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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 03 Aug 2010 [PDF]
• Iraqi Forces Arrest 11 Terrorism Suspects AFPS 03 Aug 2010 -- Iraqi security forces arrested 11 terrorism suspects in operations around Iraq yesterday, military officials reported.
• Iraq Bombings Kill At Least 12 in Southern City of Kut VOA 03 Aug 2010 -- Iraqi security officials say two bombs exploded Tuesday in the mainly Shi'ite city of Kut in southern Iraq, killing at least 12 people and wounding about 55 others.
• Taliban Attack Largest US Base in Afghanistan VOA 03 Aug 2010 -- Taliban militants have attacked the largest U.S. military base in Afghanistan.
• Taliban Attack Main US Base in Southern Afghanistan VOA 03 Aug 2010 -- Afghan officials say Taliban militants on Tuesday attacked the main U.S. military base in southern Afghanistan.
• U.S. Military in Afghanistan Responds to Pakistan Floods AFPS 03 Aug 2010 -- The U.S. military in Afghanistan is responding rapidly to the disastrous flooding that reportedly killed more than 1,200 people in Pakistan and 60 in Afghanistan and has affected millions of others.
• Teamwork provides relief AFNS 03 Aug 2010 -- More than 76 thousand pounds of food was carried aboard a C-17 Globemaster III Aug. 2 en route to the flood-ravaged areas of northwest Pakistan.
• Tip Leads Afghan Soldiers to Enemy Weapons AFPS 03 Aug 2010 -- A tip from local residents led Afghan soldiers working with coalition partners to several enemy weapons stockpiles in Afghanistan’s Heart province yesterday, military officials reported.
• UN Removes Names From Taliban Sanctions Blacklist RFE/RL 03 Aug 2010 -- The UN Security Council has decided to remove 45 names from its Taliban and Al-Qaeda sanctions blacklist.
• Airmen Deliver Flood Relief to Pakistan AFPS 03 Aug 2010 -- An Air Force C-130H Hercules crew delivered relief supplies to Islamabad, Pakistan, July 31 in response to catastrophic monsoon flooding.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Source Exposure in WikiLeaks Documents Raises Security Questions VOA 03 Aug 2010 -- The disclosure of thousands of documents by WikiLeaks about the U.S. war effort in Afghanistan set off a storm of controversy. U.S. officials decried the leak for exposing their sources of information. But there is some question about why sources' real identities were in the documents, which appear to have been widely distributed on a classified Pentagon computer network.
• One year later: JB Charleston helps keep multinational wing operational AFNS 03 Aug 2010 -- A C-17 Globemaster III pilot from Pápa Air Base, Hungary, completed simulator training here recently, as part of a multinational mission.
• Leaders say volunteers key to Guard's success AFNS 03 Aug 2010 -- National Guard leaders said that if citizen-Soldiers and citizen-Airmen continue to deploy in support of overseas missions, their family readiness groups will need to be supported at the same pace.
• USS Taylor Renders Aid to Three Spanish Boaters Adrift Navy NewsStand 03 Aug 2010 -- USS Taylor (FFG 50) rendered assistance to three stranded Spanish boaters southeast of Gibraltar Aug 2.
• Halsey's Boarding Teams Prepare for Action Navy NewsStand 03 Aug 2010 -- Visit, board, search and seizure teams from USS Halsey (DDG 97) completed numerous exercises July 28-30 to prepare for potential maritime security operations during their 2010 deployment schedule.
• Navy Surgeon General Visits Naval Hospital Oak Harbor Navy NewsStand 03 Aug 2010 -- The Navy surgeon general visited Naval Hospital Oak Harbor (NHOH) located on Naval Air Station Whidbey Island Aug. 3 as part of his tour of Navy medical facilities in the Pacific Northwest.
• Navy eLearning Moves to New Learning Management System Navy NewsStand 03 Aug 2010 -- A major milestone toward increasing capabilities of Navy eLearning (NeL) was reached July 21 with the announcement of the contract for the Enterprise Training Management Delivery System (ETDMS) modernization program for the current Learning Management System (LMS) - the backbone of NeL.
• MSRON 7 Improves Readiness through Monster Mash on Guam Navy NewsStand 03 Aug 2010 -- Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadron (MSRON) 7 held its quarterly Monster Mash exercise to test its Sailors physically and mentally at U.S. Naval Base Guam (NBG) July 30.
• Air Guard officials focus on equipment for domestic operations AFNS 03 Aug 2010 -- Hundreds of Air National Guard members are meeting here Aug. 2 through Aug. 6 to discuss and prioritize the Air National Guard's equipment requirements for future natural and manmade disasters.
• Nonappropriated fund human resources issues addressed during conference AFNS 03 Aug 2010 -- Nearly 100 Air Force human resources professionals met here recently for the 2010 Nonappropriated Fund Human Resources worldwide conference.
• Woodson Pledges to Advance Military Medical System AFPS 03 Aug 2010 -- President Barack Obama’s nominee as assistant secretary of defense for health affairs told Congress today he’ll strive to improve the medical system that serves military members and their families while putting special emphasis on care for wounded warriors.
• VMAQ-3 prowls Nevada skies USMC News 03 Aug 2010 -- More than 100 Marines of Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 3 continue to train in the arid desert outside Las Vegas, where triple-digit temperatures have been the norm.
• Mullen: Family Support Vital to War Effort AFPS 03 Aug 2010 -- Military readiness is directly tied to family readiness, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told National Guard family program volunteers here yesterday.
• NORAD Plans Exercise With Russian Air Force AFPS 03 Aug 2010 -- The Russian air force and the North American Aerospace Defense Command will conduct their first cooperative air defense exercise, NORAD officials announced.
• US, Russia to Conduct First-Ever Joint Air Force Maneuvers VOA 03 Aug 2010 -- U.S. military officials say elements of the Russian Air Force will join U.S. and Canadian air units in the first-ever joint air defense exercises between the former Cold War foes.
• NORAD, Russia to conduct first-ever joint air defense drills RIA Novosti 03 Aug 2010 -- The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and the Russian Air Force will hold their first-ever joint air defense exercise on August 8-11, NORAD said.
• Russian ship thwarts pirate attack on tanker in Red Sea RIA Novosti 03 Aug 2010 -- A Russian Black Sea fleet vessel, involved in an anti-piracy mission off the Horn of Africa, thwarted a pirate attack on a Russian-flagged tanker in the Red Sea on Monday, a Navy spokesman said on Tuesday.
• Navy to launch a submarine soon: Army chief IRNA 03 Aug 2010 -- Army Commander Major General Ataollah Salehi announced on Tuesday that a submarine will be launched by the Navy in the next 10 days.
• Visiting Japan, Ban stresses need to move towards nuclear weapons-free world UN News Centre 03 Aug 2010 -- On the first day of his visit to Japan ahead of the commemoration of the 65th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the city of Hiroshima, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged the world to work to ensure that nuclear weapons were eliminated.
• GLOBAL: Seven countries which had used cluster munitions yet to endorse ban IRIN 03 Aug 2010 -- The Convention on Cluster Munitions came into force on 1 August 2010, marking a major step towards ridding the world of the cluster bomb submunitions which can kill and maim decades after being unleashed.
• August 3, 2010 - U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing US Dept. of State 03 Aug 2010
• Press Briefing by Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, 8/3/2010 The White House 03 Aug 2010

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for August 03, 2010
• BAE Systems Secures $21 Million Follow-on Order for New Armor Kits BAE Systems 03 Aug 2010 -- BAE Systems has been awarded a $21 million order from Textron Marine and Land Systems (TM&LS) to build and deliver more than 420 armor protection kits for Armored Security Vehicles (ASV). This is a follow-on order to a contract for ASV armor panels valued at $10.5 million that BAE Systems announced in March of this year.
• Boeing CH-47F Chinook Fielded by US Army's 10th Mountain Division Boeing 03 Aug 2010 -- The Boeing [NYSE: BA] CH-47F Chinook helicopter was fielded July 30 by the U.S. Army's B Company, 3rd General Support Aviation Battalion, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y. The 10th Mountain Division is the sixth Army unit to be trained and equipped with the aircraft.
• Boeing Receives 1st F-15E Radar Modernization Program Test Asset from Raytheon Boeing 03 Aug 2010 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] received the first APG-82(V)1 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar test set for the U.S. Air Force F-15E Radar Modernization Program (RMP) from Raytheon in St. Louis on June 10. The radar test set, which has successfully completed Acceptance Test Procedures, will undergo further tests at Boeing's Electronic Systems Integration Lab in St. Louis before being integrated into an F-15E.
• First Dauphin AS365 N3 Full Flight Simulator in Singapore, South East Asia EADS 03 Aug 2010 -- Eurocopter is pleased to announce the introduction of the first Full Flight Simulator (FFS) for the Dauphin AS365 N3 in South East Asia. The simulator is being developed and built in partnership with Thales and will be operational in Eurocopter South East Asia’s (ESEA) new training facility in Singapore by mid 2012.
• General Dynamics Itronix’s New GD300 Rugged Wearable Computer Enables Unprecedented GPS and Situational Awareness for Warfighters General Dynamics 03 Aug 2010 -- Combining commercial global positioning and communications technology with battlefield-rugged computing, General Dynamics Itronix is introducing the GD300 fully rugged arm- or chest-worn computer. Weighing less than 8 ounces, the Android™-based GD300 operates like an ultra-sensitive commercial GPS unit or, with the click of a cable, interfaces with tactical radios like the Rifleman Radio (AN/PRC-154) for secure access to the tactical network. The GD300 uses a quadra-helix antenna for real-time global positioning that defies interference even when the user is positioned in mountainous regions or urban environments.
• CH-53K Helicopter Program Achieves Successful Critical Design Review Sikorsky 03 Aug 2010 -- Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation announced today the successful completion of the CH-53K Heavy Lift Helicopter Program Critical Design Review (CDR) event, signaling the program is ready to proceed to assembly, test and evaluation. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX).
• Air Force/Lockheed Martin Team Transitions Operations of Milstar Constellation to New Advanced Extremely High Frequency Ground Control Lockheed Martin 03 Aug 2010 -- A joint U.S. Air Force/Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] team has successfully transitioned the Milstar satellite constellation ground control system to the new Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) Mission Control Segment (MCS). The AEHF MCS is now performing day-to-day operations of the Milstar satellite constellation and is poised to support deployment of the AEHF satellite constellation with first launch scheduled for August 2010.
• Russia may lose $13 bln to ban on arms exports to Iran - analyst RIA Novosti 03 Aug 2010 -- Russia could lose up to $13 billion due to an extensive arms embargo imposed on Iran over its controversial nuclear program, a Russian arms trade expert said on Tuesday.

Other Conflicts

• 3 August 2010 - Daily Press Briefing by the Offices of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General and the Spokesperson for the General Assembly President United Nations 03 Aug 2010
• Press Conference by Security Council President on Programme of Work for August United Nations 03 Aug 2010
• N. Korea threatens 'physical counter attack' to S. Korean naval exercise RIA Novosti 03 Aug 2010 -- North Korea has threatened a "physical counter attack" to the South Korean naval drills due to be held this week in the Yellow Sea, North Korean media said.
• Clashes Between Israeli, Lebanese Forces Spark Fears of Wider War VOA 03 Aug 2010 -- Clashes along the border between the Israeli military and the Lebanese Army have many Lebanese worried about a wider war between the two countries. The fighting has produced casualties on both sides. Many Lebanese leaders are accusing Israel of planning to attack its smaller neighbor.
• Israeli, Lebanese Forces Clash on Border VOA 03 Aug 2010 -- There has been a deadly flare-up of violence on the Israel-Lebanon border.
• 4 Lebanese Killed in Fighting on Border with Israel VOA 03 Aug 2010 -- Lebanese and Israeli troops have exchanged fire along their border in a battle that Lebanese officials say killed four people on their side and wounded several Israelis.
• UN urges restraint after exchange of fire along Israeli-Lebanese border UN News Centre 03 Aug 2010 -- The United Nations has urged Israel and Lebanon to exercise maximum restraint after an exchange of fire today along the so-called Blue Line separating the two countries.
• Security Council welcomes UN panel of inquiry into deadly Gaza flotilla incident UN News Centre 03 Aug 2010 -- The Security Council today welcomed the establishment of a United Nations panel of inquiry into the incident earlier this year when Israel raided a six-ship humanitarian convoy that was heading for the Gaza Strip, resulting in the deaths of nine civilians.
• Kosovo: UN envoy stresses need for dialogue to resolve outstanding issues UN News Centre 03 Aug 2010 -- With the International Court of Justice having rendered the much anticipated advisory opinion on the legality of Kosovo’s unilateral declaration of independence from Serbia, the two sides should now engage in constructive dialogue to resolve outstanding issues between them, a senior United Nations official said today.
• Efforts to ease tensions at Darfur camp continue, UN-African Union mission reports UN News Centre 03 Aug 2010 -- A senior official with the joint United Nations-African Union mission in Darfur is again visiting a camp for displaced persons in a bid to ease recent tensions there following deadly violence between supporters and opponents of the ongoing peace process.
• Secretary-General condemns deadly rocket attack in southern Jordan UN News Centre 03 Aug 2010 -- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned this week’s rocket attack that killed one person in the southern Jordanian town of Aqaba and urged countries in the region to work together to bring those responsible to justice.
• Sudan’s President Continues Travels in Spite of Arrest Warrants VOA 03 Aug 2010 -- A prominent member of Sudan’s ruling National Congress Party (NCP) told VOA President Omar Hassan al-Bashir will begin a two-day official state visit to neighboring Libya Wednesday.
• YEMEN: Juggling the different aid priorities in Saada IRIN 03 Aug 2010 -- Head of the government’s Reconstruction Fund (RF) Mohammed Thabit says the UN World Food Programme (WFP) should stop giving food to internally displaced persons (IDPs) and contribute instead to the reconstruction of Saada Governorate.
• Belarus promises to recognize Abkhazia, South Ossetia - Medvedev RIA Novosti 03 Aug 2010 -- Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has promised to recognize the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday.
• Reports of fresh recruitment by Nepalese army and Maoists spark UN concern UN News Centre 03 Aug 2010 -- The United Nations mission in Nepal today expressed deep concern at reports that both the national army and the Maoist army plan to begin recruiting new people, which would constitute a violation of the 2006 peace pact that ended the country’s decade-long civil war.

News Reports

• U.S. Tightens Sanctions On Iran RFE/RL 03 Aug 2010 -- The U.S. Treasury Department has frozen the U.S. assets linked to several Iranian officials and two entities that it says has helped finance terrorist efforts by Hizballah.
• Iran’s power deters enemies from unwise action: Min IRNA 03 Aug 2010 -- Commander of Army’s Ground Force Brigadier-General Ahmad-Reza Pourdastan said on Tuesday that Iran’s power in the region has discouraged enemy from taking any “unwise” action against the country.
• Consequencies of US military adventurism will be without limits IRNA 03 Aug 2010 -- Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Tuesday that the US is well aware of the fact that consequences of US military adventurism will be without limits and that the balance of power in the Middle East has turned against the United States.
• Tehran ready for explicit talks with Obama: FM spokesman IRNA 03 Aug 2010 -- Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehman-Parast said on Tuesday that Tehran is ready to hold an explicit and transparent meeting with US President Barack Obama in the presence of media.
• FM spokesman: fuel swap talks should be held soon IRNA 03 Aug 2010 -- Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehman-Parast said fuel swap talks should be held soon.
• Iran does not pay attention to US officials' remarks: FM spokesman IRNA 03 Aug 2010 -- Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehman-Parast said on Tuesday that Tehran does not pay attention to remarks made by US authorities.
• Iran defense plans to crush enemy- Minister IRNA 03 Aug 2010 -- Minister of Defense and the Armed Forces Logistics Brigadier-General Ahmad Vahidi said here on Tuesday morning that Iran has prepared defensive plans to face any threats by the enemies and to make them regret attacking Iran.
• Iranian Families Again Refused Visit With Prisoners RFE/RL 03 Aug 2010 -- An Iranian journalist says the relatives of 17 political prisoners in Tehran's Evin prison were refused a visit with their family members on August 2, RFE/RL's Radio Farda reports.
• Iran warns U.S. of 'regrettable fate' in event of attack RIA Novosti 03 Aug 2010 -- Iran warned the United States on Tuesday of the consequences of any attack on the Islamic Republic, the ISNA news agency said.
• Interview: Iranian Journalist Recalls Torture, Sharing Cell With Supreme Leader (To Be) RFE/RL 03 Aug 2010 -- Former Iranian political activist and prominent journalist Houshang Asadi was jailed under the rule of the shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. He was jailed for six years and tortured again after Iran became an Islamic republic.
• Pakistani Leader To 'Educate' British PM On Terror Struggle RFE/RL 03 Aug 2010 -- whether it is the floods or whether it's terrorism -- Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari arrives in London on August 3 amid an intensifying diplomatic row with Britain and growing calls for him to return to Pakistan to lead relief efforts as monsoon floods continue to take a toll.
• At Least 40 Die In Violence In Karachi After Politician Slain RFE/RL 03 Aug 2010 -- Officials in Pakistan's largest city Karachi say at least 40 people have been killed in an outburst of communal violence that followed the assassination of a local lawmaker.
• Pakistan Violence Kills Dozens in Karachi VOA 03 Aug 2010 -- Police in Pakistan say at least 45 people have been killed in the country's commercial capital of Karachi since Monday's assassination of a senior leader of the city's dominant political party.
• Pakistan Floods Affect 3 Million People, More than 1,400 Now Dead RFE/RL 03 Aug 2010 -- UN aid workers say Pakistan's worst floods in living memory have affected more than 3 million people -- with a death toll from the devastating monsoon rains now topping 1,400 people.
• PAKISTAN: Dozens of Afghan refugees missing, thousands displaced IRIN 03 Aug 2010 -- Dozens of Afghan refugees have been reported missing and thousands displaced by severe floods in Pakistan over the past two weeks, according to refugees, aid workers and officials.
• Disease the new threat as UN agencies ramp up relief efforts in flood-hit Pakistan UN News Centre 03 Aug 2010 -- United Nations humanitarian agencies warned today of the possibility of waterborne disease outbreaks emerging in north-western Pakistan, where an estimated 1,400 people have already died in the region’s worst flooding in living memory and more heavy rains are forecast.
• 3 Million Affected by Pakistan's Worst Flooding in Decades VOA 03 Aug 2010 -- The United Nations says the worst floods to hit Pakistan in 80 years have impacted 3.2 million people, amid warnings of new flooding and further devastation.
• U.S. woman used as patsy in smuggling military hardware to Russia RIA Novosti 03 Aug 2010 -- A U.S. woman is suspected of smuggling military hardware to Russia, although she firmly believes she was sending humanitarian aid to Russian orphans, ABC News.com reported.
• Russia to launch moon probe in 2012 RIA Novosti 03 Aug 2010 -- Russia's Federal Space Agency Roscosmos will launch a probe bearing a neutron generator to study the moon's surface in 2012, a leading space researcher said on Tuesday.