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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 10 Oct 2008 [PDF]
• Oct. 8 airpower summary: A-10s engage anti-Afgan forces AFPN 10 Oct 2008 -- Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan in operations.
• Interview: Gen. Odierno with John Hendren from ABC News, Oct. 10, 2008 MNF-I 10 Oct 2008 -- Gen. Ray Odierno, Commander, Multi-National Force - Iraq, speaks with John Hendren from ABC News
• Petraeus: Serious Ethnic Challenges Loom in Iraq VOA 10 Oct 2008 -- The Iraqi Shi'ite faction lead by cleric Moqtada al-Sadr says one of its senior lawmakers has been killed in a bomb attack in Baghdad.
• Blast in Baghdad Shi'ite Area Kills 12 VOA 10 Oct 2008 -- Iraqi police say 12 people have been killed in a bombing in a Shi'ite neighborhood in Baghdad.
• Turkish Air Strikes Target Kurdish Rebels in Iraq VOA 10 Oct 2008 -- Turkey's military says it has launched air strikes in northern Iraq on Kurdish rebels trying to slip across the border.
• Diplomat Says U.S. Not Aiming For 'Military Victory' In Afghanistan RFE/RL 10 Oct 2008 -- The chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff warned this week that an already troubling situation in Afghanistan is almost certain to worsen
• Ministers Approve Drug Network Attacks, Increasing Alliance Readiness AFPS 10 Oct 2008 -- NATO ministers approved proposal to allow soldiers in Afghanistan to shut down drug networks that funnel money to the Taliban.
• Former Commando Says US Barely Missed Killing Bin Laden in 2001 VOA 10 Oct 2008 -- In book, officer who led team hunting for bin Laden says the US could have gotten the terrorist leader.
• Suicide Bomber Kills at Least 30 in Pakistan's Northwest VOA 10 Oct 2008 -- A suicide bomber has killed at least 30 people and wounded dozens of others in one of Pakistan's tribal regions near the Afghan border.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Navy Names Ship After Howard O. Lorenzen ‘Father Of Electronic Warfare’ US Dept. of Defense 10 Oct 2008 -- The Navy announced today that the name of the next missile range instrumentation ship will be USNS Howard O. Lorenzen
• DoD Announces Recruiting And Retention Numbers For Fiscal 2008 US Dept. of Defense 10 Oct 2008 -- The Department of Defense announced today its recruiting and retention statistics for the active and reserve components for fiscal 2008.
• DoD Press Briefing on Recruiting and Retention with Dr Chu and the Service Commanders of the Armed Forces Recruiting Command at the Pentagon Briefing Room, Arlington, VA US Dept. of Defense 10 Oct 2008 -- Presenter: Dr. David Chu, Under Secretary of Defense, Personnel And Readiness; Curt Gilroy, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, Personnel And Readiness; Major General Thomas Bostick, U.S. Army, Recruiting Command; Rear Admiral Joseph Kilkenny, U.S. Navy
• Recruiters meet, exceed goals for ninth year in a row AFNS 10 Oct 2008 -- Air Force recruiters met their active-duty enlisted recruiting goal for the ninth year in a row and met their chaplain and Officer Training School accession goals for fiscal year 2008.
• Special leave accrual available for deployed, nondeployed members in 'use or lose' status AFNS 10 Oct 2008 -- Airmen who were recalled from or unable to take annual leave this past year for reasons such as support for contingency operations may be allowed to accumulate more than 75 days at the end of a fiscal year.
• AKO hits 1 billionth log-on, continues enhancements Army News 10 Oct 2008 -- Last week as Army Knowledge Online had its 1 billionth log-on, staffers were working on improvements such as Wiki and a new mail interface.
• Army operationalizing reserve component Army News 10 Oct 2008 -- The Army is changing how it generates forces and is overhauling the National Guard and Reserve, said the commander of Forces Command Wednesday
• Project to Save $32 Million in Energy Costs Navy NewsStand 10 Oct 2008 -- The Energy Saving Performance Contract (ESPC) was completed at Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana Dam Neck Annex and officially opened with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Oct. 9 after 22 months of construction.
• VS-32 "Maulers" Disestablished Navy NewsStand 10 Oct 2008 -- Sailors, family members, retirees and friends of VS-32 turned out to bid farewell to the command during its disestablishment ceremony in Hangar 117 at NAS Jacksonville (NAS Jax)Sept. 25.
• CCSG-9 Holds Change of Command Navy NewsStand 10 Oct 2008 -- Commander, Carrier Strike Group (CCSG) 9 held a change of command ceremony Oct. 9 aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) moored at Naval Air Station North Island.
• SECNAV Sends Birthday Message to Fleet Navy NewsStand 10 Oct 2008 -- The Secretary of the Navy, Donald C. Winter released the following birthday message to the fleet in anticipation of the Navy's 233rd birthday.
• Seabees Strengthen Bond, Upgrade Water System in Djibouti Navy NewsStand 10 Oct 2008 -- A crew of six Seabees attached to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 4, based out of Naval Base Ventura County, Calif., completed construction on a new water distribution system for Nagad Village Sept. 27.
• Pursuit Of Elusive Peace Could Drive Afghan Government, Taliban To The Table RFE/RL 10 Oct 2008 -- The brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai has returned from a visit to Saudi Arabia in which he met with Taliban leaders in a gathering brokered by King Abdullah
• Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group Completes Exercise Navy Newsstand 10 Oct 2008 -- The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group participated in a theater security exercise with South African and French navies.
• Former MP says Ukraine budget missing over $2 bln from arms sales RIA Novosti 10 Oct 2008 -- Only a small portion of revenues from Ukrainian arms exports in the last 4 years was passed on to the state budget.
• Daily Press Briefing US Dept. of State 10 Oct 2008
• Press Gaggle by Press Secretary Dana Perino The White House 10 Oct 2008

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for October 10, 2008

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICES OF THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL AND THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT United Nations 10 Oct 2008
• Russian Troops Leave Buffer Zones, But Not Georgian Separatist Regions RFE/RL 10 Oct 2008
• NATO Rules Out Supplying Weapons For Georgia VOA 10 Oct 2008 -- Defense ministers pledged political and practical support for Georgia, but ruled out delivering weapons to the country.
• Medvedev says Russia met all Georgia ceasefire obligations RIA Novosti 10 Oct 2008 -- Russian President Medvedev: Russia has fulfilled all its commitments under the ceasefire deal for Georgia.
• S.Ossetians file 3,000 human rights lawsuits against Georgia RIA Novosti 10 Oct 2008 -- The European Court of Human Rights in Strasburg has received 2,729 lawsuits against Georgia from residents of South Ossetia.
• CIS still ready for Georgia to return to alliance RIA Novosti 10 Oct 2008 -- Heads of the Commonwealth of Independent States said that alliance still open for Georgia, which withdrew its membership last month.
• Serbia Expels Macedonian Ambassador after Kosovo Recognition VOA 10 Oct 2008 -- Serbia has expelled Macedonia's ambassador after his country recognized Kosovo's independence.
• DRC-RWANDA: Fighting flares as civilians run in eastern Congo IRIN 10 Oct 2008 -- Serious fighting has broken out in the Democratic Republic of Congo's North Kivu province and in the neighbouring district of Ituri.
• 3 soldiers, 47 rebels killed in Sri Lanka clashes IRNA 10 Oct 2008 -- At least 47 Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam cadres were killed in fierce clashes in Sri Lanka's restive northern region.

News Reports

• PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL’S SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE ON HAITI SITUATION United Nations 10 Oct 2008
• Suspected Russian arms dealer strikes back at U.S. RIA Novosti 10 Oct 2008 -- Suspected arms dealer said arrest arranged by the US because he refused to become an American spy.
• Russian arms dealer Thai court hearings to continue in November RIA Novosti 10 Oct 2008 -- A Thai court will hold next hearings in the trial of Viktor Bout on November 4-8.
• ZIMBABWE: How do you rein in 231 million percent inflation? IRIN 10 Oct 2008 -- Zimbabwe's official annual inflation rate reached 231 million percent in early October, from the July estimate of 11
• South Africa Opposition Party Welcomes Possible ANC Split VOA 10 Oct 2008 -- South Africa's opposition Democratic Alliance party reportedly says split in African National Congress would be good for the country's democracy.
• Early elections in Ukraine threatened by lack of funds RIA Novosti 10 Oct 2008 -- Early parliamentary elections in Ukraine could be under threat due to a lack of funds, a Central Electoral Commission official.