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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update AS OF: Nov. 26, 2003, 1 p.m. OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM U.S. CASUALTY STATUS
• Family Members of Key Suspect Detained in Iraq Military Operations AFPS 26 Nov 2003 -- Military operations in northern Iraq Nov. 25 by U.S. forces led to the arrest of the wife and daughter of the Ibrahimal-Duri, a senior Saddam official who is believed to be the mastermind behind attacks on U.S. forces, according to CENTCOM officials today.
• IRAQ / ARREST VOA 26 Nov 2003 -- U-S soldiers in Iraq have arrested the wife and daughter of one of Saddam Hussein's closest aides, who is suspected of orchestrating attacks on American troops. Visiting British Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw, experienced first hand the anti-coalition violence that has escalated in recent weeks.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Update to Force Rotation Plan 26 Nov 2003 -- Consistent with the Nov. 6 announcement about troop rotation, the secretary of defense has approved the alert notifications of 4,228 Army, 1,290 Navy and 2,381 Air Force reserve component personnel for the second rotation of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF-2). This brings the total Guard and Reserve personnel that have been alerted for OIF-2 to 66,531.
• Kitty Hawk visits Guam 7th Fleet Release 26 Nov 2003-- USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63), the U.S. Navy's only forward deployed aircraft carrier, arrived here Nov. 26 for a regularly scheduled port visit.
• U.S. Deducts $289.5 Million From Israeli Loan Guarantees Washington File 26 Nov 2003 -- State Department Spokesman Richard Boucher said the United States is deducting $289.5 million from its loan guarantees to Israel due to concerns over Israeli settlement building and its construction of a security fence.

• State Department Daily Briefing, November 26, 2003 Washington File 26 Nov 2003 -- Israel/Palestinians, India/Pakistan, Terrorism, Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia

Defense Industry

• U.S. Navy Awards $816.6 Million New York (LPD 21) Contract to Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman 26 Nov 2003 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) today announced that the U.S. Navy has awarded the company an $816.6 million contract for construction of New York (LPD 21), the fifth ship in the 12-ship LPD 17 series of San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ships.

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 26 Nov 2003
• Annan urges nations to step up pace in the fight against landmines UN News Centre 26 Nov 2003 -- Noting the slowing pace of new ratifications of the Amended Protocol II to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called on nations to do more to ensure landmines are banned and destroyed around the world.

• PRESS CONFERENCE BY PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ISRAEL United Nations 26 Nov 2003
• PRESS CONFERENCE BY OBSERVER FOR PALESTINE United Nations 26 Nov 2003
• ISRAEL / U-S LOANS VOA 26 Nov 2003 -- Israeli reaction is muted after a decision by the Bush Administration to withhold nearly 290-million dollars from an overall nine billion dollar loan guarantee package over the next three years. The American decision comes after repeated expressions of concern over Israel's continued settlement activity and its construction of the controversial security barrier, part of which goes through Palestinian land.

• U.S. Welcomes Kashmir Ceasefire Agreement by India, Pakistan Washington File 26 Nov 2003 -- The United States welcomes the announcement by India and Pakistan that they will observe a ceasefire along the Line of Control in Kashmir, said State Department Spokesman Richard Boucher.

• Political progress is made in the DR of Congo, but human rights respect lags, UN says UN News Centre 26 Nov 2003 -- Political and peace-building progress has been made in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), but "establishing respect for human rights remains a major challenge," as massacres and rapes continue, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan says in a report released today.
• Bosnia: War Crimes Court To Hear Appeal On Srebrenica Genocide Conviction RFE/RL 26 Nov 2003 -- The United Nations war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia is due today to begin a two-day appeal hearing over the conviction for genocide of former Bosnian Serb General Radislav Krstic.
• SUDAN: "Marginalised majority" to reject bilateral deal, say Darfur rebels IRIN 26 Nov 2003 -- The "marginalised majority" in Sudan, including rebel groups fighting against the government in the country's only remaining battlefield, Darfur, will not accept a bilateral peace agreement between the government and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A), according to a Darfur rebel group.
• ANGOLA: Govt denies Cabinda rights abuses IRIN 26 Nov 2003 -- The Angolan government has once again denied claims of rights abuses in the northern enclave of Cabinda.
• COTE D'IVOIRE: Gbagbo meets Compaore IRIN 26 Nov 2003 -- President Laurent Gbagbo flew to Burkina Faso for talks with President Blaise Compaore on Wednesday to try and put Cote d'Ivoire's deadlocked peace process back on track.

News Reports

• SHAPE News Morning Update SHAPE 26 Nov 2003 -- U.S. to talk in December to allies on force repositioning / NATO chief warns EU of rift with U.S. over defence / EU chief says making separate military headquarters will not be difficult / Iraqis sent letter to UN in error, U.S. says / Britain and France secretly plan to seek permanent UN weapons inspectors force / Moldovan president rejects peace plan after protest
• SHAPE News Summary & Analysis SHAPE 26 Nov 2003 -- Czechs may send troops to protect Kabul airport / Austria not to send troops to Afghanistan, to reinforce troops in Bosnia / Large reduction of NATO troop presence in Balkans expected / Greece to broaden international links against terror threats to Olympics
• BUSH / GEORGIA VOA 26 Nov 2003 -- President Bush has telephoned the interim president of Georgia to praise the peaceful transfer of power after protests that forced the resignation of President Eduard Shevardnadze.
• MONEY LAUNDERING / WEST AFRICA VOA 26 Nov 2003 -- International experts are trying to help law enforcement agents in West Africa fight more effectively against money laundering. The region is prone to the problem because of a lack of controls on the flow of money.