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SOF Daily Update - 1 March, 2011

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VIETNAM ARRESTS DISSIDENT
Ngyuen Dan Que was arrested by Vietnamese authorities after an opinion piece ran in Saturday's Washington Post.
http://www.sofmag.com/vietnam-imprisons-dissident

DRUG LORD BUSTED!
Mexican authorities arrested a drug lord suspected of being tied to the Zeta cartel and the recent murder of an ICE agent.
http://www.sofmag.com/mexico-arrests-drug-boss-linked-us-agents-death

MAINTAINERS' JOB NEVER DONE
Maintenance personnel find they have a mission that never ends: Keeping the vehicles in top shape for the troops on the front line.
http://www.sofmag.com/mission-%E2%80%98dragon%E2%80%99-battalion-mechani...

NEW MORTAR ROUND COMING TO THE TROOPS!
A GPS-guided round for the 120mm mortar is heading to the front lines.
http://www.sofmag.com/soldiers-receive-new-precision-mortar-round

KAREN APPEAL TO UN
84,000 Karen civilians signed a petition asking UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon to act against the Burmese junta's genocidal campaign.
http://www.sofmag.com/84000-karen-civilians-call-ban-ki-moon-help-stop-a...

MARINES CLEAR IEDS FROM VILLAGE
Marines with Battalion Landing Team 3/8 cleared a number of IEDs from a village in Afghanistan.
http://www.sofmag.com/marines-clear-multiple-ieds-afghan-village

KEEPING WARTHOGS IN THE AIR
Keeping the A-10 Thunderbolt II in the skies over Afghanistan is an important task.
http://www.sofmag.com/phase-inspectors-keep-10s-air

In Case You Missed It
RKB DISCUSSES QADDAFI'S HISTORY OF HIRING MERCS
RKB discussed Moammar Qaddafi's history of hiring mercenaries over the decades he was in power.
http://www.sofmag.com/libya-gadhafi-has-history-using-mercenaries