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Current Operations

• Oct. 20 airpower summary: C-17s support warfighters AFPN 21 Oct 2007
• Oct. 19 airpower summary: Airmen continue to strike enemy AFPN 21 Oct 2007
• Coalition, Iraqi Forces Kill, Capture Insurgents in Iraq AFPS 21 Oct 2007 -- Coalition forces working in concert with Iraqi security forces killed four insurgents and nabbed roughly 16 others during recent operations in Iraq, military officials said.
• US Forces Battle Militants in Baghdad's Sadr City, 49 People Killed VOA 21 Oct 2007 -- The U.S. military says its forces have killed 49 militants during fighting in Baghdad's Sadr City district. Iraqi officials said civilians were among those killed.
• AFGHANISTAN: ICRC warns of growing humanitarian emergency IRIN 21 Oct 2007 -- Intensifying armed conflict has restricted independent humanitarian access and has caused a complex humanitarian emergency in huge swathes of already impoverished Afghanistan, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has warned.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Gates Arrives in Ukraine to Begin Five-Day European Trip AFPS 21 Oct 2007 -- Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates arrived here today to meet with Ukrainian leaders as their new government begins to take shape.

Defense Industry

Other Conflicts

• Israeli Official: Palestinians Plotted to Kill Olmert in West Bank VOA 21 Oct 2007 -- Israel says it has foiled a Palestinian assassination plot against its prime minister
• Ethiopian Government, Rebels Issue Conflicting Claims Over Attack VOA 21 Oct 2007 -- An Ethiopian rebel group has sent a statement to reporters saying its fighters killed 140 government troops in an operation Saturday
• UN Reports New Fighting in DRC's North Kivu Province VOA 21 Oct 2007 -- The United Nations reports new fighting has broken out in the Democratic Republic of Congo's North Kivu region.

News Reports