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• DoD Identifies Navy Casualty
• Feb. 8 airpower summary: Groundcrews keep aircraft flying AFPN 09 Feb 2008
• Iraqi Police: Al-Qaida Leader Killed in Samarra VOA 09 Feb 2008 -- Iraqi police say they have killed an al-Qaida in Iraq leader in the town of Samarra, north of Baghdad.
• MNF-W conducts transfer of authority ceremony (Al Anbar) MNF-I 09 Feb 2008 -- Commanding General Maj. Gen. John F. Kelly, I Marine Expeditionary Force (Fwd), took command of Multi-National Force-West in Al Anbar province, Iraq, from Maj. Gen. W.E. Gaskin, II MEF (Forward), in a ceremony Feb. 9.
• Operation Phantom Phoenix: Iraqi Army frees 2 kidnap victims, CF kills 3 AQI, detains 7 MNF-I 09 Feb 2008 -- The Iraqi Army found two kidnap victims and Coalition Forces killed three al-Qaeda in Iraq operatives and detained seven suspected AQI during Operation Blackhawk Thrasher near Qubah, approximately four miles northeast of Zaganiyah, Iraq, Feb. 7.
• Al Qaeda Leader's Diary Reveals Organization's Decline AFPS 09 Feb 2008 -- U.S. troops found a diary belonging to an al Qaeda in Iraq leader that has Coalition forces believing the terrorist organization is "on its heels," a senior military official in Baghdad said this morning.
• More NATO Troops Needed in Afghanistan, Gates Says AFPS 09 Feb 2008 -- Numbers do matter, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said at a press roundtable here today.

Defense Policy / Programs

• US Africa Command Focuses on Security, Diplomacy, Development VOA 09 Feb 2008 -- The U.S. Defense Department is reorganizing its efforts in Africa under a unified structure called the Africa Command (AFRICOM).
• US Military Chief: Terrorists Threat to US, Pakistan VOA 09 Feb 2008 -- U.S. Navy Admiral Mike Mullen, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, says militants linked to the Taliban and al-Qaida have found safe haven in Pakistan and represent a threat to both the United States and Pakistan
• Lewis and Clark Completes First Ever T-AKE Deployment Navy NewsStand 09 Feb 2008 -- Military Sealift Command (MSC) dry cargo/ammunition ship USNS Lewis and Clark (T-AKE 1) and its crew of 124 civil service mariners and 11 Sailors returned to Naval Station Norfolk Feb. 8, completing a six-month deployment to the U.S. Central Command area of operations.
• USS Theodore Roosevelt Returns from Successful Underway Navy NewsStand 09 Feb 2008 -- As USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) (TR) returned to Naval Station Norfolk, TR Sailors looked back on a successful underway period. TR underwent carrier qualifications Jan. 25 - Feb. 8 in preparation for a regularly scheduled deployment.
• Harpers Ferry Sailors Practice NEO with 31st MEU Navy NewsStand 09 Feb 2008 -- Dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry Sailors in collaboration with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Combat Logistics Battalion 31 (CLB) Marines conducted a Non-Combatant Evacuation Operation (NEO) exercise from White Beach Naval Facility, Okinawa, Japan Feb. 7.

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Other Conflicts

• Secretary-General speaks out against recent attacks in West Darfur UN News Centre 09 Feb 2008 -- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today strongly condemned reported Janjaweed militia attacks supported by Sudanese forces on three towns in West Darfur resulting in the deaths of some 200 people.
• 3 soldiers, 49 Tamil Tigers killed in fierce clashes in Sri Lanka IRNA 09 Feb 2008 -- Three soldiers and 49 Tamil Tigers were killed in fierce clashes between the rebels and the security forces in the embattled northern Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan military Saturday said in Colombo.
• Serbian President Warns Against Kosovo Independence RFE/RL 09 Feb 2008 -- Serbian President Boris Tadic has reiterated that his country will not accept Kosovo's independence, which some expect to happen as early as this month
• Chad Refugees in Cameroon Return to Their Battered Capital VOA 09 Feb 2008 -- Many Chadian refugees in neighboring Cameroon are heading back to their capital N'Djamena, which they fled following a failed coup by rebels who attacked the city.

News Reports

• Turkey's Parliament Eases Ban on Islamic Head Scarves at Universities VOA 09 Feb 2008 -- Turkey's Islamic-rooted Justice and Development Party has succeeded in changing the country's constitution to ease a ban on Islamic head scarves worn in universities
• Suicide Bombing in Pakistan Leaves At Least 20 Dead VOA 09 Feb 2008 -- Authorities in Pakistan say a suicide bomb attack at an election rally in northwestern Pakistan has killed at least 20 people.