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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 06 Jan 2009 [PDF]
• DoD News: DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• Jan. 5 airpower summary: Predator hammers target AFNS 06 Jan 2009 -- Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and the ISAF in Afghanistan during operations.
• Airmen prep for Patriot's debut at Southwest Asian base AFNS 06 Jan 2009 -- Airmen of the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing laying the groundwork to set up a Patriot battery here for the first time.
• Forces Target Bomb Networks in Afghanistan AFPS 06 Jan 2009 -- Afghan National Police and coalition forces seized 4 suspected militants during operations targeting the Haqqani and Taliban terrorist networks.
• Pakistani President Arrives In Kabul Looking To Improve Ties RFE/RL 06 Jan 2009 -- Pakistani President Zardari expected to focus on how to tackle the Taliban in talks with Afghan President Karzai.
• Worries In Pakistan That Taliban Imposing 'Parallel' Government RFE/RL 06 Jan 2009 -- In Pakistan's Afghan border regions, the month of January began with the imposition of harsh new directives.

Defense Policy / Programs

• In Final Weeks as Commander in Chief, Bush Cites Military's Valor, Sacrifice AFPS 06 Jan 2009 -- With 15 days left in office, President George W. Bush today reflected on his final weeks as the Commander in Chief.
• Defense Leaders Laud Bush at Farewell Ceremony AFPS 06 Jan 2009 -- Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, today praised President George W. Bush as a patriot who has championed the nation's men and women in uniform while standing up to terrorists who threaten the United States.
• Navy Europe-Africa Rolls Out 2009 Guidance Navy NewsStand 06 Jan 2009 -- Commander, US Naval Forces Europe-Commander US Naval Forces Africa rolling out the 2009 Operational Objectives.
• Purple Heart Criteria Exclude PTSD, Defense Officials Say AFPS 06 Jan 2009 -- After months of evaluating the criteria, Defense Department officials have decided against the notion of awarding the Purple Heart to military members who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder.
• Air Force officials publish energy program policy AFNS 06 Jan 2009 -- The secretary of the Air Force recently signed the Air Force Energy Program Policy.
• Africa Command to Airlift Peacekeeper Equipment to Darfur AFPS 06 Jan 2009 -- US Africa Command is laying plans to airlift heavy equipment to Sudan to support African Union and UN peacekeepers.
• US Initiates Immediate Airlift for Darfur Peacekeepers VOA 06 Jan 2009 -- The Bush administration says it will waive a requirement to notify Congress in advance of undertaking an airlift for peacekeepers in Sudan.
• Daily Press Briefing US Dept. of State 06 Jan 2009
• Press Briefing by Press Secretary Dana Perino The White House 06 Jan 2009

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for January 06, 2009
• BAE SYSTEMS RECEIVES $4.6 MILLION CONTRACT FOR C-17 TROOP SEATS BAE Systems 06 Jan 2009 -- BAE Systems has been awarded a contract for $4.6 million from Boeing Co. for troop seats on 15 C-17 Globemaster III aircraft. The seats are scheduled to be delivered through June 2010.
• Boeing P-8I Selected as Indian Navy's Long-Range Maritime Patrol Aircraft Boeing 06 Jan 2009 -- The Government of India has selected The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] to provide eight P-8I long-range maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft to the Indian navy.
• DAGR Missile Successful In First Live Warhead Shot Lockheed Martin 06 Jan 2009 -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has successfully conducted the first live warhead ground launch test of the DAGR™ guidance kit for the 2.75-inch rocket.
• Northrop Grumman Begins Testing 'Cold-Launch' System That Makes Kinetic Energy Interceptors Mobile, Global, Flexible Northrop Grumman 06 Jan 2009 -- The Kinetic Energy Interceptors (KEI) industry team led by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has begun testing the cold-launch system that will be essential for mobile, global and flexible missile defense.
• Northrop Grumman Receives Nationwide Automatic Identification System Contract From U.S. Coast Guard Northrop Grumman 06 Jan 2009 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has been awarded a contract potentially valued at $68 million to design, integrate, install and test the U.S. Coast Guard's Nationwide Automatic Identification System (Nationwide AIS) core data exchange capability.

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 06 Jan 2009
• Analysis: Beyond Gaza cfr.org 06 Jan 2009 -- After two weeks of fighting, the United States added its voice to those seeking an immediate cease-fire in the Gaza Strip, announcing Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice would fly to the region to join talks this week
• Security Council meets on Gaza fighting, Ban renews ceasefire call UN News Centre 06 Jan 2009 -- The Security Council convened on the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza, with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warning that Israeli shelling of UN schools made a ceasefire more urgent than ever.
• Ban condemns 'unacceptable' Israeli strikes on UN schools in Gaza UN News Centre 06 Jan 2009 -- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today spoke out against Israel's "totally unacceptable" attacks against 3 clearly-marked United Nations schools.
• Sarkozy Urges Syria to Exert Pressure on Hamas for Gaza Cease-Fire VOA 06 Jan 2009 -- French President Sarkozy in Syria in effort to arrange a cease-fire in the beleaguered Gaza Strip.
• Security Council to Discuss Gaza VOA 06 Jan 2009 -- A Hamas delegation is in Cairo for talks with Egyptian mediators on a possible cease-fire with Israel.
• Gaza massacres being waged under 'lies, false pretexts,' says Hamas IRNA 06 Jan 2009 -- Hamas: Israel will no doubt wreak destruction, death and suffering in Gaza, but will meet the same fate as it did in Lebanon.
• Israel rejects ceasefire with Hamas RIA Novosti 06 Jan 2009 -- Israel will continue military operations in the Gaza Strip until it stops Hamas' rocket attacks.
• Gaza Medics: At Least 40 Killed in Israeli Attack at UN School VOA 06 Jan 2009 -- Palestinian medics say at least 40 people have been killed in an Israeli attack at a United Nations-run school in Gaza.
• Gaza Fighting Intensifies; Rising Casualties Growing Concern VOA 06 Jan 2009 -- Fighting intensified in the Gaza Strip, overnight, and casualty figures continue to rise - with five Israeli soldiers killed.
• Israel intensifies cannon fires on Gaza City IRNA 06 Jan 2009 -- Israel intensified throwing bombs on Gaza by artillery and helicopter gunships to drive back the Palestinian fighters.
• AU Determined to Keep Peacekeepers in Somalia VOA 06 Jan 2009 -- The African Union has affirmed its intention to keep its peacekeeping mission in Somalia as Ethiopian troops withdraw and to boost its manpower in the face of precarious security conditions.
• Nkunda Insists He Controls Congo Rebels VOA 06 Jan 2009 -- The head of an eastern Congolese rebel group says he remains the group's leader, following a report that he was ousted by other rebel commanders.
• DRC Park Officials Expected LRA Rebel Attack VOA 06 Jan 2009 -- There's more information available about the January 2nd LRA rebel attack on the Garamba National Park, located in Nagero, in the eastern DRC.
• BURUNDI: FNL Prisoner release under way IRIN 06 Jan 2009 -- The release of the first 80 prisoners detained over their affiliation with a rebel group, the Palipehutu-FNL has begun.

News Reports

• Alarmed, EU Threatens Gas Summit With Russia, Ukraine RFE/RL 06 Jan 2009 -- The European Union has gone overnight from low-key diplomacy to angry ultimatums.
• Russia-Ukraine gas talks to resume January 8 - Naftogaz RIA Novosti 06 Jan 2009 -- Russian-Ukrainian gas talks will resume January 8, a spokesman for Ukraine's energy company Naftogaz said Tuesday.
• Sheikh Hasina Wajed Sworn in as Bangladesh Prime Minister VOA 06 Jan 2009 -- In Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina Wajed has been sworn in as prime minister, restoring democracy to the country after two years of rule by an interim administration backed by the army.
• Nigeria Insists on Guinea's Suspension from ECOWAS VOA 06 Jan 2009 -- West African leaders are scheduled to meet Friday in Nigeria to discuss the military takeover in Guinea. Nigeria, which holds the rotating chairmanship of ECOWAS, is leading calls for Guinea's suspension from the 15-member bloc.
• Mauritania's Military Rulers to Run for Office VOA 06 Jan 2009 -- Mauritania's military rulers say they will hold elections May 30 and will change the constitution to allow themselves to run for office.