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Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 04 Jun 2007 [PDF]
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• June 3 airpower summary: Global Hawk - vigilant warrior AFPN 04 Jun 2007 -- Coalition airpower supported coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan during operations June 3, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
• June 1, 2 airpower summary: Airlift key to mission success AFPN 04 Jun 2007 -- Coalition airpower supported coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan in the following operations June 2, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
• Multiple Coalition Raids Lead to Detention of 15 Suspects AFPS 04 Jun 2007 -- Coalition and Iraqi forces killed a terrorist and detained 15 suspected terrorists during raids today in Baghdad, Mosul and Karmah, Iraq, official reported.
• BHRESG Completes Presence Ops Navy NewsStand 04 Jun 2007 -- The Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group's (BHRESG) Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 5 Det. B completed four days of presence operations (presence ops) in the Persian Gulf on June 1.
• 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit Completes Mission for CENTCOM Navy NewsStand 04 Jun 2007 -- The 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) departed U.S. Central Command's (CENTCOM) area of operations (AOO) June 1, concluding a significant stage of the unit's current deployment.
• Exercise Nautical Union Concludes in the Persian Gulf Navy NewsStand 04 Jun 2007 -- U.S. and Saudi Arabian forces concluded exercise Nautical Union 2007 in the Persian Gulf June 2.
• U.S., Coalition Forces Conduct 'Tabletop' Exercise Aboard Ocean 6 Navy NewsStand 04 Jun 2007 -- Representatives from Combined Task Force (CTF) 59, CTF 158, commander Navy Region Southwest Asia and Iraq's Southern Oil Company (SOC) met to solve a mock oil spill scenario aboard forward staging base Ocean 6 in the North Persian Gulf May 29.
• Officials Study Video Showing ID Cards of Missing Soldiers AFPS 04 Jun 2007 -- U.S. officials in Iraq are studying a video posted to a terrorist Web site showing the military identification cards of two U.S. soldiers listed as missing since May 12, according to Multinational Force Iraq officials.
• U.S. Military Engineers Improve Iraqi Water, Sewer Services AFPS 04 Jun 2007 -- U.S. military engineers have completed nearly 300 major water and sewage projects in Baghdad and across Iraq in the past few years, U.S. military officers reported.
• US Defense Secretary Says Iranian Weapons Reach Taleban VOA 04 Jun 2007 -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says Iranian weapons are now streaming into Afghanistan and the Taleban's military arsenal. Secretary Gates was in Afghanistan for an unannounced one-day visit
• Middle East: Are Iranian Arms Flowing Into Iraqi, Afghan Conflict Zones? RFE/RL 04 Jun 2007 -- Indications are growing that the flow of Iranian-made arms to the insurgencies in both Iraq and Afghanistan is increasing.
• Afghanistan: U.S. Defense Secretary Assesses Security Situation RFE/RL 04 Jun 2007 -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates met in Kabul today with Afghan President Hamid Karzai to assess the fight against the Taliban and Al-Qaeda.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Judge Dismisses Charges Against Second Guantanamo Detainee AFPS 04 Jun 2007 -- Following suit from events earlier in the day, a military judge tonight dismissed the terrorism charges against Yemeni detainee Salim Ahmed Hamdan.
• Charges Dismissed Against Canadian at Guantanamo AFPS 04 Jun 2007 -- In a decision that could affect the future of the military commission system, the judge in the military commission case of accused terrorist Omar Khadr today dismissed all charges against Khadr and adjourned the hearing.
• Ruling Puts Guantanamo Trials in Doubt VOA 04 Jun 2007 -- A U.S. military judge has dismissed charges against a detainee at the Guantanamo detention center, based on a technical issue that could affect all the current and potential charges against detainees
• Air operations center opens at Tyndall AFPN 04 Jun 2007 -- First Air Force celebrated the opening of the 601st Air and Space Operations Center here June 1 with a ceremony and tour of the 37,000-square-foot, $30 million combat center.
• Cope North exercise to kick off at Andersen AFPN 04 Jun 2007 -- Military members and units from the Air Force and Japan Air Self Defense Force are preparing to kick off the annual Cope North exercise June 11 to 22 at Andersen Air Force Base.
• Pace Promotes Future Cooperation with Malaysia AFPS 04 Jun 2007 -- The United States and Malaysia have had "a long, very strong and prosperous relationship," Marine Gen. Peter Pace said here today, noting that Malaysia is the United States' 10th largest trade partner.
• Pacific Fleet Commander Visits Kitty Hawk Navy NewsStand 04 Jun 2007 -- Adm. Gary Roughead, Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, visited Sailors aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) on April 19. More than 3,000 Sailors from several 7th Fleet commands gathered in the carrier's hangar bay to hear him speak.
• Baltops-2007 military exercise begins in the Baltic Sea RIA Novosti 04 Jun 2007 -- International naval and military exercise Baltops-2007 (Baltic Operations) has begun in the Baltic Sea and will run through June 15, the Lithuanian Defense Ministry press service said Monday.
• Bush to Discuss Missile Defense in Czech Republic VOA 04 Jun 2007 -- President Bush is in Prague at the start of a six-nation tour of Europe, where tensions with Russia have been heating up over the U.S. plan to deploy a missile defense system in the Czech Republic and Poland
• Larijani: US claim on missile shield project 'joke of the year' IRNA 04 Jun 2007 -- Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani said Sunday the US claim that their missile shield project in Europe is intended to safeguard Europe against Iranian missiles should be called the "Joke of the year" since Iranian missiles cannot reach Europe.
• U.S.: Bush In Prague To Convince Czechs On Radar RFE/RL 04 Jun 2007 -- U.S. President George W. Bush arrives today in Prague where he will try to persuade Czech officials to support a U.S. proposal to deploy parts of a missile-defense system in the country.
• U.S. missile defense in Asia aimed at North Korea, China - expert RIA Novosti 04 Jun 2007 -- The deployment of U.S. missile defense system elements in East Asia is aimed not only against North Korea but also against China, an expert with the Hong Kong think-tank Kanwa said Monday.
• U.S. claims to defend from Iran's missiles "a joke" - Larijani RIA Novosti 04 Jun 2007 -- Iran's top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani said allegations by the United States that extending Washington's air defense shield to Europe was needed to counter possible strikes from Iran could not be taken seriously.
• Bush to talk missile defense with Czech, Polish leaders RIA Novosti 04 Jun 2007 -- President George W. Bush will discuss U.S. missile defense plans in Europe as part of his eight-day tour of seven European countries starting later Monday, the White House said.
• Putin warns of measures against U.S. missile shield in Europe RIA Novosti 04 Jun 2007 -- Russia's president warned of retaliatory steps against Washington's missile shield plans in Europe, and ridiculed a Pentagon missile defense cooperation offer to Russia.
• Daily Press Briefing US Dept. of State 04 Jun 2007
• Press Gaggle by Senior Administration Officials on the President's Trip to Europe and the G8 Summit The White House 04 Jun 2007

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for June 13, 2007
• General Dynamics Awarded $3 Million to Develop Advanced Submarine Maneuvering Technology General Dynamics 04 Jun 2007 -- General Dynamics Electric Boat has received a $3.2 million contract to continue development the next phase of external electric actuators that can be used for submarine steering and diving planes. Electric Boat is a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYDE: GD).
• Navy Awards Raytheon $16.6 Million to Support F/A-18 Protection Systems Raytheon 04 Jun 2007 -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has received a $16.6 million order for performance based logistics (PBL) support of its state-of-the-art ALR-67(V)3 radar warning receiver system, which protects crews of U.S. Navy F/A-18E/F carrier-based tactical aircraft.
• NORWAY COMMISSIONS SECOND FRIGATE EQUIPPED WITH LOCKHEED MARTIN SPY-1F AEGIS COMBAT SYSTEM Lockheed Martin 04 Jun 2007 -- The Norwegian frigate Roald Amundsen (F-311), equipped with a Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT]-developed SPY-1F Aegis Weapon System, was commissioned May 21 in a ceremony held at Navantia shipyard in Ferrol, Spain.
• LOCKHEED MARTIN AWARDED CONTRACT TO INTEGRATE HELLFIRE II MISSILE ON TIGER HELICOPTER Lockheed Martin 04 Jun 2007 -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has been awarded a direct commercial sale contract by Eurocopter to support integration of the HELLFIRE II® precision-strike missile and all-digital M299 "smart" missile launcherT on the Hélicoptère d'Appui Destruction (HAD) Tiger attack helicopter
• Raytheon Wins Navy Multiband Terminal Contract Raytheon 04 Jun 2007 -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has been awarded the U.S. Navy's Multiband Terminal (NMT) contract, which has a combined value during its lifetime in excess of $1 billion for development and production.
• LOCKHEED MARTIN COMPLETES SIGNIFICANT SYSTEM DESIGN MILESTONE ON TMOS PROGRAM Lockheed Martin 04 Jun 2007 -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has completed a successful System Design Review (SDR) of the TSAT Mission Operations System (TMOS) with the U.S. Air Force
• WARSHIP INNOVATION TURNS GREY TYPE 45 GREEN BAE Systems 04 Jun 2007 -- BAE Systems has introduced two innovative schemes on the Type 45 destroyer programme, which have had a positive impact on the environment, saved tens of thousands of pounds and won the company an environmental best practice award.
• BAE SYSTEMS DEMONSTRATES MISSION PLANNING AND COMMAND AND CONTROL CAPABILITY AT UDT BAE Systems 04 Jun 2007 -- A mission planning/command and control application for all types of unmanned vehicle is one of the capabilities being showcased by BAE Systems at the Undersea Defence Technology Exhibition in Naples this week.
• ALADIN, the first Wind Lidar in space, completes a key test EADS 04 Jun 2007 -- The ALADIN instrument (Atmospheric Laser Doppler Instrument) has successfully completed the life test of novel key components, the high power laser diodes that form the core of the transmitter laser. These complex electro-optical components have never before been qualified in Europe for long term operation in space.
• GE LM2500 Gas Turbine to Power Polish Navy's Next-Generation Corvette GE Marine 04 Jun 2007 -- GE Marine reports that its LM2500 gas turbine will be used to power the Polish Navy's next generation Type 621 corvette, to be named Gawron. The LM2500 gas turbine will be applied in a combined diesel and gas turbine configuration, with two diesel engines.

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 04 Jun 2007
• PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT United Nations 04 Jun 2007
• Charles Taylor Boycotts His War Crimes Trial in The Hague VOA 04 Jun 2007 -- The trial of Charles Taylor opened without the accused in the dock Monday in The Hague, as the former Liberian President boycotted the proceeding he called a "charade."
• Case Against Taylor is Solid, Says Former Prosecutor VOA 04 Jun 2007 -- The long-awaited trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor gets underway Monday in The Hague, Netherlands
• Liberia's Ex-Ruler Taylor Boycotts Start of War Crimes Trial VOA 04 Jun 2007 -- Former Liberian President Charles Taylor is boycotting the start of his war crimes trial in The Hague, saying he does not believe the proceedings will be fair.
• SUDAN-UGANDA: Elusive peace along the tong-tong road IRIN 04 Jun 2007 -- Southern Sudanese military and official sources say the threat from the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels has eased in eastern Equatoria, but widespread fear remains, whole villages are abandoned and a key road from Uganda to the Southern Sudan capital Juba is still patrolled by Sudanese and Ugandan troops.
• Lebanese Army Clashes With Militants in 2nd Palestinian Refugee Camp VOA 04 Jun 2007 -- Lebanese troops continued fighting Islamic militants in a northern Palestinian refugee camp and clashed with another group in a southern camp Monday
• Radical Somali Youth Group Claims Suicide Attack VOA 04 Jun 2007 -- A radical Somali youth group has claimed responsibility for Sunday's suicide attack that killed seven people at the Mogadishu residence of Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi
• ISRAEL-OPT: West Bank movement restrictions lethal for Palestinians, says Amnesty report IRIN 04 Jun 2007 -- Rights group Amnesty International on Monday said Palestinians were dying in the West Bank because Israel's restrictions on movement there are severely hampering access to health services.
• Over 80 killed in separatist fighting in Sri Lanka RIA Novosti 04 Jun 2007 -- At least 82 people died in a new upsurge of separatist violence Monday in the north of Sri Lanka, Indian UNI news agency said.
• Abkhaz, S. Ossetian leaders speak of possible Kosovo precedent RIA Novosti 04 Jun 2007 -- The presidents of the self-proclaimed Georgian republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia adopted a joint statement Monday saying their republics have as much of a right to independence as Kosovo does.
• Kurdish Rebel Kills 8 Turkish Soldiers in Attack on Army Outpost VOA 04 Jun 2007 -- Turkish security officials say Kurdish rebels killed eight soldiers in an attack on an army outpost in eastern Turkey Monday.
• Rebels Want to Share Power with Ugandan Govt VOA 04 Jun 2007 -- Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has warned the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) Rebels to comply with the current peace negotiations in the southern Sudanese capital, Juba or perish

News Reports

• Bush Visits Europe VOA 04 Jun 2007 -- President Bush heads to Europe Monday for the annual meeting of the leaders of the world's major industrialized nations, the G8 summit