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• Bush Says Afghanistan, Iraq Will be "Milestone in History of Liberty" Washington File 11 Nov 2003 -- Democracy will ultimately succeed in both Afghanistan and Iraq, President George W. Bush asserted in a speech on November 11. "And that success will be a great milestone in the history of liberty," he said in remarks to the Heritage Foundation, an influential conservative think tank in Washington, D.C.
• Transcript: Coalition Provisional Authority Press Briefing CENTCOM - CPA 11 Nov 2003 -- "During the last few weeks, the pace and intensity of our offensive military operations has increased. We are taking the fight into the safe havens of the enemy, in the heartland of the country, where we continue to face former regime loyalists, criminals and foreign terrorists who are trying to isolate the coalition from the Iraqi people and trying to break the will of the coalition and the international community. They will fail. Not surprisingly, the enemy has reacted to our operations and our progress with increased violence, especially in the localized areas that benefited from the plunder and oppression of the former regime. The enemy has increasingly embraced terrorist acts. These acts are designed to attract media attention, to intimidate the Iraqi people, and, just as importantly, to create a picture of chaos in the country. The stark reality is that militarily, they cannot defeat us, and they know it. I remain supremely confident in this reality."
• MILITARY SAFETY VOA 11 Nov 2003 -- As people around the United States celebrate Veteran's Day, thousands of U-S troops continue to face danger in Iraq and Afghanistan. At one of the biggest U-S military bases, Fort Hood in central Texas, thousands of troops are preparing for deployment to Iraq early next year and they are putting their main emphasis on safety.
• Enemy Will Not Break Coalition's Will, Sanchez Says AFPS 11 Nov 2003 -- Anti-coalition forces "will fail" to break the will of the coalition and of the vast majority of the Iraqi people, Army Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez said in Baghdad, Iraq, today.
• IRAQ / MOSUL VOA 11 Nov 2003 -- The northern Iraqi city of Mosul has seen dozens of attacks on U-S troops in recent weeks, sparking fear that anti-coalition violence has spread northward from Saddam Hussein supporters' strongholds in the so-called Sunni Triangle, north and west of Baghdad.
• Iraq: Al-Basrah Bomb Kills At Least Four Iraqis RFE/RL 11 Nov 2003 -- Iraqi police say a bomb planted on a road in the southern city of Al-Basrah exploded today, killing at least four Iraqis.
• IRAQ / SANCHEZ VOA 11 Nov 2003 -- The American commander of ground forces in Iraq, Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez, says the U-S military is trying to determine the presence of the al-Qaida terrorist network in Iraq. The general is vowing to escalate the war on insurgents and terrorists who have unleashed a wave of violence across the country in recent weeks.
• Two injured after blast strikes UN compound in southern Afghanistan UN News Centre 11 Nov 2003 -- A car bomb exploded outside the United Nations compound in Kandahar in southern Afghanistan today, injuring two people.
• Afghanistan entering crucial stage of peace process, Security Council told UN News Centre 11 Nov 2003 -- Although Afghanistan has so far met the benchmarks set by the Bonn Agreement, it is now entering the most critical phase of the peace process, the head of a Security Council mission told the 15-member body today.
• Afghanistan: One Romanian Soldier Killed, Another Wounded In Ambush RFE/RL 11 Nov 2003 -- A Romanian soldier was killed and another wounded in an attack in southern Afghanistan today. The Defense Ministry in Bucharest said the soldiers were returning to their base in Kandahar when unidentified assailants opened fire on their convoy.
• U-N/AFGHANISTAN VOA 11 Nov 2003 -- The United Nations has ordered staff in the Afghan city of Kandahar to take extra security precautions in the wake of a bomb attack on the city's U-N offices.A Security Council team that just returned from Afghanistan is warning of security risks.
• AFGHANISTAN INSURGENTS VOA 11 Nov 2003 -- A leading renegade commander in Afghanistan says the insurgency against the transitional government and its coalition allies is entering a "crucial stage," as the country marks its second year since the fall of the hard-line Taleban regime. The statement comes amid allegations that the Afghan government has lost control over parts of the country.
• AFGHANISTAN/EXPLOSION VOA 11 Nov 2003 -- The U-N Assistance Mission in Afghanistan says a car bomb exploded outside its offices in the southern city of Kandahar. The blast reportedly injured one man, who was driving by the scene on a motorcycle.

Defense Policy / Programs

• "Liberty and Peace Are Coming to the Middle East," Powell Declares Washington File 11 Nov 2003 -- Democracy is coming to the Middle East because "people feel the bracing winds of freedom on their faces," Secretary of State Colin Powell said in a November 10 address to the City College of New York (CCNY).
• DoD, Florida Partner to Protect Military Ranges, Environment 12 Nov 2003 -- Principal Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Installations and Environment Philip Grone and Florida Gov. Jeb Bush today signed an agreement that will strengthen national security and protect significant natural resources in Northwest Florida.
• President Says U.S. Will Continue Ant-Terror Mission, 'Period' AFPS 11 Nov 2003 -- "We will finish the mission we have begun, period," President Bush said during a Veterans Day speech at the Heritage Foundation here today.
• First Joint EU-NATO Crisis Management Exercise (CME/CMX 03) NATO 11 Nov 2003 -- The European Union (EU) and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) will conduct their first ever joint crisis management exercise, CME/CMX 03, from 19 to 25November 2003, based on a range of standing arrangements for consultation and cooperation between the EU and NATO in times of crisis, and the other relevant elements of "Berlin Plus" arrangements.

Defense Industry

• CACI Awarded Subcontract to Provide Support for Defense Payroll and Personnel System CACI 11 Nov 2003 -- CACI International Inc (NYSE:CAI) announced that it has been selected as a key subcontractor by Northrop Grumman Information Technology (IT), Herndon, Va., which has been awarded a $281 million contract for the Defense Integrated Military Human Resources System (DIMHRS) for Personnel and Pay Program.
• General Dynamics Awarded $6.9 Million Contract for SSGN Attack Weapon Control System Trainers General Dynamics 11 Nov 2003 -- The U. S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), a $6.9 million contract to provide attack weapon control system trainers in fiscal year 2004. Work will be performed in Pittsfield, Mass., and is expected to be completed by May 2005.
• Lockheed Martin Conducts First Compact Kinetic Energy Missile Flight Test At White Sands Missile Range Lockheed Martin 11 Nov 2003 -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] successfully conducted the first controlled flight test of the Compact Kinetic Energy Missile (CKEM) recently at White Sands Missile Range, NM. The test demonstrated multiple missile component capabilities in an operational environment. All test objectives were achieved.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICES OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL AND THE SPOKESWOMAN FOR THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT United Nations 11 Nov 2003
• PRESS BRIEFING BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT United Nations 11 Nov 2003
• UN Security Council calls on Somali leaders to bridge differences, end conflict UN News Centre 11 Nov 2003 -- The United Nations Security Council called on Somalia's leaders to agree on a lasting solution to their more than a decade old conflict and to establish the framework for a viable government by working through a Leaders Meeting scheduled to take place in Kenya later this month.

• State Department Summarizes Assistance to Palestinian Authority Washington File 11 Nov 2003 -- In response to a press query, the State Department provided a breakdown of regular and supplemental assistance to the Palestinian Authority from October 2002 to the present.

• IVORY COAST/ PEACE VOA 11 Nov 2003 -- Seven African heads of state meeting in Ghana have agreed to ask the United Nations for help in neighboring Ivory Coast.
• IVORY COAST/ PEACE VOA 11 Nov 2003 -- Seven West African heads of state are meeting in Ghana to find ways to resuscitate the peace process in neighboring Ivory Coast.
• COTE D'IVOIRE: No sign of breakthrough at West African summit IRIN 11 Nov 2003 -- West African leaders gathered in the Ghanaian capital Accra on Tuesday to urge President Laurent Gbagbo of Cote d'Ivoire to make a greater effort to save his country's faltering peace process.
• UGANDA/HUMANITARIAN CRISIS VOA 11 Nov 2003 -- A top U-N humanitarian official warns the world can no longer ignore the long-running civil war in northern Uganda, which has created a humanitarian catastrophe. The United Nations and donor countries have done too little to help Uganda's population.
• UGANDA: UN to appeal for help for IDPs IRIN 11 Nov 2003 -- An appeal for assistance for hundreds of thousands of people affected by conflict in northern Uganda is to be launched later this month, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Jan Egeland, said on Tuesday.
• LIBERIA: Relief flights to move to Monrovia downtown airport IRIN 11 Nov 2003 -- The United Nations is negotiating with the Liberian government to move humanitarian flights from Roberts International airport, 45 km southeast of Monrovia, to Spriggs Payne airfield in the eastern suburbs of the city.
• LIBERIA: UN sending aid to displaced civilians in Saclepea IRIN 11 Nov 2003 -- The United Nations plans to send an aid convoy carrying food, blankets and other relief items to Nimba County in north-central Liberia on Thursday to help more than 10,000 people have been displaced from their homes by recent fighting, Abou Moussa, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Liberia, said.
• UN Secretary-General welcomes repatriation of Moroccan POWs UN News Centre 11 Nov 2003 -- United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today welcomed Western Saharan Frente POLISARIO's release of 300 Moroccan prisoners of war and their repatriation on November.8, his spokesman said.
• SRI LANKA POLITICS VOA 11 Nov 2003 -- Sri Lanka's prime minister says he will meet with his staunchest political rival, the president, in their first face-to-face discussions since the country was plunged into political turmoil last week. The decision comes as Norwegian peace envoys meet with officials monitoring the ceasefire between government forces and the Tamil rebels.
• RWANDA: UN tribunal official in first visit to Kigali IRIN 11 Nov 2003 -- The new prosecutor for the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), Hassan Jallow, arrived in the Rwandan capital, Kigali, on Monday for a week-long visit during which he will try to mend relations with the government, which has criticised the UN court as slow and inefficient.
• SUDAN: Special report on the impact of a future peace agreement on refugees and IDPs IRIN 11 Nov 2003 -- Both the Sudanese government and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A) have said that once a peace agreement has been signed, the return of the country's refugees and internally displaced to their homes will be a key priority.
• TANZANIA: IRIN interview with UN High Commissioner for Refugees Ruud Lubbers IRIN 11 Nov 2003 -- The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Ruud Lubbers, was in Tanzania from the 8 to 10 November to discuss the refugee situation with the Tanzanian authorities. Following meetings with government officials, he spoke to IRIN in Dar es Salaam on Monday.

News Reports

• GEORGIA PROTEST VOA 11 Nov 2003 -- Interior ministry troops are standing guard in the Georgian capital Tbilisi, where hundreds of protesters are pressing for President Eduard Shevardnadze's resignation, claiming fruad in last week's parliamentary election.
• BAE SYSTEMS Modernises Radiation Hardening Capability BAE Systems 11 Nov 2003 -- The first 0.25 micron radiation-hardened transistor has been fabricated at BAE Systems newly upgraded microelectronics fabrication facility at Manassas, Virginia. This event is an important milestone in building a next generation of radiation-hardened electronics for future spacecraft, said George Nossaman, director of Space Systems and Electronics.