Operations
Other Conflicts
Defense Policy / Programs
News Reports

Current Operations

• Pak Army dismantles `deserted` terrorist camp IRNA 05 Oct 2003 -- Pakistan Army and paramilitary forces Saturday dismantled a `deserted` training facility in the Northern Areas used for `sectarian violence` in parts of the country, local press reported Sunday.
• AFGHANISTAN U-S AID VOA 05 Oct 2003-- Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage says Washington plans to greatly increase its monetary aid to Afghanistan

• Cheney Describes Comprehensive Strategy to Combat Terrorism Washington File 05 Oct 2003-- The United States is implementing a comprehensive, new strategy to defeat global terrorism, Vice President Dick Cheney said, one that incorporates homeland defense along with aggressively destroying terrorist networks before they can launch attacks.

Other Conflicts

• 12 Pakistanis killed in Indian firing -- PTV IRNA 05 Oct 2003 -- At least 12 civilians were killed and 15 others wounded when Indian troops fired shells overnight at areas in the Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, the state-run television reported.
• U-N / SYRIA / ISRAEL VOA 05 Oct 2003-- Syria is asking the U-N Security Council for urgent passage of a resolution condemning Israel for an air strike on a suspected Palestinian militant training camp near Damascus
• CHECHNYA-VOTE VOA 05 Oct 2003-- Voters in separatist Chechnya have voted for a new president in a Kremlin-sponsored election billed as the first step toward peace. But critics say the election should not have been held as long as the war in the southern Russian republic continues
• ISRAEL/ARAB REACT VOA 05 Oct 2003-- Syria says it is complaining to the U-N Security Council about an Israeli air raid near the Syrian capital, Damascus. The attack, which Israel says targeted a training camp for Islamic Jihad, is being condemned by some Arab and European leaders.
• ISRAEL/SYRIA VOA 05 Oct 2003-- Israeli forces have struck inside Syria against what they claim is a Palestinian training camp for Islamic militants, in response to a suicide bombing Saturday that killed at least 19 people in Haifa

Defense Policy / Programs

• NATO Defense Ministers To Discuss Operations, Structure Washington File 05 Oct 2003-- U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld will host defense officials from 19 NATO countries at informal meetings in Colorado Springs October 8 and 9 to discuss current out-of-area peacekeeping operations and how the alliance must transform itself to meet future challenges.
• Bulgaria: NATO Worried By Possible Appointment Of Former Spy RFE/RL 05 Oct 2003 -- A NATO spokesman says the possible appointment of a former communist intelligence agent to a security post in the Bulgarian government is "a matter of great interest to all the countries in the alliance," Bulgarian newspapers reported.

News Reports

• EU: Conference On Constitution Opens In Rome RFE/RL 05 Oct 2003 -- Leaders of 28 countries today opened a conference in Rome to discuss a draft of the first-ever constitution of the European Union.
• NIGERIA/STRIKE VOA 05 Oct 2003-- A Nigerian trade union is calling for a general strike Thursday to protest higher fuel prices, in the wake of the government's abrupt decision to lift subsidies on fuel products such as gasoline