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• One Marine Killed in Al Anbar
• CENTAF releases airpower summary for Oct. 28 AFPN 28 Oct 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for Oct. 28.
• US Forces Kill One Militant, Capture Others In Iraq VOA 28 Oct 2006 -- The U.S. military in Iraq says American troops killed a suspected terrorist and captured a terror operative during a raid south of the capital, Baghdad.
• Afghan National Army, Police Train in United States AFPS 28 Oct 2006 -- Members of the Afghan National Army and Police arrived at the Joint Readiness Training Center, at Fort Polk, La., Oct. 23.
• Germany: Scandal Erupts Around Afghan Skull Photos RFE/RL 28 Oct 2006 -- Two German soldiers who served in Afghanistan have been suspended after a newspaper printed photos of them with skulls, presumably from dead Afghans.

Defense Policy / Programs

• F-117: A long, storied history that is about to end AFPN 28 Oct 2006 -- After 25 years of storied service, the F-117 Nighthawk, the Air Force's first stealth fighter, is about to retire.
• USS Rodney M. Davis Replaces Bell Mouth Navy NewsStand 28 Oct 2006 -- The USS Rodney M. Davis (FFG 60) Main Propulsion (MP) Division of the Engineering Department replaced the inlet duct, "bell mouth," on the Bravo engine Oct. 27.
• Pelican Moors in the 'Big Easy' Navy NewsStand 28 Oct 2006 -- USS Pelican (MHC 53), a coastal minehunter homeported at Naval Station Ingleside, Texas, marked the beginning of a weekend port call in New Orleans when it moored pierside at Naval Support Activity (NSA) New Orleans, Oct. 20.

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Other Conflicts

• OPT: West Bank under lockdown IRIN 28 Oct 2006 -- The number of roadblocks and checkpoints in the West Bank has risen by 40 per cent since the start of 2006, with 528 permanent and temporary checkpoints and physical roadblocks disrupting all aspects of Palestinian life, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Jerusalem.
• Sri Lanka Peace Talks Under Way in Geneva VOA 28 Oct 2006 -- Two days of talks aimed at resolving Sri Lanka's long-running civil war have begun with a stark warning from the chief negotiator that the international community was losing patience with the warring parties.
• Thousands Protest Reported Foreign Troops in Somalia VOA 28 Oct 2006 -- Thousands of people have rallied in Somalia to condemn the reported presence of Ethiopian troops in the country.
• EU's Solana Visits Beirut for Talks on Relations, Peacekeeping VOA 28 Oct 2006 -- European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana visited Beirut Saturday to meet with Lebanese officials and the commander of the United Nations peacekeeping force there.
• Palestinian Faction: Kidnapped Israeli Soldier Could be Freed VOA 28 Oct 2006 -- One of the three Palestinian factions holding a kidnapped Israeli soldier in the Gaza Strip says a solution to the crisis is imminent, but the ruling Islamic militant group Hamas is skeptical.

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