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Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 08 Mar 2006 [PDF]
• ONE SOLDIER KILLED, FOUR WOUNDED
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• Gunmen Seize Security Company Employees in Iraq, Violence Kills At Least 11 VOA 08 Mar 2006 -- Gunmen in Iraqi police commando uniforms have stormed a private security company in Baghdad, taking dozens of employees hostage.
• CENTAF releases daily airpower summary AFPN 08 Mar 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials released today's airpower summary.
• U.S. Soldiers Discover Bodies in Vehicle; Iraqi Civilian Killed AFPS 08 Mar 2006 -- Multinational Division Baghdad soldiers found the bodies of 18 murder victims inside an abandoned vehicle at about 9:30 p.m. yesterday in Baghdad's Mansour district, military officials in Iraq reported.
• IED-Making Site Destroyed; Iraqi Force Frees Hostage AFPS 08 Mar 2006 -- Coalition forces destroyed an improvised explosive device-manufacturing site in Fallujah, Iraq, yesterday, and Iraqi forces freed an Iraqi hostage March 6 in Balad, military officials in Iraq reported.
• Roadside Bombs Kill At Least Four, 20 Bodies Found in Baghdad VOA 08 Mar 2006 -- Iraqi police say roadside bombs, including one that hit an Interior Ministry security convoy, have killed at least four people in Baghdad Wednesday.
• Hitmen captured; several caches destroyed Army News 08 Mar 2006 -- Suspected terrorists who have been known to engage in 'murder-for-hire' assassinations were captured in Coalition operations Feb. 26.
• Pakistan: More Fighting As Army Shells Village Near Afghan Border RFE/RL 08 Mar 2006 -- Dozens of people have been fleeing a Pakistani village near the border with Afghanistan today in fear of fighting between government troops and pro-Taliban militants
• Pakistan Shells Suspected Hideout Near Afghan Border RFE/RL 08 Mar 2006 -- Pakistani forces have reportedly shelled a village near the Afghan border after an ambush in the region against the troubled North Waziristan's top administrator.

Defense Policy / Programs

• US Military Denies Expanding Overseas Intelligence Operations VOA 08 Mar 2006 -- Small teams of U.S. Special Operations troops are turning up in a number of American embassies around the world
• Manda Bay Boat Ramp Eases Training Operations Navy NewsStand 08 Mar 2006 -- A new boat ramp here is making Kenyan and American force training operations a little easier thanks to the U.S. Naval Construction Force’s Seabee Battalions, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 3 and Underwater Construction Team 1, part of the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA).
• CVW-8 Squadrons Return From USS Theodore Roosevelt Navy NewsStand 08 Mar 2006 -- Six squadrons from Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 8 will return to Naval Station Norfolk and Naval Air Station Oceana March 9 and 10 following their six-month deployment to the Persian Gulf aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). The remainder of CVW-8’s squadrons will return to their homebases of Naval Air Station (NAS) Jacksonville, Fla., and NAS Whidbey Island, Fla.
• Forward Deployed ARG Completes Balikatan 06 Navy NewsStand 08 Mar 2006 -- Exercise Balikatan 2006, the 22nd in the series, officially ended March 5, capping two weeks of combined training and combined efforts in humanitarian assistance and civil action projects in the Republic of Philippines.
• U.S. 6th Fleet Stresses MDA to Ambassadors Aboard Roosevelt Navy NewsStand 08 Mar 2006 -- Commander, U.S. 6th Fleet (C6F) Vice Adm. John Stufflebeem and a team of U.S. ambassadors visited Naval Station Rota, Spain, March 3 before boarding a C-2A Greyhound bound for USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) where the group toured the ship and discussed Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA).
• FY07 Budget Supports Sailors, Marines and Their Families Navy NewsStand 08 Mar 2006 -- Continuing to improve the quality of life for Sailors, Marines and their families is a major theme of the Department of Navy’s (DoN) FY07 Budget request, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Mullen and Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Michael W. Hagee, told lawmakers at the Capitol, March 8.
• NSWC Engineers Deliver Combat Readiness to USS Ronald Reagan Navy NewsStand 08 Mar 2006 -- Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) engineers who worked with industry and Sailors on land and during multiple at sea periods aboard USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) are now standing ready to provide combat system technical support as the carrier supports ground troops in Iraq since arriving in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations.
• Special Operations Forces 'Play a Leading Role' in Terror Fight AFPS 08 Mar 2006 -- Multiservice U.S. special operations forces are at the tip of the spear in the war against global terrorism, a senior DoD official said on Capitol Hill today.
• NATO 'Reinventing' Itself, General Says AFPS 08 Mar 2006 -- The common military defense principle that spawned NATO remains valid, but the alliance is now also engaged in security operations to deal with new 21st century threats, the U.S. general in command of the alliance's military forces said yesterday.
• Integration builds on fighter wings' strengths AFPN 08 Mar 2006 -- The ongoing association between the 419th and 388th Fighter Wings here will make both organizations stronger by capitalizing on the strengths of each, said Lt. Gen. John A. Bradley, commander of Air Force Reserve Command.
• Commander Stresses Senate Support to Achieve Goals in Korea AFPS 08 Mar 2006 -- Continued Senate support is essential to maintaining readiness and stability on the Korean peninsula and in the region, the commander of U.S. and coalition forces in Korea said yesterday.
• EUCOM Leader Calls Africa Global Strategic Imperative AFPS 08 Mar 2006 -- Modest near-term investments in Africa will prevent costly future intervention, U.S. European Command's leader said.
• QDR Emphasizes International Alliances AFPS 08 Mar 2006 -- A key element of the Quadrennial Defense Review is to strengthen allied operations and increase partner-nation capacity, senior defense officials told a Senate committee here today.
• Musharraf, Abizaid discuss Pak-Afghan `tiff' IRNA 08 Mar 2006 -- Pakistan's President General Pervez Musharraf and visiting US General John Abizaid, commander of US Central Command, on Wednesday discussed the Pak-Afghan volley of allegations and counter-allegations.
• Pakistan President, US Military Commander Discuss Anti-terror Fight VOA 08 Mar 2006 -- A senior U.S. military commander met with Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf Wednesday to discuss the war against terrorism
• White House Briefing, March 8 Washington File 08 Mar 2006 -- Hurricane Katrina recovery, Dubai/port security, NSA/eavesdropping investigation, Iran/IAEA, North Korea
• State Department Briefing, March 8 Washington File 08 Mar 2006 -- North Korea, Iran, Department, Kosovo, Sudan, Lebanon

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for March 8, 2006
• MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY, JAPAN DEFENSE AGENCY AND LOCKHEED MARTIN COMPLETE SUCCESSFUL MISSILE DEFENSE TEST Lockheed Martin 08 Mar 2006 -- The Aegis-equipped cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG-70) successfully launched a Standard Missile (SM)-3 with a cooperatively engineered, experimental nosecone.
• Raytheon Standard Missile-3 Demonstrates New Japan Clamshell Nosecone Design Raytheon 08 Mar 2006 -- A Raytheon Company Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) successfully demonstrated proper separation of an advanced clamshell nosecone during a flight test mission off Hawaii today. The test was a major milestone for the United States-Japan Joint Cooperative Research (JCR) program, sponsored by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA).
• Raytheon Receives $13 Million Patriot Missile Facilities Support Contract Raytheon 08 Mar 2006 -- Raytheon Company has been awarded a $13.4 million U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command contract to provide material and technical services in support of the Patriot missile field surveillance program.
• U.S. Army Awards General Dynamics $27 Million Contract for Stryker Logistics Support General Dynamics 08 Mar 2006 -- The U.S. Army has awarded General Dynamics Land Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), a $27 million contract modification for contractor logistics support on deployed Stryker combat vehicles. This modification has a total potential value of $56 million.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 08 Mar 2006
• Key US Congressional Committee Advances Darfur Legislation VOA 08 Mar 2006 -- A key committee of the U.S. Congress has approved legislation aimed at stepping up pressure on the government of Sudan because the situation in Darfur.
• Darfur Rebels Endanger Peace Talks VOA 08 Mar 2006 -- The Abuja peace talks on Darfur are in danger of being stalled, following another split within the leadership of the main rebel group.
• Lankan rebels warns government over "conflicting" signals IRNA 08 Mar 2006 -- Sri Lankan rebels Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) warned the Rajapakse government that they were ready to resist if a war was "thrust" on them.
• DR of Congo: UN-backed military operation succeeds in driving rebels from South Kivu UN News Centre 08 Mar 2006 -- Troops from the army of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), backed by hundreds of United Nations peacekeepers with armoured vehicle and helicopter support, have regained control of parts of the South Kivu region in the east of the strife-torn country that were occupied by rebels from neighbouring Rwanda.
• Europeans Upbeat on Serbia-Kosovo Status Talks VOA 08 Mar 2006 -- With United Nations Kosovo envoy Martti Ahtisaari in New York and Washington reporting on the recent launch of Kosovo status negotiations, analysts in Europe are cautiously optimistic that the talks will produce a settlement by the end of the year.
• Russia Used 'Deception' To Kill Maskhadov RFE/RL 08 Mar 2006 -- Chechen separatist leader Abdul-Khalim Sadulayev accused today the Russian authorities of luring his predecessor Aslan Maskhadov into a fatal trap one year ago.

News Reports

• Japan Turns Down Chinese Proposal Over Gas Dispute VOA 08 Mar 2006 -- Japan has turned down a Chinese proposal to jointly develop gas and oil fields near a disputed island group in the East China Sea.
• UN Tsunami Envoy Chides Sri Lankans, Praises India for Response to Disaster VOA 08 Mar 2006 -- A United Nations tsunami recovery envoy calls it "unfortunate" that Sri Lankan leaders did not rise above their political differences to seize the opportunity for peace after the December 2004 tragedy ravaged the country
• Zimbabwe State Media Report Says Arms Cache Found VOA 08 Mar 2006 -- Zimbabwe state media reports that a cache of what it describes as arms of war was unearthed in the eastern border town of Mutare
• PRESS CONFERENCE BY UN AVIAN FLU COORDINATOR United Nations 08 Mar 2006
• Space-Qualified Fault Tolerant 1394 Chipset for NPOESS Passes Demanding Tests; Adapted for Space Applications by Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman 08 Mar 2006 -- Recent tests demonstrated that the first Fault Tolerant 1394 integrated circuits adapted for use in space are performing as planned. Northrop Grumman Corp. (NYSE:NOC) led the effort to verify, qualify and manufacture the circuits for use on the next generation of polar orbiting environmental satellites.