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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 18 Nov 2008 [PDF]
• DoD News: DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• Nov. 17 airpower summary: A-10s deter enemy activities AFNS 18 Nov 2008 -- Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations Nov. 17, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
• Troops Disrupt Terrorist Leadership, Bombing Networks in Iraq AFPS 18 Nov 2008 -- Coalition operations further dismantled al-Qaida in Iraq's terrorist leadership and bombing networks throughout Iraq yesterday and today, as forces captured four wanted men and detained 14 suspected terrorists, military officials reported.
• Transcript: DoD News Briefing With Colonel John Spiszer, Via Teleconference From Afghanistan, at the Pentagon Briefing Room, Arlington, Va DoD 18 Nov 2008 -- Presenter: Commander, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Colonel John Spiszer
• Coalition Forces Kill Militants, Destroy Weapons Cache in Afghanistan AFPS 18 Nov 2008 -- Coalition forces in Afghanistan killed five militants today and destroyed a weapons cache in Farah province, military officials reported.
• Afghan Government Struggles to Resettle Returnees VOA 18 Nov 2008 -- The chief of the United Nations refugee agency is in Afghanistan to highlight the difficulty in resettling the millions of Afghans displaced by decades of war.
• Taliban's Spiritual Fathers Denounce Terror. Could Taliban Be Next? RFE/RL 18 Nov 2008 -- What would happen if the Taliban's spiritual fathers denounced terrorism?e
• AFGHANISTAN: Threat to aid deliveries as early snow blocks roads IRIN 18 Nov 2008 -- Early snow has blocked roads to several districts where people are in need of urgent humanitarian assistance.
• Terror Groups Along Afghan-Pakistan Border Feel Pressure AFPS 18 Nov 2008 -- With U.S., Afghan and Pakistani forces applying pressure on both sides of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, the enemy “is running out of options for places to go,” a senior U.S. officer in the region said today.
• Pakistan allows NATO supplies after week suspension IRNA 18 Nov 2008 -- Pakistan on Monday allowed supplies to the US-led NATO troops in Afghanistan after a week-long suspension due to security concerns, officials and witnesses said
• US drone attacks have Pakistan 's approval: Washington Post IRNA 18 Nov 2008 -- Washington Post reports that US and Pakistani governments reached a deal in September that allows US drone attacks into Pakistani Tribal area.
• Pakistan coordinates strike on insurgents: ISAF IRNA 18 Nov 2008 -- Pakistan has coordinated with ISAF attack on insurgents in the country's tribal region, the ISAF said on Monday.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Chief Guantanamo Judge Announces Early Retirement VOA 18 Nov 2008 -- The U.S. military judge overseeing the proceedings for the alleged mastermind of the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks has announced his immediate retirement.
• Mullen Issues Guidance Listing Priorities for Joint Staff AFPS 18 Nov 2008 -- Dealing with the greater Middle East, avoiding the militarization of U.S. foreign policy, resetting the forces and speeding up the Joint Staff are among the priorities the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has set for the coming year.
• MarForEur strategic mobility office lends coalition nations a logistical helping hand USMC News 18 Nov 2008 -- After the terrorist attacks of Sept.11 and the subsequent start of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), the United States has looked to our partners and allies to form a coalition of nations dedicated to fighting those who would seek to do us harm in our homelands
• Intelligence Activity offers worldwide travel guide USMC News 18 Nov 2008 -- Deployment. The word itself can be intimidating for Marines who are entering an unfamiliar world
• Guard's first 4-star general ready to take Minutemen forward AFNS 18 Nov 2008 -- A crowd of more than 300 people from all ranks and services watched as the secretary of Defense swore in and promoted the first four-star general to lead the National Guard in its 372-year history Nov. 17 in the Pentagon.
• USS John Paul Jones Holds Change of Command Navy NewsStand 18 Nov 2008 -- USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) held a change of command ceremony at Naval Base San Diego Nov. 7.
• Mine Warfare's Capability Highlighted During Surface Navy Association's Visit to Dextrous Navy NewsStand 18 Nov 2008 -- Members of the Surface Navy Association (SNA) Arabian Gulf Chapter visited USS Dextrous (MCM 13) Oct. 27 to learn more about the Navy's ability to hunt and sweep mines, a core element of the Navy's mine warfare (MIW) program.
• Freedom Visits Cleveland During Inaugural Port Visit Navy NewsStand 18 Nov 2008 -- USS Freedom (LCS 1), the Navy's first littoral combat ship, made her first official port visit in Cleveland, Nov. 13, less than a week after being commissioned in Milwaukee.
• Backgrounder: Defense Spending During Economic Crisis cfr.org 18 Nov 2008
• Russia unhappy with U.S. missile defense political guarantees RIA Novosti 18 Nov 2008 -- Russia is not satisfied with U.S. political guarantees on missile defense, the foreign minister said Tuesday after talks with his Portuguese counterpart.
• Czech MPs delay U.S. shield deal debate until Obama's inauguration RIA Novosti 18 Nov 2008 -- The Czech parliament will not resume consideration of a Czech-U.S. missile defense treaty until Barack Obama officially assumes the U.S. presidency, the speaker of the lower house said on Tuesday.
• Defense Ministry says Russian units to get Iskander on time RIA Novosti 18 Nov 2008 -- Iskander tactical short-range missile systems will be delivered to the Russian military on time, a senior official said on Tuesday.
• Nerpa nuclear submarine to join Russian Navy - top brass RIA Novosti 18 Nov 2008 -- The Russian Navy will commission the Nerpa nuclear submarine, on which 20 people recently died, rather than sell or lease it to India, the chief of the General Staff told a Russian daily on Tuesday.
• Daily Press Briefing US Dept. of State 18 Nov 2008
• Press Briefing by Press Secretary Dana Perino The White House 18 Nov 2008

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for November 18, 2008
• ANOTHER NULKA ANTI-MISSILE DECOY SYSTEM MILESTONE - ONE HUNDREDTH US NAVY WARSHIP INSTALLATION BAE Systems 18 Nov 2008 -- Systems announced today that its Nulka Anti-Missile Decoy System has achieved yet another significant milestone - installation on the 100th US Navy warship
• EADS Military Transport Aircraft Division delivers the first C-295 aircraft to Portugal EADS 18 Nov 2008 -- EADS Military Transport Aircraft has delivered today the first of twelve (12) military transport aircraft C-295 to Jorge Rolo, Chairman of DEFAERLOC (State owned company in charge of procuring defence material for Portugal) ordered by the Portuguese Air Force in February 2006.
• Boeing CH-47F Chinook Helicopter Fielded by US Army's 1st Cavalry Division Boeing 18 Nov 2008 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] announced today that its CH-47F Chinook helicopter has been fielded by Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
• General Dynamics Military Radios Enable High-Bandwidth Communication in Moving Vehicles General Dynamics 18 Nov 2008 -- General Dynamics’ Handheld, Manpack and Small Form Fit (HMS) radios will enable communication between tactical vehicles while they are on-the-move.
• General Dynamics Awarded $286 Million for Nuclear Submarine Support Work General Dynamics 18 Nov 2008 -- The U.S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics Electric Boat a $286 million contract for planning yard work, engineering and technical support for nuclear submarines.
• Northrop Grumman Conducts Successful First Flight of New Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR) Northrop Grumman 18 Nov 2008 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has successfully conducted the first demonstration flight of the company's newest Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) fighter sensor, the Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR).
• Raytheon's Navy Multiband Terminal Achieves Unprecedented Satellite Communications Capability Raytheon 18 Nov 2008 -- In a major milestone for U.S. military satellite communications, Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has successfully demonstrated simultaneous communications using low, medium and extended data rate wave forms.
• Raytheon to Restore Bandwidth Over the Atlantic Through its Global Broadcast Service Raytheon 18 Nov 2008 -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has been awarded a task order to restore the available bandwidth of the Global Broadcast Service satellite communications system over the Atlantic Ocean to support naval vessels and operations.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 18 Nov 2008
• PRESS CONFERENCE ON SITUATION IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO United Nations 18 Nov 2008
• UN ramping up aid to feed 100,000 displaced in eastern DR Congo UN News Centre 18 Nov 2008 -- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is increasing its food distributions in the war-ravaged east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in a bid to reach almost 100,000 people uprooted by the conflict.
• Congo Rebels Ask for UN Intervention During Ceasefire VOA 18 Nov 2008 -- In eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, rebels say they will pull their forces back from front lines near the town of Kanyabayonga, north of the provincial capital Goma, to allow U.N. peacekeepers to patrol the area.
• International Criminal Court rules that Congolese rebel’s trial back on track UN News Centre 18 Nov 2008 -- The International Criminal Court (ICC) today announced its decision to reverse its earlier suspension of the trial of Congolese rebel leader Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, accused of recruiting child soldiers to serve in his militia.
• Amnesty International Calls for Georgia War Crimes Investigation VOA 18 Nov 2008 -- An independent report on the war between Russia and Georgia in August, is calling for an investigation into the conduct of all parties during the hostilities.
• Amnesty Says No Side Blameless In Russia-Georgia War RFE/RL 18 Nov 2008 -- It has been just over 100 days since the start of the conflict between Russia and Georgia over the breakaway region of South Ossetia
• Russian defense minister warns of another, worse Georgian war RIA Novosti 18 Nov 2008 -- The Russian defense minister warned on Tuesday that Georgia's military buildup and drive to join NATO could cause a conflict worse than the five-day war over South Ossetia in August.
• Georgia to seek intl. presence in rebel regions at Geneva talks RIA Novosti 18 Nov 2008 -- A Georgian delegation set to attend talks in Geneva will press for an international peacekeeping presence in its breakaway regions, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.
• UN human rights chief calls for end to Israeli blockade of Gaza Strip UN News Centre 18 Nov 2008 -- The top United Nations human rights official called today for an immediate end to the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip, which she said contravened international law and had deprived those living there of their most basic human rights for months.
• UN: Israel Violating Law in Gaza VOA 18 Nov 2008 -- The U.N.'s top human rights official says the Israeli blockade of Gaza is depriving Palestinians of their most basic human rights.
• SRI LANKA: ICRC to distribute Indian aid to Vanni IDPs IRIN 18 Nov 2008 -- A consignment of relief supplies from the government of India destined for tens of thousands of displaced persons in areas under the control of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the island's north arrived in Sri Lanka on 15 November, Indian diplomats in Colombo said.
• Sri Lankan Military Captures Key Rebel-Held Towns in North VOA 18 Nov 2008 -- In Sri Lanka, the military says it has captured key areas held by Tamil Tiger rebels, in the north of the country.
• Serbian Officials Hold Talks With UN Chief War Crimes Prosecutor VOA 18 Nov 2008 -- Serbian President Boris Tadic told the visiting United Nations chief war crimes prosecutor Tuesday that Serbia is making every effort to capture remaining war crimes suspects.
• East African Regional Group Threatens Sanctions on Somalia's Leaders VOA 18 Nov 2008 -- Somalia's neighbors are threatening sanctions against the country's feuding leaders unless they settle a political dispute that threatens to plunge the Horn of Africa nation into chaos
• UN World Court rejects preliminary Serbian objections in genocide case with Croatia UN News Centre 18 Nov 2008 -- The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, today rejected Serbian objections over questions of jurisdiction and admissibility in the genocide case brought against it by Croatia.

News Reports

• Medvedev sees new openings in relations with U.S. under Obama RIA Novosti 18 Nov 2008 -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Tuesday that he hoped the new U.S. administration could look at bilateral ties "at a different angle and more pragmatically."
• Medvedev says Russia must never be parliamentary republic RIA Novosti 18 Nov 2008 -- President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday that Russia must never become a parliamentary republic.