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Current Operations

• Two Marines killed in Al Anbar
• 1/34th Brigade Combat Team Soldier killed by an IED
• Task Force Band of Brothers Soldier dies
• Soldier Dies of Non-Combat Related Causes
• Task Force Band of Brothers Soldier killed by IED
• U.S. Marines In Iraq Find Multiple Weapons Caches AFPS 04 Aug 2006 -- .S. Marines from Regimental Combat Team 5 found hundreds of weapons recently during Operation Rubicon in Mushin, Iraq, west of Habbaniyah, U.S. officials reported.
• Iraqi Police Kill Insurgent Kingpin in Rawah Shootout AFPS 04 Aug 2006 -- Iraqi police killed one of the most wanted insurgent leaders in the Euphrates River Valley during a Sept. 2 counterinsurgency operation in the city of Rawah, U.S. officials reported.
• Apaches Blast Terrorists' Vehicles in Western Baghdad AFPS 04 Aug 2006 -- Two Longbow Apache helicopters provided air-to-ground support to American soldiers by blasting enemy vehicles during action in western Baghdad yesterday, U.S. officials reported.
• US Military Struggles to Quell Violence in Iraq VOA 04 Aug 2006 -- Earlier this month, the U.S. military deployed several thousand extra combat troops to flashpoint districts in the troubled Iraqi capital of Baghdad
• RFE/RL Afghanistan Report, Volume 5, Number 23 04 September 2006
• Casualties Mount Across Afghanistan in Day of Heavy Fighting VOA 04 Aug 2006 -- A suicide bombing and friendly fire incident have killed at least three NATO soldiers and four civilians in Afghanistan

Defense Policy / Programs

• Airmen take Red Flag plunge AFPN 04 Sep 2006 -- Parachutists from around the Air Force took a plunge Sept. 1 into local Lake Mead drop zone in support of Red Flag 06-2.
• Russian military experts to make inspection flight over Norway RIA Novosti 04 Aug 2006 -- A plane with Russian military observers will make an inspection flight over Norway under the Open Skies Treaty, the Air Force commander said Monday.

Defense Industry

• Flagship refreshes partnering deal with Royal Navy BAE Systems 04 Sep 2006 -- Flagship Training Ltd (Flagship) has signed a Heads of Terms agreeing to a number of revisions to their successful 15-year partnering arrangement with the Royal Navy, which was originally signed in 1996.
• BAE Systems Bofors Wins Artillery Order from Sweden BAE Systems 04 Sep 2006 -- BAE Systems Bofors has received a contract worth SEK 40 million from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration for detailed design work on the Archer program. The contract includes an additional option worth up to SEK 50 million.
• Alcatel Alenia Space wins a contract for German Armed Forces' Satcom BW satellites Thales 04 Sep 2006 -- Alcatel Alenia Space today announced that it has been granted a satellite contract for the next step of the German Armed Forces' satellite communications program Satcom BW Stufe 2 by EADS Astrium, the space segment prime contractor. The contract calls for the design, the manufacturing and the integration of two military satellites.

Other Conflicts

• UN, Lebanese troops deployed by mid-September should allow Israeli pullout - Annan UN News Centre 04 Sep 2006 -- The deployment of a credible presence of United Nations and Lebanese troops in southern Lebanon by mid-September should allow for Israel to withdraw, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today in Saudi Arabia.
• Lebanon to Complain to Security Council Over Israeli Blockade VOA 04 Sep 2006 -- The Lebanese government says it will bring the matter of the Israeli sea and air blockade of Lebanon before the United Nations Security Council.
• Israel Plans New Homes in West Bank Settlement VOA 04 Aug 2006 -- Israel's government says it intends to build 690 new homes in two West Bank settlements
• Middle East countries supportive of Security Council Lebanon resolution, Annan says UN News Centre 04 Aug 2006 -- Following a series of diplomatic meetings with top leaders across the Middle East, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today said the region is supportive of the Security Council resolution which ended the hostilities in Lebanon, and countries are stepping forward to contribute troops for an international force there.
• Italian troops deploy in Lebanon as part of UN force UN News Centre 04 Aug 2006 -- The first large contingent of Italian troops has joined the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) as part of international efforts to foster the Security Council-mandated withdrawal of Israeli forces from the country's South.
• Nigerian Troops Head to Sudan's Darfur Region to Join AU VOA 04 Aug 2006 -- Some 700 Nigerian soldiers are on their way to the troubled Sudanese region of Darfur, as part of the African Union peacekeeping force in that country
• Sudan Asks AU Troops to Leave, Again Rejects UN Peacekeepers VOA 04 Aug 2006 -- Sudan has asked African Union troops, who are monitoring the embattled Darfur region, to leave the country by September 30
• Sudan should accept international help on Darfur, Annan says UN News Centre 04 Aug 2006 -- Secretary-General Kofi Annan today reiterated his appeal to the Government of Sudan to accept United Nations forces in the country's troubled Darfur region, as mandated by the Security Council.
• SUDAN: African peacekeepers cannot transfer to UN, says govt IRIN 04 Aug 2006 -- In a latest act of defiance, the Sudan government said on Monday it would allow African Union peacekeepers to remain in the war-torn Darfur region but only if the troops are not part of a proposed United Nations force.
• Somali Islamists, Government Agree to Joint Army VOA 04 Aug 2006 -- Islamists who control Somalia's capital and the country's weak government have agreed to form a unified, national army and police force.
• SOMALIA: Talks between gov't, Islamic group under way IRIN 04 Aug 2006 -- Talks aimed at reconciling Somalia's fledgling transitional government and the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC), were continuing on Monday in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, under the mediation of the League of Arab States.
• Russia calls Georgian actions in helicopter incident provocation RIA Novosti 04 Aug 2006 -- Russia's Foreign Ministry criticized Monday the actions of Georgian authorities in an incident over the weekend in which air defense forces in breakaway South Ossetia shot at a helicopter carrying Georgia's defense minister.
• Russia says Georgia to blame for S.Ossetia helicopter incident RIA Novosti 04 Aug 2006 -- Russia's Foreign Ministry said Monday that Georgia was to blame for an incident on the weekend when air defense forces in breakaway South Ossetia shot at a helicopter carrying Georgia's defense minister.
• COTE D IVOIRE: New round of peace talks IRIN 04 Aug 2006 -- The main parties in Cote d'Ivoire's conflict were set to gather on Tuesday for a fresh round of talks on the faltering peace process ahead of a key United Nations meeting in New York later this month.
• NIGERIA: Government cracks down on Biafra separatist resurgence IRIN 04 Aug 2006 -- Armed soldiers shielded behind sandbags stand guard on both ends of the bridge over the River Niger and into Onitsha, a sprawling trading town of more than one million people in southeastern Nigeria.
• Security Dominates Trilateral Talks in East Timor VOA 04 Aug 2006 -- Australia and Indonesia have held talks with East Timor in Dili, amid continuing instability in the fledgling nation
• Nepal gov't unaware of arms purchase from Ukraine IRNA 04 Aug 2006 -- A cabinet minister said that the Nepal government had no idea regarding Nepal-bound arms from Ukraine having been intercepted in India.
• Russia: Moscow Takes Assertive Stance In Kuriles Dispute RFE/RL 04 Aug 2006 -- There are numerous signs that Moscow has taken a hard line on its longstanding dispute with Japan over ownership of the Kurile Islands -- essentially telling Tokyo that the chain of 56 islands are no longer subject to negotiation and that it can forget about recovering any of them.
• Russia: Clashes In Karelia Underscore Mounting Ethnic Tensions RFE/RL 04 Aug 2006 -- Relative calm has settled over the industrial city of Kondopoga in Russia's northwestern Karelia Republic after clashes between Russian Slavs and natives of the Caucasus on September 1-2 left two dead.

News Reports

• Grenade Attack Injures Dozens in Burundi's Capital VOA 04 Aug 2006 -- In Burundi, dozens of people were injured when an unknown group threw grenades into a crowded bar in the capital, Bujumbura.