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Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 20 Sep 2007 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Press Secretary Geoff Morrell from the Pentagon, Arlington, Va. 20 Sep 2007 -- Presenter: Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell
• Press Conference: Lt. Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, 9/20/2007 MNF-I 20 Sep 2007
• Sept. 19 airpower summary: Maintainers keep mission flying AFPN 20 Sep 2007 -- Coalition airpower supported coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan during operations Sept. 19, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
• Coalition Forces Continue to Target al Qaeda Leaders in Iraq AFPS 20 Sep 2007 -- Coalition forces killed seven terrorists and detained eight suspected terrorists today during operations targeting al Qaeda leaders in the central part of Iraq.
• Coalition forces arrest Iranian Quds Force officer MNF-I 20 Sep 2007 -- Coalition forces arrested an Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps - Quds Force officer in Sulimaniyah today.
• US Military Says Iranian Officer Under Arrest in Northern Iraq VOA 20 Sep 2007 -- The U.S. military says it has arrested an Iranian officer accused of smuggling powerful roadside bombs into Iraq for Tehran's elite Quds force
• Security Council renews international security force in Afghanistan for 12 months UN News Centre 20 Sep 2007 -- Voicing its concern about increased violence and terrorism in Afghanistan, the Security Council has approved the extension of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in the country for another year, with the Russian Federation abstaining on the vote.
• AFGHANISTAN: UN trying to verify civilian casualties with limited resources IRIN 20 Sep 2007 -- The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on 19 September rejected alleged implications in an IRIN report dated 5 September 2007 that it was seeking to be a "body-counting" authority in Afghanistan.
• Afghanistan: Southern Insurgency Tests Resolve Of ISAF Allies RFE/RL 20 Sep 2007 -- Although NATO commanders in Afghanistan say Taliban insurgents are on the run, there are signs that the resolve of key ISAF nations is flagging in the face of a task that could take decades and has already cost the lives of many soldiers
• Russia abstains from UN Security Council vote on Afghanistan RIA Novosti 20 Sep 2007 -- Russia abstained from a UN Security Council vote to extend the authorization of the NATO-led force in Afghanistan for another 12 months, reported RIA Novosti Thursday.

Defense Policy / Programs

• B-52s demonstrate global reach, power AFPN 20 Sep 2007 -- Airmen of the 20th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron here flew to the Pele Bombing Range in Hawaii to drop inert weapons as part of Exercise Koa Lightning Sept. 16 and 17.
• International air chiefs to meet in Washington AFPN 20 Sep 2007 -- The Air Force chief of staff will host representatives of more than 90 international air forces during the third Global Air Chiefs Conference here Sept. 21 to 28.
• Air Force officers have alternate path to joint qualification AFPN 20 Sep 2007 -- The Air Force will adopt a more flexible process for officers to gain joint qualification beginning Oct. 1.
• Housing privatization to begin at six bases AFPN 20 Sep 2007 -- Improved living conditions for Airmen and their families at six Air Education and Training Command bases will become a reality Oct. 1.
• New San Antonio Center for Wounded Warriors to Replace Current Facility AFPS 20 Sep 2007 -- A new Warrior and Family Support Center being built here will be 10 times the size of the current facility.
• GW Jump Starts with Flight Deck Qualifications Navy NewsStand 20 Sep 2007 -- After more than a year of silence on the flight deck, the roar of jet engines filled the air and rumbled throughout USS George Washington (CVN 73).
• Lassen Safely Completes Ammo On Load Navy NewsStand 20 Sep 2007 -- Sailors aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen (DDG 82) safely completed an ammunition on load Sept. 19, while at anchorage off of Fleet Activities Yokosuka.
• Overlord Regiment Commissions Navy NewsStand 20 Sep 2007 -- The 25th Naval Construction Regiment (NCR) was recommissioned Sept. 14, becoming an active unit of the U.S. Navy, fully prepared to take on the responsibilities as such.
• Congressional Members Visit Big E Navy NewsStand 20 Sep 2007 -- USS Enterprise (Big E) (CVN 65)Carrier Strike Group hosted a congressional delegation Sept. 13-14.
• Comfort Hosts U.S. Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago Navy NewsStand 20 Sep 2007 -- The U.S. ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago toured hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) Sept. 19 during the ship's humanitarian mission to Port-of-Spain.
• Comfort Provides Medical Care at School Navy NewsStand 20 Sep 2007 -- Personnel from hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) provided medical care to local citizens of Port-of-Spain at the Moulton Hall Methodist Primary School, Sept. 19.
• Army Commemorates 1957 Little Rock Deployment, Part Two Army News 20 Sep 2007 -- Fifty years ago the 101st Airborne Division entered Little Rock, Ark., on orders of the president of the United States. The mission: to uphold a Supreme Court ruling to integrate public schools.
• Baku Says Radar Issue Should Be Decided By Experts RFE/RL 20 Sep 2007 -- Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov says Baku is willing to collaborate with the United States and Russia to provide joint usage of the Qabala (Gabala) radar station.
• Russia: NGO Says Up To 3,000 Soldiers Die In Noncombat Deaths Every Year RFE/RL 20 Sep 2007 -- A rights group says that up to 3,000 Russian soldiers lose their lives in noncombat situations every year.
• Russian Bear bombers fly along Alaskan, Canadian coastline RIA Novosti 20 Sep 2007 -- Two Russian strategic Tu-95MS Bear-H bombers carried out a flight along the coasts of Alaska and Canada during recent command and post exercises, the Russian Air Force announced Thursday.
• Daily Press Briefing US Dept. of State 20 Sep 2007

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for September 20, 2007
• SAIC Completes U.S. Army Stryker Trainer Order SAIC 20 Sep 2007 -- Science Applications International Corporation (NYSE: SAI) has delivered the last of nine Stryker Variants of the Common Driver Trainer (CDT/SV) to the U.S. Army.
• Eurocopter hands over 600th aircraft of its top-selling EC135 helicopter EADS 20 Sep 2007 -- After its market introduction in 1996, the EC135 quickly did not only turn into an unrivalled commercial success in the light, twin-engine helicopter segment, but also proved to perfectly cover a vast variety of mission requirements, due to its flexibility, exceptional manoeuvrability, an unchallenged 98 percent availability, its customer-friendly maintenance schedules and environmental compatibility
• Boeing Supports New U.S. Air Force GPS Ground Control System Boeing 20 Sep 2007 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] has successfully assisted the U.S. Air Force in deploying a new ground control system that will enhance the operation of 32 Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites currently in orbit.
• Successful U.S. Navy Acceptance Trials Position Northrop Grumman-Built Mesa Verde (LPD 19) Toward Delivery and December Commissioning Northrop Grumman 20 Sep 2007 -- The Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC)-built amphibious transport dock ship Mesa Verde (LPD 19) successfully maneuvered the Gulf of Mexico waters last week, demonstrating her unique capabilities to the U.S. Navy.
• Boeing Awarded $49.2 Million Contract to Upgrade Saudi AWACS Fleet Boeing 20 Sep 2007 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has been awarded a $49.2 million contract, including options, to upgrade communications aboard Saudi Arabia's fleet of five E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft.
• Boeing Announces Completion of Sea-Based Radar's Mooring System Boeing 20 Sep 2007 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today announced that the Sea-Based X-Band Radar (SBX) mooring system has been installed at SBX's homeport in Alaska, completing a key piece of infrastructure for the missile defense sensor.
• U.S. Army Awards T700 Upgrade Contract GE Aviation 20 Sep 2007 -- The U.S. Army has awarded GE Aviation a contract valued at $30 million to support an increase in T700-701D engine upgrades at the Corpus Christi Army Depot (CCAD). This contract helps ensure the continuation of a UH-60 Black Hawk and AH-64 Apache helicopter fleet-wide T700 engine upgrade program that could ultimately involve more than 5,000 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 20 Sep 2007
• PRESS CONFERENCE BY INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT PROSECUTOR ON DARFUR United Nations 20 Sep 2007
• PRESS CONFERENCE BY COALITION FOR INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT ON DARFUR WAR CRIMES United Nations 20 Sep 2007
• Top US Envoy to Sudan Sees Progress in Darfur VOA 20 Sep 2007 -- President Bush's special envoy to Sudan says he is guardedly optimistic ahead of next month's U.N.-backed peace talks in the troubled region of Darfur
• ISRAEL-OPT: Aid groups, UN protest Israeli sanctions move on Gaza IRIN 20 Sep 2007 -- An Israeli cabinet decision on 19 September, which declared the Gaza Strip a "hostile entity" and which would allow the state to cut fuel and electricity supplies to the enclave, has been immediately condemned by aid and human rights organisations.
• Rice Meets with Palestinian President in West Bank VOA 20 Sep 2007 -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is winding up a two-day peace mission to the Middle East
• US Backs Arab-African Force for Somalia Peacekeeping VOA 20 Sep 2007 -- Two senior U.S. officials in East Africa say the situation in Somalia is improving despite continued violence
• Rice Says US-Sponsored Mideast Conference Must Be 'Substantive' VOA 20 Sep 2007 -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says an upcoming Mideast peace conference must be "substantive" and advance the cause of Palestinian statehood.
• UN Peacebuilding Commission calls on Burundian rebels to re-engage with Government UN News Centre 20 Sep 2007 -- The United Nations Peacebuilding Commission has called on the last major rebel hold-out group in Burundi to "resume promptly without condition" its participation in efforts to finally close the chapter on years of ethnic violence in the small Central African country.
• Extending UN mission in Liberia, Security Council approves troop drawdown UN News Centre 20 Sep 2007 -- Recognizing the continuing challenges Liberia faces as it seeks to rebuild after a 14-year civil war, the Security Council today extended the mandate of the United Nations mission in the country while endorsing Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's call for the drawdown of the level of blue helmets there.
• UGANDA: Optimism in Karamoja despite lingering security concerns IRIN 20 Sep 2007 -- A semi-arid region where livestock and violence have long been central concerns for the million people that live there, Karamoja in northeastern Uganda has started to stabilise, aid workers say.

News Reports

• Lebanon Reacts to Yet Another Political Assassination VOA 20 Sep 2007 -- Stores, banks and some government offices were closed in many parts of Beirut to mourn the slaying of Christian member of parliament Antoine Ghanem in a car bomb explosion, Wednesday
• LEBANON: All to lose and much to gain in divisive presidential election IRIN 20 Sep 2007
• PAKISTAN: Illegal arms threaten peace across troubled NWFP IRIN 20 Sep 2007
• Pakistan's Presidential Election Scheduled Despite Court Challenges to Musharraf Candidacy VOA 20 Sep 2007 -- Pakistan's Election Commission says the presidential election will take place on October 6, despite legal challenges to President Pervez Musharraf's re-election bid
• YEMEN: Moves afoot to reduce number of fire-arms in cities IRIN 20 Sep 2007
• Russian scientists claim 1.2 mln sq km of Arctic territory RIA Novosti 20 Sep 2007 -- Preliminary research results released by Russian scientists are allowing the country to claim 1.2 million sq km of potentially energy-rich Arctic territory, the Natural Resources Ministry said Thursday.