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• OIF/OEF/OND Casualty Update 07 Nov 2011 [PDF]
• Forces Continue Offensive Against Insurgents AFPS 07 Nov 2011 -- Coalition forces continued their offensive against the Haqqani network and other insurgents in Afghanistan, detaining numerous enemy fighters in recent days, military officials reported.
• Howitzer program helps strengthen Afghan self defense Army News 07 Nov 2011 -- Picatinny Arsenal is helping the Afghan National Army (ANA) develop their indirect fire capability to bolster self-defense.
• Afghan airmen begin law enforcement patrols AFNS 07 Nov 2011 -- Afghan air force security forces members initiated the first-ever law enforcement patrols on the AAF compound in Kandahar recently.
• From moon dust to city: Leatherneck grows to service war fighters USMC News 07 Nov 2011 -- Over the last two years, Camp Leatherneck, located in Helmand province, has dramatically evolved. When Marines and their Navy counterparts first started building the base it was a mere 400 acres. Now, at more than 1,600 acres, the base serves as the main hub for all units operating within Regional Command Southwest's Helmand and Nimruz provinces.
• 'America's Battalion' arrives in Afghanistan USMC News 07 Nov 2011 -- Over seven months of training, the Marines and sailors of 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, have become hardened for war.
• Marines launch tactical officers' course at Helmand academy USMC News 07 Nov 2011 -- The inaugural running of the Tactical Leaders' Course, a training program for small unit-level Afghan officers, has begun aboard Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province.
• Victory in Nawa: standing on the cusp of transition USMC News 07 Nov 2011
• VAQ-209 Returns to Joint Base Andrews Following Deployment to Afghanistan NNS 07 Nov 2011 -- The Star Warriors of Electronic Attack Squadron 209 (VAQ-209) returned to Joint Base Andrews Naval Air Facility (NAF) Washington Nov. 4 following an 85-day deployment in Afghanistan.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Secretary Panetta Remarks at a Roundtable on Veteran Employment Hosted by Goldman Sachs Foundation DoD 07 Nov 2011 -- Presenter: Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta
• Southern Partnership Station 2012 Begins NNS 07 Nov 2011 -- High Speed Vessel (HSV) 2 Swift arrived in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic to begin HSV - Southern Partnership Station 2012 (HSV-SPS 12), Nov. 6.
• Dempsey Details Vision of 2020 Military Strategy AFPS 07 Nov 2011 -- Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey gave National Guard leaders the CliffsNotes version of U.S. military strategy for 2020 during a talk at the Guard's Leadership Conference here today.
• Military Must Work to Keep America's Trust, Dempsey Says AFPS 07 Nov 2011 -- The military is among the most admired institutions in America, and service leaders must work to ensure that continues, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said here today.
• Dempsey to Recommend Against Adding Guard to Joint Chiefs AFPS 07 Nov 2011 -- Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey will not recommend Congress enact legislation making the chief of the National Guard Bureau a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
• Army gets faster, more capable Apache aircraft Army News 07 Nov 2011 -- The world's most lethal attack helicopter just got even better. Inside a hangar, the first AH-64D Longbow Apache Block III was revealed to the public for the first time during a Roll Out ceremony Nov. 2 at the Boeing Apache production plant in Mesa, Ariz.
• Tooele Army Depot plans to obtain Deseret Chemical Depot (DCD) Army News 07 Nov 2011 -- In an address to the Tooele Army Depot workforce on Oct. 13, Col. Chris Mohan, Tooele Army Depot commander, presented the approved plan for Tooele Army Depot (TEAD) to obtain Deseret Chemical Depot (DCD), under the most favorable conditions.
• DOD, Industry Address 'Intense Challenge' of Cyber Security AFPS 07 Nov 2011 -- Senior Defense Department officials and members of the information technology industry met here today to discuss how to better protect military and commercial cyberspace.
• US Troops in South Korea Under More Scrutiny VOA 07 Nov 2011 -- A series of criminal incidents involving troops and others affiliated with the U.S. military in the country has prompted a renewed curfew for U.S. troops in South Korea. The police and the U.S. 8th Army are at odds over whether the number of such serious incidents is on the rise.
• Pakistan denies reports that its nuclear stockpile unsafe RIA Novosti 07 Nov 2011 -- The Pakistani Foreign Ministry rejected western media reports that the country's nuclear stockpile is being transported across the country without proper security.
• November 07, 2011 Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney The White House 07 Nov 2011
• November 7, 2011 - U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing US Dept. of State 07 Nov 2011

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for November 07, 2011
• Spain extends Airbus Military maintenance contract for C212 fleet EADS 07 Nov 2011 -- The Spanish Ministry of Environment, Rural Affairs and Fisheries has extended its existing contract with Airbus Military for the maintenance of three C212 aircraft for two more years.
• General Dynamics and Force Protection Agree to Terms of Acquisition General Dynamics 07 Nov 2011 -- General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) and Force Protection, Inc. (NASDAQ: FRPT) today announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which General Dynamics will acquire Force Protection for a price of $5.52 per share of common stock, or approximately $360 million.
• Raytheon to Modernize US Air Force's Cryptographic Units Raytheon 07 Nov 2011 -- Raytheon Company has won a $31.1 million contract to design lighter, power-efficient devices that the U.S. military uses to securely transmit voice and data traffic. It is the first technology upgrade to the shoebox-shaped devices in more than two decades.
• Lockheed Martin to Modernize 29 U.S. Air Force Early Warning Long-Range Surveillance Radars Lockheed Martin 07 Nov 2011 -- The U.S. Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin $46.8 million in contract options to begin modernizing 29 long-range radars which provide advanced warning and air traffic control surveillance over North America’s airspace.

Other Conflicts

• Security Council stresses need to end impunity after latest attack on peacekeepers UN News Centre 07 Nov 2011 -- The Security Council today stressed the need to end impunity for those who attack peacekeepers, after one soldier serving with the joint United Nations-African Union mission in Darfur was killed and two others injured on Sunday in the latest incident in the Sudanese region.
• OPT: Aid agencies help Gaza's poor in Eid Al-Adha holiday IRIN 07 Nov 2011 -- Impoverished Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip are looking to aid agencies to deliver food assistance during this Eid Al-Adha holiday season.
• Turkey Eyes U.S. Drones In PKK Fight RFE/RL 07 Nov 2011 -- Ankara is claiming a major diplomatic triumph after Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he recently received a commitment from U.S. President Barack Obama to allow it the use of U.S. 'Predator' drones.
• Nigerian Security Hunts Attackers Who Killed More Than 100 VOA 07 Nov 2011 -- Nigerian security forces are searching for attackers who killed more than 100 people in a series of bombings and shootings across northern states this past week.
• Kenyan Military Targeting al-Shabab Finances VOA 07 Nov 2011 -- The Kenyan military says it is trying to incapacitate the militant Islamist group al-Shabab by targeting its financial and logistical operations in Somalia.

News Reports

• Activists: Syrian Troops Storm Residential District of Homs VOA 07 Nov 2011 -- Syrian rights activists say government forces have stormed a residential district of Homs, intensifying a deadly crackdown on dissent in the city and prompting Syria's main opposition group to call for international intervention to protect civilians.
• CNS Experts React to Impending IAEA Report on Iran Weaponization Efforts Monterey Institute of International Studies 07 Nov 2011 -- Yukiya Amano, the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), later this week will submit an assessment of Iran’s nuclear program to the IAEA Board of Governors. According to early news reports, the report concludes that Iran has mastered the critical steps needed to build nuclear weapons.
• US Expects IAEA Report to Reflect Concerns Over Iran Nuclear Program VOA 07 Nov 2011 -- U.S. officials say the United States continues to focus on a diplomatic solution to the standoff with Iran over its nuclear program. Our correspondent reports on remarks Monday by President Barack Obama's spokesman and the State Department in response to questions about an expected International Atomic Energy Agency report on Iran.
• Salehi cautions world people against Washington's lies IRNA 07 Nov 2011 -- Foreign Minister, Ali-Akbar Salehi, on Monday advised the world people to be careful of the lies of Washington rulers.
• Ayatollah Khatami advises Amano not to defame IAEA IRNA 07 Nov 2011 -- Tehran's Eid-al-Adha Prayer Leader, Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami, advised International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano not to defame the nuclear watchdog by unveiling false documents.
• Iran says US strategy based on hasty decisions ISNA 07 Nov 2011 -- The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of Iran's Armed Forces Major General Hassan Firouzabadi said the US strategy is based on hasty decisions.
• State terrorism rooted in US policies, says Iran ISNA 07 Nov 2011 -- State terrorism is rooted in the US policies, said Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi.
• Russia Cautions Against Strike On Iran Amid Israeli Warnings RFE/RL 07 Nov 2011 -- Tensions continued to rise ahead of a report in which the UN atomic watchdog is expected to publish fresh evidence suggesting that Iran is seeking to build a nuclear weapon.
• Russian scientist may be key to Iranian nuclear weapons - paper RIA Novosti 07 Nov 2011 -- A Russian nuclear physicist could have played a key role in helping Iran to come close to developing nuclear weapons, The Washington Post said on Monday.
• Report Says Iran Moving Closer to Nuclear Weapons VOA 07 Nov 2011 -- U.S. media say the U.N. nuclear agency has been provided with intelligence showing Iran has carried out work on developing nuclear weapons technology.
• UK judges order nondisclosure of names of suspected Russian spy's diplomatic lovers RIA Novosti 07 Nov 2011 -- British judges have prevented the naming of senior diplomats who had affairs with suspected Russian spy Yekaterina (Katia) Zatuliveter, the Telegraph daily said on Monday.
• A Spy In The House Of Putin RFE/RL 07 Nov 2011 -- The relationship between Russian Prime Minister and probable future President Vladimir Putin and his wife of 28 years, Lyudmila, has been alternately portrayed as a nightmare union and a love story for the ages.
• Liberian Vote on Schedule Despite Killing at Opposition Protest VOA 07 Nov 2011 -- At least one person is dead in Liberia after fighting between riot police and supporters of an opposition candidate who is boycotting Tuesday's presidential runoff election over allegations of vote fraud. Liberia's government says that poll will go ahead as scheduled.
• On eve of election, UN envoy appeals to Liberians to ensure peaceful poll UN News Centre 07 Nov 2011 -- All Liberians who wish to vote in the presidential run-off election must be able to do so freely and in safety, the top United Nations envoy to the country said on Monday as she addressed the nation on the eve of the poll.
• ANALYSIS: 'Dramatic developments', but challenges ahead for Myanmar IRIN 07 Nov 2011 -- One year after Myanmar held its first election in 20 years, domestic and international opinion is still cautious about the prospects for meaningful change in this nation of more than 55 million people.