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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 30 Nov 2005 [PDF]

• National Strategy for Victory in Iraq The White House 30 Nov 2005 -- "The following document articulates the broad strategy the President set forth in 2003 and provides an update on our progress as well as the challenges remaining"
• Transcript: President Outlines Strategy for Victory in Iraq The White House 30 Nov 2005
• U.S., Iraqi Forces Launch New Operation RFE/RL 30 Nov 2005 -- The U.S. military said today U.S. and Iraqi troops in western Iraq have launched an operation to clear insurgents from a suspected safe area.
• CENTAF releases airpower summary AFPN 30 Nov 2005 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials released today's airpower summary.
• Huge Weapons Cache Yields Thousands of Buried Rounds AFPS 30 Nov 2005 -- Iraqi and U.S. forces have removed more than 4,200 mortar rounds from a major weapons cache found Nov. 27 outside of an abandoned military base near Kirkuk, Iraq, military officials reported.
• Soldiers find weapons caches on Euphrates island Army News 30 Nov 2005 -- Task Force Baghdad Soldiers found multiple weapons caches on an island in the Euphrates River Nov. 28.
• Iraqi, U.S. forces thwart assassination attempt Army News 30 Nov 2005 -- Iraqi Police and Task Force Baghdad Soldiers prevented an assassination attempt Nov. 27 in the Ghazaliyah neighborhood of western Baghdad.
• Kirkuk weapons cache still yielding ammunition Army News 30 Nov 2005 -- Iraqi and U.S. forces have removed more than 4,200 mortar rounds from a major weapons cache found outside of an abandoned military base near the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk Nov. 27.
• Iraqi Soldiers and U.S. Marines, Sailors and Soldiers begin operations MNF-I 30 Nov 2005 -- Iraqi Army Soldiers and U.S. Marines, Sailors and Soldiers began operations near Hit in the Hai Al Becker region.
• Soldiers find weapons caches, terrorists on island MNF-I 30 Nov 2005 -- Task Force Baghdad Soldiers found multiple weapons caches on an island in the Euphrates River Nov. 28.
• Iraqi, U.S. forces capture 33 terror suspects MNF-I 30 Nov 2005 -- Task Force Baghdad Soldiers teamed up with Iraqi security forces to conduct Operation Thunder Blitz in southern Baghdad Nov. 29, resulting in the capture of 33 terror suspects.
• MNDCS completes projects in Ad Diwaniyah MNF-I 30 Nov 2005 -- Multinational Division Central-South Soldiers completed three civil-military cooperation projects this week in the Diwaniyah province.
• Kirkuk weapons cache still yielding ammunition MNF-I 30 Nov 2005 -- Iraqi and U.S. forces have removed more than 4,200 mortar rounds from a major weapons cache found outside of an abandoned military base near the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk Sunday.
• Gunmen Kill Nine Iraqis As Five Westerners Remain In Captivity RFE/RL 30 Nov 2005 -- Masked gunmen in Iraq opened fire on a minibus north of Baghdad today, killing nine people and wounding two.
• 9 Iraqi Workers Gunned Down Near Baghdad VOA 30 Nov 2005 -- Authorities in Iraq say nine people have been shot and killed in the northeast town of Baquba.
• Soldiers find weapons caches, terrorists on island MNF-I 30 Nov 2005 -- Task Force Baghdad Soldiers found multiple weapons caches on an island in the Euphrates River Nov. 28.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Chairman Calls White Phosphorous Legitimate Military Tool AFPS 30 Nov 2005 -- White phosphorous is a legitimate military tool, but U.S. forces have been highly judicious about using it to avoid harming civilians, Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told Pentagon reporters Nov. 29.
• Maintainers keep Minuteman IIIs ready AFPN 30 Nov 2005 -- Nearly five decades after the Minuteman entered the United States' nuclear arsenal as President John F. Kennedy's "Ace in the Hole," technicians here are working to ensure it continues on active duty for the foreseeable future.
• Symposium keys on space support AFPN 30 Nov 2005 -- The theme for this year's Air Force Association National Symposium was "Space - Enabling the War Fighter."
• Army's Ongoing Transformation Was Decades in the Making AFPS 30 Nov 2005 -- Although the Army only began its transformation in 2002, the process has been ongoing and decades in the making, the military deputy to the assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics and technology said here Nov. 29.
• Today's Operations Build Future Military AFPS 30 Nov 2005 -- The military of the future is evolving today, military and defense industry officials said at the opening of the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference here Nov. 29.
• DoD Announces Implementation of Traumatic Injury Protection 30 Nov 2005 -- The Department of Defense announced today the implementation of traumatic injury protection insurance under the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (SGLI) program as enacted by section 1032 of Public Law 109-13.
• U.S. Navy to Withdraw Forces from La Maddalena, Sardinia Washington File 30 Nov 2005 -- The governments of the United States and Italy have agreed to remove American Navy forces from La Maddalena, Sardinia, the U.S. European Command (EUCOM) said November 30.

• Russia Rejects Charges Against Troops In South Ossetia RFE/RL 30 Nov 2005 -- Russia rejected claims that its peacekeeping contingent in South Ossetia is involved in anti-Georgian terrorist acts and other criminal operations.
• Georgia Sees Russian Peacekeepers As Threatening Its Security RFE/RL 30 Nov 2005 -- Georgia says it considers Russian peacekeeping forces deployed in its breakaway republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia a threat to its security.

• CIS Defense Ministers Meeting In Moscow RFE/RL 30 Nov 2005 -- Defense ministers from CIS countries are meeting today in Moscow to discuss military cooperation and peacekeeping operations.

• Ukraine Says No Russian Ultimatum Over NATO Bid RFE/RL 30 Nov 2005 -- Ukrainian Defense Minister Anatoliy Hrytsenko says Russia has not given Kyiv an ultimatum regarding Ukraine's possible membership in NATO.

• White House Briefing, November 30 Washington File 30 Nov 2005 -- Iraq, economy, military spending, budget
• State Department Briefing, November 30 Washington File 30 Nov 2005 -- The Practice of Rendition, Letter from EU Presidency Foreign Secretary, Straw on Alleged Secret Detainee Sites/Request for Information, Issue of US Response to Alleged Detentions/Fighting War on Terrorism/European Cooperation/European Public, Assistant Secretary Dan Fried's Meeting with Dutch Government/Request for Information on Alleged Detentions, Read-out of Meeting with German Foreign Minister/Issues ConcerningIran/US Support of EU-3, Iraq, Venezuela, Egypt, Release of Information on HIV/AIDS Day, Mexico

Defense Industry

• BAE Systems awarded $58 million contract modification to refurbish additional M109 vehicles BAE Systems 30 Nov 2005 -- BAE Systems has received a $58 million contract modification from the U.S. Armys Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) to refurbish 164 M109A5 vehicles and deliver 200 sets of Basic Issue Items for Egypt.
• BAE Systems celebrates installation of F-35 JSF vertical tails BAE Systems 30 Nov 2005 -- BAE Systems and Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company have completed the installation of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) vertical tails, representing a major milestone in the F-35 Program.
• Boeing Begins Production Retrofit on NATO AWACS Fleet Boeing 30 Nov 2005 -- Major mission system enhancements are being installed on the first of 17 NATO AWACS aircraft as part of the $1.32 billion Mid-Term Modernization program.
• EADS supports airspace surveillance by the German Air Force EADS 30 Nov 2005 -- The latest EADS technology will be used to improve airspace control over Germany. As the company announced on Wednesday, the EADS Defence Electronics Business Unit has been commissioned by the Federal Office of Defence Technology and Procurement (BWB – Bundesamt für Wehrtechnik und Beschaffung) in Koblenz to equip six long-range airspace surveillance radar systems of the German Air Force with the most modern identification devices. With the so-called IFF interrogator systems (IFF = Identification Friend or Foe), aircraft are quickly and reliably identified by the exchange of coded signals.
• Northrop Grumman Recognized for World-Class Composite-to-Steel Manufacturing on DD(X) Northrop Grumman 30 Nov 2005 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has been awarded the 2005 Defense Manufacturing Technology (ManTech) Achievement Award by the U.S. Office of Naval Research for extraordinary accomplishments on the U.S. Navy's next-generation destroyer program, DD(X).
• Raytheon Awarded $15.5 Million for IED Countermeasure Devices Raytheon 30 Nov 2005 -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has been awarded $15.5 million in contract modifications to manufacture Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Countermeasure Equipment (ICE) systems.
• Raytheon Awarded Global Hawk Ground Segments Contract Raytheon 30 Nov 2005 -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has been awarded a new contract to produce ground segments for Northrop Grumman's Global Hawk program, which will support the U.S. Air Force RQ-4A/B Global Hawk unmanned aerial system. Financial terms were not disclosed.

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 30 Nov 2005
• PRESS CONFERENCE BY UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS United Nations 30 Nov 2005
• PRESS CONFERENCE BY UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS United Nations 30 Nov 2005
• Relatives Want Europe To Probe Beslan Tragedy RFE/RL 30 Nov 2005 -- Relatives of victims of last year's Beslan hostage tragedy are urging the European Union and the European Parliament to set up their own inquiry into the event.
• Burundi: Security Council extends mandate of UN peacekeepers until mid-January UN News Centre 30 Nov 2005 -- Noting that "factors of instability" remain in post-election Burundi, the United Nations Security Council today extended the mandate of the peacekeeping UN mission there for two months until mid-January.
• Security Council urges Côte d'Ivoire leadership to appoint interim prime minister UN News Centre 30 Nov 2005 -- The Security Council today expressed deep concern "at the persistent disagreements among Ivorian parties" over the appointment of an interim prime minister to lead the divided West African country into the next phase of its political transition after years of political unrest and a failed 2001 coup.
• Security Council welcomes opening of Rafah Crossing UN News Centre 30 Nov 2005 -- The Security Council today welcomed the successful opening of the Rafah Crossing between Gaza and Egypt last Friday as an important step forward, following the mid-November agreement on movement and access between the Government of Israel and the Palestinian Authority.
• Shimon Peres Leaves Israel's Dovish Labor Party, Joins Sharon VOA 30 Nov 2005 -- Israeli elder statesman Shimon Peres has left the Labor Party to form a new alliance with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
• Erekat Warns of Israeli 'Sabotage' of Palestinian Elections VOA 30 Nov 2005 -- Erekat Warns of Israeli 'Sabotage' of Palestinian Elections
• NIGERIA-SUDAN: Fresh Darfur talks kick off with show of rebel unity IRIN 30 Nov 2005 -- Talks to end the almost three-year conflict in Sudan's Darfur region kicked off late Tuesday with rebels proclaiming a joint will for progress and the international community pleading for a breakthrough.
• SOMALIA: IGAD calls for the lifting of arms embargo IRIN 30 Nov 2005 -- The subregional body that brokered Somalia's reconciliation process has called for the lifting of a UN arms embargo on that country to enable its transitional federal government (TFG) to establish security institutions.
• UGANDA: LRA rebels ask for peace talks with government IRIN 30 Nov 2005 -- The rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) has called for the resumption of peace talks with the Ugandan government, a call mediators say rekindles hope for a peaceful settlement of the 20-year civil war in the north of the country.

News Reports

• United States Seeks Security Council Briefing on Burma Washington File 30 Nov 2005 -- Citing serious problems caused by illicit narcotics, human-rights abuses and political repression, the United States has requested that senior U.N. officials formally brief the Security Council on the deteriorating situation in Burma.

• GABON: Landslide win for Africa's longest serving president IRIN 30 Nov 2005 -- Omar Bongo, president of Gabon since 1967, has won a landslide victory at the polls, securing a further seven years at the helm of the small oil-producing nation.

• EGYPT: Elections continue amidst reports of intimidation IRIN 30 Nov 2005 -- Standing outside a polling station in a suburb of Egypt’s second-largest city Alexandria, scores of supporters of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood protested throughout Saturday as runoffs for the second round of parliamentary elections were held in nine provinces.