02 September 2006 Military News

CENTAF releases airpower summary for Sept. 2 AFPN 02 Sep 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for Sept. 2.
Insurgents Kill 14 South Asian Pilgrims in Iraq VOA 02 Sep 2006 -- Iraqi officials say they have found the bodies of 14 South Asian Muslim pilgrims killed earlier this week as they traveled to the holy Shi'ite city of Karbala.

Afghanistan opium cultivation surges in volatile south, UN drug agency says UN News Centre 02 Sep 2006 -- Opium cultivation is surging in the troubled southern part of Afghanistan and fuelling insurgency across the region, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) reported today.
Afghan Democracy Could Be 'Taken Down' By Drugs RFE/RL 02 Sep 2006 -- A senior U.S. counternarcotics official says the illicit trade in opium and heroin threatens to destroy Afghanistan's fledgling democracy.

USS Howard Holds Change of Command Navy NewsStand 02 Sep 2006 -- Cmdr. James M. Morgan relieved Cmdr. Carol A. Hottenrott as commanding officer (CO) of USS Howard (DDG 83) during a change of command ceremony held aboard the guided-missile destroyer July 28 while pierside at Naval Station San Diego.
Congressional Delegation Visit Stiletto Navy NewsStand 02 Sep 2006 -- A Congressional delegation visited Stiletto, a high-speed, carbon fiber-reinforced craft being tested with Navy expeditionary forces and U.S. Special Operations Command and currently operating out of the Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado, Aug. 29.
CENTCOM Air Commander: Supporting Ground Troops Top Priority AFPS 02 Sep 2006 -- When describing the vast scope of the air mission in support of ground troops waging the war on terror, the commander of U.S. Central Command Air Forces paints some graphic images.
Pakistan, US Navy to conduct joint exercises next week IRNA 02 Sep 2006 -- Pakistani and the US Navy will conduct a three-day joint exercise next week, a Pakistan Navy statement said on Friday.

BUSH ADVISED NOT TO SELL F-16S TO TAIWAN: U.S. REPORT CNA 02 Sep 2006 -- The White House National Security Council (NSC) has advised U.S. President George W. Bush to reject new sales of F-16 fighter jets to Taiwan in order to avoid upsetting China, according to The Washington Times Friday.

First Major Contingent of UN Troops Begin Arriving in South Lebanon VOA 02 Sep 2006 -- The first major deployment of international forces to monitor a ceasefire between Hezbollah militants and Israel began arriving in Lebanon Saturday.
Lebanon: Italian Troops Arrive To Boost UN Peace Force RFE/RL 02 Sep 2006 -- A vanguard of Italian troops lands in Lebanon with the UN commander saying he expects to have 5,000 troops on the ground within two weeks.
Ukraine mulls sending peacekeepers to Lebanon RIA Novosti 02 Sep 2006 -- Ukraine is planning to send a peacekeeping contingent to the conflict zone in Lebanon, the defense minister said Saturday.

Large arms cache found near Chechen capital RIA Novosti 02 Sep 2006 -- Police have found a large weapons cache containing 200 kg (440 lbs) of explosives in the suburbs of the Chechen capital, Grozny, a law enforcement source said Saturday.
Somali Peace Talks Resume After Two-Month Delay VOA 02 Sep 2006 -- Peace talks between leaders of Somalia's interim government and the Islamist group that controls the capital, have resumed in Sudan
African Union: Fighting Renewed in Sudan's Darfur Region VOA 02 Sep 2006 -- In Sudan's Darfur region, African Union officials and human rights observers say the government has begun shelling villages in volatile northern Darfur

80,000 Palestinian Civil Servants Go on Strike VOA 02 Sep 2006 -- Tens of thousands of Palestinian government employees, who have not been paid in months, went on strike Saturday

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