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Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 23 Nov 2007 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• Nov. 22 airpower summary: F-16s support ground troops AFPN 23 Nov 2007
• Troops Detain 7 in Raids on al Qaeda Media Network AFPS 23 Nov 2007 -- Coalition forces in Iraq detained seven suspects today in three coordinated operations targeting al Qaeda's media network southeast of Samarra.
• Blast in Popular Baghdad Market Kills 13 VOA 23 Nov 2007 -- Iraqi police say a bomb exploded in a crowded animal market in central Baghdad Friday, killing at least 13 people.
• Marines Deliver Water to Cyclone-Stricken Bangladesh AFPS 23 Nov 2007 -- A pair of Marine helicopters lifted from the USS Kearsarge flight deck today with loads of bottled water, marking the first delivery of U.S. military aid to the storm-battered nation of Bangladesh.
• Kearsarge Aids Tropical Cyclone Humanitarian Efforts Navy NewsStand 23 Nov 2007 -- The amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), as well as elements of Amphibious Squadron 8 and the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC) arrived off the coast of Bangladesh Nov. 23 to support ongoing disaster relief operations.
• Department of Defense to Provide Humanitarian Assistance to Bangladesh 23 Nov 2007 -- In support of the United States Agency for International Development's Office of Foreign Disaster Relief, and in cooperation with the humanitarian community and Bangladesh government, U.S. Pacific Command is providing additional humanitarian assistance to reduce further loss of life and mitigate human suffering resulting from Tropical Cyclone Sidr that recently swept through Bangladesh causing massive flooding and infrastructure damage
• US Navy Ship Arrives in Bangladesh for Cyclone Relief Efforts VOA 23 Nov 2007 -- A U.S. Navy ship has arrived in Bangladesh to assist in relief efforts, after last week's cyclone killed more than 3,500 people and displaced at least two million others.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Senior Executive Service Appointment 23 Nov 2007
• Africa Partnership Station Seabees Break Ground on Ghanaian Navy Clinic Navy NewsStand 23 Nov 2007 -- Africa Partnership Station (APS) and the Ghanaian Navy moved a step closer to substantiality with a partnership ground breaking ceremony launching the construction of a medical clinic in Tema, Nov. 20.
• Georgia says Russia failed to fulfill military pullout obligation RIA Novosti 23 Nov 2007 -- Georgia's Foreign Ministry said Friday that Russia had not fulfilled all its obligations under previous agreements on the complete withdrawal of its military bases from the country.
• Cuba Concludes Five Days of Military Exercises VOA 24 Nov 2007 -- Cuba has completed five days of military exercises in preparation for what it says is a possible attack by the United States.
• Poland to discuss missile shield with U.S. after consulting NATO RIA Novosti 23 Nov 2007 -- Poland will be ready to resume dialogue with the United States on the missile defense issue after consultations with NATO and neighboring states, the prime minister said on Friday.
• Russia disappointed by U.S. response to radar offer RIA Novosti 23 Nov 2007 -- Russia is disappointed with a U.S. reply to its offer that Washington use its radar systems as an alternative to missile defense plans for Central Europe, a Russian Foreign Ministry source said on Friday.

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for November 23, 2007
• EADS Defence & Security to equip German naval vessels with the latest identification systems EADS 23 Nov 2007 -- EADS Defence & Security (DS) will equip German naval vessels with identification systems, which will help to avoid confrontations with unknown aircraft

Other Conflicts

• Annapolis Talks Foster International Support for Peace, Rice Says Washington File 23 Nov 2007 -- The November 26-28 Annapolis Conference is important to resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in two ways -- it solidifies the launch of peace negotiations and it brings together international support, especially from Arab nations, says Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
• Analysis: The Road to Annapolis cfr.org 23 Nov 2007 -- If the Bush administration intended to lower expectations ahead of the Middle East peace conference it is hosting in Annapolis on November 27, the effort has been a resounding success
• Saudi Arabia, Other Arab Nations to Attend Mideast Peace Conference VOA 23 Nov 2007 -- Saudi Arabia and other Arab nations say they have agreed to participate at the ministerial level in a major U.S.-sponsored Middle East peace conference next week.
• UGANDA-SUDAN: "We believe LRA deputy still alive" - South Sudan government IRIN 23 Nov 2007 -- The government of South Sudan believes that the deputy leader of the Ugandan rebel Lord's Resistance Army, Vincent Otti, is still alive but being held in house detention, Vice President Riak Machar said.
• CAMEROON-NIGERIA: Lawmakers threaten to overturn Bakassi agreement IRIN 23 Nov 2007 -- The Nigerian senate has called for a review of the 2006 agreement in which Nigeria agreed to transfer ownership of the disputed Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon.
• UN, African mediators continue pressing for progress in Darfur peace process UN News Centre 23 Nov 2007 -- Mediators from the African Union and the United Nations aiming to advance the Darfur peace process have wrapped up a two-day visit to North Darfur after holding a meeting with the Sudan Liberation Army-Unity leadership there.
• SUDAN-ETHIOPIA: Thousands of Sudanese to return from Ethiopia in 2008 IRIN 23 Nov 2007 -- Close to 30,000 Southern Sudanese who fled the country's 21-year long north-south war are to return home from camps in neighbouring Ethiopia during 2008 as part of an agreement between the governments of the two countries and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), signed on 22 November in Khartoum.
• 17 Tamil Tigers killed in clashes with Sri Lankan navy IRNA 23 Nov 2007 -- At least 17 Tamil Tigers were killed in clashes with the Sri Lankan navy, which crushed a major seaborne Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) attack in Mannar Island on Friday, the Navy said.
• UN's top envoy to Côte d'Ivoire discusses peace process with president UN News Centre 23 Nov 2007 -- The new United Nations envoy to Côte d'Ivoire and the country's president have held their first talks on the peace process healing the divide between rebel-held north and government-controlled south.
• Appointment of Somali Prime Minister should spur reconciliation - Ban Ki-moon UN News Centre 23 Nov 2007 -- The appointment of a Colonel Nur Hassan Hussein as Prime Minister of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia should spur efforts to promote reconciliation in the country, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today.

News Reports

• Exiled Pakistani Opposition Leader Plans Return VOA 23 Nov 2007 -- Former Prime Minister and leader of the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz Sharif is planning to return to Pakistan, ending his seven-year exile in Saudi Arabia
• Lebanese Parliament Postpones Presidential Election Again VOA 23 Nov 2007 -- Lebanese leaders and members of parliament have agreed to postpone Friday's scheduled session of parliament for a fifth time, leaving the country, at midnight, without a president