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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 06 Aug 2009 [PDF]
• Aug. 5 airpower summary: A-10s provide overwatch for coalition forces AFNS 06 Aug 2009 -- Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and ISAF in Afghanistan during operations.
• Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Nash from Iraq DoD 06 Aug 2009 -- Presenter: Commander, Multi-National Division South Maj. Gen. Richard Nash
• Iraqis Take Lead in Southern Iraq, General Says AFPS 06 Aug 2009 -- Iraqi soldiers and police serving in the southern part of their country are performing the lion’s share of security duties.
• US Military Commander says Iraq Taking Lead on Security VOA 06 Aug 2009 -- It has been a month since U.S. military forces withdrew from Iraqi cities, handing over security responsibilities to their Iraqi counterparts.
• Basra Police Arrest Suspected Terrorist Commander AFPS 06 Aug 2009 -- Iraqi police, along with U.S. advisors, arrested a suspected terrorist commander in an Iraqi-led operation in southern Iraq.
• Iraq to Remove Baghdad Blast Walls VOA 06 Aug 2009 -- Iraqi police working alongside U.S. military advisors have arrested a suspected terrorist commander in southern Iraq.
• 46th Engineers advance party returns from deployment Army News 06 Aug 2009 -- B/46th Engineer Battalion Soldiers returned home this weekend to prepare for the redeployment of their entire unit.
• Infantry foot patrols disrupt insurgents, aid remote Afghan villages Army News 06 Aug 2009 -- Soldiers of B/1-4th Infantry at Forward Operating Base Baylough have one mission, disrupt the enemy.
• Infantrymen Maintain Austere Base in Afghanistan AFPS 06 Aug 2009 -- US forces in Afghanistan are spread throughout the desert, countryside and mountainous terrain at small forward operating bases.
• Five police die in Afghanistan landmine blast RIA Novosti 06 Aug 2009 -- Five police officers were killed in Afghanistan when their vehicle hit a landmine.
• Bomb Kills 21 Afghans Traveling to Wedding Ceremony VOA 06 Aug 2009 -- Afghan officials say a roadside bomb has killed 21 Afghan civilians traveling to a wedding in southern Afghanistan.
• Georgia set to send troops to Afghanistan RIA Novosti 06 Aug 2009 -- Georgian parliament unanimously approved sending troops to Afghanistan in support of a NATO-led peacekeeping operation.
• Afghan Province Now Hopeful of Participating in Presidential Polls VOA 06 Aug 2009 -- Afghan authorities plan to establish nearly 7,000 polling centers across the country for next month's presidential polls.
• Pakistan Foreign Minister: Taliban Chief Baitullah Mehsud is Dead VOA 06 Aug 2009 -- Pakistan's FM: Intelligence sources have confirmed that Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud was killed Wednesday.
• Honduras-based U.S. Army Helicopters Deploy to Nicaragua in Support of Humanitarian Mission Army News 06 Aug 2009 -- US Army helicopters assigned to Joint Task Force-Bravo are deploying to Nicaragua in support of the hospital ship USNS Comfort's humanitarian and civic assistance mission.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Army Aviation - Unmanned Aircraft Systems Army News 06 Aug 2009 -- The Army operates a fleet of fixed wing unmanned aircraft systems that are critical assets to fight and win at the tactical level of warfare.
• Aviation Test Center relocates to Redstone Army News 06 Aug 2009 -- Soldiers from the U.S. Army Aviation Technical Test Center deactivated the unit and cased their colors at Cairns Army Airfield.
• New leaders take command of redesignated AFCENT, 9th Air Force AFNS 06 Aug 2009 -- New leaders took command during 9th Air Force and US Air Forces Central change of command and redesignation ceremony.
• New total force C-5 inspection program saves money AFNS 06 Aug 2009 -- Airmen testing a new inspection program here will save the Air Force $1.38 billion over the next two decades.
• Last Voice Network Systems course graduates at Sheppard AFNS 06 Aug 2009 -- The Air Force's last class for the Voice Network Systems course graduated July 30 at Sheppard Air Force Base.
• Corona Warfare Center System Expected to Save Navy Millions Navy NewsStand 06 Aug 2009 -- Naval Surface Warfare Center Corona completed installation and training for the automated Metrology Bench Top Calibration Management System (MCMS) aboard the USS Sterett.
• NAVSEA Keyport Delivers Automated Rotor Blade Stripping System Navy NewsStand 06 Aug 2009 -- Naval Undersea Warfare Center Keyport delivered the first Automated Rotor Blade Stripping System system to Fleet Readiness Center, Cherry Point, N.C.
• Georgia Departs Kings Bay for Maiden Deployment as Guided Missile Sub Navy NewsStand 06 Aug 2009 -- The fourth of the four guided-missile submarines departed for its maiden operational deployment as a newly converted SSGN.
• Kauffman Completes Southern Seas 2009 Deployment, Returns Home Navy NewsStand 06 Aug 2009 -- Sailors assigned to the guided-missile frigate USS Kauffman (FFG 59) completed a four-month Southern Seas 2009 deployment to Latin America Aug. 5.
• Yuma Marines return from 13th MEU, counter-piracy ops USMC News 06 Aug 2009 -- Marines and sailors, along with AV-8B Harriers, returned home from a seven-month deployment aboard the USS Boxer.
• U.S., Japanese F-15 pilots train for Red Flag-Alaska AFNS 06 Aug 2009 -- US and Japanese F-15 pilots began day and night air-refueling training July 27 and will continue through Aug. 7.
• AMC supports air forces in Africa AFNS 06 Aug 2009 -- Air mobility Airmen are providing their experience and expertise to the Air Force's newest geographic combatant command, US Africa Command.
• German, American Soldiers amplify relationship Army News 06 Aug 2009 -- The relationship between the German army's 2nd Company, 466th Maintenance Battalion, and members of the U.S. Army Garrison Bamberg military community are reaching new heights.
• Pacific Partnership returns to Solomon Islands Navy NewsStand 06 Aug 2009 -- Pacific Partnership 2009 returned to Solomon Islands Aug. 6 for 14 days as part of a four-month mission on board the Military Sealift Command ship USNS Richard E Byrd (T-AKE 4).
• NUWC Newport Breaks Ground on New Sensors Lab Navy NewsStand 06 Aug 2009 -- Naval Undersea Warfare Center Newport personnel broke ground July 31 on the Maritime Subsurface Sensor Operations Laboratory.
• MCAS Yuma uses stimulus funds first USMC News 06 Aug 2009 -- Yuma is the first Marine Corps installation to put its stimulus funding to work by awarding contracts for all of its projects in just a month.
• Communication Cables at Camp Pendleton Funded for Repairs Navy NewsStand 06 Aug 2009 -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest awarded Recovery Act funded contract for repairs to communication cables on ranges at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif.
• Coronado Naval Base Receives Recovery Act Funds to Install Solar Power Navy NewsStand 06 Aug 2009 -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest awarded Recovery Act funded contract July 23 to install roof mounted solar photovoltaic power systems on buildings at Naval Base Coronado.
• Officials Look to Solve Social Network Risks Without Ban AFPS 06 Aug 2009 -- As Pentagon officials weigh the benefits and risks they hope to craft a policy that shores up security vulnerabilities without requiring a ban.
• Pentagon unconcerned by Russian subs off U.S. Coast RIA Novosti 06 Aug 2009 -- Pentagon is unconcerned by the presence of 2 Russian submarines in international waters off the U.S. coast.
• NATO's eastern expansion has stopped short - Russian envoy RIA Novosti 06 Aug 2009 -- Russia's envoy: NATO is unlikely to continue its eastern expansion into former Soviet territory.
• South Russia missile radar to be fully operational in October RIA Novosti 06 Aug 2009 -- Radar station will become fully operational in October-November as part missile warning system.
• Probe into claim jets sold for $5 each in Russia's Volga Region RIA Novosti 06 Aug 2009 -- Russian investigators have opened a criminal case into the illegal sale of MiG-31 Foxhound aircraft hulls.
• Russian ships heading for Baltiisk to take part in West 2009 drills RIA Novosti 06 Aug 2009 -- Task force comprising Black Sea Fleet combat ships is in the Mediterranean Sea on its way to the Baltic.
• Russian warship arrives in Bulgaria for Blackseafor naval drills RIA Novosti 06 Aug 2009 -- Caesar Kunikov large amphibious landing ship arrived in the Bulgarian port of Varna to take part in the 14th Blackseafor naval drills.
• Russia vows to consider Uzbekistan's concerns over military base RIA Novosti 06 Aug 2009 -- Russia and Kyrgyzstan will seek to address Uzbekistan's concerns over plans to deploy a new Russian military base.
• India could agree on extra $1.2 bln for Admiral Gorshkov - paper RIA Novosti 06 Aug 2009 -- Russia is hoping to reach an agreement with India in August to finalize the overhaul of the Gorshkov aircraft carrier.
• Venezuela could order T-72 tanks from Russia RIA Novosti 06 Aug 2009 -- The tanks that Venezuela is planning to buy from Russia could be of the T-72 type.
• Chavez to buy Russian tanks over U.S. troop buildup in Colombia RIA Novosti 06 Aug 2009 -- Venezuelan President Chavez: To buy weapons and Russian tanks over possible increase in US military in Colombia.
• U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing US Dept. of State 06 Aug 2009
• Press Office - Briefing by White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, 8/6/09 The White House 06 Aug 2009

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for August 06, 2009
• Prototype Assembly Looms As First Production Parts Arrive for CH-53K Heavy Lift Helicopter Sikorsky 06 Aug 2009 -- Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. has begun receiving the first of the 8,500 supplier parts that will constitute the new CH-53K heavy lift helicopter Sikorsky is developing for the U.S. Marine Corps
• Boeing B-52 With Combat Network Communications Upgrade Enters Flight Test Boeing 06 Aug 2009 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] on Aug. 5 delivered to the U.S. Air Force a B-52 Stratofortress upgraded with Combat Network Communications Technology (CONECT), a modification that equips the B-52 with 21st century situational awareness and mission flexibility.
• Combat Operations Centers by General Dynamics to Form Foundation for Aviation Command and Control Subsystems with $17 Million Award from U.S. Marine Corps General Dynamics 06 Aug 2009 -- General Dynamics C4 Systems has received a $17 million contract modification from the U.S. Marine Corps to build nine Combat Operations Center (COC), Capability Set III, systems.
• Boeing Submits Proposal for $5B Special Ops Logistics Support Contract Boeing 06 Aug 2009 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today submitted its Final Proposal Revision (FPR) in response to the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) request for proposals for the $5 billion Special Operations Forces Support Activity (SOFSA) contract.
• General Dynamics Receives $65 Million for USS Hartford Repair Work General Dynamics 06 Aug 2009 -- The U.S Navy has awarded General Dynamics Electric Boat a $65.2 million contract to perform repair work on USS Hartford (SSN-768), a Los Angeles-class submarine damaged in a collision March 20.
• U.S. Navy Awards Geospatial Services and Solutions Contract to Northrop Grumman's 3001 International Northrop Grumman 06 Aug 2009 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE:NOC) 3001 International, Inc. has been awarded a contract by the Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC), Atlantic to provide geospatial services and solutions enhancing the service's capabilities for planning, asset management, training, infrastructure, and homeland defense both at home and abroad.
• U.S. Army Awards $55 Million Task Order to SAIC SAIC 06 Aug 2009 -- Science Applications International Corporation (NYSE: SAI) today announced it has been awarded a task order by the U.S. Army's Chief Information Officer (CIO)/G-6, to provide technical and management support services.

Other Conflicts

• UN concerned over potential further evictions in East Jerusalem UN News Centre 06 Aug 2009 -- UN voiced concern that more families could be forced out of their homes by Israel, causing further humanitarian suffering.
• Egypt extends operation of Gaza crossing for two days RIA Novosti 06 Aug 2009 -- Egyptian authorities have extended the operation of the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip.
• Human Rights Watch Says Hamas Rocket Attacks Are War Crime VOA 06 Aug 2009 -- A prominent human rights group says Hamas militants committed war crimes when they launched rocket attacks against Israel.
• US Congressman: Iran is Threat, Not Israeli Settlements VOA 06 Aug 2009 -- U.S. Republican Congressman Eric Cantor: Washington should be focusing on the threat of a nuclear-armed Iran instead of pressuring Israel over Jewish settlements.
• U.S. asks Israel to suspend settlement building for one year RIA Novosti 06 Aug 2009 -- US has asked Israel to order a one-year moratorium on building in Jewish settlements in the West Bank to unblock the Middle East peace process.
• Russia, Georgia Blame Each Other for 2008 Conflict VOA 06 Aug 2009 -- Russia and Georgia have branded each other as the aggressor in their brief war one year ago.
• A Year After The War, South Ossetia And Abkhazia Seek Different Paths RFE/RL 06 Aug 2009 -- Abkhaz politicians say the international community's reluctance to engage the breakaway province will only serve to drive it deeper into Russia's embrace.
• Russia urges Georgia to sign non-aggression pact RIA Novosti 06 Aug 2009 -- Georgia cannot regain the trust of its neighbors until it signs a treaty renouncing violence against its former republics.
• Russia Urges Georgia to Sign Non-Aggression Pact VOA 06 Aug 2009 -- Russia: Georgia cannot regain the trust of its neighbors until it signs a treaty renouncing violence against 2 breakaway territories.
• Somalia needs greater international support to rebuild, UN envoy says UN News Centre 06 Aug 2009 -- Top UN Envoy: Somalia needs stronger support from the international community if its people are to rebuild their war-shattered society.
• Analyst says US Showing Greater Support for Somalia VOA 06 Aug 2009 -- Secretary of State Clinton met Thursday with Somali President Sharif Sheik Ahmed, expressing support for his embattled Transitional Federal Government, the TFG.
• Clinton Pledges Strong Support for Somali Government VOA 06 Aug 2009 -- US Secretary of State Clinton has pledged strong support for Somalia's government as it fights an Islamist insurgency.
• Clinton to Meet Somali President Sharif VOA 06 Aug 2009 -- US secretary of State Clinton scheduled to meet beleaguered Somali President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed in Kenya.
• Nigeria's Militant Amnesty Program Begins VOA 06 Aug 2009 -- A Nigerian government program that offers cash, job training and pardons to militants who turn in their weapons begins Thursday.
• Clinton Says DRC 'Worst Example of Man's Inhumanity to Women' VOA 06 Aug 2009 -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called the conflicts in the eastern Democratic of Congo the world's worst example of violence towards women.
• Military chiefs of UN peacekeeping forces in Africa call for more troops, equipment UN News Centre 06 Aug 2009 -- The military chiefs of the UN's largest and most complex peacekeeping operations urged Member States today to provide the troops and equipment necessary to carry out missions in Sudan and DRC.
• Ten Years After IMU Raids, Central Asia Still Battling Militants RFE/RL 06 Aug 2009 -- When a small band of armed "refugees" crossed the Pamir Mountains from Tajikistan and seized a small village in Kyrgyzstan in August 1999, they did not appear to pose much of a threat.
• Cyprus leaders make good progress in unity talks, UN envoy reports UN News Centre 06 Aug 2009 -- UN reported “good progress” in the latest round of talks today between Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders in efforts to unify the Mediterranean island.
• Putin vows to develop Russian ties 'with both parts of Cyrpus' RIA Novosti 06 Aug 2009 -- Russia will try to strengthen economic ties with both the Greek and the Turkish areas of Cyprus, which should help resolve the division of the island.

News Reports

• Clinton's Surprise Visit To North Korea Marks New Challenge VOA 06 Aug 2009 -- Former US President Clinton made a surprise visit to North Korea to win the freedom for two jailed American journalists.
• US Journalist Release Renews Attention on S. Korean Detainees VOA 06 Aug 2009 -- This week's release of two captive U.S. journalists by North Korea is being welcomed around the world, including in South Korea.
• Iraq Official Says Americans Seized In Iran Were Lost RFE/RL 06 Aug 2009 -- Senior Iraqi Kurdish government official: US citizens seized by Iranian authorities tourists who accidentally strayed into Iran.
• Dalai Lama: China's Policy on Ethnic Minorities has Failed VOA 06 Aug 2009 -- Tibet's Spiritual Leader, the Dalai Lama: Unrest in China's Xinjiang province shows the country's policies toward ethnic minorities have failed.
• Hiroshima anniversary time to renew commitment to disarm UN News Centre 06 Aug 2009 -- Anniversary of the dropping of atomic bomb serves as a time to renew global commitment to rid the world of deadly scourge.
• Korean Victims Mark Atomic Bomb Anniversary VOA 06 Aug 2009 -- Sixty-four years ago, the United States dropped the first nuclear weapon used in war on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
• Japan Marks Atomic Bombing Anniversary VOA 06 Aug 2009 -- Mayor ofHiroshima called for the abolition of nuclear weapons, as he marked the 64th anniversary of the US atomic bombing.
• Honduran Police, Student Protesters Clash Over Ouster of President Manuel Zelaya VOA 06 Aug 2009 -- Honduran police have fired tear gas and used water cannon to disperse dozens of students who massed to protest the ouster of President Zelaya.
• Analysts: Russia's Entrenched Corruption Defies Solutions VOA 06 Aug 2009 -- President Medvedev has made fighting corruption top priority and has vowed to remove bribe-taking officials and bureaucratic barriers.
• Flu Fears Prompt Iranian Ban on Ramadan Pilgrimages VOA 06 Aug 2009 -- Iran has banned its citizens from making pilgrimages to Saudi Arabia during Ramadan in an effort to slow the spread of H1N1 virus.
• Safety of pandemic vaccines UN WHO 06 Aug 2009 -- WHO is aware of some media reports that have expressed concern about the safety of vaccines for pandemic influenza.
• Pandemic influenza vaccine manufacturing process and timeline UN WHO 06 Aug 2009 -- It takes approximately 5-6 months for the first supplies of approved vaccine to become available.
• H1N1 still hanging overhead USMC News 06 Aug 2009 -- It may have disappeared almost entirely from television headlines but it certainly hasn't disappeared from the planet, or Iwakuni for that matter.
• Niger Opposition Vows to Challenge Referendum Results VOA 06 Aug 2009 -- Niger's opposition has claimed victory because of the poor turnout for Tuesday's presidential referendum.
• Former Military Ruler Inaugurated as Mauritanian President VOA 06 Aug 2009 -- Mauritania's former military ruler has taken the oath of office as the nation's new civilian president.
• Obama Very Happy With Senate Vote for Sotomayor VOA 06 Aug 2009 -- U.S. President Barack Obama and Hispanic organizations are applauding the Senate's vote to confirm Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court.
• Sotomayor Confirmed as First Hispanic US Supreme Court Justice VOA 06 Aug 2009 -- Federal judge Sonia Sotomayor has become the first Hispanic confirmed as a U.S. Supreme Court justice.
• US Senate to Vote on Sotomayor Supreme Court Nomination VOA 06 Aug 2009 -- US Senate expected to vote on President Obama's nomination of federal Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court.