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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 11 Oct 2006 [PDF]
• Three Marines die in Al Anbar
• DoD Identifies Army Casualties
• DoD Identifies Army Casualties
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• MND-B Soldier dies of wounds following IED attack
• Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Secretary Rumsfeld and Gen. Casey 11 Oct 2006 -- Presenter: Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld and Commander of Multi-National Force-Iraq Gen. George Casey
• CENTAF releases airpower summary for Oct. 11 AFPN 11 Oct 2006 -- CENTAF releases airpower summary for Oct. 11
• Officials Determine Mortar Caused Fire at Ammo Holding Area AFPS 11 Oct 2006 -- An 82mm mortar round fired by militia forces from a nearby residential area caused yesterday's fire at a Baghdad ammunition holding area around 10:40 p.m., officials with Multinational Division Baghdad announced today.
• Insurgents Captured, Iraqi Forces Shut Down Financial Operation AFPS 11 Oct 2006 -- Iraqi police and coalition forces captured two insurgents Oct. 9 in Samarra, Iraq, and Iraqi police shut down an insurgent financial operation Oct. 9 in Tikrit, military officials in Iraq reported.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Press Conference by the President The White House 11 Oct 2006
• Guard has banner year for recruiting, retention AFPN 11 Oct 2006 -- The National Guard recruited 19,000 more citizen-Soldiers and Airmen in 2006 than it did during the previous year and exceeded its retention goals by record numbers, Guard officials reported in early October.
• Nighthawk achieves 100 percent mission capable AFPN 11 Oct 2006 -- The F-117 Nighthawk recently hit its 25th anniversary and is still achieving great accomplishments.
• MUTES trains deployed electronic warfare officers AFPN 11 Oct 2006 -- Deployed Guardsmen from the 266th Range Squadron at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, are helping B-52 Stratofortress electronic warfare officers quickly identify potential aircraft threats at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, as part of the Air Force's continuous bomber presence in the Pacific.
• Army Secretary addresses Soldiers at AUSA annual meeting Army News 11 Oct 2006 -- Soldiers' minds, hearts, characters and sense of purpose must all be strong, Secretary of the Army Francis J. Harvey said Monday at the Association of the U.S. Army annual meeting as a video of Soldiers training and fighting played in the background.
• Navy EOD Launches Exercise "Edged Response" Navy NewsStand 11 Oct 2006 -- Sailors assigned to Mobile Diving Salvage Unit (MDSU) 1, Det. 5, and Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 8, Det. 4, are collaborating with Kenyan naval forces during a bilateral "Edged Response" training evolution, Oct. 9-19, in Manda Bay, Kenya.
• Proper use of intelligence empowers Soldiers Army News 11 Oct 2006 -- Lt. Gen. James J. Lovelace, deputy chief of staff, G-3, addressed the use of intelligence in the "Actionable intelligence for the command and Soldier" forum at this week's Association of the U.S. Army annual meeting.
• Press Availability with Secretary Rumsfeld and Prime Minister of Iceland Geir Haarde from the Pentagon 12 Oct 2006 -- Presenter: Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld
• No missile defense deployment offer from U.S. yet - Polish min. RIA Novosti 11 Oct 2006 -- The U.S. has not yet officially proposed to Poland that American missile defense elements be deployed on the European country's territory, the Polish defense minister said Wednesday.
• Poland dismisses Soviet arms re-export allegations RIA Novosti 11 Oct 2006 -- Poland's national defense minister said Wednesday he knows nothing about the re-export of Soviet arms to Georgia.

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for October 11, 2006
• New Raytheon Mississippi Plant to Support Sophisticated Defense Programs Raytheon 11 Oct 2006 -- A 90,000-square-foot plant under construction for Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) will support several extremely sophisticated defense programs, including a revolutionary active electronically scanned array radar for the U.S. Navy F/A-18 E/F/G aircraft and airborne early warning radar for the U.S. Air Force.
• LOCKHEED MARTIN RECEIVES $47 MILLION FOR PRODUCTION OF UNITARY ARMY TACTICAL MISSILES Lockheed Martin 11 Oct 2006 -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has received a $47 million contract from the U.S. Army for the purchase of Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) Block 1A Unitary missiles in order to replenish the use of this system in recent activities in theaters of operation.
• LOCKHEED MARTIN, ITT ANNOUNCE ALLIANCE FOR GPS III SPACE SEGMENT COMPETITION Lockheed Martin 11 Oct 2006 -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] and ITT Corporation (NYSE: ITT) have formed an alliance in the competition to build the U.S. Air Force's next generation Global Positioning System Space Segment program, known as GPS Block III.

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 11 Oct 2006
• PRESS CONFERENCE ON PEACEBUILDING FUND United Nations 11 Oct 2006
• Darfur arms embargo breached by all sides, says Security Council experts' panel UN News Centre 11 Oct 2006 -- The arms embargo in Darfur is being blatantly violated by all parties operating in the war-torn Sudanese region, including Government forces, allied Janjaweed militias, rebel groups and insurgents from neighbouring Chad, according to the latest report from a panel of experts set up by the United Nations Security Council.
• Sudanese Government, Eastern Rebels Set to Sign Agreement VOA 11 Oct 2006 -- The Sudanese government and a rebel group operating in the country's east are set to sign a peace agreement to end their fighting.
• SUDAN: Obasanjo warns of 'near-genocide' in Darfur IRIN 11 Oct 2006 -- Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has warned of the possibility of genocide in Sudan's Darfur region, and called on Sudan's government and the international community to act, as African peacekeepers struggle to curb the violence there.
• United States Welcomes Resumption of Sri Lanka Peace Talks Washington File 11 Oct 2006 -- A new peace initiative in Sri Lanka won praise from U.S. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack, who said October 11 that the United States welcomes the agreement between the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to resume talks.
• Sri Lanka launches large-scale offensive against LTTE IRNA 11 Oct 2006 -- The Sri Lankan military Wednesday launched a three-pronged attack against Tamil Tiger guerillas in the island's northern Jaffna penninsula, the rebels said.
• Renewed Fighting Erupts in Sri Lanka Ahead of Peace Talks VOA 11 Oct 2006 -- New fighting has erupted in Sri Lanka between government forces and the separatist Tamil Tiger rebels before peace talks scheduled for the end of the month
• Israeli Troops Kill Two Palestinians, Bombs House in Gaza VOA 11 Oct 2006 -- Israeli troops have killed two Palestinians it says were preparing terror attacks.
• OPT: Victims of insecurity increase in oPt IRIN 11 Oct 2006 -- The number of people killed in crimes in occupied Palestinian territories (oPt) has increased exponentially in 2006 compared to the previous years, according to statistics released Wednesday by the Ramallah-based Palestinian Independent Commission for Citizens' Rights (PICCR).
• BURUNDI: Joint truce verification mechanism launched IRIN 11 Oct 2006 -- The Joint Verification and Monitoring Mechanism (JVMM), charged with overseeing the implementation of the ceasefire accord between Burundi's government and the last active rebel movement, the Forces nationales de libération (FNL), was officially launched on Wednesday in the capital, Bujumbura. FNL representatives did not attend, however.
• EU/Georgia: 'No Time To Send Ambiguous Messages' In Russia Row RFE/RL 11 Oct 2006 -- Georgia's ambassador to the EU, Salome Samadashvili, told RFE/RL correspondent Ahto Lobjakas in an interview on October 10 that Tbilisi wants a clear message of support from the EU foreign ministers meeting in Luxembourg on October 17.
• Nigerian Militants Close to Ending Delta Siege VOA 11 Oct 2006 -- Suspected militants who raided an oil facility in Nigeria's restive Niger Delta have released several of the 60 oil workers held since Tuesday
• UGANDA: Rebels propose federalist solution at Juba talks IRIN 11 Oct 2006 -- The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) suggested on Wednesday the country adopt a federalist system as a way of ensuring peace after 20 years of conflict in northern Uganda.
• DRC: Two militia leaders appointed army colonels IRIN 11 Oct 2006 -- Two militia commanders have been appointed colonels in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) army in a bid by the government to pacify the troubled northeastern district of Ituri, Defence Minister Adolphe Onusumba said.

News Reports

• First MetOp launch scheduled for 17th of October EADS 11 Oct 2006 -- MetOp is scheduled for launch by Starsem on the 17th of October, using a Soyuz rocket. Astrium Satellites business unit is the satellite prime contractor and responsible for three of the eleven instruments on board the spacecraft.