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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 03 Jan 2007 [PDF]
• DoD News: Contracts for January 03, 2007
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
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• DoD Identifies Army Casualties
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• Roadside bomb strikes MND-B patrol
• CENTAF releases airpower summary for Jan. 3 AFPN 03 Jan 2007 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for Jan. 3.
• Six Insurgents Captured, Weapons Cache Discovered AFPS 03 Jan 2007 -- Six terrorists, including two IED cell members, were captured in Iraq yesterday, and troops discovered a weapons cache.
• 'Cuppa Joes' brings home to Soldiers at Camp Striker Army News 03 Jan 2007 -- Soldiers at Camp Striker can get free coffee in a relaxed setting at the newly opened "Cuppa Joes."
• NATO: Too Many Civilians Deaths Last Year in Afghanistan VOA 03 Jan 2007 -- NATO says its biggest mistake has been the number of innocent civilians killed by its forces during operations in Afghanistan last year.

Defense Policy / Programs

• US Government Report Documents Alleged Abuse at Guantanamo Military Prison VOA 03 Jan 2007 -- A government report shows 26 incidents of possible mistreatment at the Guantanamo Bay military prison in Cuba.
• Wyoming National Guard Assists Colorado Airlift Mission AFPS 03 Jan 2007 -- The Wyoming National Guard is deploying an air crew today to airlift hay to livestock stranded by last week's blizzard in Colorado.
• New unit strengthens U.S.-Japan alliance AFPN 03 Jan 2007 -- More than a year of planning reaches a milestone in strengthening the U.S.-Japan security alliance Jan. 5 with a ceremony activating Detachment 1, 13th Air Force, at Yokota Air Base, Japan.
• First Team aviation troops tally $1 million in bonuses Army News 03 Jan 2007 -- Nearly three months into its Iraq deployment, the Cavalry Division's 1st Air Cavalry Brigade is looking like a million bucks.
• NMCB 1 Completes Diverse Far East Deployment Navy NewsStand 03 Jan 2007 -- The final airlift of Seabees of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1 returned home Dec. 15, officially ending a six month deployment to the Far East.
• Daily Press Briefing US Dept. of State 03 Jan 2007
• Press Briefing by Tony Snow The White House 03 Jan 2007

Defense Industry

• LOCKHEED MARTIN PROVIDES PROVEN SOLUTIONS FOR NATION'S MISSILE DEFENSE Lockheed Martin 03 Jan 2007 -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] achieved significant milestones on several critical missile defense programs during 2006, and was the only company to lead the development of new technology for boost-, mid-course- and terminal-phase systems.
• LOCKHEED MARTIN RECEIVES $619 MILLION CONTRACT TO BEGIN PRODUCTION OF THAAD WEAPON SYSTEM Lockheed Martin 03 Jan 2007 -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has been awarded a $619 million contract from the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to begin production of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Weapon System
• Northrop Grumman to Develop System Definition Requirements for U.S. Air Force's Alternate Infrared Satellite System Northrop Grumman 03 Jan 2007 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) will develop system definition requirements for the U.S. Air Force's Alternate Infrared Satellite System (AIRSS) that would provide uninterrupted space-based early missile detection.
• Northrop Grumman's High-Energy Laser Systems Have One of the Most Successful Years Ever in 2006 Northrop Grumman 03 Jan 2007 -- Last year will go down as one of the most successful on record for Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE:NOC) high-energy laser systems, which generated the most intense laser beams, the highest power levels, and the longest operating times yet seen in industry.
• Raytheon Completes Negotiations on $1.4 Billion Contract for JLENS Development Raytheon 03 Jan 2007 -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) recently completed negotiations with the U.S. Army resulting in finalizing a contract modification for system development and demonstration of the Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System (JLENS).
• AM General and General Dynamics Announce Joint Venture Company AM General 03 Jan 2007 -- AM General and General Dynamics Land Systems today announced they will form a joint venture to compete for the U.S. Army and Marine Corps Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) program.
• Boeing Awarded U.S. Army Contracts for CH-47F Chinook Helicopters Boeing 03 Jan 2007 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] and the U.S. Army signed contracts on Dec. 19, 2006 valued at more than $1.5 billion for up to 66 CH-47F Chinook helicopters.
• Boeing Secures Key Role in U.S.-Australian Hypersonics Research Program Boeing 03 Jan 2007 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] has secured a key role in a $54 million hypersonics research program called HIFiRE (Hypersonic International Flight Research Experimentation) jointly established by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and Australia's Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO).
• AM General and General Dynamics Announce Joint Venture Company General Dynamics 03 Jan 2007 -- AM General and General Dynamics Land Systems today announced they will form a joint venture to compete for the U.S. Army and Marine Corps Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) program.
• Raytheon Delivers VIIRS Sensor Engineering Development Unit Raytheon 03 Jan 2007 -- The National Polar- orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) achieved a major milestone with the delivery of an advanced sensor engineering development unit by Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN).
• AM General and General Dynamics Announce Joint Venture Company AM General 03 Jan 2007 -- AM General and General Dynamics Land Systems today announced they will form a joint venture to compete for the U.S. Army and Marine Corps Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) program.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 03 Jan 2007
• PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT United Nations 03 Jan 2007
• SENEGAL: While northern Casamance still simmers, the south is now calm IRIN 03 Jan 2007 -- Thousands of people displaced by decades of low-level conflict in the southern part of the Casamance region of Senegal have started returning to their villages in recent years, according to a researcher working in the area, and there are signs that thousands more may return in the near future, he added.
• DRC: Rekindled clashes displace thousands in Ituri IRIN 03 Jan 2007 -- Thousands of people have fled the village of Fataki, 70 km northeast of Bunia, capital of Ituri district in Eastern DRC, following clashes between militia and the regular army, officials of the United Nations peacekeeping mission, MONUC, said.
• SUDAN: Five killed in bomb attack on civilians in Darfur IRIN 03 Jan 2007 -- Five people have been killed in a bombing raid on civilians in the western Sudanese Darfur region, according to the African Union mission in Sudan.
• Sri Lankan Jets hit Tamil Tiger targets IRNA 03 Jan 2007 -- Sri Lankan airforce jets have bombed suspected Tamil Tiger targets in the island's east early in the day.
• DR Congo, Middle East and Côte d'Ivoire to dominate Security Council in January UN News Centre 03 Jan 2007 -- The situations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Côte d'Ivoire, as well as instability in the Middle East and general threats to international peace will dominate the Security Council's work in January, the 15-member body agreed today after holding its first consultations of 2007.
• United States Will Release Food Aid to Somalia Washington File 03 Jan 2007 -- The United States will be releasing food aid to Somalia and plans to participate in a donor's conference to assess humanitarian needs in the country following the overthrow of the Somali Council of Islamic Courts by Ethiopian and Somali forces.
• Study: Illegal Small Arms Trade Fueling African Conflicts VOA 03 Jan 2007 -- The major wars of the 20th century gave a boost to the legal arms trade
• Israeli Army Inquiry Cites Failures of Lebanon War VOA 03 Jan 2007 -- The Israeli army has completed a series of internal probes into the war in Lebanon, which was fought in July and August of last year
• US Seeks to Prevent Escape of al-Qaida Figures From Somalia VOA 03 Jan 2007 -- United States said Wednesday it is patrolling Somalia's coast and consulting with its neighbors to try to prevent the escape of terrorist suspects after Ethiopia's military rout of Islamist militias there
• European Foreign Ministers Discuss Somalia VOA 03 Jan 2007 -- The International Contact Group on Somalia meets Friday in Nairobi to discuss ways to bring stability to the African nation after the volatility and violence of the past weeks.
• Somali Government Pushes for 90-Day Martial Law VOA 03 Jan 2007 -- Cabinet leaders in Somalia's Ethiopian-backed interim government say they will push for a quick parliamentary approval to implement martial law for 90 days in the capital Mogadishu

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