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Current Operations

• Biden: US Troop Withdrawal From Iraq Remains on Schedule VOA 18 Jul 2010 -- The Obama administration says the United States will stick to a timetable for withdrawing troops from Iraq, despite the country's inability to form a coalition government and continuing sectarian violence.
• Suicide Bombers Kill at Least 46 in Iraq VOA 18 Jul 2010 -- Two separate explosions, targeting members of the Sunni Muslim Sahwa (Awakening) movement in Iraq have left dozens of casualties. The Sahwa, or Sons of Iraq, helped U.S. forces put down an al-Qaida led insurrection during the worst days of sectarian strife in Iraq.
• NATO Says Taliban Orders Attacks on Civilians VOA 18 Jul 2010 -- Coalition officials in Afghanistan say they intercepted a message from Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar, ordering his followers to never surrender and kill any civilians suspected of helping the coalition forces. Earlier, a suicide bombing killed at least three people and wounded 35 others in Kabul.
• Suicide bomber kills four, wounds over 20 people in Kabul RIA Novosti 18 Jul 2010 -- A suicide bomber has killed four and injured 23 people in an attack targeting a NATO convoy, an Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman said on Sunday.
• NATO troops seize 2 tons of heroin in south Afghanistan RIA Novosti 18 Jul 2010 -- NATO troops have seized 2 tons of heroin in the southern Afghan province of Helmand, the press office of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said on Sunday.
• Hillary Clinton Arrives In Pakistan RFE/RL 18 Jul 2010 -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has arrived in the Pakistani capital Islamabad to kick off a South Asian tour aimed at refining the goals of the nearly 9-year-old war in Afghanistan.
• Clinton in Pakistan on Key Mission VOA 18 Jul 2010 -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in Pakistan at the start of a tour of South Asia aimed at refining the goals of the nearly 9-year war in Afghanistan.

Defense Policy / Programs

• USS Mason Ship's Store Take First Step Toward Integrated Logistics System Navy NewsStand 18 Jul 2010 -- The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Mason (DDG 87) Ship's Store received its first order July 15 using a new supply logistic distant support system, Retail Operations Management-Enterprise Support (ROM-ES) while pierside in Norfolk.
• USS Blue Ridge Wins 10th Consecutive Medical Award Navy NewsStand 18 Jul 2010 -- USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) painted two green stars onto its bridge wing July 16 to distinguish itself as a 10-time consecutive winner of the Force Health and Wellness Unit Award.
• Pacific Partnership 2010 Seabees Repair Indonesian Hospital Navy NewsStand 18 Jul 2010 -- U.S. Navy Seabees completed renovations of a World War II-era Daruba hospital on the island of Morotai in Tobelo, Indonesia, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony July 15, as part of the Pacific Partnership 2010 (PP10) engineering civic action program (ENCAP).
• Pacific Partnership 2010 Departs Tobelo, Morotai Navy NewsStand 18 Jul 2010 -- Pacific Partnership 2010 (PP10) departed Tobelo and Morotai, Indonesia, July 17 concluding four days of operations alongside the people of Indonesia after delivering a variety of humanitarian and civic assistance programs ashore and surgical treatment aboard hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19)
• Pacific Partnership 2010 Completes First MEDCAP in Indonesia Navy NewsStand 18 Jul 2010 -- Pacific Partnership 2010 completed its first medical civic action program (MEDCAP) at the Negeri School in Tobelo, Indonesia, July 17 during the first leg of the mission's Indonesia visit.
• Shoup, Momsen Train for Strike Group Operations Navy NewsStand 18 Jul 2010 -- USS Shoup (DDG 86) and USS Momsen (DDG 92) departed Naval Station Everett, Wash., July 15 to participate in a composite training unit exercise (COMPTUEX) with the Abraham Lincoln Strike Group.
• The U.S. Army's International Debut: Battle at the River Marne Army News 18 Jul 2010 -- Diplomatic and political tensions among the empires of Europe exploded in a global war in August 1914. The United States remained officially neutral as the conflict raged on both land and the high seas, from the lush islands of Micronesia to the deserts of the Near East and from sub-tropical Africa to the entire continent of Europe. When Germany unleashed a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare, America responded with a declaration of war on Germany on April 6, 1917.
• US State Department Defends Military Aid to Cambodian Army VOA 18 Jul 2010 -- A senior U.S. State Department official visiting Cambodia defended U.S. support for Cambodia's military on Sunday. His comments follow strident criticism by a leading opposition parliamentarian over U.S. support for Cambodia's military.
• Ukrainian, NATO ships start Sea Breeze 2010 drills in Black Sea RIA Novosti 18 Jul 2010 -- Fifteen Ukrainian, U.S. and Turkish warships sailed out of Ukraine's Black Sea port of Odessa on Sunday to begin the active phase of the Sea Breeze 2010 exercises, the Ukrainian UNIAN news agency reported.

Defense Industry

• Raytheon Awarded Radar Contract for P-8I Maritime Surveillance Aircraft Raytheon 18 Jul 2010 -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has received a contract from Boeing to develop an international version of the APY-10 surveillance radar.
• Raytheon Awarded $55 Million Contract to Deliver TOW Missiles to Saudi Arabia Raytheon 18 Jul 2010 -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) received a $55 million contract to deliver TOW (Tube-Launched, Optically-Tracked, Wireless-Guided) 2A Radio Frequency missiles to the U.S. government as part of a foreign military sale to Saudi Arabia's National Guard.
• Raytheon Forms Team to Pursue Next Phase of Joint Precision Approach Landing System Raytheon 18 Jul 2010 -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN), the prime lead for Joint Precision Approach Landing System Increment 1, has formed a team to include Rockwell Collins and Honeywell International to compete for JPALS Increment 2.

Other Conflicts

• Mubarak Meets Israeli, Palestinian in Separate Cairo Talks VOA 18 Jul 2010 -- Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak held separate talks in Cairo Sunday with Israeli and Palestinian leaders, as well as the US Middle East peace envoy.
• EU Envoy Criticizes Israel During Gaza Visit VOA 18 Jul 2010 -- Europe's top diplomat has criticized Israel during a visit to the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.

News Reports

• Iranian Nuclear Expert Says U.S. Sought To Swap Him RFE/RL 18 Jul 2010 -- Iranian scientist Shahram Amiri, who claims he was abducted by the CIA a year ago, says the U.S. wanted him to confess to being a spy so they could swap him for three American hikers held by Tehran.
• EGYPT: Did the government overreact to H1N1? IRIN 18 Jul 2010 -- While a review is underway of how the World Health Organization (WHO) and national authorities handled last year’s outbreak of the H1N1 virus, also referred to as swine flu, medical experts in Egypt have criticized their government for overreacting to the pandemic, provoking unjustified fear and wasting millions of dollars-worth of much-needed public funds.
• Worldwide Alert Issued to Identify Kampala Suicide Bombers VOA 18 Jul 2010 -- Police in Uganda have released photographs of the reconstructed faces of two suicide bombers who struck in Kampala during the World Cup soccer finals, killing 76 people. A number of Pakistanis are among more than 20 people detained in connection with the bombing investigation.
• U.S. to help stabilize situation in Kyrgyzstan - U.S. envoy RIA Novosti 18 Jul 2010 -- The United States is ready to help the interim government of Kyrgyzstan stabilize the situation in the country's south, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg said on Sunday.