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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 19 Oct 2005 [PDF]
• ONE SOLDIER KILLED AND TWO SOLDIERS WOUNDED BY IED ATTACK
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• TASK FORCE LIBERTY SOLDIER KILLED, FOUR WOUNDED IN VEHICLE FIRE
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty

• Tip leads Task Force Liberty to cache in Diyala Province MNF-I 19 Oct 2005 -- Task Force Liberty Soldiers followed a civilian tip to a cache of 85 anti-tank mines near Hamrin in Diyala Province at about 4:15 p.m. Oct. 18.
• 'Makos' in sky help warriors on ground AFPN 19 Oct 2005 -- The sky above Balad Air Base was thick with dust and sand when four F-16 Fighting Falcon pilots completed another mission in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
• Soldier Killed; Iraq Operations Net Weapons, Suspects AFPS 19 Oct 2005 -- A U.S. soldier was killed and two others were wounded in a roadside-bomb during a combat logistics patrol Oct. 18 near Iskandariyah, Iraq, military officials reported.
• Iraqi Insurgents Kill 19, Kidnap British Reporter RFE/RL 19 Oct 2005 -- Insurgents in Iraqi staged a series of attacks today, killing 19 people.
• Al Qaeda in Iraq bomb makers foiled and detained MNF-I 19 Oct 2005 -- Multi-National Force-Iraq has determined three suspects captured after an incident at a Coalition Checkpoint in Anay, northwest of Hadithah Oct. 9 are al Qaeda in Iraq vehicle bomb makers.
• Al Qaeda in Iraq terrorist cell meeting site destroyed MNF-I 19 Oct 2005 -- Coalition forces destroyed a terrorist safe house Oct. 18 in Karabilah where two al Qaeda in Iraq terror cells were attempting to meet and reorganize following successful Coalition operations.
• Multi-National Force-Iraq trains Soldiers in Al Anbar MNF-I 19 Oct 2005 -- Special operations personnel from both the U.S. Navy and Army finished several weeks of training for the Iraqi Army’s newest soldiers just outside Camp Fallujah Oct. 6.
• Citizens’ tips help Soldiers find weapons cache, bombs MNF-I 19 Oct 2005 -- Iraqi security forces and Task Force Baghdad Soldiers captured a terror suspect in south Baghdad, seized a weapons cache in west Baghdad, and stopped eight terrorist bomb attacks during combat operations Oct. 18.
• Iraqi, U.S. forces capture 19 terror suspects, weapons MNF-I 19 Oct 2005 -- Iraqi and Coalition Forces conducted 42 raids and searches in and around Baghdad that netted 19 terror suspects and two weapons caches Oct. 16 through Oct. 18.
• U.S. Soldiers stop bombs before they explode MNF-I 19 Oct 2005 -- Task Force Baghdad Soldiers found and destroyed terrorists’ bombs and weapons caches during combat operations Oct. 19 in and around various Baghdad districts.

• CENTCOM CONDEMNS ALLEGATIONS OF DESECRATION CENTCOM 19 Oct 2005 -- Recent media reports out of Afghanistan have alleged that U.S. forces were involved in an incident involving the desecration of the bodies of deceased enemy combatants.
• U.S. INVESTIGATES ALLEGATION OF LAW OF WAR VIOLATION CENTCOM 19 Oct 2005 -- The Army Criminal Investigation Division has initiated an investigation into alleged misconduct by U.S. service members, including the burning of dead enemy combatant bodies under inappropriate circumstances.
• Militants Kill District Chief In Southern Afghanistan RFE/RL 19 Oct 2005 -- Afghan officials say suspected Taliban militants killed a district chief in southern Afghanistan.
• Afghanistan: Dutch Verdicts Could Reopen Old Wounds RFE/RL 19 Oct 2005 -- The Court of Law in The Hague on 14 October sentenced two former Afghan generals to imprisonment for war crimes committed in Afghanistan and violating the Torture Act and the Dutch War Crimes Act.
• Bagram getting new passenger terminal AFPN 19 Oct 2005 -- Engineers are building a new $932,000 passenger terminal that will expand operations at this base.
• EOD Airmen help destroy old rockets AFPN 19 Oct 2005 -- Airmen and Soldiers joined forces at a former Soviet munitions dump near here to transport and destroy three 5,000-pound rockets.

• CJTF-76 continues Pakistan earthquake relief efforts Army News 19 Oct 2005 -- Ten days after a devastating earthquake shook Pakistan, killing an estimated 40,000 people, relief supplies and personnel from the Combined Joint Task Force-76 continue to flow into the country.
• Air Force continues earthquake support AFPN 19 Oct 2005 -- As the United States enters its second week of humanitarian operations here, Airmen from all over the world continue working to deliver thousands of pounds of humanitarian cargo a day.

Other Conflicts

• Ugandan rebels continue attacks on civilians in southern Sudan – UN UN News Centre 19 Oct 2005 -- Attacks on civilians in southern Sudan by elements of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) remain a major concern of humanitarian agencies operating in the area, the United Nations Assistance Mission in the war-torn country said today.
• Security Council takes up Eritrean ban on UN helicopter flights in border zone UN News Centre 19 Oct 2005 -- The Security Council today discussed Eritrea’s ban on United Nations helicopter flights over its sector of the frontier with Ethiopia – a measure which has limited the ability of the UN peacekeeping mission there to conduct surveillance, emergency evacuations and de-mining.
• Security Council extends expert group on arms embargo against Côte d’Ivoire UN News Centre 19 Oct 2005 -- With the situation in Côte d’Ivoire continuing to pose a threat to international peace and security, the United Nations Security Council has extended the mandate of the three-person team monitoring the arms embargo against that country, which has been divided between government and rebel forces since fighting broke out in 2002.
• Ethiopia Says Eritrea Building Up Troops On Border VOA 19 Oct 2005 -- Ethiopia's Prime Minister, Meles Zenawi, has accused neighboring Eritrea of reinforcing troops in a demilitarized zone along their border.
• Congo-Brazzaville Army Launches Operation Against Rebels in Capital VOA 19 Oct 2005 -- The Republic of Congo's army launched an operation Wednesday in the capital Brazzaville to remove rebels known as Ninjas
• ETHIOPIA-ERITREA: Ethiopia concerned about Eritrean restrictions on UN, says Meles IRIN 19 Oct 2005 -- Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi expressed serious concern on Wednesday over restrictions imposed by Eritrea on United Nations peacekeepers patrolling the two countries' disputed border.
• Gunmen Target Police In Ingushetia Attacks RFE/RL 19 Oct 2005 -- Gunmen are reported to have staged an assault early today targeting the houses of law enforcement personnel in the southern Russian republic of Ingushetia, which borders Chechnya, RFE/RL's Russian Service reported.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Rumsfeld Encourages Transparency, Cooperation for China's Future AFPS 19 Oct 2005 -- Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld challenged China's military buildup here today, telling Communist Party members the speed and scope of the expansion "understandably leads other nations to question China's intentions."
• U.S., Chinese Defense Leaders Vow to Improve Military Relations AFPS 19 Oct 2005 -- Defense leaders of the United States and China committed today to working to improve their countries' defense relationship, bringing it up to par with progress in the political and economic realms.
• Rumsfeld's Rocket Center Visit Could Signal More Chinese Transparency AFPS 19 Oct 2005 -- Defense officials are calling Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld's visit to China's Strategic Rocket Forces headquarters today a historic event that they hope signals China's willingness to be more open about its military.
• U.S.: Rumsfeld Urges China To Be More Open About Military Powers, Aims RFE/RL 19 Oct 2005 -- U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is urging China to be more transparent about its military capabilities, saying the secretive nature of Beijing's growth in military power raises global suspicions
• Rumsfeld Urges China To Be More Open RFE/RL 19 Oct 2005 -- U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has called on China to be more transparent about its military buildup, saying the secretive nature of the growth raises global suspicions.

• Secretary of the Army to Convene Panel to Evaluate Performance of Hurricane Protection Systems in New Orleans 19 Oct 2005 -- Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld announced today that he has directed Secretary of the Army Francis J. Harvey to convene an independent panel of national experts under the direction of the National Academies of Science to evaluate the performance of hurricane protection systems in New Orleans and the surrounding areas.
• DoD, Guard, Services Watch Hurricane Wilma AFPS 19 Oct 2005 -- The military is in a position of watchful waiting as Hurricane Wilma churns through the Caribbean.

• Army sends riot-control kits to Iraq, Afghanistan Army News 19 Oct 2005 -- The first shipment of 68 special sets of non-lethal riot and crowd control items should now be in the hands of U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to Kevin T. Wong, an official with the Office of Project Manager for Close Combat Systems here who oversees the program.
• Air assault troops experiment with Hybrid Humvee Army News 19 Oct 2005 -- The Hybrid Electric Humvee, which can operate in silent mode on battery power alone, was run through a number of field assessments Sept. 26 to Oct. 3 by Soldiers at Fort Campbell, Ky.
• NEO Drill Prepares USS Essex for Civilian Evacuation at Sea Navy NewsStand 19 Oct 2005 -- USS Essex (LHD 2) conducted a non-combatant evacuation operation (NEO) drill Oct. 16, during the ship’s fall deployment.
• Enterprise Flight Deck Open for Business Navy NewsStand 19 Oct 2005 -- An S-3B Viking from the “Maulers” of Sea Control Squadron (VS) 32 signified the start of USS Enterprise's (CVN 65) return to operational status as the aircraft touched down on the Big E’s flight deck Oct. 17 - the first aircraft to land on the ship’s flight deck in more than a year.

• NATO Chief Meets With Ukrainian Officials RFE/RL 19 Oct 2005 -- NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer is due to meet with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Borys Tarasyuk and Defense Minister Anatoly Gritsenko in Kyiv today to review the republic's bid to join the alliance.

• White House Briefing, October 19 Washington File 19 Oct 2005 -- President's schedule, Bono visit, tax reform, Hussein trial, Iraq/length of stay of troops, illegal immigrants, Middle East/U.S. relations, Syria, minimum wage, climate change/global warming

Defense Industry

News Reports

• Lebanon: report on Hariri assassination may go to Security Council Friday UN News Centre 19 Oct 2005 -- The head of the United Nations inquiry into the assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri may present his report to the Security Council on Friday, a UN spokesman said today.
• Diplomats: US, France to Target Syria in UN Resolutions VOA 19 Oct 2005 -- Diplomats say the United States and France are preparing two U.N. resolutions that will criticize Syria for meddling in Lebanese affairs.