10 March 2007 Military News

March 10 airpower: ISR missions critical in war on terrorism AFPN 10 Mar 2007 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for March 10.

Afghanistan's Lower House of Parliament Approves Revised Amnesty Bill VOA 10 Mar 2007 -- Afghanistan's lower house of parliament has passed a revised version of a resolution that calls for amnesty for Afghans accused of war crimes during more than two decades of conflict.
NATO Airstrike Targets Taleban Militant VOA 10 Mar 2007 -- NATO says its forces carried out a precision airstrike Saturday targeting a Taleban militant in southern Afghanistan.

USS New Orleans Commissioned in Namesake City Navy NewsStand 10 Mar 2007 -- Sailors from USS New Orleans (LPD 18) and Marines from the 14th Regiment manned the rails of the San Antonio class ship March 10, bringing it to life during a commissioning ceremony in the ship's namesake city.
Seabees Construct New Flight Line Building Navy NewsStand 10 Mar 2007 -- Seabees from Naval Construction Battalion (NMCB) 74 are putting the finishing touches on a flight line pre-fabricated building (PEB) for Electronic Attack Wing (VAQ) 129, to be completed March 23.
U.S. and S. Korean Warlike Forces Urged to Give up Projected RSOI and Foal Eagle KCNA 10 Mar 2007 -- The south Korea-U.S. Combined Forces Command on March 7 announced a plan to stage RSOI and the Foal Eagle joint military exercises from March 25 to 31, according to military sources.

Heavy artillery exchanges between Lankan forces and LTTE resume IRNA 10 Mar 2007 -- Renewed heavy artillery exchanges between Sri Lankan soldiers and Tamil Tiger rebels have forced thousands of civilians to flee their homes.
Yearlong Kosovo Talks End In Deadlock RFE/RL 10 Mar 2007 -- UN envoy Martti Ahtisaari says yearlong talks on the future of Kosovo have ended in deadlock.
Ahtisaari to return his plan on Kosovo status to UN Sec. Council RIA Novosti 10 Mar 2007 -- A special UN envoy for talks on the Serbian province of Kosovo, Marti Ahtisaari, said he would return his resolution proposals to the UN Security Council following fruitless talks in Vienna.
African Union Troops Woo Somalis Amid Attacks VOA 10 Mar 2007 -- There are mixed feelings toward the first batch of African Union (AU) peacekeepers in the Somali capital Mogadishu

Bush Talks Trade in Uruguay, Defends Latin America Policy VOA 10 Mar 2007 -- President Bush says he is following a quiet approach to diplomacy with Latin America that is yielding results