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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 07 Dec 2006 [PDF]
• Five Task Force Lightning Soldiers killed
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualties
• CENTAF releases airpower summary for Dec. 7AFPN 07 Dec 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for Dec. 7.
• 14 Insurgents Killed in Ramadi; More Insurgents Captured in Raids AFPS 07 Dec 2006 -- Fighting in Ramadi killed a coaltion servicemember and 14 insurgents yesterday, and Iraqi and coalition forces captured other insurgents in three raids around Iraq this week.
• Three Terrorists Captured; 26 Detainees Released AFPS 07 Dec 2006 -- Three terrorists were captured in Afghanistan yesterday, and 26 detainees were released from a Bagram facility. Earlier this week, U.S. troops provided humanitarian assistance in eastern Afghanistan.
• Afghanistan: Security Council mission stresses need for security, but remains optimistic UN News Centre 07 Dec 2006 -- Highlighting Afghanistan's "precarious" security situation, caused by the growing insurgency and terrorist activity linked to the illegal drug trade, the United Nations Security Council today urged the Government and donors to do more to bring peace and safeguard human rights, but remained upbeat on the overall development strategy.
• AFGHANISTAN: Violence fuels disillusionment and threatens reconstruction - UN IRIN 07 Dec 2006 -- Growing insurgency, impunity for criminals and corrupt officials are factors causing signs of despondency and disillusionment among Afghans, according to a report by a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) mission to Afghanistan, released in New York on Wednesday.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Comparative Testing Office Announces Projects for Fiscal 2007 07 Dec 2006 -- The Department of Defense announces the selection of new projects being funded in Fiscal 2007 under the Comparative Testing Office's (CTO) Defense Acquisition Challenge (DAC) and Foreign Comparative Testing (FCT) programs.
• SEA-BASED INTERCEPT TEST Missile Defence Agency 07 Dec 2006 -- The planned sea-based missile intercept test scheduled for today by the Missile Defense Agency and the U.S. Navy was not completed due to an incorrect system setting aboard the Aegis-class cruiser USS Lake Erie prior to the launch of two interceptor missiles from the ship
• Gates to Take Office Dec. 18 AFPS 07 Dec 2006 -- Robert M. Gates will take over as defense secretary Dec. 18, and the department will wish current Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld farewell at a Pentagon ceremony Dec. 15, a Defense Department spokesman announced today.
• Spectrum Summit Focuses on Current, Future Warfighter Needs AFPS 07 Dec 2006 -- Servicemembers on patrols and convoy missions in Iraq and Afghanistan sometimes have to decide if they would rather have access to their radios to call in close-air support if they need it or jammers to disable improvised explosive devices they encounter along the route.
• Army initiates electronic warfare capabilityArmy News 07 Dec 2006 -- The Army is developing a new core competency for career Soldiers and officers interested in becoming electronic warfare specialists.
• Iwo Jima ESG Returns From Six-Month DeploymentNavy NewsStand 07 Dec 2006 -- After six-months, and approximately 30,000 nautical miles, the USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG), led by the multipurpose, amphibious assault ship Iwo Jima, returned to its homeport of Norfolk, Va., Dec. 6.
• Bataan ESG, 26th MEU Conduct NEO DrillNavy NewsStand 07 Dec 2006 -- Sailors from the Norfolk-based amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) conducted a noncombatant evacuation operation (NEO) drill with Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Dec. 3 while underway off the Atlantic Coast.
• Warfare Center to Host Autonomous Unmanned Vehicle Fest 2007Navy NewsStand 07 Dec 2006 -- Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City (NSWC PC) is busy preparing to host the Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Performance Demonstration, called AUV Fest, June 4-16, 2007.
• US Lawmakers Approve Foreign Measures on Way to Adjournment VOA 07 Dec 2006 -- As they move toward adjournment, U.S. House lawmakers have approved several pieces of legislation dealing with the Middle East, Iran and other issues
• Ukraine's NATO entry will complicate ties with Russia - Ivanov RIA Novosti 07 Dec 2006 -- Russia's defense minister warned Thursday that Ukraine's accession to NATO would strain bilateral relations with Russia.
• Daily Press Briefing US Dept. of State 07 Dec 2006

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for December 07, 2006
• BAE SYSTEMS TO LEAD £124 MILLION UAV TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATOR PROGRAMME BAE Systems 07 Dec 2006 -- Under a contract awarded by the UK Ministry of Defence, BAE Systems will be the industry lead and prime contractor of a joint £124 million project to develop a world-class UAV (Unmanned Air Vehicle) Technology Demonstrator Programme called Taranis.
• Boeing Wins U.S. Air Force UAS Support Contract Boeing 07 Dec 2006 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] will provide worldwide unmanned aerial systems (UAS) communications and network systems expertise to the U.S. Air Force under a five-year $14 million contract. Boeing also will work with the Air Force to develop current and future UAS operations plans for allied missions.
• General Dynamics NASSCO Starts Construction of Sixth T-AKE Ship General Dynamics 07 Dec 2006 -- General Dynamics NASSCO, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), today announced the start of construction on the sixth dry cargo-ammunition ship in the U.S. Navy's T-AKE program.
• USS Toledo (SSN 769) Arrives At Northrop Grumman for Modernization Work Norhtrop Grumman 07 Dec 2006 -- The USS Toledo (SSN 769) arrived at Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) on Dec.1 for maintenance work, also known as the submarine's depot modernization period.
• Russia to sell arms worth $6 bln in 2006 - Putin RIA Novosti 07 Dec 2006 -- Russia may receive some $6 billion on sales of weapons and military hardware in 2006, the president said Thursday.
• LOCKHEED MARTIN-BUILT TRIDENT II D5 SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED IN TWO-MISSILE U.S. NAVY TEST Lockheed Martin 07 Dec 2006 -- The U.S. Navy conducted a successful test launch Nov. 21 of two Trident II D5 Fleet Ballistic Missiles (FBMs) built by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT).
• LOCKHEED MARTIN AWARDED TB-34 NEXT GENERATION TOWED ARRAY PRODUCTION FOR U.S. NAVY SUBMARINE FORCE Lockheed Martin 07 Dec 2006 -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has been awarded an initial contract valued at $9 million to provide the U.S. Navy with five TB-34 Next Generation (NextGen) Towed Array acoustic sensors that will be deployed on Los Angeles, Seawolf and Virginia class submarines.

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 07 Dec 2006
• PRESS CONFERENCE ON HIGH-LEVEL CENTRAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE FUND MEETING United Nations 07 Dec 2006
• SOMALIA: Lifting of arms embargo dangerous, UIC says IRIN 07 Dec 2006 -- The Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) condemned on Thursday a decision by the United Nations Security Council to lift an arms embargo on Somalia, warning it would lead to further instability
• Somalia's Islamist Leaders Denounce UN Peace Plan VOA 07 Dec 2006 -- Islamist leaders in Mogadishu, Somalia have angrily denounced the U.N. endorsement of an African peacekeeping force for the troubled country, vowing to resist the deployment at all costs.
• Bush Backs Blair Mission to MideastVOA 07 Dec 2006 -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair will return to the Middle East in hopes of reviving talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority
• Bush and Britain's Blair Consider Course Ahead in Middle East Washington File 07 Dec 2006 -- President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair December 7 renewed their commitment to moderates and reformers who work for democracy across the broader Middle East.
• Bush, Blair Agree Mideast Peace Needs Arab-Israeli Pact AFPS 07 Dec 2006 -- There has to be peace between Israel and the Palestinians as part of a greater solution in the Middle East, President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair said during a White House news conference this morning.
• Escalating violence across Darfur sparks urgent appeal from Annan UN News Centre 07 Dec 2006 -- Deploring the recent upsurge in violence and displacement across the war-torn Sudanese region of Darfur, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today expressed alarm that the worsening situation may have devastating consequences for neighbouring Chad and the Central African Republic (CAR) as well.
• US Envoy Returning to Sudan for Darfur Talks VOA 07 Dec 2006 -- The United States' special envoy on Sudan, Andrew Natsios, leaves Friday on another mission to Khartoum aimed at overcoming obstacles to putting an expanded international peacekeeping force in Darfur
• Israel Says It Will Not Hold Talks with SyriaVOA 07 Dec 2006 -- Israel's prime minister, Ehud Olmert, says he has no intention of opening peace talks with Syria, and that it was wrong to link the Arab-Israeli conflict with efforts to stabilize Iraq - as called for by members of the Iraq Study Group in their report released on Wednesday
• UN Seeks Record $450 Million in Palestinian Aid VOA 07 Dec 2006 -- U.N. agencies are asking for a record $450 million in aid for Palestinians over the next year.
• UN assessment team to visit Nepal from Monday to plan for full-fledged mission UN News Centre 07 Dec 2006 -- As part of United Nations efforts to help Nepal build on last month's landmark peace deal, an assessment team will arrive in the Himalayan country on Monday for a week-long mission to prepare for a fully-fledged UN operation, a spokesman said today.
• Turkey Agrees to Open Up to Cyprus VOA 07 Dec 2006 -- EU officials say Turkey has agreed to open one port and one airport to Cyprus, after the bloc threatened to slow membership negotiations with Ankara

News Reports

• Hezbollah Chief Vows Lebanon Protests Will Continue VOA 07 Dec 2006 -- The leader of Hezbollah has vowed that protests in central Beirut will continue until the government changes to give the opposition a greater voice
• Fiji Faces Long Road Back to Democracy After Army Coup VOA 07 Dec 2006 -- Fiji's new caretaker prime minister has warned that elections following this week's military coup might not take place for another two years
• LEBANON: Protests threaten an already battered economy IRIN 07 Dec 2006 -- With the fatal shooting of a Shi'ite demonstrator, and thousands of Lebanese still camped out in Beirut demanding the creation of a new national unity government, and the resignation of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora, Lebanon is rapidly spiralling into a new economic crisis, according to economists.