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• Nov. 8 airpower summary: A-10s deter enemy activities AFNS 09 Nov 2008
• Coalition Forces Remove Eight Suspects from Terrorist Networks AFPS 09 Nov 2008 -- Two suspected terrorists were captured and six others were detained as coalition forces continued to systematically dismantle terrorist networks in Iraq during operations yesterday and today, military officials reported.
• Afghan, Coalition Officials Investigate Claims of Civilian Casualties AFPS 09 Nov 2008 -- Afghan government officials and Afghan and coalition forces traveled Nov. 6 to the Shah Wali Kot district of Afghanistan’s Kandahar province to investigate claims of civilian casualties in recent operations.
• Troops Kill, Detain Militants in Afghanistan Operations AFPS 09 Nov 2008 -- Coalition forces killed 10 armed militants and detained 13 suspects during multiple operations aimed at disrupting the Taliban and Haqqani terrorist networks in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar and Khowst provinces yesterday, military officials reported.
• Abducted Canadian Journalist Freed in Afghanistan VOA 09 Nov 2008 -- A Canadian journalist who was kidnapped in Afghanistan has been freed after four weeks in captivity.
• Obama Adviser Says 'Everything Up For Reassessment' in Afghanistan RFE/RL 09 Nov 2008
• Obama's 'Fresh Start' In Afghanistan, Pakistan Faces Many Challenges RFE/RL 09 Nov 2008 -- The fight against militant extremism in Afghanistan and Pakistan is one of the major foreign policy and security challenges facing U.S. President-elect Barack Obama, and campaign insiders say his administration plans to reassess U.S. strategy on the region as one of its first priorities

Defense Policy / Programs

• USS McFaul Returns Home after Successful Deployment Navy NewsStand 09 Nov 2008 -- The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74) returned to its homeport at Naval Station Norfolk Nov. 6 after a six-month independent deployment that included humanitarian relief operations in the Mediterranean and Black Seas.
• Congressional Guests Meet Carter Hall Constituents in Gulf Navy NewsStand 09 Nov 2008 -- The amphibious dock landing ship USS Carter Hall (LSD 50) welcomed congressional staffers during an oversight tour of the Northern Arabian Gulf Nov. 6.
• GW Epitomizes Maritime Strategy During Port Visit to Guam Navy NewsStand 09 Nov 2008 -- USS George Washington (CVN 73) made its first port visit to Guam as the nation's only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier Oct. 31.
• USS Ohio Blue Changes Hands Navy NewsStand 09 Nov 2008 -- USS Ohio (SSGN 726) (Blue) held a change of command ceremony at the Naval Undersea Warfare Museum in Keyport Nov. 6.
• Fleet Readiness Center Brings New Life to P-3s Navy NewsStand 09 Nov 2008 -- Fleet Readiness Center Southeast (FRCSE) completed repairs on the first red-striped P-3C and delivered the aircraft to its squadron in Brunswick, Maine, Nov. 4.
• Helo Det Wraps up Replenishment Ops Deployment in 7th Fleet Navy NewsStand 09 Nov 2008 -- Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25, Detachment 1 returned to Guam Oct. 29 after completing a successful nine-month deployment in support of 7th Fleet replenishment operations in the Western Pacific area of responsibility.
• Twenty dead in Russian nuclear submarine accident RIA Novosti 09 Nov 2008 -- Twenty people died on board a Russian nuclear submarine in the Pacific Ocean and 21 others were taken to the hospital, the Navy said on Sunday.
• Russian nuclear submarine accident leaves 20 dead, 22 injured RIA Novosti 09 Nov 2008 -- An accident aboard a Russian nuclear submarine in the Pacific Ocean killed 20 and injured another 22 people, a spokesman for Russia's Investigative Committee said on Sunday.
• Stricken Russian Sub Returns to Port VOA 09 Nov 2008 -- The Russian navy says the nuclear-powered Russian submarine, involved in a deadly accident, has pulled into port at Bolshoi Kamen, a military shipyard not far from the eastern city of Vladivostok.
• At least 20 killed in Russian submarine accident RIA Novosti 09 Nov 2008 -- At least 20 people were killed and another 21 injured in an accident on a Russian Pacific Fleet nuclear submarine which was undergoing routine tests, an aide to the Russian Navy commander said on Sunday

Defense Industry

Other Conflicts

• Middle East Quartet encouraged by progress in Israeli-Palestinian talks UN News Centre 08 Nov 2008 -- The Middle East diplomatic Quartet, which includes the United Nations, today called on the international community to put its full weight behind Israel and the Palestinians in their efforts to resolve their long-running conflict after the two sides reported that current negotiations are "substantial and promising."
• West Must Stand Beside Georgia, And Face Up To Russia, Expert Advises RFE/RL 09 Nov 2008
• U.K. monitors say Georgia attacked first - paper RIA Novosti 09 Nov 2008 -- Two former British military officers are expected to provide crucial evidence that the conflict in South Ossetia was unleashed by Georgia, a British newspaper said on Sunday.
• Fresh Fighting in Eastern DRC VOA 09 Nov 2008 -- The United Nations says new fighting has erupted in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, as southern African leaders call for a cease-fire.
• Israelis, Palestinians Reaffirm Peace Commitment VOA 09 Nov 2008 -- Key participants of the Middle East Quartet, which is working to find an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, have been meeting in the Egyptian resort town of Sharm el Sheikh.

News Reports

• Supporters of Executed Bali Bombers Clash with Police in Indonesia VOA 09 Nov 2008 -- Hundreds of Islamic militants clashed briefly with police as the bodies of the three men executed early Sunday morning for the 2002 terrorist bombings on the Indonesian island of Bali were buried in their hometowns in Central and West Java
• Egypt Refuses Entry to Bin Laden's Son VOA 09 Nov 2008 -- Egypt has refused entry to a son of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden after Spain denied his request for political asylum.