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• Sailor killed in Al Anbar
• 101st Airborne Division Returns from Iraq Deployment AFPS 17 Sep 2006 -- Leaders of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) and Task Force Band of Brothers marked the division's return here from Iraq by uncasing the unit colors in a homecoming ceremony Sept. 15.
• Iraq's Kirkuk Hit by Suicide Truck Bomb, Other Blasts VOA 17 Sep 2006 -- Iraqi police say a suicide truck bomb in the northern city of Kirkuk has killed at least 18 people and wounded 55 others
• Bomber Targets NATO Convoy in Afghanistan VOA 17 Sep 2006 -- A suicide bomber has blown himself up next to a vehicle carrying U.S. nationals near the Afghan capital, Kabul, wounding four people, including two Americans.

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• Kearsarge Visits Colombia, Curacao Navy NewsStand 17 Sep 2006 -- The crew of the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) made two port visits to Cartagena, Colombia, and the island of Curacao in the Netherlands Antilles from Sept. 1-10, after successfully completing PANAMAX 2006, a multinational exercise tailored toward the defense of the Panama Canal.
• Airmen piece together Wake Island connectivity puzzle AFPN 17 Sep 2006 -- Situated about 2,300 miles west of Honolulu and 2,000 miles southeast of Tokyo, Wake Island sits alone in the Pacific Ocean

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Other Conflicts

• LEBANON: War exacerbates Palestine refugee conditions IRIN 17 Sep 2006 -- While Lebanese southerners bore the brunt of casualties and destruction to infrastructure during the 34-day war between Israel and Hezbollah, the pre-existing vulnerability of Palestine refugees living in Lebanon has also been greatly exacerbated.
• Israel Appoints Commission of Inquiry Into Lebanon War VOA 17 Sep 2006 -- Israel has decided to conduct an official investigation into the war in Lebanon, where the army battled Islamic Hezbollah guerrillas for 34 days
• Abbas Freezes Talks With Hamas on Forming Unity Government VOA 17 Sep 2006 -- Palestinian officials say President Mahmoud Abbas has frozen talks with the ruling Hamas party on forming a national unity government.
• DRC: Recently demobilised militiamen re-arming in volatile Ituri district IRIN 17 Sep 2006 -- The head of the army in Ituri District of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has said some militias are re-arming and fighting again, despite undertakings given to the government in July to demobilise their combatants and hand over weapons.
• Blair Appeals to EU to Do More to End Violence in Darfur VOA 17 Sep 2006 -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair has appealed to European Union leaders to do more to end the violence in Sudan's western region of Darfur.

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