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Current Operations

• May 25 airpower summary: B-1B deters enemy AFPN 26 May 2008
• Operation Siegfried Line nets detainees (Baghdad) MNF-I 26 May 2008 -- Multi-National Division - Baghdad Soldiers detained numerous suspected criminals in the Bayaa community as a result of Operation Siegfried Line May 24 in southern Baghdad.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Tarawa Prepares for Tigers Navy NewsStand 26 May 2008 -- After months of preparation, the amphibious assault ship USS Tarawa (LHA 1) will welcome over 600 family members and friends aboard May 26 for the end of deployment Tiger Cruise from Hawaii to San Diego.
• New US Military Command for Africa Prepares for Official Launch VOA 26 May 2008 -- The United States' new military command for Africa, known as AFRICOM, is preparing to launch officially on October 1st, when its staff is expected to assume control of military programs on the continent currently being managed by other U.S. commands
• AFRICOM to Stay in Germany for Several Years VOA 26 May 2008 -- U.S. officials are planning intensively ahead of the official launch of Washington's new military command for Africa, AFRICOM, in October
• Skepticism Abounds as AFRICOM Launch Looms VOA 26 May 2008 -- The United States Department of Defense says eight African countries are "very interested" in hosting the U.S. military command for the continent, known as AFRICOM
• AFRICOM Boosts Public Relations Efforts VOA 26 May 2008 -- The United States' new military Command for Africa, AFRICOM, is to become "fully operational" in October
• Aid Workers Anxious about US Military Involvement in African Development VOA 26 May 2008 -- The new United States military command for Africa, AFRICOM, is preparing for its official launch in October
• Russian 'killer of aircraft carriers' starts drills in Pacific RIA Novosti 26 May 2008 -- The Varyag, a Russian Slava-class missile cruiser dubbed 'the killer of aircraft carriers,' has started a series of live-firing exercises in the Pacific for the first time since a recent overhaul, a fleet spokesman said Monday.

Defense Industry

• EADS Defence & Security selected by Hong Kong Police Force for maintenance service of its TETRA network and terminals EADS 26 May 2008 -- EADS Defence & Security has been awarded a 5-year maintenance service contract through its integrated activity EADS Secure Networks by the Hong Kong Police Force.

Other Conflicts

• SUDAN: Rights groups decry Khartoum crackdown IRIN 26 May 2008 -- Several human rights organisations have accused Sudan authorities of arbitrary arrests, extra-judicial executions and ill-treatment of detainees following the 10 May rebel attack on Sudan's capital.
• KENYA: Concern over increase in illegal arms after post-poll violence IRIN 26 May 2008 -- Very little has been done to check the increase in illegal guns in parts of Kenya that were hardest hit by the post-election crisis, an official of a peace and development NGO said on 23 May.
• Speaker says Russia likely to contest ownership of Sevastopol RIA Novosti 26 May 2008 -- Sergei Mironov, speaker of the upper house of Russia's parliament, said on Monday Russia could claim back Sevastopol, a Russian naval base on Ukraine's Crimean peninsula.
• PAKISTAN: Child soldiers in Swat Valley IRIN 26 May 2008 -- Authorities are investigating allegations that militants running some madrassas (Islamic schools) in Swat Valley, north-western Pakistan, are recruiting and training children as soldiers.
• UN Concludes Russia Downed Georgian Drone VOA 26 May 2008 -- United Nations investigators have concluded that a Russian fighter jet was responsible for downing an unmanned Georgian intelligence aircraft over Georgia last month.

News Reports

• Ethiopia's High Court Sentences Mengistu Haile Mariam to Death VOA 26 May 2008 -- Ethiopia's Supreme Court has overruled a lower court and imposed a death sentence on former Marxist ruler Mengistu Haile Mariam for genocide and crimes against humanity during his 17-year rule
• Official Says Mugabe Would Accept Defeat VOA 26 May 2008 -- An ally of Robert Mugabe says the Zimbabwean president would accept defeat if he loses next month's run-off election to opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai.
• Analysts Say ASEAN Trying to Bridge Burma's Trust Issue With West VOA 26 May 2008 -- The Association of Southeast Asian Nations has long had a policy of engaging with Burma, even when many countries have criticized its military government
• MYANMAR: Access questions dominate aid conference IRIN 26 May 2008 -- The donor conference for victims of Cyclone Nargis held in the former capital, Yangon, on 25 May was dominated by the urgency of gaining access for aid workers.