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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 02 Sep 2010 [PDF]
• Airpower Summary for August 31 AFNS 02 Sep 2010
• Airpower Summary for August 30 AFNS 02 Sep 2010
• Airpower Summary for August 29 AFNS 02 Sep 2010
• Airpower Summary for August 28 AFNS 02 Sep 2010
• Airpower Summary for August 27 AFNS 02 Sep 2010
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• Airpower Summary for August 18 AFNS 02 Sep 2010
• Airpower Summary for August 17 AFNS 02 Sep 2010
• Airpower Summary for August 16 AFNS 02 Sep 2010
• Airpower Summary for August 15 AFNS 02 Sep 2010
• Airpower Summary for August 14 AFNS 02 Sep 2010
• Airpower Summary for August 13 AFNS 02 Sep 2010
• Airpower Summary for August 12 AFNS 02 Sep 2010
• Cone briefs media about new command, new mission, way ahead Army News 02 Sep 2010 -- Fort Hood and III Corps commander Lt. Gen. Bob Cone provided an update about the new mission in Iraq.
• US Withdrawal from Iraq Looms Over Afghan War VOA 02 Sep 2010 -- As U.S. combat troops are pulled out of Iraq, attention is turning to Afghanistan.
• Operation New Dawn: Change of mission no problem for Task Force Marne Army News 02 Sep 2010 -- Maj. Gen. Tony Cucolo: "I appreciated and welcomed the surge of coverage [of Iraq] during the last two weeks of August."
• Cottonbalers bring tanks to USD-C headquarters Army News 02 Sep 2010 -- United States Division-Center now has two armored vehicles parked in front of its headquarters.
• Joint Press Conference with Secretary Gates and President Karzai from Kabul, Afghanistan DoD 02 Sep 2010
• DOD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Mills via Teleconference from Afghanistan DoD 02 Sep 2010
• Six killed as NATO jets attack election rally in Afghanistan RIA Novosti 02 Sep 2010 -- Six people were killed and more than 10 were injured when NATO aviation mistakenly attacked an election rally.
• Air Strike Targets Senior Insurgent Leader AFPS 02 Sep 2010 -- Coalition forces in Afghanistan employed a precision air strike against an Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan senior member.
• TF Falcon trains Afghan air crews on combat ops Army News 02 Sep 2010 -- Soldiers from the 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade worked alongside Afghan National Army Air Corps pilots during attack helicopter operations training.
• Petraeus Plans for Start of Afghanistan Withdrawal Next Year VOA 02 Sep 2010 -- The commander of U.S. and international troops in Afghanistan asked his officers to provide "initial assessments" of where he can begin to "thin out" his forces.
• Gates: More Casualties in Afghanistan to be Expected VOA 02 Sep 2010 -- U.S. Defense Secretary Gates: Nearly all of the American surge forces have arrived in Afghanistan to press the new strategy President Barack Obama announced in December.
• Afghanistan Gains Come at High Price, General Says AFPS 02 Sep 2010 -- US and coalition troops in southwestern Afghanistan have made significant gains in recent months, but not without sacrifice.
• Taliban in Financial Trouble, General Says AFPS 02 Sep 2010 -- The insurgency in southwestern Afghanistan is down to its “last card in the deck,” the top military commander in the region said.
• Afghanistan Now Has Forces, Resources, Petraeus Says AFPS 02 Sep 2010 -- The forces are now in place to make major strides in Afghanistan, Army Gen. David H. Petraeus said here today.
• Airlift moves mountains for Afghanistan surge AFNS 02 Sep 2010 -- Gen. Raymond E. Johns Jr., commander of Air Mobility Command, may have best cited the importance of airlift to today's military.
• Gates, Karzai Discuss Way Ahead in Afghanistan AFPS 02 Sep 2010 -- There are now enough resources in Afghanistan to deliver “tangible and lasting results,” Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said.
• U.S. Defense Secretary Arrives In Afghanistan RFE/RL 02 Sep 2010 -- US Defense Secretary Gates arrived in Kabul for meetings with top NATO commander General Petraeus and Afghan President Karzai.
• US Defense Secretary Arrives in Afghanistan VOA 02 Sep 2010 -- US Defense Secretary Gates is in Afghanistan for meetings with President Hamid Karzai and US General Petraeus.
• What Led Kabul To Sack Ambassador To U.S.? RFE/RL 02 Sep 2010 -- Afghanistan's ambassador to the United States has been ordered to resign, after seven years in the post.
• Top Tajik Security Chiefs Dismissed Following Prison Break RFE/RL 02 Sep 2010 -- Tajikistan's top security chief has been dismissed along with his three deputies, days after 25 inmates broke out of a security agency prison in Dushanbe.
• U.S. Adds Pakistan Taliban To Annual Terror List RFE/RL 02 Sep 2010 -- The US State Department has added the Pakistani Taliban to its annual list of foreign terrorist organizations.
• Pakistani Officials Caution Against Large Outdoor Religious Ceremonies VOA 02 Sep 2010 -- Top officials in Pakistan are urging Muslim communities in the country not to hold outdoor religious meetings.
• Pakistani Taliban claim responsibility for Lahore attacks IRNA 02 Sep 2010 -- Banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility for two suicide attacks on processions of Shi'a Muslims in Lahore.
• Bombing of Pakistan Religious Procession Kills 33, Injures 250 VOA 02 Sep 2010 -- Pakistani officials say the number of people killed in bombing of a Shi'ite religious procession has risen to 33, with another 250 wounded.
• Two suicide attacks kill 30 in Pakistan IRNA 02 Sep 2010 -- Two suicide bombers while targeting Shi'a Muslims in Pakistani city of Lahore killed at least 30 people and injured many more.
• Series of blasts kill 18 in Pakistan: official IRNA 02 Sep 2010 -- Series of three blasts Wednesady targeting Shi'a Muslims in Pakistani city of Lahore killed at least 18 people and injured many more.
• Objective in Pakistan is to Help, Mullen Says AFPS 02 Sep 2010 -- Relief efforts may help people in Pakistan and the rest of the world see the United States in a more favorable light.
• U.S. Military Boosts Pakistan Aid Capabilities AFPS 02 Sep 2010 -- The U.S. military is boosting its flood-relief capabilities to Pakistan by deploying more aircraft and increasing the number of aid distribution stations.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Pakistan army cancels trip to the US over security checks IRNA 02 Sep 2010 -- Pakistan army said Wednesday it has cancelled an official trip to USA after US authorities humiliated members of the delegation.
• Chief scientist describes future technology AFNS 02 Sep 2010 -- Dr. Werner Dahm, the Air Force Chief Scientist describing conclusions he reached during the Air Force's first in-depth look at future technology in more than a decade.
• TASM-E nears completion of Dutch FMS reset mission Army News 02 Sep 2010 -- The Theater Aviation Sustainment Manager - Europe is nearing completion of a Foreign Military Sales reset mission for the Dutch military.
• USS Abraham Lincoln Strike Group to Deploy Navy NewsStand 02 Sep 2010 -- Three ships of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 9 -- USS Abraham Lincoln, USS Momsen, and USS Shoup will get underway Sept. 7.
• USS Virginia Arrives at PNSY for First Extended Maintenance Availability Navy NewsStand 02 Sep 2010 -- USS Virginia and her crew arrived at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard for a first-of-its-class major maintenance availability.
• Blue Ridge Concludes Summer Patrol Navy NewsStand 02 Sep 2010 -- Sailors and Marines from USS Blue Ridge, embarked 7th Fleet staff, and Fleet Anti-terrorism Security Team Pacific returned to the ship's forward-deployed port of Yokosuka, Japan.
• ANGLICO Experts Augment the 31st MEU USMC News 02 Sep 2010 -- Twelve Marines from the 5th ANGLICO joined the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit in preparation for the upcoming deployment to the Asia-Pacific region.
• Osprey training squadron moves to new home USMC News 02 Sep 2010 -- Marines from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Training Squadron 204 are continuing their move into the unit's new home aboard New River.
• Marines land in land down under, kick off USMC News 02 Sep 2010 -- More than 300 Marines migrated toward the outback for exercise Southern Frontier at Royal Australian Air Force Base Tindal, Australia.
• Airmen train in Arctic Circle AFNS 02 Sep 2010 -- More than 200 Airmen from here arrived at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Aug. 20 and 21 to participate in an exercise.
• Pacific Region militaries join the humanitarian community AFNS 02 Sep 2010 -- Established in 2003, Pacific Endeavor tested the processes participating nations, NGOs and other entities would likely deploy in support of a major natural disaster.
• New Orleans Returns From A-SPS 2010 Navy NewsStand 02 Sep 2010 -- USS New Orleans, along with Amphibious Squadron 5, and other embarked units, will return to their homeport San Diego Sept. 2.
• Guam Sailors Return After Successful Humanitarian Mission Navy NewsStand 02 Sep 2010 -- Sailors from Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadron (MSRON) 7 Security Division 71 and US Naval Hospital Guam (NHG) arrived at US Naval Base Guam.
• Army using search and rescue dogs to 'sniff out' survivors Army News 02 Sep 2010 -- A new pilot program enhances the life-saving capabilities of the Army's only rescue-focused unit by adding a few extra noses to the team.
• DSP satellite now on display at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force AFNS 02 Sep 2010 -- A structural test vehicle from the Defense Support Program was donated to the National Museum of the US Air Force by Northrop Grumman.
• Largest Army BRAC property transfer to date takes place Army News 02 Sep 2010 -- The largest land transfer to date under the Army Base Realignment and Closure 2005 was executed at US Army Corps of Engineers headquarters.
• NSWC Crane Opens Special Weapons Assessment Facility Navy NewsStand 02 Sep 2010 -- Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane marked the opening of a new special weapons assessment facility Aug. 26.
• NAVFAC Southwest Awards Contract for New Camp Pendleton Hospital Navy NewsStand 02 Sep 2010 -- NAVFAC Southwest awarded Clark/McCarthy of Costa Mesa, Calif., a $394 million Recovery Act funded contract.
• Activation of space operations group feted at Tyndall AFNS 02 Sep 2010 -- Members of the 601st Air and Space Operations Center held a ceremony Aug. 21 to commemorate the activation of the 101st Air and Space Operations Group.
• Russian nuclear-powered cruiser to call in at Brest port in France RIA Novosti 02 Sep 2010 -- The Pyotr Veliky nuclear-powered guided-missile cruiser will call at the port of Brest in France for a four-day official visit.
• US-S. Korea Combined Anti-Submarine Drill to Be Staged KCNA 02 Sep 2010 -- The south Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff announced that a combined drill would be staged together with US forces.
• Press Briefing by Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, 9/2/2010 The White House 02 Sep 2010

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for September 02, 2010
• BAE SYSTEMS WINS $49.9 MILLION CONTRACT TO DEVELOP ON-BOARD PROCESSOR AND INTEGRATE DARPA'S ARGUS-IR NIGHTTIME PERSISTANT SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM BAE Systems 02 Sep 2010 -- After successful development of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) daytime persistent surveillance system, BAE Systems has been awarded an additional $49.9 million contract to develop the advanced processor for the agency's nighttime, infrared system - the Autonomous Real-time Ground Ubiquitous Surveillance - Infrared (ARGUS-IR).
• Boeing Receives AC-130U Gunship Support Contract Boeing 02 Sep 2010 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] today announced that it has received a contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide spare servo-actuators for the AC-130U gunship. The five-year contract, which includes a base year plus four out-year ordering periods, is worth up to $7.2 million. A total of $1.2 million of the first phase has been obligated.
• Boeing, US Navy Flight Testing Distributed Targeting System for Super Hornet Boeing 02 Sep 2010 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] and the U.S. Navy’s Air Test and Evaluation Squadron VX-31 have begun flight testing a Distributed Targeting System for the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet strike fighter at the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division Advanced Weapons Lab in China Lake. The current test phase is scheduled to conclude in November 2011.

Other Conflicts

• Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, 2 September 2010 United Nations 02 Sep 2010
• Press Conference by Security Council President on Programme of Work for September, 2 September 2010 United Nations 02 Sep 2010
• US Launches Direct Mideast Peace Talks VOA 02 Sep 2010 -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has launched the first direct peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians in nearly two years.
• Israelis, Palestinian West Bank Residents Say No Compromise on Settlements VOA 02 Sep 2010 -- The presence of Jewish settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank is at the heart of the impasse facing negotiators.
• Israel, Palestinians Relaunch Direct Talks VOA 02 Sep 2010 -- Israeli and Palestinian leaders have launched their first direct peace talks in nearly two years.
• Ban 'encouraged' by Israeli-Palestinian talks UN News Centre 02 Sep 2010 -- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he is “very much encouraged” that direct peace talks between Israeli and Palestinian leaders.
• UN human rights chief joins condemnation of deadly West Bank attack UN News Centre 02 Sep 2010 -- The UN human rights chief added her voice to the chorus of condemnation of the killing of 4 Israeli citizens in the West Bank.
• Recent border skirmish tops UN talks with Israeli, Lebanese military officials UN News Centre 02 Sep 2010 -- Investigation by UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon the focus of talks with Israeli and Lebanese senior military officials.
• Top UN Official Dismisses Talk of Somali Government Collapse VOA 02 Sep 2010 -- UN Under-Secretary General for Political Affairs Pascoe: Country's TFG and AU peacekeeping troops are making positive strides.
• UN political chief encourages Somali Government to do more for its citizens UN News Centre 02 Sep 2010 -- UN political chief has voiced his solidarity with the people of Somalia during a one-day visit to the Horn of Africa nation.
• UN report on human rights violations in DRC to be released UN News Centre 02 Sep 2010 -- Report documenting the most serious human rights violations committed in the DRC between 1993 and 2003 will be made public on 1 October.
• UN Delays Congo 'Genocide' Report VOA 02 Sep 2010 -- The UN human rights office says it will delay a report that accuses Rwandan troops of committing war crimes in the Democratic Republic of Congo during the 1990s.
• India concedes failure to control Kashmir situation IRNA 02 Sep 2010 -- Indian Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram conceded that the government has not been able to stop the unrest in Kashmir.
• Georgia Slams Russia Over Cease-Fire 'Breaches' RFE/RL 02 Sep 2010 -- Georgia's prime minister charged Russia with failing to live up to the EU-brokered cease-fire that ended the 2008 war.
• Nagorno-Karabakh Marks Anniversary, Vows Baku Will Never Claim Control RFE/RL 02 Sep 2010 -- Authorities in Nagorno-Karabakh marked the 18th anniversary of the disputed enclave's de facto secession from Azerbaijan.
• Medvedev visits Azerbaijan for cooperation, Karabakh talks RIA Novosti 02 Sep 2010 -- Russian President Medvedev arrived in Azerbaijan for a 2-day visit to focus on economic ties, cooperation in the Caspian, and the Nagorny Karabakh settlement.
• Medvedev Heads To Baku Amid Growing Tensions In South Caucasus RFE/RL 02 Sep 2010 -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev travels today to what is arguably the most powerful of the three South Caucasus countries.

News Reports

• Iran Risks Crash With Record Stock Market Boom, Say Economists RFE/RL 02 Sep 2010 -- Analysts: A record boom in Tehran's stock market will end in a spectacular crash that could trigger a prolonged depression.
• Iran's Human Rights Lawyers Increasingly Facing Their Own Days In Court RFE/RL 02 Sep 2010 -- Nasrin Sotoudeh has made a career fighting the good fight, defending numerous rights activists and others facing trumped-up charges by the Iranian regime.
• US to Send Flood Aid to North Korea VOA 02 Sep 2010 -- North Korea is struggling with heavy rains and massive flooding that have washed out homes and ruined crops across the country.
• Kim Jong Il's Recent China Visit Hailed KCNA 02 Sep 2010 -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il's recent visit to China marked a landmark event of weighty significance.
• Pyongyang City Meeting of Delegates of WPK Held KCNA 02 Sep 2010 -- A meeting of delegates of Pyongyang of the Workers' Party of Korea for the election of delegates to the WPK conference took place.
• Wen Jiabao Wishes WPK Conference Success KCNA 02 Sep 2010 -- DPRK Ambassador to China Choe Pyong Gwan paid a courtesy call on Premier of the State Council of China Wen Jiabao.
• New Slogan Reflecting Spirit of DPRK KCNA 02 Sep 2010 -- The North Phyongan Provincial Tideland Reclamation Complex has obtained arable land as large as a county .
• UN agency warns of tragedy unfolding in southwest of flood-hit Pakistan UN News Centre 02 Sep 2010 -- The United Nations refugee agency called for boosting relief efforts in the flood-hit province of Balochistan in south-western Pakistan.
• UN Official Describes Post-Flooding in Baluchistan as 'Disgusting' VOA 02 Sep 2010 -- One senior UN official says the international community cannot overlook millions of people still affected by Pakistan's flooding.
• Presidential Memorandum-Continuation of Authorities Under the Trading With the Enemy Act The White House 02 Sep 2010
• Kadyrov sure all presidents of Russian republics to change titles RIA Novosti 02 Sep 2010 -- The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, is sure the presidents of other republics will follow his example and change their titles, leaving only one president in Russia.
• Chechnya's Kadyrov given title 'head of republic,' not president RIA Novosti 02 Sep 2010 -- The parliament of Chechnya unanimously approved on Thursday changing the title of the Russian republic's leader from "president" to "head."
• Comoros Official Says Government in Control Following Army Assassination VOA 02 Sep 2010 -- The director of the Cabinet of Comoros Islands President Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi said the government is in firm control following the removal of the head of the military.
• Report Says Nigeria's Population Boom May Pose Threat to Security VOA 02 Sep 2010 -- A British Council study says Nigeria's booming population of young people may be a great boon for the country's economy in the coming decades.
• UN urges finalization of voters list in Côte d'Ivoire UN News Centre 02 Sep 2010 -- UN Operation in Côte d'Ivoire called for the finalization of the voters’ list to ensure that electoral process was proceeding according to schedule.
• UN-backed anti-corruption academy inaugurated in Austria UN News Centre 02 Sep 2010 -- An anti-corruption academy co-sponsored by the UN opened in Austria with the aim of filling the rising global need for training, research and contemporary measures and techniques in the fight against corruption.
• Chinese ship sinks after Yellow Sea collision with S.Korean vessel RIA Novosti 02 Sep 2010 -- A Chinese fishing ship sank in the Yellow Sea after it collided with a South Korean vessel.