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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 03 Sep 2008 [PDF]
• Iraq: US Fires on Iraqi Security, Killing Six VOA 03 Sep 2008 -- Iraqi officials say U.S. forces Wednesday killed six Iraqi security personnel in what the U.S. describes as a case of "mistaken fire".
• Coalition Troops Kill Weapons Facilitator, Capture Terror Suspects AFPS 03 Sep 2008 -- Coalition forces killed an al-Qaeda in Iraq weapons facilitator and detained eight suspected terrorists during operations targeting the terrorist network in the Tigris River Valley yesterday, military officials reported.
• IA, U.S. conduct air assault, apprehend criminals in Maysan Army News 03 Sep 2008 -- Iraqi Army Soldiers conducted an air assault Aug. 30 to apprehend four criminals connected to attacks against Iraqi and Coalition Forces in the Dhi Qar and Maysan provinces.
• 15 killed as NATO helicopters shell Pakistani border areas IRNA 03 Sep 2008 -- NATO gunship helicopter bombed Pakistani border areas early Wednesday, killing at least 15 people and injuring several others, local tribesmen said.
• Foreign Forces Reportedly Attack Pakistani Village RFE/RL 03 Sep 2008 -- Pakistani Defense Minister Ahmed Mukhtar says aircraft belonging to foreign forces in Afghanistan carried out overnight attacks on three houses in Pakistani territory.
• Australian Soldiers Accused of Mistreating Taliban Captives VOA 03 Sep 2008 -- Muslim groups are accusing Australian soldiers in Afghanistan of cultural insensitivity and violating rules on treating prisoners
• Guard, Corps of Engineers continue hurricane operations Army News 04 Sep 2008 -- Some 14,000 National Guard troops are actively supporting recovery efforts following Hurricane Gustav which hit Louisiana and New Orleans Sept. 1.
• Louisiana Guard Reacts to Damage, Assesses Needs AFPS 03 Sep 2008 -- In response to flooding yesterday in West Monroe, La., the Louisiana National Guard delivered 58,000 sandbags throughout the night, with 50,000 more expected to be delivered today.
• Bush Cites 'Excellent' Hurricane Gustav Response Efforts AFPS 03 Sep 2008 -- President Bush praised federal, state and local government efforts to assist the people of the Gulf Coast in the wake of Hurricane Gustav during his visit to the emergency operations center in Baton Rouge, La., today.
• Guard, Corps of Engineers continue work following Gustav Army News 03 Sep 2008 -- Some 14,000 National Guard troops are actively supporting recovery efforts following Hurricane Gustav which hit Louisiana and New Orleans Sept. 1.
• Press Gaggle by Dana Perino and FEMA Administrator Dave Paulison The White House 03 Sep 2008
• Navy Mission Assurance Analysts Support Hurricane Gustav Relief Efforts Navy NewsStand 03 Sep 2008 -- Analysts and engineers from Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Dahlgren Laboratory deployed Sept. 1, to support U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) operations in response to Hurricane Gustav by providing predictive infrastructure analysis support.
• Canadian and U.S. Rescue Forces Join Together for Hurricane Relief Efforts Navy NewsStand 03 Sep 2008 -- Before Hurricane Gustav touched down along the Gulf Coast Sept. 1, U.S. military forces began coordinating efforts for search and rescue teams as well as disaster relief aid in anticipation of the call to aid civilian authorities.
• Mississippi Guard Applies Lessons Learned from Hurricane Katrina AFPS 03 Sep 2008 -- Hurricane Katrina provided valuable lessons three years ago that local, state and federal response agencies along the Gulf Coast were able to put to work for Hurricane Gustav this week, Army National Guardsmen providing relief efforts here said yesterday.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Cheney: US Has Deep Abiding Interest in Caucasus Region VOA 03 Sep 2008 -- U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney says the United States has a deep and abiding interest in the security of the Caucasus region.
• Cheney Begins Regional Tour In Azerbaijan RFE/RL 03 Sep 2008 -- Visiting Vice President Dick Cheney has pledged the United States' "deep and abiding interest" in the security and welfare of Azerbaijan and its neighbors during the first leg of a tour to highlight support for several former Soviet states.
• AMC stands up new en route structure wing in Europe AFPN 03 Sep 2008 -- Air Mobility Command officials will stand up a new wing Sept. 4 as part of its en route structure in Europe.
• Air Force Chief of Staff defines standard of excellence AFPN 03 Sep 2008 -- Gen. Norton Schwartz, Air Force Chief of Staff, came to Air Force Space Command for a series of briefings and then visited with Peterson AFB personnel at an open forum at the base theater.
• Operation Deep Freeze 2008-2009 season begins AFPN 03 Sep 2008 -- Operation Deep Freeze, the U.S. military's support of the U.S. Antarctic Program and the National Science Foundation, is scheduled to kick off the 2008-2009 season Sept. 4 as the first C-17 Globemaster III delivers passengers and cargo to McMurdo Station, Antarctica.
• Tinker officials set to host bomber summit AFPN 03 Sep 2008 --Catering to approximately 40 bomber fleet representatives, a bomber summit will be held here Sept. 11 and 12. Topics will include the health of the aircraft, sustainability, capability upgrades and modernization efforts.
• Milestone reached in aircraft named for 9/11 AFPN 03 Sep 2008 -- Airmen in a unit here recently reached 40,000 flight hours in support of the war on terrorism fittingly in an aircraft named for the attacks which began the war.
• Air logistics center prepares for new engine workload AFPN 03 Sep 2008 -- Officials with the 76th Propulsion Maintenance Group here are clearing shop space for a new workload. Tinker AFB will introduce the F117 workload in March 2010.
• Medical professionals focus on traumatic brain injuries AFPN 03 Sep 2008 -- One of the results from the war on terrorism is an increase in traumatic brain injuries among deployed personnel.
• Wright-Patterson prepares for aircraft threatened by Hanna AFPN 03 Sep 2008 -- Officials from the 88th Air Base Wing here are preparing to receive aircraft and their associated aircrews, maintenance and security personnel from several East Coast military installations threatened by approaching Tropical Storm Hanna.
• USNS Saturn Aids Stranded Fishing Vessel Navy NewsStand 03 Sep 2008 -- U.S. Navy combat stores ship USNS Saturn (T-AFS 10) aided a stranded fishing vessel about 53 nautical miles south of Costa Rica Aug. 24.
• Navy Installations Provide Critical Support in Times of Crisis Navy NewsStand 03 Sep 2008 -- On Navy installations around the world, Emergency Family Assistance Centers offer numerous resources for Navy personnel and their families during times of crisis, including the annual hurricane season.
• COMNAVSURFOR Hosts SWOFOTS Navy NewsStand 03 Sep 2008 -- Naval Surface Forces (SURFOR) hosted the annual Surface Warfare Officer Flag Officers Training Symposium (SWOFOTS) August 27-28 at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado.
• Bataan Sails in Familiar Waters During HURREX 08 Navy NewsStand 03 Sep 2008 -- The multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) departed Naval Station Norfolk Sept. 2 for HURREX 08-002 to demonstrate at-sea readiness for disaster response.
• Navy Engineers Create New Fuel Analyzer for Marine Corps Navy NewsStand 03 Sep 2008 -- The Navy developed a new fuel analyzer for the Marine Corps that would enable troops to test captured fuels under combat conditions and determine their suitability for use in Marine tactical ground vehicles and equipment.
• NMCB 4 Assists Recovering Service Members Navy NewsStand 03 Sep 2008 -- Ten Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 4, based out of Naval Base Ventura County, Calif. began the construction of a facility designated as a Warrior Return Unit (WRU) at Camp Arifjan Aug. 18.
• San Antonio Takes New Technology to Sea Navy NewsStand 03 Sep 2008 -- The amphibious transport dock ship USS San Antonio (LPD 17) deployed Aug. 28 as part of the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG), marking the first deployment of a ship in the technologically advanced San Antonio class of warships.
• NATO continues to build up naval presence in Black Sea RIA Novosti 03 Sep 2008 -- NATO is continuing to strengthen its naval task force in the Black Sea, a Turkish military source said on Wednesday.
• Air Force to participate in large-scale exercises in central Russia RIA Novosti 03 Sep 2008 -- Over 60 combat aircraft will participate on September 8-13 in exercises that are part of theater-level military maneuvers in central Russia, an Air Force spokesman said on Wednesday.
• Daily Press Briefing US Dept. of State 03 Sep 2008

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for September 03, 2008
• Lockheed Martin-Led Team to Support Department of Energy Under New Hanford Mission Support Contract Lockheed Martin 03 Sep 2008 -- A team led by Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) has been selected by the Department of Energy (DOE) to provide a broad range of site services for its Hanford site, located in Richland, Wash
• General Dynamics Awarded 64.6 Million Euros for 100 RG-31 MK5E Vehicles by the Spanish Army General Dynamics 03 Sep 2008 -- General Dynamics Santa Bárbara Sistemas has been awarded a 64.6 million Euro ($102 million) contract by the Spanish Government to supply RG-31 Mk5E mine protected vehicles for the Army
• General Dynamics Awarded $32 Million U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Contract for IT Management in Afghanistan General Dynamics 03 Sep 2008 -- General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), was awarded a contract by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Afghanistan Engineer District (AED) to provide Information Technology Management Services in Afghanistan to support USACE-AED reconstruction and infrastructure development programs
• Lockheed Martin Selects Aegisound for Mentor-Protégé Agreement on Advanced Hearing Protection Devices for F-35 Operations Lockheed Martin 03 Sep 2008 -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has entered a Department of Defense Mentor-Protégé Agreement with Aegisound, LLC, of Blacksburg, Va., and will assist the company as it becomes a supplier of advanced hearing-protection devices for military high-noise environments, such as Naval carrier launch operations.
• Excalibur's Low-cost Titanium Base Tested in Harshest Anticipated Gun Environment Raytheon 03 Sep 2008 -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) fired two Excalibur precision-strike artillery projectiles equipped with low-cost titanium (Ti) bases at the maximum charge level possible Aug. 7 as part of design testing for the new projectile.
• Lockheed Martin Demonstrates Intelligent Autonomous Control of Multiple Unmanned Systems Lockheed Martin 03 Sep 2008 -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has successfully demonstrated the Intelligent Control and Autonomous Re-planning of Unmanned Systems (ICARUS) suite of technologies as part of an exercise conducted August 12-14.
• NEW GLOBAL MUNITIONS COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED Denel 03 Sep 2008 -- Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH of Germany and Denel (Pty) Ltd of South Africa today (2 September) concluded the transaction signed earlier in which Rheinmetall acquires a majority (51 per cent) equity holding in Denel’s munitions business.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 03 Sep 2008
• PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT United Nations 03 Sep 2008
• US Announces $ 1 Billion Aid Package for Georgia VOA 03 Sep 2008 -- The Bush administration Wednesday announced a $1 billion economic aid package for Georgia to help that country recover from last month's conflict with Russia
• U.S. to Provide $1 Billion for Georgia Reconstruction, Humanitarian Aid AFPS 03 Sep 2008 -- The United States will provide $1 billion in recovery aid to Georgia, President Bush announced today.
• Assessing The Global Impact Of Russia's Aggression In Georgia RFE/RL 03 Sep 2008 -- In the immediate aftermath of the Russian military intervention in Georgia last month, most diplomats around the world focused on what might be done to resolve, or at least minimize, the international fallout.
• Georgian parliament ends martial law, declares state of emergency RIA Novosti 03 Sep 2008 -- The Georgian parliament lifted martial law on Wednesday and introduced a state of emergency in areas where it says Russian troops are deployed.
• Post-Soviet security bloc backs Russia over Georgia arms embargo RIA Novosti 03 Sep 2008 -- Heads of the security councils of a post-Soviet security bloc have backed a Russian proposal to impose an arms embargo on Georgia, the head of the Russian Security Council said on Wednesday.
• Russia accuses Georgia of failing to pull back troops RIA Novosti 03 Sep 2008 -- Georgia has failed to honor its commitment to withdraw troops under the Medvedev-Sarkozy peace plan, a Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Wednesday.
• Russia sends humanitarian aid to Georgian border villages RIA Novosti 03 Sep 2008 -- Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry will send humanitarian aid on Wednesday to three Georgian villages near the border with South Ossetia, devastated by the recent conflict, a ministry spokesman said.
• Treaty Conference Seeks to Regulate Global Arms Trade VOA 03 Sep 2008 -- Ministers and civil society leaders from 18 African countries, U.N. disarmament officials, and arms-control advocates are meeting in the Kenyan capital Nairobi to try to form a united position on a proposed treaty to regulate the global arms trade
• In Beslan, Four Years Of Grief, But Still No Answers RFE/RL 03 Sep 2008 -- Memorial services were held today in Moscow and in the Russian republic of North Ossetia to mark the fourth anniversary of the deadly conclusion of the three-day siege at School No. 1 in Beslan.
• Joint UN-African Union mission in Darfur steps up presence at troubled camp UN News Centre 03 Sep 2008 -- The joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur is stepping up its presence in and around a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) where dozens of people were shot dead last week during clashes with Sudanese security forces.
• Philippine Panel on Muslim Rebellion Dismissed VOA 03 Sep 2008 -- The Philippine government has dismissed the panel of negotiators brokering peace talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front
• SRI LANKA: Free movement of displaced people critical - UN IRIN 03 Sep 2008 -- Tens of thousands of civilians displaced by the fighting in Sri Lanka's north must be allowed to move freely, Neil Buhne, the UN Resident Representative in the country, told IRIN.
• BURUNDI: Prisoner release to help peace process IRIN 03 Sep 2008 -- The release of detainees suspected to be members of the Palipehutu-Forces for National Liberation (FNL), Burundi's last rebel group, would remove a major impediment to the ceasefire between the group and the government, sources said.
• DRC: Anti-MONUC protest in Rutshuru turns violent IRIN 03 Sep 2008 -- At least one person was wounded and a UN vehicle damaged during a demonstration against peacekeepers in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo town of Rutshuru on 3 September.
• SOMALIA: Schools close in protest over insecurity IRIN 03 Sep 2008 -- A three-day protest against insecurity and attacks targeting educational institutions in Mogadishu has shut down most schools and left thousands of children out of class, locals said.
• PAKISTAN: Sectarian violence causes more people to flee IRIN 03 Sep 2008

News Reports

• MYANMAR: Cyclone survivors wish for return of private donors IRIN 03 Sep 2008
• French President Visits Syria VOA 03 Sep 2008 -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives in Damascus Wednesday, in the first visit to Syria by a Western head of state in five years
• Gunmen Fire on Pakistani PM Motorcade VOA 03 Sep 2008 -- Unidentified gunmen have fired on the motorcade of Pakistan's prime minister, but officials said he was not in his vehicle at the time of the attack.
• Ukraine President Threatens To Dissolve Parliament RFE/RL 03 Sep 2008 -- Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has threatened to dissolve parliament following the collapse of the pro-Western ruling coalition.
• Ukraine's president accuses coalition of coup RIA Novosti 03 Sep 2008 -- The Ukrainian president accused on Wednesday the country's prime minister and opposition parties of attempting a constitutional coup and threatened to dissolve parliament if a new coalition was not formed.
• Ukraine's presidential party quits ruling coalition RIA Novosti 03 Sep 2008 -- Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko's party officially pulled out of the ruling pro-Western coalition on Wednesday amid a government dispute over presidential powers and the Georgia-Russia conflict.