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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 05 Sep 2008 [PDF]
• Soldier dies of non-combat related causes
• Coalition Captures Senior Terrorism Suspects in Iraq AFPS 05 Sep 2008 -- Coalition troops captured more than a dozen suspected terrorists in Iraq today and yesterday, including at least three high-level al-Qaida in Iraq leaders, military officials said.
• Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Schloesser from Afghanistan 05 Sep 2008 -- Presenter: Commander, Combined Joint Task Force 101, and Commanding General, 101st Airborne Division, Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Schloesser
• Coalition Forces Kill, Capture Insurgents in Afghanistan AFPS 05 Sep 2008 -- Coalition and Afghan forces killed more than two dozen insurgents while disrupting terrorist cells along the southeastern and southwestern borders of Afghanistan during operations over the past days, military officials reported.
• More Troops Needed in Afghanistan, General Says AFPS 05 Sep 2008 -- Though U.S., coalition and Afghan troops are making steady progress against increasingly active insurgent forces in Afghanistan, it's time to turn up the heat, a senior U.S. military officer said today.
• USS Mount Whitney Brings Aid to Poti, Georgia Navy NewsStand 05 Sep 2008 -- USS Mount Whitney (LCC/JCC 20) pulled into port here today transporting humanitarian relief supplies in support of "Operation Assured Delivery."
• USS Mount Whitney arrives in Georgian port of Poti RIA Novosti 05 Sep 2008 -- The third U.S. Navy vessel to bring humanitarian aid to Georgia arrived in the Black Sea

Defense Policy / Programs

• US's Rice Meets Libyan Leader Gadhafi in Tripoli VOA 05 Sep 2008 -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says U.S.-Libyan relations are "off to a good start" after she met with Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi during a landmark visit to Libya's capital, Tripoli.
• CSAF: Precision, reliability key to Airmen keeping the promise AFPN 05 Sep 2008 -- Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton A. Schwartz capped off a one-day visit here Sep. 3 with a special Airman's Call for a sample group of Airmen from various squadrons, career fields and ranks.
• General McNabb assumes command of USTRANSCOM AFPN 05 Sep 2008 -- Gen. Duncan J. McNabb assumed command of U.S. Transportation Command here in a ceremony Sept. 5.
• Logistics readiness returns to basics AFPN 05 Sep 2008 -- Air Force logistics readiness officials are teaming to end a string of missteps in compliance and accountability by stressing a return to high standards of excellence through an enterprise-wide campaign that draws upon a back-to-basics approach to tasks.
• New Leader Takes Reins of U.S. Transportation Command AFPS 05 Sep 2008 -- The U.S. military command responsible for moving troops and materiel across the globe came under new leadership today.
• Deadlines Approach for Absentee Voting AFPS 05 Sep 2008 -- With the Democratic and Republican national conventions now behind us, the 2008 presidential campaign enters the home stretch as Americans look toward Election Day, Nov. 4.
• Nonprofits Awarded Grants for Innovative Programs AFPS 05 Sep 2008 -- Newsman's Own awarded a combined $75,000 in grants to 15 nonprofit organizations for their innovative volunteer efforts to improve military quality of life during the company's ninth annual awards ceremony, held at the Pentagon here today.
• Marine snipers train to wage war on enemy minds USMC News 05 Sep 2008 -- A quick flash catches the eye of the Marine as he gazes through the sights of his Winchester Model 70 .30-06 Sniper Rifle at a cluster of bushes on the opposite side of a hill.
• Nuclear Training Simulator Arrives in San Diego Navy NewsStand 05 Sep 2008 -- Submarine Learning Center Detachment San Diego celebrated the arrival of the fourth generation Westinghouse Aircraft Carrier Propulsion Plant (A4W) Fleet Interactive Display Equipment (IDE) Training Simulator Sept. 4, during a ribbon cutting ceremony at Naval Air Station North Island.
• Seamless Active-Reserve Integration Working on Iwo Jima ESG Deployment Navy NewsStand 05 Sep 2008 -- Sailors attached to Commander, Amphibious Squadron 4's Navy Reserve Detachment 409 deployed with the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) aboard the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) Aug. 26.
• GW, CVW 5 Pass COE With Flying Colors Navy NewsStand 05 Sep 2008 -- USS George Washington (CVN 73) and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5 passed their Combat Operations Efficiency (COE) certification with flying colors Sept. 2.
• NAVSEA Hurricane Preparations Save Equipment, Lives Navy NewsStand 05 Sep 2008 -- Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) field activities throughout the Gulf Coast region reported minimal damage following the Sept. 1 landfall of Hurricane Gustav.
• Navy's Newest Submarine Class Conducts Tomahawk Cruise Missile Launches Navy NewsStand 05 Sep 2008 -- The Navy conducted multiple launches of Tomahawk cruise missiles from USS Virginia (SSN 774) in August in the Gulf of Mexico as part of the program's developmental and operational testing efforts.
• Navy Accepts Delivery of Green Bay Navy NewsStand 05 Sep 2008 -- The Navy accepted delivery of Green Bay (LPD 20) from Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding (NGSB) in New Orleans, La., Aug. 29. This is the fourth ship of the San Antonio class of amphibious transport dock ships NGSB has delivered.
• NAVSEA Teamwork Delivers USS George Washington On Time Navy NewsStand 05 Sep 2008 -- Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) repair work will enable USS George Washington (CVN 73) to assume its role in Yokosuka, Japan, as our nation's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier in September.
• FISCs Reach Fiscal Year 2008 Contracting Capacity Navy NewsStand 05 Sep 2008 -- Fleet and Industrial Supply Centers (FISCs) Jacksonville, Norfolk, Pearl Harbor, Puget Sound and San Diego will no longer accept end-of-fiscal-year (FY) 2008 expiring funds requirements effective Aug. 28.
port of Poti on Friday, a Russian navy source said.
• Russia to deliver Admiral Gorshkov to India after 2011 RIA Novosti 05 Sep 2008 -- Russia will deliver the modernized Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier to India after 2011, Russia's state-run arms exporter said on Friday.
• Russian Navy to receive 4 new amphibious planes by 2013 RIA Novosti 05 Sep 2008 -- Russia's Navy will put into operation four new A-42 amphibious planes by 2013, a senior military official said on Friday.
• Press Briefing by Dana Perino The White House 05 Sep 2008
• Daily Press Briefing US Dept. of State 05 Sep 2008

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for September 05, 2008
• Lockheed Martin Selected for U.S. Navy C4ISR Systems Lifecycle Support Services Lockheed Martin 05 Sep 2008 -- Lockheed Martin has been awarded a indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity, cost-plus fixed fee contract by the U.S. Navy Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, San Diego (SSC-SD) for C4ISR Systems Lifecycle Support Services.
• U.S. Army Awards $85.3 Million Contract to Raytheon for Excalibur Production Raytheon 05 Sep 2008 -- The U.S. Army awarded Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) an $85.3 million contract to produce tactical Excalibur projectiles for the U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps and the Australian Defence Forces.
• U.S. Navy Conducts Second Test of Raytheon's Standard Missile-6 Raytheon 05 Sep 2008 -- The U.S. Navy conducted the second test of Raytheon Company's (NYSE: RTN) Standard Missile-6 extended range anti-air warfare missile Sept. 5.
• Boeing's C-130 AMP Flight Marks Completion of Software Development Boeing 05 Sep 2008 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] announced today that it has completed software development for its C-130 Avionics Modernization Program (AMP).
• Boeing to Provide C-17 Aircrew Training to Royal Australian Air Force Boeing 05 Sep 2008 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] announced today that it has been awarded a $33 million U.S. Air Force Foreign Military Sales contract to provide a C-17 Aircrew Training System (ATS) to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF).
• Russia plans to sell $6.1 bln worth of weaponry in 2008 RIA Novosti 05 Sep 2008 -- Russian arms exports may reach at least $6.1 billion by the end of 2008, a senior official at Rosoboronexport, Russia's largest state arms exporter, said on Friday.
• General Dynamics Awarded $34 Million for M1A1 Abrams Tank Upgrades General Dynamics 05 Sep 2008 -- The U.S. Army TACOM Lifecycle Management Command has awarded General Dynamics Land Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), a $34 million delivery order for 30 M1A1 Abrams Integrated Management (AIM) main battle tanks

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 05 Sep 2008
• Russia Seeks Backing Over Georgia At CSTO Summit RFE/RL 05 Sep 2008 -- Six former Soviet countries have sided with Moscow in its standoff with Tbilisi over Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia.
• Security Treaty Leaders Condemn Georgia For Aggression RFE/RL 05 Sep 2008 -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said heads of state of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) have condemned Georgia for its military actions in South Ossetia that sparked a brief war between Russia and Georgia last month.
• PACE to send envoys to Georgia-S.Ossetia conflict zone RIA Novosti 05 Sep 2008 -- The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will form a working group to monitor the situation in the zone of the Georgia-South Ossetia conflict, a senior Russian lawmaker said Friday.
• U.S., Georgia Face 'Grim Realities' Going Forward RFE/RL 05 Sep 2008 -- U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney's visit to Ukraine, Azerbaijan, and Georgia this week was intended to reinforce relations with Kyiv and Baku and to restore those with Tbilisi.
• EU Foreign Ministers Discuss International Monitors for Georgia VOA 05 Sep 2008 -- European Union foreign ministers begin a two day meeting Friday in the southern French city of Avignon that is expected to discuss sending international observers to monitor a cease-fire in Georgia.
• EU Ministers Urge Probe of Responsibility for Russia-Georgia Conflict VOA 05 Sep 2008 -- Foreign ministers of leading European Union countries are calling for an international probe of which country was responsible for starting the recent conflict between Georgia and Russia.
• Russia says Cheney encourages 'Georgian aggression' RIA Novosti 05 Sep 2008 -- Statements made by U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney on support for Georgia are only encouraging Tbilisi's aggressive intentions, a Russian Foreign Ministry official spokesman said on Friday.
• Turkey Revives 'Caucasus Initiative,' But Faces Obstacles RFE/RL 05 Sep 2008 -- Western governments have deployed considerable diplomatic resources to broker peace between Russia and Georgia since their conflict broke out last month over Georgia's breakaway republics, South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
• UN to train African Union peacekeeping support staff UN News Centre 05 Sep 2008 -- The United Nations peacekeeping arm launched a training programme this week for senior officials of the African Union (AU), aimed at improving the planning, deployment and management of its peacekeeping support missions.
• TIMOR-LESTE: Security handover raises concerns IRIN 05 Sep 2008
• PHILIPPINES: Half a million displaced in fighting IRIN 05 Sep 2008 -- Up to 500,000 people are enduring poor health services and unsanitary conditions after fleeing the fighting between the government and Muslim rebels in the south.
• UGANDA: Landmine victims struggle to reintegrate IRIN 05 Sep 2008 -- The return of peace to northern Uganda has prompted many formerly displaced people to return home, but resettling into the villages has proved tough for landmine survivors.
• Jordan transfers 1,000 Kalashnikovs to Palestinian Fatah group RIA Novosti 05 Sep 2008 -- Jordan has sent 1,000 Kalashnikov rifles to Fatah with the blessing of Israel, which hopes the weapons will help the Palestinian party to better promote security and oppose Hamas, local radio said Friday.
• Red Cross: Fighting Forces At Least 200,000 to Flee Homes In Pakistan's Tribal Areas VOA 05 Sep 2008 -- The International Committee of the Red Cross says the situation in Pakistan's tribal areas along the border with Afghanistan is increasingly volatile

News Reports

• PRESS CONFERENCE BY EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR United Nations 05 Sep 2008
• The Outbreak Of 'Football Diplomacy' RFE/RL 05 Sep 2008 -- Turkey and Armenia are two countries whose enmities are well-known.
• Mugabe Cabinet Threat In Abeyance Pending Zimbabwe Talks Monday VOA 05 Sep 2008 -- Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's threat to unilaterally form a government if opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai continued to refuse to sign a power-sharing agreement was on hold Friday pending the resumption of talks Monday, political sources said Friday.
• U.S. Vice President Pledges Support For Ukraine RFE/RL 05 Sep 2008 -- U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney is in Kyiv, his latest stop on a tour aimed at showing support for U.S. allies after Russia's conflict with Georgia last month.
• Ukrainian Political Feud Has Implications for Moscow VOA 05 Sep 2008 -- U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney's trip to Ukraine is viewed as a signal of American support for that country's pro-Western and pro-NATO government
• 'Mr. 10 Percent' Likely To Win RFE/RL 05 Sep 2008 -- Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of assassinated former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and chairman of Pakistan's largest political party, is favored to win the September 6 presidential poll in Pakistan.
• Ukraine highly values strategic ties with U.S. - Yushchenko RIA Novosti 05 Sep 2008 -- Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko told U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney on Friday that he greatly values the strategic bilateral relationship between Kiev and Washington.
• Pakistan is set to choose Musharraf's replacement IRNA 05 Sep 2008 -- Pakistan is set to choose replacement for former President Pervez Musharraf in presidential election on Saturday.