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• CJTF-HOA and coalition forces train at Djibouti range USMC News 20 Jan 2003 -- Forces from Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) finished a two-day Naval Surface Fire Support live fire and simulated aerial bombing support exercise Jan. 19 at Godoria Range in Djibouti's Northern Training Area.
• Contingency preparations: deployment of land forces 20 Jan 2003-- The Secretary of State for Defence, Geoff Hoon MP, announced in the House of Commons on 20 January that, as part of further contingency preparations in relation to Iraq, a substantial land force of some 26,000 personnel were to be deployed.
• 4th Infantry Division and Other Support Units Receive Deployment Orders III Corps and Fort Hood Press Release 20 Jan 2003-- The 4th Infantry Division stationed at Fort Hood and its 3rd Brigade at Fort Carson, Colo., as well as various other supporting units, known collectively as Task Force Ironhorse, have received deployment orders to reposition forces as required to support the President's global war against terrorism.

Other Conflicts

• ISRAEL SECURITY FENCE VOA 20 Jan 2003 -- As Israelis prepare to vote for a new government January 28th, the issue of security is a campaign issue. After more than two-years of a Palestinian uprising, many Israelis feel that building a high wall between the two communities may be the only way to enhance their security.
• IVORY COAST / ECOWAS VOA 20 Jan 2003 -- Leaders of several African nations are meeting in Togo to talk about efforts to end the four-month-old rebel conflict in Ivory Coast
• INDONESIA / E TIMOR SENTENCING VOA 20 Jan 2003-- An Indonesian human rights court has sentenced a senior police official to three years in prison for failing to prevent a massacre in the run up to East Timor's vote for independence in 1999
• SOMALIA TALKS VOA 20 Jan 2003 -- Somalia's neighbors are hoping that the appointment of a new mediator will bring momentum to the Somali peace talks

Defense Policy / Programs

• HMS CHATHAM SAILS TO RELIEVE HMS CUMBERLAND Royal Navy 20 Jan 2003-- HMS Chatham deploys on Monday 13 January to relieve her sister ship HMS Cumberland as part of the UK's commitment to the international fight against terrorism.
• ROYAL NAVY TO RECEIVE NEW QUEENS COLOUR Royal Navy 20 Jan 2003-- Her Majesty The Queen will present a new Colour to the Royal Navy at a Fleet Assembly off Plymouth on 23 July 2003.
• Secretary Rumsfeld Remarks To The Reserve Officers Association 20 Jan 2003-- Rumsfeld: For more than a decade, the international community has tried every possible means to dissuade Iraq from its weapons of mass destruction ambitions. Think of it. We have tried diplomacy; economic sanctions, embargoes; positive inducements, such as the "oil for food" program; inspections; and limited military efforts, including the northern, and southern no-fly zones. Each of these approaches have been unsuccessful.
• USS Kitty Hawk departs for carrier qualifications 7th Fleet Release 20 Jan 2003-- America's only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier left Yokosuka, Japan, Jan. 20 to conduct sea trials after routine maintenance.
• Secretary Rumsfeld Interview With Fox News Sunday 19 Jan 2003-- Rumsfeld: No. What it means is that the inspections are designed to allow a cooperative country to show what they have. And the idea that inspectors can go in there and discover things, and find things, if they were be that, they would have been named "finders" or "discoverers" instead of "inspectors." We know what a proper inspection regime looks like. Kazakhstan opened up. South Africa opened up. Other countries -- Ukraine opened up, and inspectors went in and said, "Yes, that's what's there." The Iraqis clearly -- they filed a false declaration.
• Secretary Rumsfeld Interview On ABC This Week 19 Jan 2003-- Rumsfeld: Of course not. They've submitted a fraudulent declaration. There are great gaps between their records with respect to anthrax and botulism and sarin and VX. They are not submitting the list of scientists that could be taken out of the country. They have systematically not done things in a cooperative way. Now, the inspectors have every right in the world to be concerned about that.

News Reports

• SHAPE News Morning Update SHAPE 20 Jan 2003
• SHAPE News Summary Analysis SHAPE 20 Jan 2003
• CUBA / ELECTIONS VOA 20 Jan 2003 -- Cuba reports near-perfect turn-out for general elections in which more than 600 candidates handpicked by the country's communist government ran unopposed
• SERBIA/WAR CRIMES VOA 20 Jan 2003 -- Former Serbian President Milan Milutinovic has surrendered to the U-N war crimes tribunal in The Hague. His testimony is seen as valuable in the case against former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic
• RED CROSS / MONGOLIA VOA 20 Jan 2003 -- The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies says a fourth successive harsh winter in Mongolia is threatening hundreds of thousands of people with hunger and loss of livelihood. The Red Cross says millions of animals, upon which herders depend, are expected to die this winter from cold and hunger
• KENYA/KIBAKI VOA 20 Jan 2003 -- There is concern over the health of Kenya's new president Mwai Kibaki, who was admitted to a Nairobi hospital Sunday. The president is expected to remain in the hospital for at least eight-days
• ZIMBABWE TRIAL VOA 20 Jan 2003 -- Zimbabwe's High Court has begun hearing a case the government hopes will prove that the opposition Movement for Democratic Change is what the government calls a terrorist organization
• U-N / HUMAN RIGHTS VOA 20 Jan 2003 -- Libya has been elected to chair this year's United Nations Human Rights Commission meeting, despite U-S complaints that Libya has a poor human rights record and has been involved in sponsoring terrorism
• By secret ballot, Libya elected chair of UN human rights commission UN News Centre 20 Jan 2003 -- Libya was elected today by secret ballot to head the top United Nations human rights panel - a break from nearly 50 years of tradition in which chairpersons are elected by acclamation
• Former Serb President Milutinovic set to appear before UN war crimes tribunal UN News Centre 20 Jan 2003 -- Former Serbian President Milan Milutinovic was transferred today to the United Nations war crimes tribunal in The Hague, where he is awaiting his initial appearance before the court on charges of crimes against humanity and other inhumane acts, including persecutions on political, racial and religious grounds
• Security Council Urges More Action to Fight Terrorism Washington File 20 Jan 2003-- Powell says war on terrorism must go on "as long as it takes"
• Transcript: Powell, Counterparts Talk Terrorism, Iraq, North Korea Washington File 20 Jan 2003-- State Department Spokesman Richard Boucher spokes to the press the evening of January 19 following a series of bilateral meetings between Secretary of State Colin Powell and several foreign ministers.
• Text: Rumsfeld Says Iraq, North Korea Require Different Approaches Washington File 20 Jan 2003-- "No living dictator has shown the deadly combination of capability and intent -- of aggression against his neighbors; pursuit of weapons of mass destruction; the use of weapons of mass destruction; oppression of his own people; support of terrorism; and the most threatening hostility to its neighbors and to the United States, than Saddam Hussein," said Rumsfeld in remarks to the Reserve Officers Association.
• War on Terrorism Must Be Intensified, Powell Says Washington File 20 Jan 2003-- The war on terrorism must be waged "at every level, with every tool of statecraft, for as long as it takes," Secretary of State Colin Powell told the United Nations Security Council January 20.