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• Aug.14 airpower summary: Strike Eagles support ground troops AFNS 15 Aug 2009 -- Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan during operations August 14, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
• Multi-National Force-Iraq reduces number of Brigade Combat Teams MNF-I 15 Aug 2009-- Multi-National Force-Iraq announced today the redeployment of a Brigade Combat Team (BCT) without replacement in kind
• Afghan Suicide Attack Kills Seven, Raises Security Concerns Ahead Of Elections RFE/RL 15 Aug 2009 -- A suicide car bomb has exploded outside the NATO military headquarters in Kabul, killing at least seven people and wounding dozens more
• Taliban claim major suicide car blast in Kabul RIA Novosti 15 Aug 2009 -- The Taliban claimed responsibility for a suicide car explosion in the Afghan capital on Saturday, which killed at least seven people and injured dozens more.
• Car Bomb Explodes in Kabul Outside NATO HQ, Near US Embassy VOA 15 Aug 2009 -- A suicide bomber in the Afghan capital, Kabul, blew up a car in a heavily fortified section of the city. At least seven people were killed and 91 others wounded, including children in an attack that comes five days before Afghanistan's presidential election.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Navy Region Hawaii Conducts Anti-terrorism Exercise Navy NewsStand 15 Aug 2009 -- Commander, Navy Region Hawaii hosted the first large scale anti-terrorism field training exercise (AT FTX) at Naval Station Pearl Harbor (NSPH) and Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF), Aug. 10-13
• Reps From U.S., Ecuador Meet to Discuss Future Naval Engagements Navy NewsStand 15 Aug 2009 -- Representatives from the U.S. and Ecuadorian navies met for the U.S. Navy and Armada de la Republica del Ecuador (Ecuador Navy) Operational Naval Committee (ONC) conference Aug. 12-13.
• NAVFAC Southeast Stands up ROICC Office at Shaw Air Force Base Navy NewsStand 15 Aug 2009 -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast stood up its resident officer in charge of construction (ROICC) office at Shaw Air Force Base (AFB) in Sumter, S.C., Aug. 14 to execute $165 million in construction projects during the next three years.
• Camp Pendleton's Former Assault Amphibian School Building gets Improvements Navy NewsStand 15 Aug 2009 -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southwest awarded Hal Hays Construction Inc., a $4.2 million American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) contract for the repair and renovation of former Assault Amphibian School building at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton Aug. 7.
• Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest Changes Hands Navy NewsStand 15 Aug 2009 -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southwest held a change of command ceremony Aug. 7 aboard the Midway Aircraft Carrier Museum in San Diego.
• Promotion Means Second Change of Command at CNI/NMITC Navy NewsStand 15 Aug 2009 -- The Center for Naval Intelligence (CNI) and the Navy and Marine Corps Intelligence Center (NMITC) at Dam Neck Annex held a change of command ceremony at the Dam Neck theater Aug. 7.
• U.S. formally announces start of military training in Georgia RIA Novosti 15 Aug 2009 -- The United States has formally announced that it is sending a group of marines to Georgia to train its battalion for service as part of coalition forces in Afghanistan.
• Venezuela-Russia military cooperation to continue -Sechin RIA Novosti 15 Aug 2009 -- Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin said on Saturday that he is convinced military cooperation between Russia and Venezuela will continue to develop, although any decision lies with the country's leaders.
• Press Gaggle By Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, 8/15/09 The White House 15 Aug 2009

Defense Industry

• General Dynamics UK selected for next stage of Brunei’s Joint Operations Centre General Dynamics 15 Aug 2009 -- General Dynamics United Kingdom Limited has been selected for the next stage of Brunei's competition to provide a Joint Operations Centre for the Royal Brunei Armed Forces.

Other Conflicts

• Islamist group leader killed in Gaza violence RIA Novosti 15 Aug 2009 -- The leader of a radical Islamist group was found dead after violence in the Gaza Strip overnight, when at least 19 people were killed, a Haman Interior Ministry official said on Saturday.
• UN blue helmets provide help in wake of deadly attack in east of DR Congo UN News Centre 15 Aug 2009 -- The United Nations peacekeeping operation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is providing medical assistance to the victims of a deadly attack by armed militiamen in a mine-rich area in the strife-torn east of the country.
• Hamas Clashes with Islamist Radicals Kill 13 in Gaza VOA 15 Aug 2009 -- At least 13 people were killed Friday when Islamist radicals from an al-Qaida-inspired Palestinian group clashed with Hamas security forces in the Gaza Strip. More than 100 people were wounded.

News Reports

• Madagascar Coup Leader Claims He Should Head Transition VOA 15 Aug 2009 -- Madagascar's Andry Rajoelina, who took power in a coup that toppled president Marc Ravalomanana in March, now says he is the only man who can provide leadership to the Indian Ocean island nation.
• NASA Ponders the Future of Manned Spaceflight VOA 15 Aug 2009 -- Forty years after man landed on the moon, NASA plans to retire the Space Shuttle in 2010. It will be five years before NASA has a vehicle ready to carry astronauts back into space, which has some concerned about the future of the space program. Kane Farabaugh sat down with Apollo astronaut Jim Lovell to discuss what is in store for space exploration.
• Clinton Urges Iran to Release Detained Americans VOA 15 Aug 2009 -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Iran to release all Americans detained in the country, including three hikers arrested last month.
• Iranian Reformists Challenge Supreme Leader VOA 15 Aug 2009 -- A group of Iranian reformists is demanding an investigation into Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, questioning whether he is fit to lead.