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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 25 Jul 2006 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• SERVICEMEMBER KILLED IN ACTION
• Transcript: Press Availability with Secretary Rumsfeld at the Pentagon 25 Jul 2006 -- Presenter: Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld
• U.S., Iraqi troops to shift to Baghdad Army News 25 Jul 2006 -- A recent surge of bombings, murders and kidnappings in Baghdad has led U.S. commanders in Iraq to shift forces to deal with insurgent threats there.
• CENTAF releases airpower summary AFPN 25 Jul 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials released the airpower summary for July 25.
• Iraqi Forces Nab Eight Insurgents in Early-Morning Raids AFPS 25 Jul 2006 -- Iraqi security forces conducted early-morning raids in two areas today, netting eight insurgent fighters.
• Afghan Security Forces Gaining Capability, Spokesman Says AFPS 25 Jul 2006 -- While the enemy will continue to resist the will of the government and more violence is expected, the Afghan National Army and National Police are gaining capability by the day, a Combined Forces Command Afghanistan spokesman said today.
• Panjshir PRT medics visit remote Afghan district AFPN 25 Jul 2006 -- Patients walked as far as six miles and waited as long as eight hours for treatment by Air Force medics from the Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team who visited the Paryan District July 15 and 16.
• Afghanistan, UN Launch New Appeal to Help Fight Looming Food Crisis VOA 25 Jul 2006 -- Afghanistan is seeking nearly $80 million to help fight "an imminent food crisis" caused by widespread drought
• DoD Continues Lebanon Evacuation, Delivers Humanitarian Aid AFPS 25 Jul 2006 -- The Defense Department evacuated 957 U.S. citizens from Lebanon to Cyprus yesterday aboard the contracted cruise ship Orient Queen, bringing the total to 12,870 since the crisis in Lebanon began July 16, DoD officials said today.

Defense Policy / Programs

• DoD Announces Certification for WMD-CST Teams in Four States 25 Jul 2006 -- The Department of Defense notified Congress yesterday that Weapons of Mass Destruction-Civil Support Teams (WMD-CST) have been certified for four states.
• CARAT Maritime Exercise to Build Joint Capabilities in Malaysia Navy NewsStand 25 Jul 2006 -- Sailors, Coast Guardsmen and Marines of the five-ship U.S. exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Task Group will share capabilities and maritime expertise ashore, afloat and in the air with the tri-service Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) during the Malaysia phase of CARAT, which began here July 25.
• Seabees Compete in Builders Challenge Navy NewsStand 25 Jul 2006 -- Sailors from Naval Base Point Loma and Naval Base Coronado participated in the Builders Challenge Competition 2006, July 20.
• Security forces members battle HEAT AFPN 25 Jul 2006 -- Airmen here are receiving specialized training designed to help them know what to do if their tactical vehicle was to rollover and increase survivability.
• National Guard Set to Meet Goal of 6,000 Troops on Border AFPS 25 Jul 2006 -- The Army National Guard will meet its goal of having 6,000 soldiers along the Southwest border by Aug. 1 to assist the U.S. Border Patrol in stemming the flow of illegal immigrants, the head of the National Guard Bureau told reporters here today.
• Army Continues to Make Progress in Business Transformation Army News Release 25 Jul 2006 -- The U.S. Army Forces in Korea will graduate their first class of Lean Six Sigma Black Belts July 28, as part of the Army's business-transformation efforts.
• Tactical Operations Center tracks troops Army News 25 Jul 2006 -- The tactical operations center, or "TOC," is the "nerve center" in the anatomy of any successful military unit.
• BCT Soldier 'pick-up' goes tactical Army News 25 Jul 2006 -- In the past, when a Basic Combat Training battalion picked up new Soldiers from the 120th Adjutant General Battalion (Reception), it was just a matter of moving people from one place to another.
• Press Briefing by National Security Advisor Stephen J. Hadley The White House 25 Jul 2006
• Daily Press Briefing US Department of State 25 Jul 2006

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for July 25, 2006
• CACI Awarded $15.6 Million Contract to Support U.S. Marine Corps Aviation Readiness CACI 25 Jul 2006 -- CACI International Inc (NYSE:CAI) announced today that it has been awarded a new, $15.6 million prime contract to provide aviation logistics support services for the U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Atlantic. The five-year contract has one base year and four option years. CACI will perform the work at various Marine Corps Atlantic facilities both in the United States and overseas. CACI has supported this Marines Corps client on a number of other contract vehicles, and with this new award, CACI expands the size and scope of these efforts. The award enables CACI to continue building on its role in Marine Corps support, which is a key component of the company's core engineering and logistics line of work.
• US Urges Moscow to Reconsider Venezuela Arms Deal VOA 25 Jul 2006 -- The United States Tuesday again urged the Russian government to reconsider a $1 billion military aircraft sale to Venezuela.
• Russia: Chavez To Seal Arms Deal RFE/RL 25 Jul 2006 -- After Belarus, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez heads to Russia to conclude an arms deal likely to raise eyebrows in Washington.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 25 Jul 2006
• Annan 'shocked' by Israeli attack on UN Lebanon post that killed at least 2 UN News Centre 25 Jul 2006 -- Secretary-General Kofi Annan expressed shock and deep distress over what he called the "apparently deliberate targeting" by the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) of a United Nations observer post in southern Lebanon that has killed two military observers, with two more feared dead.
• Security Council debates UN force in south Lebanon amid more firing near its positions UN News Centre 25 Jul 2006 -- The United Nations Security Council today discussed the future of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) as the force reported further heavy exchanges of fire between Hezbollah and Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) close to its positions in the south of the country.
• Foreign Ministers Gather in Rome for Conference on Lebanon VOA 25 Jul 2006 -- U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan and U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice have arrived in Rome to take part in a meeting of key Middle East players
• Rice Says Ceasefire Must Come With Conditions VOA 25 Jul 2006 -- Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice arrived in Rome for an international conference on Lebanon on Wednesday, after two days of meetings in the Middle East with Lebanese, Israeli and Palestinian leaders
• Saudi Arabia Announces Massive Aid for Lebanon VOA 25 Jul 2006 -- Saudi Arabia has announced humanitarian aid to Lebanon totaling $1.5 billion.
• UN: Four UN Observers Killed in Israeli Airstrike in Lebanon VOA 25 Jul 2006 -- The United Nations says four U.N. peacekeepers have been killed in an Israeli airstrike on a U.N. post in southern Lebanon.
• Israeli Warplanes Blast Beirut While Troops Battle Hezbollah VOA 25 Jul 2006 -- Israeli warplanes blasted Beirut Tuesday as troops from the Jewish state continued to battle Hezbollah guerrillas in southern Lebanon two weeks into the conflict with no immediate end in sight
• America to Help Lebanese Displaced by Warfare, Bush Says AFPS 25 Jul 2006 -- The United States backs Israel's right to defend itself against terrorist groups like Hezbollah, but it also wants to aid thousands of suffering Lebanese who've fled the fighting, President Bush said here today.
• Iraqi Prime Minister Meets with Bush, Calls for Cease-fire in Lebanon VOA 25 Jul 2006 -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is personally urging President Bush to back an immediate cease-fire between Israeli forces and Lebanese-based Hezbollah militants
• Israeli Airstrikes Hit Beirut VOA 25 Jul 2006 -- Israeli forces have pounded Beirut for the first time in nearly two days as fighting raged along the border to the south.
• Hezbollah Rockets Target Haifa, Fighting Intense at Lebanese Border Town VOA 25 Jul 2006 -- Hezbollah pounded the northern Israeli city of Haifa with rockets Tuesday, as Israeli forces battled the guerrilla group in and near the Lebanese border town of Bint Jbail.
• Rice, Olmert Discuss Israel-Hezbollah Conflict VOA 25 Jul 2006 -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met Tuesday with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. Later Tuesday, Secretary Rice meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
• Rice Meets With Palestinian President, Emphasizes Sustainable Peace VOA 25 Jul 2006 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice emphasized the need for a sustainable cease-fire in Lebanon during a brief meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
• Civilians Bear Brunt of Israeli Bombardment in South Lebanon VOA 25 Jul 2006 -- Southern Lebanon is bearing the brunt of Israeli airstrikes that have now gone on nearly two weeks.
• Middle East: Rice Calls For A 'New Middle East' RFE/RL 25 Jul 2006 -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice again makes it clear that the United States is seeking major change in the Middle East, rather than a quick cease-fire.
• Tensions Rise In Georgian Region Bordering Abkhazia RFE/RL 25 Jul 2006 -- Tensions are rising on the Georgian border amid claims that Georgia is deploying soldiers in a bid to disarm a militia leader.
• Georgia provoking war in Abkhazia - S. Ossetian president RIA Novosti 25 Jul 2006 -- The president of Georgia's self-proclaimed republic South Ossetia said Tuesday that Georgia is staging provocations in the Kodori Gorge in Abkhazia, another of its breakaway regions, as a pretext to start a war.
• Georgia refuses to rule out force in spat with Abkhazia gorge RIA Novosti 25 Jul 2006 -- Georgia's authorities hope to resolve a conflict peacefully in a gorge on the border with the self-proclaimed republic of Abkhazia but are not ruling out the use of force, a high-ranking government source said Tuesday.
• Georgian troops moving toward Kodori Gorge in Abkhazia- TV RIA Novosti 25 Jul 2006 -- An armored convoy with Georgian troops is moving toward the Kodori Gorge, the only Tbilisi-controlled area in the northwestern breakaway region of Abkhazia, Georgian television company Imedi reported Tuesday.
• Update: Russian peacekeepers hold Georgian armored cars in conflict zone RIA Novosti 25 Jul 2006 -- Russian peacekeepers have detained two Georgian light-armored prime movers and two cars in the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict zone, a mission spokesman said Tuesday.
• Georgian PM says no talks with armed group in breakaway Abkhazia RIA Novosti 25 Jul 2006 -- Georgia's prime minister said Tuesday talks with a former presidential envoy who leads an outlawed battalion in the only Tbilisi-controlled area in the northwestern breakaway region of Abkhazia were impossible.
• NEPAL: Rebels not ready to disarm until peace process completed - Maoist leaders IRIN 25 Jul 2006 -- Despite spending the last three months engaged in peace talks with the Nepalese government, Maoist rebels are still not prepared to demobilise, disarm or integrate, their leaders said in the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu, on Monday.
• Nepalese Maoist chief strongly objects to govt's UN letter IRNA 25 Jul 2006 -- Strongly expressing disagreement over certain points of the government letter sent to the United Nations, Maoist Chairman Prachanda on Monday sent a letter to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan to register their (Maoists) strong protest.
• Nepal scraps military secretariat IRNA 25 Jul 2006 -- The Seven Party Alliance (SPA) government scrapped the Principal Military Secretariat (PMS), introducing significant changes to the royal palace security.
• Sri Lanka seeks India's intervention in peace process IRNA 25 Jul 2006 -- Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse would like India to get involved more directly in the peace talks between his government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
• US Says Congo Should Not Delay Elections VOA 25 Jul 2006 -- The U.S. State Department says it believes the elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo should go forward as planned on Sunday, despite calls for a delay.

News Reports

• Southeast Asian Foreign Ministers say Burma Situation Hurts ASEAN's Credibility VOA 25 Jul 2006 -- Southeast Asian foreign ministers have opened their annual meeting with the political stagnation in Burma casting a shadow over their goal of regional integration, and damaging ASEAN's credibility with the international community.