09 September 2006 Military News

40 Suspected Taleban Killed in Afghanistan VOA 09 Sep 2006 -- NATO says coalition troops killed at least 40 suspected Taleban militants in southern Afghanistan overnight.
Pakistan says peace agreement inked with tribesmen not Taliban IRNA 09 Sep 2006 -- Pakistan said on Friday that it has inked a peace deal in the country's volatile North Waziristan tribal region with tribesmen and not with Taliban.

Naval Air Station Keflavik Disestablishes After 45 Years Navy NewsStand 09 Sep 2006 -- Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF) disestablished Sept. 8 during a ceremony officially ending its 45 years of operations in support of the defense of Iceland.

French Troops Deploy in Lebanon to Enforce Truce VOA 09 Sep 2006 -- French troops are arriving in Lebanon to police the ceasefire between Israel and the Islamic militant group, Hezbollah.

Peacekeepers deny increasing number of watch posts in Kodori RIA Novosti 09 Sep 2006 -- The commander of the collective peacekeeping force in the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict Saturday denied reports in Georgian media that the number of observation posts in the Kodori Gorge had grown.
No casualties in shootout in Georgia-S. Ossetia conflict zone RIA Novosti 09 Sep 2006 -- Georgian police and army units in the republic's breakaway region of South Ossetia have engaged in an exchange of fire near a checkpoint to the south of Tskhinvali, the commander of a Georgian peacekeeping battalion said Saturday.

Mediators Call for New Government Framework in Ivory Coast VOA 09 Sep 2006 -- International mediators of Ivory Coast's four-year civil war have called for a new institutional framework for the country's government

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