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• Pentagon Lists US Casualties in Iraq, Afghanistan VOA 22 Aug 2009 -- The Pentagon says at least 4,337 members of the U.S. military have died in the war in Iraq during the past six years.
• Aug. 21 airpower summary: Predator targets enemy force AFNS 22 Aug 2009 -- Coalition airpower integrated with ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations Aug. 21, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
• Iraqi FM: Security Forces Possibly Involved in Baghdad Blasts VOA 22 Aug 2009 -- Iraq's foreign minister says militants responsible for deadly bombings outside Iraq's foreign and finance ministries had help, possibly from the country's security forces.
• Third Army helps gear up the 19th Engineers Bn. Army News 22 Aug 2009 -- The 19th Engineer Battalion deployed to Afghanistan with less than mission-capable, or Code F maintenance-required equipment
• Election Authorities, U.S. Urge Calm As Afghan Vote Counted RFE/RL 22 Aug 2009 -- The U.S. special envoy to Afghanistan says that both the expected leaders in the presidential race have assured him that they will take steps to calm passions over which of them is ahead.
• Pakistani Taliban Appoints Successor to Mehsud VOA 22 Aug 2009 -- Militants say Pakistan's Taliban movement has appointed a new leader.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Report: CIA Threatened Detainees With Weapons VOA 22 Aug 2009 -- U.S. officials say a CIA report says intelligence officials threatened terrorist suspects with guns and in at least one case, with a power drill to try to get them to talk.
• Reports: U.S. Military Providing New Detainee Names to Red Cross VOA 22 Aug 2009 -- News reports in the U.S. quote unnamed military officials as saying the Pentagon has speeded up its process of notifying the International Committee of the Red Cross of the identities of terrorism suspects held at special military detention camps in Iraq and Afghanistan.
• Paul Hamilton Returns from Western Pacific Deployment Navy NewsStand 22 Aug 2009 -- More than 300 Sailors aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60) arrived pierside, following a seven-month deployment to the Western Pacific; they were greeted by friends and family at Naval Station Pearl Harbor Aug. 21.
• SECNAV Visits Naval Station Pearl Harbor Navy NewsStand 22 Aug 2009 -- The secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) visited Naval Station Pearl Harbor during a tour of various Pacific commands Aug. 20.
• Reserve Detachment Offers Unique Insight while Underway with Truma Navy NewsStand 22 Aug 2009 -- Navy Reservists from around the country embarked USS Harry S. Truman (HST) (CVN 75) Aug. 2 to support the ship's current underway operations and receive training.
• U.S. rejects reports of talks on new military base in Uzbekistan RIA Novosti 22 Aug 2009 -- The U.S. Embassy in Uzbekistan dismissed on Saturday Russian media reports that the visit of top U.S. military commander General David Petraeus included talks on establishing a U.S. base in the country.

Defense Industry

Other Conflicts

• Thousands Flee From LRA Attacks In DRC VOA 22 Aug 2009 -- The UN refugee agency says thousands of civilians have fled from fresh attacks by the Ugandan rebel group, the Lord's Resistance Army, in Sudan's remote Western Equatoria region, which borders the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Central African Republic. The UNHCR says two people were killed, three injured and 10 girls abducted from a local church.
• Somali Leader Calls for Ramadan Truce VOA 22 Aug 2009 -- Somalia's president marked the beginning of Ramadan Saturday by calling for a truce with Islamic militants and talks to end the country's bloodshed.

News Reports

• Iranian Clerics Question Nomination of Women Ministers VOA 22 Aug 2009 -- A conservative Iranian lawmaker says some senior clerics want President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to reconsider his nomination of three women for his new cabinet.
• Libya's Gadhafi Welcomes Lockerbie Bomber VOA 22 Aug 2009 -- Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi embraced convicted Lockerbie bomber, Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, as he arrived in Libya after being released from his life sentence.
• North Korean Delegation Requests Meeting with South Korean President VOA 22 Aug 2009 -- South Koreas official news agency said Saturday that a North Korean delegation in Seoul has asked for a meeting with President Lee Myung-bak.