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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 06 Sep 2006 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Navy Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualties
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• Press Briefing, Sept. 6, 2006 MNF-I 06 Sep 2006 -- TOPIC: SECURITY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ
• CENTAF releases airpower summary for Sept. 6 AFPN 06 Sep 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for Sept. 6.
• Al Qaeda Leader Captured in June, U.S. Spokesman Says AFPS 06 Sep 2006 -- A high-level al Qaeda in Iraq leader whose capture was announced Sept. 3 by the Iraqi government was actually captured June 19 and has been yielding valuable intelligence since then, a U.S. military spokesman in Iraq said today.
• US Cautious on Pakistan Border Deal VOA 06 Sep 2006 -- The United States said Wednesday it is taking a wait-and-see attitude toward the peace agreement between the Pakistani government and pro-Taleban militants in tribal areas bordering Afghanistan
• Afghans Launch Security System; Raids Nab Suspects, Weapons AFPS 06 Sep 2006 -- The Afghan government is implementing a new national security system designed to strengthen the country's security apparatus, U.S. officials reported.
• AFGHANISTAN: Thousands displaced by fighting in Kandahar IRIN 06 Sep 2006 -- Thousands of Afghan families have been displaced by fierce clashes between NATO and Taliban fighters in the southern province of Kandahar, officials said on Wednesday.
• Afghanistan: Pakistani, Afghan Presidents To Hold Security Talks In Kabul RFE/RL 06 Sep 2006 -- Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has arrived in Kabul where he will hold talks with his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai
• Pakistan, Afghanistan Pledge to Fight Common Enemies VOA 06 Sep 2006 -- Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf met with his counterpart Hamid Karzai in the Afghan capital Kabul on Wednesday, to discuss ways to curb the sharp rise in attacks by the Taleban
• NATO 'Not Deterred' By Taliban Violence RFE/RL 06 Sep 2006 -- NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said today the alliance would not be deterred by the resurgence of Taliban militants in Afghanistan's south.
• NATO Chief in Afghanistan for Top-Level Talks VOA 06 Sep 2006 -- NATO's Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer says the Western alliance will prevail in Afghanistan despite a recent surge in Taleban-led violence
• Pakistani-Taliban Pact Part of Efforts To Secure Afghan Border Washington File 06 Sep 2006 -- The Bush administration has been apprised of the Pakistani government's September 5 cease-fire deal with tribal Taliban in north Waziristan on the country's border with Afghanistan.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Army Publishes New Intelligence Manual Army News Release 06 Sep 2006 -- The U.S. Army announced today the publication of Field Manual (FM) 2-22.3, "Human Intelligence Collector Operations."
• Army releases new interrogation manual Army News 06 Sep 2006 -- The Army announced today the publication of Field Manual 2-22.3, "Human Intelligence Collector Operations."
• U.S. Navy Tug Begins Dive Exercise with Ghanaian Navy Navy NewsStand 06 Sep 2006 -- Military Sealift Command tug USNS Apache (T-ATF 172) arrived in Sekondi, Ghana, Sept. 3 to participate in a military exercise with the Ghanaian navy as part of the United States’ ongoing effort to strengthen its emerging partnership with that country.
• USS Annapolis Visits Namesake City Navy NewsStand 06 Sep 2006 -- The Los Angeles-class submarine USS Annapolis (SSN 760) visited its namesake city from Aug. 30 to Sept. 5.
• New Documents Outline Detention, Interrogation Policies AFPS 06 Sep 2006 -- A new policy directive and field manual released today establish crystal-clear guidelines on U.S. military detention and interrogation policies and further the Defense Department's longstanding policy of humane treatment for all detainees, defense officials told Pentagon reporters today.
• High-Value Detainees Moved to Gitmo; Bush Proposes Detainee Legislation AFPS 06 Sep 2006 -- President Bush today announced the transfer of 14 high-value terrorist detainees from CIA custody to confinement at the Defense Department's detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and that he asked Congress to authorize military commissions to try them.
• Bush: Successful Programs Have Prevented Further Attacks AFPS 06 Sep 2006 -- Nearly five years after America "awoke to a nightmare attack" on Sept. 11, 2001, the nation is thankful that terrorists haven't succeeded in launching another attack on U.S. soil, but recognizes that it's not for the terrorists' lack of trying, President Bush said at the White House today.
• Analysis: Bush Bows to High Court Ruling on 'Detainees' cfr.org 06 Sep 2006 -- The treatment of terrorism suspects, once in custody, has garnered plenty of attention in the five years since September 11, 2001
• Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Deputy Assistant Secretary Stimson and Lt. Gen. Kimmons from the Pentagon 06 Sep 2006 -- Presenter: Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Detainee Affairs Cully Stimson and Army Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence Lt. Gen. John Kimmons
• Leading Terrorist Detainees Transferred to Guantanamo VOA 06 Sep 2006 -- The U.S. government has transferred 14 alleged terrorist leaders to the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the first new arrivals at the controversial facility in two years
• Top Terror Suspects Transferred to Guantanamo VOA 06 Sep 2006 -- President Bush has for the first time acknowledged the existence of secret CIA prisons holding top terror suspects and is asking Congress to approve the creation of military commissions to put them on trial
• Pentagon Issues New Rules on Detainees VOA 06 Sep 2006 -- The U.S. Defense Department has issued new rules for the treatment of detainees and for conduct by interrogators that officials say are designed to ensure humane treatment and prevent the kind of abuses that have happened in recent years
• President Discusses Creation of Military Commissions to Try Suspected Terrorists The White House 06 Sep 2006
• Fact Sheet: The Administration's Legislation to Create Military Commissions The White House 06 Sep 2006
• Bush Says CIA Detainees Will Get Prisoner-of-War Status VOA 06 Sep 2006 -- President Bush says 14 high-profile terrorism suspects held in secret CIA prisons have been transferred to the Guantanamo Bay detention center in Cuba, and will be granted prisoner-of-war status.
• Defense Department Ordered to Take Custody of High-Value Detainees 06 Sep 2006 -- The Department of Defense announced today, that at the direction of the President of the United States it took custody of 14 high-value detainees captured in the War on Terror and placed them under control of the Joint Task Force at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
• Bush Says High-Level Detainees Will Face Fair Military Trial Washington File 06 Sep 2006 -- President Bush announced that he is sending draft legislation to the U.S. Congress that specifically would authorize U.S. military commissions to try captured terrorist suspects and would clarify the rules governing how U.S. interrogators may question detainees to gather intelligence against terrorist organizations and prevent potential terrorist activities.
• Pentagon Releases New Rules for Treatment of Detainees Washington File 06 Sep 2006 -- The Defense Department released new guidelines for the treatment and interrogation of detainees in the War on Terror September 6 that require, at a minimum, that all detainees in the custody of the Defense Department be treated in a manner consistent with the requirements of Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions that prohibits cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment or punishment.
• U.S. Navy Ship Mercy Heading Home After Five-Month Aid Mission Washington File 06 Sep 2006 -- After a five-month mission to provide medical care and training, civil engineering assistance and other humanitarian aid in South and Southeast Asia, the USNS Mercy is heading back to its homeport in San Diego.
• AFMx21 defining, creating future of Air Force maintenance AFPN 06 Sep 2006 -- Maintenance leaders from the Air Staff and major commands met in Dayton, Ohio, to discuss the current state of Air Force maintenance, trends, fiscal realities and vision through the year 2016.
• Climatic lab plays crucial role in missile tests AFPN 06 Sep 2006 -- The 46th Test Wing's McKinley Climatic Laboratory played a key role this week testing a strategic missile in the Air Force's inventory.
• Small Diameter Bomb I delivered ahead of schedule AFPN 06 Sep 2006 -- The culmination of more than five years of extraordinary teamwork was realized when the GBU-39/B Small Diameter Bomb was successfully delivered to the warfighter ahead of schedule and under cost.
• F-35 Lightning II JSF testing marks program milestone AFPN 06 Sep 2006 -- Arnold Engineering Development Center officials just completed aerodynamic testing on two variants of the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter to support flight testing of the plane later this year.
• Army develops new technology for first responders Army News 06 Sep 2006 -- U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center (CERDEC) and U.S. Army Garrison, Fort Monmouth demonstrated Aug. 29 capabilities developed in response to the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
• Iran self-sufficient in production of warplanes IRNA 06 Sep 2006 -- Army Commander Major General Ataollah Salehi here Wednesday declared Iran's ability to produce warplanes.
• Saeqeh fighter plane test-flown in `Blow of Zolfaqar' wargames IRNA 06 Sep 2006 -- Commander-in-Chief of the Iranian Army Ayatollah Salehi said on Wednesday that the `Saeqeh' fighter plane was one of those tested in the ongoing `Blow of Zolfaqar' wargames in northwestern Iran.
• Iran tests first-ever 2,000-pound guided bomb: minister IRNA 06 Sep 2006 -- Defense Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar said here Wednesday that Iran has, for the first time, designed and produced a 2,000-pound guided bomb named `Qassed'.
• Russia-U.S. exercise put off pending status ratification RIA Novosti 06 Sep 2006 -- A joint Russian-U.S. exercise, scheduled for late September, will be shelved until parliament's lower chamber ratifies a document on the presence of foreign servicemen in Russia, the speaker of Russia's lower house of parliament said Wednesday.
• Daily Press Briefing US Dept. of State 06 Sep 2006

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for September 6, 2006
• Boeing KC-767 Tanker Advanced Camera System Improves Aerial Refueling Safety Boeing 06 Sep 2006 -- With two aircraft flying about 50 feet apart at hundreds of miles per hour, aerial refueling, even under the most ideal conditions, is an exacting maneuver. Boeing's [NYSE: BA] KC-767 Tanker recently demonstrated technology that will improve safety for tanker aircrews and the airplanes receiving critical fuel.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 06 Sep 2006
• PRESS CONFERENCE BY DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AFFAIRS CONCERNING SECRETARY-GENERAL’S REPORT ON CONFLICT PREVENTION United Nations 06 Sep 2006
• Preventing armed conflicts requires broad-based effort, say UN officials UN News Centre 06 Sep 2006 -- With armed conflicts raging around the world, prevention is too important to be left in the hands of governments alone, senior United Nations officials told the press in New York today on the eve of a General Assembly debate on Secretary-General Kofi Annan's recent report on the issue.
• Israel to Lift Air and Sea Blockade on Lebanon VOA 06 Sep 2006 -- Israel says it will lift its blockade of Lebanon's air and seaports on Thursday
• Annan Praises Turkish Troop Commitment in Lebanon VOA 06 Sep 2006 -- U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan is praising Turkey's decision to join the expanded U.N. peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon
• Israel's move to lift its blockade of Lebanon will speed up the Lebanese recovery: Annan UN News Centre 06 Sep 2006 -- Welcoming Israel's decision to lift its blockade of Lebanon tomorrow, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said the move will speed up Lebanese reconstruction efforts after the month of conflict and added he would continue to explore all avenues to ensure full implementation of the Security Council resolution that ended the fighting.
• No grounds to deploy UN force on Lebanon-Syria border - Russia RIA Novosti 06 Sep 2006 -- There is no reason to deploy UN troops on the border between Lebanon and Syria after more than a month of fighting between Lebanon-based Hizbollah and Israel, a Russian Foreign Ministry official said Wednesday.
• Annan Hopes Israel Will Lift Blockade Within 48 Hours VOA 06 Sep 2006 -- U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan says he is hopeful that Israel will lift its blockade of Lebanon within two days.
• Israeli Air Strikes Kill Five Gaza Militants VOA 06 Sep 2006 -- Five Palestinian militants have been killed in three separate Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip.
• Former Somali Military Members Vow to Fight Foreign Peacekeepers VOA 06 Sep 2006 -- Hundreds of former Somali military members have vowed to fight any foreign peacekeepers who set foot in the Horn of Africa country.
• SOMALIA: Regional heads stress need for peacekeeping force IRIN 06 Sep 2006 -- An East African regional bloc engaged in efforts to restore stability in Somalia has asked the African Union (AU) to approve a plan to send a peacekeeping force to the Horn of Africa country, urging the quick release of funds to implement the deployment.
• COTE D IVOIRE: Talks fail to resolve election stand-off IRIN 06 Sep 2006 -- A mini-summit of Cote d'Ivoire's main political leaders ended in disagreement after participants failed to reach consensus on preparations for delayed elections aimed at restoring peace in the divided country.
• Thousands protest in Darfur against Security Council resolution for UN deployment UN News Centre 06 Sep 2006 -- About 10,000 demonstrators have protested in the South Darfur town of Nyala against last week's Security Council resolution calling for the deployment of a United Nations peacekeeping force in the strife-torn Darfur region, the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) reported today.
• Analysis: Russia and the Frozen Wars cfr.org 06 Sep 2006
• Ugandan Rebels Want War Crimes Charges Dropped VOA 06 Sep 2006 -- A Ugandan rebel commander is demanding that the International Criminal Court drop war crimes charges against him and four other rebel leaders.

News Reports

• PRESS CONFERENCE BY CO-CHAIR OF HIGH-LEVEL GROUP OF ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATION United Nations 06 Sep 2006
• In all, 29 conspiracy activists detained in Georgia - minister RIA Novosti 06 Sep 2006 -- The Georgian interior minister said Wednesday that in all 29 supporters of a controversial former Georgian minister and security chief were arrested in a special operation.