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• MND-B Soldier dies of wounds following IED attack
• 3 MND-B Soldiers killed by roadside bomb
• Two Marines Die in Al Anbar
• CENTAF airpower Summary for Oct. 15 AFPN 15 Oct 2006 -- In Afghanistan Oct. 14, Navy F/A-18Cs provided close-air support for International Security Assistance Force, or ISAF, troops in contact with Taliban extremists near Band-e Kajaki.
• GIs, Iraqi Troops Nab Terrorists, Weapons in Multiple Raids AFPS 15 Oct 2006 -- Special Iraqi security forces and U.S. soldiers captured several terrorists involved in murders and bomb attacks, as well as contraband weapons, during recent raids in Baghdad and Taji.
• 'Operation Commando Hunter' Team Finds 75 Weapons Caches AFPS 15 Oct 2006 -- U.S. soldiers continue to find multiple weapons caches, some with improvised explosive devices, for a seventh day as part of Operation Commando Hunter.
• Iraqis, GIs Find Bombs, Big Weapons Cache in Western Ramadi AFPS 15 Oct 2006 -- U.S. soldiers detained 15 suspected insurgents, discovered two vehicles being fitted as suicide bombs, and found a big weapons cache Oct. 12 as part of "Operation Dealer" conducted in the Tameen area in western Ramadi, Iraq.
• U.S., Iraqi Troops Kill, Detain Terrorists, Nab Weapons AFPS 15 Oct 2006 -- Iraqi security forces and Multinational Division Baghdad soldiers worked together to kill three terrorists and detain 14 suspected terrorists over two days this week.
• U.S., Iraqi Forces Thwart Terrorist Attacks In Mosul AFPS 15 Oct 2006 -- Iraqi security forces teamed up with American GIs to defeat two nearly simultaneously launched enemy attacks in the Mosul area Oct. 12.
• Afghan Minister Says Pakistan Plays Down Terror Threat RFE/RL 15 Oct 2006 -- Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta today accused Pakistan of trying to play down the threat of international terrorism by labeling the Taliban insurgency only an Afghan ethnic issue.

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Other Conflicts

• Sudan Renews Objection to UN Force in Darfur VOA 15 Oct 2006 -- Special Envoy Andrew Natsios met with Sudanese Foreign Minister Lam Akol on Saturday.
• Efforts to Convene Israeli-Palestinian Summit Break Down VOA 15 Oct 2006 -- Efforts to convene a rare Israeli-Palestinian summit have broken down.

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