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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 02 Jun 2005 [PDF]
• TASK FORCE LIBERTY SOLDIER DIES OF NON-BATTLE INJURY
• SOLDIER KILLED BY IED IN AR RAMADI
• SOLDIER DIES FROM SMALL-ARMS NEAR AR RAMADI
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
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• At Least 23 Dead in Iraq Car Bombings VOA 02 Jun 2005 -- At least 23 people are dead in bombings in northern Iraq, including a bodyguard for Iraq's Kurdish deputy prime minister.
• Intelligence analysts' work leads to insurgents' capture near Al Asad USMC News 02 Jun 2005 -- Recently, intelligence analysts with the headquarters squadron of the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward), provided information on suspected insurgent activity in the vicinity of this air base that led to the detainment of 15 insurgents during a raid conducted by Marines from the 2nd Marine Division's 1st Force Reconnaissance unit.
• Aviation ground support in remote western Iraq USMC News 02 Jun 2005 -- The Marine Wing Support Squadron 371 detachment here may seem like your normal support squadron, but a deeper look shows a small group of Marines going above and beyond their normal role of aviation support.

• Afghanistan: Is Reconciliation With The Neo-Taliban Working? RFE/RL 02 Jun 2005 -- The latest surge of violence associated and often claimed by the neo-Taliban brings into question Afghan President Hamid Karzai's reconciliation policy with members of the ousted regime.
• UN halts mine clearance in southern Afghanistan after deadly attack UN News Centre 02 Jun 2005 -- The United Nations has temporarily suspended the clearing of landmines in southern Afghanistan today after two local deminers were killed and five others wounded by a roadside bomb.

Defense Policy / Programs

• DoD Changes Report Date for Recruiting Data AFPS 02 Jun 2005 -- Armed services recruiting information, including that of the reserve components, will now be made available to the public on the 10th day of each month, a Pentagon spokeswoman noted today.
• Robots, Airmen defuse unexploded ordnance AFPN 02 Jun 2005 -- With the help of new, faster and more agile robots, explosive ordnance disposal Airmen here have an opportunity to keep their distance from bombs set to harm servicemembers off the base.
• Air Force improving force protection AFPN 02 Jun 2005 -- Protecting military people or equipment is not a new thing in the Air Force, but the way it is being done is.
• ARMY UPDATES DETAINEE OPERATIONS INFORMATION Army News Release 02 Jun 2005 -- The Army continued its effort to keep the public informed concerning detainee operations by releasing documents today pursuant to a Freedom of Information (FOIA) litigation with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
• Experts say training transformation prepares Army to work in joint environment Army News 02 Jun 2005 -- Soldiers will continue to train with members of other services as the Army works to transform its training and to improve its ability to work in a joint environment, Pentagon training experts said this week.
• USS Mount Whitney, NATO's Joint Command Lisbon Wrap up Allied Action 05 Navy NewsStand 02 Jun 2005 -- USS Mount Whitney (LCC/JCC 20) and NATO's Joint Command (JC) Lisbon teamed up May 17-June 1 to complete Allied Action 05, a two-week exercise conducted to certify the duo for its NATO Response Force (NRF) rotation from July 2005 to July 2006, and to validate the innovative sea-based Combined Joint Task Force capability.
• Blue Ridge Refueled by HMAS Success Navy NewsStand 02 Jun 2005 -- The U.S. 7th Fleet command ship, USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19), conducted a replenishment at sea (RAS) June 2 with the Australian Auxiliary Oiler Replenishment vessel, HMAS Success (AOR 304).
• Big E Gasses up to Get Back to Sea Navy NewsStand 02 Jun 2005 -- USS Enterprise's (CVN 65) Air Department started the week by bringing aboard 500,000 gallons of jet fuel May 31-June 2.
• Fitzgerald Participates in Shimoda Black Ship Festival Navy NewsStand 02 Jun 2005 -- The guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) completed a successful port visit here May 20-22 after representing the U.S. Navy at the 66th Shimoda Black Ship Festival.
• Specialized Maritime Boarding Team Prepares for Turnover Navy NewsStand 02 Jun 2005 -- U.S. Coast Guardsmen of Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET) 404 and 406 at Patrol Boat Forces South West Asia began a two-week turnover with LEDET 402 and 107 June 1.
• Navy Playing Critical Role at Special Missions Training Center Navy NewsStand 02 Jun 2005 -- The Navy turned a new page in its partnership with the Coast Guard and Marine Corps at a groundbreaking ceremony for the Special Missions Training Center (SMTC) April 12 at Camp Lejeune, N.C.
• USS Ashland Sailors Ensure Ship's Protection in Persian Gulf Navy NewsStand 02 Jun 2005 -- Two Sailors aboard the Norfolk-based USS Ashland (LSD 48) ensure the ship's countermeasure washdown system is fully functional and ready for use as the ship conducts maritime security operations (MSO) in the Persian Gulf May 28.
• All about amphib USMC News 02 Jun 2005 -- First Reconnaissance Battalion spent the day at the beach recently -- but it was hardly fun and games.
• Marine Corps, Joint Forces Command host international war game USMC News 02 Jun 2005 -- Military officials from around the globe gathered in Potomac, Md., May 22-26, to conduct a seminar-style urban war game with coalition force representatives from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, France, Canada, Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands, and NATO.
• Lessons Learned Web site established for info sharing USMC News 02 Jun 2005 -- The Marine Corps Center for Lessons Learned, a part of the Marine Corps Warfighting Lab here, has established a Web site dedicated to receiving and posting after action reports and using these reports to gather information that might save lives.

Defense Industry

• Boeing Changes Wingtip Design on U.S. Navy's P-8A Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft Boeing 02 Jun 2005 -- The Boeing-led [NYSE:BA] team currently developing the U.S. Navy's P-8A Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft (MMA) has made a minor design change better suiting the Navy's unique requirements. The move involved changing the wing extension from a blended winglet™ to a commercially proven raked or backswept wingtip.
• LOCKHEED MARTIN LCS TEAM LAYS KEEL ON FREEDOM, NATION'S FIRST LITTORAL COMBAT SHIP Lockheed Martin 02 Jun 2005 -- LCS Keel Laying (low res)Today the keel was laid for FREEDOM (LCS 1), marking a significant milestone in production of the U.S. Navy’s first Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). LCS is a new class of surface combatant, designed to defeat enemy threats in shallow coastal waters. FREEDOM is under construction at Marinette Marine and will be delivered to the Navy in late 2006.
• F-35 AFT FUSELAGE ARRIVES AT LOCKHEED MARTIN -- ALL MAJOR SECTIONS OF FIRST AIRCRAFT NOW IN PLACE Lockheed Martin 02 Jun 2005 -- The aft fuselage – the last major subassembly of the first F-35 Joint Strike Fighter – has arrived at Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth and is being readied for attachment to the aircraft’s center fuselage. BAE Systems recently completed manufacture of the component in Samlesbury, England, and shipped it to the Fort Worth plant, where it arrived on May 31.
• Northrop Grumman Starts Construction of its X-47B J-UCAS Unmanned Surveillance Attack Aircraft Northrop Grumman 02 Jun 2005 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has started construction of its X-47B Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems (J-UCAS) aircraft, the world's first unmanned surveillance attack aircraft that can operate from both land bases and aircraft carriers.
• Northrop Grumman Electronic Warfare Upgrade for Ships Gets Go-Ahead Northrop Grumman 02 Jun 2005 -- The U.S. Navy has approved Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE:NOC) AN/SLQ-32(V) Electronic Surveillance Enhancement (ESE) for low-rate initial production.
• Raytheon's Enhanced Paveway(TM) II Successfully Demonstrated on Navy F/A-18 Raytheon 02 Jun 2005 -- The U.S. Navy has successfully demonstrated a Raytheon Company dual-mode precision guided weapon that offers flexibility not found in other weapons systems being produced.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 02 Jun 2005
• PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT United Nations 02 Jun 2005
• More Deaths as Violence in Western Ivory Coast Forces Residents to Flee VOA 02 Jun 2005 -- At least 10 people have been reported killed overnight in suspected reprisals in Ivory Coast's volatile west. Local residents are fleeing the area following two days of violence, and some government ministers accuse the country's United Nations peacekeeping mission of not doing enough to ensure security.
• COTE D IVOIRE: Revenge killings claim 10 lives the day after massacre in Wild West IRIN 02 Jun 2005 -- At least 10 people were killed in western Cote d'Ivoire on Thursday, in what residents said were revenge attacks for the massacre of scores of men, women and children the day before.
• Côte d'Ivoire: Annan condemns deadly attack on western town UN News Centre 02 Jun 2005 -- As the United Nations peacekeeping mission reported that seven more people were killed in the western Côte d'Ivoire town of Douékoué, bringing the death tally in the troubled area to 57, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan condemned the action by "armed elements."

• Tribal Conflict Increases In Darfur VOA 02 Jun 2005 -- The International Committee of the Red Cross says the conflict in Sudan's Darfur region between the government-backed Janjaweed militia and rebel groups has diminished. But, Red Cross officials say that conflict is being overshadowed by tribal conflicts over scarce resources.
• African Union Delegation Tours Darfur VOA 02 Jun 2005 -- An African Union delegation headed to Sudan's war-torn Darfur region Thursday to assess the humanitarian situation there. Meanwhile, Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick is planning to visit Darfur and the Sudanese capital Friday.
• Aid Group Says Millions in Southern Sudan Need Help VOA 02 Jun 2005 -- The World Food Program says the international focus on conflict-ridden Darfur is overshadowing the critical needs of millions of people in southern Sudan.

• Israel Releases Nearly 400 Palestinian Prisoners VOA 02 Jun 2005 -- Israel is releasing nearly 400 Palestinian prisoners, just three weeks before a scheduled summit between Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and President Mahmoud Abbas.
• UN human rights team comes under fire in north eastern DR of Congo UN News Centre 02 Jun 2005 -- A United Nations human rights team was fired on while investigating the reported rape and abduction of women in the troubled Ituri province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to the UN mission in the country.
• Situations in Africa, Middle East key topics for Security Council in June, President says UN News Centre 02 Jun 2005 -- The Security Council will devote a considerable amount of its time this month to various situations on the African continent, while also closely following the events in Iraq and the wider Middle East, the President of the 15-nation body said today.

News Reports

• Car Bomb Kills Anti-Syrian Journalist in Beirut VOA 02 Jun 2005 -- A car bomb killed a prominent Lebanese journalist in Beirut Thursday. Lebanese Prime Minister Nagib Mikati condemned the explosion, while anti-Syrian groups blamed remnants of the Syrian intelligence regime for the blast.