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Current Operations

• DoD Identifies Army Casualties
• MND-B Soldier killed in attack (Baghdad)
• Coalition Forces Apprehend Suspects, Take Down Bombing Cells AFPS 21 Sep 2008 -- Coalition forces apprehended 5 suspected members of an Iranian-backed terrorist group during operations in New Baghdad.
• Bomb Attacks in Iraq Kill 9 People VOA 21 Sep 2008 -- Authorities in Iraq say bomb attacks across the country have killed at least nine people and wounded about 70 others.
• Pashtuns Say They Are Caught In Someone Else's War RFE/RL 21 Sep 2008 -- With recent cross-border attacks by U.S. forces inside Pakistan's tribal areas, the focus of the war on terror is shifting to the Pashtun regions of Pakistan and is likely to intensify.
• Coalition Forces Kill, Detain Militants in Afghanistan AFPS 21 Sep 2008 -- Coalition forces killed a militant and detained 7 suspected militants during operations targeting the Haqqani terrorist network in Afghanistan.
• USNS Pathfinder Wraps up Black Sea Mission Navy Newsstand 21 Sep 2008 -- Survey ship USNS Pathfinder in Sevastopol, Ukraine, to celebrate the completion of the ship's capabilities demonstration

Defense Policy / Programs

• Co. A, 5-20 preps equipment with MILES Army News 21 Sep 2008 -- U.S. Soldiers from Company A, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment geared up with Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement Systems at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center MILES Distribution facility as part of Cooperative Spirit 2008 Friday.
• Security Forces Improve Through Annual Exercise Navy NewsStand 21 Sep 2008 -- U.S. Naval Base Guam Security Department learned more about its ability to respond to emergency situations during a week-long exercise Sept. 8-12.
• Kearsarge Begins Medical Care in Haiti Navy NewsStand 21 Sep 2008 -- U.S. and Canadian medical augmentees currently embarked aboard USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) returned to Marose, Haiti Sept. 20 to provide medical care to locals as part of relief efforts in an area that has been devastated by recent hurricanes and tropical storms.
• Sigonella Elementary School Opens Navy NewsStand 21 Sep 2008 -- The $35 million Department of Defense Dependents School (DoDDS) on Naval Air Station (NAS) Sigonella's Support Site has ceremoniously opened, marked by a ribbon cutting from school and military officials Sept. 18, in the school's atrium.
• Vella Gulf Celebrates 15th Anniversary Navy NewsStand 21 Sep 2008 -- The guided-missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf (CG 72) celebrated the 15th anniversary of its commissioning Sept. 17 while deployed to the Navy's 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility as part of the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) in support of maritime security operations.
• DESRON 40, Kauffman Brighten Spirits in Nicaragua Navy NewsStand 21 Sep 2008 -- Sailors from Destroyer Squadron 40 (DESRON 40) and the guided-missile frigate USS Kauffman (FFG 59) with embarked Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light 42 (HSL-42), Detachment 7 volunteered at El Instituto Nacional Nuevo Amenecer Sept. 17 in El Bluff, Nicaragua.
• U.S. Ambassador to St. Lucia Visits USS Farragut Navy NewsStand 21 Sep 2008 -- The U.S. ambassador to the East Caribbean States visited the guided-missile destroyer USS Farragut (DDG 99) Sept. 11.

Defense Industry

Other Conflicts

• Kashmir militant chief flays Israeli interference IRNA 21 Sep 2008 -- Top militant commander in Kashmir has described the recent visit of Israeli army chief and offer to help India as violation of international law.
• Nigerian Rebels Declare Ceasefire in Delta VOA 21 Sep 2008 -- Nigeria's leading militant group, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, declared a unilateral ceasefire in the oil-rich region.
• Latest talks to further Somali peace deal wrap up in Djibouti UN News 21 Sep 2008 -- Committees set up as a part of a UN-brokered accord wrapped up their second meeting.
• ISRAEL-OPT: Palestinian villages come under attack IRIN 21 Sep 2008 -- Outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said the dream of a "greater Israel" was over, a day after settlers raided the Palestinian village of Assira Qabaliya, in the northern West Bank, causing extensive damage and wounding several people, in what was a reprisal attack.

News Reports

• South African President Thabo Mbeki Resigns VOA 21 Sep 2008 -- South African President Thabo Mbeki told South Africans he has submitted his resignation to the speaker of parliament.
• Bangladesh general election on December 18 IRNA 21 Sep 2008 -- General election will be held in Bangladesh on December 18, ending 2 years of caretaker administration.