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Current Operations

• Oct. 20 airpower summary: C-17s support warfighters AFPN 21 Oct 2007
• Oct. 19 airpower summary: Airmen continue to strike enemy AFPN 21 Oct 2007
• Coalition, Iraqi Forces Kill, Capture Insurgents in Iraq AFPS 21 Oct 2007 -- Coalition forces working in concert with Iraqi security forces killed four insurgents and nabbed roughly 16 others during recent operations in Iraq, military officials said.
• US Forces Battle Militants in Baghdad's Sadr City, 49 People Killed VOA 21 Oct 2007 -- The U.S. military says its forces have killed 49 militants during fighting in Baghdad's Sadr City district. Iraqi officials said civilians were among those killed.

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US Policy

• Gates Meets Turkish Defense Minister Sunday on Iraq Tension VOA 21 Oct 2007 -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates will meet with Turkey's defense minister in Ukraine on Sunday to urge restraint in Turkey's desire to attack Kurdish insurgents based in Northern Iraq

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• IRAQ: Violence-related deaths drop 'remarkably', say authorities and UN IRIN 21 Oct 2007 -- Iraqis are breathing a sigh of relief as violence in their war-torn country is ebbing and the number of violence-related victims has dropped sharply since the beginning of this year, according to statistics compiled by the country's interior, defence and health ministries.

Foreign Reactions

• Iraqi President Calls on Kurdish Rebels to Lay Down Arms VOA 21 Oct 2007 -- Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has appealed to Kurdish rebels to lay down their weapons as clashes between rebels and Turkish troops continue.
• 23 Kurdish rebels killed on Iraqi border- Turkish General Staff RIA Novosti 21 Oct 2007 -- Turkey's General Staff said on Sunday that 23 Kurdish rebels and 12 Turkish soldiers had been killed in clashes near the border with Iraq.
• Turkish Minister Calls for US Action Against Kurdish Guerrillas VOA 21 Oct 2007 -- Turkey's defense minister told U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates the United States must take "tangible action" against Kurdish guerrillas in Northern Iraq, whose latest attack killed at least 12 Turkish soldiers, wounded 16 and left 10 missing

News Reports