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30 June 2004 Military News

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  • A-10 upgrades double operational lifespan Air Force Link 30 Jun 2004 -- The first production A-10 Thunderbolt II was delivered here in October 1975. Fifteen years later, the A-10 was called the most formidable weapon system of its type while flying combat missions during Operation Desert Storm.
  • Thailand Phase of CARAT Exercise Series Underway Navy Newsstand 30 Jun 2004 -- A combined force of nearly 4,000 U.S. Sailors, Coast Guardsmen, and Royal Thai Armed Forces counterparts are set to break new ground during the Thailand phase of the Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) series, which began here June 30 with a traditional ceremony.
  • Transcript: Expansion of the Anthrax and Smallpox Immunization Programs for DoD Personnel 30 Jun 2004 -- William Winkenwerder Jr., Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs; Brigadier General David Rodriguez, Deputy Director for Operations, J-3, Joint Staff; Bryan Whitman, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs
  • Anthrax, Smallpox Protection Policies Updated 30 Jun 2004 -- William Winkenwerder, Jr., MD, assistant secretary of defense for health affairs, today announced that the anthrax and smallpox vaccination programs would include selected units within the U. S. Pacific Command, additional personnel now serving with the U.S. Central Command and selected other groups of individuals.
  • DoD Expands Troop Anthrax, Smallpox Vaccinations AFPS 30 Jun 2004 -- More U.S. service members -- including those serving in South Korea -- will be vaccinated against smallpox and anthrax, the Defense Department's senior medical adviser said today.

  • Terrorists Will Not Be Released, DoD Official Says AFPS 30 Jun 2004 -- No dangerous terrorists are going to get out of detention because of Supreme Court decisions handed down June 28, a senior DoD official said here today.
  • U.S. Military Establishes Guantanamo Tribunal Washington File 30 Jun 2004 -- On June 29, one day after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, naval base may challenge their classification as enemy combatants, the Pentagon announced the formation of a military tribunal, or commission, to adjudicate the cases against three of those prisoners.

  • BRITAIN / IRAQ / AFGHANISTAN VOA 30 Jun 2004 -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair says he is worried some NATO countries do not realize the sense of urgency needed to defeat terrorists in Iraq and Afghanistan.

  • Policymakers 'Plan to be Surprised' in New Global Posture AFPS 30 Jun 2004 -- Defense Department policymakers understand they may not know where the next threat may come from. The way they deal with this challenge is to "plan to be surprised," DoD's top policy official said today.
  • RIMPAC 2004 Packs A Punch In Joint Exercise Near Hawaii Navy Newsstand 30 Jun 2004 -- Almost 18,000 military personnel from seven nations are engaged in combined and joint operations in the waters surrounding the Hawaiian Islands in June. The purpose of exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2004 is to improve multinational cooperation and interoperability between allies.
  • Carrier Strike Groups Feel the Pulse Navy Newsstand 30 Jun 2004 -- USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) arrived in Pearl Harbor Tuesday to participate in exercise Rim of the Pacific Maritime 2004, the region's largest international exercise involving seven Pacific Rim nations. The 1,092-foot long aircraft carrier deployed from its homeport in San Diego May 24 as part of Summer Pulse '04.

  • Submarine Escape and Rescue Working Group Meeting NATO 30 Jun 2004 -- 28 June to 2 July 2004 St Petersburg, Russia
  • NATO Expands Outreach to Mediterranean, Middle East AFPS 30 Jun 2004 -- NATO leaders agreed this week to form closer ties with seven Mediterranean nations to promote regional stability with a focus on counterterrorism, border security and counterproliferation.
  • NATO Leaders Agree to Beef Up Terrorism Defenses AFPS 30 Jun 2004 -- NATO leaders agreed this week to improve intelligence cooperation and to develop new, high-tech defenses against terrorism.
  • NATO Affords Gains for U.S. Foreign, Security Policy Washington File 30 Jun 2004 -- President Bush and his team of diplomatic and military officials left the NATO Summit in this former capital of the Roman and Ottoman Empires with several achievements for U.S. foreign and security policy.
  • NATO Air Headquarters changes name USAFE News Story 30 Jun 2004 -- The NATO Headquarters, Headquarters Allied Air Forces North, located on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, is changing its name July 1 to Component Command-Air Headquarters Ramstein.

  • White House Daily Briefing, June 30 Washington File 30 Jun 2004 -- President's schedule, Guantanamo/Supreme Court decision, Saddam Hussein/trial, WMD in Iraq/latest reports, Israel/security fence, reserves/call-up, NATO decision/Chirac reaction, Is America safer?, interview policy, economy/inflation, Holbrook comments on transfer
  • State Department Noon Briefing, June 30 Washington File 30 Jun 2004 -- Iraq, Bosnia/Herzegovina, Sudan, North Korea, visa/requirements, Afghanistan, Turkey, France, Qatar/Russia, Israel/Palestinians, Israel/Lebanon

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Other Conflicts

  • DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 30 Jun 2004

  • Powell en Route to Sudan: More Action Needed on Darfur Crisis Washington File 30 Jun 2004 -- Unless the humanitarian emergency in Darfur is promptly and favorably resolved, the progress that has been made in resolving North-South issues and arriving at the Lake Naivasha Accords will be at risk, warned U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell.
  • Powell in Sudan to View Progress in Darfur, Express Concern Washington File 30 Jun 2004 -- U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell June 29 told reporters he is in Sudan not only to mark the progress that has been made under the Lake Naivasha Accords, but also to express concern about the ongoing humanitarian emergency in Darfur.
  • SUDAN / POWELL VOA 30 Jun 2004 -- U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell says Washington expects Sudan to act with urgency to improve the security situation in the western region of Darfur in order to help end the humanitarian crisis. More than a million civilians have been driven from their homes and into refugee camps in a wave of violence blamed on government-backed militias.
  • U-S / SUDAN / DARFUR VOA 30 Jun 2004 -- The United States is proposing a U.N. Security Council resolution that would impose an arms embargo and travel ban on Sudanese "Janjaweed" militiamen, who are blamed for widespread human rights abuses, including ethnic cleansing in Sudan's western Darfur region.
  • BOSNIA/SERBS VOA 30 Jun 2004 -- The international administrator of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Paddy Ashdown, has fired 60 Bosnian Serb officials for failing to arrest war crimes suspects, including Radovan Karadzic, who has been linked to Europe's worst massacre since World War Two.
  • Africa: Powell Warns Sudan To Stop Arab Militia Violence In Darfur RFE/RL 30 Jun 2004 -- U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell is threatening Sudan with unspecified UN Security Council action unless the government brings an end to Arab militia violence in the Darfur region. Powell told Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir in Khartoum yesterday that "horrific" acts by the militias have created a humanitarian catastrophe in western Sudan. The United Nations has described the 15-month Darfur conflict as the world's worst humanitarian crisis. Administrators of UN relief groups say up to 2 million people are now in need of food and that a million people have been forced to flee their homes. Washington says between 10,000 and 30,000 people have been killed in fighting between the government-backed Janjaweed militia and black Africans. Sudan's Islamist government denies it supports the Janjaweed. But it also continues to block aid workers, journalists, and independent human rights monitors from getting into Darfur to verify what is happening.
  • SUDAN / ANNAN / POWELL VOA 30 Jun 2004 -- Secretary of State Colin Powell is in Sudan's troubled Darfur region, assessing the humanitarian needs of hundreds of thousands of people who have been displaced by a civil war. As the Secretary left Khartoum for Darfur, U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan arrived in the Sudanese capital for talks with government officials. He is to visit Darfur on Thursday.

  • PRESS CONFERENCE ON LIBERIAN CHILDREN United Nations 30 Jun 2004
  • UN/ WEST AFRICA VOA 30 Jun 2004 -- A Security Council delegation has just returned from a whirlwind tour of West Africa where the group focused on security and the nation building abilities in the war ravaged region.
  • Israel: Court Orders Security Wall Rerouted RFE/RL 30 Jun 2004 -- For more than two years, Israeli has been constructing a wall that runs through the West Bank and around Jerusalem. Israeli authorities say the wall is defensive and is needed to prevent terrorists, weapons, and explosives from infiltrating Israel. But almost 90 percent of the wall's planned route traverses Palestinian land inside the West Bank, and the Palestinians call it a land grab. The Israeli Supreme Court ruled today that part of the wall violates the human rights of Palestinians and must be rerouted.
  • ISRAEL / BARRIER VOA 30 Jun 2004 -- Israel's Supreme Court has ordered changes in the route of the controversial security barrier the government is building in and around the West Bank. The Court ruled Wednesday that parts of the barrier are causing too much harm to the local Palestinian population.
  • Côte d'Ivoire: UN and Government sign accord on peacekeeping force UN News Cente 30 Jun 2004 -- The United Nations and the Government of Côte d'Ivoire have signed an agreement on the world body's work in the West African country, the UN peacekeeping operation there (ONUCI) announced today.
  • IVORY COAST / TALKS VOA 30 Jun 2004 -- The president of Gabon is meeting with members of the political parties and rebel movement from Ivory Coast this week in an attempt to restart the country's peace process.
  • AFGHAN BLAST VOA 30 Jun 2004 -- Two explosions injured nearly 30 people in the Afghan city of Jalalabad, but it is not clear who was responsible. Also, a dozen Afghans driving a convoy of supply trucks for the U.S. military have apparently been kidnapped. The latest violence follows a plea by Afghanistan's president for more international troops to stabilize the country.
  • INDONESIA/EAST TIMOR BORDER VOA 30 Jun 2004 -- Indonesia and its former province of East Timor have signed an accord to mark their border - just two years after independence.

News Reports

  • SHAPE News Morning Update SHAPE 30 Jun 2004 -- U.S. and France clash over Iraq, Afghanistan and Turkey - signalling tough times ahead for NATO / NATO defence ministers agree to earmark forces for mission deployments / White House and allies: More NATO troops needed for elections / Balkan war suspects 'wait out' UN court's demise / Jose Manuel Durao Barroso seeks to be EU's bridge-builder / EU wants ASEAN security forum to broaden its remit / U.S. Army defends plan for involuntary troop call-up
  • SHAPE News Summary & Analysis SHAPE 30 Jun 2004 -- NATO outlines plans for expansion in north Afghanistan

  • BUSH / ARAB REACT VOA 30 Jun 2004 -- There is mixed reaction in the Middle East to President Bush's latest comments on democracy in Muslim countries. Mr. Bush made the comments Tuesday in Istanbul. Some see the remarks as more conciliatory than he has been in the past. Others say the president's comments are either confusing or nothing new.

  • Department of Homeland Security Awards Northrop Grumman New Human Resources Management System Contract Worth Up to $175 Million Northrop Grumman 30 Jun 2004 -- The Department of Homeland Security has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) to implement and maintain a new human resources management system, known as MAXHR, which will help build a high performing workforce, and improve recruitment and retention efforts.



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