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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 01 Mar 2010 [PDF]
• Airpower Summary: Feb. 27 AFNS 01 Mar 2010
• Feb. 28 airpower summary AFNS 01 Mar 2010 -- Coalition airpower integrated with ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan during operations Feb. 28 according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
• Iraqis Arrest 3 Terrorism Suspects AFPS 01 Mar 2010 -- Iraqi security forces arrested three suspected terrorists Feb. 26 during two operations here and in northern Iraq aimed at preventing attacks designed to disrupt the upcoming national elections.
• Press Conference by Special Representative on Children and Armed Conflict Following Visit to Afghanistan United Nations 01 Mar 2010
• Attacks in Afghanistan Kill 6 NATO Troops, 10 Civilians VOA 01 Mar 2010 -- Attacks across Afghanistan killed six NATO troops and at least 10 Afghan civilians Monday.
• Attacks in Afghanistan Kill 4 NATO Troops, 5 Afghans VOA 01 Mar 2010 -- Afghan officials say four Afghan civilians and a NATO soldier have been killed in a suicide bomb attack targeting international forces in Kandahar province.
• Combined Forces Net Drugs, Weapons in Afghanistan AFPS 01 Mar 2010 -- Combined Afghan-international operations in Afghanistan have killed several insurgents in recent days and led to drug and weapons confiscations, military officials reported.
• AFGHANISTAN: Dip in civilian deaths in first two months of 2010 IRIN 01 Mar 2010 -- The number of civilian deaths caused by the conflict in Afghanistan in the first two months of 2010 was slightly lower than in the same period in 2009, according to two Afghan human rights groups.
• Army communicators play critical role in supporting civil affairs operations in Haiti. Army News 01 Mar 2010 -- Soldiers assigned to the communications directorate for the Joint Forces Special Operations Component Command (JFSOCC) have played a critical role in supporting Civil Affairs and other humanitarian operations conducted by U.S. Special Operations Forces in Haiti during Operation Unified Response.
• U.S. engineers train Haitians to assess building damage Army News 01 Mar 2010 -- The Naval Facilities Engineering Command partnered with U.S. Navy Seebees, Air Force and Army engineers Feb. 26 to train Haitian engineers on building assessment, to ensure Haitian citizens are living in structurally sound buildings.
• Soldiers Provide Communications Support in Haiti AFPS 01 Mar 2010 -- Soldiers assigned to the communications directorate for the Joint Forces Special Operations Component Command have played a critical role in supporting civil affairs and other humanitarian operations conducted by U.S. special operations forces here during Operation Unified Response.
• Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Praises Comfort Efforts Navy NewsStand 01 Mar 2010 -- The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Mike Mullen, visited USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) Feb. 26 to meet with Sailors there supporting Operation Unified Response in Haiti.

Defense Policy / Programs

• U.S. Forces Assist in Treating 1,000 Patients During Zamboanga MEDCAP Navy NewsStand 01 Mar 2010 -- Governmental organizations, educational intuitions, non-profit organizations and military doctors from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and Joint Special Operations Task Force-Philippines (JSOTF-P) teamed to treat more than 1,000 patients at a Medical Civic Action Project (MEDCAP) in Barangay Taluksangay Feb. 24.
• Special Warfare Personnel to Benefit from New War Fighter Performance Lab Navy NewsStand 01 Mar 2010 -- Naval Health Research Center's Warfighter Performance Lab recently began testing a $1.1 million Virtual Environment (VE) system used to study and improve the war fighter, including SEALS from Naval Special Warfare.
• Patriot Furthers 7th Fleet Relationships in Batam Navy NewsStand 01 Mar 2010 -- USS Patriot (MCM 7) departed Batam, Indonesia, Mar. 1 after a four-day scheduled port visit.
• NAS Whidbey Island to Get New Fire Training Facility Navy NewsStand 01 Mar 2010 -- Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Unit (CNATTU) Whidbey Island held a ground-breaking ceremony to commemorate the start of construction on a new academic fire instruction building on Naval Air Station (NAS) Whidbey Island, Feb. 24.
• CVW 5 Continues Capability Upgrades with Arrival of New Hawkeye 2000 Navy NewsStand 01 Mar 2010 -- Three new E-2C Hawkeye 2000 aircraft arrived at Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Japan to join Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 115 Feb. 28.
• GW Prepares After Tsunami Warning Navy NewsStand 01 Mar 2010 -- USS George Washington (CVN 73) prepared for a potentially damaging tsunami Feb. 28 in Yokosuka, Japan.
• USS Tortuga Arrives in Iwo To Navy NewsStand 01 Mar 2010 -- USS Tortuga (LSD 46) arrived off the coast of Iwo To, Japan, Feb. 28 to support preparations for the 65th anniversary commemoration of the Battle of Iwo Jima.
• Pinckney Arrives in Tokushima Navy NewsStand 01 Mar 2010 -- The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Pinckney (DDG 91) arrived in Tokushima, Japan, Feb. 28 for a scheduled port visit.
• USS Rentz Arrives in Iwakuni Navy NewsStand 01 Mar 2010 -- The Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate USS Rentz (FFG 46) arrived at Marine Corp Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni, Japan, Feb. 28 for a port visit.
• USS Houston Arrives in Subic Bay Navy NewsStand 01 Mar 2010 -- USS Houston (SSN 713) arrived in Subic Bay, Philippines, Feb. 26 for a scheduled port visit.
• Logistical support to Antarctic science efforts wraps up AFNS 01 Mar 2010 -- American servicemembers concluded the 2009-2010 Operation Deep Freeze season Feb. 24 after six months of logistical support to the U.S. Antarctic Program and National Science Foundation.
• Reservists support Air weather reconnaissance mission AFNS 01 Mar 2010 -- One of the first things Air Force Reserve Command Hurricane Hunter crewmembers learn about their job ― flying airplanes into hurricanes and other storms to collect weather data ― is to downplay fear.
• Green businesses sprouting at closed former California Air Force bases AFNS 01 Mar 2010 -- It may be counterintuitive to think of Environmental Protection Agency Superfund sites as hotbeds of green technology. But as Air Force Real Property Agency representatives -- responsible for buying, selling and managing Air Force property worldwide -- continue cleaning, restoring and transferring property to local communities, five former California Air Force bases are attracting more clean, green businesses by the day.
• Army, Air Force to celebrate 100 years of military aviation AFNS 01 Mar 2010 -- Lt. Benjamin Foulois piloted the first military airplane, the Signal Corps Aircraft Number One, into the air for seven and a half minutes at Fort Sam Houston March 2, 1910.
• F-35 pilots 'measure' up, move closer to training AFNS 01 Mar 2010 -- Pilots here received measurements for the first F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter equipment to move closer to training in the military's newest fighter aircraft Feb. 25 here.
• Analysis Program Focuses on Preventing Combat Injuries AFPS 01 Mar 2010 -- Every time a servicemember is killed or wounded in combat, it sets off a sweeping process aimed at identifying what happened, who perpetrated it and how it might have been prevented -- and instituting changes to reduce the likelihood of it being repeated.
• Pueblo Chemical Depot completes environmental assessment - 60-day public comment period starts Feb. 27 on draft "Finding of No Significant Impact," with public meeting planned for March 18 Army News 01 Mar 2010 -- The Pueblo Chemical Depot, in conjunction with the Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives (ACWA) Program, has completed an environmental assessment to meet the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act, or NEPA, and Title 32 Code of Federal Regulations Part 651. The environmental assessment concluded that no significant impacts would occur as a result of the construction and operation of the Army's Explosive Destruction System (EDS) and/or other explosive destruction technologies (EDT), at the U.S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot in Colorado.
• New Russian fighter to make 2,000 flights before production starts RIA Novosti 01 Mar 2010 -- Russia's fifth-generation jet fighter, the T-50, is to undergo more than 2,000 flight tests before full-scale production starts, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Monday.
• Russia's 5th generation jet fighter to start tests in April RIA Novosti 01 Mar 2010 -- Russia's fifth-generation jet fighter, the T-50, will start a standard flight test program in April, a source at the Sukhoi aircraft maker said on Monday.
• Russia, U.S. make progress on arms cuts treaty - Foreign Ministry RIA Novosti 01 Mar 2010 -- Russia and the United States made considerable headway last month on a new strategic arms reductions pact, and talks will continue March 9, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Monday.
• Iran to test new guided-bomb soon RIA Novosti 01 Mar 2010 -- Iran's air force will soon test-fire a new guided-bomb, the Iranian Fars news agency reported on Monday.
• No change in Ukraine-NATO relations - Yanukovych RIA Novosti 01 Mar 2010 -- Ukraine's relations with NATO will remain unchanged, President Viktor Yanukovych said on Monday.
• U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing US Dept. of State 01 Mar 2010
• Briefing by White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, 3/1/10 The White House 01 Mar 2010

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for March 01, 2010
• Global Hawk Unmanned Reconnaissance Aircraft Makes History With First Roundtrip Flight From Northrop Grumman's Palmdale Facility Northrop Grumman 01 Mar 2010 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE:NOC) RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system (UAS) made aviation history Feb. 2 when it successfully completed its first roundtrip flight from the company's Palmdale, Calif., manufacturing facility. AF-20, a Block 30 Global Hawk built for the U.S. Air Force, performed the historic mission, soaring at altitudes of 58,300 feet for approximately four hours and 18 minutes.
• BAE Systems and Northrop Grumman Announce Teaming Agreement to Pursue Ground Combat Vehicle BAE Systems 01 Mar 2010 -- BAE Systems and Northrop Grumman Corporation have announced a teaming agreement to pursue the Ground Combat Vehicle (GCV) program.
• BAE Systems to Provide Mission Computer Systems for Indian Navy Patrol Aircraft BAE Systems 01 Mar 2010 -- BAE Systems is developing the mission computer system suite for the P-8I aircraft for the Indian Navy. The aircraft is a variant of the U.S. Navy's P-8A Poseidon.
• Thales selected to perform electronic sub-assembly maintenance for the French Navy Thales 01 Mar 2010 -- Thales has been awarded a contract, after submitting a successful bid, to provide comprehensive expertise and repair services for a broad range of French Navy transmission and radio-navigation sub-assemblies. This successful outcome further strengthens Thales's position as an overall logistics support provider for the armed forces.
• Bath Iron Works Awarded $114 Million Contract for Advanced Procurement of Aegis Destroyer Long Lead Material General Dynamics 01 Mar 2010 -- The U. S. Navy has awarded Bath Iron Works, a subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), a contract valued at up to $114 million to procure long lead material to support the anticipated construction of DDG 115 under the DDG 51 class destroyer program. Procurement efforts are expected to complete by December 2012.
• General Dynamics NASSCO Awarded $825 Million Contract for T-AKE Ship Construction General Dynamics 01 Mar 2010 -- General Dynamics NASSCO, a wholly-owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), has been awarded an $824.6 million contract from the U.S. Navy for the construction of two T-AKE dry cargo-ammunition ships.

Other Conflicts

• Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General United Nations 01 Mar 2010
• US Criticizes Israeli Settlement Expansion Plan VOA 01 Mar 2010 -- The United States says Israel's plan to build 600 new homes in a Jewish settlement in East Jerusalem is "counter-productive."
• Top UN relief official raises Israeli-Palestinian issues on Middle East trip UN News Centre 01 Mar 2010 -- The top United Nations humanitarian official today voiced concern over the ongoing blockade of the Gaza Strip, restrictions on the building of Palestinian homes in the West Bank and the long-running captivity of an Israeli soldier, at the beginning of a five-day trip to the region.
• Palestinian Protests Mount Over Israel's Decision on West Bank Holy Sites VOA 01 Mar 2010 -- The West Bank city of Hebron has been the scene of clashes between rock-throwing Palestinian demonstrators and police almost daily in the past two weeks. The violence stems from Israel's decision to add Hebron's Cave of the Patriarchs and Rachel's Tomb in Bethlehem to Israel's list of national heritage sites.
• Palestinian Cabinet Meets in Town at Center of Shrine Dispute VOA 01 Mar 2010 -- The Palestinian Authority has held its weekly cabinet meeting in the West Bank town of Hebron to affirm its rights to a local shrine also claimed by Israel.
• Karadzic Opens His Defense As War Crimes Trial Resumes RFE/RL 01 Mar 2010 -- Radovan Karadzic told the UN war crimes tribunal today that Bosnian Serbs in the early 1990s were defending themselves against Islamic fundamentalists who were trying to claim Bosnia during the breakup of Yugoslavia.
• Warcrimes Trial Resumes for Former Bosnian Serb Leader VOA 01 Mar 2010 -- Radovan Karadzic is back in court four months after judges suspended his trial. The former Bosnian Serb leader is defending himself against genocide charges and nine other counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity stemming from the Balkan wars of the early 1990s.
• Darfur: UN-African Union mission seeks to boost ceasefire monitoring UN News Centre 01 Mar 2010 -- Following last week’s signing of a ceasefire between the Sudanese Government and a major rebel group, the joint United Nations-African Union mission in the war-ravaged Darfur region has announced that it plans to increase its capacity to monitor the agreement to end hostilities.
• DRC-RWANDA: Potential tensions amid returns in Kivus IRIN 01 Mar 2010 -- For the many thousands of people displaced by conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s Kivu regions who have returned to their villages, home has its many hardships.
• Georgia-Russia Border Crossing Reopened RFE/RL 01 Mar 2010 -- Georgia has reopened a Caucasus mountain border crossing with Russia that has been closed for more than three years amid hostilities between the two countries.
• Somalia: UN envoy congratulates Government leaders on one-year anniversary UN News Centre 01 Mar 2010 -- The top United Nations envoy to Somalia today praised the “strong” and “united” leadership of the strife-torn country’s Government during its first year in power, in a message appealing to outside forces to end their destabilizing interference in the Horn of Africa nation.

News Reports

• Dubai Police Ban Suspected Israelis from UAE VOA 01 Mar 2010 -- Dubai's police chief says any traveler suspected of being Israeli will not be allowed to enter the United Arab Emirates, even if they carry an alternative passport.
• UK police in Israel to interview stolen passport holders IRNA 01 Mar 2010 -- Police from Britain’s Serious Organised Crime Agency arrived in Israel Monday to interview dual British-Israeli nationals whose passport identities were used by the assassins of a Hamas official in Dubai.
• IAEA says Iran Not Cooperating With UN on Nuclear Issues VOA 01 Mar 2010 -- The International Atomic Energy Agency's new chief says it is impossible to verify whether Iran's nuclear program is entirely peaceful, since the country is not fully cooperating with the U.N. panel.
• Iran Frees Some Detainees in New Year Gesture VOA 01 Mar 2010 -- The Iranian government has released a handful of detainees, including several prominent journalists, according to opposition Web sites. At the same time, the official Fars News agency reports two reformist newspapers, Etemaad and Irandokht, have been shut down.
• Iran: Uranium Enrichment Swap Possible VOA 01 Mar 2010 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki insists his country is only interested in nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. And, he says Tehran does not rule out a uranium enrichment swap with western powers. Mottaki spoke to journalists in Geneva after addressing the UN Human Rights Council.
• Russia Ready to Consider New Iran Sanctions VOA 01 Mar 2010 -- Russian President Dmitri Medvedev says his country is ready to consider new sanctions against Iran if persuasion fails to stop it from enriching uranium.
• Larijani: Nuclear disarmament is an important int'l issue IRNA 01 Mar 2010 -- Iran's Majlis (Parliament) Speaker Ali Larijani said here on Monday that nuclear disarmament is an important and sensitive international issue.
• Iran submits documents on violation of West's pledges to IAEA IRNA 01 Mar 2010 -- Iran's Permanent Representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Ali Asghar Soltaniyeh here on Monday provided IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano with concrete documents evidencing non-delivery of nuclear fuel to Iran.
• Rigi confessions indicate US support for terrorism: Minister IRNA 01 Mar 2010 -- The interior minister said Monday that terrorist ringleader Rigi’s confessions to his terrorist operations indicated the strong US support for terrorism.
• Iran 'not cooperating' with UN nuclear watchdog - IAEA chief RIA Novosti 01 Mar 2010 -- Tehran is not cooperating adequately with the UN nuclear watchdog, the IAEA director general said on Monday.
• Iran apologizes for intercepting Kyrgyz civilian plane RIA Novosti 01 Mar 2010 -- Iran's deputy foreign minister has officially apologized for intercepting a Kyrgyz passenger plane in Iranian airspace, Kyrgyzstan's foreign ministry said on Monday.
• Head of UN nuclear watchdog urges greater cooperation from Iran UN News Centre 01 Mar 2010 -- Stepped-up cooperation from Iran is crucial to ensure that the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) can verify that all nuclear material in the country is for peaceful purposes, the head of the watchdog said today.
• IAEA Chief Cannot Confirm Iran Nuclear Program Peaceful VOA 01 Mar 2010 -- The U.N. nuclear agency's new chief says it is impossible to verify whether Iran's nuclear program is peaceful, because Tehran is not cooperating with the agency.
• Clinton Bringing Communications Gear to Chile VOA 01 Mar 2010 -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, on the eve of a visit to Chile to show solidarity with that country amid its earthquake disaster, says she is bringing in communications gear requested by the Chilean government. Clinton spoke in Montevideo where she attended the inauguration of new Uruguayan President Jose Mujica.
• Chile Battles Lawlessness, Desperation After Massive Earthquake VOA 01 Mar 2010 -- Chilean authorities are struggling to maintain order, distribute supplies, and rescue survivors after Saturday's powerful earthquake that killed more than 720 people and damaged or destroyed hundreds of thousands of homes and buildings. President Michelle Bachelet is attempting to rally her nation in the face of tragedy and devastation, while appealing to the international community for assistance.
• UN assisting Chile in aftermath of massive quake UN News Centre 01 Mar 2010 -- Following a request from the Chilean Government for assistance in the wake of Saturday’s devastating earthquake, the United Nations and Member States are assisting the South American nation to assess the damage wrought and help people in need.
• Access to health services dealt severe blow by Chilean earthquake – UN agency UN News Centre 01 Mar 2010 -- The massive earthquake which struck Chile on Saturday has severely disrupted health services, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) eported today, dispatching a disaster management expert to the South American nation to assist in the aftermath of the catastrophe.
• President Bachelet: Earthquake Unparalleled in Chilean History VOA 01 Mar 2010 -- Chilean President Michelle Bachelet says the 8.8-magnitude earthquake that shattered the central part of the country and displaced some 2 million people is an emergency "unparalleled in the history of Chile."
• Presidential Party Wins Tajik Landslide, But Who Came In Second? RFE/RL 01 Mar 2010 -- According to Tajikistan's election officials, President Emomali Rahmon's People's Democratic Party is on course to win the vast majority of 63 seats in the next parliament -- winning nearly 72 percent of the vote.
• Brussels Rolls Out Red Carpet For New Ukraine Leader RFE/RL 01 Mar 2010 -- Ukraine's newly sworn-in president has been given the red-carpet treatment on a visit to the EU capital.
• Ukraine will decide on EU future when time comes - Yanukovych RIA Novosti 01 Mar 2010 -- Ukraine's recently elected president Viktor Yanukovych said on Monday any discussion about Ukraine's accession to the European Union was premature.
• PAKISTAN: A dangerous mixture in Balochistan IRIN 01 Mar 2010 -- Significant development and poverty challenges in Balochistan Province, southwestern Pakistan, are being exacerbated by growing security concerns, according to aid workers.
• U.S. use of 'Chinese Taipei' is big warning: lawmaker CNA 01 Mar 2010 -- An opposition lawmaker has demanded that Taiwan's government defend the country's sovereignty by asking the U.S. government for a correction after referring to Taiwan as "Chinese Taipei" for the first time in official usage.