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Current Operations

• Coalition Partners Guard Strategic Trade Route Navy Newsstand 01 Oct 2002-- Since Sept. 11, 2001, a number of countries around the globe have aided the United States in fighting the global War on Terrorism.
• AFGHANISTAN / DE-MINING VOA 01 Oct 2002-- A California-based organization has launched a new campaign to remove landmines from what was once one of the most agriculturally-productive areas of Afghanistan
• U-S AID / AFGHANISTAN VOA 01 Oct 2002-- A U-S official is warning that unless more food aid is sent to Afghanistan, many Afghans who recently returned to their country may be forced to leave again

Other Conflicts

• IVORY COAST / UNREST VOA 01 Oct 2002-- Mediators from the Economic Community of West African States are preparing efforts to end fighting between rebel and government forces in Ivory Coast
• RWANDA / CONGO VOA 01 Oct 2002-- Rwanda is pulling more than half of its forces out of the Democratic Republic of Congo
• ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS VOA 01 Oct 2002-- Israeli army snipers took up positions Tuesday overlooking Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's West Bank headquarters
• Bush Says U.S. Policy on Jerusalem Has Not Changed Washington File 01 Oct 2002-- President Bush on September 30 signed the Foreign Relations Authorization Act for fiscal year 2003, and then issued a statement in which he said the act contained provisions that "impermissibly interfere with the constitutional functions of the presidency in foreign affairs, including provisions that purport to establish foreign policy that are of significant concern."

Defense Policy / Programs

• 'Star Warriors' protect forces in No-Fly Zone over Iraq Naval Reservist News October 2002-- "Star Warriors" of Naval Reserve squadron VAQ-209 have been operating over the skies of Northern Iraq since departing their home base of NAF Washington, D.C., in August. Operation Northern Watch, conducted from Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, enforces the Northern Iraqi No-Fly Zone mandated by the United Nations.
• Initial Exercise Press Release Exercise Destined Glory 2002 01 Oct. 2002-- NATO's annual amphibious, maritime and power projection exercise Destined Glory 2002 (DG02) will take place from 05 to 15 October 2002.
• The Big Lily Pad: South Pacific base provides air bridge to war zone Airman Magazine 01 Oct 2002-- Andersen Air Force Base's twin runways stretched toward Guam's rocky north shore in concrete ribbons toward the Pacific Ocean beyond. The vast ramp space was empty except for a single blue Air Force truck cruising along the perimeter road surrounding the flight lines.
• NATO Theme At Prague: Adapting To Meet 21st Century Threats AFPS 01 Oct 2002-- At the end of the Cold War NATO officials recognized terrorism and weapons of mass destruction as among the top new threats to European - and world - peace, a senior U.S. State Department official noted Sept. 30 in Chicago.
• Corps already more than half way to meeting retention goals for FY03 Marine Corps News 01 Oct 2002-- Forty-six Military Occupational Specialties are already full and another 22 are about to close for Fiscal Year 2003. By the time Marines get through this story, their MOSs may be closed too.
• Unitas Marines concuct largest exercise to date Marine Corps News 01 Oct 2002-- A series of explosions echoed through the barren desert hills and valleys along the coast here, Sept. 18, as the BAP Admiral Grau, a Peruvian fast missile cruiser, peppered the beach with its 6-inch guns.
• New blended wing activated at Robins AFPN 01 Oct 2002-- "While many in the Pentagon and throughout the Department of Defense struggle to define what transformation is, I can tell you what it is -- it's you, it's here, it's now."
• Establishment of U.S. Strategic Command 01 Oct 2002-- Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz, Offutt AFB, Omaha, NE, Tuesday, October 1, 2002.
• Standup of U.S. Northern Command 01 Oct 2002-- Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz, Petersen AFB, Colorado Springs, CO, Tuesday, October 1, 2002.

News Reports

• SHAPE NEWS SUMMARY & ANALYSIS 01 Oct 2002-- Lord Robertson hails French defense budget boost
• ASEAN - TERRORISM VOA 01 Oct 2002-- Southeast Asian governments are trying to track down suspected members of al-Qaida, the international terrorist organization. Officials in the region and in the United States suspect that several people with links to al-Qaida may be hiding in Indonesia. But Rodolfo Severino, the Secretary-General of ASEAN, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, dismisses criticism that Indonesia is not doing enough to combat terrorism
• SHAPE NEWS MORNING UPDATE 01 Oct 2002-- American NATO expert predicts Ukraine membership in 4 years