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Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 05 Jul 2007 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualties
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• MND-B patrol struck by explosive formed projectile
• July 4 airpower summary: B-1Bs provide bomber overwatch AFPN 05 Jul 2007 -- Coalition airpower supported coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan during operations July 4, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
• Concrete barriers save lives AFPN 05 Jul 2007 -- A simple slab of concrete is the difference between life and death at the Victory Base Complex here in Baghdad
• Seabees Build Combat Outpost at Iraq Forward Operating Base Navy NewsStand 05 Jul 2007 -- A team of nine Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 28 completed a security overlook project for 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines Fox Company at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Riviera on June 19, allowing the Marines better observation and protection in an area previously vulnerable to attack.
• Terrorist Killed, Nine Detained in Iraq AFPS 05 Jul 2007 -- Coalition forces killed one terrorist and detained nine suspected terrorists during raids around the country yesterday and today targeting al Qaeda in Iraq senior leaders and operatives.
• AFGHANISTAN: Over six million face food insecurity IRIN 05 Jul 2007 -- Three out of 10 Afghans suffer from chronic food insecurity, which badly affects the health and well-being of the estimated 27-million nation, said the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

Defense Policy / Programs

• NORTHCOM officials set base force protection levels AFPN 05 Jul 2007 -- Alpha, Bravo, Charlie and Delta are the four levels of force protection applied to every American military installation, with Alpha being the lowest level and Delta being the highest.
• Airmen join forces for Talisman Saber AFPN 05 Jul 2007 -- More than 270 Airmen here deployed to Australia to conduct the field training exercise, or FTX, portion of Talisman Saber 2007.
• DoD Announces "Wearable Power" Prize Competitiony 05 Jul 2007 -- The Director, Defense Research and Engineering, John Young today announced a public prize competition to develop a wearable electric power system for war fighters
• O'Kane Conducts Boarding in CTF 152 Navy NewsStand 05 Jul 2007 -- Visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) teams aboard USS O'Kane (DDG 77) conducted their first boarding in the Combined Task Force (CTF) 152 area of operations (AOO) in the Southern Persian Gulf on June 28.
• Patriot Mans Blue-Shirt Detail in Final Transit to Forward-deployed Home Navy NewsStand 05 Jul 2007 -- Sasebo's two mine countermeasures ships USS Patriot (MCM 7) and USS Guardian (MCM 5) returned to their forward-deployed home of Sasebo after a three-month spring patrol to Pacific Rim nations June 29.
• Guardian Completes Spring Patrol Navy NewsStand 05 Jul 2007 -- USS Guardian (MCM 5) returned to its forward-deployed homeport of Sasebo on June 29 after a successful spring patrol in and around the East China Sea.
• ATG Pacific Evaluates Tarawa Sailors During ULTRA-S Navy NewsStand 05 Jul 2007 -- After successfully completing over 10 drills during a three-day period, USS Tarawa (LHA1) passed the Unit Level Training Readiness Assessment Sustainment (ULTRA-S) inspection June 28.
• Ukraine: NATO Chief Reflects On Ukraine-NATO Charter RFE/RL 05 Jul 2007 -- Ukraine and NATO are preparing to mark the 10th anniversary of the Ukraine-NATO Charter, which was signed on July 9, 1997
• NATO expansion relapse into Cold War - FM Lavrov RIA Novosti 05 Jul 2007 -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday that NATO's further expansion eastward was reminiscent of the Cold War standoff between the Soviet Union and the West.
• Second Russian military convoy leaves Batumi base in Georgia RIA Novosti 05 Jul 2007 -- Twenty-eight rail carriages carrying military equipment from the second Russian military base in Georgia left the city of Batumi by railroad heading for Russia, the Georgian Defense Ministry said Thursday.
• US Calls Russian Missile Threat 'Unfortunate' VOA 05 Jul 2007 -- The United States Thursday termed "unfortunate" a threat by a senior Russian official to counter a U.S. missile defense system in Europe with new offensive deployments
• Japan, U.S. to hold first joint missile defense drill in 2008 RIA Novosti 05 Jul 2007 -- Japan and the United States are planning to conduct in January 2008 their first joint exercises on countering a potential missile attack, a Japanese newspaper said Thursday.
• Daily Press Briefing US Dept. of State 05 Jul 2007
• Press Briefing by Scott Stanzel The White House 05 Jul 2007

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for July 05, 2007
• BAE SYSTEMS TO OVERHAUL FAST COMBAT SUPPORT SHIP ARCTIC BAE Systems 05 Jul 2007 -- BAE Systems has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy's Military Sealift Fleet Support Command for a 60-day overhaul of the fast combat support ship USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8).
• General Dynamics Awarded $44 Million U.S. Army Contract for Small-Caliber Ammunition General Dynamics 05 Jul 2007 -- General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), has been awarded a $44 million modification to an existing contract for production of small-caliber ammunition by the U.S. Army Field Support Command, Rock Island, Ill.
• Final Bay Class Landing Ship Delivered Nine Weeks Early BAE Systems 05 Jul 2007 -- RFA Lyme Bay, the fourth and final ship in the Royal Fleet Auxiliary's new class of landing ship, has been delivered to the UK Ministry of Defence more than two months ahead of schedule.
• General Dynamics Receives $111 Million for Mine-Protected Vehicle Work General Dynamics 05 Jul 2007 -- General Dynamics Land Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), has received a $111.5 million work order from Force Protection Inc. to produce 235 vehicles for the U.S. Marine Corps' Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle program.
• VH-71 PRESIDENTIAL HELICOPTER TEST AIRCRAFT COMPLETES MAIDEN FLIGHT Lockheed Martin 05 Jul 2007 -- The VH-71 helicopter made its maiden flight at AgustaWestland's facility in Yeovil, UK, on July 3, marking a significant milestone in the development of the United States' Presidential aircraft.
• LOCKHEED MARTIN SUCCESSFULLY TESTS GUIDANCE UPGRADE AND IMPROVED SOFTWARE FOR ATACMS BLOCK IA UNITARY Lockheed Martin 05 Jul 2007 -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] successfully conducted a test of the new upgraded guidance and control system for the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) at White Sands Missile Range, NM.
• Thales sees success in the first flight of its Maritime Surveillance Programme in Turkey Thales 05 Jul 2007 -- The Meltem contract, one of Europe's largest maritime surveillance programmes, was awarded to Thales in 2003 and involves the supply of nineteen aircraft equipped with sophisticated maritime patrol and surveillance systems for Turkey's Navy and Coast Guard.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 05 Jul 2007
• Côte d'Ivoire: UN mission endorses call for inquiry into rocket attack UN News Centre 05 Jul 2007 -- The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Côte d'Ivoire has announced its support for any international inquiry into last week's deadly rocket attack on a plane carrying the country's Prime Minister, Guillaume Soro.
• UN's Darfur envoy arrives in Sudan to help spur peace negotiations UN News Centre 05 Jul 2007 -- The United Nations envoy tasked with re-energizing the peace process in the violence-wracked Darfur region has arrived in Sudan for fresh talks on how to kick-start political negotiations between the parties to the conflict.
• Kosovo's progress could falter unless future status finalized, says Ban Ki-moon UN News Centre 05 Jul 2007 -- Kosovo's overall progress towards building a functioning economy and establishing democratic institutions of self-government has been encouraging, but those advances could soon unravel unless the Serbian province's future status is determined, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says.
• Political Divisions Again Endanger Somali Peace Talks VOA 05 Jul 2007 -- In another blow to Somali government plans to hold a long-delayed peace conference to end the country's 16-year-old civil war, elders of the most dominant clan in Mogadishu, the Hawiye, have failed to resume talks to unite the clan politically
• China Takes Credit for Sudan Allowing UN Peacekeepers VOA 05 Jul 2007 -- China's special representative on Darfur says the Chinese government's dialogue with Sudan was key to Khartoum agreeing to allow United Nations peacekeepers into the conflict-ridden Darfur region
• Israeli Forces Kill at Least 11 Palestinians in Gaza VOA 05 Jul 2007 -- At least 11 Palestinian gunmen from the Islamic militant group Hamas have been killed in an Israeli incursion in the Gaza Strip

News Reports

• Religious Militants in Islamabad Set Conditions For Surrender VOA 05 Jul 2007 -- Pakistani security forces say time is running out for more than 1,000 militants inside the capital's radical Lal Masjid or Red Mosque
• Pakistani Police Battle Religious Militants in Islamabad VOA 05 Jul 2007 -- Pakistani security forces say time is running out for more than 1,000 militants inside Islamabad's radical Lal Masjid or Red Mosque
• Successful launch of the Chinasat 6B telecommunication satellite, built by Thales Alenia Space Thales 05 Jul 2007 -- The Chinasat 6B telecommunication satellite, built by Thales Alenia Space as prime contractor, was successfully boosted into orbit today from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province by a Long March 3B rocket. Chinasat 6B will enable ChinaSatcom to offer communication and broadcast capabilities to the Chinese market.