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Current Operations

• 'Swarmer,' Other Ops Net Weapons, Terror Suspects in Iraq AFPS 18 Mar 2006 -- Iraqi security forces and U.S. servicemembers participating in Operation Swarmer and other combined operations continued to capture hidden terrorist weapons caches, while detaining and processing terrorist suspects yesterday, military officials in Iraq reported.
• Citizen Tip Leads to IED in Afghan Mosque AFPS 18 Mar 2006 -- Thanks to a tip by a local Afghan citizen, coalition forces disarmed an improvised explosive device that had been placed in a mosque in the Pachir Wa Agam District of Nangarhar Province yesterday, officials in Kabul, Afghanistan, reported.
• Taliban Kill Former Afghan Governor RFE/RL 18 Mar 2006 -- Suspected Taliban gunmen today killed the former governor of Afghanistan's Ghazni Province and four of his guards, and hours later tried to kill the province's current governor.
• Taleban Rebels Suspected in Afghan Attacks VOA 18 Mar 2006 -- Suspected Taleban rebels have ambushed a convoy carrying the governor of Afghanistan's Ghazni province.
• U.S. Navy Ships Return Fire on Suspected Pirates NavyNewsStand 18 Mar 2006 -- USS Cape St. George (CG 71) and USS Gonzalez (DDG 66) returned fire on a group of suspected pirates in the Indian Ocean, killing one and wounding five, approximately 25 nautical miles off the central eastern coast of Somalia in international waters at 5:40 a.m. local time, March 18.
• US Navy Ships Return Fire on Suspected Pirates Off Somali Coast VOA 18 Mar 2006 -- Two U.S. Navy ships exchanged gunfire early Saturday with suspected pirates off the coast of Somalia in the Indian Ocean.

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Other Conflicts

• Hamas Announces Formation of New Palestinian Government VOA 18 Mar 2006 -- The Islamic militant group Hamas is ready to assume power in the Palestinian Authority
• Some in Liberia, Sierra Leone Concerned About Taylor Handover Request VOA 18 Mar 2006 -- Liberia's request for Nigeria to extradite former President Charles Taylor has raised concerns that such a move could fuel instability in Liberia

News Reports

• Milosevic Buried in Hometown VOA 18 Mar 2006 -- Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic, who died in his cell in The Hague, where he was on trial for war crimes, was buried Saturday in his hometown.
• Milosevic Is Buried RFE/RL 18 Mar 2006 -- Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic was today buried to his hometown of Pozarevac in Serbia.
• Serbia and Montenegro: Milosevic Laid To Rest RFE/RL 18 Mar 2006 -- Slobodan Milosevic, who was found dead of a heart attack in his prison cell on March 11, will be buried near Belgrade today