operations Nov. 9 in Guyana, the ship's fifth and final stop in the Caribbean Phase of Continuing Promise (CP) 2008.
• USS McInerney Sailors Recognized for Counter-Illicit Trafficking Success Navy NewsStand 10 Nov 2008 -- USS McInerney (FFG 8) Sailors received recognition and accolades Nov. 5 for their contributions to the ship's successful counter-illicit trafficking deployment to Latin America.
• Navy Reserve Forces Command Holds Change of Command Navy NewsStand 10 Nov 2008 -- Navy Reserve Forces Command held a change of command ceremony Nov. 6.
• Strike Fighter Squadron 15 Changes Command Aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt Navy NewsStand 10 Nov 2008 -- Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 15 held a change-of-command ceremony at sea Oct. 25 aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71).
• Japan Protests US Nuclear Sub's Unannounced Port Call VOA 10 Nov 2008 -- Japan has protested to the United States after a U.S. nuclear submarine made an unannounced visit to one of its ports Monday.
• U.S. Will Persevere to Defeat al-Qaida Terrorists, Cheney Says AFPS 10 Nov 2008 -- America will never waver in its task of defeating radical Islamic terrorism, Vice President Richard B. Cheney told a gathering of Virginia Military Institute cadets and alumni during his Nov. 8 visit to the military college in Lexington, Va.
• Ukraine's NATO Bid Increases Tensions with Moscow VOA 10 Nov 2008 -- Tensions between Ukraine and Russia have increased during the past year partly as a result of a move by Ukrainian leaders to join NATO's Membership Action Plan, a step that has drawn strong Russian opposition.
• US Frustrated by Russian Stance on Missile Defense VOA 10 Nov 2008 -- The State Department expressed frustration over Russia's apparent rejection of new U.S. proposals on European missile defense
• Poland should follow Obama's lead on missile defense - FM RIA Novosti 10 Nov 2008 -- Poland should not lobby the incoming administration of U.S. President-elect Barack Obama on missile defense but should accept any decisions Washington takes, the foreign minister has told a Polish newspaper.
• Czech mayors oppose U.S. missile shield plans RIA Novosti 10 Nov 2008 -- Mayors of 15 Czech cities are to ask U.S. president-elect Barack Obama to abandon the Bush administration's plans to place a missile defense radar in the Czech Republic, a member of the European parliament said on Monday.
• Russian Defense Ministry denies ex-Vostok commander appointment RIA Novosti 10 Nov 2008 -- The Russian Defense Ministry denied on Monday media reports that the former commander of the Chechen Vostok battalion, Sulim Yamadayev, had been assigned to a new post.
• Daily Press Briefing US Dept. of State 10 Nov 2008

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for November 10, 2008
• BAE SYSTEMS SECURES $66 MILLION IN U.S. ARMY CONTRACTS FOR MRAP SPARE PARTS BAE Systems 10 Nov 2008 -- BAE Systems, under three separate U.S. Army contracts, will inspect, package and ship more than 3,000 spare parts for RG33 category II Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles.
• General Dynamics European Land Systems Awarded Contract for 198 EAGLE IV 4x4 Vehicles for Germany General Dynamics 10 Nov 2008 -- General Dynamics European Land Systems has entered a contract with the German Bundesamt für Wehrtechnik und Beschaffung (BWB) for the delivery of 198 EAGLE IV protected Command and Function Vehicles, including 25 vehicles that were delivered earlier under an agreement reached in July.
• CACI Awarded $60 Million Contract to Support Airborne Sensors for U.S. Army Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate CACI 10 Nov 2008 -- CACI International Inc (NYSE:CAI) announced today that it has been awarded a $60 million prime contract to continue the development, maintenance, and operation of experimental airborne sensors for the U.S. Army's Research Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) Communications-Electronics Research Development and Engineering Center (CERDEC) Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate (NVESD).
• General Dynamics Awarded $58 Million for Engineering Work on Saudi Tank General Dynamics 10 Nov 2008 -- General Dynamics Land Systems has been awarded $58.3 million to design the new Saudi M1A2 (M1A2S) Abrams tank for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
• Lockheed Martin Canada-Led Team Awarded C$2 Billion Halifax-Class Frigate Modernization Contracts Lockheed Martin 10 Nov 2008 -- Building on its 25-year legacy as the Canadian Navy’s systems integrator, Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] Canada and its Halifax-Class Modernization (HCM) industry team today announced the signing of two contracts totaling approximately C$2 billion for the installation, integration and long-term in-service support of a new combat system for Canada’s Halifax-Class frigates.
• Lockheed Martin Receives $30 Million for Paveway II Laser Guided Bomb Kits Lockheed Martin 10 Nov 2008 -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has been awarded a $30 million split-share competition award to deliver paveway II Laser Guided Bomb (LGB) GBU-12 kits to the U.S. Air Force. Delivery is scheduled to begin in early 2009.
• Northrop Grumman Awarded Contract Field Teams Task Order Northrop Grumman 10 Nov 2008 -- The Contract Field Teams (CFT) office has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) a task order under the CFT indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract to provide all squadron maintenance services for Navy Test Squadron VX-30 at Point Mugu Naval Air Station, Calif.
• Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center -- Pacific Awards Contract to SAIC SAIC 10 Nov 2008 --Science Applications International Corporation (NYSE: SAI) today announced it won a contract from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SSC) - Pacific to evaluate emerging technologies for shipboard navigation, sensors and systems
• U.S. Air Force Awards $45 Million Infrared Countermeasure Technology Contract to SAIC SAIC 10 Nov 2008 -- Company to Continue to Provide Research and Development Services to

Other Conflicts

• Global pact on explosive remnants of war vital tool to end scourge – Ban UN News Centre 10 Nov 2008 -- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged countries to make full use of the global agreement on explosive remnants of war, a deadly scourge that kills and maims innocent civilians long after armed conflicts have come to an end.
• DRC: What will stop the fighting? IRIN 10 Nov 2008 -- A pledge by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to compliment UN peacekeeping forces in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with SADC soldiers does not take account of the regional body's limited military capacity, a military analyst told IRIN.
• UN rushes aid as sporadic fighting continues in eastern DR Congo UN News Centre 10 Nov 2008 -- The United Nations is rushing relief to civilians affected by the violence engulfing the far east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), as the world body’s peacekeeping mission in the vast African nation reports that fighting continues intermittently.
• UN chief ‘deeply distressed’ at plight of Palestinians in Gaza UN News Centre 10 Nov 2008 -- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed profound concern over the humanitarian suffering in the Gaza Strip while stressing the importance of the Middle East diplomatic Quartet in the ongoing efforts to promote peace between Israel and the Palestinians.
• Integration of Maoist fighters in Nepal remains difficult issue, top UN envoy says UN News Centre 10 Nov 2008 -- Cooperation among Nepal’s key parties remains “critical” to the success of the peace process, which has made important progress but still faces difficult issues such as the integration of the former Maoist combatants, the top United Nations envoy to the country said today.
• Armed men ambush group of UN-African Union peacekeepers in West Darfur UN News Centre 10 Nov 2008 -- Unknown armed men have ambushed a peacekeeping patrol with the hybrid United Nations-African Union mission in the war-torn Darfur region of Sudan, injuring one of the blue helmets and stealing a vehicle.
• Renewed Congo Fighting Highlights Flaws in Peace Accord VOA 10 Nov 2008 -- Renewed fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has raised fears of a new regional war, despite years of diplomatic efforts and several peace accords.
• Analysis: Eastern Congo on the Brink cfr.org 10 Nov 2008 -- Six months ago, the Democratic Republic of Congo signed a $9 billion agreement with China to provide Beijing with copper and cobalt in exchange for thousands of miles of roads and railways
• SOMALIA: Hostility rises in Hargeisa after suicide bombings IRIN 10 Nov 2008 -- Somalis displaced to the self-styled independent republic of Somaliland from other parts of the Horn of Africa country have faced increasing hostility after three suicide bombing incidents in late October.
• Sri Lanka Rebels Urged to Lay Down Arms Before Considering Truce VOA 10 Nov 2008 -- The Sri Lankan government has turned down a truce offered by Tamil Tiger rebels as the military presses on with an offensive to capture a key rebel stronghold.
• Tensions Remain High in Congo VOA 10 Nov 2008 -- Rebels and government forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo continue a tense standoff outside the eastern town of Goma, where sporadic fighting between the two sides has forced hundreds of thousands to flee.

News Reports

• EU Takes on Somalia Pirates VOA 10 Nov 2008 -- The European Union has launched an anti-piracy mission off the coast of Somalia, following an increase in pirate attacks this year.
• Southern African Summit Leaves Zimbabwe Power-Sharing In Disarray VOA 10 Nov 2008 -- The power-sharing process that has been unfolding in Zimbabwe for months seemed close to collapse Monday after a summit of the Southern African Development Community that was intended to find a solution to a stalemate over the allocation of cabinet posts
• EU Says It's Ready To Restart Partnership Talks With Russia RFE/RL 10 Nov 2008 -- European Commission has announced that negotiations on a wide-ranging partnership agreement with Russia will be resumed, although no date was announced
• EU says partnership talks with Russia to proceed after Nov.18 RIA Novosti 10 Nov 2008 -- The European Union said on Monday that talks on a new strategic partnership agreement with Russia would resume later this month, despite opposition from Lithuania.