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27 May 2003 Military News

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Current Operations

  • COALITION JOINT TASK FORCE 180 CONDUCTS TRANSITION OF AUTHORITY CENTCOM 27 May 2003 -- Major General John R. Vines took command of Coalition Joint Task Force 180 from Lt. Gen. Dan K. McNeill during a transition of authority ceremony at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, today.
  • AFGHAN-TALEBAN VOA 27 May 2003 -- It was a little over one and one-half years ago that Afghan forces, backed by U-S firepower, dislodged the Taleban in Afghanistan. But analysts say recent hit-and-run attacks indicate the Taleban are trying to regroup.

Defense Policy / Programs

  • DOD APPOINTS REVIEW PANEL TO STUDY AIR FORCE ACADEMY MISCONDUCT ALLEGATIONS 27 May 2003 -- Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld today announced the names of the individuals who will serve on a seven-member panel to review sexual misconduct allegations at the U.S. Air Force Academy. Congress directed the panel on April 16, in Public Law 108-11, Emergency Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2003.

  • Strykers' mobility surprises enemy in Polk's urban battle Army News Service 27 May 2003-- An explosive battle for control of the village of Shughart-Gordon capped the 10-day exercise "Arrowhead Lightning II," the final operational certification for the Army's first Stryker Brigade Combat Team.
  • Digital technology transforms logistics in Iraqi Freedom Army News Service 27 May 2003-- Time and digital technology helped win Operation Iraqi Freedom, even if huge gambles were taken with extended supply lines, said Army generals in charge of logistics at a video teleconference May 19.
  • Pearl Harbor's Second Disaster Remembered Navy Newsstand 27 May 2003-- May 21, 1944, for the second time in less than three years, Pearl Harbor's skies were choked with black smoke and her waters littered with death. Fifty-nine years to the day, Sailors from Naval Magazine Pearl Harbor gathered to commemorate the anniversary and honor those Sailors and Marines who lost their lives in the West Loch Disaster.
  • USS Nassau Sailor Lost at Sea Identified Navy Newsstand 27 May 2003-- The USS Nassau (LHA 4) Sailor lost at sea May 23 has been identified as 23-year-old Aviation Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Dwayne Williams from Philadelphia. Williams served in the Navy for three years, 10 months.
  • Second USS NASSAU Sailor Missing Navy Newsstand 27 May 2003-- A search and rescue effort was conducted for a Sailor assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Nassau (LHA 4), who was discovered missing in the late morning May 25 during a routine muster.
  • Naval Reserve Squadron and Coast Guard Score Major Drug Bust Navy Newsstand 27 May 2003-- A Naval Air Reserve P-3C Orion crew and a U.S. Coast Guard cutter recently teamed up to bring about a major drug bust in the Eastern Pacific.
  • BASE HANGAR RECEIVES LATEST FIRE TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM NAVAIR Release 27 May 2003-- A deadly and costly hangar fire can quickly turn into a catastrophe. But with new technology, such as the Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF) Under-wing Fire Suppression System, the damaged and danger can be reduced. In April, the hangar for Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Nine (VX-9) at China Lake, Calif. received the new fire protection system designed to better protect aircraft/equipment as well as human lives.
  • FST saves lives, trains Georgians Marine Corps News 27 May 2003-- Trauma Life Support and emergency surgery for Task Force Georgia Training and Equip Program personnel and Georgian soldiers are the bread-and-butter of the Forward Surgical Team capabilities. That is just the beginning.
  • 12th Air Force airmen return from war Air Combat Command 27 May 2003-- Airmen from the 12th Air Force returned home here recently to comparatively little fanfare, but much appreciation for a job well done in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
  • Coast Guard commissions new San Diego Coast Guard Cutter USCG District 11 Release 27 May 2003-- The Coast Guard will have a commissioning ceremony for the 87-foot Coast Guard Cutter Petrel at Coast Guard Activities San Diego on Wednesday at 10 a.m.
  • SPAIN/CRASH VOA 27 May 2003 -- Flags are at half staff across Spain in mourning for the death of 62 Spanish peacekeepers in a plane crash near the northern Turkish city of Trebizond . Spain's worst ever military accident has called into question the chartering of cheap transport for Spanish military personnel.

Defense Industry

Other Conflicts

  • DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 27 May 2003

  • Bush Visit to Middle East "Under Active Consideration" Washington File 27 May 2003 -- A visit by President Bush to the Middle East after the June 1-3 G-8 Summit in France "is under active consideration," the White House said May 27.
  • Powell Welcomes Israeli Acceptance of Mideast Roadmap Washington File 27 May 2003 -- Speaking to reporters May 23, Secretary of State Colin Powell welcomed indications that the Israeli government accepts the U.S.-sponsored roadmap as a means to move forward towards a negotiated settlement of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
  • U.S. Official Calls Middle East Roadmap Only Way to Move Forward Washington File 27 May 2003 -- A senior State Department official said May 23 that the roadmap to peace in the Middle East is "the way to move forward, it is the only game that we have" to resolve the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.
  • Annan welcomes Israeli acceptance of Middle East peace plan UN News Centre 27 May 2003 -- Secretary-General Kofi Annan today welcomed the decision taken by the Israeli Government to accept the Road Map, and underscored the commitment of the United Nations, along with the other Quartet partners - the European Union, Russian Federation and United States - to helping both sides achieve the plan's vision of two states within three years.
  • ISRAEL / PALESTINIANS / ROAD MAP VOA 27 May 2003 -- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas are expected to discuss the international peace plan for the Middle East later this week. That meeting would likely be a precursor to a three-way summit that would include President Bush.

  • ERITREA-ETHIOPIA: Border ruling "wrong and unjust", Meles says IRIN 27 May 2003 -- Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi branded the crucial boundary ruling that places the symbolic village of Badme in Eritrea as “wrong and unjust” on Tuesday.
  • ERITREA-ETHIOPIA: Feature - Monitoring demarcation IRIN 27 May 2003 -- In blistering daytime temperatures and near to freezing at night, working in altitudes of more than 9,000 feet, the UN peacekeepers along the 1,000 km Eritrea-Ethiopia border face tough conditions.

  • DR of Congo: new clashes in Bunia leave two dead, five wounded - UN UN News Centre 27 May 2003 -- A deadly firefight between rival armed militia erupted in Bunia - the main city of the embattled Ituri district in north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) - once again leaving a trail of dead and wounded, according to a United Nations spokesman in New York.
  • CONGO / FIGHTING VOA 27 May 2003 -- Fresh fighting has broken out in the town of Bunia in the Democratic Republic of Congo. A U-N official in the town says fighting between rival ethnic groups has led to at least five deaths.

  • Western Sahara: Annan proposes new peace plan, extension for UN mission UN News Centre 27 May 2003 -- In order to give the Security Council time to consider the best way forward on a plan to resolve the situation in Western Sahara, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today proposed a two-month extension, until 31 July, for the UN mission responsible for organizing a referendum in the territory.
  • Central Africa: Security Council mission to urge parties to press for peace UN News Centre 27 May 2003 -- With a primary goal of emphasizing that all parties in the wider Great Lakes region continue pressing for peace - particularly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) - the United Nations Security Council today released details of its upcoming mission to the region.
  • Security Council welcomes 'positive development' in Burundi UN News Centre 27 May 2003 -- The members of the United Nations Security Council today welcomed the positive steps recently underway to advance the peace process in Burundi and further encouraged the political actors and armed groups there to opt for dialogue and to eschew violence.
  • INDONESIA / ACEH VOA 27 May 2003 -- The Indonesian government has decided to ban all foreign aid workers and organizations from Aceh during its new military offensive against separatist rebels. The government imposed martial law in the province nine days ago after emergency talks failed to save a five-month old peace plan.
  • RWANDA: ICTR appeals court hands down first war crimes conviction IRIN 27 May 2003 -- The appeals court of the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Monday upheld a sentence of life imprisonment against George Rutaganda, a key player in the 1994 genocide of Tutsis and moderate Hutus. At the same time, the court handed down its first conviction for war crimes, the ICTR said.
  • DRC: Renewed fighting in Bunia as NGOs call for rapid intervention force IRIN 27 May 2003 -- Fighting erupted again on Tuesday in Bunia, the principal city of the embattled Ituri District of northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN Mission in the DRC, known as MONUC, reported.
  • DRC-RWANDA: ICG calls for new approach to disarmament and reintegration IRIN 27 May 2003 -- A new approach is needed to the disarmament and reintegration of Hutu rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to a new report by the International Crisis Group (ICG) issued on Friday.
  • LIBERIA: Preliminary talks held with one rebel group in Sierra Leone IRIN 27 May 2003 -- The facilitator of proposed peace talks aimed at ending Liberia's civil war held preliminary talks with one of the country's two rebel movements in Sierra Leone on Monday, but the other failed to show up.
  • Mozambique: Feature on the Burundi peace mission IRIN 27 May 2003 -- Although small in number, Mozambique's troop contribution to the African Union's (AU) first peace mission to Burundi is significant for a country that a little over a decade ago was itself wracked by civil war.
  • ANGOLA: Preparation for refugee returnees underway IRIN 27 May 2003 -- The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Zambia will on Wednesday start registering the first of an estimated 90,000 Angolan refugees for their voluntary repatriation.
  • COTE D'IVOIRE: ECOWAS to hold extra-ordinary summit in Abuja IRIN 27 May 2003 -- The Economic Community of West African (ECOWAS) is planning an extraordinary summit in the Nigerian capital, Abuja on Wednesday to address the security situation in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, diplomatic sources in the Nigerian embassy to Cote d'Ivoire told IRIN.

News Reports

  • SHAPE News Morning Update SHAPE 27 May 2003
  • SHAPE News Summary & Analysis SHAPE 27 May 2003
  • ZIMBABWE / POLITICS VOA 27 May 2003 -- There is much speculation in Zimbabwe about whether and when President Robert Mugabe might retire. The president has said his party should begin to discuss who might be the its next leader. But under the country's constitution Mr. Mugabe can not name his own successor to the presidency.
  • U-S-GUATEMALA VOA 27 May 2003 -- The State Department warned Tuesday that U-S relations with Guatemala will suffer if the country's former dictator, Efrain Rios Montt, wins presidential elections in that Central American country in November. Mr. Rios Montt's 18-month tenure as military ruler in the early 1980's was marked by severe human rights abuses.
  • TOGO ELECTIONS VOA 27 May 2003 -- An opposition leader in Togo has pulled out of the June 1st presidential election to back another candidate. But the Togolese opposition remains divided in its effort to defeat President Gnassingbe Eyadema, Africa's longest-ruling leader.
  • RWANDA / REFERENDUM VOA 27 May 2003 -- Rwanda's National Electoral Commission says voters in the east-African country appear to have overwhelmingly approved a draft constitution.
  • ZIMBABWE MINES VOA 27 May 2003 -- With the collapse of Zimbabwe's agricultural sector, gold mines are now the country's largest foreign currency earner. But as Peta Thornycroft reports from Harare, several of Zimbabwe's mines may be forced to close because the central bank has not paid them their earnings for seven weeks.
  • ASIA SARS VOA 27 May 2003 -- China's government plans to ease travel restrictions imposed to contain the spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome.
  • THAILAND / UN HUMAN RIGHTS VOA 27 May 2003 -- The United Nations special envoy on human rights organizations has praised Thailand for acting to protect individual freedoms but says human rights workers in the country are increasingly fearful. The official made the assessment at the end of a nine-day visit to the kingdom.
  • NIGERIA / PROTESTS VOA 27 May 2003 -- The main opposition party in Nigeria has vowed to press on with protests against Thursday's inauguration of re-elected President Olusegun Obasanjo, despite police bans against such protests.
  • JAPAN QUAKE VOA 27 May 2003 -- Scores of aftershocks are continuing in northern Japan after a powerful earthquake struck during the Monday evening rush hour. The country is being warned this quake may foreshadow an even bigger natural disaster.
  • AMERICAN UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORLD VOA 27 May 2003 -- The reach of U-S influence around the globe is perhaps stronger then ever before in history. But how well do Americans understand global issues? Some critics say Americans are isolated and do not follow world events beyond the crises of the day. How well do U-S citizens know the world? Have the U-S media played its part in informing Americans about the world?
  • RWANDA: Provisional results show large majority favours new constitution IRIN 27 May 2003 -- Partial results from Monday's referendum on a new constitution indicated it had been approved by 97 percent of the electorate, the Rwanda News Agency (RNA) reported.
  • CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC-CONGO: CEMAC to plead Bozize's case for recognition IRIN 27 May 2003 -- Republic of Congo President Denis Sassou-Nguesso has said that the regional Economic and Monetary Community of Central African States, known by its French acronym CEMAC, would plead the case for recognition for the new government in the Central African Republic (CAR).
  • ZIMBABWE: Political temperatures on the rise IRIN 27 May 2003 -- Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai on Tuesday called for international pressure to bring President Robert Mugabe to the negotiating table, while dismissing reports that his party would participate in a transitional government.



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