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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 08 May 2006 [PDF]
• TASK FORCE BAND OF BROTHERS SOLDIER KILLED
• IMPROVISED-EXPLOSIVE DEVICE KILLS MND-B SOLDIER
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Announces Adjustment to Iraq Deployment 08 May 2006 -- The Department of Defense announced today that the 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, based in Schweinfurt, Germany, will not begin its deployment to Iraq in early May as scheduled.
• Coalition Forces discover key AQIZ documents during April raid MNF-I 08 May 2006 -- During an Apr. 16 raid in the Yusifiyah area, Coalition Forces discovered a large amount of documents and videos ranging from plans to critiques including al Qaida in Iraq 's strategy in Baghdad , and how the terrorist organization lacks leadership, military capability and Iraqi support.
• US Calls Off Scheduled Deployment of 3,500 Troops to Iraq VOA 08 May 2006 -- The U.S. military is delaying the deployment of 3,500 troops that were due to begin moving toward Iraq in the coming days.
• CENTAF releases combined airpower summary AFPN 08 May 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials released the combined airpower summary for May 5 to 7.
• McChord, Madigan medics aid wounded at Balad AFPN 08 May 2006 -- The doctors, nurses and medics here, some from McChord Air Force Base and Madigan Army Medical Center in the state of Washington, save the lives of servicemembers who are wounded while supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
• Terrorist Chemical Expert Killed; Firefighters Find Explosives AFPS 08 May 2006 -- A key leader in the Ansar al-Islam terrorist group's military command was killed in a raid May 6 in Baghdad, and firefighters responding to a school fire east of Baghdad yesterday found a bomb-making factory, military officials in Iraq reported.
• 299 Detainees Released; Troops Respond to Insurgent Fire AFPS 08 May 2006 -- Multinational Force Iraq released 299 male detainees from coalition-run prisons, and coalition forces responded to insurgent small-arms fire yesterday, military officials in Iraq reported.
• V Corps continues success in Iraq Army News 08 May 2006 -- Since the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom more than three years ago, coalition forces have thwarted the regime of Saddam Hussein, battled a widespread insurgency and led a massive rebuilding effort in Iraq.
• More Australian Troops Heading to Afghanistan VOA 08 May 2006 -- Australia increasing its troop levels in Afghanistan.
• Operation Mountain Lion Roars Into Korengal Valley AFPS 08 May 2006 -- Afghan National Army and coalition forces have been taking the war on terrorism to their adversaries in this enemy safe haven in Afghanistan's Kunar province for the past month.
• Fighters strike enemy caves in Afghanistan AFPN 08 May 2006 -- Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles from the 336th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron here struck two caves with precision-guided Joint Direct Attack Munitions near Asadabad, Afghanistan, on May 2.
• Afghan Police Discover IED; Coalition Finds Weapons AFPS 08 May 2006 -- Afghan National Police found an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan's Khowst province May 6, and coalition forces discovered a weapons cache and detained terror suspects in Kunar province the same day, military officials reported.
• US gunship helicopters bomb Pakistani territory, 3 injured: TV IRNA 08 May 2006 -- American gunship helicopters on Monday bombed Pakistani territory along the Afghan border, injuring three people, TV channels reported.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Comfort Arrives in Boston Following International Medical Exercise Navy NewsStand 08 May 2006 -- USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) arrived in Boston May 5, following a five-day port stop in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where she had participated in an international medical exercise.
• Germantown Sailors Provide Medical Assistance to Injured Iranian Fisherman Navy NewsStand 08 May 2006 -- Sailors from USS Germantown (LSD 42) provided medical assistance to an injured Iranian fisherman May 7, in the Northern Persian Gulf.
• USS Norfolk Returns Home to Namesake City as Part of ESG 8 Navy NewsStand 08 May 2006 -- The fast-attack submarine USS Norfolk (SSN 714) returned home to friends and family in Norfolk, Va., May 7 after a successful six-month deployment as part of the USS Nassau (LHA 4) Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG).
• Ceremony Brings Sense of Closure to USS Lagarto Families Navy NewsStand 08 May 2006 -- Families of crew members who served aboard the World War II submarine USS Lagarto (SS 371) gathered here May 6 to honor the men whose submarine went missing six decades ago and was only recently located by divers.
• Army Aviation Warfighting Center assumes UAS training mission Army News 08 May 2006 -- The newly activated Unmanned Aircraft Systems Training Battalion (provisional) assumed responsibility for training operators and maintainers of the Army's unmanned aerial systems last month at Fort Huachuca, Ariz.
• Pakistan, U.S. Complete Talks To Strengthen Military Relations Washington File 08 May 2006 -- The United States and Pakistan on May 5 wrapped up five days of talks designed to enhance the strategic relationship between the two countries.

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for May 8, 2006
• BAE Systems Receives Order to Deliver Mk 38 Mod 2 Gun Mounts to the U.S. Navy BAE Systems 08 May 2006 -- BAE Systems has received an additional order from the U.S. Navy to deliver 67, Mk 38 Mod 2 gun mounts to go aboard cruisers, destroyers and Landing Ship Transport Dock (LPD) ships.
• NASA Awards Boeing S-3B Viking Modification Contract Boeing 08 May 2006 -- NASA has awarded Boeing [NYSE: BA] a competitively bid contract to modify the communication, navigation and electrical systems of an S-3B Viking aircraft.
• Lockheed Martin Awarded $7.4 Million Light Armored Vehicle Command and Control Contract Lockheed Martin 08 May 2006 -- The United States Marine Corps has awarded Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] a $7.4 million contract to integrate systems on the Light Armored Vehicle Command and Control (LAV-C2), enabling the Marines to better receive, process, and disseminate real-time battlefield information under rugged field conditions.
• Lockheed Martin To Begin Work On Hybrid Launch Vehicle For U.S. Air Force Lockheed Martin 08 May 2006 -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has been awarded a $2.5 million contract by the U.S. Air Force for the Hybrid Launch Vehicle (HLV) Studies and Analysis program. Part of the Operationally Responsive Space initiative, the HLV will provide the Air Force with an affordable, responsive, reliable and simple-to-operate capability for launching tactical space assets and conventional satellites into low earth orbit.

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 08 May 2006
• US Asks for UN Control Over Darfur Peacekeeping VOA 08 May 2006 -- The United States is proposing a Security Council resolution that would give the United Nations control over Darfur peacekeeping operaqtions, which are now being handled by the African Union
• Bush Pledges New Aid For Darfur, Says Rice Will Seek UN Peacekeeper Resolution VOA 08 May 2006 -- President Bush says he is asking Congress for $225 million in emergency food aid for Sudan's devastated Darfur region.
• Darfur Has Chance To "Begin Anew," but Situation "Remains Dire" Washington File 08 May 2006 -- With the recent peace agreement signed in Abuja, Nigeria, Sudan's Darfur region has the chance to "begin anew" but the situation there remains "dire," President Bush warned May 8
• Bush Asks Congress For Emergency Darfur Aid RFE/RL 08 May 2006 -- U.S. President George W. Bush today asked Congress to approve an additional $225 million in emergency food aid to the refugees in Sudan's Darfur region, and urged the United Nations to increase the size of its peacekeeping force there
• SUDAN: Egeland cuts short visit to displaced camp after fracas IRIN 08 May 2006 -- United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Jan Egeland was forced to curtail his visit to a camp for internally displaced persons in Sudan's restive western region of Darfur on Monday when an initially peaceful demonstration to show support for a planned deployment of a UN peacekeeping force turned rowdy.
• SUDAN: UN humanitarian chief visits strife-torn Darfur IRIN 08 May 2006 -- United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Jan Egeland was on Sunday visiting Sudan's conflict-riddden region of Darfur where conditions among civilians displaced by civil strife have deteriorated and violence escalated in recent months.
• SUDAN: Egeland urges support for AU Darfur mission ahead of UN peacekeepers IRIN 08 May 2006 -- United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Jan Egeland on Sunday called for the strengthening of the African Union (AU) peacekeeping force in Sudan's strife-torn region of Darfur ahead of a planned deployment of a UN mission in the region, where conditions among civilians displaced by conflict have deteriorated as violence escalated.
• Palestinians Factions Battle in Gaza VOA 08 May 2006 -- Three Palestinian gunmen have been killed in heavy fighting between Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip
• World Bank Says Palestinian Financial Crisis Worse Than Expected VOA 08 May 2006 -- The World Bank says the financial crisis in the Palestinian territories is worse than expected and it threatens to provoke a humanitarian crisis and the collapse of the Palestinian Authority.
• Turkey Takes on the P.K.K. VOA 08 May 2006 -- Turkey has escalated security operations against the Kurdistan Worker's Party, or P.K.K., in the face of that separatist group's attacks.
• DRC: Nearly 200 Mayi-Mayi combatants surrender in Katanga IRIN 08 May 2006 -- Close to 200 Mayi-Mayi fighters have surrendered with their weapons to United Nations peacekeeping troops in north and central Katanga Province, in the southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
• CHAD: Opposition denounce presidential poll IRIN 08 May 2006 -- Opposition parties that boycotted last week's presidential election in Chad said that they will not recognise the victor regardless of who wins in the final tally.
• SOMALIA: More than 15 killed in renewed fighting in Mogadishu IRIN 08 May 2006 -- At least 15 people have been killed and hundreds of families displaced in fighting that began on Sunday between rival militias in the Somali capital, Mogadishu.

News Reports

• ATK Selected for Technology Development of Non-toxic Liquid Oxygen-Liquid Methane Engine for NASA ATK 08 May 2006 -- Alliant Techsystems (NYSE: ATK) has received a $10.4M technology development contract to reduce the risk to develop a non-toxic Liquid Oxygen (LOx)-Liquid Methane rocket engine that could be used on future Crew Exploration Vehicles (CEV). This contract is part of NASA’s overall goal to limit costs associated with human space exploration.
• Sea Launch Signs Launch Contract for New EchoStar Spacecraft Boeing 08 May 2006 -- Sea Launch Company has signed a firm contract with EchoStar Communications Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH) for the launch of the EchoStar XI Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) in 2007. This will be Sea Launch's third mission with an EchoStar spacecraft, having launched EchoStar IX in August 2003 and EchoStar X in February 2006.