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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 06 Apr 2009 [PDF]
• Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Brig. Gen. Ayala at the Pentagon Briefing Room, via Teleconference from Iraq DoD 06 Apr 2009 -- Presenter: U.S. Marine Corps Commanding General, 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward) Brig. Gen. Juan Ayala
• Car Bombings Kill 32 in Baghdad VOA 06 Apr 2009 -- Iraqi police say a series of six car bombings across Baghdad killed at least 32 people and wounded more than 65.
• Iraqi Security Forces Improve Amid 'Astounding' Security Gains AFPS 06 Apr 2009 -- Improved security and reduced violence in Iraq different than the situation that existed there just a few years ago.
• MND-South headquarters nears completion in Basra Army News 06 Apr 2009 -- Soldiers have worked around the clock to complete construction on the new $26-million Multi-National Division-South headquarters.
• Iraqi, Army mechanics get dirty during joint training Army News 06 Apr 2009 -- The IAs took part in the second joint vehicle maintenance training conducted by the 46th Engineer Combat Battalion (Heavy).
• U.S. To Hand Over Two More Detention Facilities To Iraq RFE/RL 06 Apr 2009 -- The Iraqi government has announced an agreement to take over two more U.S. detention centers in Iraq.
• Reconciliation Offers Fresh Start in Iraq AFPS 06 Apr 2009 -- The Iraqi army, aided by US soldiers, helped more than 30 people clear their names of criminal charges against them.
• Forces Kill 52, Capture 17 in Afghanistan Fighting AFPS 06 Apr 2009 -- Coalition and Afghan forces have killed at least 52 insurgents and captured 17 others in four days of fighting in Afghanistan.
• 154th Transportation Co. switches gears to Afghanistan Army News 06 Apr 2009 -- Without proper supply of many things, missions would go poorly for Soldiers and success would be hard fought.
• Counterintelligence unit beefs up training for Afghanistan deployment Army News 06 Apr 2009 -- New roads have been paved at Chièvres Air Base to help NATO's Allied Command Operations teams to do the same.
• Missile attack on German base in Kunduz after Merkel's visit IRNA 06 Apr 2009 -- A German army camp in northern Afghanistan came under a missile attack only moments after a visit by Chancellor Merkel.
• German Chancellor Visits Afghanistan VOA 06 Apr 2009 -- German Chancellor Merkel made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan, days after NATO committed itself to helping fight Taliban insurgency.
• Merkel Visits German Troops In Afghanistan RFE/RL 06 Apr 2009 -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel has arrived in Afghanistan to visit German troops there, a government spokesman said.
• Russian envoy defends transit of NATO goods to Afghanistan RIA Novosti 06 Apr 2009 -- Russia's envoy to NATO responded to criticism over the transit of supplies to NATO forces in Afghanistan.
• Top US officials arrive in Islamabad for security talks IRNA 06 Apr 2009 -- 2 top American officials arrived in Islamabad Monday for talks with Pakistan political and military officials on security issues.
• Rallies condemn suicide attack in Pakistan as death toll rises IRNA 06 Apr 2009 -- A protest meeting in the Pakistani port city of Karachi and some other cities condemned suicide attack on Shiite Muslims.
• AF transports U.N. official to Germany after hostage ordeal AFNS 06 Apr 2009 -- American UN official held hostage for 2 months in Pakistan was transported to Ramstein Air Base, Germany.
• North Dakota flood operations continue as Georgia drenched Army News 06 Apr 2009 -- Flood operations continue in ND, while missions in Minnesota and Louisiana wrapped up and Georgia monitors situation.

Defense Policy / Programs

• DoD News Briefing With Secretary Gates From The Pentagon DoD 06 Apr 2009 -- Presenter: Secretary of Defense Robert Gates
• Defense Budget Recommendation Statement (Arlington, VA) Department of Defense 06 Apr 2009
• Gates Lays Out Budget Recommendations AFPS 06 Apr 2009 -- Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates today laid out his recommendations for the 2010 budget during a Pentagon press conference.
• Gates Says People Take Top Priority in Budget Recommendations AFPS 06 Apr 2009 -- Gates: Personnel needs are at the heart of his proposal to reshape the priorities of America’s defense establishment.
• Gates Addresses NATO Summit, North Korean Missile Launch AFPS 06 Apr 2009 -- Defense Secretary Gates: NATO summit, in which allies pledged additional support to Afghanistan, exceeded his expectations.
• SECAF visits Expeditionary Center, McGuire AFNS 06 Apr 2009 -- Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley: US Air Force Expeditionary Center a "critical component of the Air Force's ability to train Airmen.
• USS Samuel B. Roberts Returns to Mayport Navy NewsStand 06 Apr 2009 -- Family and friends of Sailors aboard USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG 58) gathered on the pier to welcome the crew home April 6 from its 2008-2009 counter-narcotic terrorism deployment.
• Underwood Welcomed Home After Successful Deployment Navy NewsStand 06 Apr 2009 -- USS Underwood (FFG 36) pulled into homeport at Naval Station Mayport April 4 after a six-month counter-illicit trafficking (CIT) deployment to the Eastern Pacific.
• Sailors Overseas Urged to Stock up Now on PT Gear Navy NewsStand 06 Apr 2009 -- With commands throughout the Navy gearing up for the semiannual fiscal year 2009 spring physical readiness test (PRT), many Sailors are practicing their push-ups, sit-ups and run but may be forgetting to meet a new requirement - purchasing the Navy's physical fitness uniform.
• APS Nashville, Project Handclasp Deliver Goods in Limbe Navy NewsStand 06 Apr 2009 -- Africa Partnership Station (APS) Nashville Sailors and Marines donated 24 pallets of humanitarian supplies to four local organizations during their visit to Limbe, Cameroon April 3.
• Roughead Makes First CNO Visit to South Africa Navy NewsStand 06 Apr 2009 -- Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Gary Roughead is making the first CNO counterpart visit to South Africa April 3-8.
• The Emergence of Hybrid Drive Combat Vehicles Army News 06 Apr 2009 -- The Army's Future Combat Systems (FCS) program has developed a state-of-the-art hybrid propulsion system for the Army's next generation of combat vehicles-the Manned Ground Vehicle (MGV) program.
• 6-6 Cavalry aircrews field new Kiowa Warrior weapons system Army News 06 Apr 2009 -- The 6th Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade began fielding a new weapons system for their OH-58D Kiowa Warrior airframes earlier this month.
• JRTC Ops Group trains on long-range surveillance system Army News 06 Apr 2009 -- Night vision systems, laser-guided munitions, mobility and firepower have converged in the 21st century to allow U.S. forces to "own" the battlefield both day and night.
• Underwood Welcomed Home After Successful Deployment Navy NewsStand 06 Apr 2009 -- USS Underwood pulled into homeport after a 6-month counter-illicit trafficking deployment to the Eastern Pacific.
• Underwood Welcomed Home After Successful Deployment Navy NewsStand 06 Apr 2009 -- USS Samuel B. Roberts welcomed home from its 2008-2009 counter-narcotic terrorism deployment.
• Junior leaders get certified at Korea's 'Warrior Base' Army News 06 Apr 2009 -- Receiving proper training is crucial to officers in the US Army as they will be expected to prepare their Soldiers for combat.
• U.S., R.O.K Artillery Battalions camaraderie is 'Second to None' Army News 06 Apr 2009 -- One of the most important aspects for units in Korea is maintaining a good working relationship with their Republic of Korea counterparts.
• U.S., Cambodian Divers Engage in Cooperative Training Navy NewsStand 06 Apr 2009 -- US Navy Divers joined Royal Cambodian Navy counterparts for dive exchange between the 2 countries.
• Teamwork ensures Thunderbirds performance AFNS 06 Apr 2009 -- Airmen from 3 commands came together to prepare the Thunderbirds F-16s after inclement weather damaged 5 of the aircraft's noses.
• Major naval infantry drill starts in Russia's Far East RIA Novosti 06 Apr 2009 -- Large-scale military exercises involving naval infantry and live artillery support have been launched in Russia's Far East.
• Russian destroyer visits naval base in south China RIA Novosti 06 Apr 2009 -- Russia's Admiral Vinogradov destroyer arrived in the Chinese port of Zhanjiang on an official visit.
• Russia to deliver attack helicopters to Brazil this year RIA Novosti 06 Apr 2009 -- Russia will start deliveries of Mi-35 Hind attack helicopters to Brazil by the end of 2009.
• Tajikistan Urges Neighbors To Join Mine Ban RFE/RL 06 Apr 2009 -- Tajikistan has called on all Central Asian countries to join the 1997 Ottawa Mine Ban Treaty, RFE/RL's Tajik Service reports.
• Military plane crashes in Indonesia, 24 dead RIA Novosti 06 Apr 2009 -- Twenty-four people were killed on Monday as a Fokker 27 military aircraft crashed in Indonesia's province of West Java.
• Daily Press Briefing US Dept. of State 06 Apr 2009

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for April 06, 2009
• CACI Awarded $31 Million Prime Contract to Support Acquisition Technology and Logistics Programs for Department of Defense CACI 06 Apr 2009 -- CACI International Inc (NYSE:CAI) announced today that it has been awarded a $31 million life-cycle amount prime contract to continue support for the Acquisition Technology and Logistics (AT&L) component in the Department of Defense's Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (OUSD).
• South Africa awards MBDA another contract to supply MILAN ADT EADS 06 Apr 2009 -- South Africa is the first export customer for the MILAN ADT firing post having signed the first series production contract with MBDA in 2006. The first batch of firing posts was delivered to South Africa at the beginning of 2008.
• General Dynamics Awarded $40 Million to Support U.S. European Command and U.S. Africa Command General Dynamics 06 Apr 2009 -- General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), has been awarded a five-year, $40 million subcontract by SRA International of Fairfax, Va., to provide support to the U.S. European Command (EUCOM) and U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM).
• U.S. Army Soldiers Experience Mobile Networking For First Time Using General Dynamics’ Warfighter Information Network – Tactical (WIN-T) General Dynamics 06 Apr 2009 -- 2nd Infantry Division in Fort Lewis, Wash., and 3rd Infantry Division in Fort Stewart, Ga., this week completed a Limited User Test (LUT) of the Warfighter Information Network – Tactical (WIN-T) Increment 2, which for the first time delivers on-the-move Internet-like broadband networking capabilities to military units dispersed across wide geographic areas.
• Lockheed Martin Upgrade to Extend Life of Kuwait Radar Lockheed Martin 06 Apr 2009 -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has been awarded a contract by the Kuwait Ministry of Defense to significantly upgrade the Kuwait Air Force AN/FPS-117 long-range radar originally delivered in 1993.
• Raytheon Garners $163.5 Million to Modernize Bradley Vehicle Surveillance Capability Raytheon 06 Apr 2009 -- Raytheon Company received two contracts totaling $163.5 million to provide 360-degree panoramic surveillance capability for Bradley fighting vehicles.
• IAI's MLM Division Receives Second Consecutive CMMI 5 Certification Israel Aerospace Industries 06 Apr 2009 -- Israel Aerospace Industries' MLM Division, (IAI MLM) of Systems Missiles and Space Group, has received a Capability Maturity Model® Integration (CMMI) Level 5 rating from the Carnegie Mellon® Software Engineering Institute for the second consecutive time.
• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICES OF THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL AND THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT United Nations 06 Apr 2009
• Air Force Selects Raytheon to Improve Mission Coordination Under Electronic Warfare Battle Management Contract Raytheon 06 Apr 2009 -- The U.S. Air Force awarded Raytheon Company a $3.5 million Electronic Warfare Battle Management (EWBM) system design contract.
• ATK Composite Technology Supports Atlas V Launch of Wideband Global SATCOM Spacecraft ATK 06 Apr 2009 -- Alliant Techsystems' composite technology supported Friday's successful launch of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.
• Boeing-Built Satellite WGS-2 Sends 1st Signals From Space Boeing 06 Apr 2009 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] has acquired the first on-orbit signals from the second of six Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellites that the company is building for the U.S. Air Force.
• Boeing Demonstrates Command and Control of ScanEagle UAS From Wedgetail AEW&C Aircraft Boeing 06 Apr 2009 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] on March 16 successfully demonstrated simultaneous command and control of three ScanEagle unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) from a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Wedgetail 737 Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft flying over Washington state.

Other Conflicts

• Mideast progress should be coordinated with Russia - Abbas RIA Novosti 06 Apr 2009 -- The Palestinian president believes that Middle East issues should be coordinated with Russia.
• Israel has committed six categories of war crimes in Gaza, NY Times IRNA 06 Apr 2009 -- Testimony by Israeli soldiers substantiates charges that Israel's Gaza assault entailed grave violations of international law.
• Israeli Soldiers' Testimony on Gaza Continues to Cause Uproar VOA 06 Apr 2009 -- Israeli newspapers published leaked Army transcripts from soldiers who described what they say were unjustified shootings of civilians.
• AU/UN Officials Report Humanitarian Progress in Darfur VOA 06 Apr 2009 -- AU/UN peacekeeping mission in Darfur says progress is being made in filling the gap left by Sudan's expulsion of 13 humanitarian aid agencies.
• Latest developments in Darfur focus of UN-African Union meeting UN News Centre 06 Apr 2009 -- Officials from UN-AU peacekeeping mission in Darfur briefed the AU Peace and Security Council on the latest security and humanitarian situation.
• Envoy Pursues Restoration of Aid in Darfur, Sudan Peace Agreement VOA 06 Apr 2009 -- US Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration has urged Sudanese humanitarian groups to join effort to rescue Darfur war victims.
• Sri Lanka Says Rebel Defeat Imminent, Urges Surrender VOA 06 Apr 2009 -- Sri Lankan authorities say they are on the verge of defeating Tamil Tiger rebels and have urged them to surrender.
• SRI LANKA: Pregnant women at greater risk in conflict IRIN 06 Apr 2009 -- Thousands of pregnant women caught up in the fighting between government forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) are in urgent need of healthcare, according to aid workers.
• Two Bomb Explode in India's Northeastern Assam State VOA 06 Apr 2009 -- In India's northeastern Assam State, seven people have been killed and more than 50 injured in two powerful bomb blasts.
• 6 killed, 30 injured in powerful blast in India's Assam IRNA 06 Apr 2009 -- At least 6 people were killed and 30 wounded in a powerful explosion at a crowded marketplace in Assam.
• Six dead, 30 injured in explosion in northeast India RIA Novosti 06 Apr 2009 -- An explosion killed six people and injured 30 on Monday in Guwahati, the largest city in the northeast Indian state of Assam.
• International support vital in pulling Haiti out of poverty, suffering - UN envoy UN News Centre 06 Apr 2009 -- Top UN envoy to Haiti: Boost support for the impoverished Caribbean nation, which is at a "turning point."
• International Court Considers War Crimes Charges Against Former Chad Leader VOA 06 Apr 2009 -- Top UN court in The Hague considering Belgium's request that Senegal put former Chadian President Hissene Habre on trial for war crimes or extradite him to face trial in Brussels.

News Reports

• MP: No meeting between Iranian, US officials IRNA 06 Apr 2009 -- First vice-chairman of Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Commission: Iranian and the US officials have not held meeting in The Hague.
• Obama Says US Wants to Mend Ties With Muslim World VOA 06 Apr 2009 -- President Barack Obama has declared that the United States is not at war with Islam.
• Ties Between U.S., Muslim World Important for All, Obama Says AFPS 06 Apr 2009 -- President Obama: America's partnership with Turkey and the Muslim world critical in "rolling back violent ideologies."
• Obama Urges Full Turkish-Armenian Relations VOA 06 Apr 2009 -- Mr. Obama has hailed the steps taken by Turkish and Armenian leaders to resolve their differences as "historic and courageous."
• Obama Urges Closer Turkish-US Ties VOA 06 Apr 2009 -- President Obama: US and Turkey can forge a model partnership of secular democratic nations to bridge the divide between Muslim nations and the West.
• Chechen leader Kadyrov says father killed by Yamadayev RIA Novosti 06 Apr 2009 -- The Chechen president said Monday that he suspects his father, the republic's former leader, was murdered by the former military commander killed last week in Dubai.
• Chechen leader says Yamadayev murder suspect is his employee RIA Novosti 06 Apr 2009 -- Chechen president: Man arrested as a main suspect in the killing of Sulim Yamadayev works for him as a groom.
• Kadyrov dismisses claims of MP's involvement in Yamadayev murder RIA Novosti 06 Apr 2009 -- Chechen President Kadyrovrejected allegations that a Russian MP was involved in the assassination of Sulim Yamadayev.
• Chechen parliament denies Russian MP linked to Yamadayev murder RIA Novosti 06 Apr 2009 -- The Chechen parliament issued an angry statement after Dubai police accused a Russian deputy of involvement in assassination of Sulim Yamadayev.
• Dubai Police Accuse Lawmaker In Chechen Exile's Killing RFE/RL 06 Apr 2009 -- UAE Authorities: Member of the Russian State Duma has emerged as the chief suspect in ordering assassination of former Chechen general.
• Dubai Police Implicate State Duma Deputy From Chechnya In Murder Attempt RFE/RL 06 Apr 2009 -- Chief of police: 2 men arrested on suspicion of attempt to assassinate Sulim Yamadayev.
• Putin warns against excluding Russia from energy decisions RIA Novosti 06 Apr 2009 -- Prime Minister Vladimir Putin: Attempts to exclude Russia from global energy decision making are counterproductive.
• Georgian leader housebound as protests rage outside RIA Novosti 06 Apr 2009 -- Georgia's president is unable to leave his house due to continual street protests.
• Macedonian Election Winner Pledges End to Name Dispute With Greece VOA 06 Apr 2009 -- Man who has won Macedonia's presidential elections pledged to solve a dispute with Greece over his country's name.
• Conservative wins presidential run-off in Macedonia RIA Novosti 06 Apr 2009 -- The candidate of Macedonia's ruling conservative party won a landslide victory in Sunday's presidential polls.
• Moldova's Communists Win Majority in Parliamentary Vote RFE/RL 06 Apr 2009 -- Moldovan President Voronin's party appears poised to set a record for communist parties in the post-Soviet era.
• South Africa Opposition Shows Concern that Charges May be Dropped against Zuma VOA 06 Apr 2009 -- COPE is expressing concern about a possibility that National Prosecuting Authority might drop graft charges against leader of the ruling ANC.
• Rwandan Genocide: Fifteen Years Ago VOA 06 Apr 2009 -- Monday is the 15th anniversary of the start of the Rwanda genocide.