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Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 27 Jul 2007 [PDF]
• Task Force Lightning Soldier attacked
• Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Col. Twitty from Iraq 27 Jul 2007 -- Presenter: Commander, 4th Brigade Ist Cavalry Division Col. Stephen M. Twitty
• July 26 airpower summary: Fighting Falcons hunt prey AFPN 27 Jul 2007 -- Coalition airpower supported coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan during operations July 26, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
• Iraq Operations Net Suspected Weapons Smuggler AFPS 27 Jul 2007 -- Coalition forces captured four suspected terrorists believed to receive support from within Iran in a pre-dawn raid in a village in Iraq's Diyala province today.
• Iraqi, Coalition Forces Consolidating Anbar Gains AFPS 27 Jul 2007 -- Iraqi and coalition forces are consolidating gains they have made in Iraq's Anbar province, the coalition's ground commander in the region said today.
• Embedded Provincial Reconstruction Teams Help Rebuild Iraq AFPS 27 Jul 2007 -- Embedded provincial reconstruction teams, known as EPRTs, are helping teach Iraqi businessmen and local officials how to better function as part
• US, Iraqi Troops Clash with Shi'ite Militia in Karbala, 17 Killed VOA 27 Jul 2007 -- The U.S. military in Iraq says about 17 Shi'ite militiamen have been killed in battles with U.S. and Iraqi troops in the southern city of Karbala.
• Balad F-16s destroy terrorist training camp AFPN 27 Jul 2007 -- F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing
• US Lawmakers Debate Guantanamo Detainee Rights VOA 27 Jul 2007 -- As discussion continues in the Democrat-controlled Congress over the detention facility at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, legislation is pending in both the House and the Senate regarding a key legal issue that has been the subject of emotional debate
• here destroyed an al-Qaida training camp southwest of Baghdad July 21.
• 22 South Korean Hostages in Afghanistan Reportedly Alive VOA 27 Jul 2007 -- A purported Taleban spokesman says that 22 South Koreans hostages in Afghanistan are still alive hours after the latest deadline set by the militant group passed without a breakthrough
• South Korean Special Envoy Arrives in Afghanistan to Aid in Hostage Negotiations VOA 27 Jul 2007 -- There is no word yet on the fate of 22 South Korean hostages held by Taleban insurgents in Afghanistan, after the passing of the latest negotiating deadline

Defense Policy / Programs

• US Lawmakers Debate Guantanamo Detainee Rights VOA 27 Jul 2007 -- As discussion continues in the Democrat-controlled Congress over the detention facility at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, legislation is pending in both the House and the Senate regarding a key legal issue that has been the subject of emotional debate
• Blended teams blaze new trail at Rodeo 2007 AFPN 27 Jul 2007 -- Just like the famous cowboys Jim Shoulders and Bill Picket changed the face of the rodeo, there's a new group of boots in town that are stirring things up.
• USNS Comfort Arrives in El Salvador After Completing Nicaragua Visit AFPS 27 Jul 2007 -- USNS Comfort has arrived in El Salvador, the hospital ship's fifth port of call during a four-month humanitarian deployment to more than a dozen Latin American and Caribbean nations.
• Essex Demonstrates Sustained Mission Readiness Navy NewsStand 27 Jul 2007 -- The multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) successfully completed a three-day evaluation, Unit Level Training Assessment-Sustainment (ULTRA-S) July 22, while returning from the U.S and Australian-led Exercise Talisman Saber 2007.
• "Typhoon Charlie" Strikes Diego Garcia Navy NewsStand 27 Jul 2007 -- Despite not being officially classified as a typhoon, a storm nicknamed "Typhoon Charlie" by the command's newspaper, "The Tropical Times", brought the island of Diego Garcia to a virtual standstill as trees uprooted fell onto roads and much of the island was flooded July 22.
• Network Security: A Top Priority at NETWARCOM Navy NewsStand 27 Jul 2007 -- With predators out there looking for a weak link in military computer and communication networks, information security is more important than ever.
• USS Albuquerque Furthers Partnerships with Visit to Trinidad and Tobago Navy NewsStand 27 Jul 2007 -- Fast-attack submarine USS Albuquerque (SSN 706) began a weeklong visit to Trinidad and Tobago on July 22 as part of a continuing U.S. naval presence within the Caribbean and Latin America.
• Reserve wing will be first to host Guard associate AFPN 27 Jul 2007 -- The Air Force Reserve Command's 507th Air Refueling Wing begins a new partnership in August when members of the Oklahoma Air National Guard team up for the drill weekend.
• Wing answers call for help for missing divers AFPN 27 Jul 2007 -- Airmen of the 920th Rescue Wing here answered the call for help in search of a missing diver off the coast of Port Canaveral, Fla., July 26, while earlier in the day rescue crews aided in the successful rescue of another diver.
• Beale Global Hawk deploys for first time AFPN 27 Jul 2007 -- The 9th Reconnaissance Wing's RQ-4 Global Hawk program passed a significant milestone by completing its first operational Global Hawk deployment July 19 from Beale Air Force Base to Andersen AFB, Guam.
• USS Carl Vinson Master-at-Arms Teach Force Protection Navy NewsStand 27 Jul 2007 -- Master-at-arms assigned to USS Carl Vinson's (CVN 70) security force facilitated a force protection training course July 9, in an effort to enhance watchstanding skills and security tactics of Sailors assigned to the force on temporarily assigned duty (TAD).
• Daily Press Briefing US Dept. of State 27 Jul 2007
• Press Briefing by Tony Snow The White House 27 Jul 2007

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for July 27, 2007
• General Dynamics Awarded Production Contract for Unitary Warheads General Dynamics 27 Jul 2007 -- General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), has been awarded a $7.5 million contract by Lockheed Martin for the production of warheads for the U.S. Army's Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) - Unitary.
• Boeing Apache Helicopter Flight Simulators Provide High Fidelity Training Boeing 27 Jul 2007 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has developed and delivered 23 Apache Longbow Crew Trainers -- deployable, full-mission, high-fidelity flight simulators -- to the U.S. Army and Dutch Air Force and is under contract for an additional five trainers for both U.S. and international customers.
• General Dynamics UK selected for Assessment Phase of LISTENER Sensor Data Fusion Programme General Dynamics 27 Jul 2007 -- General Dynamics United Kingdom Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), has today been notified by the UK Ministry of Defence of its selection as a preferred bidder for the Assessment Phase of the LISTENER programme
• Boeing awarded $80 million to begin planning missile defense system RIA Novosti 27 Jul 2007 -- The Pentagon has awarded Boeing $80 million to begin planning and building two missile defense systems to be based in Poland and the Czech Republic, a spokesman for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency said.
• Northrop Grumman's Global Hawk Unmanned Aircraft Completes 1,000th Flight Northrop Grumman 27 Jul 2007 -- The high-flying RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial systems (UAS) built by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) recently completed their 1,000th flight. The fourth production Global Hawk, designated AF-4, flew the milestone mission June 14-15 in support of the global war on terrorism (GWOT).
• Oshkosh Truck, Ceradyne and Ideal Innovations Team Up to Protect Troops and Save Lives from Increasingly Prevalent EFP Attacks Oshkosh 27 Jul 2007 -- Oshkosh Truck Corporation (NYSE:OSK), Ceradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRDN) and Ideal Innovations, Inc. (I-3) announced today an agreement to further develop, produce and market the Bull™ armored vehicle. The Bull is intended to address the increasing need for protection from improvised explosive devices (IED), mine blasts and high-threat, explosively formed projectiles (EFP) and will be built on a combat-proven Oshkosh Truck chassis.

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 27 Jul 2007
• Eritrea Denies Sending Weapons to Somalia VOA 27 Jul 2007 -- Eritrea is denying a U.N. report that accuses the Horn of Africa country of supplying huge quantities of arms, including surface-to-air missiles, to Islamic insurgents in Somalia
• Montenegro melts tanks into scrap in UN-backed demilitarization initiative UN News Centre 27 Jul 2007 -- Montenegro, the United Nations' youngest member, has launched a new demilitarization initiative, ultimately aiming to slash nearly 12 thousand tons of heavy weaponry to 2,000 tonnes and cut the number of ammunition depots from 10 to three under a project co-sponsored by the world body.
• Analysis: In Africa, Hunting for Elusive Peace cfr.org 27 Jul 2007 -- Cote d'Ivoire plans to light a symbolic "flame of peace" this month in Bouake, its second-largest city. Fueling the flame will be weapons used in the country's civil war (Mail & Guardian).
• OPT-ISRAEL: Gaza 'almost completely' aid-dependent IRIN 27 Jul 2007
• Russia Denies Withholding Evidence From UN Probe RFE/RL 27 Jul 2007 -- Georgia has accused Russia of withholding key information from a UN investigation into an attack on Kodori Gorge in March and is calling for the probe to be reopened

News Reports

• Russia: Race To The North Pole RFE/RL 27 Jul 2007 -- With a nuclear-powered icebreaker, two vast research ships, and 130 scientists, Russia's biggest-ever scientific expedition has set sail for the North Pole.
• Red Mosque reopens in Islamabad after bloody siege RIA Novosti 27 Jul 2007 -- The Red Mosque in Pakistan's capital reopened for Friday prayers after a bloody army siege earlier in July that killed over 100 people.
• Suicide Bomber Strikes Near Islamabad's Red Mosque RFE/RL 27 Jul 2007 -- Reports from Islamabad say a suicide bomber blew himself up close to a group of police officers today near the Red Mosque
• Suicide Bomb Goes Off in Islamabad; Religious Students Stage Demonstrations Outside Mosque VOA 27 Jul 2007 -- A powerful bomb has ripped through a hotel restaurant near Islamabad's Lal Masjid, or Red Mosque