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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 09 Jun 2009 [PDF]
• June 8 airpower aummary: B-1 targets IED factory AFNS 09 Jun 2009 -- Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and ISAF in Afghanistan in operations June 8.
• JTF-134 Detainee Operations drops to one brigade; decrease of 2,186 personnel since Jan. 1 MNF-I 09 Jun 2009 -- Joint Task Force-134 Detainee Operations dropped to just one brigade to run all three U.S. theater internment facilities in Iraq following a transition of authority ceremony held June 8 at Camp Cropper
• Iraqi Militant Freed Amid Talk of Hostage Exchange VOA 09 Jun 2009 -- Officials: US military released member of Iraqi Shi'ite militant group that claimed to have reached a deal to release British hostages.
• 130th Engineer Brigade Soldiers Honored at Deployment Ceremony Army News 09 Jun 2009 -- For the second time in a 3 year span a deployment to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
• Romanian Forces End Mission in Iraq AFPS 09 Jun 2009 -- Military operations in Iraq formally ended for Romanian forces June 4.
• 602nd Maint. Co. Soldiers repair humvees for transfer to Iraqi security forces Army News 09 Jun 2009 -- Soldiers tested brakes, turned wrenches and inspected parts to ensure humvees ready for their next mission.
• Water bottling plant opens, begins production in southern Iraq Army News 09 Jun 2009 -- 3d Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) and Oasis International Waters, Inc., opened a water bottling and purification plant.
• Forces Clash With Enemy Fighters in Afghanistan AFPS 09 Jun 2009 -- US and Afghan forces killed an undetermined number of enemy fighters and detained 13 suspected militants in 3 operations in Afghanistan.
• At least 3 killed, 39 wounded in east Afghan blast RIA Novosti 09 Jun 2009 -- At least three people were killed and another 39, most of them civilians, wounded in an explosion in east Afghanistan early.
• Child Killed in Blast in Eastern Afghanistan VOA 09 Jun 2009 -- Afghan officials say an explosion killed at least one child near a convoy of U.S. troops in eastern Afghanistan.
• Pakistani Military Supports Citizen Uprising Against Taliban VOA 09 Jun 2009 -- Pakistani military sent helicopter gunships in support of more than 1,000 civilians who have banded together to fight the Taliban.
• Truck Bomb Explodes at Luxury Hotel in Peshawar VOA 09 Jun 2009 -- At least 11 people were killed and dozens injured when a truck bomb exploded at the Pearl Continental Hotel in Peshawar.
• PAKISTAN: Donor funding "still hesitant" IRIN 09 Jun 2009 -- Senior UN humanitarian officials in Pakistan have urged donors to provide more funds to meet the needs of hundreds of thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in North West Frontier Province (NWFP).

Defense Policy / Programs

• Gates to Meet with Allies on Afghanistan, Wants Progress Within a Year VOA 09 Jun 2009 -- US Defense Secretary Gates: President Obama's new strategy has about a year to at least begin to show progress.
• Gates Hopeful of Missile Defense Progress at US-Russia Summit VOA 09 Jun 2009 -- US Defense Secretary Gates: President may find increased interest in cooperation in the effort to defend Europe.
• Gates Expresses Confidence in U.S. Missile Defenses AFPS 09 Jun 2009 -- Defense Secretary Gates confident the US has the missile defenses in place to defend itself, if necessary.
• Senior Executive Service Appointments And Reassignments DoD 09 Jun 2009 -- Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates announced the following Department of Defense Senior Executive Service, senior leader, and scientific and professional appointments and reassignments
• Ship-to-Shore Connectivity Provides Support to Fleet Navy NewsStand 09 Jun 2009 -- Personnel at the Integrated Logistics Overhaul (ILO) site provide storage and logistics functions to ships needing the temporary space. Personnel are currently assisting USS Mobile Bay (CG 53)in preparation for an availability period scheduled to begin June 17.
• USS Doyle Creates Lasting Impressions in Guatemala Navy NewsStand 09 Jun 2009 -- The guided-missile frigate USS Doyle (FFG 39) made a port visit to Santo Tomas, Guatemala to help promote Theater Security Cooperation (TSC) May 28-31.
• Joint Logistics Exercise In Guantanamo Bay Enhances Readiness Navy NewsStand 09 Jun 2009 -- Joint Task Force (JTF) Guantanamo Bay (GTMO), in conjunction with Naval Station (NAVSTA) GTMO, is hosting the Joint Logistics Over-The-Shore (JLOTS) exercise from mid-May to July 15.
• U.S., U.K. Move into next Era of Warfighter Support Navy NewsStand 09 Jun 2009 -- Joint Maritime Facility (JMF) St. Mawgan, United Kingdom, joined local citizens of Cornwall, England, June 4-6 to celebrate the U.K.'s premier agricultural event the 2009 Royal Cornwall Show, marking the last major community relations project for the installation prior to disestablishment.
• Proposed Budget Balances Current, Future Requirements AFPS 09 Jun 2009 -- FY10 defense budget request is a “reform budget” that builds on lessons learned on the battlefield to shape the military.
• Warfare Center Leads Innovative Counter IED Program Navy NewsStand 09 Jun 2009 -- NSWC Crane assumed engineering agent responsibility for counter radio-controlled improvised explosive device system.
• Tooele Army Depot Develops Automated Machine for Pine Bluff Arsenal Army News 09 Jun 2009 -- Tooele Army Depot engineers developed an automated machine that will process 155 millimeter artillery munitions.
• Makin Island Hybrid Propulsion System Gets Up Check Navy NewsStand 09 Jun 2009 -- Pre-Commissioning Unit Makin Island completed another major milestone in its quest toward joining the fleet.
• USS Ohio Crew Readies for Multimission Deployment Navy NewsStand 09 Jun 2009 -- Men of the guided-missile submarine USS Ohio (Blue) crew are ready to take their boat and head back out to sea.
• Army divers in Hawaii hone skills during deep water exercise Army News 09 Jun 2009 -- Soldiers of the 7th Engineer Dive Detachment back on dry land, following dive re-certification training exercise.
• 2nd Recon Conducts Parachute Training USMC News 09 Jun 2009 -- Marines from 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, practiced parachuting out of the MV-22 Opsrey at Tactical Landing Zone Falcon, here, June 5.
• NORAD Flight Exercises Planned for Washington Area AFPS 09 Jun 2009 -- The Defense Department will conduct two training exercises involving aircraft here tomorrow.
• Questions Abound in Cyber Theater of Operations, Vice Chairman Says AFPS 09 Jun 2009 -- Vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: Cyber operations are another theater of operations for the U.S. military.
• Information managers transform into knowledge operations managers AFNS 09 Jun 2009 -- Airmen in the former information management career field changed their job titles to knowledge operations managers.
• Mentoring in Ethiopia Army News 09 Jun 2009 -- Sergeants major from U.S. Army Africa and U.S. Africa Command are mentoring senior noncommissioned officers from the Ethiopia National Defence Force (ENDF).
• Gates Travels to Europe for NATO Discussions AFPS 09 Jun 2009 -- Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates will depart for NATO meetings in the Netherlands and Belgium this evening.
• Sukhoi-30 MKI become operational in India's northeast region IRNA 09 Jun 2009 -- A squadron of the frontline combat aircraft Sukhoi 30 MKI would become operational in India’s sensitive northeast next week.
• Russian ships head home after anti-piracy duty off Somali coast RIA Novosti 09 Jun 2009 -- Russia's Pacific Fleet task force heading back to its base after an anti-piracy mission in the Gulf of Aden.
• Daily Press Briefing US Dept. of State 09 Jun 2009
• Briefing by Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, 6-9-09 The White House 09 Jun 2009

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for June 09, 2009
• Boeing Team Delivers 1st Block II Super Hornet Flight Trainers to US Navy Boeing 09 Jun 2009 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] and teammate L-3 have delivered four Block II F/A-18E/F Super Hornet Tactical Operation Flight Trainers (TOFT) to the U.S. Navy and declared them "Ready for Training." Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana, Va., has two of the trainers, and two are located at NAS Lemoore, Calif.
• Lockheed Martin Begins Providing Supply Chain Management Of All U.S. Military Automotive Parts Lockheed Martin 09 Jun 2009 -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE:LMT] today formally began full operations as the supply chain manager for the U.S. military’s global automotive parts needs.
• Sky's the Limit for GE Turboshaft Engines GE Aviation 09 Jun 2009 -- GE Aviation continues to invest in its proven turboshaft engine technology and the results are top-performing, highly reliable powerplants for customer helicopter applications today and in the future. Following is an update on GE turboshaft engine programs.
• Thales signs contract for 12 NBC reconnaissance vehicles Thales 09 Jun 2009 -- Within the framework of the Defence Program RP 08, Armasuisse, the procurement and technology centre of the Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport (DDPS) has placed an order for 12 NBC Reconnaissance Vehicles. Thales will be acting as prime contractor, with the Swiss company Mowag acting as sub-contractor.
• Raytheon Awarded Contract for Office of Naval Research's Free Electron Laser Program Raytheon 09 Jun 2009 -- The Office of Naval Research (ONR) has awarded Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) a 12-month contract to develop the preliminary design of a 100 kilowatt experimental Free Electron Laser for the U.S. Navy. This preliminary design is the first of a three-phase ONR Innovative Naval Prototype program worth more than $150 million.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 09 Jun 2009
• Current differences won't affect U.S.-Israel ties - Obama envoy RIA Novosti 09 Jun 2009 -- US will maintain close relations with Israel despite current differences over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
• US Envoy Pushes Israel to Restart Peace Talks with Palestinians VOA 09 Jun 2009 -- US Envoy George Mitchell is in Israel, meeting with officials in an effort to restart the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
• US Middle East Envoy Adds Stops in Beirut, Damascus VOA 09 Jun 2009 -- US Middle East envoy George Mitchell is adding stops in Lebanon and Syria to his mission to the region aimed at reviving Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.
• US special Middle East envoy to visit Syria, Lebanon RIA Novosti 09 Jun 2009 -- US special envoy to the Middle East George Mitchell will visit Syria and Lebanon this week as part of a trip to the region.
• Hamas Leader Meshaal in Egypt for Reconciliation Talks VOA 09 Jun 2009 -- Egypt's intelligence chief Omar Suleiman met with Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal in Cairo for talks on forging a power-sharing deal between Hamas and its political rival Fatah.
• European lawmakers visit Gaza on fact-finding mission RIA Novosti 09 Jun 2009 -- A delegation of 41 European Parliament members arrived in Gaza on Tuesday to study the situation in the war-torn Palestinian enclave.
• Indian Prime Minister Open to Peace Talks with Pakistan VOA 09 Jun 2009 -- PM Manmohan Singh has expressed hopes of restarting peace talks with Pakistan.
• Violence in Somalia Escalates VOA 09 Jun 2009 -- UN Refugee Agency reports thousands of Somalis were forced to flee their homes during the weekend in some of the heaviest and bloodiest street battles since fighting erupted.
• UN says War Crimes Committed Daily in Somalia Fighting VOA 09 Jun 2009 -- UN agencies say that war crimes and crimes against humanity are being committed on a daily basis in the Somali capital, Mogadishu.
• UN calls for a new approach to Somalia; thousands flee ongoing violence UN News Centre 09 Jun 2009 -- Top UN envoy: New approach is well overdue for Somalia.
• Thailand Confirms Thousands of Karen Villagers Fleeing Fighting in Burma VOA 09 Jun 2009 -- Thailand confirmed reports that thousands have fled into the country to escape fighting in neighboring Burma.
• UN assessing situation of Myanmar refugees in Thailand UN News Centre 09 Jun 2009 -- UN refugee agency looking into the situation of a group of several thousand Karen people who recently fled across the Moei River from Myanmar to Thailand.
• Russia denies Belarus cooperation linked to S.Ossetia, Abkhazia RIA Novosti 09 Jun 2009 -- Russia's FM denied that cooperation with Belarus was linked to the country's recognition of Abkhazia and S. Ossetia.
• NIGERIA: Nomad-farmer clashes increase as pasture shrinks IRIN 09 Jun 2009 -- Amid clashes with farmers and expulsion orders by authorities, nomadic herders in Nigeria do not know where to turn.
• African ICC Members Mull Withdrawal Over Bashir Indictment VOA 09 Jun 2009 -- African member states of the International Criminal Court are considering a mass withdrawal to protest the war crimes indictment against Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir.
• UGANDA: Officials arrested over fake IDs for refugees IRIN 09 Jun 2009 -- The Ugandan police have arrested about a dozen local council officials who have been helping Rwandan refugees living in camps in the southwest obtain false identification documents to enable them to stay in Uganda and thus avoid voluntary repatriation.
• GLOBAL: Cluster munitions ban expected to come into force in 2010 IRIN 09 Jun 2009 -- The Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC), an international coalition of NGOs, expects a treaty banning the use, production and stockpiling of cluster munitions, signed in the Norwegian capital of Oslo in 2008, to come into force in the first half of 2010.

News Reports

• N.Korea unlikely to quickly release U.S. journalists - analyst RIA Novosti 09 Jun 2009 -- N. Korea unlikely to give in to pressure to release the 2 U.S. journalists detained for border trespass.
• Families of American Journalists Ask North Korea for Compassion VOA 09 Jun 2009 -- Families of journalists sentenced by N. Korea to imprisonment have urged Pyongyang to show compassion.
• Checkered Past Of Iranian Opinion Polls Leaves Much In Doubt RFE/RL 09 Jun 2009 -- When Mohammad Khatami was elected, the election results surprised many Iranian opinion-poll researchers.
• Tehran Election Rallies Bring Out Biggest Crowds Since Revolution RFE/RL 09 Jun 2009 -- Iran is set to elect its next president on June 12 and the run-up is turning into a major showdown of street power.
• Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Runs for Re-Election as President of Iran VOA 09 Jun 2009 -- Before he was elected President of Iran in 2005, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was largely unknown in the global arena.
• Mousavi Presents Greatest Challenge to President Ahmadinejad in Iran Elections VOA 09 Jun 2009 -- Mir Hossein Mousavi poses the greatest threat to the incumbent, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
• Moussavi: Some people say why I called him a dictator, I say why not IRNA 09 Jun 2009 -- Moussavi: People ask me why I called President Ahmadinejad a dictator, and I ask them why shouldn't I.
• Ahmadinejad, Rezai Clash Over Economy In Last Televised Debate RFE/RL 09 Jun 2009 -- Incumbent President Ahmadinejad and his conservative rival mainly clashed over the economy.
• Iranian presidential candidate vows to clear up $1 bln mystery RIA Novosti 09 Jun 2009 -- Main challenger in Iranian elections promised to uncover what current administration did with missing state funds.
• Ahmadinejad favored in Iran's presidential vote, may need runoff RIA Novosti 09 Jun 2009 -- Iranian President Ahmadinejad likely to win election, although he may face a runoff against his main challenger.
• U.S. analyst says elections show Lebanon voters are maturing RIA Novosti 09 Jun 2009 -- US analyst: Satisfied with Lebanon's election results which demonstrated a maturing electorate.
• Death toll in Thai mosque attack reaches 12 RIA Novosti 09 Jun 2009 -- Death toll in attack at a mosque in southern Thailand has reached 12 as two people died in hospitals overnight.
• Burmese Court Approves 2nd Witness to Testify for Aung San Suu Kyi VOA 09 Jun 2009 -- A Burmese appeals court has agreed to let a second witness testify on behalf of jailed pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
• MYANMAR: Food security improving but challenges persist in south IRIN 09 Jun 2009 -- More than a year after Cyclone Nargis struck Myanmar, food security shows signs of improvement, but huge challenges remain, particularly in the southern areas of the Ayeyarwady Delta.
• Swine Flu Continues its March Through Australia VOA 09 Jun 2009 -- As the number of the H1N1 cases in Australia surges past 1,200, Singapore is warning its citizens to avoid travel to badly affected southern state.
• Adequate stock of medicines available to check Swine Flu: India IRNA 09 Jun 2009 -- India's Union Health Minister Azad: Adequate stock of medicines available to check Flu and there is no need for panic.
• 2 cases of swine flu confirmed in India's capital city IRNA 09 Jun 2009 -- Two cases of swine flu were confirmed in India’s matopma; capital, Delhi, bringing total number of persons suffering across country to 11.
• Georgian opposition marks two months of protests in Tbilisi RIA Novosti 09 Jun 2009 -- Over 20,000 members of the Georgian opposition marched from the country's parliament to the interior ministry building in the capital Tbilisi to mark two months of protests in the country.
• Rogombe to Become Gabon's Acting Leader Wednesday VOA 09 Jun 2009 -- Gabon's high court has confirmed that Senate leader Rose Francine Rogombe will take over as acting president, following the death of longtime ruler Omar Bongo.
• Gabon Prepares for Interim Government Following Bongo's Death VOA 09 Jun 2009 -- Gabon's Constitutional Court will formally announce a vacancy in power following Monday's death of long-time president Omar Bongo.
• Sotomayor Senate Hearings Begin July 13 VOA 09 Jun 2009 -- Senate confirmation hearings will begin July 13th for President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee, Judge Sonia Sotomayor.