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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 10 Jul 2006 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Army Casualties
• Operations Update, July 10, 2006 MNF-I 10 Jul 2006 -- IRAQ OPERATIONAL UPDATE BRIEFING BRIEFERS: MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM CALDWELL, USA, SPOKESMAN, MULTINATIONAL FORCE IRAQ; AND MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM MCCOY, COMMANDER, GULF REGION DIVISION, CORPS OF ENGINEERS
• CENTAF releases airpower summary AFPN 10 Jul 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for July 10.
• 'Dustoff' Company transports injured to treatment facilities Army News 10 Jul 2006 -- One unit has sole responsibility for getting Baghdad-stationed coalition forces and civilians in need of medical care to the right treatment facilities.
• 13th EBS prepares for busy deployment AFPN 10 Jul 2006 -- Aircrew and support members from the 13th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron deployed here last week to provide a continuous bomber presence in the region and help maintain stability and provide security for the Asia-Pacific region.
• Bombs Kill 18 in Baghdad VOA 10 Jul 2006 -- Iraqi police say gunmen killed seven people on a bus in a predominantly Sunni Arab area of Baghdad Monday, after car bombs killed eight people in a mainly Shi'ite area of the capital.
• Britain to Send More Troops to Afghanistan VOA 10 Jul 2006 -- Britain has announced it will send nearly 900 more troops to troubled southern Afghanistan, following a month that has seen six British soldiers killed in clashes with Taleban fighters.
• Analysis: NATO Grapples with Afghan South cfr.org 10 Jul 2006 -- Nearly five years after a U.S.-led coalition toppled the Taliban government, security in Afghanistan remains tenuous and the country's future is uncertain
• Afghanistan: Kabul's New Strategy Focuses On Pakistan RFE/RL 10 Jul 2006 -- On his first visit to the United States since becoming Afghan foreign minister in April, Rangin Dadfar Spanta elaborated on a new counterterrorism strategy that has been proposed by his government
• Coalition Says Afghan Raid Kills 40 Suspected Taliban RFE/RL 10 Jul 2006 -- Afghan government and U.S.-led foreign forces report killing more than 40 suspected Taliban militants in a raid on "a known extremist compound" in southern Afghanistan today.

Defense Policy / Programs

• DoD Announces Recruiting and Retention Numbers for June 10 Jul 2006 -- The Department of Defense announced today its recruiting and retention statistics for the active and reserve components for the month of June.
• Officials Attribute 13th Month of Recruiting Success to More than Luck AFPS 10 Jul 2006 -- Defense officials are attributing the 13th consecutive month in which every military service met or exceeded its active-duty recruiting goal to more than just good luck.
• MCPON Campa Takes Helm of Enlisted Force Navy NewsStand 10 Jul 2006 -- Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) (SW/FMF) Joe R. Campa Jr. took the helm of the enlisted force as the Navy’s eleventh MCPON, receiving the ceremonial cutlass from MCPON (SS/AW) Terry D. Scott, in a change of office ceremony at the Washington Navy Yard, July 10.
• Patriot, Salvor Port Visit Brings America, Vietnam Closer Navy NewsStand 10 Jul 2006 -- The appreciative goodbye waves of Vietnamese orphans, military personnel and local citizens were on the hearts and minds of U.S. Sailors from USS Patriot (MCM 7) and USS Salvor (ARS 52) as the ships departed Ho Chi Minh City, July 6, after a five-day port visit.
• Brown-water Sailors Begin Training with Boots on Ground Navy NewsStand 10 Jul 2006 -- The Navy’s first Riverine Group Squadron (RIVRON) of the 21st century completed Common Combat Skills training, the first phase of pre-deployment training, June 29 at the School of Infantry (SOI) at Marine Base Camp Lejeune.
• Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Secretary Rumsfeld and Minister Nazarov from Tajikistan 10 Jul 2006 -- Presenter: Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld and Foreign Minister of Tajikistan Talbak Nazarov
• C-17 deployment length, efficiency increase AFPN 10 Jul 2006 -- In a break from the past, C-17 Globemaster IIIs and Airmen supporting the aircraft are deploying to the theaters and operating from one location for an entire air and space expeditionary force rotation.
• KC-135 bringing fuel to fight AFPN 10 Jul 2006 -- Whether refueling a fighter, bomber or a cargo aircraft, the KC-135 Stratotanker continues to play a vital role in military air operations and the war on terrorism.
• Air Force officials consolidate network ops AFPN 10 Jul 2006 -- Air Force officials have formally consolidated the service's network operations and created the Air Force Network Operations, or AFNETOPS, command structure at 8th Air Force here.
• Equipment reutilization saves taxpayer dollars Army News 10 Jul 2006 -- Supply specialists at Contingency Operating Base Speicher can now supply their Soldiers with needed equipment and save taxpayers money at the same time.
• Watada faces three separate charges Army News 10 Jul 2006 -- Charges were preferred July 6 against 1st Lt. Ehren Watada of 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, for his refusal June 22 to accompany his unit to Iraq and for actions related to that refusal
• Garrison Kaiserslautern tests pedestrian gates for Army Army News 10 Jul 2006 -- U.S. Army Garrison Kaiserslautern is testing the Enhanced Security Pedestrian Gate for use throughout the Army.
• Space support key to warfighters AFPN 10 Jul 2006 -- Supporting warfighters on the ground is the overarching mission of everyone deployed to the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. Carrying out this earthly mission from thousands of miles above the ground, though, is a responsibility coordinated by the Combined Air Operations Center here.
• Press Briefing by Tony Snow The White House 10 Jul 2006
• Press Briefing by National Security Advisor Steve Hadley on the President's Trip to Russia and Germany The White House 10 Jul 2006
• Daily Press Briefing US Department of State 10 Jul 2006

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for July 10, 2006
• ATK Awarded Technology Demonstration Contract for U.S. Army Precision Guidance Kit ATK 10 Jul 2006 -- Alliant Techsystems (NYSE: ATK), an industry leader in the development of next-generation precision projectiles, has received one of two Technology Demonstration (TD) contracts from the U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC) to develop a Precision Guidance Kit (PGK) for the Army's 155mm Howitzer. PGK will make the stockpile of existing artillery ammunition significantly more effective at relatively low cost by adding GPS guidance and navigation capability in a package that fits into the fuze well of an existing 155mm round.
• CACI Awarded Recompete Contract to Provide Investigative Field Support Services to the Office of Personnel Management CACI 10 Jul 2006 -- CACI International Inc (NYSE:CAI) announced today that it has been awarded a four-year, prime recompete contract by the Office of Personnel Management to provide investigative field support services throughout the United States and its territories. CACI is one of five awardees on the contract, which has a ceiling value of $2.4 billion. The award extends the work CACI first began in 2003. The work will be based in the CACI Project Management Office located in Chantilly, Virginia, supporting investigative operations throughout the United States and its territories. The award expands CACI's investigative support services business.
• General Dynamics Selected as Manufacturer for GMLRS Unitary Warheads General Dynamics 10 Jul 2006 -- General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), has been selected from an international field of competition as the manufacturer of the Unitary Warhead for the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) by the U.S. Army and Lockheed Martin. The GMLRS Unitary Warhead program is currently in the system design and development phase, which will continue through 2007.
• Lockheed Martin's Guided MLRS Unitary Rockets Successful in White Sands Tests Lockheed Martin 10 Jul 2006 -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] successfully conducted an Enhanced Blast Warhead (EBW) flight test of the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) Unitary rockets recently at White Sands Missile Range, NM. All test objectives were achieved.
• LOCKHEED MARTIN SEA TALON PROGRAM ACHIEVES KEY MILESTONES TOWARD DEPLOYMENT AS LITTORAL COMBAT SHIP ASW MISSION MODULE Lockheed Martin 10 Jul 2006 -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT]’s Sea TALON (Tactical Littoral Ocean Network) system successfully completed several significant testing milestones in its development as an Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) mission module for the U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS).
• Boeing Begins ScanEagle Training in New Mexico Boeing 10 Jul 2006 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] on Tuesday will begin ScanEagle training at its new unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) training site in Clovis, N.M. The site was selected to help meet the increasing demand from U.S. military forces for the Boeing/Insitu ScanEagle system and the training to maintain and operate it.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 10 Jul 2006
• Russian Officials Say Chechen Warlord Basayev is Dead VOA 10 Jul 2006 -- Russia's federal security service chief says Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev has been killed in the southern Russian republic of Ingushetia
• Chechnya: Shamil Basayev's Life Of War And Terror RFE/RL 10 Jul 2006 -- Chechen field commander Shamil Basayev, 41, began his one-man campaign against Russian rule over Chechnya in 1991 when he participated in the hijacking of a Russian passenger aircraft flying from the southern town of Mineralnye Vody to Turkey and thence to Grozny.
• Chechnya: Basayev's Death Poses Fateful Choice For Moscow RFE/RL 10 Jul 2006 -- The death late on July 9 of Chechen field commander Shamil Basayev creates a window of opportunity for those few Russian officials who advocate peace talks as the only logical way to end the ongoing fighting across the North Caucasus.
• Chechnya: Decentralized Resistance Presents New Dangers RFE/RL 10 Jul 2006 -- RFE/RL's Russian Service spoke on July 10 with military analyst Aleksandr Golts in Moscow about the death of radical Chechen field commander Shamil Basayev.
• Chechnya: Zakayev Comments On Reports Of Basayev's Death RFE/RL 10 Jul 2006 -- RFE/RL's North Caucasus Service spoke today with Chechen resistance Foreign Minister Akhmed Zakayev by telephone from London.
• Chechen Rebel Leader Basayev Reported Killed VOA 10 Jul 2006 -- The head of Russia's security agency says Russia's most wanted fugitive, Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev, has been killed.
• Basayev was with terrorists preparing attack - police source RIA Novosti 10 Jul 2006 -- Russia's number one terrorist Shamil Basayev was killed in a car accompanying a truck carrying explosives for a major terrorist attack in the republic of Ingushetia, a local police source said Monday.
• Terrorist Basayev's death to be confirmed with DNA test RIA Novosti 10 Jul 2006 -- The body of Russia's number one terrorist Shamil Basayev, announced dead by the country's security chief Monday, will undergo a DNA analysis to prove his identity, a source with the security services in southern Russia said.
• Death Of Basayev Confirmed RFE/RL 10 Jul 2006 -- Shamil Basayev, the most wanted man in Russia, is dead, according to Federal Security Service (FSB) head Nikolai Patrushev.
• Exiled Hamas Chief Demands Israel Prisoner Trade VOA 10 Jul 2006 -- The exiled political leader of Hamas is demanding that Israel release Palestinian prisoners to win freedom for a captured Israeli soldier
• Israel's Olmert Rules Out Prisoner Swap With Hamas VOA 10 Jul 2006 -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has ruled out any possibility of a prisoner swap, or negotiations with the Hamas-led Palestinian government, to gain the release of an Israeli soldier held by Palestinian militants
• Israeli Prime Minister Vows to Continue Gaza Raids VOA 10 Jul 2006 -- Israel pounded the Gaza Strip with new air strikes Monday, as Prime Minister Ehud Olmert defended the military offensive criticized by some other countries.
• Secretary-General 'disappointed' by lack of agreement at conference on illicit arms trade UN News Centre 10 Jul 2006 -- While noting that a United Nations conference that closed Friday put an international spotlight on the illicit trade in small arms that fuel conflict, Secretary General Kofi Annan today expressed disappointment that delegates were unable to agree on a common declaration that would guide further action.
• UGANDA: Gov't ponders asking ICC to lift LRA indictments IRIN 10 Jul 2006 -- Uganda is considering asking the International Criminal Court (ICC) to lift indictments against five leaders of the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) to facilitate peace talks between the government and the insurgents, an official said on Monday.
• UGANDA: Expectations high for peace talks, but details vague IRIN 10 Jul 2006 -- Finding the representatives of the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), who have been in the southern Sudanese capital of Juba for preparatory peace talks over the past month, is no easy task.
• SOMALIA: Civilians flee homes as 54 killed in fighting IRIN 10 Jul 2006 -- Hundreds of families fled the southwestern suburbs of the Somali capital, Mogadishu, on Monday as fighting between the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) and militiamen loyal to two faction leaders claimed at least 54 lives.
• Casualties Mount From Militia Fighting in Mogadishu VOA 10 Jul 2006 -- Fighting has intensified in Somalia's capital, where Islamic militias are trying to force a local warlord to surrender.
• Timor-Leste: UN envoy outlines tasks of new UN mission in troubled country UN News Centre 10 Jul 2006 -- Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called on all parties in Timor-Leste to seek unity after the appointment of a new prime minister, as his special envoy outlined the tasks of a new United Nations peacekeeping mission following violence in the small nation that the world body shepherded to independence from Indonesia just four years ago.

News Reports

• E. Timor's New PM Vows to Improve Security and Development VOA 10 Jul 2006 -- East Timor's newly appointed interim prime minister, Jose Ramos-Horta, has taken the oath of office, swearing to restore unity and speed up development in the troubled Southeast Asian nation.