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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 26 Feb 2008 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• Feb. 25 airpower summary: F-16s target enemy compound AFPN 26 Feb 2008
• Feb. 22 airpower summary: C-130s provide backbone for operations AFPN 26 Feb 2008
• Coalition Forces Kill Seven Terrorists in Iraq AFPS 26 Feb 2008 -- Multinational Division North soldiers killed seven terrorists during a firefight east of Khan Bani Saad, Iraq, early yesterday morning, military officials reported.
• Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Rodriguez from Afghanistan 26 Feb 2008 -- Presenter: Commander, Combined Joint Task Force 82 and Regional Command East Maj. Gen. David Rodriguez
• General Discusses Marine Deployment to Afghanistan AFPS 26 Feb 2008 -- Nearly a third of the 3,200 Marines scheduled to deploy to Afghanistan next month will be stationed in NATO's southern and western regional commands to train Afghan security forces to face upcoming threats, a top U.S. military official said today.
• Navy Joins Other Services to Make Difference in Lives of Afghans Navy NewsStand 26 Feb 2008 -- Almost 200 Navy individual augmentees (IAs) and their counterparts from the Army, Air Force and Marine Corps, who together make up 12 combined Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs), graduated basic combat skills and mission-specific training at Fort Bragg Feb. 23.
• US Senator: If Afghanistan Fails, Pakistan Could Follow VOA 26 Feb 2008 -- U.S. Democratic Senator Joseph Biden says Washington must focus on securing Afghanistan because if it fails, then neighboring Pakistan could be next.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Charges Referred on Detainee al Bahlul 26 Feb 2008 -- The Defense Department announced today that three charges have been referred against Guantanamo detainee Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman al Bahlul.
• Gates Looks to Strengthen Ties with India AFPS 26 Feb 2008 -- Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates landed here today looking to expand on what one official said already is one of the best military-to-military relationships the United States has with any country in the world.
• U.S. seeking to expand military ties with India RIA Novosti 26 Feb 2008 -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrives in India Tuesday to discuss prospects for closer bilateral military cooperation, an Indian news agency said.
• Gates Visit to India Latest Sign of Growing Military Ties VOA 26 Feb 2008 -- India's prime minister and defense minister are among the top government officials who are to meet in New Delhi with U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates
• Reserve units swap planes AFPN 26 Feb 2008 -- Air Force Reserve Command officials will swap C-130 Hercules aircraft this spring to accelerate the consolidation of missions and equipment at Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, N.Y.
• Mobile communications system undergoes final tests AFPN 26 Feb 2008 -- The 682nd Air Support Operations Squadron performed one of the final tests on their new mobile, state-of-the-art Air Support Operations Center Gateway during the base's operational readiness exercise Feb 12 to 14.
• U.S. Forces Japan, 5th Air Force welcome new commander AFPN 26 Feb 2008 -- Members of U.S. Forces Japan and 5th Air Force welcomed a new commander during a change-of-command ceremony here Feb. 25.
• How to build a bomb AFPN 26 Feb 2008
• Army Remains Strong, But Stretched, Officials Say AFPS 26 Feb 2008 -- The U.S. Army remains ready to engage and defeat America's enemies despite experiencing strain after seven years of wartime deployments, the Army's top civilian and military leaders told a Senate panel here today.
• General: CENTCOM Must Prepare to Deal With Violent Networked Extremists AFPS 26 Feb 2008 -- Looking beyond Iraq and Afghanistan, the forces of U.S. Central Command have to be positioned to deal with violent networked extremists, a top general in the command said today.
• Cheney Praises Fort Hood Troops, Pledges Perseverance in Iraq AFPS 26 Feb 2008 -- U.S. troops in Iraq will go down in military history as purveyors of democracy in the region, Vice President Richard B. Cheney told a cheering crowd today at Fort Hood, Texas.
• Chief of Staff Reflects on New Manual for Operations Army News 26 Feb 2008 -- Crafted from the hard lessons in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Army is releasing this week an updated version of FM 3-0, the field manual for "Operations."
• Multiple Countries Gather for Maritime Symposium Navy NewsStand 26 Feb 2008 -- U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) kicked off a three-day Maritime Infrastructure Protection Symposium (MIPS), Feb. 26 in Manama with speakers addressing threats to maritime infrastructure and ways to detect attacks in the Persian Gulf.
• USS Louisiana Presented Omaha Trophy Navy NewsStand 26 Feb 2008 -- The Blue and Gold crews of the USS Louisiana, (SSBN 743), were presented the 2006 Omaha Trophy Submarine Ballistic Missile Award by Gen. Kevin Chilton, commander, U.S. Strategic Command in a ceremony at Naval Base Kitsap, Bangor, Wash.
• CJTF-HOA Relationship with Djiboutians Impresses CAPSTONE Officers Navy NewsStand 26 Feb 2008 -- Senior U.S. military officers and civilians traveled to Djibouti to learn about the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa mission as part of the Department of Defense (DOD) CAPSTONE curriculum designed for newly appointed generals and flag officers Feb. 24.
• International Partners Train Cameroon Navy on VBSS Techniques Navy NewsStand 26 Feb 2008 -- Members of the French Commando Unit, Commando Jaubert, based at Lorient in Brittany and Toulon, France, along with Africa Partnership Station (APS) Sailors, train Cameroon maritime professionals in visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) techniques on Feb. 25.
• Electronic Attack Wing Pacific Changes Hands Navy NewsStand 26 Feb 2008 -- Commander, Electronic Attack Wing, U.S. Pacific Fleet (COMVAQWINGPAC) held a change of command on Naval Air Station (NAS) Whidbey Island, Feb. 22.
• Fleet Survey Team Supports Global Fleet Station Navy NewsStand 26 Feb 2008 -- Fleet Survey Team (FST) conducted cooperative military hydrographic surveys in both the Dominican Republic and Jamaica for two months beginning in August 2007 as part of Global Fleet Station (GFS) 2007.
• John C. Stennis Detachment Gets Gear Ready for Deployment Navy NewsStand 26 Feb 2008 -- Thirty-seven Sailors from USS John C. Stennis' (CVN 74) Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department's (AIMD) IM-4 division are working away from Stennis' homeport of Bremerton, Wash., during its docking-planned incremental availability.
• Harry S. Truman's EOD Team Offers Lessons to the Crew Navy NewsStand 26 Feb 2008 -- USS Harry S. Truman's (CVN 75) Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Detachment 22, of Mobile Unit 6, offered rappel lessons for personnel Feb. 11-12.
• Truman Conducts RHIB Drills Navy NewsStand 26 Feb 2008 -- USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) conducted rigid hull inflatable boat (RHIB) operations from Feb. 11 to 15 at the starboard and port RHIB decks.
• Joint effort made satellite success possible AFPN 26 Feb 2008 -- When analysts determined a satellite carrying a tank of 1,000 pounds of hydrazine fuel could be a threat to human life, the U.S. Department of Defense and other agencies came together to find the best course of action.
• India test launches submarine-based missile RIA Novosti 26 Feb 2008 -- India has successfully tested a submarine-launched nuclear capable ballistic missile, a spokesman for the Indian defense ministry said on Tuesday.
• Russian defense spending to grow 20% in 2008, to $40 bln RIA Novosti 26 Feb 2008 -- Russia's Defense Ministry will spend around one trillion rubles ($40 bln) of federal budget funds in 2008, 20% more than in 2007, a ministry official said on Tuesday.
• Daily Press Briefing US Dept. of State 26 Feb 2008
• Press Briefing by Dana Perino The White House 26 Feb 2008

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for February 26, 2008
• Raytheon's Miniature Air Launched Decoy Completes Flight Testing in Eight Months Raytheon 26 Feb 2008 -- The Miniature Air Launched Decoy, a Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) state-of-the-art, low-cost, modular air- launched programmable flight vehicle, successfully completed government and Raytheon seamless verification team flight testing Jan. 11.
• Boeing GPS Ground Control System Keeps Navigation Satellites Operational Boeing 26 Feb 2008 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] today reported the continuing success of its Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) ground control system that operates the on-orbit constellation of 32 GPS satellites built by Boeing and Lockheed Martin.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 26 Feb 2008
• Iraq: Turkish Incursion Threatens To Destabilize Domestic Situation RFE/RL 26 Feb 2008 -- Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari has warned that Turkey's military operation against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) could destabilize the entire region.
• Iraq Demands Immediate Withdrawal of Turkish Troops VOA 26 Feb 2008 -- The Iraqi government has demanded the immediate withdrawal of Turkish troops, saying the five-day incursion is threatening their otherwise friendly relations
• Belgium recognizes Kosovo's independence RIA Novosti 26 Feb 2008 -- Belgium has formally recognized Kosovo's unilateral independence, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Tuesday.
• Russian, American Disagree on Kosovo's Independence VOA 26 Feb 2008 -- US-based Russia specialist Dimitri Simes told a Washington audience Tuesday that fundamental disagreement over Kosovo's independence from Serbia will drive Russia and the United States even further apart.
• Azerbaijan To Pull Peacekeepers From Kosovo RFE/RL 26 Feb 2008 -- In the aftermath of Kosovo's independence declaration, Azerbaijan is preparing to pull its peacekeeping troops out of the region, RFE/RL's Azerbaijani Service reports.
• Poland recognizes Kosovo - government RIA Novosti 26 Feb 2008 -- Poland's government has recognized Kosovo's independence, the TVN24 channel said on Tuesday.
• Middle East peace process needs changes on the ground to succeed - UN envoy UN News Centre 26 Feb 2008 -- The Annapolis peace process deserves continued support but it will only be sustained if there are real changes on the ground, particularly in the West Bank and in the Gaza Strip, the senior United Nations envoy on the Middle East told the Security Council today.
• UN Official Calls Situation in Gaza 'Grim and Miserable' VOA 26 Feb 2008 -- The U.N.'s humanitarian chief says conditions in the Gaza Strip are "grim and miserable" and far from normal. John Holmes briefed the Security
• Israeli PM unsure peace deal with Palestinians possible in 2008 RIA Novosti 26 Feb 2008 -- Israel's prime minister said on Tuesday he was not certain that an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal would be possible by the end of 2008, as agreed on in the U.S. in November, the Haaretz newspaper said.
• Israeli Prime Minister Says Mideast Peace Deal May Not Be Possible by Year's End VOA 26 Feb 2008 -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says a peace agreement with the Palestinians will not necessarily be concluded by the end of this year.
• PRESS CONFERENCE BY CHAD’S FOREIGN MINISTER United Nations 26 Feb 2008
• Over 5,500 Chadians relocated to refugee camp in north-eastern Cameroon - UN UN News Centre 26 Feb 2008 -- More than 5,500 Chadians who fled fighting in their capital, N'Djamena, earlier this month and have been living in temporary sites in north-eastern Cameroon have now been relocated to a newly equipped camp in the village of Maltam, according to United Nations humanitarian officials.
• Displaced Darfurians moving to new camp, others flee to Chad, UN says UN News Centre 26 Feb 2008 -- As violence continues to rage in Sudan's Darfur region, a group of 500 villagers who fled their homes two weeks ago will find refuge at a newly opened camp outside El Geneina, the capital of West Darfur state, the United Nations refugee agency announced today.
• UN refugee agency airlifts emergency shelter into Kenya UN News Centre 26 Feb 2008 -- Ahead of March rains, the United Nations refugee agency is bringing 5,000 tents to Kenya for use by tens of thousands of people driven from their homes by the violence that has gripped the east African country since December's contested elections.
• Former UN Chief Suspends Kenyan Political Talks to Consult Leaders VOA 26 Feb 2008 -- Former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan says talks between Kenya's government and opposition leaders aimed at ending a post-election political crisis have been suspended.
• US Disappointed Over Kenya Impasse, Weighs Penalties VOA 26 Feb 2008 -- The United States is expressing disappointment over the continued political impasse in Kenya following last December's disputed election
• UN re-starts stalled repatriation of Sudanese refugees from western Ethiopia UN News Centre 26 Feb 2008 -- The United Nations refugee agency has resumed its repatriation of Sudanese from a camp in western Ethiopia after the operation had been halted for nearly two months because of bureaucratic problems.
• Eritrea blocking passage of UN peacekeepers as regrouping efforts continue UN News Centre 26 Feb 2008 -- Eritrean soldiers have blocked the passage of eight United Nations vehicles in the past 24 hours as the world body's peacekeeping mission in the region continued to regroup staff and assets in the capital, Asmara, ahead of its planned temporary relocation across the border to Ethiopia.
• DRC: Nkunda boycott could leave IDPs stranded IRIN 26 Feb 2008 -- Dissident General Laurent Nkunda's boycott of a commission set up under a January peace deal could prolong insecurity in the eastern Kivu provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and delay the return of hundreds of thousands of internally displaced civilians, analysts warned.
• CONGO: Arms collection and destruction under way IRIN 26 Feb 2008 -- Armed forces in the Republic of Congo have begun to collect and destroy all weapons abandoned on battlegrounds in the country's civil war that began in 1997, as well as munitions that had expired but were still in armouries.

News Reports

• Pakistani Military Battling Swat Insurgency Pins Hopes on New Government VOA 26 Feb 2008 -- Last year much of Pakistan's scenic Swat valley had been taken over by a band of Islamic militants
• Pakistani Sharif urges Musharraf to say 'goodbye' IRNA 26 Feb 2008 -- Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Tuesday urged President Pervez Musharraf to say 'goodbye' to power as the people have given verdict against him.