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• CENTAF releases airpower summary for July 30 AFPN 30 Jul 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials released the airpower summary for July 30.
• Soldiers Kill Suspected Terrorist, Detain Others AFPS 30 Jul 2006 -- A suspected terrorist brandishing an AK-47 rifle died July 28 in Hillah, Iraq, during a confrontation in front of the Imam Ali Mosque.
• Afghan, Coalition Forces Repel Extremist Ambush AFPS 30 Jul 2006 -- The Afghan National Army and coalition forces killed 20 Taliban extremists yesterday after the enemy fighters attempted an ambush from a compound in the Shahidi Hass district of Afghanistan's Uruzgan province.
• 24 Taleban Killed Ahead of NATO Security Takeover in Southern Afghanistan VOA 30 Jul 2006 -- The U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan says coalition and Afghan forces have killed at least 26 suspected Taleban militants in the two days before NATO takes over security in southern Afghanistan.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Eisenhower Strike Group Completes JTFEX 06-2 Navy NewsStand 30 Jul 2006 -- The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) Carrier Strike Group (CSG) completed an eight-day Joint Task Force Exercise (JTFEX) 06-2 “Operation Bold Step,” July 28, off the East Coast, testing the CSG’s ability to operate alongside other U.S. forces and coalition partners in a complex, hostile environment.
• Lincoln Wraps Up RIMPAC, Heads Home Navy NewsStand 30 Jul 2006 -- USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) departed Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, July 29, after the final weekend of the biennial Rim of the Pacific 2006 (RIMPAC) exercise.
• Malaysian Soldiers Get Feet Wet with CARAT Amphibious Operations Navy NewsStand 30 Jul 2006 -- Soldiers of Malaysia’s 9th Royal Malay Regiment applied what they’ve learned from U.S. Marines and Sailors over the past week when the paratroopers made an amphibious landing here July 30 as part of exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT).
• Vinson's CHENG Participates in ICAM 2006 Navy NewsStand 30 Jul 2006 -- USS Carl Vinson's (CVN 70) Chief Engineer (CHENG), along with several Northrop Grumman employees and other Navy personnel, participated in the International Conference of Agile Manufacturing (ICAM) in Norfolk, Va., July 19-20 to help answer questions regarding their involvement with Process Excellence.
• Navy Reservist Adds Key Skill to RIMPAC ‘06 Navy NewsStand 30 Jul 2006 -- The month-long Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2006 multinational exercise in July was in part successful due to the special language translation services of U.S. Navy Sailors.
• Reservists Provide Support, Continuity to RIMPA Navy NewsStand 30 Jul 2006 -- More than 100 Reservists from all over the country augmented the staff of Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet (SUBPAC) for Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2006, held June 26–July 28, at Pearl Harbor Naval Station and in the waters off the coast of Hawaii.
• New aggressor unit will stand up in Alaska AFPN 30 Jul 2006 -- The Air Force will activate the 18th Aggressor Squadron at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska.
• Press Gaggle by Tony Snow The White House 30 Jul 2006

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• America Continues Battle Against Terror in Middle East AFPS 30 Jul 2006 -- The international community is committed to putting a swift end to the violence and suffering in Lebanon and Israel and moving the region toward a "lasting peace," President Bush said yesterday in his weekly radio address to the nation.
• Lebanon: Security Council deplores Israeli attack on Qana, urges all sides to grant access UN News Centre 30 Jul 2006 -- Just hours after United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan convened a Security Council meeting on the latest violence in Lebanon, the 15-member body deplored last night's Israeli attack on the village of Qana, where over 50 civilians, mostly children, were reported killed.
• Security Council must condemn Israeli attack, demand cessation of hostilities, Annan says UN News Centre 30 Jul 2006 -- Convening a meeting today of the Security Council, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said it must condemn last night's Israeli bombing of a village in southern Lebanon which left scores dead, and must call for an immediate cessation of hostilities, warning that a failure to act decisively would undermine the United Nations itself.
• UN force in Lebanon again lodges protests as firing continues in its vicinity UN News Centre 30 Jul 2006 -- With heavy fighting continuing in southern Lebanon, the United Nations Interim Force (UNIFIL) there today again protested firing in the vicinity - which caused material damage and lightly wounded two blue helmets - to both the Israeli and Lebanese authorities.
• Bush Calls for Sustainable Mideast Peace VOA 30 Jul 2006 -- President Bush says America mourns the loss of life in the Lebanese village of Qana.
• Diplomacy to End Mideast Fighting Derailed by Violence VOA 30 Jul 2006 -- Diplomatic efforts to end the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah militants were derailed Sunday after an Israeli airstrike on the southern Lebanese village of Qana killed at least 56 people, mostly women and children
• Israeli Strike Kills More Than 50 People in Southern Lebanon VOA 30 Jul 2006 -- An Israeli airstrike on the village of Qana has killed at least 54 people, more than half of them children, with other bodies believed buried in rubble.
• Rice Postpones Planned Visit to Beirut After Airstrike in Qana Washington File 30 Jul 2006 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has postponed her planned visit to Beirut, aimed at hammering out a cease-fire between Israel and Hizballah fighters, in the wake of Israel's latest airstrike in Lebanon.
• LEBANON: Qana massacre provokes crowd attack on UN building IRIN 30 Jul 2006 -- Lebanese citizens responded with fury at the news that more than 50 people were killed in an Israeli strike on a house in the southern town of Qana on Sunday.
• LEBANON: ICRC delivers food aid to eastern villages IRIN 30 Jul 2006 -- Villagers in south Lebanon have received a much-needed load of food aid from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), but many thousands in the area remain stranded without running water or electricity.
• LEBANON: Mass burial of unclaimed bodies in Tyre IRIN 30 Jul 2006 -- Lebanese authorities buried 32 unclaimed bodies in a mass grave in wasteland outside Tyre on Saturday.
• Lebanon Cancels Talks After Bloody Qana Attack RFE/RL 30 Jul 2006 -- Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora said today he would hold no talks on resolving the Middle East crisis until Israel agreed to a cease-fire to end its 19-day offensive.
• Israeli Missiles Kill at Least 55 Civilians, Including 36 Children VOA 30 Jul 2006 -- Scheduled talks between Lebanese officials and U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice were canceled on Sunday following an Israeli air strike that killed at least 50 Lebanese civilians
• Annan Condemns Israeli Airstrike on Lebanese Civilian Shelter VOA 30 Jul 2006 -- U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has condemned Sunday's Israeli airstrike that killed more than 50 Lebanese civilians and called for an immediate ceasefire.
• White House Urges Israeli Restraint VOA 30 Jul 2006 -- The White House is urging Israel to exercise restraint following the attack on the Lebanese village of Qana that killed dozens of civilians.
• Search for Mideast Ceasefire Continues VOA 30 Jul 2006 -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has called for an Israeli-Hezbollah ceasefire "as soon as possible," but stopped short of urging an immediate halt to the conflict.
• DRC: Militiamen stop voters from going to polls IRIN 30 Jul 2006 -- Militiamen in the northeastern Congolese district of Ituri barricaded a highway on Sunday to stop hundreds of displaced persons from voting in the country's first multiparty polls since 1960, a local electoral official said.
• DRC: Interview with Jacqueline Chenard, spokeswoman for MONUC in Kivu North IRIN 30 Jul 2006 -- Voters in the Democratic Republic of Congo took part in multiparty general elections on Sunday, the first since 1960.
• Vote Counting Starts in Congo Amid Tension VOA 30 Jul 2006 -- Vote counting has started in the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo amid renewed tension over the outcome in the country's first open election in over 40 years
• Congolese Vote in First Open Election in Four Decades VOA 30 Jul 2006 -- Congolese are voting in their first open election in more than 40 years, in hopes of putting an end to years of misrule, corruption, conflict, and poverty.
• 8 LTTE members killed, 4 wounded in Lankan air bombing IRNA 30 Jul 2006 -- 8 LTTE members killed, 4 wounded in Lankan air bombing
• Somalia PM Survives No-Confidence Vote VOA 30 Jul 2006 -- Somalia's interim Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi has survived a no-confidence motion in parliament.

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