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• Task Force First Armored Division Soldier Killed During Baghdad Attack [CJTF-7 News Release] April 11, 2004
• One 1st Armored Division Soldier Killed During Convoy Attack [CJTF-7 News Release] April 11, 2004
• Four Captured in Raid [CJTF-7 News Release] April 11, 2004
• Marine killed in action [CJTF-7 News Release] April 11, 2004
• Three Killed, Two Wounded in Ambush [CJTF-7 News Release] April 11, 2004
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty

• US CENTCOM, TF 1 AD staying the course ARCENT Release 11 Apr 2004-- U.S. forces will remain in Iraq as long as necessary to bring peace and stability to Iraq according to the commanding generals of the U.S. Central Command and Task Force 1st Armored Division.
• Helicopter Crew Killed When Shot Down Near Baghdad Airport AFPS 11 Apr 2004 -- Both crewmembers of an Army AH-64 Apache attack helicopter died today when insurgents shot down their helicopter near Baghdad International Airport in Iraq.
• Two missing German security troopers feared dead in Iraq IRNA 11 Apr 2004 -- Two missing German security troopers are believed to have been killed during an attack on their convoy near the Iraqi town of Fallujah, the media reported here Sunday.
• Scattered Violence Reported Amid Al-Fallujah Cease-Fire RFE/RL 11 Apr 2004 -- A cease-fire between U.S. forces and fighters in the Iraqi city of Al-Fallujah appears largely to be holding, amid reports of scattered violence.
• IRAQ/WRAP VOA 11 Apr 2004 -- A U-S helicopter has been shot down on the western outskirts of Baghdad, killing both crew members. The latest American military loss comes amid U-S efforts to consolidate a cease-fire with Iraqi combatants in the strife-ridden city of Fallujah.

• AFGHANISTAN/FACTIONAL FIGHTING VOA 11 Apr 2004 -- The United Nations says it remains concerned about sporadic fighting among local commanders in northern Afghanistan, following fresh reports of skirmishes near the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif (ma-ZAHR eh sha-REEF).
• HUMAN RIGHTS/AFGHANISTAN VOA 11 Apr 2004 -- A Special United Nations investigator says thousands of Afghans are being forcibly evicted from their homes by warlords, politicians and land speculators. He says the victims are rarely compensated. The report was submitted to the U-N Human Rights Commission, which is holding its annual six-week session in Geneva.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Seabee Reserve Regiment Leads Engineer Effort in Balikatan Exercise Navy Newsstand 11 Apr 2004-- Balikatan, an annual U.S. and Republic of the Philippines Bilateral combined exercise, came to an end in March, but not for Seabees.
• Friends and Families Join Cushing for Day Cruise Navy Newsstand 11 Apr 2004-- More than 100 family members and friends of Sailors stationed aboard USS Cushing (DD 985) attended the ship's 2004 Family and Friends Day March 30.

Defense Industry

Other Conflicts

• PALESTINIANS/POLITICS VOA 11 Apr 2004 -- Palestinian groups, including Hamas and the Islamic Jihad, have announced they are suspending indefinitely talks aimed at forging a united leadership. The move comes just days after the Palestinian president said he was open to including these organizations in his government, despite strong opposition from the U-S administration.

News Reports

• DAGESTAN/HOSTAGE VOA 11 Apr 2004 -- A Dutch humanitarian worker, kidnapped in the Russian province of Dagestan nearly two years ago, is on his way to Moscow, after being freed during a police operation.