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Current Operations

• Afghan-led Patrol Kills Haqqani Insurgents AFPS 20 Jul 2011 -- An Afghan-led security patrol killed numerous Haqqani network insurgents and detained two suspects while conducting a clearance operation in Paktika province.
• Afghan National Security Forces step up throughout Gizab Army News 20 Jul 2011 -- Afghan National Police, partnered with Afghan Local Police and the Afghan National Army, stepped up security patrols throughout Gizab district.
• NATO To Hand Over Security In Helmand To Afghan Forces RFE/RL 20 Jul 2011 -- The transfer of power to Afghan security forces reaches another milestone on July 20 as NATO forces hand over the capital of Helmand Province to the Afghan government.
• Afghan Forces Take Security Control Despite Deadly Attacks VOA 20 Jul 2011 -- Afghan insurgents launched deadly attacks in key cities Wednesday, even as the coalition continued to transfer security control to Afghan forces.
• Militants Storm Kandahar Police Station, Kill Commander RFE/RL 20 Jul 2011 -- Militants have stormed a police station in Afghanistan's volatile southern Kandahar city, killing the commander of the station and sparking an ongoing gun battle.
• Bomb Kills Four In Northern Afghan City Amid Security Handover RFE/RL 20 Jul 2011 -- A bomb attack in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif killed four people and wounded about 10 others on July 20.
• Afghan Taliban Denies Leader's Reported Death VOA 20 Jul 2011 -- The Afghan Taliban has denied that its leader Mullah Omar has died, saying a text message announcing his death was a fake.
• Taliban Deny Mullah Omar Is Dead RFE/RL 20 Jul 2011 -- Taliban spokesmen have denied reports the movement's supreme leader Mullah Omar has died.
• Karzai Bans US Advisers From Afghan Central Bank VOA 20 Jul 2011 -- A new report says Afghan President Hamid Karzai has banned U.S. Treasury advisers from the country's central bank.
• NATO and Libya - Operational Media Update: 19 Jul 2011
• Additional RAF Tornado jets arrive in Italy UK MOD 20 Jul 2011 -- Four Royal Air Force Tornado GR4 fast jets have arrived at Gioia del Colle air base in southern Italy followingannouncement that aircraft will provide further support to UK operations over Libya.
• NMCB 74 Detail Sigonella Supports Operation Unified Protector NNS 20 Jul 2011 -- Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 74, Detail Sigonella, recently completed site preparations at NAS Sigonella in support of NATO Operation Unified Protector.
• US Denies Losing Drone in Iran VOA 20 Jul 2011 -- The U.S. has denied an Iranian report that the country's Revolutionary Guard shot down a U.S. drone.
• Iran Claims It Shot Down US Spy Plane VOA 20 Jul 2011 -- An Iranian lawmaker says Iran's Revolutionary Guard has shot down an unmanned U.S. spy plane.
• Iranian Report Claims U.S. Spy Plane Shot Down Over Nuclear Site RFE/RL 20 Jul 2011 -- A state-run website in Iran says the country's Revolutionary Guards have shot down an unmanned U.S. spy plane.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Secretary Clinton Remarks on India and the United States: A Vision for the 21st Century US Dept. of State 20 Jul 2011
• Clinton Wraps Up India Visit, Nuclear Impasse Unresolved VOA 20 Jul 2011 -- U.S. Secretary of StateClinton described the deluge of topics for this week's talks with Indian officials on bilateral cooperation as a "monsoon."
• Clinton Urges More Assertive Indian Role in Central, East Asia VOA 20 Jul 2011 -- Secretary of State Clinton urged India to match its economic progress by taking a more assertive political role in Central and East Asia.
• Panetta, Serdyukov discuss missile shield RIA Novosti 20 Jul 2011 -- Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov and his U.S. counterpart Leon Panetta have discussed issues of international security.
• Pentagon Strategy Addresses Energy Challenges AFPS 20 Jul 2011 -- Reducing demand, finding alternative energy sources and improving the energy security of military operations are among the goals of the Defense Department’s operational energy strategy.
• Abrams tanks added to ‘Desert Rogue’ battalion Army News 20 Jul 2011 -- Fourteen M1A3 Abrams tanks were added to the Desert Rogue Battalion, July 10.
• Bradley Fighting Machines added to Spartan Brigade Army News 20 Jul 2011 -- Two 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division battalions recently received Bradley Fighting Machines.
• Contingency Response Wing Takes on Africa Mission AFPS 20 Jul 2011 -- An Air Force wing that stood up here to open airfields anywhere in the world on short notice soon will take on a new mission, helping African militaries establish their own air mobility systems.
• US Submarine Texas' Entry into Pusan Port of S. Korea KCNA 20 Jul 2011 -- The U.S. recently brought its nuclear submarine Texas belonging to the U.S. 7th Fleet carrying latest hardware including Tomahawk missiles to Pusan Port of south Korea.
• USS New Orleans Prepares for Deployment NNS 20 Jul 2011 -- Sailors aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18) departed Naval Base Point Loma July 20 following a six-day deperming evolution in preparation for the ship's scheduled deployment.
• Ceremony Welcomes USS Germantown Sailors to Townsville, Australia NNS 20 Jul 2011 -- The city of Townsville welcomed the forward-deployed USS Germantown Sailors and embarked Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit.
• Navy Staffs Support Exercise Talisman Sabre 2011 Around the Clock NNS 20 Jul 2011 -- TS11 is a joint-sponsored exercise by U.S. Pacific Command and Australian Defence Force (ADF). Forces from both nations will conduct various types of training at sea, ashore and in the air off the Australian coast.
• US Trains Australian Army Beachmasters During Talisman Sabre NNS 20 Jul 2011 -- Members of Beachmaster Unit 1 and Assault Craft Unit 5 conducted training with beachmasters of the 35th Water Transport Squadron of the Australian Defence Force.
• HSC 25 Trains with Essex ARG during Talisman Sabre 2011 NNS 20 Jul 2011 -- Members of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 25 Det. 6 assisting Essex Amphibious Ready Group during exercise Talisman Sabre 2011.
• U.S., Armenian Defense Officials Map Out Closer Cooperation RFE/RL 20 Jul 2011 -- Senior U.S. and Armenian military officials have opened two days of talks in Washington that highlight growing bilateral defense links.
• Morocco receives shipment of Army surplus Army News 20 Jul 2011 -- Various types of equipment and ammunition were delivered to Morocco on June 30 at the Casablanca Port as a result of two Excess Defense Articles foreign military sales cases.
• Marines train Georgians for the fight USMC News 20 Jul 2011 -- U.S. Marines, standing alongside Georgian soldiers, officially kicked-off Exercise Agile Spirit 2011, a two-week combined forces counterinsurgency and peacekeeping operations training exercise.
• Riverine Squadron 3 Deploys to Curacao to Expand Mission Capabilities NNS 20 Jul 2011 -- Sailors from Riverine Squadron 3, Detachment 1, completed a three-week, cross-training in Curacao, Netherlands Antilles with elements of the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps and Navy, July 11.
• 28 nations begin participation in first international AE conference AFNS 20 Jul 2011 -- With 28 nations participating, Airmen from across the Air Force and the international committee began the first-ever International Aeromedical Evacuation/En Route Care Conference July 20-21.
• Guard continues its long tour in flood fight Army News 20 Jul 2011 -- North Dakota National Guard troops continue in their steady vigilance to Guard levees and man quick reaction forces in the event of an emergency.
• DOD Continues to Study Dust, Burn Pit Health Effects AFPS 20 Jul 2011 -- The Defense Department continues to be concerned that airborne dust and smoke may pose health risks to deployed service members, the department’s chief of health assurance said here yesterday.
• NRD Nashville CO Relieved NNS 20 Jul 2011 -- The commanding officer of Navy Recruiting District (NRD) Nashville was relieved of duty by Commander, Navy Recruiting Command July 20 due to a loss of confidence in his ability to command.
• Russian military to introduce 'virtual battlefield' training by 2013 RIA Novosti 20 Jul 2011 -- The Russian military intends to move towards "virtual battlefield" military training by 2013.
• Secret Study points to xenophobia and racism in German army IRNA 20 Jul 2011 -- A study highlighted the problem of xenophobia and racism in the German army.
• Taiwan Military rebuts media 'surrender' accusation CNA 20 Jul 2011 -- A newly released National Defense Report is not tantamount to a flag of surrender to China as alleged by a local newspaper.
• Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney, 7/20/2011 The White House 20 Jul 2011

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for July 20, 2011
• CASSIDIAN protects Swedish Soldiers in transportation missions EADS 20 Jul 2011 -- Cassidian, the defence and security division of EADS, will improve the protection of soldiers of the Swedish Armed Forces in out-of-area missions with two of their proven protected passenger transport systems 'TransProtec'.
• Northrop Grumman Wins Interpreter, Translator Contract Northrop Grumman 20 Jul 2011 -- U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) a contract to provide high-quality linguist and analyst services in support of the Department of Defense Language Interpretation and Translation Enterprise (DLITE).
• U.S. Army Selects Oshkosh Defense to Recapitalize Heavy Tactical Vehicles Oshkosh 20 Jul 2011 -- Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE:OSK), will recapitalize 160 trucks from the U.S. Army's Family of Heavy Tactical Vehicles (FHTV) fleet, including Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck (HEMTT) A4s and Palletized Load System (PLS) A1s, following an order from the U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command (LCMC).
• SAIC Delivers Certified Physical Security System to Protect Air Force Assets at Tinker Air Force Base SAIC 20 Jul 2011 -- Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) (NYSE: SAI) announced today that it has successfully delivered a certified physical security system to protect critical assets at Tinker Air Force Base (AFB) under the Electronic Systems Center's Force Protection Security System (FPS2) contract.
• SAIC Awarded Contract by Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division SAIC 20 Jul 2011 -- Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) (NYSE: SAI) announced today it was awarded a prime contract by the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Carderock Division to provide advanced engineering and technical services in support of the U.S. Navy Ship Signatures Directorate and signature silencing programs. The single-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract has a one-year base period of performance, two one-year options, and a contract ceiling of more than $36 million if all options are exercised. Work will be performed primarily in Long Beach, Miss., and Poulsbo, Wash.
• Minister accepts 800th Bushmaster to roll off the production line Thales 20 Jul 2011 -- The 800th Bushmaster to roll off the Bendigo production line has been officially handed over to the Hon. Stephen Smith, Minister for Defence.

Other Conflicts

• Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, 20 July 2011 United Nations 20 Jul 2011
• UN requests more than $4 billion in humanitarian aid for the rest of this year UN News Centre 20 Jul 2011 -- Relief agencies require another $4.3 billion to assist millions of needy people around the world during the second half of this year.
• Deadly Clashes Continue in Libyan City of Brega VOA 20 Jul 2011 -- The death toll mounted Wednesday from clashes in Libya's strategic oil port of Brega, while Libya's government and opposition leaders held separate talks overseas.
• Gadhafi Could Remain in Libya Under French Plan VOA 20 Jul 2011 -- France says it is possible that Libya's crisis could be resolved through a plan that would allow Moammar Gadhafi to remain in the country.
• Libya welcomes any Russian efforts in peace talks - Libyan FM RIA Novosti 20 Jul 2011 -- Libya will support any Russian assistance in the peaceful mediation of the crisis in the country.
• Russian-Libyan talks begin in Moscow RIA Novosti 20 Jul 2011 -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov began talks on Wednesday with his Libyan counterpart Abdul Ati al-Obeidi in Moscow.
• YEMEN: Conflict generating more child soldiers IRIN 20 Jul 2011 -- Drive has been fuelled by increased tensions in the country since February when protests against President Ali Abdullah Saleh began.
• Jailed Palestinian Leader Urges Rallies for Independence VOA 20 Jul 2011 -- A Palestinian leader jailed by Israel is urging Palestinians at home and abroad to stage mass rallies in September to support a bid to gain U.N. membership for an independent Palestine.
• EU Denounces Israeli Plans for New Settlement Homes VOA 20 Jul 2011 -- The European Union has denounced Israeli plans to build hundreds of new apartments in two Jewish West Bank settlements.
• Turkish PM threatens Gaza visit RIA Novosti 20 Jul 2011 -- Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit the Gaza Strip if Israel does not apologize for its 2010 attack on the Freedom Flotilla.
• Somali Militias Recruiting Child Soldiers, New Report Finds VOA 20 Jul 2011 -- Children as young as eight years old have been recruited to fight in Somalia's ongoing civil war.
• Secretary Clinton Statement on U.S. Response to Declaration of Famine in Somalia and Drought in the Horn of Africa US Dept. of State 20 Jul 2011
• US Pledges Aid for Drought-Stricken Somali Refugees VOA 20 Jul 2011 -- Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, USAID, was in the Dadaab refugee camps of Kenya to pledge American support.
• SOMALIA: Time for immediate action on famine - UN IRIN 20 Jul 2011 -- The humanitarian crisis in Somalia has degenerated into a famine in two regions and could get worse because respite from drought, a major cause of the crisis, which is compounded by insecurity, lack of aid and food price inflation, is unlikely until December or January 2012, the UN warned.
• Press Conference on Somalia Famine by United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator, 20 July 2011 United Nations 20 Jul 2011
• UN declares famine in two regions of southern Somalia UN News Centre 20 Jul 2011 -- The UN declared a famine in two regions of southern Somalia owing to the worst drought in decades, and appealed for urgent resources to assist millions of people in desperate need of help.
• UN Declares Famine in Somalia, Issues Aid Appeal VOA 20 Jul 2011 -- The United Nations officially declared a famine in parts of Somalia as malnutrition rates rise to extreme levels.
• UN Declares Famine In Parts Of Southern Somalia RFE/RL 20 Jul 2011 -- The UN declared a famine in two rebel-held areas of southern Somalia as the region suffers the worst drought in more than half a century combined with conflict and poverty.
• South China Sea Dispute Continues to Dominate ASEAN Forum VOA 20 Jul 2011 -- The dispute between China and some members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations continues to dominate the organization's annual regional security meeting.
• ASEAN, Beijing Agree on Guidelines for China Sea Settlement VOA 20 Jul 2011 -- Southeast Asian and Chinese officials say they have reached agreement that could lead eventually to a binding code of conduct for handling disputes in the South China Sea.
• China Complains About Philippines Lawmakers' Visit to Disputed Islands VOA 20 Jul 2011 -- Philippine lawmakers visited tiny islands the Philippines claims in the disputed South China Sea, prompting complaints from China.
• Taiwan reiterates sovereignty over Spratly Islands CNA 20 Jul 2011 -- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs reiterated Taiwan's sovereignty over the Spratly Islands, shortly after Philippine lawmakers made a trip there.
• Sudanese Government Dismisses Leaked UN Report VOA 20 Jul 2011 -- A prominent member of Sudan’s ruling National Congress Party (NCP) has dismissed a leaked UN report, calling it biased and untrue.
• Iranian Incursion Into Iraqi Kurdistan Keeps Regional Players Guessing RFE/RL 20 Jul 2011 -- Days after Tehran sent a large contingent into Iraqi Kurdistan, the Iranians were claiming a resounding victory.
• Iran attacks PJAK base, kills terrorists ISNA 20 Jul 2011 -- Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps attacked PJAK group's base, killing many members of the terrorist group.
• Turkey set to freeze relations with EU over Cyprus presidency RIA Novosti 20 Jul 2011 -- Turkey may freeze relations with the European Union for the duration of Cyprus’s presidency of the organization.
• Statement by the Press Secretary on the Arrest of Goran Hadzic The White House 20 Jul 2011
• UN welcomes arrest of last remaining fugitive wanted for Balkan war crimes UN News Centre 20 Jul 2011 -- Top UN officials have joined the international tribunal set up to try those responsible for the worst crimes committed during the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s in welcoming today’s arrest in Serbia of Goran Hadžić.
• Serbia Arrests Last War Crimes Fugitive Still Sought By UN Tribunal RFE/RL 20 Jul 2011 -- The former leader of ethnic Serbs in Croatia during the Yugoslav wars and the last fugitive in the eyes of the UN war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, Goran Hadzic, has been arrested.
• Serbia Arrests Last Remaining War Crimes Fugitive VOA 20 Jul 2011 -- Serbian authorities have arrested the last remaining fugitive wanted by the UN War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague.
• Moscow says unaware of previous whereabouts of Hadzic RIA Novosti 20 Jul 2011 -- Moscow has no information that suspected war criminal Goran Hadzic, arrested earlier in Serbia, was hiding in Russia for some time.
• Serbia arrests alleged war criminal Goran Hadzic RIA Novosti 20 Jul 2011 -- Goran Hadzic, a Croatian Serb general wanted for war crimes in Croatia in 1990s, has been detained by Serb authorities.
• Notice from the President regarding the contintuation of the national emergency with respect to the former Liberian regime of Charles Taylor The White House 20 Jul 2011
• Message from the President regarding the contintuation of the national emergency with respect to the former Liberian regime of Charles Taylor The White House 20 Jul 2011

News Reports

• Syria: Ban speaks out as violence continues to escalate UN News Centre 20 Jul 2011 -- Secretary-General Ban called on the country’s authorities “to stop repression immediately” and all sides to refrain from violence.
• Syria Restricts Travel of US, French Envoys VOA 20 Jul 2011 -- Syria has ordered the U.S. and French ambassadors not to travel outside Damascus without permission.
• Syrian president set to announce multi-candidate polls RIA Novosti 20 Jul 2011 -- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is ready to announce changes in legislation that would allow multiple candidates to run for president.
• No progress made in Bahraini investigations of protest killings, says UK IRNA 20 Jul 2011 -- British government is not aware of anything happening about investigation set up by Bahraini authorities into human rights abuses in brutal clampdown against pro-democracy protesters, according to Foreign Office Minister Lord Howell.
• China Says 14 Uighurs Were Killed in Police Station Assault VOA 20 Jul 2011 -- Chinese authorities say police killed 14 people during a battle with Uighur protesters who seized a police station and took hostages.
• Skepticism Greets Reported Progress at Japanese Nuclear Plant VOA 20 Jul 2011 -- Japanese government agencies and the owner of a crippled nuclear power plant say the crisis being brought under control.
• Armenian Opposition To Continue Talks With Government RFE/RL 20 Jul 2011 -- The opposition Armenian National Congress has said it is ready to hold more talks with representatives of Armenia's political leadership in the current format.
• Malawi Activist Blames Police ‘Excessive’ Force, Violent Protesters In Rioting VOA 20 Jul 2011 -- The chairman of Malawi’s Human Rights Consultative Committee says police seemed to have used excessive force in violent protests in major cities across the country.
• Orbital-Built Dawn Spacecraft Achieves Orbit Around the Asteroid Vesta After Four-Year Journey Orbital Sciences Corp. 20 Jul 2011 -- Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) announced today that the Dawn interplanetary spacecraft, which the company designed and built for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), has successfully completed rendezvous and achieved orbit around the solar system's second most massive asteroid, Vesta.
• Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne's Next Generation J-2X Upper-Stage Engine for Future Human Spaceflight Successfully Begins Demonstration Testing Pratt & Whitney 20 Jul 2011 -- Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne has successfully completed a chill test and 1.9 second ignition test of NASA's J-2X engine at John C. Stennis Space Center, Miss. The J-2X upper-stage engine is in development to power NASA's next era of human spaceflight. Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne is a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX) company.
• Thales Alenia Space wins Phase B contracts for Solar Orbiter METIS and SWA instruments Thales 20 Jul 2011 -- Thales Alenia Space announced today that it has won the Phase B contracts from Italian space agency ASI for the entire METIS (Multi Element Telescope for Imaging and Spectroscopy) instrument and the Data Processing Unit (DPU) on the Solar Wind Analyser (SWA), both part of the Solar Orbiter Mission in the European Space Agency's Cosmic Vision program.