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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 05 Aug 2005 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualties
• DoD Identifies Army Casualties

• Transcript: Defense Briefing by British Royal Marines 05 Aug 2005 -- Presenter: Maj. Gen. J. B. Dutton, Commander Of Multinational Division Southeast; Moderator: Bryan Whitman, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs
• DoD Reports Iraqi Forces Gains, Probable Cause of Fatal Blast AFPS 05 Aug 2005 -- Iraqi forces are being trained and equipped, and most are helping with defense of their nation, a senior defense official said here Aug. 4.
• British Commander Optimistic About Southeastern Iraq AFPS 05 Aug 2005 -- The British Royal Marine in charge of coalition operations in southeastern Iraq is optimistic about ongoing efforts there to train Iraqi army and police forces to eventually assume security duties.
• 'Quick Strike' Moves Into Area Where Marines Were Killed AFPS 05 Aug 2005 -- About 1,000 Iraqi security force soldiers and U.S. Marines from Regimental Combat Team 2 moved into the city of Haqliniyah, Iraq, and the surrounding area today as part of Operation Quick Strike.
• Detainee dies at 344th Field Hospital MNF-I 05 Aug 2005 -- A 45-year-old Iraqi male died Aug. 4 at approximately 4 p.m. from multiple organ failure as a result of gunshot injuries sustained while engaging coalition forces.
• Operation Quick Strike MNF-I 05 Aug 2005 -- Approximately 1,000 Iraqi Security Force Soldiers, and Marines from Regimental Combat Team-2 moved into the city of Haqliniyah and the surrounding area today as part of Operation Quick Strike .
• UPDATE: Operation Quick Strike moves into Haqliniyah MNF-I 05 Aug 2005 -- Iraqi Security Force Soldiers and Marines from Regimental Combat Team-2 discovered two buildings rigged with explosives Aug. 3 in the city of Haqliniyah while conducting cordon and search operations as part of Operation Quick Strike .
• Operation Thunder Cat nets 171 suspected terrorists MNF-I 05 Aug 2005 -- Soldiers of the 256th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, and the 1st and 3rd Iraqi Army Brigades, 6th Division, conducted combined offensive operations called Operation Thunder Cat I July 26-30, which was a series of cordon-and-attack missions resulting in the capture of 171 suspected terrorists.

• U.S. General: Taliban Weakened By Afghan Reconstruction AFPS 05 Aug 2005 -- Members of the deposed Taliban, who had hosted and supported Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network in Afghanistan, are seeking to harass and stop coalition reconstruction efforts across the country, a senior U.S. military operations officer there reported Aug. 4.
• Two GIs Drown in Afghanistan When Humvee Slides Into River AFPS 05 Aug 2005 -- Two U.S. servicemembers drowned after their Humvee slid into the Kunar River northeast of Jalalabad, Afghanistan, Aug. 4, military officials announced today.
• RFE/RL Afghanistan Report, Vol 4, Number 22 05 Aug 2005 -- LARGE PROTEST HELD AT MAIN U.S. AIR BASE / TENSION CONTINUES BETWEEN KABUL AND MOSCOW / INSURGENTS SUFFER LOSSES SOUTHERN AND EASTERN AFGHANISTAN / NEO-TALIBAN CONTINUE POLITICAL AND TERRORIST ACTIVITIES / RFE/RL INTERVIEWS UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN / THIS WEEK IN AFGHANISTAN'S HISTORY

Defense Policy / Programs

• Navy To Send Two 'Super Scorpio' Craft to Aid Russian Sub AFPS 05 Aug 2005 -- The U.S. Navy will send two remotely operated submersible vehicles to assist in rescue efforts for sailors aboard a Russian submarine reportedly caught in a fish net off the eastern Russian coast, a senior U.S. Navy officer said.
• U.S. Navy to Assist Russian Sub Rescue Effort AFPS 05 Aug 2005 -- The U.S. Navy is sending a remotely operated submersible vehicle to assist in rescue efforts for a Russian submarine reportedly caught in a fish net off the eastern Russian coast, according to a statement released by the U.S. Pacific Fleet today.
• U.S. Rushing To Save Russian Sailors Trapped on Sunken Submarine Washington File 05 Aug 2005 -- The United States is rushing two unmanned, remote-controlled vehicles from California to Russia's Pacific coast to try to save seven Russian sailors aboard a mini-submarine that sank after its propeller became entangled in either a fishing net or steel cables.

• U.S. Airlifts Emergency Food Aid to Niger VOA 05 Aug 2005 -- The United States said Friday it is airlifting more than 200 tons of food supplements to Niger to help children at risk of starvation.
• Edwards, Eglin combine testing on next-generation F-16 AFPN 05 Aug 2005 -- Combining two aircraft missions into one is not an easy feat, but that is exactly what engineers and pilots from here and Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., are testing. In the process, they have also combined operational and developmental into one testing effort.
• AMC answers call to help rescue Russian sailors AFPN 05 Aug 2005 -- Air Mobility Command was called upon Aug. 5 to assist in the rescue effort to save seven Russian sailors stranded aboard a submarine off Russia's Pacific coast.
• U.S., Russian Military Leaders Hold Talks AFPS 05 Aug 2005 -- On a day when the United States Navy is cooperating with its Russian counterpart to rescue men aboard a Russian submarine, American and Russian military leaders today discussed the way forward.
• Brunei Phase of CARAT Exercise Series Begins Navy NewStand 05 Aug 2005 -- The Brunei phase of the exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) series began Aug. 5 with an opening ceremony aboard USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49).

• Russia/China: Military Exercises Underscore Growing Ties RFE/RL 05 Aug 2005 -- Russia and China will hold unprecedented joint military exercises later this month in the Russian Far Eastern city of Vladivostok and in the coastal Chinese province of Shandong and nearby waters

Defense Industry

• U.S. Joint Forces Command Awards General Dynamics Delivery Orders Totaling $79 Million General Dynamics 05 Aug 2005 -- General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), has been awarded eight delivery orders to continue support of the U.S. Joint Forces Command’s Joint Experimentation Program and Joint Futures Lab. The orders total $79.3 million and include engineering, technical and administrative services for joint concept development and prototyping through July 31, 2006.
• Northrop Grumman Wins Contract to Develop High-Power Electronic Modules for DARPA that Will Result in Naval-Platform Weight and Volume Savings Northrop Grumman 05 Aug 2005 -- A Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC)-led team will develop lightweight, compact, high-power electronic modules that may make the bulky, heavy transformers used to distribute electrical power on ships a thing of the past. The team's wide-band gap silicon-carbide technology will eventually contribute substantial weight and volume savings on various naval platforms.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 05 Aug 2005
• SUDAN: Khartoum calm after days of bloody riots IRIN 05 Aug 2005 -- Calm has returned to the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, after three days of bloody riots that left a total of 130 people dead in the city and a number of other towns, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) reported on Friday.
• SUDAN: 'KEEPING GARANG'S LEGACY ALIVE' US Dept. of State IIP, Foreign Media Reaction 05 Aug 2005

• Four Israeli Arabs Killed by Jewish Militant Laid to Rest VOA 05 Aug 2005 -- Four Israeli Arabs killed in an attack by a Jewish soldier opposed to the upcoming pullout from the Gaza Strip have been buried.
• IRA vows to end its armed struggle against Britain VOA 05 Aug 2005 -- The Irish Republican Army has announced it is ending its armed struggle against British rule
• UN envoy offers plan to re-start talks on government reconciliation in Somalia UN News Centre 05 Aug 2005 -- The top United Nations envoy in Somalia has presented Somali leaders with an "agenda for dialogue" aimed at helping them overcome the current differences within the transitional federal authorities on the way forward, particularly on the relocation of the fledgling government from Kenya to Somalia.
• At UN-chaired session, Georgians and Abkhaz pledge to settle conflict peacefully UN News Centre 05 Aug 2005 -- The Georgian and Abkhaz sides have reiterated their commitment at a United Nations-sponsored meeting to use only peaceful means to settle the conflict in north-west Georgia, where Georgian Government and Abkhaz separatist forces fought a war 11 years ago that forced nearly 300,000 refugees to flee.
• UN peacekeeping mission in Côte d'Ivoire deplores efforts to obstruct its work UN News Centre 05 Aug 2005 -- The United Nations mission in Côte d'Ivoire says its human rights and civilian police teams have run into outright hostility from the military and the populace in Government-controlled areas and, despite complaints to the Government, obstructions to their movement "have become legion."
• Bosnia-Herzegovina: Karadzic's Wife Tells Him, 'Give Yourself Up' RFE/RL 05 Aug 2005 -- Both the wife of war crimes indictee and former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic and the current Republika Srpska president have called on Karadzic to surrender

News Reports

• PRESS CONFERENCE ON SUMMIT OUTCOME DOCUMENT United Nations 05 Aug 2005
• PRESS CONFERENCE ON NIGER AID United Nations 05 Aug 2005
• U.S. Concerned About Venezuela Destabilizing its Neighbors Washington File 05 Aug 2005 -- The U.S. State Department has expressed its concern that Venezuela is using its wealth gained from oil production to destabilize the country's democratic neighbors in the Americas by funding anti-democratic groups in Bolivia, Ecuador, and elsewhere.
• Bird Flu Cases Increase, Adding Credence to Warnings Washington File 05 Aug 2005 -- The steady creep of a deadly form of avian influenza, or bird flu, lends further credence to warnings issued by international health officials for months that the H5N1 virus could trigger a worldwide flu pandemic.
• Europe: Czech Scientists Hail Discovery To Neutralize Mustard Gas RFE/RL 05 Aug 2005 -- Czech scientists are touting what they describe as a significant biochemical breakthrough with the development of an environmentally friendly enzyme-based technology that eliminates the lethal effects of mustard gas.
• Central Asia: Uzbek Developments Present U.S. Policy Dilemmas RFE/RL 05 Aug 2005 -- Nearly three months after the events in Andijon, there are growing calls among experts for changes in U.S. policies toward Uzbekistan and Central Asia