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06 April 2004 Military News


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Current Operations

  • OIF/OEF Casualty Update 06 Apr 2004 [PDF]
  • Four Marines Killed in Action [CJTF-7 News Release] April 6, 2004
  • Three Task Force 1st Armored Division Soldiers Killed During Separate Incidents [CJTF-7 News Release] April 6, 2004
  • DoD Identifies Marine Casualty

  • IRAQ WRAP VOA 06 Apr 2004 -- U-S military officials say as many as a dozen Marines may have been killed when Iraqi insurgents attacked their position in the town of Ramadi late Tuesday -- after a day of battles between American forces and Shiite militias in other parts of the country as well. As many as 100 Iraqis have also been reported killed after three days of some of the worst fighting in Iraq in months.
  • Coalition Forces, Iraqis Suffer Losses In Clashes RFE/RL 06 Apr 2004 -- Coalition troops clashed with insurgents throughout Iraq today, on a third day of violence sparked by protests in support of an influential Shi'ite Muslim cleric.
  • U.S. Forces Conducting Raids in Fallujah AFPS 06 Apr 2004 -- U.S. forces have been conducting raids in Fallujah and have captured a number of high-value targets, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said in Norfolk, Va., today.
  • Four Marines, Three Soldiers Killed in Iraq AFPS 06 Apr 2004 -- Four Marines with the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force were killed April 5 as a result of enemy action while conducting security and stabilization operations in Iraq's Anbar province, a Combined Joint Task Force 7 news release reported today.
  • RUMSFELD / IRAQ VOA 06 Apr 2004 -- Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld says U-S soldiers have surrounded the Iraqi city of Fallujah in an effort to crush the insurgency there after last week's slaying and mutilation of four American civilians.
  • Reserve Marines bring civilian skills to OIF II fight Marine Corps News 06 Apr 2004-- In a world where time is money and the business market waits for no man, how do you keep your clients happy when you have to leave them for an unspecified amount of time?
  • TWELVE DETAINED IN RAID CENTCOM Release 06 Apr 2004-- 1st Infantry Division soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 6th Field Artillery conducted a raid near Baqubah April 6 at about 4:45 a.m. to capture the leader and members of a insurgent cell.

  • Pakistan angrily reacts to US envoy`s remarks over Taliban IRNA 06 Apr 2004 -- Pakistan angrily reacted on Tuesday to remarks by US Ambassador to Afghanistan Zalmey Khalilzad on the Taliban`s activities in Pakistan, describing his remarks as irresponsible.
  • PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN / U-S VOA 06 Apr 2004 -- Pakistan officials are angrily rejecting criticism by the U-S ambassador to Afghanistan about Islamabad's anti-terror efforts.

  • U-S / AFGHANISTAN VOA 06 Apr 2004 -- The U-S ambassador to Afghanistan says Pakistan misunderstood remarks he made earlier about Islamabad's efforts to clean out terrorist sanctuaries along the border area. The ambassador's remarks ignited a firestorm in Pakistan.
  • U.S. Ambassador: Afghan Success Requires 'Sustained Commitment' AFPS 06 Apr 2004 -- Life in Afghanistan, "the first theater in the war against terror," is looking up, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad noted here April 5.
  • Drugs remain serious threat to stability in Afghanistan, Security Council warns UN News Centre 06 Apr 2004 -- Stressing its fears that opium poppy cultivation could undermine the rule of law, security and economic development in Afghanistan, the United Nations Security Council today called for greater international efforts to combat the illicit drug industry as it endorsed the results of last week's reconstruction conference in Berlin.

  • Powell Visit Haiti, Says U.N. Action Averted 'Bloodbath' AFPS 06 Apr 2004 -- Secretary of State Colin Powell met with Haitian leaders and received briefings on the U.S. efforts in the country during an April 5 visit to the capital city of Port-au-Prince.

Other Conflicts

  • BURKINA FASO: 15 go on trial for plotting coup against Compaore IRIN 06 Apr 2004 -- Thirteen military officers and two civilians went on trial before a military tribunal in Burkina Faso on Tuesday, charged with plotting to overthrow President Blaise Compaore last year.
  • CHAD-SUDAN: After a week of standstill, Darfur talks could be suspended IRIN 06 Apr 2004 -- One week after arriving in Chad for peace negotiations, the Sudan government and two armed movements in Darfur province have still not held direct talks on how to end a bitter armed conflict which has brought misery to more than a million people.
  • EU / ETHIOPIA/ ERITREA VOA 06 Apr 2004 -- Eritrea has rejected an appeal by the European Union to allow U-N mediation in a dispute over the location of its border with Ethiopia.
  • PALESTINIANS / ISRAELI DISENGAGEMENT VOA 06 Apr 2004 -- Prime Minister Ariel Sharon says he wants Israel to pull out of the Gaza Strip and some parts of the West Bank as part of a unilateral disengagement from the Palestinians. Mr. Sharon is seeking support for the plan within his own party and coalition government and is to present his ideas next week to President Bush during a visit to Washington.
  • DRC / UNREST VOA 06 Apr 2004 -- U-N peacekeepers clashed with former rebel troops late Monday in the eastern city of Kisangani in the Democratic Republic of Congo, leaving one Congolese soldier dead. The country is on high alert following an alleged coup attempt at the end of March.
  • BURKINA FASO / TRIAL VOA 06 Apr 2004 -- A trial of 13 alleged coup plotters is under way in Burkina Faso.
  • NEPAL/MAOISTS VOA 06 Apr 2004 -- A three-day general strike called by Maoist rebels has shut down much of Nepal. The rebels have stepped up their eight-year campaign to replace Nepal's constitutional monarchy with a communist republic.
  • BRITAIN / UGANDA VOA 06 Apr 2004 -- Britain's foreign aid chief is visiting Uganda to press for an end to an 18-year war between a northern rebel army and the government of President Yoweri Museveni.

Defense Policy / Programs

News Reports

  • SHAPE News Morning Update SHAPE 06 Apr 2004 -- NATO-Russia Council discusses military role in fighting terrorism / U.S. ambassador says America may move against terrorist sanctuaries if Pakistan doesn't / Afghans and U.S. soldiers torch huge haul of hashish and opium / Qatar tells Arabs to consider U.S. reform proposals
  • SHAPE News Summary & Analysis SHAPE 06 Apr 2004 -- NATO-Russia cooperation pact may be signed soon / EU prepares Bosnia peacekeeping mission / EU rallies behind plan for crisis battle groups / NATO will continue using force in hunt for Karadzic / U.S. considers Iraq reinforcements / Experts: Terrorists shift focus to Europe

  • Lithuania: Paksas Becomes First European President To Be Removed From Office RFE/RL 06 Apr 2004 -- The Lithuanian Parliament voted by a narrow margin today to remove President Rolandas Paksas from office, ending a nearly seven-month scandal in the tiny Baltic nation and making Paksas the first European president to be removed from office.
  • Ingush President Survives Assassination Attempt RFE/RL 06 Apr 2004 -- A powerful car-bomb blast blamed on a suicide attacker hit the motorcade of the leader of Russia's southern republic of Ingushetia.
  • Lithuanian President Impeached RFE/RL 06 Apr 2004 -- Lithuania's parliament has voted to impeach President Rolandas Paksas.
 

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