12 November 2006 Military News

CENTAF releases airpower summary for Nov. 12 AFPS 12 Nov 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for Nov. 12.
Iraqi Army Soldiers Taking Fight to Enemy AFPS 12 Nov 2006 -- The Iraqi army took the fight to the enemy over the weekend, capturing an insurgent cell leader, detaining an improvised explosive device supplier and detaining suspected death squad members.
Twin Suicide Bombings Kill Dozens in Iraq VOA 12 Nov 2006 -- Bomb blasts at an Iraqi police facility have killed at least 35 people and left dozens of others wounded.

Taliban insurgency tops list of concerns as Security Council team arrives in Afghanistan UN News Centre 12 Nov 2006 -- With the Taliban insurgency posing a major problem for Afghanistan, the head of a Security Council mission there today pledged that the international community will stand by the country as it works to rebuild.

Iran, Palestinians, Will Top US-Israel Summit Agenda VOA 12 Nov 2006 -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has arrived in the United States for a White House summit with President Bush on Monday
Israeli General Resigns After Criticism of His Conduct in Lebanon War VOA 12 Nov 2006 -- An Israeli general has resigned after a military investigation criticized his conduct during Israel's recent war with Hezbollah.
U.S. Rejects Security Council Resolution on Beit Hanoun Incident Washington File 12 Nov 2006 -- The United States “was compelled to vote against” a draft United Nations Security Council resolution condemning the November 8 Israeli artillery barrage that accidentally killed several Palestinian civilians because the resolution would have advanced a “one-sided political agenda,” Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says.

South Ossetia Holds Independence Referendum RFE/RL 12 Nov 2006 -- The election commission in Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia, reporting at 2:30 p.m. local time, said 64 percent of voters had already cast ballots in the referendum on independence.
Georgia refutes S. Ossetia's reports on assault force in conflict area RIA Novosti 12 Nov 2006 -- The Georgian Interior Ministry refuted Sunday the reports by its breakaway province of South Ossetia on allegedly bringing an assault force into the conflict area.

UN Humanitarian Chief in Sudan for Meeting With Uganda Rebels VOA 12 Nov 2006 -- The United Nations humanitarian chief is in southern Sudan for a meeting with the elusive leader of the Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army to discuss humanitarian issues.

Cluster Bomb Treaty Comes Into Force VOA 12 Nov 2006 -- A new international treaty aimed at reducing the deaths and injuries from cluster bombs, landmines and other unexploded ordnance comes into force Sunday