10 December 2005 Military News

IRAQ: II MEF SOLDIER DIES OF SUSPECTED HEART ATTACK
IRAQ: TASK FORCE BAGHDAD SOLDIER KILLED
IRAQ: TASK FORCE BAGHDAD SOLDIER KILLED
IRAQ: TASK FORCE BAGHDAD SOLDIER KILLED BY SMALL-ARMS FIRE
IRAQ: TWO TASK FORCE BAGHDAD SOLDIERS KILLED
More detained as a result of Operation Able Rising Force MNF-I 10 Dec 2005 -- In an update to the results of military operations conducted Dec. 9, Operation Able Rising Force netted additional detainees, for a total of 52 detainees in police custody, including the seven reported Dec. 8.
U.S. patrol finds munitions cache along side of road MNF-I 10 Dec 2005 -- Task Force Baghdad Soldiers on patrol discovered a large cache of munitions in southwest Baghdad Dec. 9.
No Word on Fate of 4 Western Hostages in Iraq VOA 10 Dec 2005 -- There has been no information on the fate of four Western hostages held in Iraq, on the day their kidnappers have said they will kill them.
U.S. Forces Dealing With Different Enemy in Anbar AFPS 10 Dec 2005 -- The enemy in Anbar province is different from that in other areas of Iraq, U.S. officials here said.
Operation Skinner concludes MNF-I 10 Dec 2005 -- Iraqi Army Soldiers, U.S. Marines and Army Soldiers from 2nd Brigade Combat Team (28th Infantry Division) concluded Operation Gashshaar (Skinner) in central Ramadi Dec. 10.
Taleban Rebels Kill Eight Police in Southern Afghan Raids VOA 10 Dec 2005 -- Taleban guerrillas have killed at least eight policemen in attacks in Afghanistan.

Russian Official Dismiss Ukraine's Threat On Sevastopol RFE/RL 10 Dec 2005 -- Russian officials have dismissed a Ukrainian threat to review the lease for stationing Russia's Black Sea fleet at Ukraine's port city of Sevastopol.

UN Targets More Syrians in Hariri Assassination Probe VOA 10 Dec 2005 -- The United Nations says it will summon more Syrian officials for questioning in its probe of the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri.