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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 08 Jul 2009 [PDF]
• At Least 12 Killed in Iraq Attacks VOA 08 Jul 2009 -- Authorities in Iraq say at least 12 people were killed in a series of attacks Wednesday, mainly in and around the northern city of Mosul.
• 8th Comm. Bn. plays vital role in Operation Iraqi Freedom USMC News 08 Jul 2009 -- Marines from 8th Communications Battalion work around the clock to ensure service members can communicate.
• Egress training takes Marines for a tumble USMC News 08 Jul 2009 -- While navigating rough terrain throughout Al Anbar province, service members need all the skills to keep themselves and passengers safe.
• Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Brig. Gen. Nicholson from Afghanistan DoD 08 Jul 2009 -- Presenter: Commander, Marine Expeditionary Brigade-Afghanistan Brig. Gen. Lawrence Nicholson
• Forces Detain Militants, Destroy Weapons in Afghanistan AFPS 08 Jul 2009 -- Afghan and coalition forces detained suspected militants and destroyed homemade bombs in operations in Afghanistan.
• US Marines Clear Key Taliban Stronghold VOA 08 Jul 2009 -- US Marines have removed Taliban fighters from a large section of one of their main strongholds.
• Taliban Kill 8 Police, Capture 8 Others in Afghanistan VOA 08 Jul 2009 -- Afghan and U.S.-led international forces raided militant compounds in central Afghanistan overnight, killing several insurgents and one civilian.
• Afghanistan Operation Shows Early Gains, But More Afghans Needed AFPS 08 Jul 2009 -- Commander of a US Marine brigade in southern Afghanistan cautiously optimistic at progress made in first week of offensive.
• 3rd Battalion, 11th Marines Regiment maintain umbrella of security USMC News 08 Jul 2009 -- When enemy insurgents fire mortars or rockets, a long beep resonates and a small blip appears on the screen.
• HMLA-169's OIF detachment to join squadron in Afghanistan USMC News 08 Jul 2009 -- Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 169 detachment will soon join remainder of squadron in Afghanistan.
• Protecting Civilians Leads New Afghanistan Strategy AFPS 08 Jul 2009 -- Combat operations with some 4,000 Marines began last week in southern Afghanistan and influx of additional forces represents a big step.
• Pentagon Report Cites Continued Challenges in Afghanistan AFPS 08 Jul 2009 -- US continues to face severe security and governance challenges in Afghanistan.
• Shift In Afghan Antidrug Policy Draws Mixed Reaction RFE/RL 08 Jul 2009 -- Nyaz can often be found sitting on jirgas, mediating money squabbles, complex disputes over land ownership, or long-running feuds.
• Afghan, French Presidents Thank Kyrgyzstan For Base RFE/RL 08 Jul 2009 -- Kyrgyzstan's President received letters thanking Kyrgyzstan for allowing US troops to continue using a base for efforts in Afghanistan.
• US Missile Strikes in Pakistan Kill At Least 45 VOA 08 Jul 2009 -- Two separate missile strikes by unmanned US planes in northwestern Pakistan are reported to have killed at least 45 suspected militants.
• Suspected US Drone Attack Kills Militants in Northwest Pakistan VOA 08 Jul 2009 -- Intelligence officials in Pakistan: Suspected US drone fired missiles into a Taliban training camp in northwest Pakistan.
• Uprooted Pakistanis express desire to return home to UN relief chief UN News Centre 08 Jul 2009 -- – Displaced Pakistanis, driven from their homes by fighting between Government forces and militants in north-west of the country, today expressed their desire to return home as soon as possible to the top United Nations relief official.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Russia, U.S. may continue arms reduction talks next week RIA Novosti 08 Jul 2009 -- A new round of strategic arms reduction talks between Russia and the United States could begin as early as next week.
• U.S. puts missile defense on hold - Russian MP RIA Novosti 08 Jul 2009 -- Senior Russian MP: Washington has frozen its missile defense plans for Europe and could subsequently review them.
• Airmen provide presidential support in Moscow AFNS 08 Jul 2009 -- Two C-130 Hercules aircraft and aircrews hauled a presidential support team, 10 portable light carts and a utility truck to Moscow.
• Guantanamo Bids Farewell to Joint Task Force Commander Navy NewsStand 08 Jul 2009 -- Joint Task Force (JTF) Guantanamo bid "fair winds and following seas" to its commanding officer during a farewell ceremony held in Guantanamo June 19.
• Navy Unveils Self-Apply Option for Permanent Change of Station Orders Navy NewsStand 08 Jul 2009 -- The latest upgrade to the Navy's detailing system empowers Sailors by allowing them to submit their own job applications when negotiating for permanent change of station (PCS) orders, according to NAVADMIN 200/09, released July 7.
• Rhode Island Makes Namesake Visit Navy NewsStand 08 Jul 2009 -- Sailors from USS Rhode Island (SSBN 740) Blue Crew visited their namesake state for the Fourth of July holiday weekend, marking the 15th visit since the boat's commissioning in 1993.
• Moody A-10s to receive new sniper pods AFNS 08 Jul 2009 -- Moody Air Force Base A-10 Thunderbolt II pilots operating over Iraq and Afghanistan will be armed with new targeting pods.
• New drill, pin machine streamlines processes on M485 Army News 08 Jul 2009 -- New piece of equipment on Pine Bluff Arsenal's M485 155mm illumination projectile line will make life a whole lot easier.
• New software release provides clearer deployment picture AFNS 08 Jul 2009 -- USAF officials rolled out a new software upgrade whose benefits extend well beyond the office setting.
• Alabama Guard's 46th CST Trains with the US Coast Guard Army News 08 Jul 2009 -- Local, state and federal agencies broadened training exercises to depict various threat scenarios.
• NAVFAC Reduces Energy Consumption at Pearl Harbor Navy NewsStand 08 Jul 2009 -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command Hawaii invested in high-tech occupancy sensors to reduce energy consumption at Naval Station Pearl Harbor.
• ARRA Contracts Will Improve Quality of Life in NC Navy NewsStand 08 Jul 2009 -- Officer In Charge of Construction Marine Corps Installations East awarded a number of contracts funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
• Officials release Lackland ground accident report AFNS 08 Jul 2009 -- Air Combat Command accident investigation board report into training incident was released July 7.
• Navy Updates Confirmed Cases of H1N1 Navy NewsStand 08 Jul 2009 -- The Navy updated its confirmed cases of H1N1 influenza July 7 to 389 Sailors, of which, 307 have returned to duty.
• Exercise Garuda Shield 09 closes in Indonesia Army News 08 Jul 2009 -- Exercise Garuda Shield 09 culminated in a ceremony at the Tentara Nasional Indonesia-Ankatan Darat, or Indonesian Army, Infantry Training Center, approximately 30 minutes from Bandung, Indonesia, June 29.
• Russian task force to resume anti-piracy mission in late July RIA Novosti 08 Jul 2009 -- Third task force from Russia's Pacific Fleet will arrive in late July in Gulf of Aden to ensure security.
• India says satisfied with Su-30 fighter, despite recent crash RIA Novosti 08 Jul 2009 -- India satisfied with the performance of Russian Su-30MKI fighters, despite a crash in April, and plans to double the number in service.
• Burma's Military Government Distances Itself From International Community VOA 08 Jul 2009 -- Burma's defiant reception of UN Secretary General underscored the military government's self-isolation.
• Defense ministry releases investigative report on corruption CNA 08 Jul 2009 -- Taiwan Ministry of Defense released an investigative report on internal corruption.
• U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing US Dept. of State 08 Jul 2009
• GAGGLE BY PRESS SECRETARY ROBERT GIBBS ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE EN ROUTE ROME, ITALY, 7/8/09 The White House 08 Jul 2009
• PRESS BRIEFING BY MIKE FROMAN, DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR FOR INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC AFFAIRS The White House 08 Jul 2009

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for July 08, 2009
• LATEST FLIGHT TRIAL CONFIRMS ECHIDNA SYSTEM ON TRACK BAE Systems 08 Jul 2009 -- The Echidna 2A Electronic Warfare Self Protection (EWSP) system that will soon protect the Australian Army’s Black Hawk helicopter fleet has successfully completed another series of critical flight trials.
• Boeing Debuts 1st Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18F Super Hornet Boeing 08 Jul 2009 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] today unveiled the first of 24 F/A-18F Block II Super Hornets for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) during a ceremony at Boeing Integrated Defense Systems' production facilities in St. Louis. The aircraft will be delivered later this month, three months ahead of schedule.
• Boeing JTRS GMR Radio System Advances to Formal Testing Phase Boeing 08 Jul 2009 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] and its program teammates have begun formal testing of the Joint Tactical Radio System Ground Mobile Radios (JTRS GMR), Boeing announced today. This milestone marks the completion of design activities and moves the program closer to a government decision on low-rate initial production for the U.S. Army.
• EADS Defence & Security modernizes Slovakian aircraft identification systems EADS 08 Jul 2009 -- EADS Defence & Security (DS) will modernize the identification systems of the Slovakian armed forces in order to avoid friendly fire and to increase air traffic security. According to an announcement made by the company, Defence Electronics (DE), an integrated activity of DS, has been awarded a contract for the upgrade of existing MSSR 2000 I IFF (= Identification Friend or Foe) systems to NATO Mode 4 standard .
• Government of Canada Names General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada as Prime Contractor for LAV III Upgrade Program General Dynamics 08 Jul 2009 -- The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence, with Lieutenant-General Andrew Leslie, Chief of the Land Staff, announced today that the Government of Canada has approved an upgrade program for the LAV III family of vehicles. General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada will be the prime contractor and systems integrator for this program.
• 18th Air Force Commander C-130J Delivery Continues U.S. Air Force Build-Up Of Super Hercules Fleet Lockheed Martin 08 Jul 2009 -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] yesterday delivered the 14th of 16 C 130J Super Hercules to Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. The aircraft will be assigned to the 41st Airlift Squadron, the first active-duty combat C-130J squadron in the U.S. Air Force. This latest C-130J Super Hercules was accepted by Major General Winfield W. Scott III, Commander 18th Air Force, Scott Air Force Base, Ill.
• Lockheed Martin Receives $60 Million Worldwide LANTIRN Depot Award Lockheed Martin 08 Jul 2009 -- The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] a five-year, $60 million contract to continue depot maintenance support for LANTIRN navigation and targeting pods at the Lockheed Martin Warner Robins Worldwide Depot. The depot supports repairs on LANTIRN pods for both U.S. Air Force and foreign military sales customers.
• Northrop Grumman's Second E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Enters Next Phase of Flight Testing Northrop Grumman 08 Jul 2009 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE:NOC) second E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, known as Delta Two, has transitioned to Naval Air Station Patuxent River, in Maryland, as part of the carrier suitability phase of testing, in preparation for Initial Operational Test and Evaluation. The first E-2D System Development and Design (SDD) aircraft, Delta One, transitioned to Pax River on May 30 and testing began shortly thereafter, led by the U.S. Navy's Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 20.
• Raytheon and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Improve Flow of Commercial Imagery to Analysts and Warfighters Raytheon 08 Jul 2009 -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) marked the transition of an improved capability that will rapidly ingest and disseminate imagery from U.S. commercial satellite companies to warfighters and intelligence analysts worldwide.
• Oshkosh Defense Awarded Two Contracts to Continue Research of Advanced Vehicle Technologies Oshkosh 08 Jul 2009 -- Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE:OSK), announced it has received two contracts from the Office of Naval Research for research of next-generation vehicle technologies.

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 08 Jul 2009
• Five years after judgment, Israel barrier still under construction - UN UN News Centre 08 Jul 2009 -- Five years after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) found that Israel’s building of a barrier in the occupied Palestinian territory was illegal, the situation has not improved.
• Georgia says Russian drones overflying its territory RIA Novosti 08 Jul 2009 -- Georgia's Interior Ministry accused Russia of increasing reconnaissance missions conducted by spy drones over its territory.
• Georgia denies sending spy drones to Abkhazia RIA Novosti 08 Jul 2009 -- Georgia dismissed on Wednesday reports that it had resumed reconnaissance flights over Abkhazia.
• More progress needed on key issues between Lebanon and neighbours - UN envoy UN News Centre 08 Jul 2009 -- Formation of new Governments in Lebanon and Israel bodes well for the implementation of the Security Council resolution that helped to end their 2006 war.
• Insecurity in eastern DR Congo still hindering humanitarian aid operations – UN UN News Centre 08 Jul 2009 -- The precarious security situation in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where rebel fighters are continuing attacks against several villages, is a major obstacle to assistance programmes in the area, the United Nations humanitarian arm said today.
• Rwanda, DR Congo See Improvement in Relations VOA 08 Jul 2009 -- Relations between the central African nations of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo are improving after successful collaboration against a common foe in Congolese territory.
• Nigerian Militants Claim Pipeline Strikes VOA 08 Jul 2009 -- Nigeria's main militant group says it bombed two oil pipelines in the restive southern Niger Delta as part of its campaign against the oil industry.
• UN Halts Food Aid in Southern Philippines After Bombings VOA 08 Jul 2009 -- The United Nations food agency has suspended aid work in the southern Philippines after a spate of deadly bombings in the region.
• UN war crimes tribunal rejects Karadžic claim for immunity from prosecution UN News Centre 08 Jul 2009 -- UN war crimes tribunal for the 1990s Balkan conflicts rejected an application by the former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadžić that he should be granted immunity.

News Reports

• US, S. Korean Government Web Sites Targeted in Cyber Attack VOA 08 Jul 2009 -- South Korea has issued security warnings after the disruption of major Internet sites by an apparent cyber attack.
• Russian People Swayed By Obama Diplomacy, But Kremlin Another Matter RFE/RL 08 Jul 2009 -- The first time Barack Obama visited Moscow he found himself detained for hours in a provincial airport.
• Ethnic Violence Continues in Urumqi Despite Chinese Show of Force VOA 08 Jul 2009 -- Large numbers of security forces patrolled the capital city of China's Xinjiang province in an attempt to stop a third day of ethnic violence.
• Chinese authorities ask Urumqi residents to stay indoors RIA Novosti 08 Jul 2009 -- Police in west China's riot-hit city of Urumqi have urged residents to remain in their homes.
• Curfew lifted in China's Muslim region as order restored RIA Novosti 08 Jul 2009 -- Chinese authorities have lifted a curfew in the capital of the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region after order was restored.
• Chinese Authorities Blame Internet for Fanning Uighur Anger VOA 08 Jul 2009 -- Chinese authorities blame foreign activists for inciting violent protests this week in Xinjiang, and say the Internet enabled them to do it.
• China's Uyghurs -- A Minority In Their Own Land? RFE/RL 08 Jul 2009 -- Uyghurs of western China are an ethnic Turkic people who are by tradition Muslim, and who feel kinship with the peoples of Central Asia.
• China's President Skips G-8 Summit to Deal with Xinjiang Unrest VOA 08 Jul 2009 -- Chinese President Hu abandoned plans to attend a G-8 summit meeting to rush home to deal with violent ethnic clashes in the northwestern region of Xinjiang.
• UN Experts Seek Permission to Visit Iran VOA 08 Jul 2009 -- Six UN experts seeking permission to allow them to visit the country and independently assess conditions there, in light of post-election unrest.
• G8 Leaders Condemn Violence in Iran VOA 08 Jul 2009 -- Group of Eight leaders meeting in Italy say they deplore the deadly post-election violence in Iran and they call the arrests of journalists unacceptable.
• Honduran Rivals Agree to Mediation Talks VOA 08 Jul 2009 -- Deposed president of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, has accepted an invitation by Costa Rican President and Nobel laureate Oscar Arias to mediate the crisis in Honduras.
• Viruses resistant to oseltamivir (Tamiflu) identified UN WHO 08 Jul 2009 -- WHO has been informed by health authorities in Denmark, Japan and the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong, China of the appearance of H1N1 viruses which are resistant to the antiviral drug oseltamivir (known as Tamiflu) based on laboratory testing.
• Medvedev to discuss Kurils issue with Japanese premier RIA Novosti 08 Jul 2009 -- Russian President Medvedev will raise the issue of the disputed Kuril islands at a meeting with Japanese PM Aso on the sidelines of the G8 summit.
• Indonesia's Early Count Gives President Yudhoyono Majority Vote VOA 08 Jul 2009 -- Early, unofficial results from the Indonesian presidential election give President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono the margin of victory he was looking for.
• Niger Opposition to Withdraw Representatives from Electoral Body VOA 08 Jul 2009 -- Niger's opposition political parties say they will pull their representatives out of the Independent Electoral Commission.
• Guinea Leaders Announce Investigation Into Past Government VOA 08 Jul 2009 -- The ruling National Council for Democracy and Development in Guinea has announced it will investigate all areas of government management under late president Lansana Conte.