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22 January 2004 Military News

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Current Operations

  • OIF/OEF Casualty Update 22 Jan 2004 [PDF]

  • Transcript: Coalition Provisional Briefing from Baghdad 22 Jan 2004 -- Participating were Army Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt, deputy director of operations, Coalition Joint Task Force 7, and Dan Senor, senior advisor to the Coalition Provisional Authority"
  • Transcript: 4th Infantry Division Commanding General's Briefing from Iraq 22 Jan 2004 -- "We have made significant progress during combat operations against non-compliant forces while continuing the steady improvement in the quality of life for the Iraqi people through civilian-military operations. The former regime elements we have been combating have been brought to their knees."
  • 101ST BRIGADE TRANSFERS AUTHORITY TO STRYKERS CENTCOM Release 22 Jan 2004-- The 1st Brigade, 327th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) handed over control of the Tigris River Valley area of northern Iraq today to the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade (Stryker) 2nd Infantry Division in a transfer of authority ceremony at the Qayarrah West Airfield.
  • TASK FORCE 1ST ARMORED DIVISION PREPARES IRAQIS FOR EMBASSY SECURITY DUTIES CENTCOM Release 22 Jan 2004-- Task Force 1st Armored Division soldiers are working with the Iraqi people to create a safe and secure environment.
  • Air traffic controllers own Iraqi sky AFPN 22 Jan 2004-- From American and coalition aircraft to civilian airliners now traveling through the Iraqi airspace, the number of aircraft coming and going over Iraq has increased exponentially in the last year.
  • Mortar Attack Kills 2 Soldiers; Raids Continue to Get Results AFPS 22 Jan 2004 -- Two U.S. soldiers were killed and another was injured in a Jan. 21 mortar and rocket attack on a 4th Infantry Division base near Baqubah, Iraq.
  • Resistance Elements 'Brought to Their Knees,' Odierno Says AFPS 22 Jan 2004 -- Former regime elements have been "brought to their knees" in the 4th Infantry Division area of Iraq, the division commander said in a news conference today.
  • 101st Brigade Transfers Authority to Strykers AFPS 22 Jan 2004 -- The 1st Brigade, 327th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) handed over control of the Tigris River Valley area of northern Iraq today to the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade (Stryker) 2nd Infantry Division in a ceremony at the Qayarrah West Airfield.
  • Insurgents Shift Focus to Attacks on Iraqis AFPS 22 Jan 2004 -- Anti-coalition and anti-Iraqi elements are moving away from attacking coalition forces as their primary targets and more toward attacks against Iraqi civilians, security forces and government officials, a military spokesman said in Baghdad press conference today.
  • IRAQ / UNREST VOA 22 Jan 2004 -- Iraqi insurgents have killed at least eight people and injured a number of others in separate attacks during the past two days. Among the dead are two American soldiers, at least two Iraqi policemen and four civilians.
  • Insurgents Kill Two U.S. Soldiers, Seven Iraqis RFE/RL 22 Jan 2004 -- he U.S. military today said two U.S. soldiers were killed and one wounded near Baqubah, northeast of Baghdad, in a rocket or mortar attack yesterday, bringing to nine the number of Iraqis and U.S. soldiers killed by insurgents in the last day.

  • Afghanistan: Dostum Defends Delays On Disarmament; Proposes New Force RFE/RL 22 Jan 2004 -- A powerful militia commander in northern Afghanistan has given a rare press conference in which he defends the refusal of some of his militia fighters to disarm. The former Afghan deputy defense minister, General Abdul Rashid Dostum, also has proposed that he head an antiterrorism force of some 20,000 commandos that would fall under the authority of the president rather than the Defense Ministry.
  • UN Mission to Afghanistan says voter registration tops 500,000 UN News Centre 22 Jan 2004 -- More than half a million Afghans have now registered to vote in this year's national parliamentary and presidential elections, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) announced today.

Defense Policy / Programs

  • Congress Should Authorize New DOD Agency To Develop Vaccines, Drugs Against Biowarfare Agents The National Academies 22 Jan 2004 -- Congress should authorize the creation of a new agency within the Office of the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Defense, if drugs, vaccines, and other medical interventions against biowarfare agents are to be developed successfully, says a new congressionally mandated report from the Institute of Medicine and National Research Council of the National Academies. DOD's existing medical biodefense activities, currently carried out by several units in the department, should be transferred along with their funding and personnel to a new Medical Biodefense Agency.

  • Bush Letter to Congress on U.S. Forces in Bosnia Washington File 22 Jan 2004 -- President Bush sent the following letter to Congressional leaders January 22 informing them that he has directed the continued deployment and participation of American forces to Bosnia and Herzegovina and other states in the region to support the NATO-led Stabilization Force (SFOR) in its efforts to apprehend persons indicted for war crimes and to conduct counter-terrorism operations

  • War Continues As Terrorists 'Still Plot Against Us,' Bush Declares AFPS 22 Jan 2004 -- Although significant victories have been achieved against global terrorists and their enablers in Afghanistan and Iraq, the war isn't over, the commander in chief noted today.
  • PENTAGON / MILITARY VOTING VOA 22 Jan 2004 -- The Pentagon is defending its plans for an on-line internet voting system intended for U-S military personnel and Americans living abroad. That system has come under fire from experts who say it could be vulnerable to computer attacks.
  • Thousands Being Offered Thousands To Leave DoD Work Force AFPS 22 Jan 2004 -- Up to 25,000 Defense Department civilians may be eligible for thousands of dollars in separation pay through an early-buyout program.
  • U.S./India to Fly in Fighter Exercise PACAF Release 22 Jan 2004-- Air Forces from the United States and India will participate in the second Cope India exercise Feb. 15-27.
  • DoD Harnesses Technology in Search for Nonlethal Systems AFPS 22 Jan 2004 -- To win hearts and minds during 21st-century military operations, it will be essential for U.S. service members to have options other than the use of deadly force, a senior Defense Department official asserted.
  • Families Brave Icy Temps to Welcome Home Memphis Navy Newsstand 22 Jan 2004-- Neither rain, nor sleet, nor snow, nor subzero temperatures could keep 300 friends and family members of USS Memphis (SSN 691) Sailors from gathering at Naval Submarine Base New London (SUBASE) Jan. 16 to welcome them home.
  • USS Philadelphia Returns From Historic Deployment Navy Newsstand 22 Jan 2004-- USS Philadelphia (SSN 690) returned to Naval Submarine Base New London (SUBASE) Jan. 18 after completing a seven-month deployment
  • Multi-national Forces Conclude Sea Saber Navy Newsstand 22 Jan 2004-- In a flash of explosive action, special forces teams successfully boarded and seized a suspected merchant ship Jan. 17 in the Arabian Sea, bringing to conclusion Sea Saber, a multi-national exercise aimed at stemming the flow of weapons of mass destruction (WMD).
  • 1st Mar. Div. gearing up for different approach Marine Corps News 22 Jan 2004-- Call it an Iraq prep-course.
  • Heavy gun slingers of 22d MEU unleash steel rain Marine Corps News 22 Jan 2004-- When the 22d Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) hits the beach, it makes sure to bring its big guns with them.
  • T-Bolts deploy for Western Pacific Marine Corps News 22 Jan 2004-- After two consecutive combat tours, the Thunderbolts of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 251 returned to "normal" deployments last week as they rejoined the Unit Deployment Program.
  • 9th Comm embarks experience for OIF II Marine Corps News 22 Jan 2004-- Marines from 9th Communication Bn., I Marine Expeditionary Force, are increasing their training tempo and turning to their experienced leaders for a second tour in the Persian Gulf.

  • State Department Noon Briefing, January 22, 2004 Washington File 22 Jan 2004 -- North Korea, Middle East, Iraq, Uzbekistan, Israel/Palestinians, Georgia, Russia, Vietnam/Thailand, Cambodia, St. Kitts and Nevis, Israel/Syria, China
  • U.S. Progress in the Global War on Terrorism Washington File 22 Jan 2004 -- The White House January 22 released a fact sheet on U.S. programs in the global war on terror
  • White House Daily Briefing, January 22, 2004 Washington File 22 Jan 2004 -- President's schedule, war on terrorism, Patriot Act, Special Envoy Baker/Iraq, counter-terrorism, federal budget, homeland security, State of the Union speech

Defense Industry

Other Conflicts

  • DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 22 Jan 2004

  • UN agency condemns Israeli demolition of Palestinian homes, calls for new funds UN News Centre 22 Jan 2004 -- Condemning a week of Israeli house demolitions in Gaza, the main United Nations agency helping Palestine refugees appealed today to the international community for new funds to build shelters for nearly 600 people left homeless in the town and refugee camp of Rafah, in the south of the strip.
  • ISRAEL/PALESTINIANS VOA 22 Jan 2004 -- Palestinian officials say Israeli troops have shot and killed an 11-year-old Palestinian boy and wounded several other youths in the Gaza Strip. The officials said the soldiers opened fire on a group of Palestinian youths suspected of trying to sneak across the border into Israel.
  • ISRAEL/SHARON VOA 22 Jan 2004 -- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon says he has no intention of resigning, despite corruption allegations against him and the possibility that he might be indicted.

  • RWANDA/ VERDICT VOA 22 Jan 2004 -- The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda has sentenced a former cabinet minister to life in prison for his role in the country's 1994 genocide.
  • RWANDA: Focus on helping former child soldiers IRIN 22 Jan 2004 -- Despite the scorching sun, a cool breeze from the nearby volcanic mountains enables the former child soldiers to play football in the open space outside the Mutobo Transit Camp.
  • RWANDA: Defence attorneys question Dallaire's impartiality IRIN 22 Jan 2004 -- Defence attorneys for four Rwandan former military leaders questioned on Wednesday the impartiality of a former commander of UN troops in Rwanda, Gen. Romeo Dallaire, who has been testifying since Monday before the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR).
  • RWANDA: Tribunal sentences ex-minister to two life imprisonment terms IRIN 22 Jan 2004 -- The UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda handed down two life sentences on Thursday to a former minister for culture and higher education in Rwanda, Jean de Dieu Kamuhanda, for the crimes of genocide and extermination.
  • Burundi: UN envoy praises both sides after first round of peace talks UN News Centre 22 Jan 2004 -- The United Nations envoy to Burundi has congratulated the leaders of its Government and the armed rebel group Palipehutu-FNL after the two sides held their first talks in the Netherlands this week on a possible ceasefire.
  • BURUNDI: UN agency prepares for possible mass return of refugees IRIN 22 Jan 2004 -- The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has sent an emergency team from Switzerland to Burundi to explore the possibilities of opening up more field offices in preparation for the possible return of hundreds of thousands of refugees now in Tanzania, the agency reported on Tuesday.
  • BURUNDI: Little progress made as Ndayizeye-FNL talks end IRIN 22 Jan 2004 -- Talks between Burundian President Domitien Ndayizeye and a delegation of the Forces nationales de liberation (FNL) rebel faction led by Agathon Rwasa ended on Tuesday in the Netherlands without a compromise being reached, an FNL official said.

  • LIBERIA/POLITICS VOA 22 Jan 2004 -- Liberia's interim leader, Gyude Bryant, has marked his first 100 days in office, saying that whatever force is necessary will be used to make sure that peace is irreversible.
  • LIBERIA: Soccer star appeals to warlords to release child soldiers IRIN 22 Jan 2004 -- Liberian international soccer star and UNICEF goodwill ambassador George Oppong Weah said on Thursday he would personally appeal to the leaders of the country's three armed factions to release an estimated 15,000 child soldiers serving in their ranks.

  • DR Congo: UN mission blames militia leader for attacks, gross rights violations UN News Centre 22 Jan 2004 -- The blame for recent attacks on the United Nations Mission (MONUC) in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), as well as summary executions of civilians, abductions and daily extortion, has been laid at the feet of a recently promoted militia leader, MONUC said today.
  • INDIA / KASHMIR / TALKS VOA 22 Jan 2004 -- India's Deputy Prime Minister and Kashmiri separatist leaders have agreed to a take a step-by-step approach toward ending years of bloodshed in the disputed region. The two sides released a joint statement after holding their first direct talks since the insurgency began in Kashmir 14-years ago.
  • RUSSIA/CHECHNYA VOA 22 Jan 2004 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has dismissed his envoy for human rights in Chechnya, turning over the task of overseeing the issue to Chechen President Akhmad Kadyrov. The move is sparking renewed concern about the potential for ongoing violations in the separatist region.
  • SRI LANKA/CHILD SOLDIERS VOA 22 Jan 2004 -- The U-N children's agency says Tamil rebels are continuing to recruit child soldiers in Sri Lanka, despite a halt in the country's civil war. UNICEF is appealing for their release.
  • BURMA KAREN CEASE-FIRE VOA 22 Jan 2004 -- The largest remaining rebel group in Burma says it has agreed to an informal ceasefire after the military government pledged to halt an offensive in the country's east. Senior officials of the Karen National Union made the announcement in Thailand after returning from a week-long trip to Rangoon
  • SOMALIA: Puntland accuses Djibouti of arming Somaliland IRIN 22 Jan 2004 -- The authorities in the self-declared autonomous region of Puntland have accused the Republic of Djibouti of arming the neighbouring self-declared republic of Somaliland to enable the latter to attack and destabilise Puntland.
  • UGANDA: Army claims significant victory over rebels IRIN 22 Jan 2004 -- The Ugandan army has hailed the killing of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) overall army commander, Yadin Tolbert Nyeko, as "one of the most significant victories against the LRA since the launch of Operation Iron Fist" in 2001.
  • SIERRA LEONE: Special Court accuses indicted militia chief of inciting civil unrest IRIN 22 Jan 2004 -- The United Nations backed Special Court for war crimes in Sierra Leone has blocked all communications and visits to former militia leader, Chief Sam Hinga Norman, accusing him of making "statements inciting his supporters to public unrest, using communications facilities provided by the detention facility."
  • RWANDA-UGANDA: More refugees arrive in Kigali IRIN 22 Jan 2004 -- Another 258 Rwandan refugees who had been living in Uganda for nearly 10 years returned home on Wednesday, an official in the Rwandan capital, Kigali, told IRIN.
  • ERITREA: Humanitarian crisis far from over, UN warns IRIN 22 Jan 2004 -- About 1.9 million war-affected Eritreans, including internally displaced persons (IDPs) and their hosts, returning refugees and expellees, need humanitarian assistance this year, Simon Nhongo, the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Eritrea said.
  • MALAWI: Vice president changes parties as elections approach IRIN 22 Jan 2004 -- The defection of Malawi's Vice-President Justin Malewezi to an opposition party has led to media reports that the country could be facing a constitutional crisis.
  • WESTERN SAHARA: Rabat in the process of developing response on peace plan IRIN 22 Jan 2004 -- The United Nations has proposed extending its mission to the Western Sahara for a three months amid signs that Morocco will respond positively to the latest UN proposal for resolving a 28-year-old dispute over control of disputed former Spanish colony.

News Reports

  • SHAPE News Morning Update SHAPE 22 Jan 2004 -- French defence minister sees way to better U.S. ties / Poland says NATO should encourage Ukraine to join / Iraqis want UN verdict on feasibility of elections / Vice President Cheney says U.S. still seeking banned Iraqi weapons
  • SHAPE News Summary & Analysis SHAPE 22 Jan 2004 -- U.S., Britain detail Iraq plan at UN / NATO recruits Arab allies to stability effort / EU, NATO hope for Bosnia transfer by end of 2004 / U.S. set to target Afghan opium

  • U-N CONTRIBUTIONS/JAPAN VOA 22 Jan 2004 -- Japan is planning big cuts in its financial contribution to the United Nations. A decrease in Tokyo's contribution could be a significant blow to the world body's operations.

  • CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Electoral calendar released IRIN 22 Jan 2004 -- A constitutional referendum will be held in November in the Central African Republic, followed by municipal, parliamentary and presidential elections from December 2004 to January 2005, a government minister announced on Wednesday when he released a final electoral calendar.



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