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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 14 Jul 2009 [PDF]
• DoD News: DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• July 13 airpower summary: A-10s protect coalition forces AFNS 14 Jul 2009 -- Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and ISAF in Afghanistan during operations.
• Transcript: DoD Press Briefing with Col. Butch Kievenaar at the Pentagon Briefing Room via Videoconference from Iraq DoD 14 Jul 2009 -- Presenter: Commander, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Colonel Butch Kievenaar
• New Advisory Brigades to Deploy to Iraq During Troop Rotations AFPS 14 Jul 2009 -- Four new advisory and assistance brigades will deploy to Iraq beginning this fall in the next regularly scheduled troop rotations.
• DoD Announces Upcoming Operation Iraqi Freedom Rotation DoD 14 Jul 2009 -- The Department of Defense announced today additional major units scheduled to deploy in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom
• Army Prepares for Next Rotations in OIF Army News 14 Jul 2009 -- Department of the Army confirmed DoD's announcement for the next rotation of major units scheduled to deploy in support of OIF.
• Army announces next Iraq rotation Army News 14 Jul 2009 -- Three division headquarters and 8 brigade combat teams scheduled to support Operation Iraqi Freedom in the next rotation beginning this fall.
• Soldiers Capture 'High-value' Terror Suspect in Baghdad AFPS 14 Jul 2009 -- US forces apprehended a wanted man suspected of being the leader of a bomb-making cell during civil affairs mission.
• U.S. Troops Empty Detention Centers In Iraq RFE/RL 14 Jul 2009 -- Under Iraqi-US Strategic Framework Agreement, all Iraqis in US custody to be released or transferred to Iraqi custody before end of 2011.
• 2nd Recon teaches Iraqi Commandos advanced marksmanship USMC News 14 Jul 2009 -- Marines led Iraqi soldiers from Commando Company, 29th Brigade,7th Iraqi Army Division, in marksmanship training.
• Border enforcement office doesn't settle for borderline success USMC News 14 Jul 2009 -- As US prepares for drawdown from Iraq, Border Transition Teams are leaving their mark.
• US Troops in Iraq to Focus More on Support Than Combat VOA 14 Jul 2009 -- US DoD changing the composition and mission of some troop units being deployed to Iraq to reflect new focus on support.
• DoD Announces Units for Upcoming Afghanistan Rotation DoD 14 Jul 2009 -- The Department of Defense announced today the deployment of two units to Afghanistan.
• Army Prepares for Next Rotations in OEF Army News 14 Jul 2009 -- Department of the Army confirmed DoD's announcement for the next rotation of major units scheduled to deploy in support of OEF.
• Army announces new task orders, contractors with operations in Afghanistan Army News 14 Jul 2009 -- New task orders supporting LOGCAP IV contract operations in Afghanistan are now in effect.
• Coalition, Afghan Forces Reclaim Village, Disrupt Taliban AFPS 14 Jul 2009 -- Coalition and Afghan forces reclaimed the eastern Afghan village of Barge Matal following firefight with Taliban militants.
• Joint Missions Lay Groundwork for Brighter Future in Afghanistan AFPS 14 Jul 2009 -- Joint operations have become a key term for US and Afghan forces.
• Six Suspected Of Planning Bombings Arrested In Kabul RFE/RL 14 Jul 2009 -- Afghan security officials arrested 6 people in Kabul who they say were planning to launch terrorist attacks in key regions of the capital.
• British Government On Defensive Over Afghan War Effort RFE/RL 14 Jul 2009 -- The bodies of eight British soldiers killed in one day's fighting in Afghanistan have come home.
• AFGHANISTAN: Cost of insecurity impedes humanitarian work - analysis IRIN 14 Jul 2009 -- Security measures have made humanitarian work in Afghanistan more expensive and risky than ever before.
• Obama Calls For Facts On Mass Killing Of Taliban At Sheberghan RFE/RL 14 Jul 2009 -- US President Obama is collecting facts about the killing of up to 2,000 Taliban prisoners in November 2001.
• Tribesmen Kill 23 Militants in Northwest Pakistan VOA 14 Jul 2009 -- Pakistani officials say pro-government tribesmen have killed 23 militants during clashes in the volatile northwest.

Defense Policy / Programs

• US General Says Forces Ready to Counter North Korean Attack VOA 14 Jul 2009 -- A senior U.S. military commander says American and South Korean forces are prepared to counter any attack from North Korea.
• Navy Accepts Re-Delivery of USS Carl Vinson Navy NewsStand 14 Jul 2009 -- The Navy took re-delivery of USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) July 11, following successful completion of its Refueling and Complex Overhaul (RCOH).
• Missile Defense Diversity Equals Strength, General Says AFPS 14 Jul 2009 -- Missile Defense Agency’s director: Layers and diversity of US missile defense program are its biggest strengths.
• Sonar Operators Test Their Skills During COMPTUEX Navy NewsStand 14 Jul 2009 -- Sailors from Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group (HST CSG) used active sonar to hunt submarines during the strike group's composite training unit exercise (COMPTUEX) June 9-July 3.
• 1st Combat Comm Airmen support presidential visit to Ghana AFNS 14 Jul 2009 -- More than 150 Airmen of 1st Combat Communications Squadron set up forward communications for the President's visit to Ghana.
• Joint Logistics Exercise Concludes in Guantanamo Navy NewsStand 14 Jul 2009 -- The Department of Defense's (DoD) 2009 Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore (JLOTS) exercise concluded July 11 after Amphibious Construction Battalion (ACB) 2 and two support ships departed Guantanamo (GTMO) Bay.
• Australian Midshipmen Experience U.S. Navy During Talisman Saber 09 Navy NewsStand 14 Jul 2009 -- Royal Australian Navy (RAN) midshipmen arrived aboard USS Mustin (DDG 89) July 5 to observe how the U.S. Navy works on a day-to-day basis.
• Navy Standardizes Suitability Screening for IAs Navy NewsStand 14 Jul 2009 -- Individual augmentee (IA) Sailors continue to be an integral part of the Navy's support of the country's wars and beginning July 20, each IA Sailor reporting to Navy Mobilization Processing Site (NMPS) will have to complete the new expeditionary screening checklist.
• Seabees Continue Building Promising Futures During Deployment Navy NewsStand 14 Jul 2009 -- Seabees currently assigned to Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) began renovating a local school July 11 in support of Continuing Promise 2009 (CP09).
• First joint U.S.-Vietnamese medical readiness exercise continues Army News 14 Jul 2009 -- Doctors, dentists, nurses and technical specialists from the US and Vietnam joined together to treat hundreds of residents here, during the first of several planned medical visits during a medical readiness exercise in July.
• NATO air defense drills begin in the Baltics RIA Novosti 14 Jul 2009 -- NATO states will start in the Baltic states a series of air defense exercises involving Czech fighter jets.
• US, Russian Negotiators Work on New Arms Control Treaty VOA 14 Jul 2009 -- Arms control was one of the key issues discussed at summit in Moscow between US and Russian Presidents.
• Russia, U.S. to hold next round of arms talks on July 22-24 RIA Novosti 14 Jul 2009 -- Next round of talks between Russia and US on arms reduction treaty will be held on July 22-24 in Geneva.
• Russia test launches second Sineva ballistic missile in two days RIA Novosti 14 Jul 2009 -- Russia has test-launched a second Sineva intercontinental ballistic missile from a submarine.
• Russian military confirms test-launch of Sineva ballistic missile RIA Novosti 14 Jul 2009 -- Russia successfully test-launched Sineva ballistic missile, a source in the Defense Ministry confirmed.
• Russia's Medvedev urges more frequent military exercises RIA Novosti 14 Jul 2009 -- Medvedev: Last August's war with Georgia over South Ossetia showed that Russia needs to hold more frequent military drills.
• Russia has no plans to abandon naval base in Ukraine RIA Novosti 14 Jul 2009 -- Russia not planning to abandon its naval base in Sevastopol, Ukraine, but will nevertheless re-enforce facilities within Russia.
• Some 3,000 troops deployed for Russian-Chinese anti-terror drills RIA Novosti 14 Jul 2009 -- Troops, armored vehicles aircraft and helicopters arrived for joint Russian-Chinese antiterrorism exercises.
• Uzbekistan Warns Over Russian Base Plan RFE/RL 14 Jul 2009 -- Uzbekistan is warning against a Russian plan to open a military base near the Uzbek border in southern Kyrgyzstan.
• Two Israeli warships cross Suez Canal - media RIA Novosti 14 Jul 2009 -- Two Israeli Defense Force warships have crossed the Suez Canal, from the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea.
• Japan's Piracy Task Force KCNA 14 Jul 2009 -- Law on combating piracy provides the Japan with the right to advance into any waters under the pretext of "coping with a threat of piracy."
• AFRICA: Military munitions storage increasingly unstable IRIN 14 Jul 2009 -- Growing number of accidental explosions in military arms and ammunition storage facilities across Africa.
• U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing US Dept. of State 14 Jul 2009
• Gaggle by Press Secretary Robert Gibbs aboard Air Force One en route Michigan, 7-14-09 The White House 14 Jul 2009

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for July 14, 2009
• Boeing Delivers 12-Nation Strategic Airlift Capability’s 1st C-17 Globemaster III Boeing 14 Jul 2009 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today delivered the first Strategic Airlift Capability (SAC) C-17 Globemaster III during a ceremony at its final assembly facility in Long Beach, paving the way for the advanced airlifter’s historic arrival at Pápa Air Base, Hungary, later this month.
• Boeing, Denmark’s IFAD TS A/S Sign MOU to Advance Super Hornet Aircrew Training Computer Network Boeing 14 Jul 2009 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] and IFAD TS A/S, a Danish leader in aviation simulation and networked training products, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to explore opportunities to support F/A-18E/F Super Hornet training systems facility requirements.
• Northrop Grumman Awarded $276 Million Contract to Field Battlefield Airborne Communications Node Northrop Grumman 14 Jul 2009 -- The U.S. Air Force awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) a $276 million contract on June 24 for fielding and operational deployment of the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN), an airborne communications system that provides warfighters with critical real-time battlefield information.
• First Advanced Satellite Communications Production Terminals Complete Testing Raytheon 14 Jul 2009 -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) and the U.S. Army recently completed successful testing of the first Advanced Extremely High Frequency, or AEHF, satellite communications production terminals.
• General Dynamics Awarded $11 Million by Perot Systems to Provide Enterprise Support at Fort Monmouth General Dynamics 14 Jul 2009 -- General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), has been awarded an $11 million, three-year task order by Perot Systems Government Services, Inc., to support the U.S. Army at Fort Monmouth under the Information Technology Enterprise Solutions–2 Services (ITES-2S) contract vehicle.
• Lockheed Martin Awarded Apache Performance Based Logistics Follow-On Contract Lockheed Martin 14 Jul 2009 -- The U.S. Army awarded Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] a follow-on Performance Based Logistics (PBL) contract to support the Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (TADS/PNVS) and Modernized TADS/PNVS (M-TADS/PNVS) systems on the AH-64 Apache helicopter. The contract has a potential value of $89 million for 2009.
• Lockheed Martin to Develop Concept for New U.S. Navy Air and Missile Defense Radar Lockheed Martin 14 Jul 2009 -- The U.S. Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] a $10 million firm-fixed-price contract to perform concept studies for the Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR), a scalable solid-state radar suite for future surface combatants.
• U.S. Navy Selects Lockheed Martin to Continue Development of Secure Information Sharing System Lockheed Martin 14 Jul 2009 -- The U.S. Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] an indefinite-delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract to continue the development of Radiant Mercury, a secure Multi-National Information Sharing system used by the Department of Defense.
• Oshkosh Corporation Announces Major Employment Increase for M-ATV Delivery Order Oshkosh 14 Jul 2009 -- Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE:OSK) today announced a major employment buildup to supply MRAP All Terrain Vehicles (M-ATV) to the United States Armed Services. Oshkosh is hiring between 300 and 500 employees for its Defense facilities in Wisconsin and recalling 550 to 650 JLG employees, primarily in Pennsylvania for JLG Industries, Inc., an Oshkosh Corporation company.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 14 Jul 2009
• Palestine's Abbas to postpone final talks with Hamas RIA Novosti 14 Jul 2009 -- Palestinian leader Abbas set to ask Egyptian mediators to postpone the final round of inter-Palestinian dialogue scheduled for July.
• Continued Suspension of India-Pakistan Peace Process Causes Concern in Washington VOA 14 Jul 2009 -- Concern is growing in Washington over India's relations with its longstanding rival Pakistan.
• Is A Russia-Georgia War Off The Table? RFE/RL 14 Jul 2009 -- US guided-missile destroyer docks at the port of Batumi ahead of joint U.S.-Georgian naval exercises near the separatist Abkhazia region.
• Death Of Prominent Tajik Highlights Instability In Central Asia's Southeast RFE/RL 14 Jul 2009 -- Mysterious death of one of Tajikistan's best-known public figures is focusing attention on what many consider to be the deteriorating security situation in southeastern Central Asia.
• Two French Security Advisors Seized in Somalia VOA 14 Jul 2009 -- Unidentified gunmen have kidnapped two French security advisors from a hotel in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu.
• SOMALIA: Vulnerable children hardest-hit in Mogadishu fighting IRIN 14 Jul 2009 -- At only 14, Ali Hussein Sid is already the sole breadwinner of his family, his father having been killed in Somalia's ongoing civil war and his mother seriously injured when a mortar landed on their home in the capital, Mogadishu.
• Nigerian Rebel Group Now Ready for Talks After Release of Leader VOA 14 Jul 2009 -- The Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta: Release of its leader means it can open talks with the government to end violence in the oil-rich region.
• UN mission holds maritime drill off Lebanese coast UN News Centre 14 Jul 2009 -- United Nations peacekeepers have carried out maritime exercises off the coast of Lebanon in a bid to boost cooperation and coordination with the country’s navy.
• EU foreign policy chief Solana to visit Kosovo RIA Novosti 14 Jul 2009 -- EU's foreign policy chief will visit Kosovo on Tuesday as part of his Balkan tour, to discuss strengthening ties with the former Serbian province.
• Uganda Open to Arresting Sudan's Bashir VOA 14 Jul 2009 -- It appears Uganda to be first African country to openly express its willingness to arrest Sudanese President al-Bashir if and when he enters Uganda.
• Ex-Liberian President Says War Crimes Case Against Him Built on 'Lies' VOA 14 Jul 2009 -- Former Liberian President Charles Taylor has testified for the first time at his war crimes trial.
• Former Rebels Go to Court Over Plot to Kill East Timor's President VOA 14 Jul 2009 -- Former rebels have gone on trial in East Timor accused of the attempted murder of President Jose Ramos-Horta.
• Former senior Rwandan politician sentenced to life in jail by UN genocide tribunal UN News Centre 14 Jul 2009 -- Former governor of the Rwandan capital will spend the rest of his life in prison after the UN tribunal convicted him of his role in the mass killings that engulfed the country.
• Prosecution wraps up case of Congolese warlord at International Criminal Court UN News Centre 14 Jul 2009 -- The prosecution wrapped up its presentation of evidence against a Congolese warlord accused of recruiting child soldiers, the first suspect taken into custody by the International Criminal Court (ICC).
• PHILIPPINES: Sharp increase in IDPs after Mindanao bombings IRIN 14 Jul 2009 -- Displacement levels on the war-ravaged Philippine island of Mindanao have risen to more than 430,000, according to data from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and other sources.

News Reports

• Tension Marks US-Muslim Relations VOA 14 Jul 2009 -- Since President Obama's inauguration speech, and especially after his Cairo address to the Muslim world, Muslims around the world have been waiting for concrete steps to improve US-Muslim relations.
• Race Relations in Urumqi Face Uncertain Future VOA 14 Jul 2009 -- Tensions still remain between Han Chinese and Uighur Muslims following last week's violence in Urumqi, the capital of China's far-western Xinjiang region.
• China Downplays Muslim Countries' Concerns About Uighurs VOA 14 Jul 2009 -- The Chinese government is dismissing the prospect that unrest involving Muslim Uighurs in western China could damage its relationship with Islamic countries.
• US Urges Patience in Honduras Crisis Talks VOA 14 Jul 2009 -- The United States Tuesday that there should be no artificial deadlines in efforts by Costa Rica President Oscar Arias to mediate the Honduran political crisis.
• Honduras: Ban voices support for efforts to end political crisis UN News Centre 14 Jul 2009 -- Secretary-General Banexpressed his support for the Costa Rican leader’s mediation efforts to resolve the political crisis in Honduras.
• Honduran president issues ultimatum to coup leaders RIA Novosti 14 Jul 2009 -- Honduran President Zelaya has said he will consider talks with interim leaders a "failure" unless he is reinstated in the next round of negotiations.
• Bolivian president says U.S. behind Honduras coup RIA Novosti 14 Jul 2009 -- Bolivian President Morales has accused the US of being behind the military coup in Honduras.
• Innovation key to ensuring adequate vaccines for all, says UN health chief UN News Centre 14 Jul 2009 -- Head of the UN health agency Manufacturing capacity for influenza vaccines "woefully" inadequate.
• WHO Chief Says Not Enough Swine Flu Vaccine Available VOA 14 Jul 2009 -- Head of WHO: World's capacity for making enough swine flu vaccine for nearly seven billion people is "woefully inadequate."
• WEST AFRICA: Region still unprepared for pandemic flu IRIN 14 Jul 2009 -- Should an outbreak of severe pandemic influenza occur in West Africa, most countries in the region would be armed with untested plans.
• Number of swine flu infections over 113,000 - Russian official RIA Novosti 14 Jul 2009 -- Fourth person infected with A/H1N1 has been diagnosed in Russia as the global number surpassed 113,000 people.
• Ingush president making recovery - prime minister RIA Novosti 14 Jul 2009 -- Ingush President Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, who was badly injured in a recent assassination attempt, "is recovering."
• US-Cuba Immigration Talks Resume VOA 14 Jul 2009 -- Talks between the United States and Cuba on immigration issues have resumed after six years.
• Sotomayor Pledges Commitment to Law, Impartiality if Confirmed for High Court VOA 14 Jul 2009 -- Judge Sonia Sotomayor pledged impartiality and fidelity to the law if she is confirmed as the first Hispanic Supreme Court justice and only the third woman to sit on the high court.
• Sotomayor Pledges to Rule Without Racial Bias VOA 14 Jul 2009 -- President Obama's nominee for the Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor, said she would not allow personal views, sympathies or her ethnic background to influence her decisions if she is confirmed to the high court.
• US Supreme Court Nominee Sotomayor Faces Tough Questioning VOA 14 Jul 2009 -- US Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor is facing tough questioning from Republican senators Tuesday, the second day of her confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
• U.S. budget deficit passes $1 trillion for first time RIA Novosti 14 Jul 2009 -- US budget deficit has ballooned this financial year to exceed $1 trillion for the first time.