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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 16 Jun 2006 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Thurman from Iraq 16 Jun 2006 -- Presenter: Major General James Thurman
• CENTAF releases airpower summary AFPN 16 Jun 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for June 16.
• Suicide Bombing in Baghdad Mosque Kills 10 VOA 16 Jun 2006 -- A suicide bomber has killed 10 people and wounded more than 20 others at a Shi'ite mosque in Baghdad - despite a massive security crackdown in the Iraqi capital.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Detainee Remains Repatriation Announced 16 Jun 2006 -- The Department of Defense announced today that it repatriated remains of three detainees who died of apparent suicides on June 10, 2006, from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Saudi Arabia and Yemen.
• Army Begins Assessment of New Land Warrior System Army News Release 16 Jun 2006 -- The Army is conducting an extensive operational assessment of the Land Warrior and Mounted Warrior Soldier Systems at Fort Lewis, Wash., this summer
• Two Coastal Mine Hunters Decommissioned Navy NewsStand 16 Jun 2006 -- Two Osprey-class coastal mine hunters were decommissioned June 15 in formal ceremonies at Naval Station Ingleside, Texas.
• Destroyer Squadron 7 Prepares for Valiant Shield Exercise Navy NewsStand 16 Jun 2006 -- Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 7, along with other ships and military personnel from around the U.S. Pacific Fleet, is making preparations for Valiant Shield 2006, one of the largest joint military exercises in this region in more than a decade.
• Sunken Sub Appears to be USS Lagarto Navy NewsStand 16 Jun 2006 -- Navy divers completed six days of diving operations June 16 on wreckage in the Gulf of Thailand believed to be that of the lost World War II submarine USS Lagarto (SS 371).
• Ronald Reagan Strike Group Underway Following Hong Kong Visit Navy NewsStand 16 Jun 2006 -- Sailors from the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), the flagship for Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 7, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 14, and Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 7, departed Hong Kong June 13, following a four-day scheduled port visit.
• Keyport Selected as Test Bed for AMCAST Navy NewsStand 16 Jun 2006 -- Naval Undersea Warfare Center Keyport in Silverdale, Wash., made history Jan. 23 by becoming the first Department of Defense (DoD) site to establish the Agile Manufacturing Center for Casting Technologies (AMCAST).
• Germantown Crosses the Line Navy NewsStand 16 Jun 2006 -- USS Germantown’s (LSD 42) crew gathered on the flight deck March 6 for the “Day of Reckoning,” marking the ship’s crossing of both the equator and International Date Line.
• Chilean Sailors Visit Bonhomme Richard Navy NewsStand 16 Jun 2006 -- More than 50 Chilean navy junior officers from the Training Ship Esmeralda visited the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) June 6.
• Exercise highlights Raptor synergy, joint capabilities AFPN 16 Jun 2006 -- The final mission flies today at Northern Edge 2006, but the majority of the results are already in, and success is the buzzword from Alaska.
• Andersen prepares for Valiant Shield AFPN 16 Jun 2006 -- Air Force bombers, fighters, tankers and support aircraft from the Pacific theater are arriving and making preparations for Valiant Shield 2006.
• Exercise tests intelligence platform AFPN 16 Jun 2006 -- U.S. Strategic Command and the Air Force are among the government agencies testing the Dynamic Time Critical Warfighting Capability, or DTCWC, platform against realistic threat systems here during Northern Edge 2006.
• Backgrounder: Australia's Security Role in the Pacific cfr.org 16 Jun 2006
• Daily Press Briefing US Department of State 16 Jun 2006

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for June 16, 2006
• Raytheon Demonstrates Faster, Smaller and Simpler Troposcatter Solution Raytheon 16 Jun 2006 -- Three critical, enhanced Troposcatter (TROPO) capabilities -- speed, size and simplicity -- were highlighted by Raytheon Company during a recent record-setting demonstration. These capabilities improve bandwidth, reduce the number of vehicles needed for transport of TROPO equipment and establish communications links more expediently.
• Sagem Défense Sécurité tests its UAV Sperwer B on the new test range of Robonic in Finland Sagem (Safran group) 16 Jun 2006 -- Sagem Défense Sécurité (SAFRAN Group) has been carrying out flight trials in Finland for its Sperwer B tactical UAV since the beginning of June.

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 16 Jun 2006
• Sri Lanka resumes air strikes against Tigers IRNA 16 Jun 2006 -- The Sri Lankan airforce resumed aerial strikes against suspected Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam positions Friday ahead of plans for a mass funeral for 64 people killed in a bus bombing suspected to be carried out by the rebels Thursday.
• Sri Lanka: top UN rights chief calls on Government to investigate deadly bus attack UN News Centre 16 Jun 2006 -- United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour has called on the Sri Lankan Government to investigate yesterday's attack on a bus, which reportedly killed 62 civilians and injured more than 40 others, including school-aged children, in a country wracked by a conflict with Tamil separatists.
• Sri Lanka Continues Air Strikes on Rebel Positions VOA 16 Jun 2006 -- Sri Lanka's military has carried out a second day of air strikes on territory controlled by Tamil Tiger rebels.
• Situation in Somalia Very Dynamic, Frazer Warns Washington File 16 Jun 2006 -- Citing a "very dynamic" situation in Somali, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer says there is a critically important need for dialogue and the international community has "been engaged" to address the issue.
• US Says Dialogue Between Somali Factions Critically Important VOA 16 Jun 2006 -- The State Department's chief African affairs official said Friday dialogue between Somalia's transitional government and the Islamic faction now controlling Mogadishu is of critical importance to the country's future
• Nepal PM meets Maoist leader IRNA 16 Jun 2006 -- Nepalese Prime Minister, Girija Prasad Koirala Friday met Maoist leader Prachanda for the first round of direct talks aimed at resolving the country's decade-long insurgency.
• Nepal Government, Maoist Rebels Reach Agreement VOA 16 Jun 2006 -- Nepal's government and Maoist rebels have reached agreement to form a new interim government.
• DR Congo: head of UN Council mission optimistic on upcoming elections UN News Centre 16 Jun 2006 -- Upcoming elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are moving ahead under good conditions, but technical problems should be expected, equal media access for all parties must be assured and the poll must be followed by speedy development of national institutions, the head of a Security Council delegation just back from the central African country told the 15-member body today.
• UN Mission Is Optimistic About Upcoming DRC Elections VOA 16 Jun 2006 -- The head of a just-returned U.N. mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo briefed the Security Council Friday on the preparations for the nation's first presidential and legislative elections in 45 years, scheduled for July 30
• EU Approves Humanitarian Aid for Palestinians VOA 16 Jun 2006 -- The European Union approved new humanitarian aid to the Palestinians Friday, as leaders of the 25-member block ended a two-day summit in Brussels
• Can the national accord referendum benefit Palestine? RIA Novosti 16 Jun 2006 -- Mahmoud Abbas, head of the Palestinian National Authority, has announced a referendum on the National Accord Document, which envisages the creation of an independent Palestinian state with the capital in East Jerusalem and within the borders that existed before the Arab-Israeli war in 1967
• Timor-Leste: UN expands emergency relief for tens of thousands who fled violence UN News Centre 16 Jun 2006 -- The United Nations refugee agency has stepped up emergency relief operation in Timor-Leste, reaching out to tens of thousands of people who fled violence in Dili, the capital, for surrounding areas in the small South-East Asian nation that the UN shepherded to independence from Indonesia four years ago.
• UN Council authorizes trial of former Liberian President in the Netherlands UN News Centre 16 Jun 2006 -- Citing reasons of security and expediency, the Security Council today paved the way for the transfer of former Liberian President Charles Taylor to The Hague, Netherlands from Sierra Leone, where he is now awaiting trial under a United Nations-backed tribunal on charges related to his role in that country's bloody civil war.
• COTE D IVOIRE: Militias fail to show for disarmament IRIN 16 Jun 2006 -- Disarmament of pro-government militias in western Cote d'Ivoire failed to start as planned on Friday after some 2,000 fighters, due to hand over their weapons, failed to show up for the special ceremony.
• SUDAN: Darfur insecurity needs cross-border solution - UN IRIN 16 Jun 2006 -- The United Nations Security Council delegation that recently visited Darfur has called for a resolution of the security problems in the troubled western Sudanese region in parallel with the situation in Chad.
• Russia's FM slams Georgian accusations over conflict resolution RIA Novosti 16 Jun 2006 -- Russia's foreign minister Friday slammed as groundless Georgia's accusations that Russia was deliberately hampering the resolution of "frozen conflicts" in the south Caucasus nation.
• Beslan investigation extended until Jan.1 2007 - prosecutor RIA Novosti 16 Jun 2006 -- Prosecutors said Friday that the term of an investigation into the 2004 Beslan school siege had been extended until January 1, 2007.

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