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Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 25 Jan 2007 [PDF]
• Roadside bomb strikes MND-B patrol
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• CENTAF releases airpower summary for Jan. 25 AFPN 25 Jan 2007 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for Jan. 25.
• 43 Insurgents Detained, Weapons Found, Captives Freed AFPS 25 Jan 2007 -- In a string of operations across Iraq over the past four days, Iraqi and coalition forces detained 43 suspected terrorists, found several weapons caches, stopped an illegal checkpoint, and freed three captives, military officials reported.
• Polish Military Contingent Changes Command MNF-I 25 Jan 2007 -- The Multi-National Division Central South transferred authority in a ceremony Jan. 24 at Camp Echo, Iraq.
• Regimental Combat Team 6 assumes responsibility for area of operation MNF-I 25 Jan 2007 -- Regimental Combat Team 6 successfully conducted a relief-in-place with Regimental Combat Team 5 and assumed responsibility for an area of operations in eastern Al Anbar province Wednesday.
• Iraq: New U.S. Commander Lays Out His Plan RFE/RL 25 Jan 2007 -- Army Lieutenant General David Petraeus, U.S. President George W. Bush's nominee to become the top commander in Iraq, has outlined his strategy to crush the insurgency.
• Bush Administration Seeks $10.6 Billion in Afghan Aid Washington File 25 Jan 2007 -- The Bush administration is proposing $10.6 billion in U.S. aid to Afghanistan in conjunction with the January 26 NATO ministerial meeting in Brussels, Belgium, which will focus on international support for the country.
• White House to Request Big Increase in Afghan Aid VOA 25 Jan 2007 -- The Bush administration said Thursday it will ask Congress for more than $10 billion in new military and reconstruction aid money for Afghanistan, where attacks by Taleban forces have been on the rise
• DoD Announces Afghanistan Force Adjustment 25 Jan 2007 -- The Department of Defense announced today Secretary of Defense Robert Gates approved a request from commanders to extend for up to 120 additional days 3,200 soldiers of the 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division currently operating in Afghanistan
• DoD Announces Afghanistan Unit Extension AFPS 25 Jan 2007 -- Some 3,200 soldiers of the 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, will have their tour in Afghanistan extended for up to 120 additional days, Defense Department officials announced today.
• Pakistan: Analyst Discusses Controversial 'Pashtunistan' Proposal RFE/RL 25 Jan 2007 -- For many ethnic Pashtuns in Afghanistan and Pakistan, "Pashtunistan" is the idea of an historic homeland that was divided in 1893 by the Durand Line -- a 2,450-kilometer demarcation line drawn by the British through Pashtun tribal lands to suit the defensive needs of British colonial India.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Life at Thule AFPN 25 Jan 2007 -- Landing on a snow-packed winter runway 700 miles north of the Arctic Circle can be a harrowing experience for anyone who journeys here.
• Air Force proposes adding 23 F-15s, F-16s at Nellis AFPN 25 Jan 2007 -- The Air Force is proposing to base 23 additional F-15 Eagles and F-16 Fighting Falcons here and to add about 520 people as a result of changes mandated by the recent Base Realignment and Closure process.
• Stennis Opens Fire While Testing Defenses Navy NewsStand 25 Jan 2007 -- Sailors from USS John C. Stennis' (CVN 74) Combat Systems Department performed a live fire exercise with the MK 15 close-in weapon system (CIWS) utilizing a towed drone unit (TDU), Jan. 22.
• ACE Marines Arrive Aboard BHR Navy NewsStand 25 Jan 2007 -- Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 5's Aviation Combat Element (ACE) landed aircraft and loaded personnel and equipment on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) (BHR) Jan. 20.
• Patriot Arrives in Yokosuka for TRAV, Trains Hard in Transit Navy NewsStand 25 Jan 2007 -- USS Patriot (MCM 7), along with its Sasebo, Japan-based avenger-class mine countermeasures counterpart USS Guardian (MCM 5), arrived in Yokosuka Jan. 19, to begin its training availability period (TRAV).
• Moody Airmen test new, nonlethal method of repelling enemy AFPN 25 Jan 2007 -- Airmen of the 820th Security Forces Group here are currently evaluating a long-range, nonlethal weapon system that could eventually save lives in the war on terrorism.
• New Technology Expands Air Force's Combat Capability AFPS 25 Jan 2007 -- A new system will allow airmen to identify possible enemy firing locations by tracking where shots are coming from.
• RIVRON 1 Conducts Unit Level Training Exercise Navy NewsStand 25 Jan 2007 -- Riverine Squadron (RIVRON) 1 and other Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC) forces completed a unit level training (ULT) exercise Jan. 16-24 at Fort Pickett.
• RIVRON 1 Applies Special Skills During ULT Navy NewsStand 25 Jan 2007 -- Sailors attached to Riverine Squadron (RIVRON) 1 applied their cultural and language training within realistic combat scenarios during a unit level training (ULT) exercise at Fort Pickett, Va., Jan 22-24, thanks to the help of Strategic Operations (StratOps), a San Diego-based movie production company.
• Essex Preps for Marine Embark Navy NewsStand 25 Jan 2007 -- The multi-mission amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) is preparing to embark Marine Corps personnel and equipment for the upcoming scheduled spring patrol.
• USS Boxer Conducts Non-Lethal Defense Training Navy NewsStand 25 Jan 2007 -- USS Boxer's (LHD 4) Ship Self Defense Force (SSDF) conducted non-lethal self-defense training Jan. 18 while conducting maritime security operations (MSO) in the Persian Gulf.
• US willing to install THAAD anti-missile system in Poland: report IRNA 25 Jan 2007 -- The United States is apparently ready to send its super modern anti-missile system -- dubbed the Theater High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) -- to Poland, provided Warsaw gives green light to the deployment of the anti-missile batteries on its soil, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper said Thursday.
• U.S. Marines to assist Tajikistan in anti-terrorism training RIA Novosti 25 Jan 2007 -- The United States will instruct Tajikistan in anti-terrorism tactics during a joint training course at a military range near the capital of the Central Asian state from January 28 to March 9, the Tajik national security body said Thursday.
• Kiev urges Moscow to obey court order on return of naval sites RIA Novosti 25 Jan 2007 -- Ukraine's government urged Moscow Thursday to obey a court ruling on the return of navigation facilities being used by the Russian Black Sea Fleet in the post-Soviet state's Crimean Peninsula.
• Daily Press Briefing US Dept. of State 25 Jan 2007
• Press Gaggle by Tony Snow The White House 25 Jan 2007

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for January 25, 2007
• L-3 Communications' CyTerra Receives $40 Million Order From U.S. Army for New Handheld Mine Detectors L3 Communications 25 Jan 2007 -- -3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) announced today that its CyTerra (L-3 CyTerra) subsidiary has received a follow-on order from the U.S. Army valued at more than $40 million for several thousand AN/PSS-14 advanced mine detection systems, plus accessories
• SAIC Awarded Contract to Provide Information Technology Support to Navy Personnel Command SAIC 25 Jan 2007 -- Science Applications International Corporation (NYSE: SAI) today announced it won a single award, cost-plus-award-fee contract to provide information technology support services for Manpower, Personnel, Training, and Education (MPT&E) for the Navy Personnel Command in Millington, Tenn.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICES OF THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL AND THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT United Nations 25 Jan 2007
• Sudan's Peace Accord Making Progress, U.S. Official Says Washington File 25 Jan 2007 -- The agreement the United States helped broker in Sudan that ended more than 20 years of civil war is making "steady progress," says Lauren Landis, director of the State Department's Sudan Programs Group.
• DRC: Civilians caught up in fighting between dissident troops IRIN 25 Jan 2007 -- Hundreds of civilians who fled their homes five days ago after fighting between dissident soldiers in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) had not received relief aid, humanitarian workers said on Thursday.
• World cannot afford another year like 2006 in Middle East and Lebanon: UN official UN News Centre 25 Jan 2007 -- Warning the Security Council that the world cannot afford another year like 2006 in the Middle East and Lebanon, the top United Nations political officer today called for a "resumed political process" between Israel and the Palestinians, adding that solutions are also urgently needed in Lebanon, where more clashes occurred in the capital Beirut.
• Ban Ki-moon tells Lebanese donors' conference that world must help in reconstruction UN News Centre 25 Jan 2007 -- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told a major international donors' conference on Lebanon today that the global community must support the war-shattered country's efforts for economic and political reconstruction, with its neighbours staying out of its affairs.
• Israel, Palestinians Pledge New Peace Efforts VOA 25 Jan 2007 -- A week before the Bush administration tries to revive stalled Middle East peace talks, Israeli and Palestinian politicians pledged new efforts Thursday to secure a breakthrough during a high-level conference in Davos, Switzerland
• Ugandan Rebels 'Lose Faith' in Mediator of Peace Talks VOA 25 Jan 2007 -- Ugandan rebels say they have lost faith in the mediator of the group's peace talks with the Ugandan government.
• Donors Pledge Nearly $8 Billion in Aid to Lebanon VOA 25 Jan 2007 -- An international conference on aid to Lebanon has raised billions of dollars for the struggling nation.

News Reports

• Rice Says Lebanese Aid Will Support Government's Reforms Washington File 25 Jan 2007 -- The Bush administration's assistance pledge to Lebanon, now totaling more than $1 billion, will be targeted toward security and economic assistance, and will support the Lebanese government's economic reform program, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said January 25.
• Pro, Anti-Government Groups Clash in Beirut VOA 25 Jan 2007 -- At least two people have been killed and at least 20 others wounded at a Beirut university campus in clashes between opposition and government supporters