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2006/05/04

Apple eNews: May 4, 2006

Labels: Apple, Art, Audio, Books, Business, Developer, Entertainment, Local, Love, Microsoft, Movies, Music, News, Software, Technology, Television, Video Games

....................... Apple eNews May 4, 2006 Volume 9, Issue 9 ....................... In This Issue: ..............

1. Get a Mac. It Just Works. 2. 17-inch MacBook Pro. The Art of More. 3. What's the Story? 4. It's Only the Best for Mercedes-Benz 5. A Resounding Audio Success. iMovie HD 6. 6. Protecting the Environment 7. A Bundle of Joy 8. What's New?

Read today's issue online at:

http://www.apple.com/enews/currenteissue/

1. Get a Mac. It Just Works. ............................

You know the Mac. No one has to tell you how much you can do with iLife. How much fun--or effortless--it is to create an iPhoto book or publish your own iWeb blog. Complete with video podcasts, no less. You jump from iLife to Word to Keynote and to Excel without thinking. Connect peripherals without giving it a second thought. In fact, you probably show people all the time what "drag-and-drop easy" really means.

But because not everyone has the experience you have with a Mac, we recently began airing a series of ads that help us playfully articulate the difference between Macs and PCs. You can see them all on our new getamac website.

Better yet. You should send friends who might benefit from bringing Macs into their lives as well. They can watch the ads. And find out how they might come to love their Macs as much as you do.

http://www.apple.com/getamac/

2. 17-inch MacBook Pro. The Art of More. ........................................

Designed for pros on the go, the 17-inch MacBook Pro with its 2.16GHz Intel Core Duo processor offers performance up to 5x faster than the Power Book G4, delivering the speed and screen area of a professional desktop system in the world's best notebook design. In fact, when using the Universal version of Final Cut Studio, video pros will realize more than twice the HDV rendering and encoding performance.*

Just one-inch thin and weighting just 6.8 pounds, the new 17-inch MacBook Pro includes a built-in iSight video camera for instant, on-the-go video conferencing* and lets you showcase your latest creations--on location, in you client's studio, or back at the office--using Front Row and an Apple Remote.

Shipping now and starting at just $2,799, the 17-inch MacBook Pro includes a 36% brighter display and an ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 graphics card with 256MB of dedicated GDDR3 graphics memory to power pro apps.

http://www.apple.com/enews/eissue/2006/09/02hg.html

* For detailed information about speed testing on 15- and 17-inch models of the MacBook Pro, visit <www.apple.com/macbookpro/>. For detailed information about HD rendering and encoding performance improvements, visit <www.apple.com/macbookpro/intelcoreduo.html>.

You'll need broadband Internet access for video conferencing; fees may apply.

3. What's the Story? ....................

Talk to multiple award-winning director and filmmaker Miranda July, and she'll tell you.

In her new film, "Me and You and Everyone We Know," it's to make a movie that feels the way life feels to her. "Sad and dark and confusing and more than hopeful. Like something totally incredible can happen at any moment with no explanation."

So far as she's concerned, making a feature film shouldn't "feel like you're flying an airplane or doing something you wouldn't normally do." Rather, it "should feel like it's a living, breathing part of how you experience life."

To create such an experience, July enjoys working in an environment that allows her to express herself without the technical process of making a movie getting in the way. It's an environment made possible by Final Cut Studio, the story behind her stories.

http://www.apple.com/enews/eissue/2006/09/03hg.html

4. It's Only the Best for Mercedes-Benz .......................................

Each time the company gets set to roll out a new member of its world-beating, market leading, S-Class fleet, the in-house production staff at Mercedes-Benz USA goes into high gear. Their job? To produce high-definition video for dealer events, auto shows, and television as compelling as the vehicle itself.

That's why Rick Thomas, the firm's Digital Media manager, relies so heavily on Final Cut Studio, Xsan, and his fleet of Macintosh computers. "Mercedes-Benz is seen as a technology leader," he says. "Our customers expect it in our vehicles, and they look for it in our communications as well. So we do a tremendous amount of high-def video. And we always get a great reaction."

For the newest member of the S-Class family, the S550, that even meant producing iPod-based video tours of the car's new high-tech features.

http://www.apple.com/pro/video/mbusa/

5. A Resounding Audio Success. iMovie HD 6. ...........................................

Whoever coined the term "gone with the wind" obviously never used a camcorder. If they had, they'd know that thanks to the built-in microphone on most camcorders, the wind--once recorded--seems anchored to your video clips for good. Same's true for the mechanical noises generated by your camcorder itself. Proximity makes it all but impossible for your mic to miss it.

Sound familiar?

Then do yourself a big favor and get yourself a copy of the new version of iMovie HD. Part of iLife '06, iMovie HD comes with new, built-in audio enhancing tools you can use to virtually eliminate intrusive and distracting ambient sounds. In a snap. Or you can use the graphics equalizer to sweeten sounds or add reverb. Want your iMovie projects to sound as good as they look? Now they can.

http://www.apple.com/ilife/imovie/features/audio.html

6. Protecting the Environment .............................

Beginning in June, when you purchase any new Mac from the online or retail Apple Store, we'll take care of the computer you're retiring. As part of a new computer take-back program available in the US, we'll send you a box, pay for the shipping, and recycle your old equipment in an environmentally friendly way and without shipping any hazardous material overseas.

Long committed to conserving natural resources and protecting the health of the only planet we have, Apple was recently named a "Forward Green Leader" by the Sierra Club and its investment advisor, Forward Management. That distinction puts Apple on the short list: as one of the top 10 environmentally progressive companies.

What have we done to deserve this status? Visit our website, and take a look at our environmental record of achievement.

http://www.apple.com/environment/

7. A Bundle of Joy ..................

Doctor Robert James Gallo has delivered over 4,000 babies to date. It says so right on his website, on the pages he created himself using iWeb.

Don't know many web-authoring OB-GYNs? Then you'll want to meet Hackensack's Dr. Gallo, an unassuming father of 12 who "runs his solo practice--meeting the complex demands of HMOs, HIPAA regulations, medical labs, insurance companies, and more--with the help of just three loyal employees" and a network of Macs that, you guessed it, he manages himself.

"I've never once had to consult an IT person for a computer malfunction or a network snafu. That's why there are no PCs in this office--nor will there ever be." For this doctor, the Mac really delivers.

http://www.apple.com/business/profiles/gallo/

8. What's New? ..............

Discovery Channel. MTV Networks. Kulture Machine. coreaudiovisual. Mekanism. Hoytyboy Pictures. Televisa. Elastic Creative. Trailer Park. Fast Forward. IFC Films. Compound. Verb!, Syn Entertainment. Outpost Digital. The BBC. The most creative broadcasters, agencies, studios, and designers in the world tell engaging stories with stunning visuals and perfect sound. All made possible with Final Cut Studio.

http://www.apple.com/enews/eissue/2006/09/08hg.html

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At last week's NAB show in Las Vegas, Gallery, which markets a variety of audio and video post-production products exclusively for the Mac, announced a new Sienna plug-in that integrates Final Cut Pro with ENPS, the news production system created by the Associated Press.

http://www.gallery.co.uk/indexsienna.html

The plug-in lets broadcast video editors see ENPS scripts and rundowns within Final Cut Pro.

http://www.enps.com/news/news_detail.aspx?ID=205

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You have 5 days. Just 5 days to place your pre-order for "Stadium Arcadium," the new double album from the Red Hot Peppers. With your pre-order, you'll immediately receive the single "Dani California," which, by the way, is currently one of the hottest tracks on the iTunes Music Store. Then, 5 days from now, you'll get the rest of the album, audio commentary from the Peppers, a bonus video, and a digital booklet. And let's not forget about the exclusive ticket pre-sale for the Peppers tour.

http://www.apple.com/enews/eissue/2006/09/09hg3.html

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Podcast Picks. Can dogs smell cancer? Why do female spiders eat their mates? What's the smallest living thing? You can take the answer to these questions with you if you subscribe to the Science Update Podcast. Produced by the world's largest general scientific society, each Science Update Podcast includes "5 brief yet satisfying stories on the latest discoveries in science, technology and medicine."

http://www.apple.com/enews/eissue/2006/09/08hg3.html

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Widget Watch. For many of us, nothing beats catching a spectacular sunrise or sunset. And now, thanks to Sol, you'll know exactly when to pop the cork and enjoy one of the best natural shows in town. A new Dashboard widget, Sol tells you exactly when the sun will rise and set at thousands of locations around the world. Just one of over 1900 Dashboard widgets, Sol's free--just like the sunrise and sunset themselves.

http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/information/sol.html

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If you use GarageBand 3, you'll want to take a few minutes to download and install the GarageBand 3.0.2 Update. In addition to addressing issues with video handling, podcast exporting, and importing QuickTime markers, the update also addresses a number of other minor issues. Use Software Update or visit our support site to obtain the Update:

http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/garageband302update.html

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In 1991, Boris Yeltsin became the first elected president of Russia, the World Wide Web was about to enter gestation, and Semicolon Software released Solitaire Till Dawn. Now, 15 years later, Solitaire Till Dawn 1.5 offers red-eyed customers 100 games and a wide variety of customization options. What's new in the latest version?

http://www.semicolon.com/

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You'd like to install the Boot Camp Public Beta on your Intel-based Mac, but you're just a bit apprehensive about taking that step without a little assistance. Not a problem. Just crack open the electronic pages of Ben Long's ebook, "Apple Boot Camp Public Beta First Look," and let him take you through the process step-by-step. The ebook--you can read it using Preview--also explains how to switch back and forth between Mac OS X and Windows XP, how to back up your Windows system, and much more.

http://www.peachpit.com/title/0321473779

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Found an article you think a friend ought to read? Send her to the online version of today's issue of Apple eNews.

http://www.apple.com/enews/eissue/2006/09/09hg.html

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Every week, developers release new products for us to enjoy. Like to see some of the more recent arrivals?

http://www.apple.com/enews/eissue/2006/09/09ht.html

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We hope you enjoyed reading today's issue of Apple eNews. We're already working on the next issue, scheduled to make its appearance in your inbox two weeks from today. On Thursday, May 18.

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2006/04/20

Contracts for April 20, 2006

Labels: Art, Business, Developer, Government, Military, Mobile, News, Security, Technology, Television

CONTRACTS from the United States Department of Defense

No. 336-06 FOR RELEASE AT Apr 20, 2006 Media Contact: (703)697-5131 Public/Industry(703)428-0711

CONTRACTS

AIR FORCE

BTAS Inc., Business Technology and Solutions, Inc., Beavercreek, Ohio, CENTEC Group Inc., Arlington, Va., HMR Tech/HJ Ford, Small Business Administration, Joint Venture, Limited Liability Corporation, Arlington, Va., Innovative Logistics Techniques Inc., INNOLOG, McLean, Va., Innovative Technologies Corp., Dayton, Ohio LOGTEC, Inc., Fairborn, Ohio, Madison Research Corp. Huntsville, Ala., PE Systems, Inc., Fairfax Va., Sumaria System, Inc., Danvers, Mass., Tybrin Corp., Fort Walton Beach, Fla., is being awarded an $850,000,000 firm-fixed-price, time and materials and cost-reimbursement contract. The consolidated acquisition of professional services indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity contracts will provide for advisory and assistance services for customers at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Each contract provides for the following range of technical/management support at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio: acquisition logistics, financial management, cost estimating, schedule analysis, earned value management, contracting support, engineering, manufacturing, configuration/data management, administrative support, security management, acquisition management, test and evaluation, government furnished property management, and litigation support required in the capabilities planning/pre-acquisition, acquisition, development, production and sustainment of various equipment and weapon systems. Task orders will identify specific contract effort. Contractors will provide qualified personnel with these specialties on short notice. The Air Force can issue delivery orders totaling up to the maximum amount indicated above, although the actual requirement may be less than the amount above. At this time, $50,000 has been obligated. Solicitations began May 2005 and negotiations were complete in December 2005. This work will be complete April 2012. PA POC is Mr Christopher McGee, (937) 255-2350. Headquarters Aeronautical Systems Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity. (FA8622-06-D-8500 through FA8622-06-D-8509)

_ARMY

Clark Construction Group L.L.C., Tampa, Fla., was awarded on April 17, 2006, a $116,429,000 firm-fixed-price contract for construction of a new sensitive compartmental information facility. Work will be performed at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., and is expected to be completed by May 2008. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. There were 425 bids solicited on Jan. 10, 2006, and four bids were received. The Army Engineer District, Mobile, Ala., is the contracting activity (W91278-06-C-0028).

McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Co., Mesa, Ariz., was awarded on April 17, 2006, a $44,372,772 modification to a firm-fixed-price contract for remanufacture of six AH-64D aircraft. Work will be performed in Mesa, Ariz., and is expected to be completed by May 2007. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This was a sole source contract initiated on Aug. 27, 2004. The Army Aviation and Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (DAAH23-00-C-0124).

Weeks Marine Inc., Covington, La., was awarded on April 18, 2006, a $6,674,769 firm-fixed-price contract for Berm Reconstruction. Work will be performed in Ocean City, Md., and is expected to be completed by December 2006. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. There were an unknown number of bids solicited via the World Wide Web on Feb. 28, 2006, and four bids were received. The Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore, Md., is the contracting activity (W912DR-06-C-0016).

Lockheed Martin Corp., Grand Prairie, Texas, was awarded on April 18, 2006, a $5,854,900 modification to a firm-fixed-price contract for Full-Rate Production of the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System. Work will be performed in Grand Prairie, Texas (20 percent), and East Camden, Ark. (80 percent), and is expected to be completed by November 2008. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This was a sole source contract initiated on April 5, 2005. The Army Aviation and Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W31P4Q-06-C-0002).

_NAVY

Alutiiq Global Solutions, LLC, Hanahan, S.C., is being awarded a $45,900,173 cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, completion contract, for technical services in support of Electronic Security System projects and programs encompassing a wide variety of facilities and requirements. Program security requirements vary in scope, magnitude and complexity and will range from modification/additions to existing security systems, to large-scale integrated base-wide or facility-wide systems. These systems/subsystems include: (1) intrusion detection system; (2) access control system; (3) surveillance systems comprised of closed circuit television, forward-looking infrared and/or acoustic sensors; (4) perimeter/outdoor security systems; (5) video badging systems; (6) re-locatable sensor systems; (7) smart card technology and biometrics; (8) chemical, biological, nuclear, radiological and explosive detection; (9) personnel alerting systems; (10) mobile sensor systems; (11) video early detection; and (12) secure and non-secure video/teleconferencing communication systems. Work will be performed in Hanahan, S.C., and is expected to be completed by April 20, 2009. Contract funds in the amount of $10,000, will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Division, Indian Head, Md., is the contracting activity (N00174-06-D-0024)

FLIR Systems, Inc., North Billerica, Mass., is being awarded a $44,889,605 firm-fixed-priced modification under previously awarded contract (N00164-04-D-8528) to exercise an option for High Performance Mobility (HPM) forward-looking, infra-red systems and associated line items. The HPM is a forward-looking infrared system. The HPM provides a thermal imaging and image intensification along with laser rangefinder/pointer/designator capability, and provides precise target location in geodetic coordinates and outputs the target position to external global positioning system devices. Work will be performed in North Billerica, Mass., and is expected to be completed by September 2009. The contract was not competitively procured. Funds in the amount of $105,948 will expire by September 2006. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane, Ind., is the contracting activity.

McDonnell Douglas Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo. is being awarded a $15,971,155 firm-fixed-priced order against a previously issued Basic Ordering Agreement (N00019-03-G-0009) for the procurement of 89 F/A-18E/F aircraft wing leading edge extension retrofit kits. Work will be performed in St. Louis, Mo., and is expected to be completed in August 2008. Contract funds in the amount of $13,709,254 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command is the contracting activity.

Smiths Detection Inc., Edgewood, Md. is being awarded an $8,060,422 cost-plus-incentive fee/award-fee contract for a Meteorological Mobile Facility (METMF) replacement (R) next generation (NEXGEN) prototype. The METMF(R) NEXGEN contract has been awarded to design, fabricate, integrate, deliver and test a prototype METMF(R) NEXGEN system that will replace the legacy METMF(R) using current and emerging state-of-the-art technologies to offer smaller size and increased mobility/scalability, which will significantly improve the provision of meteorological and oceanographic support to the Marine Air Ground Task Force in every clime and place. This contract includes options, which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to an estimated $11,320,209. Work will be performed in Edgewood, Md., and is expected to be completed by April 2008 (Sept. 2009 with options). Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured with unlimited proposals solicited and two offers received via the Commerce Business Daily's Federal Business Opportunities website, and the SPAWAR e-Commerce Central website. The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity (N00039-06-C-0032).

T. J. Crooks, Inc.*, Chesapeake, Va., is being awarded a $5,321,422 firm-fixed-price contract for repairs to various piers and ramps at Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek. The work to be performed provides for pier inspection (above deck and under water) and damage assessment report, demolition of existing fabric form pile jackets, installation of new reinforced plastic form pile jackets or pile barrier wraps, shotcrete repairs, hydro-demolition, cast-in-place concrete repairs, timber fender pile clusters, foam filled fenders, mooring fitting relocations and incidental related work. Work includes Piers 11-18, 25-29, 56-60, and on Ramps A-D located between Piers 25-29. Work will be performed in Virginia Beach, Va., and is expected to be completed by November 2007. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the NAVFAC e-solicitation website using Sealed Bidding Procedures (SBPs) with five proposals received. On April 6, 2006 the contracting officer was authorized to convert from SBPs to Negotiated Procedures, four proposals were received from the five original bidders. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity (N40085-06-C-6038).

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

LAMAR Fuel Oil, LLC, * is being awarded a maximum $5,111,818 fixed price with economic price adjustment for fuel oil burner, kerosene, and diesel fuel for federal civilian agencies. This is a total set aside contract for this company. Proposals were Web-solicited and 43 responded. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Date of performance completion is July 31, 2010. The contracting activity is the Defense Energy Support Center, Fort Belvoir, Va. (SP0600-05-D-4040).

Cardinal Health, Inc., Dublin, Ohio, is being awarded a maximum $12,939,007 firm fixed price contract for prime vendor contract for pharmaceutical requirements of the routine Navy fleet and hospital ships USNS Comfort and Mercy for Navy. This is an indefinite quantity type contract exercising option year 2 of four 12-month options. Other locations of performance are Greensboro, N.C., Valencia, Calif., Lakeland, Fla., Peabody, Mass., Auburn, Wash., Houston, Texas, Madison, Miss., and Swedesboro, N.J. There were 11 proposals solicited and 3 responded. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Date of performance completion is May 20, 2007. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa. (SP0200-04-D-7020).

* Small Business

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TechNet Flash: New BizTalk Server, ISA Server releases

Labels: Books, Business, Developer, Microsoft, Mobile, News, Security, Storage, Technology, Television

Microsoft TechNet Flash Volume 8, Issue 8 : April 19, 2006

Let us know what interests you <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=4819054>, and we'll customize your TechNet Flash newsletter with additional reports on topics such as desktop operating systems, server technologies, or security. And please let us know what you think <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=4819055> of TechNet Flash.

From the Editor

Hello New TechNet Flash Subscriber,

BizTalk Server is probably one of Microsoft's least-understood products. It's one of the few unavailable as a shrink-wrapped package, and it's priced in line with other enterprise tools in its class. Sample the 120-day trial version of the just-released 2006 edition of BizTalk Server. You'll find a link to it in the Downloads section in this issue. If you're looking to automate and optimize business processes, or you need to connect to mainframe and midrange legacy systems or to non-Microsoft line-of-business applications from SAP, Siebel, PeopleSoft, Oracle, and JD Edwards, give it a try.

---------------------------------------------------------------------- Be sure to check out the new On Demand section in this issue, where we announce a new IT Pro-focused television show called InterFace. It's from the same people who continue to bring you TechNet Radio (also updated in this issue).

We're delighted that so many of you have expressed interest in registering to receive beta updates through the TechNet Beta Central program we announced in our March 22 edition. Once again, here's the link to sign up <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=4819056>. If you have not registered, you'll miss exclusive information about upcoming releases that regularly appears through the TechNet Flash.

Enjoy the issue. Graeme Bennett Editor, TechNet Flash

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2006/04/19

Intelligence Center Coordinates Central Command Efforts

Labels: Government, Military, News, Security, Television

By Jim Garamone American Forces Press Service

AS SAYLIYAH, Qatar, April 19, 2006 - The new Joint Intelligence Operations Center here looks like what Hollywood's conception of what a "war room" should look like.

The center is the heart of U.S. Central Command Forward, based here. Everything the command can do at its Tampa, Fla. Headquarters also can be done here, officials said.

The center is capable of running coalition operations from Kenya to Kazakhstan and Egypt to Pakistan, a senior Central Command official who gave a tour of the facility said. The center is also closely connected with command's headquarters at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla.

Need to know what is happening in Iraq? The center will have the latest information. Need to track the progress of supplies into Afghanistan? Again, the center will be able to display that information. A Predator unmanned aerial vehicle hones in on an interesting target? That footage can be displayed live at the center.

Large television screens dominate one wall of the room. The screens can operate independently or in combination with each other. The idea is to let everyone in the room see what most interests commanders or staff.

Eight rows of 10 workstations each rise from the entrance and face the screens. The stations all have secure and non-secure computer access and telephones. Everything is at the staff officers' fingertips.

Manning the stations are staff officers who specialize in operations, intelligence, personnel, logistics, communications, public affairs, surveillance and all other aspects of the command. There are stations for State Department representatives and for allied countries. There are also extra stations for U.S. government organizations who might provide intelligence or advice, such as the Department of Justice, the Drug Enforcement Agency or the Department of Homeland Security.

The center is fully operational now and has already proven its worth, officials said. When the massive earthquake struck Pakistan and India in October, staff officers at the center were able to coordinate U.S. and international rescue and recovery efforts.

The center could prove invaluable in the event of a disaster in the southeastern United States. For example, if a hurricane approached Tampa and forced the evacuation of the city, planners here could take over the full load, officials said.

Related Site:

U.S. Central Command [http://www.centcom.mil/]

DoD to Set Up Joint Intelligence Operations Centers Worldwide [http://www.dod.mil/news/Apr2006/20060412_4803.html]

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OneWorld Daily Headlines

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TODAY'S HEADLINES:

> Afghan News Program Tackles Cartoon Controversy > Mosquito Nets Help Prevent Malaria, But Are They Being Used? > Hitchhike Across Europe for the Millennium Development Goals

> India charges activists for protecting endangered turtles > Where the sound of a car makes people fear for their lives > Victory - fish pirates in deep trouble > The week Britain started eating the planet > Campaigners prepare for Bank, IMF meetings

> International press for end to media repression in Nepal > Nepal parties to hold massive rally > Microsoft displays India-specific solutions

> State Officials’ Property Cards Online

> Why are we in Afghanistan? > Study finds BC’s welfare system denying assistance to people in need, ‘diverting’ many to homelessness and hardship

> Rumsfeld Linked to Guantanamo Torture

> Unite Against Genocide on April 30th!

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AFGHAN NEWS PROGRAM TACKLES CARTOON CONTROVERSY ----------------------------------------------- (19 apr 2006) A television roundtable has brought Afghanis some crucial analysis of the Danish cartoon controversy, hoping to raise the level of debate in the country where 11 people died in riots over the issue. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131176/7263/75976 From: Internews Network, Inc. http://www.internews.org

MOSQUITO NETS HELP PREVENT MALARIA, BUT ARE THEY BEING USED? ------------------------------------------------------------ (19 apr 2006) Better understanding of why some people choose to sleep under the net while others don't is integral to fighting malaria, says a new study that presents some surprising findings on bednet use. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131177/7263/75976 From: Global Health Council http://www.globalhealth.org Academy for Educational Development http://www.aed.org

HITCHHIKE ACROSS EUROPE FOR THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS ------------------------------------------------------------ (19 apr 2006) Young campaigners will hitchhike through seven European countries from August 22nd to September 8th to educate the public about ending global poverty through the Millennium Development Goals. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131175/7263/75976 From: Millennium Campaign http://www.millenniumcampaign.org

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INDIA CHARGES ACTIVISTS FOR PROTECTING ENDANGERED TURTLES ---------------------------------------------------------- (19 apr 2006) India has been urged to drop "unimaginable" charges against three Greenpeace activists who have been trying to prevent the killing of endangered and protected Olive Ridley turtles. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131231/7468/75976 From: Greenpeace International http://www.greenpeace.org/

WHERE THE SOUND OF A CAR MAKES PEOPLE FEAR FOR THEIR LIVES ----------------------------------------------------------- (19 apr 2006) "Even the sound of a car made people run into the bush. This pervasive fear amongst the population is what struck me the most," says Simon Collins, a doctor working in the Central African Republic. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131227/7468/75976

VICTORY - FISH PIRATES IN DEEP TROUBLE -------------------------------------- (19 apr 2006) After a chase of over 1,000 miles, a six-day occupation and hours of diplomatic negotiations, Spain has finally agreed to declare the cargo from the "Binar 4'" - 200 tonnes of fish from West Africa - illegal. Guinean officials also announced they would be fining the owners and operators of the vessel. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131226/7468/75976 From: Greenpeace UK http://www.greenpeace.org.uk

THE WEEK BRITAIN STARTED EATING THE PLANET ------------------------------------------ (19 apr 2006) On Sunday Britain stopped relying on its own natural resources to support itself and started living off the rest of the world. * Ecological debt calendar http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131224/7468/75976 From: New Economics Foundation http://www.neweconomics.org

CAMPAIGNERS PREPARE FOR BANK, IMF MEETINGS ------------------------------------------- (19 apr 2006) Campaigners say they are trying to ensure that the Spring Meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund "will result in real money to fight poverty and not aid increases based on clever accounting, politics and naked self interest.” http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131223/7468/75976 From: Oxfam Great Britain http://www.oxfam.org.uk

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INTERNATIONAL PRESS FOR END TO MEDIA REPRESSION IN NEPAL -------------------------------------------------------- (19 apr 2006) A coalition of press freedom groups, including the World Association of Newspapers (WAN), has asked the King of Nepal to end the violent crackdown on journalists and others in the recent protest demonstrations that have jolted the Himalayan nation. http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131212/1893/75976

NEPAL PARTIES TO HOLD MASSIVE RALLY ----------------------------------- (19 apr 2006) Vowing to continue their anti-royal protest, political parties in Nepal will hold a massive rally on 20th April which marks the start of the third week of their pro-democracy agitation.

http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131205/1893/75976

MICROSOFT DISPLAYS INDIA-SPECIFIC SOLUTIONS -------------------------------------------- (19 apr 2006) Software giant Microsoft said that it would launch the latest version of its Office software suite by the end of the year and the company's India development centre has made a significant contribution to it.

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STATE OFFICIALS’ PROPERTY CARDS ONLINE -------------------------------------- (19 apr 2006) According to Transparency International Croatia, the property cards submitted by the Croatian state officials will be published on internet later this week. The information was confirmed by Josip Leko, Chairperson of the State Commission on Conflict of Interest. http://see.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131222/3260/75976

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WHY ARE WE IN AFGHANISTAN? --------------------------- (18 apr 2006) Canada has 2250 Canadian soldiers stationed in Kandahar Afghanistan. The soldiers are fighting alongside about 8,000 U.S. soldiers and are under the command of Operation Archer in support of the U.S. led “Operation Enduring Freedom.” It is expected that command of the Canadian units will shift to NATO control by 2007. http://www.oneworld.ca/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131171/983/75976

STUDY FINDS BC’S WELFARE SYSTEM DENYING ASSISTANCE TO PEOPLE IN NEED, ‘DIVERTING’ MANY TO HOMELESSNESS AND HARDSHIP ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (18 apr 2006) (Vancouver) A major study released today finds that BC’s welfare system is systematically discouraging, delaying and denying assistance to many of the people most in need of help, with harmful consequences for some of the province’s most vulnerable residents. http://www.oneworld.ca/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131170/983/75976

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RUMSFELD LINKED TO GUANTANAMO TORTURE ------------------------------------- (18 apr 2006) NEW YORK, Apr 17 (OneWorld) - A leading international human rights group is calling for the Bush administration to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the alleged involvement of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other senior Pentagon officials in the torture of a prisoner at Guanatanamo Bay some three years ago. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131172/4536/75976 From: OneWorld US http://us.oneworld.net

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UNITE AGAINST GENOCIDE ON APRIL 30TH! ------------------------------------- (19 apr 2006) Thousands will march in Washington April 30th to call for immediate civilian protections in Darfur, but you don't have to wait for the 30th to take action! Help build on months of incredible momentum by sending a letter to the Bush administration today, urges Africa Action. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/131174/2332/75976 From: Africa Action http://www.africaaction.org

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2006/04/18

The new oil rush

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FEATURE: The new oil rush

The start of a new chapter in the world's long love affair with oil: Global demand, particularly in China and India, is outstripping supply--an imbalance that has been painfully evident as pump prices climb toward $3 a gallon. Even the optimists agree that the era of "easy oil" is over. Political risk hovers over most conventional reserves, held by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (including trouble spots like Nigeria and Venezuela) and Russia. So the United States is turning to new possibilities--the largely untapped resource of "unconventional oil" in North America.

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2006/04/17

Retired Officers' Critical Views Not Widespread, DoD Spokesman Says

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By Gerry J. Gilmore American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, April 17, 2006 - Recent criticism voiced by a half dozen retired generals over Iraq war planning does not reflect the mainstream views of the officer corps, a senior Defense Department official told Pentagon reporters today.

"There are a handful of officers that have exercised their right to speak their mind, and certainly that's their right to do that," DoD spokesman Bryan Whitman said.

Brushing aside a reporter's suggestion there's widespread disagreement among senior officers over Iraq war planning, Whitman said there are thousands of active duty, reserve component and retired general officers from all of the armed services.

Over the past few weeks, several retired general officers have publicly criticized Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld's leadership style while calling for the secretary's resignation over alleged planning mistakes for the post-war period in Iraq.

President Bush publicly praised the defense secretary through a special statement issued from Camp David, Md., on April 14. Rumsfeld's "energetic and steady leadership is exactly what is needed at this critical period," Bush wrote in his statement.

The United States is experiencing a historic and challenging time, Bush said, noting that the Defense Department has been tasked with a multitude of difficult missions since the start of the global war against terrorism. DoD is simultaneously transforming itself to better confront 21st-century threats, the president wrote.

"I have seen first-hand how Don relies upon our military commanders in the field and at the Pentagon to make decisions about how to best complete these missions," Bush wrote in the statement.

And yesterday a former senior officer weighed in with his support. "One of the things about Secretary Rumsfeld and working for him is you have tremendous access and you can present your arguments," retired Joint Chiefs Chairman Air Force Gen. Richard B. Myers recalled yesterday during a television appearance on ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos."

The U.S. Constitution specifies civilian control of the military, Myers said. The defense secretary and the U.S. president, the military's commander in chief, personify that control.

"The commander in chief makes the decision, the secretary of defense makes the decision, and we live by those decisions," Myers said.

The retired chairman dismissed critics that say he and the Joint Chiefs failed to stand up to Rumsfeld and the president during Iraq war planning sessions.

"We gave him our best military advice, and I think that's what we're obligated to do," Myers said. "If we don't do that, we should be shot."

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President Bush's Statement of Support for Defense Secretary Rumsfeld [http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/04/print/20060414.html]

Bush Calls Rumsfeld's Leadership 'Exactly What is Needed' [http://www.dod.mil/news/Apr2006/20060414_4820.html]

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=============== THE LATEST NEWS =============== Push E-Mail Coming to Treo 700w (4/10/2006) http://pocketpcwire.com/nl?8692 [press] Software upgrade to give users of Palm's Windows Mobile smartphone automatic over-the-air updates of e-mail and other PIM data.

Samsung BlackBerry Connects Flip Phone (4/10/2006) http://pocketpcwire.com/nl?8693 [press] The T719, the most phone-like mobile handset yet to support RIM push e-mail, is one of many new devices Samsung is demonstrating at CTIA. There�s also the thinnest cell phone yet for the U.S. and the dual mode T709, among others.

Pocket Express Channels Content to Smartphones (4/10/2006) http://pocketpcwire.com/nl?8694 [article] Handmark demos greatly expanded wireless information service at CTIA.

Modeo Surprises with Windows Mobile TV Phone (4/10/2006) http://pocketpcwire.com/nl?8695 [press] New smartphone receiving DVB-H digital TV broadcast signals at CTIA.

TV Guide unveils mobile content (4/10/2006) http://pocketpcwire.com/nl?8696 [press] Gemstar-TV Guide International subsidiary TV Guide Mobile Entertainment is making two new services available to US consumers: the next generation of the TV Guide Mobile interactive program guide and an on-demand mobile version of the TV Guide Channel.

Lenovo makes touchscreen smartphone - Sunday (4/10/2006) http://pocketpcwire.com/nl?8697 [press] Owning the "ThinkPad" badging just doesn't suffice anymore for Lenovo, and that is why the company is launching the all new i921 smartphone to take on giants in the industry like PalmOne and HTC.

Ultra-low-power WiFi chip targets Windows Mobile devices (4/10/2006) http://pocketpcwire.com/nl?8698 [press] STMicroelectronics (ST) is sampling an "ultra-low- power," single-component 802.11a/b/g WiFi chip that operates at 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz and supports both OFDM (orthogonal frequency division multiplexing) and CCK (complementary code keying) signal modulations. The highly-integrated STLC4420 targets cellular and WiFi phones, PDAs, cameras, and laptop computers.

Mobile browser shrinks footprint with Java/J2ME (4/10/2006) http://pocketpcwire.com/nl?8699 [new] Targeting the wide range of mobile phones running Java/J2ME, Bitstream previewed its newest embedded Web-browser at the CTIA Wireless conference in Las Vegas this week. The Java/J2ME version of Thunderhawk features a reduced footprint of under 100KB, along with a more compact data transport format.

Can TomTom's Go 700 GPS Save a Marriage? Part I (4/10/2006) http://pocketpcwire.com/nl?8700 [article] For Barry Gerber it was either buy a GPS or get divorced by his wife. He chose the GPS. But, what to buy? Join Gerber, a long time GPS owner wannabe, as he tests what he hopes will be the GPS that saves his marriage.

IP Wireless says it has Sprint sewn up (4/11/2006) http://pocketpcwire.com/nl?8703 [press] Tiny new entrant, IPWireless, reckons it has US mobile operator, Sprint, sewn up when it comes to providing the technology for providing mobile TV to mobile phones. It reckons its technology will also give Sprint the chance to unite with Europe when it comes to 4G.

Band makes record by releasing mobile single (4/11/2006) http://pocketpcwire.com/nl?8704 [press] An Anglo-Italian five-piece band is set to make an entirely different kind of record next month when it launches Britain's first single that can only be bought by cell phone, mobile network operator 3 said on Monday.

Robbie Williams "creatively influenced" W300i handset (4/11/2006) http://pocketpcwire.com/nl?8705 [press] However, for all you blokes over in the United Kingdom, you're about to be overrun by his 'musical genius', so to speak, because Sony Ericcson is launching a version of its W300i Walkman phone that was "creatively influenced" by the singer.

O2 XDA IQ does Wi-Fi dance (4/11/2006) http://pocketpcwire.com/nl?8706 [press] The latest from the phone maker (or labeller, I suppose) is the XDA IQ, a smartphone that rocks some nifty features but nothing that will really floor you.

Nintendo and Sony at war over handhelds (4/11/2006) http://pocketpcwire.com/nl?8707 [press] Who is dominating the handheld gaming segment? If you ask Sony they will say that it is definitely them and their PSP. The problem is that Nintendo will say that it is their DS.

O2, Lenovo Cooking Up WinMob Smartphones (4/12/2006) http://pocketpcwire.com/nl?8709 [press] U.K. carrier gets latest HTC-built XDA ready, while Lenovo prepares a Microsoft-based handset to release under its own banner.

Selectradio software turns smartphones into radio (4/12/2006) http://pocketpcwire.com/nl?8708 [new] Users of smartphones, including the UTStarcom PPC6700, Palm Treo 700w, HP iPAQ hw6500 and Samsung i730, now can get live radio content from 5,000 Internet radio channels using a new version of SelectRadio� software, www.selectradio.com. This brings news, comedy, talk and millions of songs to users, surpassing the storage and other limitations of typical standalone music players.

T-Mobile Prepping Sidekick 3 (4/12/2006) http://pocketpcwire.com/nl?8710 [press] Enhanced Sidekick may arrive from the U.S. operator before the end of the month.

Sony Ericsson W600i Walkman Phone (4/12/2006) http://pocketpcwire.com/nl?8711 [review] The W600i is an attractive music phone, both in features and price, that may skimp too much in the storage department for those with large song libraries.

Nokia Demos Cellular/Wi-Fi Handoff (4/12/2006) http://pocketpcwire.com/nl?8712 [press] Eighteen wheeler setting for UMA dual mode/IMS video sharing demonstration.

World Cup Mobile TV - will anyone be watching? (4/12/2006) http://pocketpcwire.com/nl?8713 [press] Mobile phone TV (DMB) will be available at all twelve venues of the World Cup in Germany this summer, but whether any viewers will be tuning in is another matter.

Service sends "live cable TV" to Windows Mobile handhelds (4/12/2006) http://pocketpcwire.com/nl?8714 [press] VDC Corp. is set to launch a nationwide service that aims to deliver "live cable TV" to desktop PCs and Windows Mobile handhelds, without requiring special interfaces or software. "Television On the Desktop" (TOD) boasts a "true multi-channel television-like experience" on broadband-connected PCs, wireless-enabled handhelds, and EVDO-enabled phones.

Chinese Redberry To Compete With Blackberry (4/12/2006) http://pocketpcwire.com/nl?8715 [press] China Unicom has launched the Redberry, a very similar service to Research in Motion's (RIM) Blackberry. Research in Motion had been due to launch in China this summer in conjunction with a Chinese partner, probably China Mobile, according to senior management. But the Redberry, which uses software called Uni Pushmail, will compete directly and the manufacturers say that it will be very similar to the popular Western product.

All-In-One Phone (4/12/2006) http://pocketpcwire.com/nl?8716 [press] A new Treo loses the bulk and keeps the features, another portable media player gets it wrong and a rat trap shows no mercy, all in this week's Gadget Lab.

Startup Manager: Easy Fine-Tuning of Your Windows (4/13/2006) http://pocketpcwire.com/nl?8717 [new book] Developed by F-Group Software will help you solve the startup-puzzle. This program will optimize your startup options with a single mouse click � using its collected knowledge database. $29.95

Toward Better PDA Standards (4/13/2006) http://pocketpcwire.com/nl?8719 [article] When setting standards for PDAs, it is important to balance the need for consistency with the requirement to leave room to satisfy individual preferences. Unfortunately, this means that I.T. staff may have to accept the burden of maintaining and supporting multiple system architectures, since none of the alternatives offer enough variety in terms of sizes and shapes to satisfy the needs of every user.

RIM to launch BlackBerry in China by mid-year (4/13/2006) http://pocketpcwire.com/nl?8720 [press] Research In Motion Ltd., the maker of the iconic BlackBerry device, said on Wednesday it expects to launch its wireless email service with China Mobile (Hong Kong) Ltd. by mid-year.

Twig Discovery is a "Find Me" GPS phone (4/13/2006) http://pocketpcwire.com/nl?8721 [press] You see, this phone dreamed up by Matt Sinclar is a "real" GPS phone with an emergency "Find Me" button built right in.

Samsung to release UMPC on the cheap (4/13/2006) http://pocketpcwire.com/nl?8722 [press] When the Origami Project was initially unveiled, most industry pundits were expecting a $500 price range, but were taken quite aback when prices were found to be in excess of $1000 for an "entry level" model.

HTC licenses DVB-H mobile TV client (4/13/2006) http://pocketpcwire.com/nl?8723 [press] Taiwanese ODM (original design manufacturer) HTC has licensed a DVB-H mobile television broadcast client from Panthera Technologies, for use in its Windows Mobile handhelds. The deal is an "indicator that the [mobile TV] market is moving beyond mobile broadcast trials and pilots, and into commercial roll-out."

App controls Pocket PC from desktop PC (4/13/2006) http://pocketpcwire.com/nl?8724 [press] Neslo Software has released an update to its Windows software that enables a single keyboard and mouse to control multiple computers, including Pocket PCs running Windows Mobile. Desktop Rover enables a desktop-connected keyboard and mouse to provide input to and exercise control over a Pocket PC.

Cross River Systems PocketDay (4/14/2006) http://pocketpcwire.com/nl?8728 [press] Application aggregates content and PIM information for BlackBerry users.

SingTel Delivers BlackBerry Services to Treo (4/14/2006) http://pocketpcwire.com/nl?8729 [new] Singapore operator first to BlackBerry Connect Palm's Treo with RIM's push e-mail and data synchronization.

Continuous Dictation, Search on VoiceSignal�s Mobile Menu (4/14/2006) http://pocketpcwire.com/nl?8730 [press] Talk naturally and convert speech to text, or use spoken commands to perform searches on future cell phones.

PalmSource Makes LinuxWorld Appearance (4/14/2006) http://pocketpcwire.com/nl?8731 [new] Mobile platform developer shows off new OS for smartphones during Linux conference.

RIM Determined to Stay Number One (4/14/2006) http://pocketpcwire.com/nl?8732 [new] Co-CEO Jim Balsillie cites several reasons why RIM will continue to lead mob-e-mail market.

Skype comes to Palm, finally (4/14/2006) http://pocketpcwire.com/nl?8733 [press] Thanks to intermediary EQO, you can now use a beta J2ME version of Skype on your Palm device, as long as you have Skype up and running on your home PC.

iRiver E10 looks like a HDD nano, packs a few extra features (4/14/2006) http://pocketpcwire.com/nl?8734 [press] The form factor and button layout is immediately reminiscent of the Apple iPod nano, but unlike that glossy white (or black) DAP, this glossy white (or black) DAP features a six gigabyte mini hard drive.

Yahoo! adds additional features to HELIO services (4/14/2006) http://pocketpcwire.com/nl?8735 [press] Helio is steady as she goes with its marketing strategy that targets the younger demographic, the type of people who would have grown up using search engines, email, and instant messengers. It is in this line of thought that spurred the company to form an official partnership with Yahoo! to add some special mobile web functionality to their cell phones.

E-Ten G500 GPS smartphone shows up on FCC website (4/14/2006) http://pocketpcwire.com/nl?8736 [press] We first heard about the G500 GPS phone from E-Ten back in January, but now there is a vague possibility that the hot Pocket PC phone could be heading our way, because it has made an official appearance on the FCC website.

STB delivers TV and video to Windows Mobile handhelds (4/14/2006) http://pocketpcwire.com/nl?8737 [press] Sling Media has released a beta of software that delivers home TV and video content to Internet-enabled Windows Mobile handhelds. SlingPlayer Mobile works with the company's Slingbox, a $250 set-top box (STB) that translates and distributes video signals over a proprietary IPTV (Internet protocol TV) format.

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The new oil rush

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Television Interview with Secretary Rumsfeld and Talal Al-Haj on Al Arabiya

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DoD News Briefing Television Interview with Secretary Rumsfeld and Talal Al-Haj on Al Arabiya Thursday, April, 13, 2006 - 00:00 AM EDT

AL ARABIYA: Mr. Rumsfeld, thank you sir for this privilege. We do appreciate it.

SECRETARY RUMSFELD: Thank you. I'm delighted to be with you.

AL ARABIYA: Short of a U.S. style democracy in Iraq, sir, what does it take to disengage?

SECRETARY RUMSFELD: First of all I don't think there will ever be a U.S. style democracy in Iraq. I think there will be an Iraqi democracy, as there should. A representative system that's respectful of its people, at peace with its neighbors, and that will be a good thing. It will be a good thing for the Iraqi people and it will be a good thing for the region. The entire region will benefit from a successful, prosperous, peaceful Iraq.

The Iraqi people deserve that. They've had a difficult time. They have a proud history and I look forward to the day that that will happen.

What will it take? It will take the Iraqi people responding to the 10 or 12 million Iraqis who went out and voted, and fashioning a government that is representative of the country. I think that's going to happen soon and I look forward to that. It's up to the Iraqis to decide what that will look like and who the people will be, but we wish them well.

We now have trained and equipped something like 250,000 Iraqi security forces, and almost every week we're turning over bases to the Iraqis, we're turning over real estate that they now are in charge of. Our goal is to not be in Iraq. Our goal is to have the Iraqis manage the situation in Iraq.

AL ARABIYA: When do you feel the moment has arrived for you to say thank you so much and we're going home?

SECRETARY RUMSFELD: Well, we'd like it to be as soon as possible, needless to say. And I think that's something we would discuss with the new Iraqi government and make sure that it was managed in a way that was appropriate from their standpoint and did not inject instability into the situation. A lot of people's lives have been invested in that country, a lot of money has been invested. We want to turn it over to the Iraqi people and have them manage their own affairs, but it's the kind of thing that would take conditions on the ground to enable that to happen. When the new government is formed we would set up some committees to start talking with them about what pieces of the responsibility they could continue to take over and at what pace.

AL ARABIYA: Talking about the American forces in Iraq. According to a Zogby International poll in February, 29 percent of the soldiers would prefer an immediately withdrawal; 50 percent would favor a pullout in six months. People on the Hill speaking to us, they would like you to have an extensive withdrawal this summer to help them out, some of them, Republican [inaudible] election [inaudible], but they understood what they told us.

Do you have plans for an extensive withdrawal this summer? A redeployment of forces in Iraq?

SECRETARY RUMSFELD: Well I personally don't give any credence to that poll. I would think 100 percent of our forces would prefer to be home. Their goal is to not be there, and that's perfectly understandable.

It seems to me that any President or any leadership that chases public opinion polls is not going to succeed.

AL ARABIYA: But these are Republican senators and congressmen.

SECRETARY RUMSFELD: I understand that. There have always been differences over wars and big issues like this. This is important. I think it's important for the people of the region to reflect on what the world would look like if we turned Iraqi over to Zarqawi and to the terrorists, and to the people who behead people on television, the people who indiscriminately go out and kill 40, 50, 60 innocent men, women and children of Iraqis. They're basically trying to, by their violence, the insurgents and the terrorists, by their violence they're trying to frighten people and to terrorize them, to alter their behavior.

If we simply throw in the towel and say fine, you have it Zarqawi, you have it bin Laden, this world would not be a good place, because they won't be satisfied with that. They'll go after the neighboring countries next. And their goal is to reestablish a violent regime in that part of the world and they're not going to succeed, I don't believe.

AL ARABIYA: President Mubarak of Egypt, many Iraqi leaders including ex-Prime Minister Allawi said what's going on in Iraq now is civil war. What is the difference between a civil war and what's happening in Iraq now?

SECRETARY RUMSFELD: If you go to civil wars historically and look at them in different countries around the globe, they have existed in time. We've had one in the United States that was a violent one, lasted many years.

I'm not going to get into the debate as to semantics as to what is or is not a civil war. People can call whatever they want what's going on there. I personally think of it as a situation where in 18 provinces of the country about 14 are at peace. There are very few incidents of violence in 14 of the provinces.

AL ARABIYA: But the majority of the population live in the other four, sir.

SECRETARY RUMSFELD: And the population, Baghdad is the place where the bulk of the violence is, and then in three others.

AL ARABIYA: Yes, sir.

SECRETARY RUMSFELD: Now, what does that mean? Some of it is criminal violence. Some of it's Zarqawi and al-Qaida violence. Some of it is insurgent and sectarian violence. And it is a mixture of things. And I think that if someone wants to put a label on that they can, but I think of it as terrorism myself.

AL ARABIYA: Would the American forces be able to continue to stay in Iraq if the situation of a full-fledged civil war took hold of the country?

SECRETARY RUMSFELD: I'm not going to get into that. I don't think a full-fledged civil war will take hold of the country myself. I think the Iraqi people --

You know, the terrorists tried to stop the election that took place a year ago January. They failed. They tried to prevent the drafting of a constitution by the Iraqi people. They failed. They tried to prevent the referendum on the Iraqi constitution and they failed. They tried to stop the elections December 15th of last year and they failed. They're now trying to stop the formation of a new government and they're going to fail again. The Iraqi people have voted with their hearts and their courage and their feet and they've said they want to have that constitution and they want to have an elected government and I think they're going to have one.

AL ARABIYA: Sir, there is no doubt that sectarian strife is increasing, that there are people moving from areas to areas especially in the Shia and Sunni areas. How do you rate the performance of the Iraqi security forces? Your forces have already come back to Baghdad, I understand. Is that a statement on the readiness and the performance of the Iraqi forces?

SECRETARY RUMSFELD: The performance of the Iraqi security forces has to be characterized in two pieces. The Ministry of Defense forces have been performing very well. We have our people embedded with them. We're able to see where their strengths and weaknesses are and correct them and give them additional equipment if that's appropriate, tell them where leadership needs to be improved, assist with logistics, assist with intelligence and the like.

The Ministry of Interior security forces, the police, have a different pattern. They're recruited locally. We were not training them. We have not had people embedded with them, and we have less visibility. They're at least a year or two behind the Ministry of Defense forces.

But in the aggregate the reality is that the Iraqis have provided security for the last election, for the constitutional referendum, they're doing a very good job overall.

AL ARABIYA: General Batiste said that the fact that there was not enough troops actually created Abu Ghraib because putting incompetent officers in charge. Do you agree with that statement?

SECRETARY RUMSFELD: No, I wouldn't. There are people who have different views on that, but General Tom Franks and General Abizaid and General Casey have been the ones who have determined how many troops there would be. They've made those recommendations to me and to the President and we've agreed with them. There's a balance that's needed in this.

You can have not enough troops, in which case things can be disorderly, or you can have too many troops and be too intrusive. Too much of an occupying force create a dependent on the people of Iraq so that they're depending on us, and actually feed the insurgency because no country wants to have foreign forces in their country over a long period of time. So it's a balance. It's an art, not a science. No one knows for sure what the right number should be. Everyone can have their opinion and express their opinion personally. I'll go with General Abizaid and General Casey's judgment. I think they're probably the best observers. There are people on the outside who are retired, who look back and say oh this or that, and that's fine. They can do that, but it doesn't make them right.

AL ARABIYA: Sir, you took full responsibility for the atrocities that took place in Abu Ghraib. You offered your resignation more than once, sir. You are a man of honor. Would you take this opportunity to apologize for the Iraqi people for what took place in Abu Ghraib?

SECRETARY RUMSFELD: Oh, we've done that, and there's no question but that people in the United States military, in Abu Ghraib on that night shift mistreated Iraqi prisoners. They should not have done it. They have been court martialed. They are being punished. There are some people serving in prison.

AL ARABIYA: Seven of them, sir.

SECRETARY RUMSFELD: And it's something that should not have happened, it did happen, and we regret it deeply.

AL ARABIYA: Thank you. The future bases in Iraq, sir. There are some who say that you are planning to have future bases in Iraq in consultation, of course, with the Iraqi government. Do you plan actually to extend that?

SECRETARY RUMSFELD: We really don't. It's up to the Iraqi government. Whatever the Iraqi government decides at some point down the road when there's a permanent government that's been elected by the people under the new constitution, they can decide how we can be helpful.

Needless to say we have been a big help to them in terms of training and equipping their military. Their security forces are basically oriented to deal with the problem inside the country. We've not gotten into any discussions with them about the future at all, and it would be the kind of thing that would be down the road if they come to us and say they'd like to talk about that.

AL ARABIYA: And you would be accommodating?

SECRETARY RUMSFELD: I don't know that. We'd be happy to talk to them. I don't know if we'd be accommodating to what they want. But certainly it's their country and they're a sovereign nation and they're going to have to decide what they want and we wish them well.

AL ARABIYA: So after there years of Saddam's fall, according to your figures you lost 2,343 deaths this month, a release, more than 16,000 wounded. Iraqi figures are not so well documented, but people put more than 100,000 killed.

Did you expect this when you were planning for the war in Iraq? These sort of numbers? Did you anticipate it?

SECRETARY RUMSFELD: You know, everyone who has tried to estimate what the length of a war would be, what the cost of a war would be, and what the casualty figures would be have consistently been wrong historically.

AL ARABIYA: Were you wrong, sir?

SECRETARY RUMSFELD: I made a conscious point of not predicting. I did not know. I do not know now. I know I don't know. I don't pretend to know. And I think people who think they know and have a high degree of certainty about how long it lasts or what the dollar cost will be or what the cost in human treasure will be, as I say, are almost always wrong and therefore listening to them is probably not worth one's time.

AL ARABIYA: Are you in a position sir, to comment on the Iranian enrichment announcement?

SECRETARY RUMSFELD: No.

AL ARABIYA: You're not?

SECRETARY RUMSFELD: No.

AL ARABIYA: Okay.

SECRETARY RUMSFELD: The President has spoken on it, the Secretary of State has. We're obviously, the position of the United States and Western Europe and I believe Russia and China, the major countries in the world, have felt that it is not in the world's interest for them to move forward with a nuclear weapons program. They've said so publicly. They're on a diplomatic track to try to persuade the people there that that's in their best interest. It's a matter for the President to address, which he has.

AL ARABIYA: What do you think of the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad?

SECRETARY RUMSFELD: He clearly has expressed some extreme views that I have trouble believing are the dominant views of the people of Iran.

I think that the people of Iran are proud. They have a proud history. It's a large, important country. I don't think their choice is to be isolated from the rest of the world. And to the extent government leadership's words have the effect of isolating that country from the world my guess is they will not meet with the approval, the government leaders will not meet with the approval of the Iranian people overall.

AL ARABIYA: I will not ask you, sir, about the options that you have on the table. I will not ask you about Seymour Hersch's article because he will just go to Disneyland or Fantasyland, as you say.

SECRETARY RUMSFELD: [Laughter].

AL ARABIYA: But I would ask you. Is there a nuclear option on the table or off the table?

SECRETARY RUMSFELD: The more anyone discusses this the more misinformation gets communicated. The President has spoken on this repeatedly. There is no need for people who work for the President to rephrase anything he has said. He has said it all and I'll leave it with him.

AL ARABIYA: Okay. The diplomatic path is being followed, but are options still on the table?

SECRETARY RUMSFELD: The President has spoken on this repeatedly and if I repeat his words it becomes newsworthy and I have no desire to be newsworthy on this subject.

AL ARABIYA: What would you consider as the Minister of Defense the no return point where you feel that the United States has to act with Iran?

SECRETARY RUMSFELD: The Secretary of Defense of the United States does not make those kinds of --

AL ARABIYA: Recommendation?

SECRETARY RUMSFELD: No. Those are issues for the President, for the Congress, for the United Nations, and that's the locations that that type of a discussion would take place.

AL ARABIYA: Is the prevention doctrine still applies to Iran?

SECRETARY RUMSFELD: I haven't heard the President comment on that, but you should take your guidance from the White House on this subject.

AL ARABIYA: What do you see as the Minister of Defense the escalating military threats to the oil industry?

SECRETARY RUMSFELD: Oh, I'm not going to get into that. People can read the papers. They know who produces it and who uses it and they can make their own judgments.

AL ARABIYA: Do you take the oil industry and the prices of oil in different situations in your planning? Sir, did you plan?

SECRETARY RUMSFELD: Well, I think those kinds of issues are things that the Department of Treasury and the White House and the economic side of the equation think about.

AL ARABIYA: The United Nations reports on Guantanamo, sir. I'm sure you've read them and commented earlier on it. It actually, it was very condemning. But why doesn't the United States government speed up the trials of these 500 or so prisoners in Guantanamo and deal with them instead of having reports being issued so finger-pointing towards the Administration?

SECRETARY RUMSFELD: First let me correct your statement.

AL ARABIYA: Yes, sir.

SECRETARY RUMSFELD: It was not a United Nations report. It was a couple of people from the United Nations who did not even go down there. And for them to then opine as to what they thought of what was going on there is really out of order, one would have to say.

How can people who have not been there -- let me go on. You've raised this and I'll respond.

AL ARABIYA: Yes, sir.

SECRETARY RUMSFELD: The other people. The hundreds and hundreds of journalists, members of the Congress, members of the Senate, representatives from 20, 30, 40 countries have been down there. They've seen it. The treatment of the detainees in Guantanamo Bay is excellent. The medical care they're receiving, the food they're receiving, their treatment is excellent. And people who have never been there, to run around making the kinds of statements that were made I think is not a responsible approach.

AL ARABIYA: Why did you let them, sir, meet with, because they are saying, justifying this. They are not going there because you do not let them meet or allow them to meet with the prisoners.

SECRETARY RUMSFELD: The answer, I'm told is, this is not a Department of Defense issue, it's a U.S. government issue, is the official organization is the International Committee of the Red Cross. They go down there, they've had offices down there, they go down repeatedly. They are the people who have the responsibility for letting the world know what the treatment is like, and they do. To let any other group go down there, and then you have to open the floodgates and let everyone go down there.

We invited them down. They wanted to go down on their basis. We let the International Committee of the Red Cross do that, and they do, in my view, a job that is representative for the world of what the actual situation is.

AL ARABIYA: There have been calls from retired generals, sir, this is something I'm sure you face on a daily basis now, from Paul Eaton, Anthony Zinni, Gregory Newbold, John Batiste, for a clear, fresh, so-called in the Pentagon. How does this affect you? I mean I know it's comfort to possibly your enemies, but how it's personally to you, sir?

SECRETARY RUMSFELD: There are, I don't know, what, 3,000, 4,000, 5,000, 6,000 generals -- active duty, retired. There are thousands of them. There are several who are not on active duty who have, not current, who have made comments. And that doesn't surprise me at all. In the middle of a war that people are going to disagree with this or have different opinions? We have different opinions inside this building all the time. We expect that.

AL ARABIYA: Is there anything, sir, for the last three years you would have liked to pull the clock back and do differently?

SECRETARY RUMSFELD: Well, we certainly would have liked to have the, we would like to have had the 4th Infantry Division be able to come in through Turkey, and it would have had an effect on the Sunni area, Saddam Hussein's stronghold, earlier in the conflict and probably would have had a beneficial effect in reducing the size of the insurgency.

AL ARABIYA: My last question, sir, I have signals that I have to finish. My last note says you are the third longest serving Secretary of Defense.

SECRETARY RUMSFELD: It that right?

AL ARABIYA: Yes, sir. And with all this being directed against you by some members of the retired generals, do you intend -- I know you work at the pleasure of the President, sir, and as you know, the pleasure of the President continues to the next election. Do you, Mr. Secretary, intend to serve the President until the next election?

SECRETARY RUMSFELD: I intend to serve the President at his pleasure. The fact that two or three or four retired people have different views, I respect their views, but obviously out of thousands and thousands of admirals and generals, if every time two or three people disagreed, we changed the Secretary of Defense of the United States, it would be like a merry go round around here.

AL ARABIYA: So by the next election you will be the longest serving Secretary of Defense, sir.

SECRETARY RUMSFELD: That remains to be seen.

AL ARABIYA: Thank you, sir. We appreciate this. Thank you, sir.

SECRETARY RUMSFELD: I enjoyed it.

AL ARABIYA: Thank you, sir.

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