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Airbornelawyer
11-16-2005, 10:16
From Various Sources:

Middle East

Security incidents in Iraq, Nov 16 (http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/KAM641404.htm) (Source: Reuters Alertnet (http://www.alertnet.org))
Ongoing operations (http://www.mnf-iraq.com/releases.htm) – Miscellaneous releases from Multi-National Force Iraq (http://www.mnf-iraq.com/).
ESG-1 Conducts Maritime Security Operations in Arabian Sea (http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=20051177.txt) "Members of Expeditionary Strike Group One (ESG-1) are currently leading a group of six coalition ships conducting maritime security operations (MSO) in the North Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman. The strike group’s flagship, USS Tarawa (LHA-1) and the amphibious transport dock USS Cleveland (LPD-7) are joined by the guided missile destroyer USS Oscar Austin (DDG-79). The French ships Var (FS-608) and Lafayette (FS-710), and the Pakistani frigate Badr (PNS-181) round out the coalition task group. …" (Source: U.S. Central Command (http://www.centcom.mil/))
EU to deploy police mission to train PA (http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1132053864636&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FPrinter) "The European Union has decided to upgrade the assistance it provides the Palestinian Authority and, starting January 1, will deploy a police mission - code-named EUPOL-COPPS - to the Gaza Strip and Palestinian territories. The mission, which will have a three-year mandate, will assist in the implementation of the Palestinian Civil Police Development Plan, advise and mentor senior members of the Palestinian Civil Police and criminal justice system and coordinate EU and additional international assistance to the Palestinians. The mission will be comprised of 33 unarmed personnel, mainly from EU member states, and will not have executive powers to make arrests or conduct other police work in PA territories. EU officials said the mission would advise and train the Palestinian Civil Police from its senior level down to the cops on the street. …" (Source: Jerusalem Post (http://www.jpost.com))
IDF nabs Palestinian carrying bomb belt (http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1132053861711&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FPrinter) "Sappers finished detonating the powerful explosives belt that a Palestinian attempted to smuggle through the Hawara checkpoint earlier Wednesday. According to an IDF officer at the site, six or seven bombs had been attached to the belt, and when blown up caused a powerful explosion. …" (Source: Jerusalem Post (http://www.jpost.com))

South & Central Asia

Car Bomb Detonates in Kandahar (http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=20051175.txt) "A vehicle borne improvised explosive device detonated near a U.S. military convoy in Kandahar killing one Afghan civilian and destroying a civilian flat-bed truck this morning. The car bomb, which killed its driver, detonated on the outskirts of Kandahar against the convoy as it was returning from a nearby forward operating base. There were no U.S. injuries or deaths." (Source: U.S. Central Command (http://www.centcom.mil/))
Car bomb kills four outside bank in Indian Kashmir (http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/DEL249532.htm) "Suspected Muslim militants set off a car bomb near a major bank in Indian Kashmir's main city on Wednesday, killing four people and wounding at least 60, police said. …" (Source: Reuters Alertnet (http://www.alertnet.org))
Baluchi rebels suspected in Pakistan bombing (http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/KLR210026.htm) "Pakistan has arrested a man blamed for a car-bomb attack that killed three people and wounded 15 in Karachi, the president said on Wednesday, as police suspicions turned to militants in Baluchistan province. …" (Source: Reuters Alertnet (http://www.alertnet.org))
Sri Lanka: Security Situation Report (http://www.army.lk/news/index.html). (Source: Sri Lanka Army (http://www.army.lk))
South Asia Terrorism Update (http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/detailed_news.asp?date1=11/16/2005) (Source: South Asia Terrorism Portal (http://www.satp.org))

East Asia & the Pacific

Muslim rebels shell troops in Philippine south (http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/MAN217627.htm) "Suspected Islamic militants linked to al Qaeda fired shells at Philippine troops on Wednesday as the rebels fled their hideouts in another part of the southwestern island of Jolo, army officials said. About 29 people, including four soldiers, had been killed and dozens wounded in three days of fighting with members of the Abu Sayyaf group in mountains near the town of Indanan, said Colonel Domingo Tutaan, an army spokesman in the southern Philippines. …" (Source: Reuters Alertnet (http://www.alertnet.org))

The Americas

USSOUTHCOM Headline News (http://www.southcom.mil/pa/News/AOR%20News/Today's%20News.doc) (Microsoft Word format)
UN Peacekeepers Carry Out Anti-Gang Operations in Haiti (http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-11-16-voa12.cfm) "United Nations peacekeepers in Haiti say they carried out search and security operations over the past few days against gang members in and around the capital, Port-au-Prince. In a written statement Tuesday, U.N. officials said the operations were the latest in a series of sweeps. They say one suspected gang member was killed, two others were wounded, and nine others were arrested this time. Weapons and stolen vehicles also were reported seized. …" (Source: Voice of America (http://www.voanews.com))

Africa

Gambia Arrests Opposition Leaders (http://www.voanews.com/english/Africa/2005-11-16-voa36.cfm) "Gambian security forces have arrested three opposition leaders. A government press release accused them of involvement in subversive and anti-state activities. …" (Source: Voice of America (http://www.voanews.com))

From the RFE/RL Newsline (http://www.rferl.org/newsline/):

Russia
RUSSIAN GENERAL SAYS MOSCOW WILL PARTICIPATE IN NATO NAVAL EXERCISE.
Russia's top general said on 15 November that the country's Black Sea Fleet will participate in naval exercises in the Mediterranean Sea with NATO, RIA-Novosti reported the same day. General Yurii Baluyevskii, the chief of the Russian General Staff, told a news conference in Brussels on the sidelines of a Russia-NATO Council meeting that two Russian naval ships would participate next year in NATO antiterrorist maneuvers called Operation Active Endeavor. Baluyevskii added, however, that Russia reserves the right to withdraw from the exercises. He said the Russia-NATO Council has approved 42 events in 2006 aimed at enhancing military interoperability. NATO, however, is not interested in cooperating with the Collective Security Treaty Organization, comprising Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan.
RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTER TOUTS MILITARY EXERCISES WITH INDIA
Ivanov said on 15 November that joint Russian-Indian military exercises held in October were productive and that hopes they will continue in the future, RIA-Novosti reported the same day. Speaking at a meeting with Indian Defense Minister Pranab Mukherji ahead of the fifth Russian-Indian Intergovernmental Commission, Ivanov said the two countries share a similar approach to combating terrorism. Russia and India held joint military maneuvers called Indra-2005 in India in October, and Ivanov said at their conclusion that the two sides agreed to hold similar exercises in Russia in 2006.