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• Soldier Dies in IED Attack; Troops Foil Bombing, Uncover Plot AFPS 18 Feb 2006 -- A Multinational Division Baghdad soldier was killed today when a roadside bomb struck his vehicle in eastern Baghdad, military officials reported.
• Iraqi, Multinational Forces Destroy Roadside Bombs, Find Weapons AFPS 18 Feb 2006 -- Iraqi Special Troops Company and Macedonian Rangers executed Operation Level Sand this morning at 1 a.m. north of Baghdad to neutralize terrorist activity and destroy weapons caches in the area.
• Roadside Bomb in Baghdad Kills 2 Security Personnel VOA 18 Feb 2006 -- Iraqi officials say a roadside bomb blast in Baghdad has killed at least two security officers.
• US Military Releases More Than 400 Iraqi Detainees VOA 18 Feb 2006 -- The U.S. military says it has released more than 400 male Iraqi detainees during the past several days, after an Iraqi-led review board found no reason to continue to hold them.
• Baghdad Bombs Kill Seven RFE/RL 18 Feb 2006 -- Violence in Iraq today claimed the lives of six Iraqis and a U.S. soldier
• 10th Combat Aviation Brigade Assumes OEF Aviation Mission AFPS 18 Feb 2006 -- For soldiers and aviators of the 10th Combat Aviation Brigade's Task Force Falcon, the return here is like a scene from the movie "Groundhog Day."
• All 12 Crewmembers 'Accounted For' After Crash Off Djibouti Coast AFPS 18 Feb 2006 -- All 12 crewmembers aboard two Marine CH-53E heavy-lift helicopters that crashed yesterday off the coast of Djibouti have been accounted for, Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa officials reported in a statement issued today.

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• Ike Underway with CVW-7 Navy NewsStand 18 Feb 2006 -- For the first time in five years, the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (Ike) (CVN 69) is underway with embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7. Team “769” is gearing up for Surge Ready status.
• Iwo Jima ESG Trains At Sea Navy NewsStand 18 Feb 2006 -- Five ships, one submarine and nearly 3,500 Sailors and Marines from the USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) successfully completed their ESG Integrated Training (ESGINT) exercises, Feb. 14, while operating in Onslow Bay, N.C.
• Kyrgyzstan: Russian, U.S. Military Bases On Opposite Tracks RFE/RL 18 Feb 2006 -- The future of the two foreign military bases in Kyrgyzstan became clearer this week. During a visit by a Russian delegation, a military official said the Russian base at Kant will be there "forever."

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• Maoist Rebels Call For Nationwide Strike In Nepal VOA 18 Feb 2006 -- Nepal's Maoist rebels have called for an indefinite nationwide strike as part of their campaign against the royalist government.
• Nigerian Militants Launch New Attacks; Foreigners Kidnapped VOA 18 Feb 2006 -- Nigerian militants in the oil-rich Niger Delta have launched a new wave of attacks, including the kidnapping of nine foreign oil workers
• Hamas Takes Over New Palestinian Parliament VOA 18 Feb 2006 -- A new Palestinian parliament convened on Saturday under the control of the Islamic militant group Hamas which won Palestinian legislative elections on January 25
• Russia: Stavropol Krai Violence Highlights Nogai Issues RFE/RL 18 Feb 2006 -- Russian police have claimed that the eight to 12 militants killed during an extended battle on 9-10 February in a village in the Neftekum district of Stavropol Krai were all Nogais, members of a djamaat, or militant group, based in the Shelkovsky district of northeastern Chechnya
• UN troops in Liberia work to prevent cross-border violence from Côte d'Ivoire UN News Centre 18 Feb 2006 -- Aiming to prevent the spread of recent instability in Côte d'Ivoire , the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) is conducting exercises along the border between the two countries, officials with the world body said today.
• Rice Says No Direct U.S. Funding Now to Hamas Washington File 18 Feb 2006 -- The United States cannot and will not give direct financial assistance to a Hamas-led government so long as it is committed to terror and the destruction of Israel, but at the same time will not abandon Palestinians in desperate need of help, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says.

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