Security Developments

• Blackwater Firm Gets $120M U.S. Gov't Contract
  CBS News has learned in an exclusive report that the State Department has awarded a part of what was formerly known as Blackwater Worldwide a contract worth more than $120 million for providing security services in Afghanistan.
• Reservist dead, 1 in custody in Ga. post shooting
  Army officials are investigating the shooting death of an Army reservist at a military base south of Atlanta. Another reservist is in custody.
• Kandahar Offensive Postponed Until Fall: McChrystal
  The offensive planned for this summer to clear and hold Kandahar city will now be delayed until the fall, Afghan commander Gen. Stanley McChrystal tells the Financial Times.
• Afghanistan Strategy Focuses on Civilian Effort
  The prospect of a robust military push in Kandahar Province, which had been widely expected to begin this month, has evolved into a strategy that puts civilian reconstruction efforts first and relegates military action to a supportive role.
• Russia says in talks with Iran on new nuclear plants
  Russia said on Thursday it was in discussions with Iran on possible new nuclear power plants in the Islamic state, the country's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters.

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Defense News

• U.S., EU Officials to Sign Deal to Boost Cooperation on Air Traffic
  The U.S. and the European Union expect to sign as soon as Friday an agreement that will increase cooperation on their new-generation systems for highly efficient air-traffic management, people close to the talks say.
• Gates Defends Arms Sales To Taiwan
  U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates defended U.S. arms sales to Taipei on June 16, citing China's "extraordinary" deployment of cruise and ballistic missiles opposite Taiwan.
• New UK Minister Promises ‘Clean Break’ from ‘Cold War Mindset’
  In a speech to the Royal United Services Institute in London this morning Defence Secretary Dr Liam Fox has said that the Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) will make a clean break from the thinking of the past and will be 'ruthless and without sentiment'.
• Russia Moves Ahead on Iranian Arms Contract
  Russia's Foreign Ministry says a deal to deliver S-300 surface-to-air missiles to Iran is not affected by new U.N. sanctions against Tehran.
  

Afghanistan–Pakistan Developments

• Concern on Capitol Hill about Afghanistan war grows
  A series of political and military setbacks in Afghanistan has fed anxiety over the war effort in the past few weeks, shaking supporters of President Obama's counterinsurgency strategy and confirming the pessimism of those who had doubts about it from the start.
• Pakistan dismisses report of continued Taliban ties
  Pakistani officials Sunday rejected allegations that their country's powerful intelligence agency still supports the Taliban and other Afghan insurgents after a paper from a Harvard academic accused the agency of continued links to the rebels.
• Setbacks Cloud U.S. Plans to Get Out of Afghanistan
  Six months after President Obama decided to send more forces to Afghanistan, the halting progress in the war has crystallized longstanding tensions within the government over the viability of his plan to turn around the country and begin pulling out by July 2011.
• Afghan Media Criticize Security Officials’ Resignations
  The recent resignations of Afghanistan’s interior minister and intelligence chief have been covered extensively in the Afghan papers.
• Militant Group Expands Attacks in Afghanistan
  A Pakistani-based militant group identified with attacks on Indian targets has expanded its operations in Afghanistan, inflicting casualties on Afghans and Indians alike, setting up training camps, and adding new volatility to relations between India and Pakistan.
• U.S. Man Hunting Bin Laden Held in Pakistan
  An American armed with a pistol and a 40-inch sword was detained in northern Pakistan and told investigators he was on a solo mission to kill Usama bin Laden, a police officer said Tuesday.

Homeland Security

• Suspect in Times Square bombing attempt was paid by Pakistani Taliban, indictment says
  The suspect in the attempted bombing of Times Square received $12,000 from the Pakistani Taliban to carry out the plot, according to a federal indictment released Thursday that formally charges Faisal Shahzad with receiving training and support from the militant group.
• Army, Homeland Security Cooperate to Achieve Common Goals
  An Army medical research facility and the Department of Homeland Security may seem like they have different operations, but when it comes to protecting the service members and citizens of the United States, their mission is the same.
• NC driver charged with posing as officer in chase
  The driver of a car that chased another vehicle and led to a crash Wednesday was charged with impersonating a police officer.

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Weapons and Tactics

• Mixed martial arts now part of El Paso police training
  El Paso police are getting additional self-defense training in part because of the popularity of mixed martial arts, officials said Wednesday at the Police Academy.
• Joint Light Tactical Vehicle prototypes roll out on Army testing sites
  Both the Army and Marine Corps intend to begin fielding the JLTV in 2015 as a replacement for the venerable Humvee in combat operations.
• Army directs global inspection of armor plates
  The Army recently issued a message for all troops and units to inspect their body armor, specifically the Enhanced Small Arms Protective Inserts, or ESAPI, in search of a specific model that was not made according to contract requirements.
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High Risk Logistics

• Texas regulators probe pipeline explosion
  U.S. authorities said they were investigating whether a Texas energy company properly marked a gas pipeline before a deadly blast this week.
• UN: Donors to give $9.3M on Somali piracy cases
  Donors will spend $9.3 million to help Kenya and Seychelles prosecute suspected Somali pirates and improve those countries' criminal justice systems, a U.N. official said Tuesday.
  
• New Joint Intelligence Reports Track European Cargo Theft
  FreightWatch International, a leader in global logistics security solutions, announced today its partnership with EUROWATCH, the leading European police response service provider, to jointly develop cargo theft intelligence in the European market to track logistics related crime trends.

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