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• Iraqi Forces Arrest 8 Terrorism Suspects AFPS 05 May 2010 -- Iraqi security forces arrested eight terrorism suspects in operations.
• LOGCAP III Task Order continues support in Iraq Army News 05 May 2010 -- The US Army announced that it will continue the LOGCAP III contract to provide life support services to US Forces in Iraq until scheduled withdrawal.
• Army to Continue Iraq Base Life Support Under LOGCAP III During Drawdown Army News 05 May 2010 -- US Army has decided to continue base life support services in Iraq under the Logistics Civil Augmentation Program III.
• Sunni Cleric, 3 Others Gunned Down in Baghdad VOA 05 May 2010 -- Iraqi security officials say unidentified gunmen have shot and killed the imam of a Sunni mosque and three other people in Baghdad.
• Iraq's Leading Shi'ite Blocs Agree To Form Parliamentary Coalition RFE/RL 05 May 2010 -- Iraq's two largest Shi'ite electoral blocs say they have formed an alliance that gives them a strong chance of setting up the next government.
• Iraqi Official Says Refugees, IDPs Returning To Homes RFE/RL 05 May 2010 -- A top Iraqi official says thousands of internally displaced persons and refugees have returned.
• Policy Chief 'Cautiously Optimistic' About Afghanistan AFPS 05 May 2010 -- Pentagon’s top policy official: “Cautiously optimistic” about progress in Afghanistan as the new strategy there begins to show signs of success.
• Suicide Attackers Target Government Buildings In Southwestern Afghanistan RFE/RL 05 May 2010 -- Security forces in Afghanistan have killed at least five would-be suicide bombers after they stormed government buildings in Nimroz Province.
• Militants Launch Attack on Compound in Southern Afghanistan VOA 05 May 2010 -- Taliban militants armed with guns and suicide vests have launched a coordinated attack on government offices in southwestern Afghanistan.
• 'AfPak Hands' Begin Immersion Training AFPS 05 May 2010 -- The first class of U.S. military servicemembers and civilians in the new “AfPak Hands” program arrived to continue its training.
• Pakistani Military Faces Decision On North Waziristan RFE/RL 05 May 2010 -- One of Pakistan's most wanted militant leaders is back.
• PAKISTAN: IDPs resist "pressure" to return to Waziristan IRIN 05 May 2010 -- Thousands of people displaced from South Waziristan in northwestern Pakistan oppose efforts by the authorities to persuade them to return.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Joint Base McGuire selected to test drive new fuel truck AFNS 05 May 2010 -- 87th Logistics Readiness Squadron Airmen here received a new refueling vehicle April 14 to evaluate its performance.
• U.S., Pakistan relations bolstered by F-16 training AFNS 05 May 2010 -- Eight Pakistani air force pilots, each experienced in the F-16 Fighting Falcon's A and B models, recently learned to fly the newer C- and D-model aircraft.
• C-26 Pilots Support Europe Navy NewsStand 05 May 2010 -- Naval Support Activity (NSA), Naples doesn't have its own squadron of fixed-wing aircraft, but several pilots at NSA Naples continue to take to the skies.
• Joint Base McGuire selected to test drive new fuel truck AFNS 05 May 2010 -- Members of the 87th Logistics Readiness Squadron here received a new refueling vehicle April 14 to evaluate its performance.
• People of Nicaragua Celebrate Seabee's Humanitarian Mission Navy NewsStand 05 May 2010 -- The town of Los Sanchez, Nicaragua celebrated U.S. Army South's humanitarian mission, Beyond the Horizon, with an Appreciation Day, April 25.
• Curtis Wilbur Receives 2009 Spokane Trophy Navy NewsStand 05 May 2010 -- The officers and crew of guided-missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54), forward-deployed to Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka, learned their command was announced as the 2009 Spokane Trophy recipient on April 15.
• COMDESRON 9 Ships Train for Global Operations Navy NewsStand 05 May 2010 -- Five Commander, Destroyer Squadron (COMDESRON) 9 ships conducted an emergency sortie exercise to get underway from Naval Station (NAVSTA) Everett, May 4.
• Alpine pararescuemen train for mountain rescues AFNS 05 May 2010 -- Some people learn within the confines of a climate-controlled classroom; others learn sitting on top of glaciers more than 13,000 feet above the surface of the earth.
• Navy Starts Work on New Solar-Generated Electricity System on Guam Navy NewsStand 05 May 2010 -- U.S. Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Marianas hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for a solar photovoltaic system at U.S. Naval Base Guam (NBG) May 4.
• ARRA Project Goes High Tech to Conserve Energy at Camp Lejeune Navy NewsStand 05 May 2010 -- Photovoltaic (PV) panel installation wrapped up April 29 at one of two buildings at Camp Lejeune receiving the solar panels.
• USACE delivers $1 billion Army project in Germany on time, on budget Army News 05 May 2010 -- It was the U.S. Army's biggest construction project in Europe since the 1950s - and it was delivered on scope, on time and most importantly, on budget.
• Gates Approves Federal Money for Guard Units in Gulf AFPS 04 May 2010 -- Defense Secretary Gates has given verbal approval to the governors of Alabama, Mississippi and Florida for Title 32 status.
• Guard Stands Ready for Border Mission, General Says AFPS 05 May 2010 -- Chief of the National Guard Bureau: If civilian leaders decide to include the National Guard in a broader mission on the Southwest border, the National Guard stands ready.
• Rescue center members assist with saving 330 lives in Tennessee AFNS 04 May 2010 -- After flash flooding May 1, Air Force Rescue Coordination Center officials worked with the Navy, Coast Guard and local authorities to search for people trapped in buildings at a Navy installation in Millington, Tenn.
• Explosion at Redstone Arsenal Army News 05 May 2010 -- At about 8:45 a.m. today, the Redstone Arsenal Directorate for Emergency Services responded to a fire at Building 7352, an Aviation and Missile Research, Development, and Engineering Center (AMRDEC) facility.
• Baltic States hinder Russia-NATO cooperation - Russian envoy RIA Novosti 05 May 2010 -- Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are obstructing military cooperation between Russia and NATO.
• Russian warships hold nuclear defense drills in Indian Ocean RIA Novosti 05 May 2010 -- Two Russian warships conducted an exercise against a simulated nuclear attack.
• Russia's Victory Day events to involve 102,000 military personnel RIA Novosti 05 May 2010 -- Over 102,000 military servicemen across Russia will take part in festivities dedicated to the 65th anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany.
• Black Sea Fleet: the cost of power RIA Novosti 05 May 2010 -- The ratification of the Russian-Ukrainian agreement allowing the Black Sea Fleet to remain in Sevastopol until 2042 has again raised the issue of modernizing the fleet.
• Ukrainian, Russian warships arrive in Odessa for Victory Day celebrations RIA Novosti 05 May 2010 -- Russian and Ukrainian warships have arrived in the Ukrainian Black Sea town of Odessa for Sunday's Victory Day celebrations.
• Somali pirates seize Russian tanker in Gulf of Aden RIA Novosti 05 May 2010 -- Somali pirates on Wednesday attacked and seized the Russian tanker Moskovsky Universitet (Moscow University) in the Gulf of Aden.
• Japanese PM's Reversal on US Base May Have Political Cost VOA 05 May 2010 -- Political analysts in Japan say Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's reversal on a key campaign pledge is likely to cost him in coming elections.
• Iran's military starts 8-day Gulf drills RIA Novosti 05 May 2010 -- Iran's armed forces launched a series of large-scale exercises in the country's territorial waters.
• Navy starts "Velayat 89" war games in Hormuz Strait IRNA 05 May 2010 -- The Islamic Republic of Iran's Navy started war games in the country's southern waters.
• Taiwan has to demonstrate will to defend itself: president CNA 05 May 2010 -- President Ma: As a sovereign country, Taiwan has to demonstrate to the world its determination to defend itself.
• Press Briefing by Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, 5/5/10 The White House 05 May 2010
• US Department of State Daily Press Briefing US Dept. of State 05 May 2010

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for May 05, 2010
• Boeing Wedgetail Aircraft Accepted Into Royal Australian Air Force Fleet Boeing 05 May 2010 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today announced that the Commonwealth of Australia has accepted the first two Project Wedgetail 737 Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft into the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) fleet.
• Airbus Military delivers first C295 MPA to Chile EADS 05 May 2010 -- On Friday, 30th April, the Chilean Navy received the first of three C295 Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) that they ordered from Airbus Military in October 2007. The contract also includes five additional options.
• Patroller™ long-endurance surveillance drone successfully completes third series of test flights Sagem (Safran group) 05 May 2010 -- The PatrollerTM surveillance drone developed by Sagem (Safran group) has successfully completed its third series of test flights (1). The flights were carried out from April 22 to 30, 2010, at the Cergy-Pontoise airfield in the greater Paris area, near Sagem’s R&D center in Eragny, where the drone is being developed.
• Lockheed Martin’s Joint Air-To-Ground Missile (JAGM) Successfully Completes F/A-18 E/F Wind Tunnel Tests Lockheed Martin 05 May 2010 -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has successfully completed an extensive series of wind tunnel tests of its Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) system. The tests simulated the flight environments of the Navy’s F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet jet fighter in various aircraft configurations of the JAGM and its Navy fixed-wing launcher. The successful wind tunnel tests prepare the Lockheed Martin JAGM team for F/A-18 E/F flight testing later this year.
• Powerful Past, Promising Future Mark 1000th F414 Engine Milestone GE Aviation 05 May 2010 -- The F414 Turbofan Program celebrated delivery of its 1,000th production engine today, capping a decade of providing power to a growing range of applications and demonstrating critical technologies that deliver significant increases in mission capability.
• Northrop Grumman to Bid for Range Radar Replacement Program Competition Northrop Grumman 05 May 2010 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) announced today that it intends to bid as prime contractor for the U.S. Army Range Radar Replacement Program (RRRP) competition.
• Raytheon-Boeing Team Demonstrates JAGM Can Be Employed From Super Hornet Raytheon 05 May 2010 -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) and The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) completed wind tunnel testing of the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile. The test proved the team's JAGM can be flown and employed from the F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet's outboard wing station.

Other Conflicts

• Daily Press Briefing by the Offices of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General and the Spokesperson for the General Assembly President United Nations 05 May 2010
• US Envoy, Israeli PM Discuss Indirect Peace Talks VOA 05 May 2010 -- US Middle East envoy George Mitchell is set to begin talks with Israeli PM Netanyahu.
• SOMALIA-UGANDA: EU helps boost Somali government's military strength IRIN 05 May 2010 -- Military trainers from the EU in Uganda began instructing 2,000 soldiers from Somalia.
• Joint AU-UN force in Darfur still lacking crucial equipment, Ban says UN News Centre 05 May 2010 -- Joint AU-UN peacekeeping force in Darfur is nearing full capacity.
• UN Mission's Departure Will Lead to Congo Crisis, Say Rebels VOA 05 May 2010 -- A leading member of a coalition of rebel groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo said they are “strongly” against the departure of MONUC.
• DRC: Minor rebels, major terror IRIN 05 May 2010 -- They may number as few as 100 men, women and adolescents, but Lord’s Resistance Army units have sown sufficient terror to make some 318,000 people take flight.
• Adviser Says President Gbagbo Not Cause of Ivory Coast Crisis VOA 05 May 2010 -- Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo’s special adviser says the disarmament of rebel forces and the re-unification of the entire country needed before credible elections could be held.
• SRI LANKA: Moves to boost livelihoods in former combat-zone IRIN 05 May 2010 -- Reviving the farming and fishing sectors in northern Sri Lanka’s former combat zone is vital for returning residents to regain their livelihoods, experts say.
• DRC: Gaston Mbali, "When we heard the whistles, we knew we should escape" IRIN 05 May 2010 -- Since June 2009, when a Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) unit attacked his village, Gaston Mbali, 30, an agricultural trainer, has lived in a rudimentary camp for displaced people in Niangara, an isolated town in the Haut Uele District of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Orientale Province.

News Reports

• OSCE ready to contribute to Kyrgyz reform process RIA Novosti 05 May 2010 -- The political situation in Kyrgyzstan will be discussed at a forthcoming meeting of the OSCE.
• Thai 'Red Shirts' Hold Firm in Bangkok VOA 05 May 2010 -- Thailand's anti-government protesters are showing no signs of ending their eight-week old demonstrations in the heart of Bangkok's main commercial district.
• Nepal Political Talks Fail to End Crisis - Again VOA 05 May 2010 -- An indefinite strike is to continue in Nepal with no agreement to end the Himalayan nation's political crisis.
• Security Council focuses on UN assistance to Nepalese peace process UN News Centre 05 May 2010 -- The Security Council meeting to discuss the mandate of the UN mission that is assisting with the peace process in Nepal.
• Maoists strike to oust Nepal's govt continues IRNA 05 May 2010 -- Nepalese Maoists laid siege to the country's power center Singhdurbar as their cadres crippled the capital for the fourth day in running a general strike.
• Senior US Senator Urges Lawmakers to Renew Sanctions Against Burma VOA 05 May 2010 -- US Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has urged lawmakers to renew tough sanctions against Burma's military rulers.
• Myanmar: UN expert urges Government to 'keep its promises' on elections UN News Centre 05 May 2010 -- UN independent human rights expert urged Myanmar’s Government to “keep its promise” to ensure that upcoming elections are transparent and inclusive.
• Seychelles to launch UN-backed courts to combat piracy UN News Centre 05 May 2010 -- The remoteness of the Indian Ocean nation of Seychelles has made it a prime target for pirates.
• Nigerian President Dead at 58 VOA 05 May 2010 -- Nigeria's acting president has declared seven days of mourning following the death of President Umaru Yar'Adua.
• US Senators Push for Greater Flexibility on Zimbabwe Sanctions VOA 05 May 2010 -- Three US senators have introduced a bill to bring a more flexible approach to sanctions against Zimbabwe.
• Tigray, a 'Battleground State' in Ethiopian Elections VOA 05 May 2010 -- Ethiopia's sparsely-populated Tigray region is shaping up as the focal point for the May 23rd elections for parliament.
• Britain Enters Final Day of Campaigning Before Elections VOA 05 May 2010 -- In Britain it is the final day of campaigning before voters go to the polls Thursday and it's the tightest election the country has seen in decades.
• Gazprom-Naftogaz merger proposal merits attention RIA Novosti 05 May 2010 -- Ukrainian PM: Russia's proposal to merge its state-run Gazprom and Ukraine's national energy company Naftogaz merits attention.
• Herschel and Planck to log one year of successes in space Thales 05 May 2010 -- Herschel and Planck – designed to answer crucial questions regarding the origins, evolution and fate of the Universe and its components. These two jewels of high technology, considered as the most complex satellites ever produced in Europe, were both developed and built by an industrial team led by Thales Alenia Space under the largest contract ever awarded by the European Space Agency for a science mission.