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07 November 2008 Military News

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  • Nov. 6 airpower summary: F-15Es conduct show of force AFNS 07 Nov 2008 -- Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations Nov. 6, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
  • Coalition Forces Capture 24 Suspected al-Qaida Members, Associates VOA 07 Nov 2008 -- The U.S. military says coalition forces have captured 24 suspected members and associates of al-Qaida in Iraq in operations Friday.
  • Forces in Iraq Round Up Two Dozen Terror Suspects AFPS 07 Nov 2008 -- Coalition troops captured 24 suspected terrorists throughout Iraq today and yesterday, dealing a blow to al-Qaida in Iraq in multiple locations, military officials reported.
  • Combined Operation Kills al-Qaida in Iraq Leader AFPS 07 Nov 2008 -- A senior al-Qaida in Iraq leader was killed yesterday during a combined cache-clearing operation by Iraqi security forces and a “Sons of Iraq” citizen security group, supported by coalition forces, military officials reported.

  • Afghan Investigators Say Wedding Party Raids Killed 65 VOA 07 Nov 2008 -- An Afghan government investigation has found that U.S. coalition air strikes and clashes that hit a wedding party in southern Afghanistan earlier this week killed 37 civilians and 26 Taliban militants.
  • Troops Disrupt Terrorist Networks in Afghanistan AFPS 07 Nov 2008 -- Afghan and coalition forces detained four insurgents during operations yesterday targeting the Haqqani and Taliban bombing and foreign fighter networks in Afghanistan, military officials reported.
  • Reconstruction Team Saves Time, Money by Mapping Afghanistan Improvements AFPS 07 Nov 2008 -- Using a method called “district mapping,” the provincial reconstruction team in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province helps to make the decisions on how to spend $57 billion allocated for construction and infrastructure improvements.
  • Time For A New Focus On Afghanistan RFE/RL 07 Nov 2008 -- Following the historic election of Barack Obama as U.S. president on November 4, we asked some of our broadcasters and other contributors to offer the next president their advice on how to proceed in some of the key regions of the world for U.S. policy
  • Pakistan: At Least 13 Killed in Suspected US Missile Attack VOA 07 Nov 2008 -- A suspected U.S. missile attack has killed at least 13 suspected militants in a remote region of Pakistan close to the Afghan border where al-Qaida-linked operatives are believed to have established their bases.

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Other Conflicts

  • Nepal: Security Council stresses need for all sides to make compromises in peace process UN News Centre 07 Nov 2008 -- The Security Council today urged Nepal’s new Government and its other major political parties to cooperate in a spirit of compromise to ensure the peace process in the South Asian country continues.
  • Security Council dismayed by another delay to Ivorian elections UN News Centre 07 Nov 2008 -- Another delay in the holding of elections in Côte d’Ivoire – the third consecutive one since the signing of the north-south peace pact last year – could have serious repercussions for the West African nation’s entire peace process, the Security Council said today.
  • UN reports highlight Israeli infringement of Palestinians’ rights UN News Centre 07 Nov 2008 -- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has spotlighted in two new reports to the General Assembly how Israeli practices impinge upon the rights of Palestinians through the continued building of Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory and other means.
  • New glossary in Sierra Leone’s major languages issued by UN-backed tribunal UN News Centre 07 Nov 2008 -- The top official of the United Nations-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) has launched the first-ever glossary of national legal terminology in the West African nation’s four major local languages.
  • GREAT LAKES: Trying not to repeat history IRIN 07 Nov 2008 -- The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is on the brink of slipping back into the kind of devastating international war that raged from 1998 to 2003, according to one of the architects of the Great Lakes peace accords.
  • UN-backed summit urges immediate ceasefire in DR Congo, access for aid workers UN News Centre 07 Nov 2008 -- African leaders meeting at a United Nations-backed summit in Nairobi have urged an immediate ceasefire in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and the establishment of a humanitarian corridor to ensure that the hundreds of thousands of people displaced by the recent crisis can get the assistance they need.
  • UN peacekeeping missions overwhelmed, top officials warn on anniversary UN News Centre 07 Nov 2008 -- The bitter reality of conflicts in many countries dwarfs the ability of United Nations peacekeeping efforts to halt warring factions and maintain security despite their best intentions, General Assembly President Miguel D’Escoto said today.
  • Ban calls for urgent measures to end DR Congo crisis at Nairobi summit UN News Centre 07 Nov 2008 -- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called for urgent measures to contain the crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), stressing to a United Nations-backed summit in Nairobi that neither the vast African nation nor the surrounding region can afford to be dragged back into conflict.
  • Rice: Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process Has Not Failed VOA 07 Nov 2008 -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the Israeli Palestinian peace process remains vibrant, even though both sides say they will likely miss their target of signing a peace deal by the end of the year
  • US Says Georgia Erred in August Attack in South Ossetia VOA 07 Nov 2008 -- The U.S. State Department said Friday the Georgian attack in South Ossetia last August was a mistake, but that it did not justify Russia's large-scale intervention.
  • BURUNDI: One word blocking peace process IRIN 07 Nov 2008 -- An attempt by regional mediators to revive the peace process between the government and the rebel Forces nationales de libération (FNL) hit a snag on 6 November after the rebels rejected a name-change proposal.
  • DRC: At least 20 civilians killed in North Kivu clashes IRIN 07 Nov 2008 -- Tens of civilians were killed and many more wounded during fighting between rebels of the Congrès national pour la libération du Congo (CNDP) led by renegade general, Laurent Nkunda, and a coalition of regular army and Mai Mai militias in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), UN sources and human rights activists said.
  • Fears Rising for Civilians in Eastern DRC VOA 07 Nov 2008 -- The U.N. refugee agency says it is concerned about the safety of tens of thousands of displaced civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where fighting between government and rebel forces threatens North Kivu's provincial capital Goma. Lisa Schlein reports for VOA from UNHCR headquarters in Geneva.
  • UN Chief Says DRC Fighting is Spreading VOA 07 Nov 2008 -- A regional summit on the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is under way in Nairobi. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for an end to the fighting and warned that the conflict risked spilling over into the wider sub-region. Derek Kilner has more from Nairobi.
  • Rice: Creation of Palestinian State Coming VOA 07 Nov 2008 -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the creation of a Palestinian state is approaching, but cautioned that Israel's plans for more West Bank settlements are hurting negotiations.

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