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10 August 2003 Military News

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Current Operations

  • IRAQ/VIOLENCE VOA 10 Aug 2003 -- Violence erupted for a second day in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, where crippling shortages of power and fuel have made life difficult during the hottest days of the year.
  • 1ST ARMORED DIVISION SOLDIER FOUND DEAD CENTCOM 10 Aug 2003 -- A soldier with the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment was found dead in troop living quarters at approximately 5:00 pm. Aug. 9.
  • COALITION EFFORTS AID IN REBUILDING IRAQ CENTCOM 10 Aug 2003 -- Coalition forces improved Iraqis' lives by renovating an Olympic swimming pool in Mosul and refurbishing the Agriculture Ministry Building in Tikrit.
  • SOLDIER DIES FROM APPARENT HEAT STRESS CENTCOM 10 Aug 2003 -- A 3rd Corps Support Command soldier died from apparent heat stress on Aug. 9, while riding in a convoy north of Ad Diwaniyah.

  • Afghanistan: disarmament exercise to start in Sholgara, UN reports UN News Centre 10 Aug 2003 -- A United Nations spokesman in Afghanistan today reported that disarmament exercises will soon commence in Sholgara - an area rumored to be blighted by growing instability.

  • LIBERIA/REBELS VOA 09 Aug 2003 -- Liberia President Charles Taylor is in what is scheduled to be his last full day in office, but rebels remain skeptical about whether and when he will leave the country. Meanwhile, leaders of the regional peacekeeping forces that began arriving in Liberia nearly a week ago are still trying to secure an arrangement that will allow them to extend their deployment in rebel-held areas of the capital, Monrovia.
  • Liberia: UN relief envoy heads to region UN News Centre 08 Aug 2003 -- A top United Nations relief official is on her way to Liberia to help strengthen the world body's response to the deepening humanitarian crisis in the war-torn West African country.
  • LIBERIA/BLAH VOA 10 Aug 2003 -- On Monday, embattled Liberian leader Charles Taylor is to formally hand over power to his vice president, Moses Blah. Mr. Blah's priority as the new interim leader will be to appeal for more U-S intervention.
  • LIBERIA: Taylor set to quit, US troops may land in Monrovia IRIN 10 Aug 2003 -- Charles Taylor was due to resign as President of Liberia on Monday in the presence of at least three other African heads of state, and diplomats said he was expected to leave the country immediately under their protection.

Defense Policy / Programs

  • 3rd Fleet Planners Control Every Twist in JTFEX Navy Newsstand 10 Aug 2003-- During a Joint Task Force Exercise (JTFEX), the responsibility of Commander, 3rd Fleet (COMTHIRDFLT) is to prepare the strike group to successfully perform its mission.

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Other Conflicts

  • ISRAEL/ATTACK VOA 10 Aug 2003 -- Israeli officials said Sunday the militant Islamic group Hezbollah, striking from Lebanon, had fired shells into Israel, killing at least one person and wounding four others.
  • ISRAEL/PALESTINIANS (L-UPDATE) VOA 10 Aug 2003 -- Israel says it will continue building a security fence in the West Bank along its planned route, despite opposition from President Bush.
  • ISRAEL/ATTACK VOA 10 Aug 2003 -- Israeli aircraft have attacked suspected bases of the militant Islamic group Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, in retaliation for the killing of an Israeli youth on Sunday.

  • SUDAN/PEACE TALKS VOA 10 Aug 2003 -- Peace talks aimed at ending 20-years of civil war in Sudan are to resume Monday between the Sudanese government and the Sudanese People's Liberation Army.The peace negotiations are resuming despite the government's opposition to a recently proposed final peace accord.
  • SUDAN/PEACE TALKS VOA 10 Aug 2003 -- Peace talks aimed at ending 20-years of civil war in Sudan are to resume Sunday between the Sudanese government and the Sudanese People's Liberation Army. The peace negotiations are resuming despite the government's opposition to a recently proposed final peace accord.

  • NIGERIA/BENIN/BORDER VOA 10 Aug 2003 -- The Nigerian government says it has closed its land border with Benin with immediate effect. The closure comes amid claims by the Nigerian government of a rise in cross-border crime, but there are other suggestions that Nigeria's motives are economic.

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