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Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 12 Jun 2007 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Army Casualties
• June 11 airpower summary: Airlifters key to troop resupply AFPN 12 Jun 2007 -- Coalition airpower supported coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan during operations June 11, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
• Eleven Terrorists Held; Bomb-Making Factory Seized in Iraq AFPS 12 Jun 2007 -- Coalition forces detained 11 suspected terrorists during operations targeting al Qaeda in Iraq operations in the Baghdad area today.
• NCWRON 5 Deploys to Support CENTCOM Mission Navy NewsStand 12 Jun 2007 -- Naval Coastal Warfare Squadron (NCWRON) 5, homeported in Imperial Beach, Calif., relieved Naval Coastal Warfare Squadron 34 on May 12 as the first active-duty NCW squadron in the U.S. Central Command area of operations.
• More Than 24 Enemy Fighters Killed in Afghanistan AFPS 12 Jun 2007 -- An eight-hour battle in Afghanistan yesterday led to the deaths of some two dozen enemy fighters.
• AFGHANISTAN: Police casualties high due to lack of training, equipment IRIN 12 Jun 2007 -- Under-equipped and poorly trained Afghan police are paying a high price in their fight against an intensifying armed insurgency.
• ICRC Says Insecurity Spreading In Afghanistan VOA 12 Jun 2007 -- The International Committee of the Red Cross says insecurity in Afghanistan is spreading amid escalating conflict
• Afghanistan: Workers Still Await Security Clearance To Repair Kajaki Dam RFE/RL 12 Jun 2007 -- British and U.S. forces in southern Afghanistan have not yet been able to claim success on their key stated objective despite a major NATO offensive against the Taliban.
• US-Led Forces Kill Afghan Police in Friendly Fire Incident VOA 12 Jun 2007 -- Afghan officials say U.S. troops killed and wounded a number of policemen in an apparent friendly fire incident in eastern Afghanistan Tuesday.
• Iran: Poker-Faced Amid Allegations Of Interference In Afghanistan RFE/RL 12 Jun 2007 -- As Iran and the United States return -- after a break of nearly three decades -- to direct and formal diplomatic discussion through dialogue over Iraq, it is Tehran that appears to be raising the stakes by demanding an exclusive agenda and blindly pursuing its own advantage.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Elmendorf celebrates C-17 arrival AFPN 12 Jun 2007 -- Elmendorf officially received its first C-17 Globemaster III airlifter June 11 during a ceremony here.
• Airmen train for worst-case scenarios at Red Flag AFPN 12 Jun 2007 -- When a pilot gets shot down in combat, it takes more than luck to bring him or her back home, which is why Red Flag-Alaska exercises prepare Airmen for any situation.
• First CARAT Exercise Phase Concludes in Philippines Navy NewsStand 12 Jun 2007 -- The first phase of the 13th annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) exercise series ended June 8 with a festive ceremony in the multi-purpose hall at Philippine Navy Headquarters in Manila.
• Global Fleet Station Completes First Honduras Visit Navy NewsStand 12 Jun 2007 -- The pilot Global Fleet Station (GFS) completed its event-filled first visit to Honduras aboard High Speed Vessel 2 (HSV 2) Swift on June 2.
• USS Nevada Changes Command, Combines Crews Navy NewsStand 12 Jun 2007 -- Cmdr. Mark Behning relieved Cmdr. Eric Holloway as commanding officer of USS Nevada (SSBN 733), combining the Blue and Gold crews into one at Naval Base Kitsap, Bangor Deterrent Park on June 8.
• USS Rodney M. Davis Conducts Change of Command Navy NewsStand 12 Jun 2007 -- Cmdr. James L. Minta relieved Cmdr. Marc Gordnier as commanding officer (CO) of USS Rodney M. Davis (FFG-60) during a change of command ceremony May 26 held aboard the guided missile frigate while underway in the Pacific Ocean.
• USS John C. Stennis Hosts Maritime Law Symposium Navy NewsStand 12 Jun 2007 -- Combined Task Force (CTF) 152 hosted a maritime law symposium aboard USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) for business leaders while in port at the U.S. Naval Forces Central Command area of responsibility June 11.
• Coast Guardsmen Train BHR Sailors Navy NewsStand 12 Jun 2007 -- The United States Coast Guard (USCG) Middle East Training Team (METT) embarked USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) (BHR) and BHR Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) ships June 8-11 to enhance the ESG's humanitarian assistance and search and rescue (SAR) capabilities through training and cooperation.
• Global Fleet Station Completes First Honduras Visit Navy NewsStand 12 Jun 2007 -- The pilot Global Fleet Station (GFS) completed its event-filled first visit to Honduras aboard High Speed Vessel 2 (HSV 2) Swift on June 2.
• Emergency Meeting On CFE Treaty Opens In Vienna RFE/RL 12 Jun 2007 -- An emergency meeting is opening today in Vienna, Austria, to discuss the future of the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty.
• Daily Press Briefing US Dept. of State 12 Jun 2007
• Press Briefing by Tony Snow The White House 12 Jun 2007

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for June 12, 2007
• Boeing KC-767 Tanker Win Would Benefit Connecticut Economy BOeing 12 Jun 2007 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today announced that the people of Connecticut will benefit from an estimated 4,000 direct and indirect jobs if it is selected to build the U.S. Air Force's new tanker aircraft fleet
• Bath Iron Works Awarded $197 Million for Work on DDG 1000 ZUMWALT Class Destroyers 12 Jun 2007 -- The U.S. Navy has awarded Bath Iron Works, a subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), a $197 million contract modification to continue work on the new DDG 1000 Zumwalt Class of destroyers
• Northrop Grumman Hits the Mark With 80 More BQM-74E Aerial Targets for the U.S. Navy Northrop Grumman 12 Jun 2007 -- The U.S. Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) a contract to purchase 80 BQM-74E Aerial Targets.
• World: Arms Trade Up By One-Third In 10 Years RFE/RL 12 Jun 2007 -- Global military spending has risen more than 37 percent in the past decade, reaching $1.2 trillion last year
• Roll-Out of EADS' A330 MRTT Multi Role Tanker Transport EADS 12 Jun 2007 -- Today, the first aircraft of the new generation A330 MRTT was rolled out of the hangar at the conversion centre of EADS CASA in Getafe near Madrid.
• Pratt & Whitney and Rolls-Royce F135 STOVL Team Completes Gearbox Test Pratt & Whitney 12 Jun 2007 -- Pratt & Whitney and Rolls-Royce completed the last of the three-step gearbox test which validated the gearbox design and demonstrated expected engine performance at all required thrust levels for the F135 short-takeoff/vertical-landing (STOVL) propulsion system. Pratt & Whitney is a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX) company.
• F-22 Raptor Team, Including Pratt & Whitney, Accepts 2006 Collier Trophy Pratt & Whitney 12 Jun 2007 -- The National Aeronautic Association awarded the prestigious 2006 Robert J. Collier Trophy to the F-22 Raptor team at a ceremony in Washington, D.C., Friday.
• Pratt & Whitney and Rolls-Royce F135 STOVL Team Completes Propulsion System Test Pratt & Whitney 12 Jun 2007 -- Pratt & Whitney and Rolls-Royce completed the first propulsion system qualification test for the short-takeoff/vertical-landing (STOVL) F135 engine.
• Northrop Grumman and SAIC to Restructure Ownership of AMSEC LLC SAIC 12 Jun 2007 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation [NYSE: NOC] and Science Applications International Corporation [NYSE: SAI] announced a plan to restructure their joint venture, AMSEC LLC (AMSEC), by dividing the company along customer and product lines. AMSEC is a full-service supplier that provides engineering, logistics and technical support services primarily to Navy ship and aviation programs.
• MoD approved Sonar 2076 Stage 5 Critical Design Review Thales 12 Jun 2007 -- Thales UK's underwater systems business, based in Templecombe and Cheadle Heath, has successfully passed the Sonar 2076 Stage 5 Critical Design Review (CDR) undertaken by the Ministry of Defence (MoD). This was a major milestone in the Stage 5 programme, highlighting the rapid progress being made in the development of an open architecture technology to underpin Sonar 2076's world beating capability.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 12 Jun 2007
• PRESS CONFERENCE BY INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF RED CROSS United Nations 12 Jun 2007
• Turkey Says It Is Focusing on Kurdish Rebels Within Its Borders VOA 12 Jun 2007 -- Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country is focused on fighting Kurdish rebels within its borders.
• Sudan accepts hybrid United Nations-African Union peacekeeping force in Darfur UN News Centre 12 Jun 2007 -- The Sudanese Government today announced its acceptance of the proposal for a hybrid United Nations-African Union peacekeeping operation to be deployed to the violence-wracked Darfur region after the UN and AU issued clarifications about the mandate, structure, components and tasks of the force.
• US Congress Continues Focus on Darfur VOA 12 Jun 2007 -- Key members of the U.S. Congress have been working to focus attention on the situation in the Darfur
• Sudan Accepts Hybrid Peace Force in Darfur; US Reacts Cautiously VOA 12 Jun 2007 -- Sudan has agreed to allow deployment of a joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping force in its troubled Darfur region
• U.S. Says Africa Should Not Be Sole Source of Darfur Peacekeepers Washington File 12 Jun 2007 -- Sudan's insistence that only African troops participate in a hybrid African Union-United Nations peacekeeping force in Darfur would render the force ineffective since the continent cannot supply the number of needed troops, the Bush administration says.
• Analysis: Toward the Brink in Gaza cfr.org 12 Jun 2007 -- For two decades, at least, events within the Palestinian political world pointed to a day of reckoning some time in the future pitting the secular against the religious in Palestinian life
• OPT: Patients killed as gunmen storm Gaza hospitals IRIN 12 Jun 2007 -- Patients are dying in crossfire as hospitals have been overrun by gunmen in a new wave of Gaza violence, which the UN has warned is jeopardising the delivery of essential humanitarian aid.
• Secretary-General expresses deep concern over Gaza violence UN News Centre 12 Jun 2007 -- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today said he is "deeply concerned" at the resurgence of violence in Gaza, which has reportedly killed 20 people.
• Gaza Fighting Puts Unity Government in Jeopardy VOA 12 Jun 2007 -- Heavy fighting in the Gaza Strip between Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah escalated sharply Tuesday
• Palestinian Factional Violence Escalates VOA 12 Jun 2007 -- Factional fighting in the Gaza Strip escalated Tuesday, with a rocket attack against the residence of the Palestinian prime minister. Egyptian mediators are meeting with the leaders of Hamas and Fatah, in a bid to end the violence, which has claimed the lives of at least 18 people since Monday
• Somali Police Intercept Car Filled with Explosives VOA 12 Jun 2007 -- Police in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, have intercepted a car loaded with explosives they say was going to be used against the interim government
• Ivorian Rebels, Opposition, Civilians Worry Over New Delays VOA 12 Jun 2007 -- Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore traveled to Yamoussoukro, the capital of Ivory Coast, Tuesday to assess a March peace deal he brokered with northern rebels, opposition leaders and President Laurent Gbagbo
• Russia: Is Moscow Prepared To Make Stand On Kosovo? RFE/RL 12 Jun 2007 -- One day after the Group of Eight (G8) summit wrapped up in Germany, Russian President Vladimir Putin met on June 9 with Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica on the sidelines of an economic forum in St. Petersburg.
• LEBANON: Aid agencies pledge continued efforts despite deaths of Red Cross workers IRIN 12 Jun 2007 -- Aid agencies pledged to continue efforts to deliver relief and evacuate the injured from the besieged Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon despite an upsurge in fighting.

News Reports

• UN group on illicit arms offers recommendations on national laws UN News Centre 12 Jun 2007 -- A United Nations group of experts dealing with illicit arms brokering has produced a series of recommendations for combating the trade through legislation.