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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 07 Sep 2006 [PDF]
• Task Force Band of Brothers Soldier killed
• Soldier killed in Al Anbar Province
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• Marine killed in Al Anbar Province
• CENTAF releases airpower summary, space support requests AFPN 07 Sep 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have announced the airpower summary and space support requests for Sept. 7.
• Transcript: DoD Media Availability with Gen. Jones from Belgium 08 Sep 2006 -- Presenter: U.S. European Commander and NATO Supreme Allied Commander in Europe Gen. James L. Jones
• Additional Forces Will Give NATO Flexibility in Southern Afghanistan AFPS 07 Sep 2006 -- NATO forces in southern Afghanistan are not in dire need of reinforcements, but the international community needs to fulfill its commitment of military forces to ensure the ground commander has enough flexibility to quell the rise in violence in the region, NATO's supreme allied commander in Europe said today.
• Bush Says Taleban Will Fail in Afghanistan VOA 07 Sep 2006 -- President Bush says Taleban fighters will not retake power in Afghanistan, where militants have staged a series of offensives and targeted killings recently that have destabilized much of the country
• Pakistan Acknowledges Taleban Launching Cross-Border Raids into Afghanistan VOA 07 Sep 2006 -- Pakistan's president has acknowledged Taleban insurgents are using Pakistani territory to stage cross-border attacks in neighboring Afghanistan.
• NATO Commander Seeks Reinforcements In Afghan South RFE/RL 07 Sep 2006 -- NATO's top military commander today called for the alliance's member countries to send reinforcements to southern Afghanistan, where a resurgence in attacks by militants continues to claim civilian and military lives.

Defense Policy / Programs

• New Detention Policies Hold Troops Accountable for Enforcement AFPS 07 Sep 2006 -- In addition to ensuring humane treatment of all detainees, a new policy directive and field manual released yesterday hold all servicemembers involved in or familiar with detainee operations accountable to ensure they are enforced.
• US Military Reaffirms 14 Leading Terrorist Suspects Will Be Treated Within New Guidelines VOA 07 Sep 2006 -- The U.S. military says 14 suspected terrorists who have been transferred to the controversial detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba early this week are being treated according to international standards, and new guidelines.
• 14 High-Level Terrorists Processed Into Guantanamo Bay AFPS 07 Sep 2006 -- Fourteen men believed to be high-level terrorist leaders arrived in recent days at U.S. Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and were transferred to Defense Department custody without incident, the commander of the U.S. military detention facility there said today.
• Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Rear Adm. Harris from the Pentagon 07 Sep 2006 -- Presenter: Commander, Joint Task Force, Guantanamo, Rear Adm. Harry B. Harris
• No Silver Bullet to Counter Explosive Devices, Head of Anti-IED Office Says AFPS 07 Sep 2006 -- DoD is spending almost $3.5 billion this year to defeat improvised explosive devices, and the effort's leader today said he expects the same level of funding in fiscal 2007.
• Army's Future Force Warrior passes major milestone Army News 07 Sep 2006 -- The Army's Future Force Warrior system is one step closer to being fielded as the Ground Soldier System following a successful demonstration in August of its electronic networking capability.
• Iran produces 1st laser-guided bomb 'Herald' IRNA 07 Sep 2006 -- Defense Minister Brigadier General Mostafa Najjar said here Thursday that the army has successfully test fired a 2000-pound laser-guided bomb named 'Qassedak' (Herald) which serves to enhance national defense capability.
• Press Gaggle by Tony Snow The White House 07 Sep 2006
• Daily Press Briefing US Dept. of State 07 Sep 2006

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for September 7, 2006
• BAE Systems to Purchase National Sensor Systems LLC BAE Systems 07 Sep 2006 -- BAE Systems Inc today reached a definitive agreement with National Sensor Systems (NSS) to purchase all of the shares of the company for $8.7 million in cash.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICES OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL AND THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT United Nations 07 Sep 2006
• General Assembly opens debate on preventing armed conflict UN News Centre 07 Sep 2006 -- Noting that conflict prevention is a "moral imperative" and a "political necessity for the credibility of international cooperation, in particular the United Nations," the president of the UN General Assembly today opened debate on Secretary-General Kofi Annan's recent report on preventing armed conflict around the world.
• Israel Lifts Blockade of Lebanon Airports VOA 07 Sep 2006 -- Israel lifted its blockade of Lebanon's airports late Thursday, but in a last-minute decision, decided to wait at least 48 hours before lifting its naval blockade on Lebanese ports
• UN Rights Experts Investigate Conduct of Israel-Hezbollah War VOA 07 Sep 2006 -- Four United Nations human rights experts have begun a fact-finding mission in Lebanon and Israel.
• Russia offers to send combat engineers to Lebanon - FM RIA Novosti 07 Sep 2006 -- Russia has proposed sending combat engineers to Lebanon to help it restore the infrastructure destroyed during the war, the foreign minister said Thursday.
• LEBANON: Agencies and others tackle cluster bomb threat IRIN 07 Sep 2006 -- Mine-clearing agencies are removing thousands of unexploded bombs in Lebanon, particularly in the south of the country.
• Israel withdraws from more areas in south Lebanon - UN UN News Centre 07 Sep 2006 -- Israeli forces withdrew from more areas in southern Lebanon today as United Nations troops took over their positions ahead of handing them over to Lebanese army units, while officers from the world body met Israeli commanders to map out plans for patrolling the waters off Lebanon after the blockade is lifted today.
• Lifting of blockade against Lebanon a victory for international efforts: Annan UN News Centre 07 Sep 2006 -- Welcoming today's lifting of the Israeli blockade against Lebanon, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said it was a victory for the intensive international efforts of recent days, as he met with Spanish officials on the last leg of two weeks of shuttle diplomacy to shore up the cessation of hostilities agreement that ended the recent conflict.
• U.S. Calls Lifting of Lebanese Air Blockade "Important Step" Washington File 07 Sep 2006 -- The State Department said Israel's lifting of its air blockade of Lebanon is "an important step" in implementing U.N. Security Council Resolution 1701, and applauded Germany's work with the governments of Israel and Lebanon to end the blockade.
• Israel Set to Lift Lebanon Blockade VOA 07 Sep 2006 -- Israel is giving way to mounting international pressure and is preparing to lift its two-month long blockade of Lebanon's airspace and seaports later Thursday.
• PRESS CONFERENCE BY PALESTINE RELIEF AGENCY United Nations 07 Sep 2006
• OPT: Refugees displaced by military offensive IRIN 07 Sep 2006 -- Palestinian Rashida al-Malalha, 65, never imagined she would become displaced from her refugee camp.
• Darfur endures fresh round of violent attacks, UN mission reports UN News Centre 07 Sep 2006 -- The strife-torn Darfur region has been hit by another wave of attacks on civilians, humanitarian workers and African Union (AU) staff members in the past few days, the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) reported today.
• SUDAN: Stop bombing North Darfur villages - former rebels IRIN 07 Sep 2006 -- Former rebels who signed a peace agreement with the government in May have denounced the new Sudanese military offensive to flush out rebel groups in North Darfur State.
• Burundi Government, Rebels Sign Ceasefire VOA 07 Sep 2006 -- The government of Burundi and the country's last remaining rebel group Thursday met in Tanzania and finalized a ceasefire that seeks to end more than a dozen years of civil war.
• BURUNDI: Last rebel group signs cease-fire with government IRIN 07 Sep 2006 -- The government of Burundi signed a cease-fire with the country's last remaining rebel group on Thursday, marking a milestone in the tiny nation's emergence from a 13 year civil war.
• ERITREA: UN protests at staff expulsions IRIN 07 Sep 2006 -- The United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) has protested to the Eritrean authorities over the expulsion of five UN staff on allegations of spying, a spokesperson said on Thursday.
• DRC: "We want to go home," Katanga's displaced tell Egeland IRIN 07 Sep 2006 -- A representative of thousands of people displaced by fighting in the southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo's Katanga Province told Jan Egeland, the visiting United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, they wanted to return home.
• Serbian Leader Warns Against Kosovo Independence VOA 07 Sep 2006 -- Serbian President warned Thursday in Washington that independence for the Serbian province of Kosovo would create a dangerous precedent for the Balkans and elsewhere
• Thai Army Stymied in South, Seeks New Approach VOA 07 Sep 2006 -- Thailand's armed forces, grappling for almost two years with an insurgency in the southern provinces, are looking for fresh avenues to peace, including talks, in a bid to end the bloodshed

News Reports

• COTE D IVOIRE: Cabinet resigns over toxic fumes scandal IRIN 07 Sep 2006 -- President Laurent Gbagbo has accepted the unprecedented resignation of Cote d'Ivoire's cabinet as anger mounts over the dumping of toxic waste in the main city, Abidjan, that made hundreds ill.
• US Senate Panel Postpones Vote on UN Nominee VOA 07 Sep 2006 -- A key Senate panel has postponed a vote on the nomination of John Bolton for a full- term appointment as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.
• Secret services were aware of planned coup in Georgia - pres. RIA Novosti 07 Sep 2006 -- Georgia's secret services had information about a coup d'etat being prepared in the country, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said Thursday while answering questions from journalists.
• Raytheon Successfully Completes NPOESS Segment Acceptance Testing Two Months Ahead of Schedule Raytheon 07 Sep 2006 -- The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System Preparatory Project (NPP) command, control and communications segment acceptance testing has been completed two months early, thanks to the efforts of Raytheon Company, Northrop Grumman Corporation and the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System IPO (Integrated Program Office) testing team.