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28 April 2005 Military News


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  • DRC: Mayi-Mayi militiamen kidnap 5 journalists as their leader is arrested IRIN 28 Apr 2005 -- Congolese Mayi-Mayi militiamen took five journalists hostage this week in northern Katanga Province as UN sources confirmed that the militia leader, Mbayo Mpiana Mwana Butot, alias Chinja Chinja, was arrested earlier in April in the capital, Kinshasa.
  • Palestinian Leader Threatens Crackdown on Militants VOA 28 Apr 2005 -- The leader of the Palestinian Authority is threatening to crack down on militant groups opposed to the peace process.
  • AU Meets To Consider Increasing Troops In Darfur VOA 28 Apr 2005 -- The African Union is discussing the possible expansion of its mission in the war-torn Darfur region of western Sudan.
  • Middle East Analysts Debate Impact of Israeli Withdrawal from Gaza VOA 28 Apr 2005 -- The Bush administration hopes the planned withdrawal of Israeli troops and Jewish settlers from the Gaza Strip and a small part of the West Bank in the coming months will re-energize the Middle East peace process. Some specialists on the region agree that it could provide an opportunity to make progress in solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, while others feel more direct diplomatic efforts are needed to bring the sides back to the bargaining table after more than four-and-a-half years of violence.
  • U.S. Welcomes Ukraine's Effort To Resolve Transnistria Conflict Washington File 28 Apr 2005 -- The United States welcomes the initiative of Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko to offer a settlement proposal for the conflict in Moldova's breakaway region of Transnistria, U.S. diplomat Paul Jones told the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) April 28.

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  • State Governments Learn About DoD's Help for Injured Troops AFPS 28 Apr 2005 -- Several federal agencies, including the Department of Defense, have partnered to assist severely injured servicemembers and their families, the deputy undersecretary of defense for military community and family policy said today to the nation's state officials.
  • Reservists set example at New Horizons 2005 camp AFPN 28 Apr 2005 -- In a camp tucked away in southwest Panama, two Airmen are leaving a lasting impression on their fellow servicemembers and the local people they meet.
  • Training ensures reservists ready to go AFPN 28 Apr 2005 -- Air Force Space Command reservists tested a common training assembly concept here April 22 and 23 to ensure nearly 350 individual mobilization augmentees were trained and ready for mobilization.
  • BHR Uses Latest Night Vision Goggle Technology Navy NewsStand 28 Apr 2005 -- Since USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) (BHR) deployed in support of the global war on terrorism Dec. 6, it has frequently conducted night vision goggle operations while "running dark" to make the ship and aircraft invisible to small boats and help to avoid terrorist threats.
  • NMCB 1 Moves Ahead with Exercise African Lion in Morocco Navy NewsStand 28 Apr 2005 -- Approximately 50 Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1 deployed at the end of February from its forward-deployed site in Rota, Spain, to Northern Africa to perform humanitarian missions as part of African Lion 2005 Engineering Exercise (AL05 ENGEX).

  • Foreign Spending Request Meets Resistance in House Panel Washington File 28 Apr 2005 -- Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick defended the Bush administration's request to increase U.S. overseas aid and other foreign spending by about $3 billion, but the chairman of a House of Representatives panel said Congress is likely to approve less.

  • State Department Briefing, April 28 Washington File 28 Apr 2005 -- Togo, Germany, Iran, Bolton nomination, North Korea, South Korea, Italy, Iraq, Lebanon, Israel/Palestinians, China, Russia

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