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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 29 Sep 2005 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Air Force Casualty
• Five Soldiers killed in Ar Ramadi

• Multiple Bomb Attacks Kill 60 North of Baghdad VOA 29 Sep 2005 -- Iraqi officials say a series of car bombs north of Baghdad has killed 60 people and injured dozens of others
• Coalition, Iraqi Forces Detain Suspects, Seize Weapons AFPS 29 Sep 2005 -- Iraqi and coalition forces detained 10 suspects and seized weapons and ammunition in operations across Iraq on Sept. 28, military officials reported.
• Mobilized Reservists Deploy to Kuwait, Iraq Navy NewsStand 29 Sep 2005 -- More than 450 Reservists from Naval Expeditionary Logistics Support Force (NAVELSF) "Charlie," a mobilization of Navy cargo handlers, departed from the Naval Station Norfolk AMC terminal Sept. 27 bound for Kuwait - and ultimately Iraq - for duty in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
• Article 32 hearing set for Task Force Liberty Soldier MNF-I 29 Sep 2005 -- The Article 32 Investigation for Staff Sgt. Alberto B. Martinez, formerly of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 42nd Infantry Division (Mechanized), has been rescheduled for Oct. 31 - Nov. 2 in Kuwait.
• U.S. Troops Conduct Raids In Iraqi Capital RFE/RL 29 Sep 2005 -- U.S. troops in Iraq reportedly raided the Baghdad homes of two officials from Sunni Arab organizations today, making arrests and confiscating weapons.
• Drive-By Shooting, Bombings Kill Four In Baghdad RFE/RL 29 Sep 2005 -- Insurgents in Iraq today continued their campaign of violence, killing at least four people and wounding eight others in two bombings and a drive-by shooting that appeared to target civilians in Baghdad.
• NMCB-21 Navy Reserve Seabees Prepare to Mobilize Navy NewsStand 29 Sep 2005 -- Approximately 150 Navy Reserve Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 21 will be reporting to their Navy Reserve centers (NRC) in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania in October to mobilize and deployment to Kuwait and Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

• Afghanistan: UN mission condemns suicide attack against army UN News Centre 29 Sep 2005 -- Condemning "in the strongest terms" yesterday's suicide attack against Afghan soldiers in Kabul, the United Nations mission today called on the people of the strife-torn country to rally round the national army as an essential element in restoring stability.
• UN Restricts Staff After Kabul Bombing RFE/RL 29 Sep 2005 -- The United Nations announced today that it has restricted the movement of its staff in Kabul in the wake of yesterday's deadly suicide bombing in the Afghan capital.
• Afghanistan: Journalist Talks To RFE/RL About Suicide Bombing RFE/RL 29 Sep 2005 -- Kabul, 29 September 2005 (RFE/RL) -- At least nine people were killed and 27 injured in the suicide bomb attack at a military training center in Kabul on 28 September
• Taleban Claims Responsibility for Suicide Bombing in Kabul VOA 29 Sep 2005 -- Taleban insurgents in Afghanistan claim they have more suicide bombers waiting to strike a day after a bomber killed at least nine people in the capital, Kabul.

• Reservists reducing hurricane-born insects AFPN 29 Sep 2005 -- Hurricane Katrina did more than claim lives and destroy property. The deadliest storm in U.S. history flooded acres of land with standing water, providing a prime breeding ground for mosquitoes and filth flies.
• Top Army Engineer Reports on 'Dewatering' of New Orleans AFPS 29 Sep 2005 -- The Army's senior engineer described ongoing efforts to "dewater" New Orleans following hurricanes Katrina and Rita during a Sept. 28 House subcommittee hearing here.
• Texas National Guard distributes food Army News 29 Sep 2005 -- The Texas National Guard is assisting FEMA with food, ice and water distribution for hurricane victims.
• Corps of Engineers to restore pre-Katrina protection in New Orleans Army News 29 Sep 2005 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced today it is establishing a new team here to begin restoring federal elements of New Orleans' battered hurricane-flood system to provide pre-Hurricane Katrina protection.

Defense Policy / Programs

• U.S. Officials Warn on Global Reach of al-Qaida Washington File 29 Sep 2005 -- The U.S. commander with oversight responsibility for the Middle East told the Senate Armed Services Committee September 29 that even though al-Qaida poses the main regional threat, the global reach of the terrorist group's network and its ability to inflict damage elsewhere should not be underestimated.
• Abizaid Details al Qaeda's Long-Term Goals AFPS 29 Sep 2005 -- Al Qaeda terrorists hope to drive American influence from the Middle East and install a global Muslim leader in Saudi Arabia, Army Gen. John Abizaid said today.

• AEW 12/AEWWINGLANT Commodores Mark Wing Disestablishment Navy NewsStand 29 Sep 2005 -- Carrier Airborne Early Warning Wing, U.S. Atlantic Fleet (COMAEWWINGLANT) merged with Carrier Airborne Early Warning Wing, U.S. Pacific Fleet (COMAEWWINGPAC) during an afternoon ceremony at Breezy Point Officer's Club at Naval Station Norfolk Sept. 23.
• American, Indian Navies Demonstrate Sea Partnership During Malabar 05 Navy NewsStand 29 Sep 2005 -- American and Indian naval forces have teamed together for a bilateral naval exercise that began Sept. 27 off the southwest coast of India.

• State Department Briefing, September 29 Washington File 29 Sep 2005 -- North Korea, Algeria, Ethiopia, Palestinian Authority, Iraq, Syria, Uzbekistan
• White House Daily Briefing, September 29 Washington File 29 Sep 2005 -- Judge Roberts vote, Next Supreme Court nomination, Republican Party challenges, United Nations reform, Medicaid waivers, War on terrorism

Defense Industry

• CACI Awarded $9 Million Contract to Support U.S. Navy Simulation Training CACI 29 Sep 2005 -- CACI International Inc (NYSE:CAI) announced today that it has been awarded a five-year, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract with an estimated value of $9 million to support Generic Reconfigurable Training Systems (GRTS) for the Naval Air Systems Command in Orlando, Florida.
• General Dynamics Selected as Preferred Prime System Integrator for Phase 1 of AUS$800 Million Australian Battlespace Communications Systems Project General Dynamics 29 Sep 2005 -- General Dynamics Canada, along with its Australian partners ADI Limited and Tenix Defence, has been selected by the Commonwealth of Australia as the Preferred Prime System Integrator for the first phase of the Battlespace Communications System (Land) project, referred to as JP 2072 valued at AUS$97 (US$74) million. The project has a potential value of AUS$800 (US$608) million if all options are exercised. General Dynamics Canada is a wholly-owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD).
• General Dynamics Awarded $6 Million Order to Co-Design and Fabricate Prototype Height Reducible Electronic Enclosures General Dynamics 29 Sep 2005 -- General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products was awarded a $5.7 million design development subcontract by JVYS (a joint venture between Yulista Management Co., Anchorage, Alaska, and Science and Engineering Systems, Inc., Columbia, Md.), the prime contractor for the U.S. Army Prototype Integration Facility, for the co-design and fabrication of Height Reducible Electronic Enclosures (HREE) for the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS). General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products is a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD).
• Lockheed Martin Awarded $38 Million U.S. Navy Contract to Integrate Additional Systems on MH-60 Helicopters Lockheed Martin 29 Sep 2005 -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has received a $38.1 million contract from the U.S. Navy to test and integrate additional weapons, as well as communications and navigation systems into new production MH-60R and MH-60S helicopters, and some existing MH-60S aircraft. This contract is an extension of a $50.8 million contract awarded to Lockheed Martin Systems Integration – Owego (LMSI – Owego) earlier this month to add a Link 16 command and control data link to both MH-60 aircraft.
• Northrop Grumman Awards International Contracts for F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Northrop Grumman 29 Sep 2005 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has signed contracts with Australian firm CSC Australia Pty. Ltd., and Turkish firm MiKES (Mikrodalga Elektronic Sistemler Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S.), for work on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program.
• LOCKHEED MARTIN LAUNCHES TARGET FOR COBRA DANE EXERCISE Lockheed Martin 29 Sep 2005 -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) announced today that it has completed its first mission for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA’s) Targets and Countermeasures program, for which the company is prime contractor. Lockheed Martin provided the test missile for the MDA’s successful Cobra Dane radar tracking exercise this week.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICES OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL AND THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT United Nations 29 Sep 2005
• UNHCR Says Camp for Displaced People Attacked in Darfur VOA 29 Sep 2005 -- The U.N, refugee agency says 29 people reportedly were killed and another 10 seriously wounded in what it calls an unprecedented attack on a camp for thousands of internally displaced persons in Sudan's West Darfur region.
• SUDAN: Violence hindering aid effort in Darfur - Egeland IRIN 29 Sep 2005 -- Continuing violence in the western Sudanese region of Darfur is hindering humanitarian efforts and creating a chaotic situation there, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Jan Egeland, warned on Wednesday.
• CHAD-SUDAN: Deby accuses Janjawid of killing his civilians, vows punishment IRIN 29 Sep 2005 -- Chadian President Idriss Deby on Thursday blamed the Sudanese militia known as the Janjawid for this week's over-the-border-assault that killed dozens of civilians in eastern Chad.
• Sudan: UN refugee agency voices 'grave concern' at deadly new attack on Darfur camp UN News Centre 29 Sep 2005 -- The United Nations refugee agency today voiced "grave concern" over an "unprecedented attack," purportedly by armed Arab men, on a camp for thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in western Sudan's Darfur region that is reported to have left 29 people dead and another 10 seriously wounded.

• Annan recommends strong action against those blocking Côte d'Ivoire peace UN News Centre 29 Sep 2005 -- In the present circumstances Côte d'Ivoire's elections will not be held, as constitutionally required, by the end of next month and the Security Council "may wish to consider taking firm action" against those who try to obstruct the implementation of the country's peace agreements, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan says.
• GREAT LAKES: Regional experts adopt defence pact IRIN 29 Sep 2005 -- Delegates attending a session of the Regional Preparatory Committee on the International Conference on the Great Lakes have adopted peace and security documents as well as a non-aggression and mutual defence pact, Angola's state-owned news agency, Angop, reported on Thursday.
• DRC-UGANDA: Foreign rebel groups ignore deadline to leave IRIN 29 Sep 2005 -- Some 400 Ugandan rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) who in September crossed from Sudan to the Garamba National Park in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are the latest of several foreign groups which the government says must leave the country by Friday or face serious consequences.
• 3 Palestinian Militants Killed in West Bank Clash with Israeli Troops VOA 29 Sep 2005 -- Palestinian security officials say a clash between Israeli troops and Palestinian militants near the West Bank town of Jenin has left three militants dead.

News Reports

• PRESS CONFERENCE BY UN SYSTEM SENIOR COORDINATOR FOR AVIAN, HUMAN INFLUENZA United Nations 29 Sep 2005
• U.S. Will Leave Uzbek Base but Seeks Ongoing Bilateral Dialogue Washington File 29 Sep 2005 -- State Department officials say the United States will not make its interest in promoting democracy and human rights in Uzbekistan subservient to regional strategic interests, and the United States will leave the Karshi-Khanabad (K-2) air base in southern Uzbekistan "without further discussion."

• ATK Orbus 1A Transition Program Completes Initial Qualification Testing ATK 29 Sep 2005 -- Alliant Techsystems (NYSE: ATK) has completed the first phase of qualification testing of the Orbus 1A solid rocket motor used as the second- and third-stage for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s Boost Vehicle-Plus (BV+) interceptor developed by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMCO).
• Northrop Grumman Ships Final AstroMesh Reflector to EADS Astrium for Last Inmarsat 4 Satellite Northrop Grumman 29 Sep 2005 -- The last AstroMesh reflector built by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) for the third and final satellite in the Inmarsat Limited I-4 series has been shipped for launch integration this fall.
• Alcatel Alenia Space to supply payload for Amos-3 communications satellite Thales 29 Sep 2005 -- Alcatel Alenia Space announced today a contract with Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI), the leader in the Israeli aerospace industry, to supply Amos-3 communications satellite's payload. IAI is building the satellite for Israeli operator, Space-Communication Ltd (Spacecom). Amos-3 is the first major contract announced by the newly formed company Alcatel Alenia Space.