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Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 28 Sep 2007 [PDF]
• Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Brig. Gen. Anderson from Iraq 28 Sep 2007 -- Presenter: Chief of Staff, Multinational Corps - Iraq, Brig. Gen. Joseph Anderson
• Sept. 27 airpower summary: F-16s project power AFPN 28 Sep 2007 -- Coalition airpower supported coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan during operations Sept. 27, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
• San Antonio Marines and Sailors Get Warm Welcome Home From Iraq Navy NewsStand 28 Sep 2007 -- Loud cheers and warm hugs greeted the 75 Marines and Sailors as they stepped off buses at the Navy Operational Support Center San Antonio, arriving home from a seven-month deployment to Iraq.
• F-16 airstrike kills 3 terrorist leaders AFPN 28 Sep 2007 -- An Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon dropped precision munitions near Al Nussayyib, Iraq, Sept. 25 killing Abu Nasr al-Tunisi and two other al-Qaida Iraq operatives, according to Air Force officials.
• US Military in Iraq Reports Success Against Terrorists VOA 28 Sep 2007 -- A U.S. military commander in Iraq says coalition forces have crippled the core leadership group of al-Qaida in Iraq in a series of raids over the past few months.
• Iraqi Troops, Police Pressure al Qaeda in Northern Iraq AFPS 28 Sep 2007 -- Iraqi soldiers and police have al Qaeda terrorists on the run in the northern city of Mosul and its outlying areas, an Iraqi general posted in the region said today.
• Coalition Kills al Qaeda Leader Who Coordinated Foreign Terrorists in Iraq AFPS 28 Sep 2007 -- A top al Qaeda leader who coordinated efforts of foreign terrorists in Iraq was killed this week, a senior official in the region announced today.
• Coalition Troops Nab 7 Suspects, Seize Weapons in Iraq AFPS 28 Sep 2007 -- Coalition troops captured seven suspected terrorists and found two weapons caches today during operations targeting al Qaeda in Iraq, officials reported.
• USS Carr Helps Vessel in Distress in Central Persian Gulf Navy NewsStand 28 Sep 2007 -- The guided-missile frigate USS Carr (FFG 52), while conducting Maritime Security Operations (MSO) in the Central Persian Gulf, provided assistance to a United Arab Emirates-flagged fishing dhow in distress Sept. 26.
• U.S. Building Military Base Near Iraqi-Iranian Border RFE/RL 28 Sep 2007 -- The U.S. military is launching an intensified effort to stop what it says is Iranian support for insurgents in Iraq.
• Iraqi Police, Witnesses: 10 Civilians Killed in US Raid in Baghdad VOA 28 Sep 2007 -- Iraqi police and witnesses say U.S. forces have killed 10 civilians and wounded several others during a raid on a building in a mostly Sunni neighborhood in southern Baghdad.
• New ramps provide Bagram increased airpower capability AFPN 28 Sep 2007 -- Two new flightline ramps opened Sept. 27 at Bagram Air Base and brings new capabilities to coalition air operations, NATO and Air Force officials said.
• C-5 lands at Bagram, opens galaxy of capabilities AFPN 28 Sep 2007 -- The Sept. 22 landing and launching of one of the Air Force's largest aircraft at Bagram Air Base promises to bring "tremendous" capability for the movement of critical cargo across the region, 455th Air Expeditionary Wing officials said here.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Missile Defense Exercise and Flight Test Successfully Completed Missile Defense Agency 28 Sep 2007 -- The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) announced today it has completed an important exercise and flight test involving a successful intercept by a ground-based interceptor missile designed to protect the United States against a limited long-range ballistic missile attack
• Detainee Transfer Announced 28 Sep 2007 -- The Department of Defense announced today the transfer of one detainee from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Mauritania
• Army Shows Congress FCS 'Spin-out' Technologies Army News 28 Sep 2007 -- Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey Jr. showed members of Congress equipment now being used in Iraq that incorporates technologies developed under the Future Combat Systems program.
• GTMO Runway Project Completed on Schedule Navy NewsStand 28 Sep 2007 -- Naval Station (NAVSTA) Guantanamo Bay (GTMO), Naval Facilities Command Southeast (NAVFAC-SE) and Knik Construction personnel completed a runway resurfacing project Sept. 21 at the Guantanamo Bay Leeward Air Terminal.
• Boxer Begins Post-Deployment Maintenance Period Navy NewsStand 28 Sep 2007 -- USS Boxer (LHD 4) began its Phased Maintenance Availability (PMA) period Sept. 12 to prepare the ship for future operations by upgrading systems and conducting general repairs and upkeep throughout the ship.
• Global Fleet Station Hosts Jamaican Prime Minister Navy NewsStand 28 Sep 2007 -- The pilot Global Fleet Station (GFS) hosted the newly elected Prime Minster of Jamaica during a commemoration of its visit to Jamaica, Sept. 22.
• USS Emory S. Land to Depart La Maddalena Navy NewsStand 28 Sep 2007 -- As part of a previously scheduled homeport shift, the USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) will permanently depart La Maddalena, as early as Sept. 29.
• 7th Fleet, Strike Group Commanders Visit Essex Navy NewsStand 28 Sep 2007 -- Vice Adm. Doug Crowder, commander, U.S. 7th Fleet (C7F), and Rear Adm. Carol Pottenger, commander, U.S. Amphibious Force 7th Fleet visited USS Essex (LHD 2), Sept. 26, to meet with Essex's leadership and hold a question-and-answer session with department heads and senior enlisted leaders.
• U.S. Africa Command Will Enhance Local Skills, Problem Solving Washington File 28 Sep 2007 -- The new U.S. regional military command for Africa (AFRICOM) will have a distinctly different mission from its sister commands: it will focus on helping African militaries handle conflict and implement African solutions through military expertise and knowledge shared on the continent.
• Aerial intercept training prepares warfighters AFPN 28 Sep 2007 -- F-16 Fighting Falcon crews practiced rapid response situations during aerial intercept training held Sept. 24 at Andersen Air Force Base.
• F-22 performs first drop of small diameter bomb AFPN 28 Sep 2007 -- The F-22 Raptor Combined Test Force staff conducted the first airborne separation of a small diameter bomb from the internal weapons bay of an F-22 during a September test mission here.
• Session advances Tinker efforts to realign supply processes AFPN 28 Sep 2007 -- In preparation for the transition of part of the 776th Maintenance Support Squadron here to the Defense Logistics Agency in February 2008, Air Force and DLA officials conducted a kickoff session here in mid-September.
• Gen. Chilton confirmed to head USSTRATCOM AFPN 28 Sep 2007 -- The commander of Air Force Space Command received Senate confirmation Sept. 28 to be the new commander of U.S. Strategic Command at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb.
• Data shared across systems, services, intel communities AFPN 28 Sep 2007 -- By providing interoperability among 19 systems, four security domains, four networks, six countries and three continents, members of the Electronic Systems Center here recently demonstrated a level of connectivity some previously thought impossible.
• Senate Confirms Nominees to Four Defense Posts AFPS 28 Sep 2007 -- The U.S. Senate voted this morning to confirm four senior military officers to serve as the next the chief of naval operations and commanders of U.S. Africa Command, U.S. Strategic Command and U.S. Joint Forces Command.
• Military, Civilian Officials Urge Accession to Law of Sea Treaty AFPS 28 Sep 2007 -- Defense Department civilian and military leaders urged the Senate to ratify the United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea.
• USS Pearl Harbor Comes Home Navy NewsStand 28 Sep 2007 -- USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52) returned home to San Diego Sept. 26 after a six-month deployment to Central and South America in support of Partnership of the Americas 2007.
• PSNS & IMF Laboratory First to Receive ISO Accreditation Navy NewsStand 28 Sep 2007 -- Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility's (PSNS & IMF) Laboratory Division (Code 134), responsible for chemical and materials analysis, became the first Naval Shipyard Laboratory to be fully accredited under the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Laboratory Quality Accreditation Office (LQAO).
• Russia and U.S start joint naval exercise in the Amur Gulf RIA Novosti 28 Sep 2007 -- The joint Russian-U.S. naval exercise Pacific Eagle 2007 started on Friday in the Amur Gulf, near Vladivostok, the Pacific Fleet press office announced.
• Daily Press Briefing US Dept. of State 28 Sep 2007
• Press Briefing by Dana Perino The White House 28 Sep 2007

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for September 10, 2007
• RAF To Get Battlefield Broadband from BAE Systems BAE Systems 28 Sep 2007 -- BAE Systems has been awarded a £45m-plus contract by the UK Ministry of Defence to upgrade the RAF's battlefield information system.
• Raytheon Missile Defense Systems Key in Successful Ballistic Missile Intercept in Space Raytheon 28 Sep 2007 -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) components built under contract to The Boeing Company, the prime contractor for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system, played key roles in the destruction of a ballistic missile target during GMD's latest successful flight test conducted Sept. 28 by the U.S. Missile Defense Agency.
• Boeing-led Missile Defense Team Completes Flight Test and Intercepts Target Missile Boeing 28 Sep 2007 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA], working with industry teammates and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, successfully completed a missile defense flight test today that resulted in the intercept of a target warhead and demonstrated the capability and reliability of the nation's only defense against long-range ballistic missiles.
• General Dynamics Awarded $6 Million For Submarine Maintenance and Repair General Dynamics 28 Sep 2007 -- General Dynamics Electric Boat has received a $6 million award under an existing Basic Ordering Agreement from the U.S. Navy to perform maintenance and repair work on nuclear submarines at Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Virginia. Electric Boat is a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD).
• Northrop Grumman Awarded Contracts for Maintenance Work on Japan- and West Coast-Based Aircraft Carriers Northrop Grumman 28 Sep 2007 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has been awarded two contracts from the U.S. Navy for maintenance and modernization work on aircraft carriers based in San Diego and Yokosuka, Japan.
• Arms exporter may sell blocking stake in AvtoVAZ to Western firms RIA Novosti 28 Sep 2007 -- Rosoboronexport is set to sell its blocking stake in Russia's largest car producer AvtoVAZ to Western car manufacturers, the head of Russia's arms exporter said Friday.
• Boeing Completes Eight-hour Flight of A160T Hummingbird Boeing 28 Sep 2007 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] successfully flew its A160T Hummingbird unmanned rotorcraft Sept. 26 for eight hours while carrying a 1,000-pound payload.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 28 Sep 2007
• PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL OF LEAGUE OF ARAB STATES United Nations 28 Sep 2007
• More Palestinians die after being denied access through Israeli checkpoints, UN reports UN News Centre 28 Sep 2007 -- An increasing number of Palestinians have died after being denied passage through Israeli checkpoints, according to the latest United Nations humanitarian report on the occupied Palestinian territory.
• Security Council extends mandate of panel of experts on Darfur arms embargo UN News Centre 28 Sep 2007 -- The Security Council today decided to extend the mandate of the panel of experts set up to monitor an arms embargo in the strife-torn Darfur region of Sudan.
• Croatians Angered By Vukovar Verdicts RFE/RL 28 Sep 2007 -- Croatians have expressed anger over what they say are lenient sentences against former Yugoslavian army officers for their role in the 1991 Vukovar massacre.
• Sri Lankan Military Says Navy Sinks Three Rebel Boats, Kills Top Commander VOA 28 Sep 2007 -- Sri Lankan military officials say the navy has sunk three Tamil Tiger rebel boats during a sea battle off the country's northeastern coast, the latest in a series of nearly daily clashes.
• DRC: Army calls on rebels to integrate IRIN 28 Sep 2007 -- The Congolese army has launched an appeal for militias loyal to renegade army general Laurent Nkunda, as well as other combatants and armed groups in the eastern province of North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), to be integrated into the army or be demobilised.
• More Somalis Flee Mogadishu for Afgooye, UNHCR Supplies Aid VOA 28 Sep 2007 -- As more people flee the Somali capital, Mogadishu, because of the fighting, the UN refugee agency is distributing more aid outside of the city.
• Lebanon's President Urges UN to Enforce Israeli Cease-Fire VOA 28 Sep 2007 -- Lebanese President Emile Lahud has urged the United Nations to enforce a promised cease-fire between Lebanon and Israel.

News Reports

• UN Rights Council Calls Emergency Session On Burma VOA 28 Sep 2007 -- The 47-member United Nations Human Rights Council has called an emergency session to examine the crisis unfolding in Burma, also known as Myanmar
• Video Allegedly Shows Japanese Journalist Shot at Close Range in Burma VOA 28 Sep 2007 -- Japanese television has aired a video allegedly showing the killing of a veteran Japanese journalist covering pro-democracy protests in Burma.
• India Reluctant to Pressure Burma VOA 28 Sep 2007 -- A spokesman for India's foreign ministry says New Delhi is concerned about recent developments in Burma, where a military crackdown on anti-government protests has left at least 10 people dead.
• Burma Military Shoots at Protesters, Cuts Off Internet VOA 28 Sep 2007 -- Security forces in Burma have again used gunfire to disperse demonstrators in the main city, Rangoon, as hundreds, perhaps thousands defy the security forces of the ruling junta
• Burma's Neighbors Condemn Leadership in Forceful Language VOA 28 Sep 2007 -- The Association of Southeast Asian Nations has used unusually strong language to condemn ASEAN member Burma's crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations
• Congo's President Calls For More UN Assistance VOA 28 Sep 2007 -- Congolese President Joseph Kabila has told world leaders at the United Nations general assembly that his country, the DRC, needs more U.N. help to disarm and repatriate foreign armed groups
• Pakistan Court Dismisses Challenges to President Musharraf's Re-Election Bid VOA 28 Sep 2007 -- Pakistan's Supreme Court has dismissed a series of challenges to President Pervez Musharraf's re-election bid, paving the way for Mr. Musharraf to run in the October presidential election while still holding his post as chief of the military
• Georgia: The Ally Who Turned On Saakashvili RFE/RL 28 Sep 2007 -- Once he was among the closest allies of Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili