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• NATO and Libya - Operational Media Update: 14 Oct 2011
• Last Marine team of Operation New Dawn leaves Iraq Army News 15 Oct 2011 -- Marines assigned to the Iraqi Marine Training Team 03 completed their mission and made history Oct. 14, as the last Marine team of Operation New Dawn to leave the country.
• Aviation support Marines fuel success in southwestern Afghanistan USMC News 15 Oct 2011 -- The Marines of Marine Wing Support Squadron 371's fuel division are well acquainted with military aircraft.
• US drone aircraft kills 4 in Pakistan tribal region IRNA 15 Oct 2011 -- A US spy aircraft fired missiles into Pakistan's insurgent-infested North Waziristan tribal region and killed at least four people Friday, local media reported.
• US unammned aircraft kills 3 in Pakistan IRNA 15 Oct 2011 -- A US pilotless aircraft on Saturday fired missiles into Pakistan's South Waziristan tribal region and killed at least three suspected militants, security sources in the region said.
• Pakistan blocks NATO fuel supplies IRNA 15 Oct 2011 -- Pakistan has stopped all supplies of petrol and high-speed diesel to the US Defence Energy Supply Company, which is catering the energy requirements of Nato forces in Afghanistan, media report said on Saturday.
• Pakistani Taliban commander shot dead in tribal region IRNA 15 Oct 2011 -- Unidentified gunmen assassinated a wanted and senior Pakistani Taliban commander in insurgent-infested North Waziristan tribal region, witnesses in the region said Friday.

Defense Policy / Programs

• III MEF assesses flooding in Thailand USMC News 15 Oct 2011 -- A humanitarian assistance survey team, consisting of 10 Marines from III Marine Expeditionary Force, departed from here for Bangkok, Thailand, to assess the flooded areas and the magnitude of assistance needed Oct. 15.

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Other Conflicts

• Heightened Security in Libya's Capital Following Clashes VOA 15 Oct 2011 -- Libya's provisional government has stepped up security in Tripoli after clashes between its forces and fighters loyal to former leader Moammar Gadhafi left three people dead.
• UN chief concerned over Israel's plans for new settlements in East Jerusalem UN News Centre 15 Oct 2011 -- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has voiced deep concern over the continuing planning for new Israeli settlements in occupied East Jerusalem, stressing that the recent developments in that regard are unacceptable, particularly as efforts are ongoing to resume talks under the Middle East Peace Process.
• Israel, Hamas Prepare For Prisoner Swap on Tuesday VOA 15 Oct 2011 -- Israeli and Palestinian officials say a major prisoner swap will take place on Tuesday.
• ICC Prosecutor Arrives in Ivory Coast for War Crimes Probe VOA 15 Oct 2011 -- The International Criminal Court's top prosecutor is in Ivory Coast to investigate the deadly violence that followed last year's elections.
• Rodong Sinmun Calls for Implementing North-South Declarations KCNA 15 Oct 2011 -- All the Koreans in the north and the south and abroad should turn out to implement north-south declarations.

News Reports

• 2 Killed at Funeral for Syrian Victim VOA 15 Oct 2011 -- Syrian security forces have fired shots at mourners attending the funeral for a child.
• Yemeni Troops Fire into Crowds, Dozens of Casualties VOA 15 Oct 2011 -- Security forces loyal to embattled Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh fired at protesters and armed dissidents in the capital Sana'a Saturday, killing at least 12 people and wounding dozens. Earlier, an airstrike in southeastern Yemen's Shabwa province killed at least nine people, including a number of local al-Qaida figures.
• Arrogant powers in weakest possible position: military commander IRNA 15 Oct 2011 -- Arrogant powers are in the weakest possible position, the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the IRGC Brigadier General Hossein Salami said on Saturday.
• Supreme Leader: Iranian nation's resistance thwarts all plots IRNA 15 Oct 2011 -- Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said on Saturday that the Iranian nation's persistence in safeguarding its national identity will protect the country against enemies.