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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 26 Sep 2006 [PDF]
• 2 MND-B Soldiers die in non-combat related incident
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualties
• CENTAF releases airpower summary for Sept. 26 AFPN 26 Sep 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for Sept. 26.
• U.S. Soldiers Stop Baghdad Bomber; Iraqi Police Catch Two Killers AFPS 26 Sep 2006 -- U.S. soldiers stopped a would-be Baghdad bomber in his tracks today, while Iraqi police nabbed two suspected killers during a raid yesterday.
• Iraq Deployment Adjustments Allow for 15 Brigades in Iraq Through March AFPS 26 Sep 2006 -- Adjustments to Iraq troop-rotation schedules announced yesterday will allow 15 U.S. combat brigades to be in Iraq through spring, DoD officials said today.
• President Bush Welcomes President Karzai of Afghanistan to the White House The White House 26 Sep 2006
• Bush Tells Karzai U.S. Committed to Afghanistan AFPS 26 Sep 2006 -- The fight in Afghanistan is part of a global struggle, and America has the will to do the hard work necessary to help that country eradicate terrorism and build a better life for its citizens, President Bush said here today.
• Enterprise Strike Group Conducts Significant Strikes in Afghanistan Navy NewsStand 26 Sep 2006 -- Aircraft assigned to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 1 stationed aboard USS Enterprise (CVN 65) flew 14 missions in the skies over Afghanistan and provided their heaviest day of close air support to International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) troops and other coalition forces on the ground as part of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) Sept. 20.
• AFGHANISTAN: 19 killed in suicide attack in Helmand IRIN 26 Sep 2006 -- Some 19 people, including 13 civilians, were killed and another 20 were wounded when a suicide bomber on Tuesday blew himself up at a security post near a mosque in Lashkar Gah, capital of the restive southern Helmand province, local officials and hospital sources confirmed.
• Bush Says Forces in Afghanistan Changing Tactics to Fight Taleban VOA 26 Sep 2006 -- President Bush says foreign troops that support the government in Afghanistan are changing their tactics to confront a renewed insurgency by Taleban militia
• Suicide Bomber Kills 18 in Southern Afghanistan VOA 26 Sep 2006 -- It was another violent day in Afghanistan, where Taleban insurgents are pressing their attack against the country's democratically elected government and the international forces protecting it
• South Asia: Karzai, Musharraf Spar Ahead Of Bush Meeting RFE/RL 26 Sep 2006 -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf are continuing a public dispute about who is responsible for terrorism in South Asia
• US Seeks to Heal Rift Between Key Anti-Terror Allies VOA 26 Sep 2006 -- President Bush is set to host a tripartite meeting with the leaders of two of the nations in the anti-terrorism fight.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Tomcats Officially Retire Navy NewsStand 26 Sep 2006 -- The F-14 Tomcat was officially retired after 36 years of service at the Final Flight Ceremony held at Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana Sept. 22.
• Tomcat Ceremony Honors Aircraft, People Associated With Jet Navy NewsStand 26 Sep 2006 -- The F-14 Tomcat final flight ceremony Sept. 22 at Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana brought 36 years of naval aviation history to an end.
• Transcript: Press Availability with Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld with Prime Minister of Montenegro Milo Djukanovic in Podgorica, Montenegro 26 Sep 2006 -- Presenter: Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and Prime Minister of Montenegro Milo Djukanovic
• Transcript: Remarks by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and Minister of Defense for Albania Fatmir Mediu at a Meeting with Albanian Soldiers Who Have Served in Iraq and Afghanistan 26 Sep 2006 -- Presenter: Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and Minister of Defense for Albania Fatmir Mediu
• New SEAL Training Facility Opens on Fort Story Navy NewsStand 26 Sep 2006 -- Commander, Naval Special Warfare Group (NSWG) 2 hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony Sept. 25, to celebrate the completion of the new Naval Special Warfare East Close Quarter Combat (CQC) Training Range on Fort Story.
• PACAF commander speaks of enhancing partnerships AFPN 26 Sep 2006 -- Unlike European nations who have come together under NATO, the Pacific theater does not have a joint organization for defense and peacekeeping within its nations, said the Pacific Air Forces and Air Component commander here at the Air Force Association's annual Air & Space Conference and Technology Exposition.
• Infantry, armor NCOs train together Army News 26 Sep 2006 -- As part of the Army's ongoing transformation, senior armor and infantry NCOs began training together this month in the first combined Advanced Noncommissioned Officers Course.
• Air Force launches Delta II/GPS mission AFPN 26 Sep 2006 -- Members from the 45th Space Wing led the government/industry team that successfully launched a Delta II booster from here Sept. 25.
• Department of Defense Meet in London on Anti-WMD Trafficking 26 Sep 2006 -- Representatives from the Departments of Defense, State, Homeland Security, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation met with 19 other nations supporting the Proliferation Security Initiative in London yesterday and today
• Montenegro Pledges Support to US-Led War on Terror VOA 26 Sep 2006 -- U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld met Tuesday with Montenegro's prime minister and received the former Yugoslav Republic's support for the U.S.-led war on terrorism
• Daily Press Briefing US Dept. of State 26 Sep 2006

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for September 26, 2006
• ATK Completes Successful Series of Hypersonics Tests Focused on Maturing Technology for Practical Applications ATK 26 Sep 2006 -- In a series of recent tests, Alliant Techsystems (NYSE: ATK) demonstrated that its hypersonic engine technology has practical, near-term applications for a range of potential missions, including weapons and platforms. The tests were conducted at NASA Langley Research Center using an ATK-designed thermally-throated ramjet combustor rig. ATK's hypersonic combustor completed more than 72 minutes of combustion time with liquid fuel during the series of tests. The ultimate objective is to develop a flight engine designed specifically for wide operability margin and simplicity.
• Boeing Begins KC-767 Tanker Advanced Boom Flight Tests Boeing 26 Sep 2006 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] began a new chapter in aerial-refueling history on Sept. 21 by flight-testing its fifth-generation KC-767 Tanker boom for the first time.
• Boeing Supports Initial Operational Capability of Small Diameter Bomb on F-15E Strike Eagles Boeing 26 Sep 2006 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] has met the necessary U.S. Air Force requirement to support Initial Operational Capability (IOC) of the Small Diameter Bomb I (SDB I) system, which recently served with a squadron of Boeing F-15E Strike Eagles stationed at Royal Air Force (RAF) Lakenheath, England.
• Bath Iron Works Awarded $18 Million Contract for USS FARRAGUT (DDG 99) Post-Shakedown Availability General Dynamics 26 Sep 2006 -- The U. S. Navy today awarded a $17.9 million contract to Bath Iron Works, a subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), to perform Post-Shakedown Availability (PSA) maintenance, repair and upgrade work for the Arleigh Burke-class Guided Missile Destroyer USS FARRAGUT (DDG 99).
• LOCKHEED MARTIN AWARDED $10 MILLION TO DEVELOP DARPA'S STRATOSPHERIC AIRSHIP FABRIC Lockheed Martin 26 Sep 2006 -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has received a contract for approximately $10 million to further develop advanced material technology and next-generation hull material for stratospheric airships under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)’s Integrated Sensor Is Structure (ISIS) program.
• Lockheed Martin HAAWC Successful In Wind Tunnel, Wing Separation Tests Lockheed Martin 26 Sep 2006 -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] successfully performed wind tunnel and wing separation tests of its High Altitude Anti-Submarine Warfare Weapons Concept (HAAWC) system, intended to enable P-3C aircrews to launch torpedoes from outside the range of enemy air defenses. The HAAWC concept employs the Lockheed Martin LongShot® Wing Adapter Kit on the MK-54 torpedo to allow the weapon’s launch from high altitudes and long standoff ranges.
• Boeing Completes Last Round of Critical Wideband Gapfiller Satellite Tests Boeing 26 Sep 2006 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has completed Spacecraft Thermal Vacuum (SCTV) testing for the first of its Wideband Gapfiller Satellites (WGS). The tests, conducted at the Boeing Satellite Development Center in El Segundo, Calif., evaluated the WGS operating systems' ability to withstand the extreme temperatures of space.
• Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne's RS-27A Boosts Navigation Aid Into Space Pratt & Whitney 26 Sep 2006 -- Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne (PWR), a business unit of United Technologies (NYSE:UTX), on Monday powered into space a new Air Force satellite that will provide navigational data to military and civilian users around the globe.
• Raytheon Delivers Final S-Band Risk Reduction Phase Information for the Air Force Space Fence program Raytheon 26 Sep 2006 -- Raytheon Company's Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) has successfully completed the required objectives and task requirements for conducting risk reduction activities for the U.S. Air Force Space Fence S-band Radar program.
• SAIC Awarded Support Contract for Robins Air Force Base SAIC 26 Sep 2006 -- Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) announced today that it has won a four-year, firm-fixed-price contract valued at $45 million to support the 330th Aircraft Sustainment Wing at Robins Air Force Base, Ga.
• Russia accuses Bulgaria over illegal Kalashnikov sales RIA Novosti 26 Sep 2006 -- Russia suffers major losses from the counterfeit manufacture of Kalashnikov assault rifles in Bulgaria, the defense minister said Tuesday.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICES OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL AND THE SPOKESWOMAN FOR THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT United Nations 26 Sep 2006
• Talks on Forming Palestinian Unity Government Hit a Snag VOA 26 Sep 2006 -- Efforts by rival Palestinian factions to form a national unity government have hit a snag
• Somali Islamists Impose Curfew on Newly-Seized Town VOA 26 Sep 2006 -- Islamist militiamen have imposed a curfew in the Somali town of Kismayo following Monday's violent protests against the Islamist takeover of the town.
• Assam militants accuse India of double standards on peace talks IRNA 26 Sep 2006 -- India's Northeast separatist group United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) has blamed the Center of adopting double standards on the issue of talks and accused Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of launching a 'false propaganda' against ULFA.
• Nepal gov't-rebel talks to initiate arms management IRNA 26 Sep 2006 -- Nepal's ruling seven-party alliance (SPA) has decided to hold summit talks with the Maoists on Thursday to finalize a draft interim constitution and immediately start the arms management process.
• Armenia and Azerbaijan exchange accusations on Nagorno-Karabakh during UN debate UN News Centre 26 Sep 2006 -- Armenia and Azerbaijan have accused each other during addresses to the United Nations General Assembly of not being interested in achieving a lasting peace settlement in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
• Annan calls for extension of the UN mission in the DR Congo ahead of October's poll UN News Centre 26 Sep 2006 -- Looking ahead to next month's run-off presidential election in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and beyond, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called for the UN mission in the vast African country to be extended until February, and also for continued authorization to reinforce troop numbers when necessary.
• Acting UN envoy to Ethiopia and Eritrea delivers Annan's latest report to the Council UN News Centre 26 Sep 2006 -- The acting United Nations envoy to Ethiopia and Eritrea today delivered Secretary-General Kofi Annan's latest report on the border dispute between the two countries - where he recommended extending the UN monitoring mission for six months and warned of potential disaster if the "untenable" stalemate is not resolved - to the Security Council.
• UGANDA: Most rebels have left northern Uganda for Sudan - army IRIN 26 Sep 2006 -- The majority of Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels who have been terrorising northern Uganda have left the region and crossed into southern Sudan, a top military official said.
• Congress Approves Sudan Sanctions VOA 26 Sep 2006 -- Legislation imposing sanctions against the government of Sudan and Arab militia responsible for killing tens of thousands of people in Darfur, has been approved by Congress

News Reports

• Washington out of touch with anger of Arab world, Syrian minister tells UN UN News Centre 26 Sep 2006 -- United States officials are interpreting the actions of the people of the Middle East in a distorted manner in a bid to justify their policies to the detriment of all concerned, the Foreign Minister of Syria told the General Assembly today.
• Thai Coup Leaders Draft New Constitution VOA 26 Sep 2006 -- Thailand's military junta has drafted a new interim constitution, and the ruling generals say they are close to naming a civilian prime minister.
• European Union Set to Expand VOA 26 Sep 2006 -- The European Union gives the green light today for Romania and Bulgaria to join the 25-member block in January
• Probe into Assassination of Lebanon's Hariri Close to Trial Washington File 26 Sep 2006 -- The U.N. commission investigating the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri is close to having enough evidence to proceed to trial, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton said September 25.