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• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• Press Briefing, July 5, 2006 MNF-I 05 Jul 2006 -- BRIEFING BY MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM CALDWELL, SPOKESMAN FOR MULTINATIONAL FORCE IRAQ TOPIC: ONGOING INVESTIGATIONS IN IRAQ
• Iraqi Forces Foil Kidnappings, Capture Terrorists AFPS 05 Jul 2006 -- Iraqi soldiers rescued three kidnap victims, foiled a kidnap attempt, captured 28 suspected terrorists, and killed eight terrorists in separate operations July 2 and 3, military officials reported.
• New al Qaeda Leader Likely to Boost Mobile Bomb Usage AFPS 05 Jul 2006 -- The new al Qaeda in Iraq leader is an explosives expert who could opt to increase insurgent attacks using car and truck bombs, a senior U.S. military officer said in Baghdad today.
• AFGHANISTAN: UN condemns Kabul blasts IRIN 05 Jul 2006 -- The United Nations special envoy to Afghanistan has condemned a series of roadside bomb blasts in the Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday and Wednesday that killed one person and injured at least 50 others.
• Bomb Blasts Rock Afghan Capital VOA 05 Jul 2006 -- Several bomb explosions have hit Afghanistan's capital Kabul, killing one person and wounding more than 40 others, most of them security personnel
• National Guard provides rescue, recovery during floods Army News 05 Jul 2006 -- A combined 1,350 National Guardsman from Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey assisted in nearly 1,000 water rescues and tens of thousands of evacuations after widespread flooding from torrential rains swept across the northeast in late June.

Defense Policy / Programs

• DoD Announces Installation Realignment in Turkey 05 Jul 2006 -- The Department of Defense announced today that the United States would cease operations at the Yumurtalik Sea Terminal, Turkey.
• U.S. Increasing Operations in Gulf of Guinea Navy NewsStand 05 Jul 2006 -- The U.S. military is stepping up operations in the Gulf of Guinea to enhance security in this strategic and resource-rich region, the commander of U.S. European Command's naval surface combatant warships told the Pentagon Channel.
• Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group Transits the Suez Canal Navy NewsStand 05 Jul 2006 -- The Iwo Jima (LHD 7) Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) passed through the Suez Canal, July 4, entering the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations.
• Kitty Hawk Begins Otaru Visit Navy NewsStand 05 Jul 2006 -- USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63), the U.S. Navy’s oldest active warship, along with embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5 and USS Cowpens (CG 63), pulled into Otaru, Japan, July 1 for an eventful port visit that will include a celebration of the United States' 230th Independence Day anniversary, July 4.
• EODMU 5, Det 51 Completes PASSEX with Brunei Forces Navy NewsStand 05 Jul 2006 -- Sasebo, Japan-based Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 5, Detachment (Det) 51, currently embarked on USS Patriot (MCM 7), completed a passing exercise (PASSEX) with the Royal Brunei Armed Forces June 26-27, the first bilateral training between the two forces in the EOD mission area.
• 48th Fighter Wing jets receive high-tech overhaul AFPN 05 Jul 2006 -- When aircraft launch from the British Isles in September to support operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom, they will be fitted with the most advanced avionics and carry the most accurate, lethal weapons in the Air Force inventory.
• 101st Airborne Division achieves highest reenlistments for active-duty division Army News 05 Jul 2006 -- Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division from Fort Campbell, Ky., currently deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, have exceeded the retention goal for the 2006 fiscal year three months before its end.
• U.S. Increasing Operations in Gulf of Guinea AFPS 05 Jul 2006 -- The U.S. military is stepping up operations in the Gulf of Guinea to enhance security in this strategic and resource-rich region, the commander of U.S. European Command's naval surface combatant warships told the Pentagon Channel.
• Transcript: Press Availability with Secretary Rumsfeld at the Pentagon 07 Jul 2006 -- Presenter: Secretary Rumsfeld
• United States Prosecuting Violators of Arms Export Controls Washington File 05 Jul 2006 -- The U.S. government has had increasing success over the past five years in arresting and convicting violators of the Arms Export Control Act, according to a State Department fact sheet released July 3.
• NORTHCOM Detected Missile Launches; World Evaluates Next Step AFPS 05 Jul 2006 -- U.S. Northern Command detected "each and every" North Korean missile launch and had interceptors operational and ready to respond if needed, a senior defense official told Pentagon reporters today.
• Press Briefing by Tony Snow The White House 05 Jul 2006
• Daily Press Briefing US Department of State 05 Jul 2006

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for July 5, 2006
• BAE Systems Selected by U.S. Army to Demonstrate Precision Guidance Kit Technology for Cannon Artillery BAE Systems 05 Jul 2006 -- BAE Systems has received a six-month contract from the U.S. Army’s Project Manager, Combat Ammunition Systems to participate in a competitive technical development program for the Precision Guidance Kit for use with Army cannon artillery ammunition.
• Boeing Unveils P-8A Multi-Mission Maritime Aircraft Demonstration Trailer Boeing 05 Jul 2006 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] today unveiled its state-of-the-art P-8A Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft (MMA) mobile demonstration trailer in Renton, Wash. The trailer will now embark on a nine-week cross-country tour during which Boeing will demonstrate the full spectrum of P-8A capabilities to U.S. Navy personnel, team members, suppliers and employees.
• General Dynamics Awarded $137 Million for Stryker Vehicles and Parts General Dynamics 05 Jul 2006 -- The U.S. Army has placed a $127 million order for 103 additional Stryker wheeled combat vehicles from General Dynamics Land Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD). This order increases the Army’s fiscal year 2006 Stryker procurement to a total of 409 vehicles.
• Navy Begins Operational Evaluation of Revolutionary Raytheon AESA Radar Raytheon 05 Jul 2006 -- Raytheon Company's ground-breaking APG-79 active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar for the F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet has been cleared to enter the U.S. Navy's operational evaluation (OPEVAL) program.
• Boeing to Build Three Additional Global Positioning System Satellites Boeing 05 Jul 2006 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] has been awarded a $138 million option by the U.S. Air Force to build three additional Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites under the GPS Block IIF contract.
• German Armed Forces will receive secure communications network with two dedicated satellites EADS 05 Jul 2006 -- With the SATCOMBw programme, the German Armed Forces will have a secure information network for use by units on deployed missions. This will allow voice and fax as well as advanced data, video and multimedia applications. For the first time the Bundeswehr will have a secure communications system with dedicated military communications satellites. The entire system is due to start regular operation in the year 2009 and will constitute an important step in the implementation of the Bundeswehr concept for network-centric operations.
• Third Successful Test Demonstrates Full Range and Capability of Affordable Patriot Weapons System Raytheon 05 Jul 2006 -- Another successful test of Raytheon Company's Patriot system demonstrated the full range and capability of the affordable Patriot Weapons System at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., last month. During the flight test, designed to verify the post deployment build (PDB)-6 software with an affordable Patriot anti-tactical missile (ATM), all components performed flawlessly.
• Raytheon Acquires Virtual Technology Corporation to Broaden Command and Control and Modeling and Simulation Capabilities Raytheon 05 Jul 2006 -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has acquired Virtual Technology Corporation (VTC), a leading developer of joint, net-enabled command and control and modeling and simulation solutions (M&S).
• Rheinmetall to supply Kuwait with naval guns Rheinmetall Defence 05 Jul 2006 -- The US Department of Defense has contracted with Rheinmetall AG of Düsseldorf, Germany to provide medium-calibre guns to arm the fast interceptor craft America is supplying to the Kuwaiti Navy under the Foreign Military Sales Programme.
• Raytheon Selected by the Department of Homeland Security to Provide IT Services Under EAGLE Acquisition Program Raytheon 05 Jul 2006 -- The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has awarded Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract to provide IT services to DHS under EAGLE, the Enterprise Acquisition Gateway for Leading Edge solutions.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 05 Jul 2006
• PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT United Nations 05 Jul 2006
• Analysis: Violence Plagues Middle East cfr.org 05 Jul 2006 -- A week after an Israeli soldier was abducted by Palestinian militants, violence continues to spread in the Palestinian Authority (PA).
• Israel to Step Up Military Offensive in Gaza VOA 05 Jul 2006 -- Israel is stepping up its military offensive in the Gaza Strip.
• Israeli Airstrike Kills Palestinian, Militant Rocket Hits Israeli City VOA 05 Jul 2006 -- Palestinian militants have fired a second rocket at the Israeli city of Ashkelon - as Israeli tanks advanced in the Gaza Strip in an effort to halt such attacks.
• Israeli Security Cabinet to Meet after Palestinian Rocket Attack VOA 05 Jul 2006 -- Israel's security cabinet will meet Wednesday to discuss stronger military actions against Palestinian militants.
• MALI: Government strikes new peace deal with Tuareg rebels IRIN 05 Jul 2006 -- Some 15 years after signing a peace deal to end a Tuareg rebel uprising, the government of Mali has responded to threats of new trouble from the desert nomads by striking a new agreement with the help of Algerian mediators.
• CHAD: New skirmishes reported as UN mulls options IRIN 05 Jul 2006 -- Skirmishes between the army and anti-government rebels are on the rise again in Chad's lawless far east as the United Nations considers how best to support peacekeeping in the troubled region.
• UGANDA: LRA leader must be arrested, ICC insists IRIN 05 Jul 2006 -- President Yoweri Museveni has offered the leader of the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) an amnesty for crimes committed in northern Uganda, but the International Criminal Court (ICC), which indicted him, insists the insurgent must be arrested.
• LIBERIA: Annan says longterm international engagement necessary IRIN 05 Jul 2006 -- UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan says it is imperative for the international community to stay engaged in post-conflict Liberia for the long term.
• DRC: Thousands displaced as fighting continues IRIN 05 Jul 2006 -- Humanitarian actors in the Democratic Republic of Congo's northeastern district of Ituri are finding it difficult to reach thousands of civilians displaced by recent militia attacks, a United Nations official has said.
• East Timor Rebels Surrender Weapons, Government Reorganizes VOA 05 Jul 2006 -- Rebel soldiers in East Timor have turned in a handful of weapons to international peacekeepers, raising hopes for an end to months of violence

News Reports

• ATK Supports Successful Launch of Space Shuttle Discovery ATK 05 Jul 2006 -- Alliant Techsystems (NYSE: ATK) reusable solid rocket motors provided more than 6 million pounds of thrust in the first two minutes of flight to help send the Space Shuttle Discovery on its mission on July 4, 2006.
• Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne's Common Extensible Cryogenic Engine Demonstrates Propulsion Technologies to Land on the Moon Pratt & Whitney 05 Jul 2006 -- In recent testing, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne’s (PWR) Common Extensible Cryogenic Engine (CECE) exceeded performance goals and demonstrated propulsion technologies required to land on the moon in support of NASA’s Vision for Space Exploration.