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• OIF/OEF/OND Casualty Update 25 Aug 2011 [PDF]
• Afghanistan and Iraq in a decade Army News 25 Aug 2011 -- The U.S. Army Center of Military History provided Soldiers magazine with a compilation of data, illustrating some of the key events that have occurred in Afghanistan and Iraq over the past 10 years.
• NATO and Libya - Operational Media Update: 24 Aug 2011
• RAF squadron hands over command of Tornado Force for Libya operations UK MOD 25 Aug 2011 -- Servicemen and women from 2 (AC) Squadron have returned to RAF Marham from supporting UK missions over Libya.
• DOD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Allyn via Teleconference from Afghanistan DoD 25 Aug 2011
• Eastern Afghanistan Improves, Commander Reports AFPS 25 Aug 2011 -- Eastern Afghanistan’s government and security forces increasingly are improving their capabilities and eliciting confidence in the people they serve.
• Karzai, Allen Condemn Paktia Province Attack AFPS 25 Aug 2011 -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Marine Corps Gen. John R. Allen jointly condemned insurgent rocket attack in the city of Zarmat in Afghanistan’s Paktia province.
• Sea Stallions’ first forward refueling takes fight farther south USMC News 25 Aug 2011 -- From this remote desert outpost just miles from the Pakistani border, two Marine Corps attack helicopters were heard before they were seen.
• Task Force Spartan leaders host shura for Afghan, U.S. officials Army News 25 Aug 2011 -- Leaders from Combined Task Force Spartan hosted a conference named "Hamkari V," to discuss the previous six months of operations in the area, as well as plan for the way ahead.
• Bomb blast kills 11 people in NW Pakistan IRNA 25 Aug 2011 -- At least 11 people were killed when a bomb exploded near a hotel in northwestern Pakistan.
• Afghan national shot dead in Pakistan on spying charges IRNA 25 Aug 2011 -- Taliban militants have shot dead an Afghan national over espionage charges in Pakistan’s North Waziristan tribal region.
• US drone crashes in southwest Pakistan IRNA 25 Aug 2011 -- A US surveillance drone crashed in southwestern Pakistan near a paramilitary base close to the Afghan border.
• 90 suspects detained in Karachi IRNA 25 Aug 2011 -- Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik said that law enforcement agencies have arrested 90 suspects on different charges in Karachi.
• Pakistan Denies Reports Kidnapped American Freed VOA 25 Aug 2011 -- Pakistani officials are denying reports that an American kidnapped from the eastern city of Lahore earlier this month has been rescued.
• Kidnapped U.S. national released in Pakistan RIA Novosti 25 Aug 2011 -- Warren Weinstein, a development expert from the United States who was kidnapped two weeks ago in Pakistan, was released on Thursday.

Defense Policy / Programs

• China Slams Pentagon Over Critical Military Report VOA 25 Aug 2011 -- China is responding angrily to a new U.S. Defense Department report which describes the country's military modernization as a threat to regional military balances.
• China State-Run News Agency Accuses U.S. Of 'Interfering' After Military Report RFE/RL 25 Aug 2011 -- China's state-run Xinhua News Agency has accused the United States of "interfering" in China's affairs following release of DoD report.
• Taiwan presses for U.S. arm sales to address imbalance CNA 25 Aug 2011 -- Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense again urged the U.S. government to speed up the sales of defensive weapons to Taiwan.
• No letup in Chinese drills simulating Taiwan attack CNA 25 Aug 2011 -- Former Deputy Defense Minister Lin: Despite showing goodwill and friendliness, China has never ceased its military exercises simulating attacks on Taiwan.
• Report Claims Cheney Advised Bush to Bomb Syria VOA 25 Aug 2011 -- Former US VP Cheney, in a memoir obtained by the New York Times, says he urged former President George W. Bush to bomb Syria in 2007.
• First Navy Trainer Completes Biofuel Flight at Patuxent River NNS 25 Aug 2011 -- The Navy's alternative energy program expanded Aug. 24 when a T-45 training aircraft completed a successful biofuel flight at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md.
• Norfolk Naval Shipyard Installs Truman's Main Mast NNS 25 Aug 2011 -- Norfolk Naval Shipyard completed the installation of the USS Harry S. Truman's main mast aboard Aug. 20, marking the latest milestone in the ship's 13-month drydock planned incremental availability.
• Fly-by-wire technology now used in Army utility helicopters Army News 25 Aug 2011 -- In use in other Defense Department aircraft for years, fly-by-wire now replaces the conventional manual flight controls in some Black Hawk helicopters with an electronic interface.
• Watervliet: We made it just before ... we made it better Army News 25 Aug 2011 -- Contract awarded this week by the Department of the Army to the Watervliet Arsenal to replace more than 400 breechblocks for the Army's lightweight 105mm howitzer system.
• 'Vigilant Warriors' provide professional care of GTMO detainees Army News 25 Aug 2011 -- The mission of U.S. Army South's 525th Military Police Battalion is one of the most challenging the Army has to offer.
• USS Santa Fe Returns from Western Pacific Deployment NNS 25 Aug 2011 -- USS Santa Fe returned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Aug. 24 after completing a scheduled six-month deployment to the Western Pacific region.
• Hazardous response platoon trains at unfinished nuclear power plant Army News 25 Aug 2011 -- Scenario for CBRN operations specialists assigned to the 23rd Chemical Battalion at the Satsop development project.
• Japan-based units end Southern Frontier 2011 USMC News 25 Aug 2011 -- Japan-based Marine units brought their portion of Exercise Southern Frontier 2011 to an end here Aug. 15.
• Black Knights surge to full power during training scenario USMC News 25 Aug 2011 -- The Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 314 Black Knights conducted a surge mission in support of Exercise Southern Frontier 2011 during the second day of the exercise Aug. 2.
• VFA-94 arrives in Kadena, Habu Fire II kicks off USMC News 25 Aug 2011 -- Navy airmen from Strike Fighter Attack Squadron 94 arrived in Okinawa via High Speed Vessel Saturday to participate in exercise Habu Fire II here.
• MQ-9 sustains damage during landing AFNS 25 Aug 2011 -- A remotely piloted MQ-9 Reaper assigned to the 29th Attack Squadron sustained damage during landing here Aug. 24.
• Redstone Reaches 70 Years Of Service Army News 25 Aug 2011 -- On July 3, 1941, the War Department announced that a site on the southwestern edge of Huntsville had been selected as the location for a new chemical munitions manufacturing and storage plant.
• Military Bases Prepare for Hurricane Irene AFPS 25 Aug 2011 -- Military bases along the eastern seaboard are securing for the Category 3 winds and rain of Hurricane Irene.
• Naval Station Guantanamo Bay Weathers Hurricane Irene NNS 25 Aug 2011 -- Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba's commanding officer ordered Hurricane Condition of Readiness level five set Aug. 24.
• All Sortie Ships Underway in Preparation for Hurricane Irene NNS 25 Aug 2011 -- All U.S. Navy ships in Hampton Roads, Va., ordered to get underway Aug. 25, have sortied in preparation for Hurricane Irene.
• US Military Holds Pacific Emergency Response Workshop VOA 25 Aug 2011 -- The U.S. military's Pacific Command has completed its first-ever regional emergency response forum.
• Vanguards open new brigade headquarters Army News 25 Aug 2011 -- Third Infantry Division Commander Maj. Gen. Robert "Abe" Abrams heralded in a new era of modernity for Fort Stewart and the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Aug. 19.
• Hospital Consolidation Going Smoothly, Commander Says AFPS 25 Aug 2011 -- As the largest-ever realignment of military health care facilities nears culmination, the commander of the task force executing the effort is pleased with how it has gone.
• Smart bases, electric vehicles key energy independence components AFNS 25 Aug 2011 -- The Air Force and other Department of Defense agencies are aggressively pursuing plug-in electric vehicles and vehicle-to-grid infrastructure technologies.
• Battlefield acupuncture offers alternative pain relief for deployed service members AFNS 25 Aug 2011 -- Officials from the Malcolm Grow Medical Center Acupuncture Clinic held a battlefield acupuncture course Aug. 11.
• Indian Air Force lost 46 fighters in 7 years IRNA 25 Aug 2011 -- Indian Air Force has in all lost 46 fighter aircraft in little less than seven years since 2005.
• Indian Navy commissioned fast attack warship INS Karuva IRNA 25 Aug 2011 -- Indian Navy commissioned highly maneuverable fast attack warship INS Karuva at the Eastern Naval Command at Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh.
• Defense Min on IRI Defense Doctrine, achievements IRNA 25 Aug 2011 -- Minister of Defense and Armed Forces Logistical Affairs elaborated on IRI Defense Doctrine and country's latest defensive achievements.
• U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing, August 25, 2011 US Dept. of State 25 Aug 2011

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for August 25, 2011
• General Dynamics Awarded $49 Million Contract for Field Service Support General Dynamics 25 Aug 2011 -- The U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command has awarded a USD$49.2 million contract to General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada for training and field service support for Light Armored Vehicles (LAV) previously supplied under a Foreign Military Sale (FMS) contract. General Dynamics Land Systems, the Canadian company’s parent corporation, is a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD).
• Lockheed Martin to Integrate TRADOC Architecture Under New $26.1M Contract Lockheed Martin 25 Aug 2011 -- Lockheed Martin’s (NYSE: LMT) IS&GS-Defense product line will provide a host of new enterprise architecture services to the U.S. Army under a recent $26.1 million contract.
• SAIC Awarded $45 Million Task Order by NAVAIR SAIC 25 Aug 2011 -- Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) (NYSE: SAI) today announced it was awarded a follow-on task order by U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) to provide technical, engineering, and logistics support to NAVAIR's Air Combat Electronics Program Office (PMA-209). The contract has a base period and five one-year options which, if fully exercised, will total five years of performance, and a total value of more than $45 million, if all options are exercised. Work will be performed primarily at NAVAIR's Naval Air Station in Patuxent River, Md. The task order was awarded under the U.S. Navy's SeaPort-e contract.
• Royal Navy helicopters ‘bag’ Afghan drugs Thales 25 Aug 2011 -- In recent operations in Afghanistan, Royal Navy Sea King Airborne Surveillance & Control (ASaC) helicopters – fitted with Thales UK’s powerful Searchwater 2000 airborne early warning radar – have helped seize and destroy over five tons of drugs with a ‘street value’ of more than £6m.

Other Conflicts

• Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, 25 August 2011 United Nations 25 Aug 2011
• Secretary Clinton Statement on Libya US Dept. of State 25 Aug 2011
• New Libya More Arab, Less African? VOA 25 Aug 2011 -- The Arab League Thursday recognized Libya’s rebel Transitional National Council as the country’s legitimate government.
• US: Libyan Uranium, Chemical Weapons Secure VOA 25 Aug 2011 -- The U.S. State Department said Thursday it believes that Libyan stockpiles of mustard agent and uranium are secure, despite continuing turmoil there.
• China Seeks Role in Post-Gadhafi Libya VOA 25 Aug 2011 -- While China has yet to officially recognize the TNC as Libya’s legitimate government, it has made it clear it wants the UN to take the lead in rebuilding the country.
• Libyan Opposition Wants to Quit Fighting, Start Building VOA 25 Aug 2011 -- The bodies of Libyans killed in the rebel push for Tripoli still lie in the streets outside Moammar Gadhafi's former headquarters compound.
• Gadhafi Urges Supporters to Resist Libya's Enemy 'Rats' VOA 25 Aug 2011 -- Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has urged his supporters to rise up and defeat the rebels trying to oust him from power.
• Qaddafi Issues New Call Of Defiance As Rebels Continue Hunt RFE/RL 25 Aug 2011 -- Embattled Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi has issued a fresh call of defiance as opposition fighters hunti for him.
• Tripoli: Fighting Empties the Seaside Capital VOA 25 Aug 2011 -- After four days of fighting in the capital, the rebels control about three-quarters of the city.
• Signs Of Battle Brewing In Sirte As Libyan Rebels Try To Secure Tripoli RFE/RL 25 Aug 2011 -- Rebel fighters in Libya deploying heavy artillery and tanks toward Sirte, the birthplace of Muammar Qaddafi.
• Gadhafi Forces, Rebels Clash in Tripoli VOA 25 Aug 2011 -- A fierce gunbattle has erupted in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, between fighters loyal to Moammar Gadhafi and opposition forces trying to establish control in the city.
• Libya: UN official says medical aid and other humanitarian needs are key priority UN News Centre 25 Aug 2011 -- The delivery of humanitarian assistance, especially medical aid, is the most urgent priority in Libya.
• Relief Agencies Scramble to Help Libyans, Foreign Nationals in Tripoli VOA 25 Aug 2011 -- International refugee and relief workers began efforts in Libya’s besieged capital to evacuate thousands of migrant worker.
• Diplomats Meet in Turkey to Discuss Libya's Future VOA 25 Aug 2011 -- Turkey's foreign minister has urged the United Nations to unfreeze Libyan assets to help the North African country move forward.
• Italy to Unfreeze $505 Million in Libyan Assets VOA 25 Aug 2011 -- Italian banks are to unfreeze Libyan assets worth more than $500 million. The announcement came during a visit to Italy by Libyan rebel representative Mahmoud Jibril.
• Libya's Rebel Envoy Seeks Frozen Assets VOA 25 Aug 2011 -- The emerging governing authority in Libya is appealing for financial help from world powers, warning there will be grave destabilization in Libya if it cannot pay people's salaries and provide services.
• UNSC discusses unfreezing Libyan assets RIA Novosti 25 Aug 2011 -- France and its partners at the UN Security Council are working to draft a resolution to unfreeze Libyan assets blocked by UN sanctions.
• Russia not invited to Paris talks on Libya - Foreign Ministry RIA Novosti 25 Aug 2011 -- The Russian Foreign Ministry denied that it has received an invitation from France to take part in an international conference of "friends of Libya".
• Libyan Opposition Ratchets Up Gadhafi Search VOA 25 Aug 2011 -- Libyan opposition fighters are advancing toward Moammar Gadhafi's hometown, Sirte, and pouring into Tripoli to help battle the remnants of his forces in the capital.
• Britain admits NATO helping rebels hunt down Gaddafi RIA Novosti 25 Aug 2011 -- British Defense Secretary Liam Fox has admitted NATO is providing intelligence and reconnaissance assistance to Libyan rebels hunting Col Muammar Gaddafi.
• NATO official says no plans to send troops to Libya RIA Novosti 25 Aug 2011 -- NATO does not plan to send troops to Libya for peacekeeping operations after the fall of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's regime, Italy's daily Corriera della Sera reported.
• Arab League recognizes Libyan rebels RIA Novosti 25 Aug 2011 -- The League of Arab States recognized Libya's Transitional Council and is ready to grant it membership of the organization.
• Sudan recognizes Libya's rebel council RIA Novosti 25 Aug 2011 -- Sudan has recognized the National Transitional Council of Libya as the North African state's sole legitimate government.
• Libyan ambassador leaves post in Germany IRNA 25 Aug 2011 -- Libya's Ambassador to Germany Jamal Ali Al-Barag has left his diplomatic post in Germany and moved to an unspecified country.
• Breaking Israeli-Palestinian deadlock more urgent UN News Centre 25 Aug 2011 -- The recent serious escalation of violence in southern Israel and the Gaza Strip makes it ever more urgent to break the deadlock in the Middle East peace talks.
• Israeli Airstrikes Kill 10 in Gaza VOA 25 Aug 2011 -- Palestinian sources say the number of casualties from the latest round of Israeli airstrikes in Gaza has risen to 10 dead and at least 20 wounded.
• Six Palestinians Reported Killed In Israeli Air Strikes RFE/RL 25 Aug 2011 -- Reports say a series of Israeli air strikes has killed six Palestinians and wounded more than 20 others in a 24-hour period.
• Somalia Welcomes Drought Pledge by African Nations VOA 25 Aug 2011 -- A spokesman for Somalia’s Transitional Federal Government, Abdirahman Omar Osman, welcomed the “exceptional” contribution made at a donors conference.
• AU Drought Aid Conference Nets $350 Million in Donations VOA 25 Aug 2011 -- Ethiopia's prime minister says East African countries are ready to help provide security for humanitarian aid deliveries to famine-stricken parts of Somalia controlled by Islamist insurgents.
• World must fund famine-wracked Somalia to prevent generation dying, UN warns UN News Centre 25 Aug 2011 -- African leaders convened a fund-raising conference for famine-wracked Somalia, where tens of thousands of people have already died.
• African Leaders Hold Delayed Famine Fundraiser VOA 25 Aug 2011 -- The African Union is holding a donor conference to raise funds for the millions needing food aid in the drought and famine-stricken Horn of Africa.
• Iraq Summons Turkey's Envoy Over Military Strikes VOA 25 Aug 2011 -- Iraq has summoned Turkey's ambassador to demand an end to Turkish air strikes against Kurdish rebel positions in northern Iraq.
• Report: Military Convoy Hit By Blast In Southeast Turkey RFE/RL 25 Aug 2011 -- A Turkish military convoy has been reported hit by a blast in southeast Turkey.
• Rebel Athor Admits Leading Deadly South Sudan Attacks VOA 25 Aug 2011 -- South Sudan is accusing Khartoum of backing a cross-border attack at Kaka town in Upper Nile state by rebel groups that left over 72 people dead.
• SRI LANKA: Lifting of emergency cautiously welcomed, activists say IRIN 25 Aug 2011 -- Rights activists welcomed the lifting of the state of emergency as a step toward normality, but remain sceptical.
• Sri Lanka's President Announces Plans to End Emergency Laws VOA 25 Aug 2011 -- Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa says he plans to end the country's strict wartime emergency laws, which have been in place for nearly 30 years.
• Aceh Peace Model Stumbles in Troubled Indonesian Papua Region VOA 25 Aug 2011 -- There has been a spike in violence in Indonesia's Papua region following a peace conference held in July.

News Reports

• Libya’s Lesson to Syria - Stay the Course VOA 25 Aug 2011 -- The euphoria of Libyan revolutionaries who overtook Gadhafi’s stronghold of Bab Al-Aziziya, is beginning to have a galvanizing effect on Syrian activists.
• EU Broadens Syria Sanctions to Target Iran's Revolutionary Guard VOA 25 Aug 2011 -- The EU expanded Syria sanctions to target the elite unit of Iran's Revolutionary Guard for its role in helping Syrian security forces.
• Over 20 protesters, troops killed in Syria in past 24 hours - media RIA Novosti 25 Aug 2011 -- A total of 24 people, including eight servicemen, were killed in Syria over the past 24 hours.
• South Korea Indicts 5 Men Accused of Spying for North VOA 25 Aug 2011 -- South Korean prosecutors say they have indicted five men on charges of spying for North Korea.
• Kim Jong Il to Visit Northeast Area of China KCNA 25 Aug 2011 -- Kim Jong Il will pay a visit to the Northeast area of the People's Republic of China on August 25.
• Russia urges resumption of Iran nuclear talks RIA Novosti 25 Aug 2011 -- Russia called for an end to the deadlock in the international talks over Iran's nuclear program.
• Bushehr nuclear plant reactors gather pace - Russian contactor RIA Novosti 25 Aug 2011 -- The output of the reactors of Iran's first nuclear power at Bushehr has been increased to 40 percent of its capacity.
• TEPCO Reported Tsunami Threat 4 Days Before Disaster VOA 25 Aug 2011 -- Japanese regulators say they were told days before the March 11 earthquake that the Fukushima plant could be hit by tsunami larger than it was designed to withstand.
• Myanmar needs to do more to improve human rights situation UN News Centre 25 Aug 2011 -- While the new Government of Myanmar has taken steps to improve the human rights situation in the country, it needs to deploy greater efforts to address serious concerns.
• UN Burma Envoy Meets Ex-Prisoners, Opposition Leaders VOA 25 Aug 2011 -- United Nations special envoy Tomas Quintana met Thursday in Burma with leaders of ethnic opposition parties and former political prisoners.
• US Ambassador to Zimbabwe Relaunches Dialogue with Mugabe's ZANU-PF VOA 25 Aug 2011 -- United States Ambassador to Zimbabwe Charles Ray has made a new diplomatic overture to the former ruling ZANU-PF party of President Robert Mugabe.
• Cape Verde: Ban commends ‘peaceful and credible’ presidential poll UN News Centre 25 Aug 2011 -- Secretary-General Ban welcomed the peaceful staging of presidential elections in Cape Verde.
• Belarus And The Independence Day That Wasn't RFE/RL 25 Aug 2011 -- When Belarus became an independent country on August 25, 1991, it seemed like a dream come true for Anatol Sidarevich.
• Congo Sentences UN Driver for Smuggling Minerals VOA 25 Aug 2011 -- A court in the Democratic Republic of Congo has sentenced a United Nations driver to three years in prison for attempting to illegally export minerals.