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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 18 Oct 2006 [PDF]
• Four Soldiers killed by roadside bomb
• Marine killed in Western Iraq
• MND-B Soldier killed by small-arms fire
• Three Task Force Lightning Soldiers die, one wounded
• MND-B Soldier killed by roadside bomb
• CENTAF releases airpower summary for Oct. 18 AFPN 18 Oct 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for Oct. 18.
• 10 More American Troops Killed in Iraq VOA 18 Oct 2006 -- U.S. military says 10 American servicemen were killed in Iraq Tuesday - a surge in casualties as U.S. troops battle a stubborn insurgency and sectarian violence.
• Transcript: DoD Press Briefing with Lt. Gen. Strock at the Pentagon 19 Oct 2006 -- Presenter: Commander, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Lt. Gen. Carl Strock
• U.S. General: Afghan Road, Electricity Projects Move Ahead AFPS 18 Oct 2006 -- Steady progress is being made to provide new roads, electric power and water distribution systems to the Afghan people, the U.S. Army's top engineer said today.
• US Army to Double Work on Afghan Development Projects VOA 18 Oct 2006 -- The commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says his organization will double its operations in Afghanistan in the coming year to help the NATO and Afghan government effort to deliver development projects to the Afghan people.
• AFGHANISTAN: Five years after the Taliban, Afghans take stock IRIN 18 Oct 2006 -- With the fifth anniversary of the initial defeat of the Taliban in Afghanistan approaching, Afghans are asking themselves how far the country has come in the intervening period.

Defense Policy / Programs

• President Bush Forms New Space Policy VOA 18 Oct 2006 -- President Bush has approved a new National Space Policy that emphasizes security issues and encourages private investment.
• Army's last MASH becomes a CSH Army News 18 Oct 2006 -- Ending its almost eight-year run as the last of its kind, the 212th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital became the 212th Combat Support Hospital Oct. 16 on Miesau Army Depot in Kaiserslautern, Germany.
• Kitty Hawk Strike Group Gets Underway Navy NewsStand 18 Oct 2006 -- USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) and its strike group departed Yokosuka, Japan, Oct. 17, for a fall deployment with embarked Carrier Air Wing 5 after completing a month of maintenance.
• San Diego Port Visit Enhances U.S.-Korea Tie Navy NewsStand 18 Oct 2006 -- The Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy vessels Dae Jo Yeong (DDH 977) and Dae Cheong (AOE 58) arrived at Naval Base San Diego Oct. 17.
• James E. Williams Returns from Maiden Deployment Navy NewsStand 18 Oct 2006 -- The guided-missile destroyer USS James E. Williams (DDG 95), returned to Naval Station Norfolk Oct. 17, after completing its first deployment.
• Essex ARG, 31st MEU Participate in RP-US Exercises Navy NewsStand 18 Oct 2006 -- The USS Essex (LHD 2) Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) with embarked Marines of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) began Talon Vision and Amphibious Landing Exercise (PHIBLEX) FY 2007 with an official joint ceremony held at the Ft. Bonifacio Naval Station in Taguig City, Oct. 16.
• New Generation of Training Started for AGs Navy NewsStand 18 Oct 2006 -- More than 100 aerographer's mates (AGs) and Marines in the weather career field are using computer communications technology to get ready for advanced training, ushering in a new generation in training that started this past summer for the Navy oceanography community.
• Navy Pilots Test New Flight Device Navy NewsStand 18 Oct 2006 -- Strike Fighter Wing Atlantic began testing a new flight simulation device Oct. 5 at Naval Air Station Oceana.
• Navy JAG Assess Future of Force Navy NewsStand 18 Oct 2006 -- The Center for Naval Analyses (CNA) has begun a functional review of the Judge Advocate General (JAG) Corps in October to ensure that the Navy will continue to possess the most effective and efficient JAG Corps now and in the future.
• Analysis: Military Commissions Made Legal cfr.org 18 Oct 2006 -- Military commissions-criminal courts run by the army during wartime-are nothing new in American history.
• Indian PM tells armed forces to upgrade terror fighting capabilities IRNA 18 Oct 2006 -- Terming terrorism as principal challenge to national security, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday told armed forces to upgrade its terrorism fighting capabilities as well as step up surveillance and interdiction system.
• Indian Trishul missile project given extension: defense minister IRNA 18 Oct 2006 -- While reacting on reports on government shelving 'Trishul' anti-missile project, Indian Defense Minister Pranab Mukherjee Tuesday said, extension of time has been given for the complex program.
• Daily Press Briefing US Dept. of State 18 Oct 2006
• Press Gaggle by Tony Snow The White House 18 Oct 2006

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for October 18, 2006
• SAIC Awarded SMARTS Contract From National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency SAIC 18 Oct 2006 -- Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) (NYSE: SAI) today announced that it has been awarded the Support to Management and Resources for Technical Services (SMARTS) contract by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). SAIC was one of six prime contractors to receive an indefinite- delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, with a base period of performance equal to one year, and four one-year options.
• LOCKHEED MARTIN DEMONSTRATES PENETRATOR PERFORMANCE DURING FINAL RATTLRS SLED TESTS Lockheed Martin 18 Oct 2006 -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] completed penetrator warhead sled tests to successfully conclude the high-speed payload employment testing component of its Revolutionary Approach To Time-critical Long Range Strike (RATTLRS) effort. RATTLRS is a supersonic, science and technology missile flight demonstrator sponsored by the Office of Naval Research.
• Boeing to Build More Wideband Gapfiller Satellites Boeing 18 Oct 2006 -- Boeing [NYSE:BA] and the U.S. Air Force MILSATCOM Systems Wing have signed a $1.067 billion contract for up to three more Wideband Gapfiller Satellites (WGS), if all options are exercised.
• Northrop Grumman Enters Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Competition Northrop Grumman 18 Oct 2006 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC), the most trusted provider of naval aircraft and unmanned aerial systems (UAS) for the U.S. Department of Defense, formally announced plans today to compete for and capture the U.S. Navy's newest maritime surveillance program.
• Northrop Grumman Continues to Expand Airborne Communications System; Phase II, F-22 Datalink Contracts Awarded Northrop Grumman 18 Oct 2006 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC), under two recently awarded contracts, will continue to enhance and expand the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN), a forward-deployed airborne communications relay and network-centric enterprise information server that allows real-time information exchanges among many different, distant military and commercial communications systems.
• Northrop Grumman to Provide U.S. Air Force with B-1 Radar Components Northrop Grumman 18 Oct 2006 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide radar system spares in support of the ongoing B-1 bomber sustainment effort.
• Raytheon Awarded $26.7 Million Life Cycle Engineering and Support Contract Modification for LPD 17 Raytheon 18 Oct 2006 -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has been awarded a $26.7 million contract modification from Naval Sea Systems Command exercising an option for life cycle engineering and support on the LPD 17 class, the U.S. Navy's next generation of amphibious warfare ships.

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 18 Oct 2006
• United States Provides More Emergency Food for Sudan Washington File 18 Oct 2006 -- The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced that it has provided $91 million in emergency food aid to support World Food Programme (WFP) operations in Sudan and eastern Chad since October 1, the start of fiscal year 2007, and is WFP's largest food donor.
• Pronk Says Sudan Lost Two Major Battles in Darfur VOA 18 Oct 2006 -- The United Nations envoy to Sudan, Jan Pronk, says the Sudanese government recently lost two major battles against rebels in the Darfur region.
• New Initiative Aims to Restart Arab-Israeli Peace Process VOA 18 Oct 2006 -- The International Crisis Group, a public policy research organization, has launched an initiative to restart the Arab-Israeli peace process, following the recent month-long war between Israel and Hezbollah militants in Lebanon
• Israeli Forces Push into Southern Gaza VOA 18 Oct 2006 -- Palestinians say Israeli troops shot and killed two Palestinian men as Israel moved tanks and troops into the southern Gaza Strip Wednesday.
• Israel PM interested in meeting with Palestine leader soon RIA Novosti 18 Oct 2006 -- Israel's prime minister said Wednesday he is interested in meeting with the president of the Palestinian National Authority as soon as possible.
• Israel Steps Up Gaza Incursion VOA 18 Oct 2006 -- At least four Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip as Israeli troops, backed by tanks, stepped up their offensive operations in the territory.
• UN reports puts Côte d'Ivoire's leaders on notice to make progress towards elections UN News Centre 18 Oct 2006 -- The "manifest lack of political will" among main political leaders in Côte d'Ivoire is undermining United Nations efforts to restore stability and to organize elections in the country, which effectively split in half when armed rebellion erupted in 2002, according to Secretary-General Kofi Annan's latest report issued today.
• COTE D IVOIRE: AU hands down new peace blueprint IRIN 18 Oct 2006 -- The African Union has recommended that Cote d'Ivoire's current transition be extended for twelve more months with President Laurent Gbagbo remaining in office, despite rebel and opposition leaders insisting he step down.
• South African President Ends Ivory Coast Mediation VOA 18 Oct 2006 -- South African President Thabo Mbeki says he has relinquished his role as mediator in the Ivory Coast political crisis
• Sri Lanka Suffers Second Suicide Attack in Week VOA 18 Oct 2006 -- A suicide attack by suspected Tamil Tiger rebels in the Sri Lankan port city of Galle has killed at least two people and injured a score of others.
• Curfew Declared After Tamil Suicide Attack in Southern Sri Lanka Port VOA 18 Oct 2006 -- Suspected Tamil rebels infiltrated the harbor in Sri Lanka's southern port city of Galle Wednesday, and blew up three of their boats in an apparent suicide attack.
• Western Sahara: Annan calls for peace talks as he recommends extension of UN mission UN News Centre 18 Oct 2006 -- Morocco and the Frente Polisario should drop any preconditions and begin negotiations to try to find a lasting solution to their long-standing conflict in Western Sahara, Secretary-General Kofi Annan says, calling in a report for a six-month extension of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the disputed territory.
• Georgia's breakaway region asks Russia for recognition RIA Novosti 18 Oct 2006 -- The parliament of Abkhazia, a self-proclaimed republic on Georgian territory, issued a resolution Wednesday asking for Russia's recognition of its independence and associated membership.
• Thai, Malaysian Leaders Seek Peace in Southern Thailand VOA 18 Oct 2006 -- Thailand's prime minister has met with Malaysian leaders and pledged to peacefully end an insurgency in Thailand's southern provinces
• UGANDA: Gov't says LRA killed army officer, demands action IRIN 18 Oct 2006 -- The Ugandan government on Wednesday demanded that mediators in its peace talks with the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) take action against the rebel group, accusing it of killing a senior military officer in an ambush in southern Sudan.

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