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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 30 Oct 2006 [PDF]
• One Marine Killed in Al Anbar
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• 89th Military Police Brigade service member killed by sniper
• CENTAF releases airpower summary for Oct. 30 AFPN 30 Oct 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for Oct. 30.
• Iraqi Army Captures Bomb Makers; New Security Station Opens in Ramadi AFPS 30 Oct 2006 -- Iraqi police and soldiers captured members of a bomb-making cell and several weapons caches over the weekend.
• Baghdad Bomb Kills At Least 30, Injures 60 VOA 30 Oct 2006 -- A roadside bomb killed at least 30 people and injured 60 others in eastern Baghdad
• Bomb Blast Kills 29 in Baghdad's Sadr City VOA 30 Oct 2006 -- Iraqi officials say a bomb blast in Baghdad's Sadr City district has killed at least 29 people and wounded about 60 others.
• Battle in Afghanistan Leaves 55 Insurgents, NATO Soldier Dead VOA 30 Oct 2006 -- NATO says 55 insurgents and one NATO soldier were killed in a battle Monday in southern Afghanistan.
• Afghanistan Celebrates Opening of Command and General Staff College AFPS 30 Oct 2006 -- The Afghan Command and General Staff College held a ceremony Oct. 28 marking the start of the first class to attend the school, which teaches generals in the Afghan National Police and Afghan National Army.
• Jones: NATO's Afghanistan Success Wasn't Achieved Overnight AFPS 30 Oct 2006 -- NATO's security and reconstruction achievements in Afghanistan are the result of years of planning and incremental implementation, the organization's supreme allied commander in Europe said in the Afghan capital Oct. 28.
• Taliban Tactics May Have Led to Civilian Deaths AFPS 30 Oct 2006 -- The Taliban's habit of using human shields during attacks on coalition forces may have caused the deaths of a number of Afghan civilians during a recent incident in Kandahar province, NATO's supreme allied commander in Europe said in the Afghan capital Oct. 28.
• 82nd, Afghan National Army, police train at Fort Polk Army News 30 Oct 2006 -- Forty two members of the Afghan National Army and police arrived at the Joint Readiness Training Center here Oct. 23, to begin working side by side with the 82nd Airborne Division family, 4th Brigade Combat Team from Fort Bragg, N.C.
• Pakistani forces bomb madrassa: spokesman IRNA 30 Oct 2006 -- Pakistan security forces bombed a religious seminary, which the army says was being used to train militants, in the country's tribal region in a pre-dawn attack on Monday, the military said.
• Pakistan: Air Strikes Target Pro-Taliban Madrasah Near Afghan Border RFE/RL 30 Oct 2006 -- Pakistan's army said today that it killed about 80 suspected militants in a dawn attack on a religious school, or madrasah, that was used to train terrorists
• Pakistani Army Says Raid at Terrorist Training Facility Kills 80 Militants VOA 30 Oct 2006 -- The Pakistan military says its gun ship helicopters have destroyed a terror training facility near the border with Afghanistan, killing up to 80 suspected militants.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Joint Forces Experiment Points to Way of the Future AFPS 30 Oct 2006 -- The Urban Resolve 2015 experiment, which ended Oct. 26, focused on how military operations can bring about stability in cities without destroying them.
• Army Opens Modernization Test Center at White Sands Missile Range Army News Release 30 Oct 2006 -- The Army recently opened a new modernization test center at White Sands Missile Range to hasten the delivery of Future Combat Systems technologies to current- and future-force Soldiers.
• Harpers Ferry Conducts Maritime Interdiction Training with Philippine Navy Navy NewsStand 30 Oct 2006 -- U.S. and Philippine Sailors honed their skills in visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) techniques aboard USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) and other vessels off the coast of Palawan Oct. 21, as part of annual bilateral exercises Talon Vision and Amphibious Landing Exercise (PHIBLEX) 07.
• NBG Incorporates Beach Operations Into Field Exercises Navy NewsStand 30 Oct 2006 -- Active and Reserve Sailors from Beach Master Unit 1 worked with assault craft units (ACU) to develop their abilities to move personnel and materials to and from a 'hostile' beach during the annual Naval Beach Group (NBG) Field Exercise, Oct. 14-27 at Camp Pendleton, Calif.
• Harpers Ferry Sailors Provide Goodwill in the Southern Philippines Navy NewsStand 30 Oct 2006 -- Sailors aboard USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) participated in a community project at the Pasobolong Elementary School here Oct. 26.
• HSC-25's Det 6 Capabilities a Plus for Fall Patrol Navy NewsStand 30 Oct 2006 -- USS Essex's (LHD 2) ship's vertical replenishment (VERTREP) squadron, which possesses a search and rescue (SAR) capability, is supporting Talon Vision and Amphibious Landing Exercise (PHIBLEX) 2007 in the Republic of the Philippines Oct. 16 - 31.
• China Wants Southeast Asian Nations to Strengthen Defense Cooperation VOA 30 Oct 2006 -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao is calling on Southeast Asian nations to boost military cooperation with China
• Daily Press Briefing US Dept. of State 30 Oct 2006
• Press Gaggle by Dana Perino The White House 30 Oct 2006

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for October 30, 2006
• ATK Awarded $30 Million in Additional Contracts for AAR-47 Missile Warning Systems, Software Upgrades and Sensors ATK 30 Oct 2006 -- ATK Awarded $30 Million in Additional Contracts for AAR-47 Missile Warning Systems, Software Upgrades and Sensors
• Boeing Starts Production of Wing Set for 100th F-22 Raptor Boeing 30 Oct 2006 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] this week began assembling the wings for the U.S. Air Force's 100th F-22 Raptor at the company's Developmental Center in Seattle.
• Boeing KC-767 Tanker Transfers Fuel for First Time Boeing 30 Oct 2006 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] successfully transferred fuel for the first time Oct. 23 from its KC-767 Tanker advanced boom to a simulated receiver on the ground.
• CACI Awarded $38 Million Logistics Task Order With U.S. Army Directorate for Readiness CACI 30 Oct 2006 -- CACI International Inc (NYSE:CAI) announced today that it has been awarded a new task order, with an estimated $38 million value, under the Strategic Services Sourcing (S3) contract with the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Life Cycle Management Command (C-E LCMC) that CACI was awarded in March 2006. The three-year effort (two base years and one option year) enables CACI to provide technical and logistical business support services to a new client, C-E LCMC's Directorate for Readiness, Force Modernization Division. CACI is one of just seven prime contractors on the S3 program, which has a total estimated ceiling value of $19.25 billion. CACI has now been awarded more than $260 million in S3 task orders in the first seven months of the contract.
• Russia to exhibit modern aircraft at Chinese air show RIA Novosti 30 Oct 2006 -- Over 50 Russian defense companies will showcase a variety of modern aircraft and aerospace technologies at an international exhibition in southern China this week, the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation said Monday.

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 30 Oct 2006
• DR Congo: Annan calls on presidential candidates to avoid violence as votes are counted UN News Centre 30 Oct 2006 -- With provisional results in yesterday's presidential poll in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) not expected for another 10 days, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called on the two candidates and their supporters to avoid acts of violence at all cost after the largest and most complex elections the United Nations has ever helped organize.
• DRC: Kabila, Bemba pledge to keep the peace after poll VOA 30 Oct 2006 -- The Democratic Republic of Congo's incumbent President Joseph Kabila and his challenger in Sunday's presidential election run-off, Jean-Pierre Bemba, have pledged to respect the results and promised that whoever loses the poll would not resort to violence.
• CHAD: Fighting on two fronts in chaotic east IRIN 30 Oct 2006 -- Even as the bloody fallout from fighting between the Chad army and rebels at Am Timan in southern Chad is still being counted, new clashes have erupted nearby, while further north the Darfur war has reportedly spilled into eastern Chad for the second time in a month.
• Analysts: Renewed Chad Fighting Signals Growing Rebel Movement VOA 30 Oct 2006 -- Following a bout of intense fighting between rebel groups and Chad's national army, analysts say the country's insurgency is becoming stronger and larger as the conflict drags on.
• Israeli Cabinet Approves Adding Ultra-Nationalist Party to Coalition VOA 30 Oct 2006 -- The Israeli Cabinet has voted to bring an ultra-nationalist party into the government
• Israeli Cabinet Approves Adding Ultra-Nationalist Party to Coalition VOA 30 Oct 2006 -- The Israeli Cabinet has voted to include an ultra-nationalist party in the government, expanding the ruling coalition.
• Olmert: Israel May Soon Expand Offensive in Gaza VOA 30 Oct 2006 -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says Israel may soon expand its military offensive in Gaza.
• Top Chadian General Killed in Clashes With Rebels VOA 30 Oct 2006 -- Chad's defense minister has claimed victory in a fierce battle fought with rebels near the Sudanese border.
• Lebanon: Annan says disarming Hizbollah is a 'key element' in ending hostilities UN News Centre 30 Oct 2006 -- While acknowledging that progress has been made over the past two years in reducing foreign influence in Lebanon, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today that disarming Hizbollah is a "key element" in ensuring a permanent end to hostilities, and warned that much remains to be done to restore stability and peace.
• UN says the international community must continue support for strife-torn Burundi UN News Centre 30 Oct 2006 -- The international community must stay engaged in Burundi where the "overall situation remains fragile," helping to reduce crime and ensure reintegration of a swelling numbers of refugees returning to the country emerging from 12 years of civil war, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said in a report released today.
• COTE D IVOIRE: Divided country united in opposition IRIN 30 Oct 2006 -- Tension is rising in Cote d'Ivoire as opposition and government supporters threaten to oppose a new peace plan expected to be approved on Tuesday by the United Nations Security Council to reunite the divided country.
• NEPAL: Rebels extend ceasefire IRIN 30 Oct 2006 -- Nepal's Maoist rebels have extended their six-month ceasefire, which expired on Sunday, for another three months in an effort to allow the ongoing peace talks to conclude successfully.
• Scheduled Talks Between Somali Government, Islamists Uncertain VOA 30 Oct 2006 -- Delegations from Somalia's transitional government and the Islamic Courts Union are in Sudan's capital Khartoum for scheduled peace talks, but both sides are complaining about procedures and events leading up to the negotiations
• SUDAN: Government still seeking military solution in Darfur, Pronk says IRIN 30 Oct 2006 -- In his briefing to the United Nations Security Council on Friday, the UN's top official in Sudan, Jan Pronk, highlighted the government's gross violations of the Darfur Peace Agreement and stressed that Sudan was still looking for a military solution to the deepening crisis.

News Reports

• Serbs Approve New Constitution Claiming Hold on Kosovo VOA 30 Oct 2006 -- Serbian voters have approved a new constitution declaring the disputed province of Kosovo an "integral part" of Serbia.
• Eutelsat confirms to Alcatel Alenia Space the S-band mission on the W2A satellite Thales 30 Oct 2006 -- Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris : ETL), one of the world's leading satellite operators, and Alcatel (Paris: CGEP.PA and NYSE: ALA) today announced that Eutelsat has confirmed the decision to embark an S-Band payload on the W2A satellite for which the construction contract was awarded earlier this year.