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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 23 Sep 2004 [PDF]
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• IRAQI SECURITY FORCES LEAD CENTRAL BAGHDAD OPERATION CENTCOM 23 Sep 2004 -- Twenty-four suspected insurgents were captured along with a wide array of weapons and munitions during a 10-hour operation aimed at clearing out terrorist elements in central Baghdad Tuesday.
• Engineers facilitate Iraqi detainee release Army News 23 Sep 2004 -- About 200 former prisoners from Abu-Ghraib prison stepped off buses to a welcome committee of local sheiks and members of the Iraqi media Sept. 15 in Baghdad.
• New wave of Marines provide logistical support for I MEF USMC News 23 Sep 2004 -- Nearly 5,000 Marines and sailors here are smiling, ready to return to their loved ones, thanks to a new wave of 1st Force Service Support Group personnel who arrived over the last month.

• 82nd Airborne boost security before Afghan elections Army News 23 Sep 2004 -- With Afghan democratic elections scheduled for Oct. 9, military leaders have sent additional troops to boost security and stability in the country.
• Afghan National Army Activates Second Regional Command AFPS 23 Sep 2004 -- The Afghan National Army took another step toward greater security and strengthening the Afghan government with the activation today of a second regional command at Gardez.
• CONGRESS/AFGHANISTAN VOA 23 Sep 2004 -- U.S Lawmakers have expressed renewed concern about the security situation in Afghanistan, saying more must be done to safeguard the Afghan people so they can go to the polls on October 9th. A congressional hearing Thursday featured some sharp criticism of European contributions to efforts in Afghanistan.

Other Conflicts

• Security Council resolution 'incentive' to Darfur rebels, Sudan tells Assembly UN News Centre 23 Sep 2004 -- Addressing the United Nations General Assembly this afternoon, the Foreign Minister of Sudan pledged to work for peace and respect for human rights in the country's vast and blighted Darfur region, but denounced a Security Council resolution threatening sanctions in the absence of action.
• SOMALIA: Clashes reported in disputed Sool region IRIN 23 Sep 2004 -- Troops from the self-declared republic of Somaliland and those of the self-declared autonomous region of Puntland clashed on Wednesday in the disputed region of Sool, to which both sides have laid claim, a local source said.
• SUDAN: EU welcomes Security Council resolution on Darfur IRIN 23 Sep 2004 -- The European Union (EU) has welcomed last week's adoption by the United Nations Security Council of a resolution that warns Sudan of punitive measures, including sanctions, if it failed to protect civilians in the strife-torn western region of Darfur.
• POWELL-ARAFAT VOA 23 Sep 2004 -- U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said Thursday the international community is growing weary of waiting for Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to hand over control of security forces to an empowered prime minister. He suggested this could mean reduced outside aid for the Palestinians.
• SIERRA LEONE / UN VOA 23 Sep 2004 -- The United Nations operation in Sierra Leone will hand over control of the capital, Freetown, to the armed forces and police forces on Thursday.
• CONGO/CANNIBALISM VOA 23 Sep 2004 -- The Congo Liberation Movement, a former rebel group now in Congo's government, has taken an unusual approach to refute allegations that the rebels practiced cannibalism during Congo's bitter civil war.

Defense Policy / Programs

• ARMY ANNOUNCES TEMPORARY RESTATIONING OF 2-2 ID Army News Release 23 Sep 2004 -- The Department of the Army announced today the temporary relocation of the 2nd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, or 2-2 ID, from Korea to Fort Carson, Colo., following its current deployment to Iraq. This action will result in an increase of approximately 3,700 military authorizations at Fort Carson. The Army projects this temporary relocation for late summer 2005.
• RUMSFELD/TROOP DEPLOYMENT VOA 23 Sep 2004 -- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is warning the kind of threats the world now faces have changed so much since the Cold War that a large number of American forces deployed overseas are not positioned to effectively respond if needed. With the United States now at war with a faceless enemy known as terrorism, the defense chief has begun what is expected to be a decade-long military transformation to respond to these new, 21st century threats.
• Rumsfeld, Myers Discuss Military Global Posture AFPS 23 Sep 2004 -- If approved, the U.S. military will bring back 70,000 servicemembers and 100,000 family members and DoD civilians from bases overseas, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld told the Senate Armed Services Committee today.
• U.S. Troops Must Reside Where Needed, Welcomed, Rumsfeld Says Washington File 23 Sep 2004 -- The changes envisioned for America's re-positioning of its military forces around the world are just part of a much wider strategy of making those forces more agile and efficient in order to meet the challenges of 21st century threats, says Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.
• Airmen run missile-alert facilities AFPN 23 Sep 2004 -- For the last 40 years, the great plains of North Dakota have been housing the 91st Space Wing's intercontinental ballistic missiles.
• Airborne network takes 'wireless' to new heights AFPN 23 Sep 2004 -- Leaders at all levels can soon access information from their home stations regardless of where they are in the world thanks to an airborne local-area network.

• NATO Agrees to Expand Training Mission in Iraq Washington File 23 Sep 2004 -- The United States praises NATO for agreeing to expand its training mission in Iraq, State Department spokesman Adam Ereli said.
• NATO Supervising Destruction of Old Missiles in Georgia Washington File 23 Sep 2004 -- Experts from NATO are supervising the safe destruction of old anti-aircraft missiles stored at the Ponichala and Chaladid bases in the Republic of Georgia as part of the alliance's Partnership for Peace Trust Fund initiative.

• CHINA U.S. WEAPONS VOA 23 Sep 2004 -- China has criticized U.S. sanctions against a state-run weapons supplier for exporting missiles.

• Indian Air Force Mirage 2000 crashes in Madhya Pradesh IRNA 23 Sep 2004 -- Indian Air Force (IAF) Mirage 2000 fighter aircraft crashed near Gwalior in the Central Indian State of Madhya Pradesh on Thursday afternoon with the pilot ejecting safely.

• Bush, Musharraf Discuss War on Terror, U.S. Aid to Pakistan Washington File 23 Sep 2004 -- The war on terror topped the agenda as President Bush met with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf in New York September 22. The two leaders also discussed U.S. support for Pakistan's economic development efforts, according to a joint statement issued by the White House.

• Transcript: Foreign Press Center Briefing on the U.S. and the UN General Assembly US Dept. of State 24 Sep 2004

News Reports

• BURUNDI/POLITICS VOA 23 Sep 2004 -- The leader of a Tutsi political party in Burundi says his and other Tutsi parties that oppose Burundi's current draft constitution will form their own government under their own constitution, unless the Burundi government is willing to negotiate.
• INDONESIA POLITICS VOA 23 Sep 2004 -- Indonesia's president, Megawati Sukarnoputri, appears soundly beaten as vote counting continues from last Monday's presidential elections. In a speech to parliament Thursday, she apologized to the Indonesian people for the shortcomings of her administration.