Photo for the Day - November 01, 2009

* Photo for the Day *Panjshir PRT Delivers Material Assistance to Remote Village
Army Staff Sgt. Anani Quezada, and the Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team, delivers pencils to children of Yakabed village, Dara distract, in Panjshir Province, Afghanistan, during a recent Material Assistance mission on Oct. 26th. The supplies are part of the effort by the provincial government to provide essential services to the people.
Photo by Capt. John T. Stamm - Combined Joint Task Force - 82 PAO

Israel: On Ground Updates - October 31, 2009

Israel: On Ground Updates

Rockets Launched This Year For Fifth Time Across Lebanon Border Prompts Israeli Army To Return Fire

Saturday, October 31, 2009

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* HAARETZ.com brings us the following report this Saturday afternoon and it starts off like this... Deputy Prime Minister Moshe Ya'alon (Likud) confirmed on Saturday that Israel was operating intelligence-gathering networks within Lebanon... Speaking at an event in Be'er Sheva, Ya'alon said that "the moment Hezbollah renewed their attacks, we began to collect intelligence. We will stop when Hezbollah disarms itself and the [Israel-Lebanon] border is a border of peace."... "When we are in conflict with an enemy," he continued, "we gather information about them."...

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Deputy PM confirms: Israel is gathering intel inside Lebanon

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> HAARETZ.com also had this report posted up on their website late Friday evening and it started off like this... Lebanon's ambassador to the United Nations has warned that Israel is exhibiting signs of an imminent attack on his country, the Lebanese newspaper Al-Hayyat reported on Friday...

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Lebanon warns UN: Israel planning to attack us

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* Naharnet.com reports it this way today... Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Moshe Yaalon stressed on Saturday that "Israel has the right to collect investigatory information from inside Lebanon in all means possible," adding that "Israeli secret service agents are maintaining their activities inside the Lebanese territories."...

Yaalon: Israel Will Continue Surveillance Inside Lebanon Until Hizbullah Disarms

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* The Daily Star had the following report up on their website Friday, Oct, 30th and it goes in part like this... The rocket, launched from the village of Houla in southern Lebanon, landed in Kiryat Shmona, a border town in northern Israel. The incident was the fifth time rockets have been launched across the border from Lebanon this year and prompted the Israeli army to return fire with artillery rounds. There were no reports of damage or casualties on either side...

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Al-Qaeda group claims rocket fire from Lebanon

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* Al Bawaba had this report up on their website Friday...

Lebanon: President says Israel responsible for Katyusha attack

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POST UPDATE:

Sunday, November 01, 2009

Lebanese Army Arrest Terrorist Suspect Fadi Ibrahim for firing Katyusha Rocket into Israel Last Week

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* IsraelNationalNews.com has this short report...

Report: Lebanon Arrested Katyusha Terrorist

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* Haretz.com had the following report posted up on their website late Saturday evening and it goes in part like this... Lebanon arrested a man suspected of orchestrating a recent rocket launch toward northern Israel, the Lebanese daily As-Safir reported on Saturday... On Wednesday, Lebanese troops found and dismantled four rockets ready for launching near the border with Israel last Wednesday, a day after the Katyusha was launched from the southern village... The Katyusha fire was the first such incident since last month, and the ninth since the Second Lebanon War...

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Report: Lebanon nabs top militant over rocket attack against Israel

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* TAYYAR.com had this short report posted on their website late Saturday... Lebanon's envoy to the United Nations has warned of an imminent Israeli attack on his country, condemning the regime's recent artillery attack on the southern village of Houla... Ambassador Noaf Salaam relayed a message to the United Nations secretary general and to the Security Council on Friday, warning that Israel's repeated threats against Lebanon indicated the regime's plan for an attack on the country, Lebanese daily Al-Hayyat reported...

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Israeli attack on Lebanon 'imminent'

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* CNN.com had the following report posted up on their website late this Sunday morning and it starts off like this... A militant Islamist group associated with al Qaeda has for the first time threatened to attack Israel, far from its normal base of operations in Somalia... Al-Shabab, which is fighting to control the east African country, accused Israel of "starting to destroy" the Al Aqsa mosque, where standoffs have taken place recently between Israeli police and Palestinians. The mosque is part of the complex that Jews call the Temple Mount and Muslims call Haram al-Sharif... "The Jews started to destroy parts of the holy mosque of Al Aqsa and they routinely kill our Palestinian brothers, so we are committed to defend our Palestinian brothers," said Mukhtar Robow Abu Mansur, a prominent Al-Shabab commander...

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Somali group with al Qaeda ties threatens Israel

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DoD Identifies Air Force, Army Casualties

No. 855-09 October 31, 2009
DoD Identifies Air Force Casualty

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Department of the Air Force civilian who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Frank R. Walker, 66, of Oklahoma City, Okla., died of non-combat related medical causes October 28th at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 72nd Civil Engineering Directorate, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla.
For further information related to this release, contact Tinker Air Force Base Public Affairs, (405) 739-2030.


No. 854-09 October 31, 2009
DoD Identifies Army Casualty

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Pfc. Brian R. Bates, Jr., 20, of Gretna, La., died October 27th in Kandahar, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.
For more information media may contact the Fort Lewis public affairs office at (253) 967-0152, (253) 967-0147 or after hours at (253) 967-0015 (ask for the Public Affairs Officer on call).

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U.S. Department of Defense
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)

On Ground Updates: Afghanistan/Pakistan - October 30, 2009

On Ground Updates:

Afghanistan/Pakistan

Professional Pakistani Women Failed To Be Charmed By Secretary Of State Hillary Clinton

Post Date: Friday, October 30, 2009

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Hillary Clinton-Secretary of State Official BIO Photo

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* AP brings us the following report this Friday afternoon and it starts off like this... Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was confronted repeatedly by Pakistanis Friday as she ended a tense three-day tour of the country, chastised by one woman who said a U.S. program using aerial drones to target terrorists amounted to "executions without trial."...

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Pakistanis confront Clinton over drone attacks

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* Telegraph.co.uk has this take... Hillary Clinton faced anger during her visit to Pakistan after she attacked the failure of the government to tackle al-Qaeda... The US Secretary of State also faced angry questions about America's use of drone attacks inside Pakistan as she ended her three-day visit on Friday... Mrs. Clinton was earlier forced to soften her criticism of Islamabad for its failure to capture of kill al-Qaeda's leaders...

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Hillary Clinton faces angry criticism of US in Pakistan

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* Guardian.co.uk reports it this way...

Hillary Clinton wraps up tough mission in Pakistan

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* CSMonitor had the following report posted up on their website late this Friday afternoon and it starts off like this... When US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with Pakistani women Friday afternoon, many left the meeting feeling frustrated that their concerns - particularly on security issues - had not been heard or addressed... Addressing a roomful of Pakistani women Friday afternoon at the National Art Gallery here, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made every effort to connect with her audience. But after enduring multiple security checks and waiting over four hours for the secretary to arrive, most women left unimpressed...

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In Pakistan, Clinton fails to charm professional women

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Clinton Tries to Calm Angry Pakistanis

About this News Video: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton came face-to-face Friday with simmering Pakistani anger over U.S. aerial drone attacks in their country.

This video posted on YouTube by AssociatedPress

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AubreyJ.........

Photo for the Day - October 30, 2009

* Photo for the Day *

From left, President Barack Obama, Assistant Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Daniel V. Wright and Brig. Gen. Michael S. Repass, commanding general of U.S. Army Special Operations Command, render honors as a team of Soldiers carry the remains of Sgt. Dale R. Griffin during a dignified transfer ceremony at Dover Air Force Base, Del., Oct. 29, 2009. Griffin, who was assigned to 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, was killed in action Oct. 27, 2009, by a roadside bomb in the Kandahar province of Afghanistan.

DoD photo by Jason Minto, U.S. Air Force

Taking a Moment to Honor our Fallen Heroes

Taking a Moment to Honor our Fallen Heroes Since that tragic day on 9-11-2001… many of our bravest have given their all while fighting for this great country of ours. Please take a moment to thank them, in your own way, for all they have done and were willing to do for you -- me and this great country of ours. May God bless each and every one of these fallen Heroes, all of those who have been wounded, all of their families, friends, loved ones and their comrades in arms who were at their side.
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Never forget those that protect us
Each and every day

AubreyJ.........

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DoD Identifies Army Casualty

No. 853-09 October 30, 2009

DoD Identifies Army Casualty

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Spc. Joseph L. Gallegos, 39, of Questa, N.M., died October 28th in Tallil, Iraq, in a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the 720th Transportation Company, New Mexico Army National Guard, in Las Vegas, N.M. The circumstances surrounding the incident are under investigation.

For more information media may contact the New Mexico Army National Guard public affairs office at 505-417-1751.

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U.S. Department of Defense

Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)

DoD Identifies Army Casualty

No. 851-09 October 30, 2009

DoD Identifies Army Casualty

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The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

Spc. Robert K. Charlton, 22, of Malden, Mo., died October 27th at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany, of injuries sustained from a non-combat related incident Oct. 23 in Wardak, Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y. The circumstances surrounding the non-combat related incident are under investigation.

For more information media may contact the Fort Drum public affairs office at 315-772-7267, or after hours at 315-778-5759.

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U.S. Department of Defense

Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)