23 September 2006 Military News

Bombing in Baghdad as Ramadan Observance Begins VOA 23 Sep 2006 -- More than 30 people were killed and dozens more wounded in a bomb attack Saturday morning in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad
Aircraft swap helps maintain mission-ready capabilities AFPN 23 Sep 2006 -- The 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing here replaced its entire F-16 Fighting Falcon fleet this month with aircraft from throughout the U.S.

USS Momsen Returns Home Following Deployment Navy NewsStand 23 Sep 2006 -- USS Momsen (DDG 92) arrived at Naval Station Everett Sept. 22, completing its highly successful maiden deployment.
New Navy Oceanography Center Established at Stennis Space Center Navy NewsStand 23 Sep 2006 -- The Navy established the Naval Oceanography Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Center at Stennis Space Center (SSC), Miss., Sept. 22 with Cmdr. John Van Gurley as its first commanding officer.
Navy Region Northwest Participates in Navywide Exercise Navy NewsStand 23 Sep 2006 -- Commands from Navy Region Northwest joined all continental U.S. Navy installations in a security exercise, titled Solid Curtain 2006, Sept. 18-22.

NATION'S FIRST LITTORAL COMBAT SHIP CHRISTENED AND LAUNCHED BY LOCKHEED MARTIN LCS TEAM Lockheed Martin 23 Sep 2006 -- History was made here today when the nation’s first Littoral Combat Ship, FREEDOM (LCS-1) – the inaugural ship in an entirely new class of U.S. Navy surface warships – was christened and launched at the Marinette Marine shipyard.
Unmanned Air Vehicle ditched into the sea EADS 23 Sep 2006 -- An EADS-owned Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) has ditched into the sea on Saturday morning upon approach for landing at San Javier Air Force Base (Murcia / Spain) after a test flight. The test was part of the current flight trials and is one element of the broad field of UAV activities within EADS.

Analysts: US Image Slipped in Lebanon After Israel-Hezbollah War VOA 23 Sep 2006 -- The 34-day war between Israel and Hezbollah militants in Lebanon ended last month with a United Nations-brokered ceasefire and deployment of U.N. troops
Abbas Says Efforts to Form Unity Government With Hamas Have Failed VOA 23 Sep 2006 -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says efforts to form a national unity government with Hamas have failed.
Russia offers mediation for conflict resolution in Georgia RIA Novosti 23 Sep 2006 -- Russia is ready to act as a guarantor of possible agreements on the resolution of 'frozen conflicts' in Georgia, President Vladimir Putin said Saturday.
Rice Warns of Punitive Steps If Sudan Refuses UN Darfur Force VOA 23 Sep 2006 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is warning Sudan the international community could take punitive action against Khartoum if it continues to refuse to accept a United Nations peacekeeping force in Darfur

Diplomatic Pressure Intensifies on Sudan Washington File 23 Sep 2006 -- "Time is running out", said Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who co-hosted with Danish Foreign Minister Per Stig Moeller a Security Council ministerial meeting September 22 to discuss the worsening security and humanitarian situation in Darfur.

Amnesty act for militants, troops comes into effect RIA Novosti 23 Sep 2006 -- A law granting amnesty to militants and servicemen who committed offenses during the antiterrorism campaign in the North Caucasus entered into force Saturday.

Thailand Faces First Violence Since Military Coup VOA 23 Sep 2006 -- A bomb has exploded in Thailand's restive southern Muslim provinces - the first violence since Tuesday's military coup.
Leaders from France, Germany, Russia Meet Near Paris VOA 23 Sep 2006 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country is ready to send a small group of construction engineers to Lebanon to help with reconstruction.

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