18 June 2006 Military News |
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Current Operations
- DoD Identifies Army Casualty
- DoD Identifies Army Casualty and Soldiers as Whereabouts Unknown
- Lukewarm Palestinian Response to International Aid Plan VOA 18 Jun 2006 -- Palestinians have given a lukewarm response to an international emergency aid program that would bypass the new government, led by the Islamic militant group Hamas
- US, Iraqi Troops Move to Isolate Insurgents in Ramadi VOA 18 Jun 2006 -- U.S. and Iraqi forces are moving to isolate insurgents in the volatile city of Ramadi.
- Taliban Claim False on U.S. Helo Crash; Weapons Caches Destroyed AFPS 18 Jun 2006 -- .S. officials have rebuffed a Taliban claims to the media that a U.S. helicopter was shot down yesterday in the Paktika province of Afghanistan, killing the U.S. Soldiers on board.
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- India, Russia defense talks successful IRNA 18 Jun 2006 -- Talks between India and Russia on a wide range of issues, including long-term defense projects with Deputy Prime Minister and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov have been very successful, announced Indian Defense Secretary Shekhar Dutt.
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- Quartet Endorses Mechanism To Give Palestinians Needs-Based Aid Washignton File 18 Jun 2006 -- The United States, Russia, the European Union and the United Nations -- jointly known as the Quartet when dealing with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict -- have endorsed a European Union proposal for a temporary mechanism to provide needs-based assistance to the Palestinian people, according to a statement released by the U.S. Department of State June 17.
- Sri Lankan LTTE warns of retaliation IRNA 18 Jun 2006 -- The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) has requested the head of the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) and the peace facilitator Norway's Ambassador to Sri Lanka to convey a strong warning to Colombo of possible retaliation following the provocative aerial bombing by the Sri Lankan Air Force (SLAF) in Mullaithivu, Kilinochchi, Batticaloa and artillery fire towards LTTE territory from Sri Lanka Army (SLA) camps carried out during the last two days in violation of the Ceasefire Agreement (CFA).
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