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• 3 Marines killed in Al Anbar Province
• CENTAF releases airpower summary for Oct. 21 AFPN 21 Oct 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials released the airpower summary for Oct. 21.

Defense Policy / Programs

• COMUSAFE builds on U.S.-Romania relationship AFPN 21 Oct 2006 -- The road ahead for the partnering of U.S. and Romanian air forces continues on the fast-track after a visit Oct. 19 and 20 by the U.S. Air Forces in Europe commander, who met with key Romanian officials.
• Navy Reserve Support Critical for USS Michigan Conversion Navy NewsStand 21 Oct 2006 -- Navy Reserve support has played an important role for the nearly completed conversion for the submarine USS Michigan (SSGN 727) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PSNS&IMF).
• Navy Completes Successful Mobile Landing Platform Demonstration Navy NewsStand 21 Oct 2006 -- The Navy began conducting at-sea experiments off the coast of Virginia near Norfolk for the Maritime Prepositioning Force (Future) Program (MPF(F)) in August and was completed Oct. 13.

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Other Conflicts

• 20 Tamil Tigers killed in fresh battle with Lankan navy IRNA 21 Oct 2006 -- In a fresh sea battle between Sri Lankan navy and rebels, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), 20 Tamil Tigers were killed in off the island's northern Jaffna peninsula.
• German secret service mediating between Israel and Hizbollah: report IRNA 21 Oct 2006 -- UN Secretary General Kofi Annan is reportedly using an agent of Germany's BND foreign intelligence service as a mediator in the conflict between Israel and Lebanon's Islamic resistance Hizbollah, the online site of Der Spiegel news magazine said Saturday.
• Georgia leader denies plans to use force against breakaway regions RIA Novosti 21 Oct 2006 -- Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said Saturday he had no intention to use military force to restore central government control over the post-Soviet nation's two breakaway provinces.
• Georgian President Vows No Military Plans in Breakaway Regions VOA 21 Oct 2006 -- Georgia's President Mikhail Saakashvili has ruled out any plans for military action in the breakaway republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

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