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• 16 Coalition Personnel Killed in Afghanistan Attacks AFPS 29 Oct 2011 -- A car bomb smashed into an International Security Assistance Force convoy in Kabul today killing 13 coalition personnel, NATO officials said.
• IED component cache located in Panjwa'i Army News 29 Oct 2011 -- Afghan National Civil Order Police and coalition Special Operations Forces discovered a cache used for storing components for the construction of improvised explosives devices.
• Ammo movers keep coalition weapons locked and loaded USMC News 29 Oct 2011 -- At a Camp Leatherneck firing range, M-4 rifles and SAW machine guns break the still afternoon air with the staccato of gunfire. At Forward Operating and Patrol Bases across Helmand province, Marines load their weapons and go condition one prior to going on patrol missions.
• 13 NATO Troops Killed in Afghanistan Suicide Attack VOA 29 Oct 2011 -- A suicide car bomber attacked a NATO convoy in Kabul Saturday killing 13 NATO troops from the international security force or ISAF (according to ISAF) and at least 4 (four) Afghans. At least eight others were wounded in the attack. Twelve of the dead NATO troops are reported to be U.S. service members. Canadian news outlets say one of the service members was from Canada.
• Pakistani FM terms US drone strikes 'unjustified' IRNA 29 Oct 2011 -- Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar Saturday termed the US drone attacks inside its territory as 'unjustified' saying these were counterproductive and decreased space for creating support against extremists.
• US Activists Cautiously Optimistic About Anti-LRA Mission VOA 29 Oct 2011 -- U.S. activists who have worked for years advocating against Central Africa's roaming Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) are cautiously optimistic new U.S. military assistance to dismantle the deadly militia will be effective. But they also see many challenges for the recently announced mission.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Navy's Newest Submarine, California Namesake Joins Fleet in Norfolk NNS 29 Oct 2011 -- The Navy commissioned its eighth Virginia-class submarine, USS California (SSN 781), during a ceremony held at Naval Station Norfolk Oct. 29.
• Iwo Jima Amphibious Readiness Group Begins PMINT NNS 29 Oct 2011 -- Amphibious Squadron (PHIBRON) 8 and the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) departed Naval Station Norfolk to begin PHIBRON-MEU Integrated Training (PMINT) Oct. 24.
• USS Lake Erie Holds Change of Command Ceremony NNS 29 Oct 2011 -- Guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG 70) held a change of command ceremony at the USS Nevada Memorial on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Oct. 28.
• Joint Services Open New Combat Support Vehicle Maintenance Facility NNS 29 Oct 2011 -- Officials with Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Marianas and Andersen Air Force Base cut the ribbon Oct. 26 on the $13 million Combat Support Vehicle Maintenance facility at Northwest Field on Andersen Air Force Base.
• Watch caps and MRAPs: Supply provides all for Task Force Belleau Wood USMC News 29 Oct 2011 -- A faded and torn desert MARPAT blouse lies atop a pile of others like it, awaiting an imminent demise faced by many before it. Though now tattered and beaten by the sun and Afghan heat, the blouse is familiar to this warehouse, as just a few months before it was freshly folded and stacked in a crate with all the other size medium regular's awaiting issue.

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Other Conflicts

• Gaddafi's fugitive son says he is innocent RIA Novosti 29 Oct 2011 -- Saif al-Islam, the fugitive son of late ex-Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, has told the International Criminal Court (ICC) he is innocent of crimes against humanity, the BBC reports.
• ICC: Mercenaries Trying to Help Gadhafi's Son Flee VOA 29 Oct 2011 -- The International Criminal Court says intermediaries have been in touch with a fugitive son of the late Libyan leader, Moammar Gadhafi, to discuss a possible surrender so he can face trial.
• Kenya to Stay in Somalia Until Safe From Al-Shabab Menace VOA 29 Oct 2011 -- Kenya's Defense Ministry says it has not set a time frame for its operation against al-Shabab militants in Somalia, saying troops will leave the country when Kenyans feel secure. Kenyan officials emphasized that they are not at war with Somalia, but with al-Shabab.

News Reports

• Over 40 killed in Syrian protest crackdown - media RIA Novosti 29 Oct 2011 -- At least 44 people were killed in a crackdown on anti-government protest in Syria, Al-Jazeera reported on Saturday citing human rights groups.
• Ban condemns latest killings of civilian protesters in Syria UN News Centre 29 Oct 2011 -- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon spoke out today against the reported killing of dozens of protesters in Syria, urging Government authorities to immediately end their military operations against civilians and answer the people''s call for reforms.
• Syrian Forces Strike Homs for Second Day VOA 29 Oct 2011 -- Syrian government forces shelled parts of the restive northern city of Homs Saturday, causing numerous casualties, say witnesses. Dozens of people were killed or wounded Friday, after security forces opened fire on demonstrators in towns and cities across the country. Arab League foreign ministers are also demanding that the government stop firing on unarmed civilians.
• Diplomats: No Breakthrough in Syrian Nuclear Talks VOA 29 Oct 2011 -- Diplomats say talks this week between Syrian officials and top U.N. nuclear inspectors yielded no immediate breakthrough in the probe into Syria's suspected nuclear sites.
• FM: Time not ripe for resumption of Iran-US diplomatic ties IRNA 29 Oct 2011 -- Visiting Head of Iraqi Kurdistan Region Masoud Barzani in a joint press conference with Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi here on Saturday vowed to have the most secure and best borderline with the Islamic Republic of Iran.
• US offer on talks just a joke: Iran MP ISNA 29 Oct 2011 -- The Chairman of Iran's Parliament Commission of National Security and Foreign Policy Alaeddin Boroujerdi said the US suggestion on opening talks with Iran is just a 'joke.'
• In Bosnia, U.S. Embassy Shooting Resurrects Old Fears RFE/RL 29 Oct 2011
• Suicide Bomber Strikes Turkey's Southeast VOA 29 Oct 2011 -- Turkish officials are blaming a female suicide bomber for a blast in the country's mainly Kurdish southeast.