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Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 1. december 2006 / Time Line December 1, 2006

November 2006, 2. December 2006

12/01/2006
Det er nu 44 måneder siden, at USAs præsident Bush erklærede krigen i Irak for vundet.

12/01/2006
Fredsfangerens dag, etableret af WRI, 1956.

12/01/2006
NEWS RELEASES from the United States Department of Defense
DoD Identifies Army Casualties
The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died Nov. 28 in Logar, Afghanistan, of injuries suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near their vehicle during combat operations. Both soldiers were assigned to the 230th Military Police Company, 95th Military Police Battalion, 18th Military Police Brigade, Kaiserslautern, Germany.
Killed were:
Staff Sgt. Michael A. Shank, 31 of Bonham, Texas.
Spc. Jeffrey G. Roberson, 22, of Phelan, Calif.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1, 2006 - Two Multinational Division Baghdad soldiers were killed during combat operations in Baghdad yesterday, and one Multinational Division Baghdad soldier was killed in Baghdad Nov. 29, military officials reported.
The soldiers' names are being withheld pending notification of next of kin.
Meanwhile, the Defense Department released the identities of six soldiers killed recently supporting the war on terror.
-- Army Spc. Chris Kleinwachter, 29, of Wahpeton, N.D., died yesterday in Ghazni, Afghanistan, of injuries suffered when his vehicle rolled over during combat operations. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 188th Air Defense Artillery, Grand Forks, N.D.
-- Army Staff Sgt. Michael A. Shank, 31, of Bonham, Texas, and Army Spc. Jeffrey G. Roberson, 22, of Phelan, Calif., died Nov. 28 in Logar, Afghanistan, of injuries suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near their vehicle during combat operations. Both soldiers were assigned to the 230th Military Police Company, 95th Military Police Battalion, 18th Military Police Brigade, Kaiserslautern, Germany.
-- Army Spc. Christopher E. Mason, 32, of Mobile, Ala., died Nov. 28 in Bayji, Iraq, of injuries suffered when his unit came in contact with enemy forces using small-arms fire while on patrol. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
-- Army 1st Lt. Benjamin D. Keating, 27, of Shapleigh, Maine, died Nov. 26 in Kamdesh, Afghanistan, of injuries suffered when his vehicle turned over. Keating was assigned to 3rd Squadron, 71st Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.
-- Army Sgt. Jeannette T. Dunn, 44, of Bronx, N.Y., died Nov. 26 in Taji, Iraq, of injuries suffered from a non-combat-related injury. She was assigned to the 15th Sustainment Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.

12/01/2006
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
2004 2009
PROVISIONAL
2006/2200(INI)
24.11.2006
DRAFT REPORT on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transportation and illegal detention of prisoners (2006/2200(INI))
Temporary Committee on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transportation and illegal detention of prisoners Rapporteur: Giovanni Claudio Fava
Motion for a European Parliament Resolution
On the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transportation and illegal detention of prisoners (2006/2200(INI))
http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/pdf/tdipdraftreportnov06.doc

12/01/2006
CONTRACTS from the United States Department of Defense
Northrop-Grumman Space Technology, One Space Park, Redondo Beach, CA 90278-1001, is being awarded a Cost-Plus-Award-Fee contract modification for the upgrade of the existing Space Tracking and Surveillance System ground and space vehicle software and ground hardware including the effort needed to test prototype algorithms. This effort supports the Ballistic Missile Defense System. The total not-to-exceed value of the contract modification is $29,000,000. The work will be performed in Redondo Beach, CA and is expected to be complete by September 2011. None of the funds will expire at the end of the fiscal year. The Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base, CA is the contracting activity (F04701-02-C-0009).
Alaska Aerospace Development Corporation of Anchorage, Alaska, is being awarded a cost-plus-award-fee indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract modification. This contract modification is for Kodiak Launch Complex spaceport facilities and services in support of Missile Defense Agency target launches. This modification will increase the contract ceiling by $17,800,200 for a total estimated value of $87,420,596. The period of performance is award through August 2008. The contractor will continue work in Anchorage and Kodiak, Alaska. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Missile Defense Agency is the contracting activity (HQ0006-03-D-0043).

12/01/2006

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