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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 25 Jun 2009 [PDF]
• June 24 airpower summary: C-130 airlift keeps mission going AFNS 25 Jun 2009 -- Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and ISAF in Afghanistan during operations.
• Forces in Iraq Detain Suspected Terrorist, Seize Weapons AFPS 25 Jun 2009 -- Iraqi forces arrested a suspected terrorist and US and Iraqi forces seized a massive weapons cache in Iraq.
• Iraq Bombing Meant To Rattle Authorities As U.S. Pulls Out RFE/RL 25 Jun 2009 -- A major bomb blast in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, has killed at least 69 people and injured more than a hundred others.
• Violence Rocks Iraq as US Prepares to Withdraw from Cities VOA 25 Jun 2009 -- Iraqi officials: Explosion tore through a bus station in Baghdad, killing two people and wounding at least 26 others.
• Blast in Baghdad marketplace kills 72, injures over 100 RIA Novosti 25 Jun 2009 -- Police have confirmed at least 72 people have died and more than 100 injured in a blast in a Baghdad marketplace.
• Reserve unit readies for deployment Army News 25 Jun 2009 -- 310th Human Resources Sustainment Center will deploy to Kuwait for a one-year tour this summer.
• Sather AB renovates runway, paves way for Iraq's future AFNS 25 Jun 2009 -- Sather's runway recently underwent a major overhaul, improving the quality, capability and safety of the airfield.
• Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. De Kruif at the Pentagon Briefing Room via Teleconference from Afghanistan DoD 25 Jun 2009 -- Presenter: Commander, NATO-ISAF Regional Command South, Royal Netherlands Army, Maj. Gen. Mart De Kruif
• AFGHANISTAN: NGOs squeezed out of funding appeals - analysis IRIN 25 Jun 2009 -- The Afghanistan Humanitarian Action Plan (HAP) 2009 launched on 3 February in Geneva by John Holmes, the UN under-secretary-general and emergency relief coordinator, requested US$625 million and is just under 70 percent funded, but little HAP funding has gone to NGOs.
• Forces Disrupt Taliban Activity in Afghanistan AFPS 25 Jun 2009 -- Afghan and coalition forces killed suspected militants and detained others today in operations to disrupt Taliban activity throughout Afghanistan.
• U.S. forces aid Afghan counterparts Army News 25 Jun 2009 -- US forces offered their support to Afghan forces in two separate missions.
• U.S. transit center in Kyrgyzstan to help fight terror - Medvedev RIA Novosti 25 Jun 2009 -- Creation of US transit center in Kyrgyzstan will contribute to the fight against international terrorism.
• U.S. transit center will have military status - Kyrgyz MP RIA Novosti 25 Jun 2009 -- US transit center at an airport near the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek, will have the status of a military facility.
• Kyrgyz Parliament Approves Manas Air Base Agreement AFPS 25 Jun 2009 -- Kyrgyz parliament ratified an agreement between the US and Kyrgyzstan to extend US access to Manas Air Base.
• Kyrgyz Parliament Ratifies U.S. Base Agreement RFE/RL 25 Jun 2009 -- Kyrgyz parliament has unanimously ratified an agreement with on the US use of the Manas air base as a transit point.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Top US Official Promotes US-Pakistani Relations VOA 25 Jun 2009 -- US National Security Adviser visited Islamabad and praised the Pakistani army's commitment to defeat Islamic extremists.
• US National Security Advisor Hails Pakistan's Anti-Terror Campaign VOA 25 Jun 2009 -- US National Security Adviser James Jones: US committed to a long-term partnership with the Pakistan.
• India's Military Concerned About Emerging Taliban Threat from Pakistan VOA 25 Jun 2009 -- Meeting of India's top military brass is under way, the first since terror attack on Mumbai.
• NATO Entering New Stage in Afghanistan VOA 25 Jun 2009 -- NATO commander in southern Afghanistan: Military operations there are entering completely new stage, focused on security and economic development.
• Rodriguez Assumes New Afghanistan Post AFPS 25 Jun 2009 -- Army Lt. Gen. David M. Rodriguez arrived in Afghanistan yesterday to assume his post as deputy commander of U.S. Forces Afghanistan.
• Top U.S. military commander to visit Russia on June 25-28 RIA Novosti 25 Jun 2009 -- Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff will arrive on a three-day working visit to Russia.
• Russia, U.S. continue dialogue on strategic arms, missile defense RIA Novosti 25 Jun 2009 -- President Medvedev: Dialogue continuing on linking strategic arms reductions with US missile defense plans.
• Review Looks to Strike Balance Between Current, Future Needs AFPS 25 Jun 2009 -- Officials working on the 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review striving to strike a balance between current needs and future threats.
• Fraser Assumes Top U.S. Southern Command Post AFPS 25 Jun 2009 -- Air Force Gen. Douglas M. Fraser assumed the top post at US Southern Command.
• Army Lab Works to Improve Soldier Health, Performance AFPS 25 Jun 2009 -- Sscientists and soldiers in a one-of-a-kind Army laboratory work behind the scenes to improve the health and performance of troops.
• Kauffman Changes Command on Southern Seas Deployment Navy NewsStand 25 Jun 2009 -- The Norfolk-based, Oliver Hazard Perry-Class guided-missile frigate USS Kauffman (FFG 59) held a change of command ceremony in Puerto Balboa June 8.
• Africa Command Focuses on Extremists, Drug Traffickers AFPS 25 Jun 2009 -- Top US military officer with responsibility for Africa concedes worried about the threat of violent extremists taking hold there.
• Warfare Center Trains Upgrades Technology, Warfighters Navy NewsStand 25 Jun 2009 -- Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane delivered two AN/AAQ-22E BRITE Star Block II systems to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One.
• Depot invents, builds track roller for vehicle repair Army News 25 Jun 2009 -- An invention here is helping workers more easily roll up tank tracks in the maintenance process.
• Historic Change of Leadership at U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy Army News 25 Jun 2009 -- On June 29, 2009 the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy will make history with one simple, early morning ceremony.
• 3HBCT Soldiers prepare for NTC Army News 25 Jun 2009 -- 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, began preparations to move across the country to the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, Calif.
• 473rd QM 'cleans up' division Army News 25 Jun 2009 -- When most Soldiers prepare for deployment, weapons training, medical exams and equipment maintenance are some of the most obvious preparations.
• Bomber crews improve mission skills at Northern Edge 2009 AFNS 25 Jun 2009 -- 96th Bomb Squadron deployed for exercise Northern Edge 2009 to practice mission planning and war-time procedures.
• Army trains SEALs in Northern Edge 2009 Army News 25 Jun 2009 -- Soldiers at the Army's Northern Warfare Training Center participated in Exercise Northern Edge June 17, by instructing a visiting Navy SEAL team on cold-weather river-crossing techniques.
• Solar Photovoltaic Installation Slated for Yuma Marine Corps Air Station Navy NewsStand 25 Jun 2009 -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest awarded Recovery Act funded contract to install a roof mounted solar photovoltaic system at Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma.
• Homeland Defense, U.S. Fleet Forces Tested in Exercise Navy NewsStand 25 Jun 2009 -- US Fleet Forces Command's MOC displayed ability to support maritime homeland defense during Ardent Sentry 2009.
• Civil Air Patrol realigns with Holm Center AFNS 25 Jun 2009 -- Civil Air Patrol-USAF realigned under the Jeanne M. Holm Center for Officer Accessions and Citizen Development.
• Australians Join Humanitarian Mission Pacific Partnership 2009 Navy NewsStand 25 Jun 2009 -- Australian Defence Force (ADF) engineers and medical personnel joined the multinational Pacific Partnership 2009 team to lend a helping hand to Australia's neighbors in the South West Pacific from June 30 to Sept. 18, 2009.
• US Providing 'Urgent' Arms Aid to Somali Government VOA 25 Jun 2009 -- State Department: US is providing urgent military aid to Somalia's Transitional Federal Government.
• NATO expansion 'impossible' in near future - Russian envoy RIA Novosti 25 Jun 2009 -- Further NATO expansion currently impossible and the military alliance is unsure of how to alter the situation.
• Russia to lay down 2nd Graney class nuclear sub in July RIA Novosti 25 Jun 2009 -- Russia will start construction of a second Project 885 Yasen class nuclear-powered multipurpose attack submarine in July.
• Kazakh Leader A No-Show At NATO Forum In Astana RFE/RL 25 Jun 2009 -- Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev did not attend the third forum of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council in Astana.
• KCNA Assails Japanese Militarists' Preparations for Reinvasion KCNA 25 Jun 2009 -- Japan moves to revise the "National Defense Program Guidelines."
• Anti-piracy operations must be led by UN - Russia's navy chief RIA Novosti 25 Jun 2009 -- Russian Navy supports the idea of conducting international anti-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden under the UN aegis.
• Daily Press Briefing US Dept. of State 25 Jun 2009
• Briefing by White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, 6-25-09 The White House 25 Jun 2009

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for June 25, 2009
• Raytheon Awarded Contract for Nano Thermal Interface Material Development Raytheon 25 Jun 2009 -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has been awarded a $6 million contract, if all options are exercised, to develop nano thermal interface materials (nTIM) to improve the thermal performance of advanced defense electronics systems.
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Awards $10 Million Contract to SAIC SAIC 25 Jun 2009 -- Science Applications International Corporation (NYSE: SAI) today announced it has been awarded a new prime contract by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) - Mobile District, South Atlantic Division, to provide environmental support to military civil and federal agencies.
• Northrop Grumman and U.S. Air Force Unveil Next-Generation of High-Flying Global Hawk Unmanned Aircraft Northrop Grumman 25 Jun 2009 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) and the U.S. Air Force unveiled the next-generation of high-flying unmanned aircraft - the RQ-4 Block 40 Global Hawk - in a ceremony today at Northrop Grumman's Palmdale, Calif., manufacturing facility.
• Oshkosh Defense Awarded Contract and First Delivery Order for HEMTT A2 Engines Oshkosh 25 Jun 2009 -- Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE:OSK), has been awarded an indefinite delivery / indefinite quantity contract from the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) to supply the U.S. Army with a minimum of 100 engines and a three-year maximum of 525 for the Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck (HEMTT) A2.
• Oshkosh Defense Awarded Delivery Order to Supply HEMTT A4s to U.S. Army Reserve Oshkosh 25 Jun 2009 -- Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE:OSK), has been awarded a delivery order from the U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command (LCMC) to supply more than 30 next-generation Oshkosh® Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Trucks (HEMTT) to the U.S. Army Reserve.
• Combating terrorism: Rheinmetall wins €54 million order to equip the Bundeswehr with an advanced mortar system Rheinmetall Defence 25 Jun 2009 -- Rheinmetall AG of Düsseldorf has just been awarded a €54 million contract to equip the German armed forces with a state-of-the-art mortar system. The system's newly developed 120mm mortar track and associated support vehicles make an important contribution to the mission-oriented modernisation of the Bundeswehr armoury.
• Boeing Ships Next-Generation GPS Satellite to Cape Canaveral for Tests Boeing 25 Jun 2009 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] has shipped a Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellite to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida to conduct a series of key tests for the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation satellite navigation system.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 25 Jun 2009
• Hamas denies progress in talks on captured Israeli soldier RIA Novosti 25 Jun 2009 -- The radical Islamist movement Hamas denied on Thursday that any progress has been made in talks on the release of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.
• Upcoming hearings enable victims to speak directly to UN Gaza rights probe UN News Centre 25 Jun 2009 -- Members of the independent fact-finding mission set up by the United Nations Human Rights Council will hold public hearings in Gaza.
• Somalia clashes force another 26,000 from their homes, UN agency says UN News Centre 25 Jun 2009 -- Ongoing clashes between Government forces and insurgents have uprooted another 26,000 people from the Somali capital in the past 5 days.
• Somali Militants Amputate Suspected Thieves' Hands, Feet VOA 25 Jun 2009 -- Islamist militants in Somalia's capital have amputated a hand and a foot from each of four young men convicted of robbery.
• Is The White Legion Back In Business? RFE/RL 25 Jun 2009 -- A land-mine exploded near the village of Eristsqali in Georgia's Tsalendjikha district, close to the border with Abkhazia.
• Nigeria Says Amnesty Plan Key for Resolving Niger Delta Unrest VOA 25 Jun 2009 -- The Nigerian government is expected to announce details of an amnesty program for militants in the Niger Delta.
• Nigeria's President Directs Dokubo-Asari's Release VOA 25 Jun 2009 -- Nigerian President Yar'Adua expected to formally decree an amnesty for militants who would surrender weapons and embrace peace.
• UN supports Liberian security forces with new training facility UN News Centre 25 Jun 2009 -- New training facilities to the Liberian National Police signals a boost in efforts to achieve a fully-functional democratic security force.
• Thailand Struggles to Control Southern Violence VOA 25 Jun 2009 -- Thailand is struggling to end a Muslim insurgency in the south that since 2004 has claimed more than 3,400 lives.
• KENYA: Thousands displaced in ethnic clashes in southwest IRIN 25 Jun 2009 -- Tension remains high in Kenya's southwestern district of Kuria East, on the Tanzania border, where at least 6,000 people have been displaced by inter-clan fighting, humanitarian officials said.
• Kyrgyzstan Says Slain Militants Were Uzbek Nationals RFE/RL 25 Jun 2009 -- A Kyrgyz parliament deputy has said that five armed individuals killed by Kyrgyz national security forces near Jalal-Abad on June 23 were citizens of neighboring Uzbekistan.
• Sri Lankan Media Groups Ask Government Not to Re-establish Powerful Media Council VOA 25 Jun 2009 -- In Sri Lanka, media groups have asked the government to scrap moves to re-establish a media panel which could jail journalists.

News Reports

• Iran at Center of Discussion for G8 Foreign Ministers VOA 25 Jun 2009 -- FMs of the Group of Eight industrialized nations are gathering in Trieste in northern Italy for a meeting likely to be overshadowed by issues regarding Iran.
• G8 Meeting On Afghanistan Now Overshadowed By Iran RFE/RL 25 Jun 2009 -- A three-day meeting of G8 foreign ministers opens today in Italy's Adriatic city of Trieste.
• Iran Crackdown Secures Streets But Internal Splits Remain VOA 25 Jun 2009 -- Demonstrators have dwindled in the face of a massive security crackdown as the government maintains hardline stance.
• 'What Will Happen To Those Arrested In Iran? I Can Tell You' RFE/RL 25 Jun 2009 -- By official count, some 450 people have been arrested in opposition protests against Iran's presidential election results.
• Iran Protest Leader Refuses to Withdraw His Election Challenge VOA 25 Jun 2009 -- Defeated Iranian presidential candidate Mousavi vowed to resist pressure to end challenge to result of presidential election.
• Iranian Government Intensifies Countrywide Crackdown RFE/RL 25 Jun 2009 -- No one knows how many people have been arrested in Iran since protests against disputed presidential election results began.
• Iranian Opposition Calls For Rallies Online Despite Crackdown VOA 25 Jun 2009 -- Iranian opposition Web sites still calling for a rally Thursday in Tehran, despite the government's ongoing crackdown.
• US Senators Push Bill to Help Iranians Avoid Government Online VOA 25 Jun 2009 -- US lawmakers plan legislation that would fund efforts to help Iranians receive and send information despite restrictions.
• Iran's Ahmadinejad demands Obama apology for meddling RIA Novosti 25 Jun 2009 -- President Ahmadinejad called for apology from US President over claims Washington interfered in Iran's internal affairs.
• Russia's Lavrov says 'laws not broken' during Iran protests RIA Novosti 25 Jun 2009 -- Russian FM Lavrov believes Iran did not break any laws during the clamp down following presidential elections.
• PACE concerned over violence in Iran RIA Novosti 25 Jun 2009 -- Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe expressed concern over clampdown in Iran following controversial election.
• Politkovskaya Defendants Ordered To Face New Trial RFE/RL 25 Jun 2009 -- Russia's Supreme Court has overturned the acquittals of defendants in the shooting of journalist Anna Politkovskaya.
• Top court overturns not-guilty verdicts in Politkovskaya trial RIA Novosti 25 Jun 2009 -- Russia's Supreme Court overturned not-guilty verdicts for men charged over the 2006 murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya.
• Russian Court Overturns Acquittals in Journalist Trial VOA 25 Jun 2009 -- Russian Supreme Court judge overturned acquittals of men charged with taking part in the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya.
• China Rejects International Concern for Jailed Dissident VOA 25 Jun 2009 -- Chinese government rejecting international concerns over jailed dissident and calls for his immediate release, saying the case is strictly an internal affair of China.
• WHO chief to visit Russia for swine flu talks RIA Novosti 25 Jun 2009 -- World Health Organization chief Margaret Chan will arrive in Russiafor official talks on A/H1NA pandemic.
• Iraqi Party Seeks Turkoman-Majority Province RFE/RL 25 Jun 2009 -- Official with a Turkic minority party: Talafar in northwestern Iraq should be detached from Nineveh province and declared a province.
• MIDDLE EAST: Swine flu cases on the rise IRIN 25 Jun 2009 -- The number of cases of the A(H1N1) virus, otherwise known as swine flu, is growing in the Middle East, with many new suspected and confirmed cases in the past few days, but so far no one has died of the disease.
• Senior Turkmen Visit Highlights U.S. Dilemma RFE/RL 25 Jun 2009 -- Officials in Ashgabat have been looking to the West for buyers ever since Russia backed away from an agreement to buy large quantities of natural gas from Turkmenistan.
• NIGER: On alert for a constitutional coup? - analysis IRIN 25 Jun 2009 -- Niger’s national bar association has warned that the ruling party’s proposed constitutional referendum to allow President Mamadou Tandja to stay on beyond the 10-year limit – deemed unlawful by the country’s highest court – amounts to an illegal takeover of power.
• Ukraine's premier says president has no chance of re-election RIA Novosti 25 Jun 2009 -- Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said on Thursday that Viktor Yushchenko will not be re-elected as president even if she and her party supports him.