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Current Operations

• MNC-I Soldier dies of non-battle related causes (Baghdad)
• PRESS CONFERENCE: Operational/Energy Update: Brig. Wilks, Rear Adm. Driscoll, July 6, 2008 MNF-I 06 Jul 2008 -- Brigadier Carew Wilks, MNF-I Energy Fusion Cell, and Rear Adm. Patrick Driscoll, MNF-I spokesman, provide an operational and energy update
• July 5 airpower summary: F-15s patrol Afghan, Iraqi skies AFPN 06 Jul 2008
• Coalition Forces Kill Two Militants, Detain 35 Suspects, Capture Weapons AFPS 06 Jul 2008 -- Coalition and Iraqi forces killed two enemy fighters, captured 35 suspects and seized weapons caches in Iraq the past three days, military officials said.
• Troops in Afghanistan Kill, Detain Militants, Seize Weapons AFPS 06 Jul 2008 -- Coalition and Afghan forces killed more than a dozen enemy fighters, captured two others and seized a weapons cache in Afghanistan the past three days, military officials said.
• Afghan Official: Coalition Airstrike Kills Civilians in Eastern Afghanistan VOA 06 Jul 2008 -- Afghan authorities say a U.S.-led coalition airstrike has killed at least 22 civilians in the country's eastern Nangarhar province.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Helicopter Crew Trains with Singapore Air Force During CARAT Navy NewsStand 06 Jul 2008 -- The pilots, aircrew, and aircraft maintainers of Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron Light (HSL) 45 Detachment 1 completed a shore basing exercise in Singapore, July 3.

Defense Industry

Other Conflicts

• Fresh Blasts Rattle Georgian Conflict Zone RFE/RL 06 Jul 2008 -- Georgian officials said there have been five explosions near the de facto border between Georgia and its breakaway region of Abkhazia, in the latest sign of growing tensions between Tbilisi and separatists.
• Two troops, two militants killed in operation in North Caucasus RIA Novosti 06 Jul 2008 -- Two servicemen and two militants were killed and two policemen were wounded in a special operation in the North Caucasus Republic of Ingushetia, the republican interior ministry said on Sunday.
• Israel Re-opens Gaza Border Crossings VOA 06 Jul 2008 -- Israel has reopened its borders with the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, giving a boost to a fragile truce
• Sri Lanka: 19 Tamil Tiger Rebels Killed in Recent Fighting VOA 06 Jul 2008 -- Sri Lanka's military says government forces killed at least 19 Tamil Tiger rebels and wounded more than 27 during fighting Saturday in the country's north.
• PAKISTAN: Conflict disrupting life, displacing people in northern areas IRIN 07 Jul 2008

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