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Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 29 Jul 2005 [PDF]
• TWO MARINES KILLED IN CYKLA
• TASK FORCE BAGHDAD SOLDIER DIES IN VEHICLE ACCIDENT
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualties
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty

• Al Qaida terror cell leader captured MNF-I 29 Jul 2005 -- Iraqi and Coalition forces from 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team) detained Al Qaida terror cell leader Ammar Abu Bara, a.k.a. Amar Hussein Hasan, in Mosul on July 27.
• ISF and Marines kill nine terrorists MNF-I 29 Jul 2005 -- Iraqi Security Forces and Coalition Forces killed nine terrorists, five of which were reportedly Syrian nationals, who were using buildings as safe houses and firing positions, in a small village west of Haditha.
• Suicide Bomber Kills 25 In Iraq RFE/RL 29 Jul 2005 -- Police in Iraq say a suicide bomber killed 25 people today in Rabiah, near the northern city of Mosul.
• Iraqi Police Find SAMs, Large Cache of Anti-aircraft Rounds AFPS 29 Jul 2005 -- Iraqi police located a large cache of munitions eight kilometers southeast of Tikrit near Owja July 28, military officials in Iraq reported today.
• Aeromedical evacuation process key to saving lives in Iraq AFPN 29 Jul 2005 -- In battle, one of the hardest challenges is saving the wounded. Medical professionals encounter injuries not normally seen in peacetime, and many times see multiple life-threatening injures requiring immediate treatment on the battlefield.
• Terror Cell Leader Captured; Nine Terrorists, Two Marines Killed AFPS 29 Jul 2005 -- U.S. troops captured al Qaeda terror cell leader Ammar Abu Bara, alias Amar Hussein Hasan, during a July 27 cordon-and-search operation in Mosul, Iraq's third largest city, U.S military officials reported today.

• Afghan, U.S. Troops Kill Six Insurgents, Capture 10 Others AFPS 29 Jul 2005 -- Six enemy combatants were killed, one was wounded and 10 suspected enemy combatants were captured today after they attacked Afghan and U.S. forces near the city of Shinkay in Afghanistan's Zabul province, military officials reported.
• Two Injured in Afghanistan Apache Helicopter Crash AFPS 29 Jul 2005 -- Two crewmembers were injured today when a U.S. military AH-64 Apache helicopter crashed during a training mission on a range near Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, Combined Forces Command Afghanistan officials reported.
• Sanctions against Al-Qaida, Taliban strengthened by Security Council Washington File 29 Jul 2005 -- Renewing for another 17 months its global sanctions regime against Al-Qaida, Usama bin Laden and the Taliban, the United Nations Security Council today expanded the list of persons or splinter groups associated with terrorist networks.

Defense Policy / Programs

• DoD Announces Installation Realignment in Germany 29 Jul 2005 -- The Department of Defense announced today plans for the return of eleven Army bases to Germany in fiscal 2007
• U.S. to Return 11 Bases to Germany in Fiscal 2007 AFPS 29 Jul 2005 -- About 6,100 soldiers will be affected by the United States returning 11 bases to Germany in fiscal 2007, Defense Department officials said today.

• Orange Crush Tests CVW-5's Wartime Capabilities Navy NewsStand 29 Jul 2005 -- Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, embarked on USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63), began an extensive exercise July 18 that aims to test their ability to integrate with other military units in a wartime situation.
• Indonesian Marines Experience U.S. Amphibious Operations Navy NewsStand 29 Jul 2005 -- Thirty Indonesian marines embarked aboard USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) in the Java Sea July 26, coming aboard via landing craft, air cushion (LCAC) assigned to Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 5 detachment Western Pacific Alpha.
• Geren designated acting Air Force secretary AFPN 29 Jul 2005 -- The president designated Pete Geren to be the acting Secretary of the Air Force on June 29, replacing Michael L. Dominguez.
• Battlelab develops C-5 aircrew night vision system AFPN 29 Jul 2005 -- C-5 Galaxy aircrews must tape over some white lights in the cockpit of their huge aircraft before missions into a "blacked out" environment when they must use night vision goggles.
• AFIT, reach lab agreement boosts research capabilities AFPN 29 Jul 2005 -- Scientists, faculty and students will have greater access to research opportunities through a landmark Memorandum of Agreement signed July 26 between the Air Force Institute of Technology and the Air Force Research Laboratory.
• Air Force fighting fires at home AFPN 29 Jul 2005 -- Guardsmen and reservists are used to international situations that call for them to put out fires. Now, they are doing it here at home -- literally.
• Aeromedical mission has healing touch AFPN 29 Jul 2005 -- On any given day, Airmen with the 386th Contingency Aeromedical Staging Facility at a forward-deployed location provide support and medical care for patient movement and serve as an integral link in the global aeromedical evacuation system.
• Predator operators see whole picture AFPN 29 Jul 2005 -- Each MQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicle mission flown in the Iraqi sky begins and ends here.
• Army Strykers return to combat zones Army News 29 Jul 2005 -- The Army's Stryker combat vehicles are back in fight now that the first Stryker repair facility is operating in Qatar.
• First NIOC Stands Up as NSGAs Align with NETWARCOM Navy NewsStand 29 Jul 2005 -- The Navy took the first step to integrate all of its Information Operations capabilities into one team July 27 with the disestablishment of Fleet Information Warfare Center (FIWC), Detachment San Diego and Naval Security Group Activity (NSGA) San Diego, while establishing a new combined command - Navy Information Operations Command (NIOC) San Diego.
• ESG 1 Conducts ASW Exercise with Japanese Destroyers Navy NewsStand 29 Jul 2005 -- Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 1 conducted a successful anti-submarine warfare (ASW) exercise with the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) July 25-26 off the coast of Hawaii.

• Asia-Pacific Forum Seeks to Intervene Diplomatically in Regional Conflicts VOA 29 Jul 2005 -- The Asia-Pacific region's main security forum says it will strengthen its contribution to global security and begin working diplomatically to prevent conflicts in the region

• China No Threat to United States in Africa, U.S. Official Says Washington File 29 Jul 2005 -- Despite perceived rivalries, the United States and China are cooperating at a number of levels to end conflict and advance development in resource-rich Africa, a top U.S. State Department official told Congress July 28.

• State Department Reorganizing to Match Today's Priorities Washington File 29 Jul 2005 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has announced four significant organizational changes at the State Department intended to enhance efforts to prevent the spread of weapons of mass destruction and to position the department for maximum effectiveness in support of President Bush's mission to promote democracy.
• Rice Announces Reorganization of Arms Control, International Security Bureaus Washington File 29 Jul 2005 -- Following is the text of a State Department fact sheet describing departmental changes announced by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice July 29 to enhance efforts to prevent the spread of weapons of mass destruction and to refocus on the promotion of democracy

• Deputy Secretary Zoellick Lauds ASEAN "Preventive Diplomacy" Washington File 29 Jul 2005 -- The move toward "preventive diplomacy" among the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is "very constructive," Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick says.

• White House Daily Briefing, July 29 Washington File 29 Jul 2005 -- Domestic agenda, stem cell, Bolton nomination, Osama bin Laden, Middle East, national security, energy bill, economy k.
• State Department Daily Briefing, July 29 Washington File 29 Jul 20005 -- Kyrgyz Republic, Serbia, Korea, Russia, Miscellaneous, China, Department, Lebanon, Iran, Zambia, Israel/Palestinians, Mexico

Defense Industry

• Javelin Enters Service in the U.K. Four Months Early Raytheon 29 Jul 2005 -- UK Javelin, developed and produced by the Raytheon/Lockheed Martin Javelin Joint Venture for the U.K.'s Light Forces Anti-Tank Guided Weapon program, has been declared operational four months ahead of schedule.
• Press Release: Bell Helicopter Awarded Army Contract to Build 368 Armed Reconnaissance Helicopters (ARH) Bell Textron 29 Jul 2005 -- Bell Helicopter, a unit of Textron Inc., (NYSE: TXT) was awarded a $2.2 billion contract by the United States Army to build its next generation Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter, or ARH.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 29 Jul 2005
• Russia: Officials Say Pro-Moscow Chechens Involved In Deadly Raid On Avar Village RFE/RL 29 Jul 2005 -- The Russian military says one of its officers has been indicted on suspicion of being involved in a recent deadly mopping-up operation in the Chechen village of Borozdinovskaya.
• US Says Network Had Legal Right to Carry Basayev Interview VOA 29 Jul 2005 -- The United States reaffirmed Friday its stand that Chechen rebel leader Shamil Basayev is a terrorist. But the State Department said the ABC television network had the legal right to carry an interview with him
• Chechen Warlord Basaev Accepts 'Terrorist' Label RFE/RL 29 Jul 2005 -- In an interview broadcast in the United States, Chechen warlord Shamil Basaev has accepted the label of "terrorist" but has said fighting in the separatist republic will not end until every Russian feels the impact of the war.

• U.S. Welcomes Wife's Call to Radovan Karadzic To Surrender Washington File 29 Jul 2005 -- The United States welcomes and echoes the statements of Mrs. Ljiljana Karadzic calling on her husband, Radovan Karadzic, to surrender to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, says State Department spokesman Sean McCormack.
• Wife of Fugitive Bosnian Serb Leader Urges Him to Surrender VOA 29 Jul 2005 -- The wife of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, who has been indicted for genocide by the United Nations war crimes tribunal in The Hague, has appealed to him to surrender for the sake of his family
• Wife's Plea To Top Bosnian Serb Fugitive Stuns RFE/RL 29 Jul 2005 -- The wife of war crimes indictee and former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic appealed to her husband in a broadcast carried by several regional television stations yesterday to surrender to the Hague-based war crimes tribunal.

• UN mission in Haiti defeats first effort to infiltrate a base UN News Centre 29 Jul 2005 -- For the first time since the peacekeeping United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) arrived in the Caribbean country in mid-2004, bandits attempted today to infiltrate a mission base, but were defeated and lost one life, the mission said.
• Jordan Sending 750 Troops to U.N. Mission in Haiti Washington File 29 Jul 2005 -- The United Nations has announced that Jordan will send 750 troops to join the multinational peacekeeping mission in Haiti.

• Annan appoints expert panel to probe impact of sanctions in Liberia UN News Centre 29 Jul 2005 -- Secretary-General Kofi Annan today appointed a five-member panel of experts to go to Liberia to assess the implementation and impact of the United Nations Security Council's sanctions regime imposed on the war-devastated country, which includes a ban on timber exports in addition to existing travel, arms and diamond embargoes.
• Security Council extends Lebanon, Georgia missions; arms ban in DR of Congo UN News Centre 29 Jul 2005 -- In a flurry of month-end activity, the United Nations Security Council today extended by six months the mandates of both its monitoring force in the "Blue Line" between Israel and Lebanon, and its force monitoring a ceasefire accord between the Government of Georgia and Abkhaz authorities in north-west Georgia.
• Expert Panel calls on Security Council to clarify sanctions regime in Côte d'Ivoire UN News Centre 29 Jul 2005 -- The expert panel recommending ways of improving the arms embargo on Côte d'Ivoire has called on the Security Council to more tightly define the ban on weapons flows in the divided country after encountering "widespread confusion" among neighbouring West African countries, civil society groups and United Nations officials themselves.
• Colombia: civilians blockaded after fighting between army and irregulars - UN UN News Centre 29 Jul 2005 -- Cut off by an armed blockade following intense fighting in southern Colombia between irregular armed groups and the military, local communities are suffering from a severe shortage of food and other essential items, the United Nations refugee agency reported today.
• U.S. Supports Indonesia's Territorial Integrity, State Says Washington File 29 Jul 2005 -- The United States firmly supports and looks forward to the implementation of a proposed peace accord between the government of Indonesia and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM), the State Department says.
• Israel Builds Triple Barrier around Gaza ahead of Pullout VOA 29 Jul 2005 -- Israel is sealing off the Gaza Strip with a triple barrier ahead of its planned pullout from the territory next month

News Reports

• PRESS BRIEFING BY HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS United Nations 29 Jul 2005
• Rice Expresses Appreciation for Kyrgyzstan's Transfer of Refugees Washington File 29 Jul 20005 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice expressed her appreciation to Kyrgyzstan's president-elect, Kurmanbek Bakiyev, for his government's decision to allow the transfer of 439 Uzbek asylum seekers from Kyrgyzstan to Romania, according to State Department spokesman Sean McCormac
• Kyrgyzstan: Bishkek's Resolution Of Uzbek Refugee Crisis Deemed A Success RFE/RL 29 Jul 2005 -- Some 440 Uzbek refugees who fled to neighboring Kyrgyzstan in May have been flown to Romania, where they will be temporarily housed until their final destination is determined.
• U.S. Official Renews Concerns About Syrian Involvement in Lebanon VOA 29 Jul 2005 -- A U.S. official has told Congress the United States still has very serious concerns about ongoing Syrian involvement in Lebanon, despite the withdrawal earlier this year of Syrian regular army troops
• Uzbek Refugees Depart Kyrgyzstan For Romania RFE/RL 29 Jul 2005 -- Some 440 Uzbek refugees who fled to neighboring Kyrgyzstan in May are on a plane flying to Romania today, where they will be temporarily housed
• WHO Says Too Early To Say China Pig Disease Under Control VOA 29 Jul 2005 -- The World Health Organization says it is too early for China to say if a a pig-borne disease that killed at least 30 people is under control