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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 16 Nov 2004 [PDF]
• INDIRECT FIRE ATTACK KILLS ONE
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualties
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• Soldier dies after IED explodes
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualties

• Bravo Company, 9th Engineers plays key role in Operation Baton Rouge MNF-I/MNC-I 16 Nov 2004 -- During Operation Baton Rouge in October, Bravo Company, 9th Engineer Battalion supported 2nd Brigade Combat Teams' mission to liberate the city of Samarra from Anti-Iraqi Forces (AIF). The mission was a coordinated effort to cordon and clear every block of the city.
• Army Artillerymen Support Marines, Others in Operation Al Fajr AFPS 16 Nov 2004 -- While the battle against terrorists and insurgents moved from house to house through the streets of Fallujah, Iraq, a group of U.S. soldiers on the outskirts of the city rained precise destruction down on the enemy in support of the coalition's front-line fighters.
• Multinational Corps Commander Discusses Progress in Iraq AFPS 16 Nov 2004 -- Coalition troops and Iraqi military forces are destroying the last pockets of resistance by insurgents and terrorists in Fallujah, Iraq, and they are beginning to clean up the city and destroy weapons caches and booby traps in the city, Army Lt. Gen. Thomas Metz said Nov. 15 during an interview here.
• Iraq: U.S. Searching For Rebels In Al-Fallujah As Offensive Launched In Mosul RFE/RL 16 Nov 2004 -- U.S.-led troops are continuing house-to-house searches in Al-Fallujah as unrest spreads to other parts of the Sunni Muslim region, including Iraq's third-largest city, Mosul. Reports say U.S. and Iraqi troops today launched an offensive to retake parts of northern Mosul from insurgents. Meanwhile, the U.S. military has said it is looking into whether a Marine in Al-Fallujah shot dead a seriously wounded Iraqi prisoner in violation of the laws of armed conflict.
• IRAQI ARMY CONTINUES OPERATIONS IN FALLUJAH CENTCOM 16 Nov 2004 -- The Iraqi army's 6th Battalion, 3rd Brigade conducted a cordon-and-search mission north of the city, Nov. 15, with elements from the U.S. Army's 1st Cavalry Division resulting in the detention of 17 individuals.
• FIRST INFANTRY DIVISION NEWS BRIEFS FOR NOVEMBER 16 CENTCOM 16 Nov 2004
• OFFENSIVE OPERATIONS CONTINUE AIMED AT INCREASING SECURITY IN MOSUL CENTCOM 16 Nov 2004 -- Iraqi Security Forces and Multinational forces from the 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team) continued offensive operations in Mosul today.
• U.S., Iraqi Troops Launch Assault On Mosul RFE/RL 16 Nov 2004 -- U.S. and Iraqi forces today launched operations in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul to clear insurgents who have been active in the city during the past week.
• IRAQ / WRAP VOA 16 Nov 2004 -- American and Iraqi forces are almost entirely in control of Fallujah, after a week of fighting in which 38 American troops, six Iraqi soldiers and an estimated 12-hundred insurgents have been killed. But the military victory of Fallujah is being overshadowed by other setbacks. Violence has spread to other Iraqi cities; a US Marine is under investigation for the shooting of an unarmed and wounded Iraqi fighter; and the Iraqi Red Crescent claims civilians in Fallujah are suffering from food and medical shortages.
• Analysis: Iraqi Police Aiding Militants In Mosul Insurgency RFE/RL 16 Nov 2004 -- The growing insurgency in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul took a turn in recent days as many police in the city reportedly deserted their positions and took up arms alongside militants.
• Al-Fallujah Secured, As Fighting Spreads RFE/RL 16 Nov 2004 -- The U.S. military says its troops have secured control over the restive city of Al-Fallujah as unrest spreads to other parts of Iraq's Sunni Muslim region.

• AFGHANISTAN/HOSTAGES VOA 16 Nov 2004 -- Afghan kidnappers holding three foreign United Nations workers hostage say they are now considering whether to kill, hold or release their captives. The Afghan government is hopeful the hostages will be freed, but is keeping quiet about reported negotiations.

Other Conflicts

• COTE D'IVOIRE: FRENCH 'INTERVENTIONISM' HAS TURNED 'INTO DISASTER' US Dept. of State IIP, Foreign Media Reaction 16 Nov 2004
• POWELL/MIDEAST VOA 16 Nov 2004 -- U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell will meet with Israeli and Palestinian leaders next week to discuss prospects for reviving the Middle East peace process. He will travel to Israel and Palestinian-controlled territories ahead of a scheduled conference in Egypt.
• U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL/AFRICA VOA 16 Nov 2004 -- U.N. Security Council ambassadors are en route to Africa, hoping to pressure Sudan's warring factions to end two separate conflicts. The Council is preparing a package of incentives to help Sudan once a peace deal is reached.
• EQUATORIAL GUINEA: Coup trial resumes, new accused added IRIN 16 Nov 2004 -- The trial of a group of suspected mercenaries accused of plotting to overthrow the president of oil-rich Equatorial Guinea resumed on Tuesday with the court adding eight new names to the list of the accused.
• NIGERIA: Militia leader puts freeze on voluntary disarmament IRIN 16 Nov 2004 -- The leader of the main militia group in southern Nigeria's oil-rich delta said on Tuesday his group was halting the voluntary surrender of weapons it had begun under a government-brokered disarmament deal.
• United Nations Imposes Arms Embargo on Cote d'Ivoire Washington File 16 Nov 2004 -- The Security Council voted unanimously November 15 to impose an immediate arms embargo against the Cote d'Ivoire government and the Forces Nouvelles (the rebel New Forces).
• Russia: Moscow Hints At Effort To Resolve Dispute With Japan Over Kurile Islands RFE/RL 16 Nov 2004 -- Could the long-running dispute between Japan and Russia over the four southern Kurile Islands be edging toward a resolution? Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and President Vladimir Putin both recently announced that Moscow recognizes a 1956 declaration under which Moscow agreed to return two of the islands to Japan -- an indication it may be willing to reopen talks on the issue. But so far, the reaction from Tokyo has not been enthusiastic.
• Former Yugoslavia: President Of War Crimes Tribunal Says Funding Problems Serious RFE/RL 16 Nov 2004 -- The president of the war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia says funding problems are threatening the body's work at a crucial time. Judge Theodore Meron told the UN General Assembly that the tribunal has lost more than 100 staff members -- 10 percent of its strength -- due to a hiring freeze caused by the funding shortfall. Meron said the tribunal's work has also been hampered by a continuing lack of cooperation from the Republika Srpska and Belgrade, where most of the 20 fugitive war criminal suspects are presumed to be living.
• SUDAN / ARMS VOA 16 Nov 2004 -- The human rights group Amnesty International is calling on the U.N. Security Council to forbid arms sales to Sudan, saying foreign weapons are fueling massive human rights violations in the Darfur region.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Bush Nominates Condoleezza Rice as Secretary of State Washington File 16 Nov 2004 -- President Bush has nominated Condoleezza Rice to be the new secretary of state and named Stephen Hadley, Rice's deputy at the National Security Council, to be the new national security advisor.

• Secretary of The Air Force James G. Roche Resigns 16 Nov 2004 -- Secretary James G. Roche today submitted his resignation as Secretary of the U.S. Air Force. Secretary Roche had advised Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld in early October of his intention to complete his service at the end of the first Bush administration.
• Rumsfeld Praises Rice, Hadley Nominations AFPS 16 Nov 2004 -- Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld praised President Bush's two nominations today to the national security team: Condoleezza Rice as secretary of state and Steven Hadley as national security adviser.
• DoD Installation Realignment in Germany Announced 15 Nov 2004 -- The Department of Defense announced today it will return three recreational facilities and portions of two housing areas to Germany, and determined that it needs to retain part of a depot previously slated for return.

• JAPAN/SUBMARINE VOA 16 Nov 2004 -- Japan says China has apologized for one of its submarines sailing into Japanese waters last week. China has refused to confirm the apology, saying only that a "diplomatic" resolution has been reached.
• PHILIPPINES MILITARY TRIALS VOA 16 Nov 2004 -- A Philippine Army general has gone on trial for corruption in the government's biggest case to clean up the military. Meanwhile hundreds of young soldiers - facing charges for an attempted coup in 2003 - have had their courts' martial postponed.

• State Department Noon Briefing, November 16 Washington File 16 Nov 2004 -- Secretary Powell/upcoming travel, Rice/nomination, Bush's second term/foreign policy, Armitage/resignation, Israel/Palestinians, Iran, Georgia, South Korea
• White House Daily Briefing, November 16 Washington File 16 Nov 2004 -- Sudan, Cabinet positions, CIA, Iran, APEC, intelligence reform, economy, UN/Oil-for-Food Program, pension reform

News Reports

• U.S.: Powell's Departure Seen As Loss Of Moderate Voice In Bush Administration RFE/RL 16 Nov 2004 -- U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell is probably the most widely known and respected member of President George W. Bush's cabinet. Now that Powell has decided to resign, Bush will have to look to someone else to be the United States' top diplomat for the next four years. Latest reports indicate that Bush is likely to nominate his national security adviser, Condoleezza Rice, to serve as Powell's replacement. No matter who is chosen, succeeding Powell will be a difficult job.