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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 10 May 2004 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty 10 May 2004
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty 10 May 2004
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• SOLDIER KILLED IN COLLISION
• FIRST INFANTRY DIVISION SOLDIER KILLED BY IED
• ONE TASK FORCE OLYMPIA SOLDIER DIES FROM SMALL ARMS FIRE ATTACK

• Transcript: Coalition Provisional Authority Briefing 10 May 2004 -- Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt, Deputy Director for Coalition Operations; and Dan Senor, Senior Adviser, CPA
• Coalition Provisional Authority Report, May 10: Iraq Operations Washington File 10 May 2004 -- As the June 30 transfer of sovereignty approaches, the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) continues the process of turning over government ministries to Iraqi control, CPA spokesman Dan Senor says.
• IRAQ/WRAP VOA 10 May 2004 -- U-S aircraft bombed the offices of a radical Shiite leader Monday in southern Iraq. Meanwhile, armed insurgents shot and killed two foreigners working in northern Iraq.
• MASS-3: glue between air-ground team Marine Corps News 10 May 2004-- Cast in the uncommon role of an aviation unit collocating with the 1st Marine Division in a combat zone, the Marines of Marine Air Support Squadron 3, Marine Air Control Group 38, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, are capable of accomplishing an impressive array of missions here.
• Communications electronics maintenance Marines keep 3rd MAW in contact Marine Corps News 10 May 2004-- The communications and electronics maintenance Marines of Marine Wing Communications Squadron 38, Marine Air Control Group 38, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, were some of the first troops to arrive here in early February in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
• 1st Marine Division's wounded press on Marine Corps News 10 May 2004-- Pfc. Quintin D. Graves thought the Purple Heart was some sort of mysterious and antiquated medal when he joined the Marine Corps in July 2003.
• Marines fight to stay after wounds Marine Corps News 10 May 2004-- 1st Sgt. William S. Skiles can't say enough good things about his Marines
• Soldiers deliver water to parched Baghdad neighborhood Army News Service 10 May 2004-- A crowd of villagers moved toward the vehicles as they watched the 400-gallon water buffalo slowly cruise past them.
• Army leaders condemn detainee abuse in congressional testimony Army News Service 10 May 2004-- The alleged detainee abuse by some 320th Military Police Battalion guards at the Abu Ghraib prison is not as wide spread as some believe, according to initial findings of an investigation into that abuse, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Peter Schoomaker recently told congressmen.
• 1-7 Cavalry detains weapons dealers Army News Service 10 May 2004-- Three men suspected of arms dealing were taken into custody by 1st Squadron, 7th Cavalry during an extensive pre-dawn operation May 4.
• CORDON AND SEARCH YIELDS INSURGENT LIEUTENANT AND FINANCIER CENTCOM Release 10 May 2004-- Task Force Baghdad Soldiers detained six Iraqis suspected of anti-Coalition activities during a cordon and search operation at an east Baghdad office complex May 8.
• TERRORIST ATTACK WOUNDS DETAINEES SLATED FOR RELEASE CENTCOM Release 10 May 2004-- Several Iraqi detainees slated for release were wounded today when their transportation convoy was attacked with an improvised explosive device near Habbiniyah at about 3 p.m. May 8.
• DISCOVERY OF WEAPONS CACHES NEAR MOSUL CENTCOM Release 10 May 2004-- Information provided by two Iraqi adults and a child led to the discovery of three weapons caches May 7 and the seizure and safe disposal of more than 250 artillery rounds, mortar rounds and other munitions west of Mosul.
• MARINE PATROL SAVES CHILD FROM IED CENTCOM Release 10 May 2004-- A Marine patrol near Husaybah took note of a child playing with an unusual object May 5.
• MARINES OFFER SUPPORT TO IRAQI COMMUNITIES CENTCOM Release 10 May 2004-- Marines recently delivered supplies and provided funding in support of community improvements throughout the Al Anbar province.
• COMBINED FORCES COMMAND AFGHANISTAN RELEASE CENTCOM Release 10 May 2004-- In coordination with the Islamic Transitional Government of Afghanistan, Combined Forces Command-Afghanistan continues to train the Afghan National Army, provide civil affairs support, and disrupt, deny, and destroy terrorist and anti-ITGA forces in order to establish a stable and secure Afghanistan.
• MARINES, MINISTRY OF LABOR FINALIZE JOB PLACEMENT CONTRACT CENTCOM Release 10 May 2004-- Marines met with members of the Ministry of Labor here May 6 to finalize a contract providing $56,200 to create job placement offices in the Al Anbar province. Another $16,700 goes toward employees' salaries for the first month's service.

• Camp plans for flight line emergency; Sailors use cloak of night to transport injured Marines Marine Corps News 10 May 2004-- Flashing red lights and sirens broke the silence of the sultry African night here May 5, as personnel from U.S. Marine Forces Central Command-Djibouti and Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa conducted a mass casualty drill under the full moon.

• 22d MEU (SOC)'s FOB in Afghanistan pays homage to Marine hero Marine Corps News 10 May 2004-- In a remote patch of arid Afghan desert in south-central Afghanistan, a new forward operating base (FOB) bears the name of one of the Marine Corps' most respected combat veterans.
• ACE maintainers withstand hostile Afghan climate Marine Corps News 10 May 2004-- Though most enemy anti-aircraft guns were destroyed when U.S. forces entered Afghanistan in 2001, the climate remains hostile to the aircraft of the 22d Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable).

• Pakistan`s tribal areas in spot light IRNA 10 May 2004 -- Pakistan`s tribal areas, which did not grab so much media attention, habe been in the spot light since 9/11 events.

Other Conflicts

• Chief of UN mission calls on militias in DR of Congo to join Ituri peace process UN News Centre 10 May 2004 -- The chief of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) today called on militias in the east of the country to join the UN-backed peace process in Ituri province, where some 50,000 people have been killed and half a million uprooted from their homes.
• Progress in Timor-Leste 'encouraging', Security Council told UN News Centre 10 May 2004 -- Cautioning that the peacekeeping developments in recently-independent Timor-Leste are better characterized as encouraging than as successful, the top United Nations envoy to the country today took his leave of a mission that is being gradually downsized.
• UN mission expresses shock that Eritrea alleges old and new offences UN News Centre 10 May 2004 -- The United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) has expressed grave concern that new and old accusations of infractions levelled by an Eritrean panel has made the mission part of the problem in the Horn of Africa and could turn the Eritrean public against the three-year-old peacekeeping mission.
• U-S-SUDAN-DARFUR VOA 10 May 2004 -- The United States expressed renewed concern Monday about continuing violence in Sudan's western Darfur region despite the nominal cease-fire between the Sudanese government and local rebels reached more than a month ago.
• NIGERIA: Red Cross cares for 7,500 displaced by latest Plateau violence, tension continues IRIN 10 May 2004 -- A total of 7,500 people displaced from their home's following a murderous attack by Christian militiamen on the mainly Muslim town of Yelwa in central Nigeria have been evacuated and put in the care of the Nigerian Red Cross, officials said on Monday.
• Russia: Kadyrov's Death A Blow To Kremlin's Chechnya Policy RFE/RL 10 May 2004 -- Chechnya's pro-Moscow president, Akhmad-hadji Kadyrov, was buried today in his hometown after being killed in a bomb blast in Grozny yesterday. The explosion in the republican capital took place during annual celebrations marking the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. The assassination marks a sharp setback for Moscow's Chechen policy.
• CHAD / SUDAN VOA 10 May 2004 -- International observers say recent raids by Sudanese-backed Arab militias into neighboring Chad are severely threatening regional stability and the ability of humanitarian aid workers to reach more than a million starving people displaced by fighting in Darfur in western Sudan.
• TIMOR/INDONESIA ARREST VOA 10 May 2004 -- An internationally-backed court in East Timor has issued an arrest warrant for a leading contender in Indonesia's upcoming presidential elections. The warrant charges the former head of the Indonesian armed forces with crimes against humanity for acts committed in 1999, when East Timor was voting for independence from Indonesia.
• SRI LANKA/PEACE TALKS VOA 10 May 2004 -- Norwegian Foreign Minister Jan Petersen (PRONO: yahn PEHTER-sen) is visiting Sri Lanka to push efforts to restart a peace process between the government and Tamil rebels. The Sri Lankan government says it remains committed to ending the island's long ethnic conflict.
• ERITREA/BORDER VOA 10 May 2004 -- The head of the United Nations mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea concedes that some U-N peacekeeping troops patrolling the contested border have misbehaved, but he insists that a recent broadcast by the Eritrean government describing serious allegations of misconduct by the mission is unfair and in some cases exaggerated.
• RUSSIA/CHECHNYA VOA 10 May 2004 -- Pro-Moscow Chechen President Akhmad Kadyrov, killed in a bomb attack at a crowded stadium in the Chechen capital, Grozny, on Sunday, has been buried in his home village in Chechnya.
• IVORY COAST/REBELS VOA 10 May 2004 -- A rebel leader from western Ivory Coast has been detained in the southern government-run commercial capital, Abidjan, adding to fears that the stalled power-sharing peace deal is in more jeopardy.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Transcript: Background Briefing on Court-Martial of U.S. Soldiers 10 May 2004 -- U. S. Military Attorney

• Experimental vessel returns from operations in Middle East Army News Service 10 May 2004-- The U.S. Army's experimental Theater Support Vessel USAV Spearhead, TSV-1X, made its first port call at its home base of Fort Eustis April 30.
• Unified Quest 04 focuses on joint capabilities Army News Service 10 May 2004-- Faced with the challenge of moving two large units through a city surrounded and largely controlled by American and allied forces, the commander of a mock enemy army employed ingenuity and steely resolve to push his troops forward.
• USS Columbia returns from surge deployment to Western Pacific SUBPAC Release 12 May 2004-- Following a three month surge deployment to the Western Pacific, the crewmembers of USS Columbia (SSN 771) returned to their homeport of Pearl Harbor Monday, May 10.
• 1/3 prepares for 31st MEU Marine Corps News 10 May 2004-- Since learning of their upcoming deployment to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit in Okinawa, Japan, the Lava Dogs of 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, have tackled numerous training evolutions in their preparation for the Special Operations Capable (SOC) designation.

• BUSH FOREIGN AID VOA 10 May 2004 -- President Bush is urging more developing countries to adopt economic and political reforms, saying it will qualify them for increased American aid. Mr. Bush honored the first sixteen countries to become eligible for a new aid program that rewards reforms with development assistance.

• State Department Noon Briefing, May 10, 2004 Washington File 10 May 2004 -- Millennium Challenge Corporation/briefing, Iraq, Pakistan, North Korea, Cuba, Venezuela, Israel/Palestinians, Sudan, Haiti
• White House Daily Briefing, May 10 Washington File 10 May 2004 -- President's call to Panamanian President, Bush/upcoming schedule, Iraq/prisoner abuse, Rumsfeld/Iraq, Syria

News Reports

• SHAPE News Morning Update SHAPE 10 May 2004 -- NATO chief stresses proposal for closer ties with Middle East, says NATO not imposing / NATO officials arrive in Mauritania for terror talks / U.N. vehicle destroyed, driver hurt, by explosion in eastern Afghanistan / Senior Taliban commander arrested in Afghan south / UN in Kosovo say Amnesty's sex report out of date
• SHAPE News Summary & Analysis SHAPE 10 May 2004 -- Blast kills Chechen President at stadium / NATO balking at Iraq mission / NATO exercise viewed by Bulgarian media / 20,000 demonstrators protest Iraq prison abuse; warn NATO Summit, Bush

• EGYPT / ARAB LEAGUE VOA 10 May 2004 -- In what Arab foreign ministers are calling a critically important document, agreement has been reached on language endorsing greater democracy and human rights throughout the Arab world.
• SAF/ARISTIDE VOA 10 May 2004 -- The South African department of foreign affairs says former Haitian President Jean Bertrand Aristide has made a formal request to "visit South Africa until his personal situation normalizes." The cabinet will consider the request later this week and is expected to approve.