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Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 31. Oktober 2005 / Time Line October 31, 2005
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10/31/2005
US admits it has counted 26,000 Iraqi dead
By Daniel Howden and David Usborne in New York
Published: 31 October 2005
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article323498.ece
The Pentagon has admitted for the first time that it is keeping
track of civilian casualties in Iraq. The figures, slipped into a
bar graph in a lengthy report to the US congress this month, show
that the daily number of Iraqi casualties has more than doubled in
the past 18 months.
The report says that nearly 26,000 Iraqis have been killed or
wounded in attacks by insurgents, with an estimated 26 casualties a
day between January and March of last year, rising to 64 a day in
the run up to the referendum on the new constitution.
10/31/2005
CONTRACTS from the United States Department of Defense
Raytheon Co., Operational Technologies and Solutions Division,
Intelligence and Information Systems, Reston, Va., is being awarded
a $49,900,000 cost plus fixed fee, firm fixed price contract to
provide full sustainment support for fielded portions of the Global
Broadcast Services. This contract will transition support for the
GBS from a development program to sustainment, providing seamless
GBS support for joint warfighting forces. This includes
high-caliber sustaining engineering/technical services, operation
and maintenance of GBS satellite broadcast managers and primary
injection points, supply chain management support (i.e. repair
services and spares support) and software support/maintenance. At
this time, no funds have been obligated. This work will be complete
by October 2010. Solicitations began in August 2005 with one
proposal received. Negotiations were complete in October 2005.
Headquarters Ogden Air Logistics Center, Hill Air Force Base, Utah,
is the contracting activity (FA8207-06-D-0001).
McDonnell Douglas Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Boeing
Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $38,299,002 firm fixed
price contract to exercise Lot 2 option for the small diameter bomb
increment I (fixed/stationary target) low rate initial production
for munitions, carriages, and associated trainers and technical
support. The small diameter bomb increment I weapon system consists
of a 250-pound class munition, and Air Force common 4-pace
miniature munitions carriage system, and associated mission
planning and logistics support. The small diameter bomb increment I
weapon system, designed to be compatible with fighters, bombers and
several unmanned aerial vehicles, is capable of significant
standoff ranges against fixed and stationary targets. The location
of performance is Sargent Fletcher Inc., El Monte, Calif. Total
funds have been obligated. This work will be complete by September
2007. One firm was solicited and one proposal was received. Air
Armament Center, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting
activity (FA8681-06-C-0012).
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