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• 15th MEU(SOC) Lands in Kuwait USMC News 15 Feb 2003 -- The 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), which was the first Marine force on the ground in Afghanistan at the start of Operation Enduring Freedom, began moving ashore at a port in Kuwait just after dawn Feb. 12.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Navy Decommissions San Diego-Based USS Sides Navy NewStand 15 Feb 2003 -- Guided-missile frigate USS Sides (FFG 14) marked the end of a distinguished 21-year naval career Feb. 15.
• Connie Catches Milestone Trap Navy NewsStand 15 Feb 2003 -- USS Constellation (CV 64) has been busy doing what it does best this week - conducting flight operations in support of Operations Enduring Freedom and Southern Watch.
• Foreign Military Exchange Program Builds Bridges Between Navies Navy NewsStand 14 Feb 2003 -- The U.S. Navy has a long-standing tradition of working alongside foreign nations to help protect the sovereignty of our allies. Partially because of that, it's now common to see service members from various allied countries throughout the world serving aboard U.S. Navy ships around the fleet.

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Other Conflicts

• IVORY COAST / TALKS VOA 15 Feb 2003 -- A meeting in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, between Ivory Coast's prime minister and Ivorian rebels ended Friday with no formal announcement of an agreement. There is no word yet on what role the rebels may have in a new coalition government that is being formed to end a five-month war in the West African country.

• ISRAEL / PALESTINIANS VOA 15 Feb 2003 -- Israel says four of its soldiers were killed Saturday when their tank was blown up as it drove near the Israeli settlement of Dugit in the Gaza Strip.

News Reports

• INDIA / BANGLADESH VOA 15 Feb 2003 -- Bangladesh's foreign minister says he has made progress during a visit to the Indian capital that focused on ways to defuse tensions between the two countries over the issue of illegal immigration.
• VATICAN / NAZIS VOA 15 Feb 2003 -- The Vatican is taking the extraordinary step of opening up part of its secret archives in an effort to counter charges that it did too little to stop the Nazi persecution of Jews. International scholars will have access to millions of documents on the Vatican's relations with pre-war Germany.