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• Troops Capture 11 Terrorism Suspects in Iraq AFPS 24 Aug 2008 -- Coalition forces caught 11 terrorism suspects while targeting al-Qaida in Iraq bombing and leadership networks across Iraq yesterday.
• Coalition Forces in Afghanistan Kill Enemy Fighters AFPS 24 Aug 2008 -- Coalition forces killed "multiple militants" yesterday during an operation to disrupt militant activities in Afghanistan's Kapisa province, military officials reported.
• Afghan Leader Fires 2 Army Commanders for Civilian Deaths VOA 24 Aug 2008 -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai has fired two senior army commanders over an air strike that he says killed 89 civilians in a remote village in western Afghanistan.
• U.S. Warship Delivers Humanitarian Aid to Georgia, While Russian Troops Remain RFE/RL 24 Aug 2008 -- A U.S. warship carrying humanitarian aid has arrived in Georgia, as authorities assess the damage to the country's main east-west rail line after a fuel train hit a mine and exploded.
• U.S. supplies $13 million worth of aid to Georgia RIA Novosti 24 Aug 2008 -- A U.S. warship has delivered $13 million worth of humanitarian aid to the Georgian port of Batumi, Georgia's Ministry of Defense said on Sunday.

Defense Policy / Programs

• USS McFaul Brings Aid to Batumi, Georgia Navy NewsStand 24 Aug 2008 -- USS McFaul (DDG 74) pulled into the port of Batumi, Georgia, Aug. 24 to deliver humanitarian relief supplies to the country as part of the larger United States response to the government of Georgia request for humanitarian assistance.
• Preventive Medicine Takes on Mosquitoes in Southeast Asia Navy NewsStand 24 Aug 2008 -- The USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) preventive medicine (PrevMed) team serving in support of Pacific Partnership 2008 has spent their time in Southeast Asia and Oceania ensuring civic-action sites remain safe from mosquitoes.
• Ceremony Officially Marks Opening of Pacific Partnership in Micronesia Navy NewsStand 24 Aug 2008 -- National and state government officials from the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) as well as crewmembers from USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) gathered on the pier on Weno Island Aug 22 for the opening ceremony of Pacific Partnership.
• Recent Cyber Attacks Serve as Lesson, General Says AFPS 24 Aug 2008 -- Recent cyber attacks against government information systems overseas should serve as a lesson that the United States needs to continue to strengthen its defenses against those who would target the country's financial, business and military systems, the commander of U.S. Northern Command said today.

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Other Conflicts

• Russian peacekeepers to cooperate with OSCE observers in S.Ossetia RIA Novosti 24 Aug 2008 -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Sunday that Russian peacekeepers in South Ossetia were ready for cooperation with observers from the Organization for Co-Operation and Security in Europe.
• S.Ossetia to ask Russia to set up extra posts on Georgia border RIA Novosti 24 Aug 2008 -- The breakaway Georgian republic of South Ossetia is to ask Russia to set up extra observer posts on its de facto border with Georgia, the republic's acting prime minister, Boris Chochiev, said on Sunday.

News Reports

• Fears That Crimea Could Be Next Flashpoint For Conflict With Russia RFE/RL 24 Aug 2008 -- Ukrainian fighter jets swooped low over the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, and tanks and armored personnel carriers rumbled along the city's main Khreschatyk Boulevard on August 24 as part of the country's Independence Day celebrations.