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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 24 May 2006 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• MNC-I SOLDIER KILLED SOUTH OF BALAD
• CENTAF releases airpower summary AFPN 24 May 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials released today's airpower summary.
• Coalition Forces Kill Seven Terrorists, Detain Two AFPS 24 May 2006 -- Coalition forces killed seven terrorists and captured two others in Iraq yesterday, U.S. military officials said.
• Afghan fortress site of Taliban's last deadly siege AFPN 25 May 2006 -- Just a few minutes drive from where an Air Force embedded training team is mentoring Afghan National Army soldiers is the site of the Taliban's last deadly siege.
• Dozens of Taleban Rebels Reportedly Killed in Afghanistan Clash VOA 24 May 2006 -- U.S. Military officials in Afghanistan say 24 Taleban rebels have been killed in a clash with government and coalition forces in southern Afghanistan
• Afghan, Coalition Forces Kill 24 Enemy Fighters AFPS 24 May 2006 -- Coalition forces killed 24 enemy fighters in Afghanistan yesterday, U.S. military officials said.
• Afghanistan: Upsurge Of Violence Reflects New Taliban Tactics RFE/RL 24 May 2006 -- Fighting between the Taliban and U.S.-led coalition forces in southern Afghanistan this spring has been the most intense in the country since the ouster of the Taliban regime in late 2001.

Defense Policy / Programs

• DoD Office of Inspector General Issues BRAC Notification Regarding Naval Air Station Oceana 24 May 2006 -- The Department of Defense (DoD) Office of Inspector General (OIG) has notified the President and Congress of its findings that the Commonwealth of Virginia and the municipal governments of Virginia Beach, Va. and Chesapeake, Va. have not met all the requirements of the 2005 Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission (BRAC) law regarding Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana.
• Civil Affairs Psychological Command realigns from SOC to Army Reserve Command Army News 24 May 2006 -- The U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command transferred operational command and control from the U.S. Army Special Operations Command to the U.S. Army Reserve Command May 23.
• DoD Officials Planning, Defining Roles for Disaster Response AFPS 24 May 2006 -- With hurricane season nearing, the Defense Department has tremendous assets to offer a civilian-led response to a major disaster, a top DoD official involved in the process told reporters here yesterday.
• Underwood Sailors Enjoy Port Visit in Trinidad Navy NewsStand 24 May 2006 -- USS Underwood (FFG 36) Sailors left Chaguaramas, Trinidad, May 18, following a three-day scheduled port visit.
• MSS 7 Detachment Imparting Security Skills to Thai Forces Navy NewsStand 24 May 2006 -- Members of Mobile Security Squadron (MSS) 7, Detachment (Det) 73 conducted Close Quarters Battle (CQB) training with Royal Thai sailors and marines here May 20.
• GW Completes ‘Partnership of the Americas’ Deployment Navy NewsStand 24 May 2006 -- USS George Washington (CVN 73) returned to Naval Station Norfolk May 24 following a seven-week deployment to the Caribbean in support of “Partnership of the Americas.”
• Guard Border Mission Won't Detract From Other Roles, Officials Say AFPS 24 May 2006 -- The National Guard's support for the border security mission won't detract from its warfighting and disaster support roles, but will actually sharpen its ability to carry them out, senior defense officials told Congress today.
• US Hospital Ship Deploys to Asia VOA 24 May 2006 -- The U.S. military has deployed one of its huge hospital ships to Asia on a mission designed to build good will and also help prepare for responding to future disasters.
• First at-Sea Demonstration of Sea-Based Terminal Capability Successfully Completed Missile Defense Agency 25 May 2006 -- The U.S. Navy, in cooperation with the Missile Defense Agency, today successfully conducted a ballistic missile defense demonstration involving the intercept of a target missile in the terminal phase (the last few seconds) of flight
• Press Gaggle by Tony Snow The White House 24 May 2006
• Daily Press Briefing US Department of State 24 May 2006
• China buys bulk of its weaponry from Russia - Pentagon report RIA Novosti 24 May 2006 -- The Pentagon has said in an annual report that China buys about 95% of its new weapons from Russia.
• NATO earmarks $800,000 to train Ukrainian defense employees RIA Novosti 24 May 2006 -- NATO has allocated about $800,000 to train civilian employees for Ukraine's Defense Ministry, a Ukrainian military official said Wednesday.

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for May 24, 2006
• BAE Systems Receives Certification for WIN-T Operating Environment BAE Systems 24 May 2006 -- The Joint Tactical Radio System Technology Laboratory (JTeL) has certified the initial operating environment for BAE Systems multi-band JC4ISR radio as compliant to the Department of Defenses Software Communications Architecture 2.2 specifications.
• Boeing KC-767 Tanker Completes Vibration Testing Boeing 24 May 2006 -- The first Boeing [NYSE:BA] KC-767A tanker, scheduled for delivery to the Italian air force in mid-2007, recently completed ground vibration testing at the Boeing Commercial Airplanes Structural Dynamics Laboratory in Everett, Wash.
• FCS Manned Ground Vehicles Pass Key Army and Lead Systems Integrator Systems Functional Review Milestone General Dynamics 24 May 2006 -- The Future Combat System (FCS) family of Manned Ground Vehicles (MGVs) being developed by the LSI MGV Team, including their major teammates General Dynamics and BAE Systems, successfully completed the U.S. Army and Lead Systems Integrator’s (LSI) Systems Functional Review (SFR) event.
• Raytheon, Rafael Selected for Short-Range Ballistic Missile Defense Interceptor Development Raytheon 24 May 2006 -- Raytheon Company and Rafael Armament Development Authority have been selected to develop a new terminal missile defense interceptor to defeat a variety of low-cost, short-range ballistic missile threats. The source selection was made by the Israel Missile Defense Organization (IMDO).
• Lockheed Martin Demonstrates Revolutionary Tactical Vehicle Armor Lockheed Martin 24 May 2006 -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has developed and demonstrated a new lightweight, low-cost tactical vehicle armor that promises exceptional multi-hit survivability against armor-piercing rifle bullets and high-speed fragments from improvised explosive devices (IEDs).
• Boeing and SAIC Award Honeywell Contract to Develop Future Combat System Class I Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Boeing 24 May 2006 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE:BA] and partner Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), functioning as the Lead Systems Integrator for the U.S. Army's Future Combat System (FCS) program, today awarded a contract, valued at approximately $61 million, to Honeywell Defense & Space Electronic Systems to develop the Class I Unmanned Aerial Vehicle System (UAVS). The Class I UAVS, a platoon-level asset and the smallest of four FCS unmanned aerial vehicle classes, will provide dismounted soldiers with unprecedented reconnaissance, surveillance and target acquisition capabilities on the battlefield.
• Northrop Grumman Announces Team for Department of Homeland Security Secure Border Initiative Net Bid Northrop Grumman 24 May 2006 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has named its team of partner companies for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secure Border Initiative Net (SBInet) competition.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 24 May 2006
• Analysis: U.S. Finesses Olmert Plan cfr.org 24 May 2006 -- Ehud Olmert's meeting with George W. Bush at the White House, and his address to a joint session of Congress Wednesday, marked an important step in his affirmation as Ariel Sharon's successor
• Olmert Urges Palestinians to Renounce Violence VOA 24 May 2006 -- Addressing the U.S. Congress, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says Israel is ready to take risks for peace with Palestinians, but says his government will not yield to terrorism
• Israeli Forces, Palestinians Clash in Ramallah VOA 24 May 2006 -- Palestinian sources say Israeli troops have killed at least three Palestinians and wounded some 30 others during fierce gun battles in Ramallah.
• Israel, Palestinians at Odds Over Disengagement Plan VOA 24 May 2006 -- Senior Israeli officials have set what they describe as a firm timetable for talks with Palestinians, before moving unilaterally to disengage from large parts of the West Bank. Palestinians have criticized the plan.
• India, Pak to continue talks over Siachen today IRNA 24 May 2006 -- To settle differences over the issue of demilitarization of the Siachen glacier, India and pakistan will resume defence secretary-level talks later today after both nations appeared to have made little headway in talks yesterday.
• India, Pak talks concludes without any breakthrough on Siachen IRNA 24 May 2006 -- The two-day parley between India and Pakistani officials on Siachen concluded here on Wednesday without reaching on any agreement on demilitarization of the Siachen Glacier as 'differences' continued to persist on authentication of positions held by the armed forces of the two sides on the world's highest battlefield.
• Indian PM Holds Kashmir Talks Despite Boycott VOA 24 May 2006 -- Leaders of a key alliance of Kashmiri separatist organizations have refused to join a meeting with the Indian prime minister aimed at ending the region's long-running insurgency.
• Grenade Wounds 5 in Indian Kashmir as PM Holds Peace Talks VOA 24 May 2006 -- At least five people have been wounded in a grenade attack in Indian Kashmir's summer capital during a visit by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
• East Timor Asks for Foreign Troops to Help Quell Violence VOA 24 May 2006 -- Australia and New Zealand have agreed to send troops to East Timor after receiving a request from the capital, Dili, to help quell an uprising by rebel soldiers
• MALI: Desert city back in army control after rebel attack IRIN 24 May 2006 -- Mali's northern desert capital Kidal was back in government hands on Wednesday, a day after Tuareg rebels demanding a better economic deal for the region blitzed a string of barracks.
• Lankan Tigers reject direct talks with country's president IRNA 24 May 2006 -- Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels have rejected a call for direct talks between its elusive leader, Velupillai Prabhakaran, and President Mahinda Rajapakse.
• Tripartite Meeting in Kigali Is Confidence Booster, Envoy Says Washington File 24 May 2006 -- Personal diplomacy quietly but persistently is building confidence in the days leading up to the May 26-27 meeting of diplomats and senior government officials pledged to ending the violence that has plagued Africa's Great Lakes region for decades, according to U.S. Ambassador to Rwanda Michael Arietti.
• SUDAN: Gov't under pressure to accept UN peacekeepers IRIN 24 May 2006 -- The Sudanese government is under intense diplomatic pressure to accept a United Nations peacekeeping operation in Darfur and speed up the implementation of its peace agreement with the region's main rebel groups, diplomatic sources say.
• DRC: 32 "mercenaries" arrested in Kinshasa IRIN 24 May 2006 -- Security agents in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), arrested 32 foreigners on Tuesday for plotting a coup against the government of Joseph Kabila, Interior Minister Theophilus Mbemba said.
• CIS: Can Referendums Resolve Frozen Conflicts? RFE/RL 24 May 2006 -- On May 21, the tiny Balkan republic of Montenegro voted to dissolve its union with Serbia and become an independent state
• Russia: How Does Moscow View Frozen CIS Conflicts? RFE/RL 24 May 2006 -- Russia appears to support the May 21 Montenegrin independence referendum as a potential model for resolving some separatist conflicts in its own neighborhood -- namely, the regions that enjoy Moscow's support in their pursuit of independence from Moldova and Georgia

News Reports

• PRESS CONFERENCE ON MYANMAR BY UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS United Nations 24 May 2006
• UN: Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi May Go Free Soon VOA 24 May 2006 -- A senior United Nations official says Burmese authorities appear to be preparing for the release of detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
• After concluding high-level talks in Myanmar, UN official hopes for better ties UN News Centre 24 May 2006 -- After two years of isolation, the Myanmar Government seems willing to engage in a dialogue with the international community, a senior United Nations official just back from three days of talks with the country's top officials said today.
• Analysis: GUAM -- A Regional Grouping Comes Of Age RFE/RL 24 May 2006 -- GUAM -- a regional grouping of Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, and Moldova -- always seemed like just another talking shop
• Serbia And Montenegro: What Comes Next For Serbia? RFE/RL 24 May 2006 -- Serbian President Boris Tadic today said he accepts the preliminary results of a May 21 referendum in which Montenegro voted for independence
• EADS Astrium develops its links with the Brazilian space industry EADS 24 May 2006 -- EADS Astrium will first provide engineering assistance and Know-How to Equatorial Sistemas, and will supply optical equipment and instruments, and radar systems for Brazilian space programmes.
• Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne's RS-68 and RL10 power GOES-N launch Pratt & Whitney 24 May 2006 -- Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne’s (PWR) RS-68, the world’s largest hydrogen-fueled booster rocket engine, roared off the SLC-37 launch pad at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station today, boosting Boeing’s Delta IV with its GOES-N payload. Following booster cutoff, PWR’s RL10 continued the mission by propelling the GOES-N into a parking orbit, and later into a geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO).