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Current Operations

• Two Task Force Lightning Soldiers killed, two wounded
• CENTAF releases airpower summary for Jan. 1 AFPN 01 Jan 2007 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for Jan. 1.
• CENTAF releases airpower summary for Dec. 31 AFPN 01 Jan 2007 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for Dec. 31.
• NCHB 1 Detachment Supports Army Air Cargo Mission in Iraq Navy NewsStand 01 Jan 2007 -- Nearing the end of its seven-month deployment which began in July 2006, a detachment of 26 Sailors from Navy Cargo Handling Battalion (NCHB) 1 has significantly streamlined the processing time for Army air cargo at Camp Al Asad.
• Violence Continues in Iraq Two Days After Saddam Hussein is Hanged VOA 01 Dec 2007 -- Violence is continuing in Iraq, two days after ex-dictator Saddam Hussein was hanged in Baghdad.

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Other Conflicts

• Somali PM Issues Disarmament Order VOA 01 Dec 2007 -- Somalian Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi has ordered all Somalis - including the country's war lords - to turn in all of their weapons within the next three days.
• Somalia's Islamic Courts Fighters Abandon Kismayo VOA 01 Dec 2007 -- Somalia's interim governments says it has captured the Islamic Movement's last stronghold, following a night of intense Ethiopian artillery bombardment near Kismayo
• Israel Denies Reports of Imminent Prisoner Swap with Hamas VOA 01 Dec 2007 -- Israel is playing down reports of an imminent prisoner swap with Hamas, the Islamic militant group that heads the Palestinian Authority
• Thai Government Seeks Those Responsible for New Year's Eve Bombings VOA 01 Dec 2007 -- Thai police and soldiers are patrolling the streets of Bangkok as investigators hunt those responsible for a series of bombings on New Year's Eve

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