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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 12 Oct 2006 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualties
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualties
• Task Force Lightning Soldier dies, two wounded
• Operational Briefing, Oct. 12, 2006 MNF-I 12 Oct 2006 -- BRIEFER: MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM CALDWELL, USA, SPOKESMAN, MULTINATIONAL FORCE-IRAQ
• CENTAF releases airpower summary for Oct. 12 and monthly airpower overview AFPN 12 Oct 2006 -- In Afghanistan Oct. 11, U.S. Navy F/A-18 Hornets provided close air support for International Security Assistance Force, or ISAF, troops in contact with Taliban extremists near Lwara Dasta.
• Iraqi Terrorists Kill 11 Employees at Baghdad TV Station VOA 12 Oct 2006 -- Iraqi authorities say gunmen stormed a new Iraqi satellite television station in eastern Baghdad early Thursday killing 11 employees
• Violence in Baghdad Kills 19 Iraqis VOA 12 Oct 2006 -- Iraqi authorities say at least 19 people were killed in separate attacks in Baghdad this Thursday morning
• Second Heaviest Day of Strikes for Enterprise Strike Group Navy NewsStand 12 Oct 2006 -- On Oct. 7, aircraft assigned to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 1 stationed aboard USS Enterprise (CVN 65) participated in their second heaviest day of close air support in the skies over Afghanistan since they began operations in there early September. Enterprise with its embarked air wing is currently located in the Northern Arabian Sea.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Detainee Transfer Announced 12 Oct 2006 -- The Department of Defense announced today that it transferred 16 detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Afghanistan, and one detainee to Morocco.
• CNO Message on Navy's 231st Birthday: Still Defending Freedom Navy NewsStand 12 Oct 2006 -- For the fifth straight year we will celebrate our Navy's birthday -- this one the 231st -- at war. In fact, it was five years ago this month that naval forces launched the first strikes against the Taliban from ships steaming in the Indian Ocean.
• MCPON Message on 231st Navy Birthday: Celebrate our Heritage Navy NewsStand 12 Oct 2006 -- Throughout our Navy and throughout the year, our various communities celebrate birthdays. From Seabees to Submariners, Corpsmen to the Supply Corps, community birthdays are a source of pride and renewal.
• SECNAV Navy Birthday Message to the Fleet Navy NewsStand 12 Oct 2006
• USS Hyman G. Rickover Returns From Final Deployment Navy NewsStand 12 Oct 2006 -- Amid the cheers of joy there was sadness as members of USS Hyman G. Rickover (SSN 709) returned home to Norfolk Naval Station, after completing the ship's final deployment, Oct. 11.
• McKiernan addresses AUSA audiences Army News 12 Oct 2006 -- U.S. Army, Europe, will continue to provide trained and ready forces to fight in the war on terror, said the command's top officer here Oct. 11 during the Association of the U.S. Army's annual convention.
• FISC Yokosuka Reviews USNS Mercy Support, Humanitarian Operations Navy NewsStand 12 Oct 2006 -- Throughout October 2006, leaders at U.S. Fleet and Industrial Supply Center (FISC) Yokosuka and its detachment in Singapore are evaluating how humanitarian support was provided in the western Pacific over the past fiscal year in order to be ready for future operations in the region.
• NATO air forces remain strong, look to future excellence AFPN 12 Oct 2006 -- NATO air forces' partnership is strong and poised to grow even stronger over the long haul, said Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. T. Michael Moseley before a congregation of air force commanders from 25 NATO nations.
• RED HORSE breaks ground on new training field AFPN 12 Oct 2006 -- Airmen broke ground on the Northwest Field Expeditionary Training Campus here Oct. 11.
• Army Experts: Unconventional Conflicts to Dominate Future Operations AFPS 12 Oct 2006 -- Irregular, unconventional conflicts like those under way in Iraq and Afghanistan are likely to dominate U.S. military operations for the foreseeable future, Army officials agreed this week at the Association of the U.S. Army's annual convention here.
• Essex's MWR Continues Upgrades Aboard Ship Navy NewsStand 12 Oct 2006 -- USS Essex (LHD 2) Sailors and embarked Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) can take a break from the stress of Blue-Green workups conducted throughout October, thanks to "Iron Gator's" Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR).
• HSL-43 Receives Sikorsky Most Improved Maintenance Award Navy NewsStand 12 Oct 2006 -- The "BattleCats" of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light (HSL) 43 capped off a year that included more than 3,500 mishap-free flight hours by receiving the 2005 Sikorsky "Most Improved Maintenance" award Aug. 21.
• Daily Press Briefing US Dept. of State 12 Oct 2006
• Press Gaggle by Dana Perino and Senior Administration Officials The White House 12 Oct 2006

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for October 12, 2006
• U.S. Navy Awards General Dynamics $19 Million Contract For Submarine Planning Services General Dynamics 12 Oct 2006 -- The U.S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics Electric Boat an $18.7 million contract to perform reactor-plant planning yard services for nuclear submarines and support yard services for moored training ships. Electric Boat is a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD).
• Boeing Delivers Hardware and Completes Software Testing for Global Positioning System Boeing 12 Oct 2006 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] has announced the delivery of satellite hardware and the completion of new software tests for the next-generation Global Positioning System (GPS).
• LOCKHEED MARTIN AWARDED CONTRACT FOR GLOBAL COMBAT SUPPORT SYSTEM - AIR FORCE DATA AND LOGISTICS SERVICES Lockheed Martin 12 Oct 2006 -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has been awarded a $9.4 million, one-year Data Services Logistics Enterprise Dashboard spiral task order to provide aircraft maintenance status, supply chain visibility, balanced scorecard information, predictive analysis and other logistics capabilities through the Global Combat Support System - Air Force (GCSS-AF) portal and the Air Force Common Operating Picture (AF COP).

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 12 Oct 2006
• PRESS CONFERENCE ON WOMEN’S SECURITY IN POST-CONFLICT SOCIETIES United Nations 12 Oct 2006
• Rice Affirms U.S. Commitment to Creation of a Palestinian State Washington File 12 Oct 2006 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice affirmed U.S. commitment to the goal of creating a Palestinian state and urged Palestinian Americans to mobilize their full energy to realizing this objective.
• OPT: Number of children killed doubles IRIN 12 Oct 2006 -- The number of Palestinian children who have been killed so far this year in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip almost doubles the number killed for the whole of 2005, according to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).
• 6 Palestinians Killed in Israeli Air Strike in Gaza Strip VOA 12 Oct 2006 -- Six Palestinians, including four militants, have been killed in an Israeli air strike in the Gaza Strip
• Syria Rejects Israeli Invitation for Summit in Jerusalem VOA 12 Oct 2006 -- Syria has rejected an Israeli invitation for a summit meeting in Jerusalem.
• New US Envoy Begins First Mission to Sudan VOA 12 Oct 2006 -- The new U.S. special envoy for Sudan, Andrew Natsios, is making his first visit to the African country to press leaders in Khartoum to accept a United Nations peacekeeping force in Darfur
• Sri Lankan forces, rebels locked in fierce fighting, 200 Tiger rebels "killed" IRNA 12 Oct 2006 -- The Sri Lankan military on Wednesday claimed to have killed over 200 Tamil Tiger rebels in heavy fighting that also left at least 44 soldiers dead and over 430 injured.
• Heavy Death Toll in Northern Sri Lanka Clashes VOA 12 Oct 2006 -- Sri Lanka says at least 43 of its soldiers and 200 Tamil rebels were killed during fierce fighting Wednesday on the northern Jaffna peninsula.
• 44 Sri Lankan troops killed in fierce fighting with LTTE IRNA 12 Oct 2006 -- At least 44 Sri Lankan troops lost their lives and over 400 were injured in a major battle with the Tamil Tigers in the northern Jaffna peninsula Wednesday, which also saw 10 rebels killed.
• NEPAL: Peace talks to continue as progress remains elusive IRIN 12 Oct 2006 -- Representatives from Nepal's Maoist rebels and the government said on Thursday that ongoing peace talks were progressing effectively but more time was needed to iron out differences.
• UN observers resume Kodori Gorge monitoring in Abkhazia RIA Novosti 12 Oct 2006 -- United Nations military observers will resume patrols in the upper part of the Kodori Gorge in the breakaway republic of Abkhazia in Georgia for the first time since the summer of 2003, a Georgian official said Thursday.
• Somalia's Islamists Deny Plans to Attack Ethiopia VOA 12 Oct 2006 -- A high-ranking member of the Islamist group that controls Somalia's capital, says it is not planning an attack on neighboring Ethiopia

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