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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 05 Aug 2010 [PDF]
• Airpower Summary for August 1 AFNS 05 Aug 2010
• Airpower Summary for July 31 AFNS 05 Aug 2010
• Airpower Summary for July 30 AFNS 05 Aug 2010
• U.S. ground, air train with Iraqi Army Army News 05 Aug 2010 -- CALFEX was one of a handful ever conducted in Iraq, and it allowed US Soldiers to work alongside the Iraqi Army soldiers, not as trainers but as equal.
• BCTs change to AABs to meet new role Army News 05 Aug 2010 -- The U.S. Army has seen significant technological, doctrinal and structural changes within the past decade.
• US and Iraqi Soldiers meet to prepare for Sha'baniyah Army News 05 Aug 2010 -- Prior to this year's Sha'baniyah pilgrimage, US and Iraqi intelligence Soldiers worked closely to ensure the Shi'a Islam festival was celebrated in peace.
• Security Council extends UN presence in Iraq for another year UN News Centre 05 Aug 2010 -- The Security Council extended for another year the mandate of the United Nations mission that is helping Iraq.
• Afghan, Coalition Forces Engage Enemy in Nangarhar AFPS 05 Aug 2010 -- Combined Afghan and coalition security forces conducted operations across Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province.
• Seabees Render First Aid, Perform Salvage Operations Navy NewsStand 05 Aug 2010 -- Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5 Seabees responded to a plane crash at Forward Operating Base Dwyer in Afghanistan.
• Suicide Bomber Kills 7 Afghan Policemen VOA 05 Aug 2010 -- Afghan officials say a suicide bomber has attacked a convoy of Afghan and NATO-led forces in northern Afghanistan, killing seven policemen.
• Suicide Car Bomber Kills At Least Six Afghan Police In Konduz Province RFE/RL 05 Aug 2010 -- A suicide car bomb has targeted a convoy of Afghan and NATO security forces in the northern Afghan province of Konduz.
• NATO Admits Attacks Killed Afghan Civilians VOA 05 Aug 2010 -- NATO has acknowledged that coalition and Afghan troops killed a number of civilians during a joint operation in eastern Afghanistan.
• DOD News Briefing with Vice Adm. Harward and Ambassador Klemm from Afghanistan DoD 05 Aug 2010
• Training Mission Officer Discusses Afghan Forces' Funding AFPS 05 Aug 2010 -- A NATO Training Mission Afghanistan team is building the Afghan security forces’ capabilities while helping them on the road to self-sufficiency.
• Karzai Risks Conflict With U.S. In Bid For Control of Afghan Anticorruption Body RFE/RL 05 Aug 2010 -- Afghan President Karzai has risked renewed tensions by demanding an investigation into a US-backed anticorruption body.
• Corruption Battle Continues in Afghanistan AFPS 05 Aug 2010 -- Corruption within police and military units is one of the biggest threats facing the Afghan national security forces.
• DOD News Briefing with Geoff Morrell from the Pentagon DoD 05 Aug 2010
• Pentagon Demands WikiLeaks Return Stolen Documents VOA 05 Aug 2010 -- The Pentagon is demanding that the website WikiLeaks immediately return tens of thousands of secret documents on the war in Afghanistan published last month.
• Iran-Afghanistan-Tajikistan cooperation helps regional peace IRNA 05 Aug 2010 -- President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: Constructive cooperation between Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan will help bolster peace in the region.
• UN health agency rushing medical help to flood-hit Afghans UN News Centre 05 Aug 2010 -- UN health agency has begun sending medical supplies to aid thousands of people affected by recent flooding across Afghanistan.
• Will The Floods Open The Floodgates For Pakistan's Extremists? RFE/RL 05 Aug 2010 -- Devastating flooding in northwestern Pakistan has now taken more than 1,400 lives and a left about 1 million people homeless.
• UN deploys helicopters to aid flood-stricken in Pakistan UN News Centre 05 Aug 2010 -- The United Nations World Food Programme is deploying helicopters in Pakistan to feed the victims of deadly floods.
• Pakistani Government Faces Criticism for Flood Response VOA 05 Aug 2010 -- The sound of steady rainfall is not uncommon for Pakistan during the monsoon season of July and August.
• UN Estimates More Than 4 Million People Affected By Pakistan Floods VOA 05 Aug 2010 -- UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Pakistan estimates more than 4 million people in the country are affected by devastating floods.
• Thousands Flee as Floodwaters Threaten Pakistan's South VOA 05 Aug 2010 -- Thousands of people are fleeing Pakistan's most populous provinces of Punjab and Sindh, as devastating floodwaters sweep towards the country's south.
• PAKISTAN: Most districts of Sindh Province on high flood alert IRIN 05 Aug 2010 -- As Pakistan’s worst floods in decades move south, 19 of Sindh Province’s 23 districts have been put on high alert.
• PAKISTAN: Nightmare for the vulnerable IRIN 05 Aug 2010 -- Getting through the day in squelching mud and waist-high flood water is hard enough for the able-bodied.

Defense Policy / Programs

• US Aircraft Carrier to Exercise in Yellow Sea VOA 05 Aug 2010 -- The Pentagon announced that the US aircraft carrier George Washington will participate in planned exercises with South Korean forces in the Yellow Sea.
• South Korea begins naval exercises in Yellow Sea RIA Novosti 05 Aug 2010 -- South Korea has begun naval exercises in the Yellow Sea despite North Korea's threat of a "counterattack."
• Large-scale S. Korean Naval Exercises Staged in West Sea KCNA 05 Aug 2010 -- The south Korean forces kicked off large-scale joint naval war exercises in the West Sea of Korea.
• Rodong Sinmun Blasts Nuclear Scenario KCNA 05 Aug 2010 -- It is an invariable scenario of the United States to make a preemptive nuclear strike upon and stifle the DPRK any time.
• Senate Committee Delays Action on New START Treaty VOA 05 Aug 2010 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has delayed a vote on the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty until after the August recess.
• US remains optimistic about arms treaty ratification RIA Novosti 05 Aug 2010 -- US administration hopes that the new strategic arms reduction treaty with Russia will be ratified by the end of this year.
• Iran expresses strong protest about Mullen's latest remarks IRNA 05 Aug 2010 -- Iran officially protested against recent remarks of the US Chairman of the Joint of Staff Mike Mullen in a letter to the UN senior officials.
• Center aids in defeating explosive devices Army News 05 Aug 2010 -- Newly established Asia-Pacific Counter - Improvised Explosive Device Center provides servicemembers stationed in the Pacific access to cutting-edge training in the fight to defeat improvised explosive devices.
• First Gun Mission Module Installed Aboard LCS 2 Navy NewsStand 05 Aug 2010 -- The Navy installed the second gun mission module aboard USS Independence July 28 in Norfolk, Virginia.
• Updated test cells online in ANAD's turbine engine value stream Army News 05 Aug 2010 -- First AGT1500 engine, which powers the M1 family of vehicles, rolled out of the new dynamometer test cells in the depot's turbine engine value stream.
• McKinley Reviews National Guard's Contribution AFPS 05 Aug 2010 -- In response to Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates' effort to find efficiencies throughout the services, the National Guard is taking a hard look at how it operates.
• Idaho National Guard unit conducts rehearsal drill at Camp Shelby Army News 05 Aug 2010 -- The 188th Infantry Brigade recently hosted the rehearsal of concept drill for the deploying 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team on Thursday at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center.
• NAVSEA Warfare Center Installations Enhance Fleet Maintenance Navy NewsStand 05 Aug 2010 -- Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane, Ind., personnel completed Ram Air Turbo-Generator Test Set (RATTS) maintenance equipment installations and training.
• Exercise Khaan Quest Army News 05 Aug 2010 -- Exercise Khaan Quest 10 (KQ 10), Aug. 2-28, 2010, is a multi-national, peace supporting operational exercise.
• Multinational Crew Participates in Kearsarge ARG's COMPTUEX Navy NewsStand 05 Aug 2010 -- A NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control Force E-3 aircraft, operating from Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Fla., took part in the USS Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group COMPTUEX.
• MCAST Security Force Assistance Mobile Team Collaborates with Cameroon Navy Navy NewsStand 05 Aug 2010 -- A Security Force Assistance detachment from the Maritime Civil Affairs and Security Training command conducted a cooperative training engagement with the Cameroon navy.
• CLC-36 returns better-equipped for combat USMC News 05 Aug 2010 -- Approximately 65 Marines with Combat Logistics Company 36 returned here from Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan.
• Army takes lead of chaplain center Army News 05 Aug 2010 -- The position of AFCC director is held for one year, which means the Navy Chaplain School commandant will take the reins next year.
• Air Force primed to adopt official motto AFNS 05 Aug 2010 -- Seeking an enduring and distinctive way to reflect the Air Force's cultural identity and adapt to changing missions, senior leaders have solicited feedback to help develop potential mottos.
• DLA changes name, unifies enterprise USMC News 05 Aug 2010 -- For the past year, Defense Logistics Agency has worked to find a solution to a dilemma, which has caused confusion and misunderstanding among its employees, customers and stakeholders.
• FDA clears JBAIDS avian influenza detection kit Army News 05 Aug 2010 -- This new FDA clearance adds bird flu diagnostic capability for the DoD on the JBAIDS platform, deployed worldwide.
• Wildfire threatens military base in Russia's Moscow region RIA Novosti 05 Aug 2010 -- Wildfire is threatening to engulf the military command of the Alabinsk garrison in the Moscow region.
• Medvedev Sacks Officers As Thick Smog Engulfs Moscow RFE/RL 05 Aug 2010 -- Russian President Medvedev has fired several high-ranking naval officers in connection with a wildfire that destroyed a naval base.
• Fire investigation at UK's nuclear arms plant IRNA 05 Aug 2010 -- An investigation has been launched by the Ministry of Defence and the Health and Safety Executive into a fire at the UK’s main nuclear weapons plant.
• No way Iran could get S-300 missiles - expert RIA Novosti 05 Aug 2010 -- The recent report by the Iranian Fars news agency about deliveries from Belarus of S-300 surface-to-air missile systems to Tehran is a bluff.
• U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing US Dept. of State 05 Aug 2010

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for August 05, 2010
• BAE Systems Awarded $23 Million For Work On Bradley and M113 Vehicles BAE Systems 05 Aug 2010 -- BAE Systems has been awarded $23 million in various contract modifications for work on the Bradley and M113 vehicles.
• Lockheed Martin and Raytheon Partner for GMD Development and Sustainment Contract Lockheed Martin 05 Aug 2010 -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) announced today that they are partnering to pursue the U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) Development and Sustainment Contract.
• Rheinmetall Air Defence of Switzerland - "Allegations are without foundation" Rheinmetall Defence 05 Aug 2010 -- Rheinmetall Air Defence of Switzerland emphatically denies any wrongdoing with regard to the acquisition of defence contracts in India.
• A400M begins rough field test activity EADS 05 Aug 2010 -- The new Airbus Military A400M airlifter has performed preliminary tests in preparation for rough field trials planned for later this year.
• General Dynamics Awarded $278 Million by U.S. Army to Produce Hydra-70 Rockets, Warheads and Motors General Dynamics 05 Aug 2010 -- The U.S. Army Contracting Command, AMCOM Contracting Center, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., has awarded General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products a firm fixed price contract for the production of the 2.75-inch Hydra-70 rocket system. The award consists of a base-year contract valued at approximately $278 million to support the fiscal year 2010 requirements for the U.S. Army, Air Force, Navy and foreign military, with deliveries through October 2012.
• General Dynamics Awarded $12 Million to Upgrade Submarine Weapons Control System General Dynamics 05 Aug 2010 -- General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems was awarded an $11.5 million modification to a previously awarded contract to provide engineering and technical services for the AN/BYG-1 weapons control system for SSN21-, Virginia- and SSN688/688I-class submarines. This contract modification is the second-year option of a multi-year contract awarded in July 2009. General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems is a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD).
• Raytheon Receives $13 Million for Aegis Modernization Raytheon 05 Aug 2010 -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) was awarded a $13.7 million U.S. Navy contract to upgrade the Aegis weapons system for several Arleigh Burke-class destroyers and Ticonderoga-class cruisers.
• Boeing Successfully Completes Acquisition of Argon ST Boeing 05 Aug 2010 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today completed its acquisition of Argon ST Inc. [NASDAQ: STST]. Argon ST, based in Fairfax, Va., develops C4ISR (Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance) and combat systems. Boeing on June 30 announced its intent to acquire Argon ST as part of the company's strategy to expand its capabilities to address the C4ISR, cyber and intelligence markets.

Other Conflicts

• Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, 5 August 2010 United Nations 05 Aug 2010
• OPT: Three different takes on aid priorities in Gaza IRIN 05 Aug 2010 -- The quality of life, the economy and food security for Palestinians living in Gaza have been severely impaired by Israel’s strict four-year blockade.
• Turkish Flotilla Ships Leaving Israel VOA 05 Aug 2010 -- Israel allowed three Turkish ships from the fatal Gaza-bound flotilla to leave on Thursday and head back to Turkey.
• New South Ossetian Defense Chief Opposes Further Downsizing Of Armed Forces RFE/RL 05 Aug 2010 -- Top Russian general has estimated as minimal the chances of a new Georgian assault on the region.
• Two years on, Medvedev says Russia did right thing in South Ossetia RIA Novosti 05 Aug 2010 -- Russian President Medvedev is sure Russia did the right thing in August 2008 when it fought Georgia and recognized South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
• India favours step-by-step approach to resolve dispute with Pakistan IRNA 05 Aug 2010 -- Emphasizing that cross-border hostilities will have to cease, India said it favours a gradual approach to resolve differences with Pakistan.
• Two more killed, fresh protests break out in curfew bound Kashmir IRNA 05 Aug 2010 -- Police again opened fire to disperse a large funeral procession in interior Srinagar Thursday afternoon sparking fresh violence.
• New Delhi regrets loss of innocent lives in Kashmir IRNA 05 Aug 2010 -- New Delhi urged all sections of people of Jammu and Kashmir to heed voices of reason and desist from violent protests.
• Indian Authorities Struggle to Control Widening Kashmir Protests VOA 05 Aug 2010 -- In Indian Kashmir, authorities are struggling to control spiraling street protests, which have led to the death of more than 45 people.
• UN Urges Kosovo, Serbia to Resolve Outstanding Issues VOA 05 Aug 2010 -- UN's top diplomat in Kosovo says recent ICJ ruling should now open a new phase of dialogue between Pristina and Belgrade to resolve their outstanding issues.
• NATO Hands Over Responsibility For Serb Shrines To Kosovo Police RFE/RL 05 Aug 2010 -- NATO's top commander in Kosovo: Alliance is handing over responsibility for protecting 9 Serb Orthodox Church monuments to the Kosovo police force.
• Supermodel Appears at Charles Taylor War Crimes Trial VOA 05 Aug 2010 -- Supermodel Naomi Campbell has testified in the war crimes trial of former Liberian president Charles Taylor.

News Reports

• Briefing on the Release of Country Reports on Terrorism for 2009 US Dept. of State 05 Aug 2010
• Fact Sheet: Country Reports on Terrorism 2009 US Dept. of State 05 Aug 2010
• Officials Say Terrorist Recruitment Effort in US On Rise VOA 05 Aug 2010 -- A series of arrests in the United States this week sheds light on a growing concern of law enforcement officials.
• Obama's refusal to hold debate a defeat for US IRNA 05 Aug 2010 -- US President Obama's refusal to hold a debate with Iranian president at the UN General Assembly registered a blow to the United States.
• China Rejects US Concerns about Deals with Iran VOA 05 Aug 2010 -- China has defended its business ties with Iran after a United States official urged Beijing to fully implement sanctions against Tehran.
• Iraq Checks Iran Banks Seeking License RFE/RL 05 Aug 2010 -- Iraqi authorities say they are investigating whether two Iranian commercial banks that want to do business in Iraq are covered by UN Security Council sanctions.
• U.S. to study intelligence reports on Ahmadinejad's assassination attempt RIA Novosti 05 Aug 2010 -- The U.S. will study data to gain an understanding into reports about an assassination attempt on the Iranian president.
• Iran's Stats Center Takes Over Reporting Of Economic Indicators RFE/RL 05 Aug 2010 -- Iranian official: Major economic indicators will no longer be announced by the Central Bank but will instead be reported by the Statistics Center of Iran.
• Ahmadinejad vows to launch Iran's first manned spacecraft in 2017 RIA Novosti 05 Aug 2010 -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said his country would launch its first manned spacecraft in 2017 instead of in 2019.
• Iran's first astronaut in space in 7 years - President IRNA 05 Aug 2010 -- Iran will send its first astronaut to space in 2017, President Ahmadinejad said Thursday in this western provincial capital city.
• Iranian Lawyer Representing Stoning Case Woman Flees To Turkey RFE/RL 05 Aug 2010 -- The lawyer of an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery has fled to Turkey and has requested asylum there.
• North Korea Reports Heavy Damage From Floods VOA 05 Aug 2010 -- North Korea's state-run news agency says heavy rains have caused great damage to the country's economy and unspecified human losses.
• Flood Damage Confirmed Serious KCNA 05 Aug 2010 -- It has been ascertained that torrential rains in July did a great deal of damage to people's living, railway transport, agriculture and other economic sectors.
• Israel Charges 3 Arabs with Spying for Syria VOA 05 Aug 2010 -- Israel has charged three Arabs with spying for Syria and planning to kidnap a Syrian pilot who defected to Israel.
• Poland Orders Suspected Israeli Spy Extradited to Germany VOA 05 Aug 2010 -- A Polish court upheld an order to extradite to Germany an alleged Israeli intelligence agent suspected in the assassination of a militant leader.
• Polish court upholds extradition of suspected Mossad agent IRNA 05 Aug 2010 -- A Warsaw appeals court upheld extradition of alleged Mossad operative Uri Brodsky to Germany.
• Otunbayeva: Detained opposition gang planned assassination RIA Novosti 05 Aug 2010 -- Members of the Kyrgyz opposition planned to assassinate all the high-ranking officials in the Kyrgyz interim government.
• Kyrgyz Opposition Leader Arrested Amid Fresh Unrest RFE/RL 05 Aug 2010 -- The authorities in Kyrgyzstan have arrested an opposition leader and more than 20 others on charges of plotting a coup.
• Kyrgyz opposition leader detained RIA Novosti 05 Aug 2010 -- Kyrgyz Opposition leader and businessman Urmat Baryktabasov, who organized Thursday's mass protest in the capital Bishkek, has been detained.
• Anti-Government Protests Rock Kyrgyzstan VOA 05 Aug 2010 -- Troops in Kyrgyzstan's capital fired guns into the air and used tear-gas to disperse protesters at a rally Thursday in support of a politician who recently returned from exile.
• Kyrgyz opposition supporters seek to join leader near Bishkek RIA Novosti 05 Aug 2010 -- Members of a Kyrgyz opposition rally in Bishkek headed to the nearby city of Kant, where police stopped another group of protesters.
• Osh Officials Prevent Protest Against OSCE Police In Kyrgyzstan RFE/RL 05 Aug 2010 -- The authorities in Kyrgyzstan's southern city of Osh have prevented a mass protest against the deployment of an international police force in the Osh and Jalal-Abad regions.
• Kyrgyz police deny opposition leader entrance to capital RIA Novosti 05 Aug 2010 -- Kyrgyz police have refused to allow opposition leader and businessman Urmat Baryktabasov to enter the capital to join a protest.
• Tensions rise as Kyrgyz opposition rallies in Bishkek RIA Novosti 05 Aug 2010 -- Thousands of Kyrgyz opposition supporters gathered on the square in front of the country's parliament in Bishkek, which currently houses the interim government.
• Kyrgyzstan fears more violence as thousands gather for opposition congress RIA Novosti 05 Aug 2010 -- Volunteers from self-defense squads and police patrolled streets of the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek amid growing fears of outbreak of unrest in the ex-Soviet state.
• Kyrgyz President Admits Abuses Committed By Security Forces RFE/RL 05 Aug 2010 -- Kyrgyz President Roza Otunbaeva has acknowledged that Kyrgyz security forces abused the rights of minority Uzbeks in the wake of deadly ethnic riots in June.
• UN diplomatic efforts in Central Asia deserve strong support - Security Council UN News Centre 05 Aug 2010 -- The Security Council voiced appreciation for the work of the UN office that is helping Central Asian nations address regional concerns.
• UN official: Tackling human rights issues vital for Nepal's peace process UN News Centre 05 Aug 2010 -- Addressing human rights issues and ensuring accountability for abuses is vital for the peace process in Nepal.
• India starts hectic parleys to build consensus gov't in Nepal IRNA 05 Aug 2010 -- PM Singh's special envoy Shyam Saran started parleys with Nepalese leaders to help form a consensus government amidst deepening political crisis in Kathmandu.
• Kenyans Vote 'Yes' on New Constitution VOA 05 Aug 2010 -- Partial results from Kenya's referendum show that voters overwhelmingly cast ballots for the country's proposed new constitution.
• UN mission takes note of new date for Ivorian presidential polls UN News Centre 05 Aug 2010 -- UN peacekeeping mission in Côte d'Ivoire took note of the announcement of a new date for the country’s presidential election.
• South Africa Recalls Envoy to Rwanda over Assassination Attempt VOA 05 Aug 2010 -- South Africa recalled its envoy to Rwanda following diplomatic tensions between Pretoria and Kigali after a recent assassination attempt on an exiled Rwandan army general.
• Rwandan President Vows to Crush Troublemakers Ahead of Monday's Vote VOA 05 Aug 2010 -- Rwandan President Paul Kagame has warned that he will crush any attempt to destabilize his regime with just 3 more days before presidential election.
• Russia, South Africa Sign Uranium Trade Deal VOA 05 Aug 2010 -- Russia has agreed to supply enriched uranium to South Africa's nuclear power plant until at least 2017.
• Senate Confirms Elena Kagan to US Supreme Court VOA 05 Aug 2010 -- The U.S. Senate voted Thursday to confirm Elena Kagan as a justice to the Supreme Court of the United States.
• Successful launch for Rascom-QAF1R and Nilesat 201 Thales 05 Aug 2010 -- Rascom-QAF1R and Nilesat 201 telecommunications satellites, designed and built by Thales Alenia Space, dedicated respectively to RascomStar-QAF and NILESAT satellites operators, have been successfully launched from Kourou in French Guiana by an Ariane 5 ECA rocket. These two satellite will develop communication services over Africa.