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• First Afghan Army Battalion Finishes Training AFPS 23 Jul 2002 -- The first battalion of the Afghan National Army graduated from training today at the Afghan Military Academy. Afghan and coalition leaders see the Afghan National Army as a stabilizing influence in the war-torn country. The army will be the instrument of the national government and will be trained and equipped to defeat any direct challenge.
• AFGHANISTAN / ARMY VOA 23 Jul 2002 -- The first battalion of U-S-trained Afghan soldiers graduated from basic training today (Tuesday), ready to take up their duties in the new Afghan national army. The freshly minted troops are being assigned to the presidential palace, where concerns about the security of the Afghan president have been running high.

Other Conflicts

• LIBERIA / RECONCILIATION VOA 23 Jul 2002 -- Liberian President Charles Taylor has called a reconciliation conference outside the capital, Monrovia, this week in an effort to bring peace to his embattled nation. Prospects for a solid outcome appear bleak. Most members of the opposition and rebels with the group Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy, LURD, plan to stay away.
• White House Criticizes Israeli Attack on Gaza Apartment Building Washington File 23 Jul 2002 -- White House Criticizes Israeli Attack on Gaza Apartment Building President Bush sees "as heavy-handed" an Israeli warplane's missile attack on a Gaza City apartment building that killed a leader of Hamas who was at the top of Israel's most-wanted list and at least 14 other Palestinians, including nine children.
• BUSH MIDEAST VOA 23 Jul 2002 -- President Bush has condemned the Israeli air strike in Gaza that resulted in the deaths of a leader of the Islamic militant group Hamas and 14 other Palestinians, including nine children. The president says he is concerned that the Israelis hit a building knowing innocent people would likely be killed.
• ISRAEL / ARAB REACT VOA 23 Jul 2002 -- The Arab League has condemned Israel's deadly missile strike in Gaza City and called for United Nations Security Council intervention. Egyptian and Saudi officials also condemned the operation and say the action will only bring Israel more trouble.
• ISRAEL PALESTINIANS VOA 23 Jul 2002 -- Palestinian factions are vowing revenge after an Israeli air strike in Gaza City killed the commander of the military wing of the Palestinian militant group Hamas and 14 others, including nine children. The attack has also drawn strong international condemnation.
• ISRAEL PALESTINIANS VOA 23 Jul 2002 -- An Israeli air strike in the Gaza Strip late Monday killed the commander of the military wing of the Palestinian militant group Hamas. The attack left another 14 Palestinians dead, most of them children, and injured over 100 others.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Rumsfeld: Leaking Classified Info 'Outrageously Irresponsible' AFPS 23 Jul 2002 -- Anyone in DoD who would leak classified information to the press is so "outrageously irresponsible" that an investigation to find that person is worth the cost, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said July 22.
• Connie Battle Group Takes on CARGRU-1 Navy Newsstand 23 Jul 2002 -- The Constellation (CV 64) Battle Group (CBG) is facing a new enemy during this underway period -- but this time the enemy is also a friend.

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