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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 21 Nov 2005 [PDF]
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• Soldiers kill one, capture two terrorists MNF-I 21 Nov 2005 -- Iraqi Police and Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division’s 3rd Brigade Combat Team responded to a potential IED attack, killing one bomber and injuring two more Nov. 19.
• Task Force Baghdad Soldiers detain 3 bomb suspects MNF-I 21 Nov 2005 -- Three suspected terrorists were detained in two separate incidents Nov. 19 by 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division operating in southwest Baghdad.
• Iraqi Soldiers capture 9 terrorists in east Baghdad MNF-I 21 Nov 2005 -- Iraqi Army Soldiers in east Baghdad launched operations against terrorists in Rusafa and Adhamiyah Nov 19-20.
• More weapons caches turn up in south Baghdad MNF-I 21 Nov 2005 -- More large weapons caches were discovered by 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division in south Baghdad.
• Tips lead Iraq Soldiers to weapons cache MNF-I 21 Nov 2005 -- Acting on tips from local residents, Iraqi Army Soldiers confiscated a large number of terrorist weapons and bomb-making materials Nov. 20 in west Baghdad.
• Operation Bruins concludes MNF-I 21 Nov 2005 -- Approximately 150 Iraqi Army Soldiers and 300 Marines and Soldiers from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team (2 BCT) and 2nd Marine Division concluded Operation Dhibbah (Bruins) in northern ar Ramadi Nov. 20.

Other Conflicts

• U.S. Recaps 10 Years of Progress After Dayton Peace Accords Washington File 21 Nov 2005 -- On November 21, 1995, the Dayton Peace Accords ended a conflict in the Balkans that claimed more than 200,000 lives and drove more than 2 million people from their homes.
• Dayton a "Seminal Moment" in Diplomacy, State's Burns Says Washington File 21 Nov 2005 -- International diplomats are meeting this week in Washington to mark the 10th anniversary of the historic Dayton Peace Accords, which ended the Bosnian war.
• South African Military Praised as Post-Conflict Model Washington File 21 Nov 2005 -- South Africa stands as a model for the way the military of a formerly exclusionary government can be made into an important part of peaceful "post conflict political reconstruction," says Professor Stephen Burgess of the U.S. Air War College's Department of Strategy and International Security.
• Massive Security Effort Set For Chechen Elections RFE/RL 21 Nov 2005 -- Some 24,000 police and Russian soldiers will provide security during Chechnya's parliamentary election later this month.
• UN Envoy Arrives In Kosovo For Status Talks RFE/RL 21 Nov 2005 -- United Nations envoy Martti Ahtisaari is expected to arrive in Kosovo's capital Pristina today for preparatory talks on negotiations to settle the future political status of the territory.
• Philippines Army Kills 10 Rebel Suspects VOA 21 Nov 2005 -- Military officials in the Philippines say troops have killed 10 communist rebels and captured at least 14 others in a raid on a meeting in a rice field early Monday on the central island of Leyte.
• Sharon Asks to Dissolve Parliament, Quits Likud VOA 21 Nov 2005 -- Israel's Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, has asked his country's president to dissolve parliament and call new elections

Defense Policy / Programs

• Enterprise Aces TSTA/FEP Navy NewsStand 21 Nov 2005 -- The crew of USS Enterprise (CVN 65) surpassed expectations with the successful conclusion of its Tailored Ship’s Training Availability (TSTA) and Final Evaluation Phase (FEP) Nov. 19.
• Last U.S. Navy Sea King Helicopter Delivered Navy NewsStand 21 Nov 2005 -- The last U.S. Navy Sea King helicopter to be delivered was received by Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) team lead Bob Kelly, H-3 Sea King deputy program manager, in early November, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
• Toughest Battlefields Are Not in Iraq, Rumsfeld Says Washington File 21 Nov 2005 -- The toughest battlefields no longer are in Iraq, but in the American and international media, U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld says.
• Revamped portal better information gateway AFPN 21 Nov 2005 -- Users who sign on to the Air Force Portal will find an improved system that not only looks better, but is more user-friendly and effective.
• Global health records system goes electronic AFPN 21 Nov 2005 -- The Department of Defense achieved a major milestone today, when it launched AHLTA, its global electronic health record system.

• Israeli navy to receive two new German submarines - report IRNA 21 Nov 2005 -- Israel's navy is to receive two new sophisticated German-made submarines, built at a German dockyard and partially financed by the German government, the weekly Focus news magazine report

• ARMY PLANS TO PURCHASE HELICOPTER GUNSHIPS: MND CNA 21 Nov 2005 -- The army is planning to purchase new helicopter gunships to beef up the nation's defense capabilities, but the type and quantity to be procured have yet to be determined, the Ministry of National Defense (MND) said Monday.

• PAF chief for purchase of F-16 planes now IRNA 21 Nov 2005 -- The chief of Pakistan Air Force Kalim Saadat has called for purchase of F-16 planes from the United States now, indirectly opposing the deferment as announced by President General Pervez Musharraf.

• Bush Thanks Mongolia For Support RFE/RL 21 Nov 2005 -- U.S. President George W. Bush today visited Mongolia, where he expressed appreciation for the country's support in Iraq and Afghanistan, and compared the struggle against Islamic radicalism to the Asian country's battle against communism.
• Bush Thanks Mongolia for Help in Afghanistan, Iraq VOA 21 Nov 2005 -- President Bush is in Mongolia on the last stop of an eight-day trip to Asia which has also taken him to Japan, South Korea, and China

Defense Industry

News Reports

• Uzbekistan Rejects EU Criticism Of Andijon Trial RFE/RL 21 Nov 2005 -- Uzbekistan has rejected European Union criticism about the trial of 15 men convicted of organizing an uprising in the eastern city of Andijon, calling it "unprecedented political pressure."