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Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 03 Sep 2004 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty

• Anti-Iraqi Forces Injure 1st ID Soldiers, Iraqi Troops AFPS 03 Sep 2004 -- Two U.S. 1st Infantry Division soldiers were injured when insurgents attacked their patrol Sept. 2 near Duluiyah, Iraq.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Electronic Systems Center tests Internet capability on Joint STARS AFPN 03 Sep 2004 -- Every day people use computers to send and receive e-mails and attachments to and from almost anywhere in the world.
• U.S. Realigning, Redeploying Military Forces in South Korea Washington File 03 Sep 2004 -- U.S. plans to realign and redeploy its military forces in South Korea will increase its capabilities, says Richard Lawless, deputy under secretary of defense for Asian and Pacific affairs.

• State Department Noon Briefing, September 3 Washington File 03 Sep 2004 -- Russia, Iran, Lebanon, Sudan, South Africa, Taiwan

Defense Industry

• Boeing SLAM-ER Weapon Shows Moving Target Capability Boeing 03 Sep 2004 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] successfully conducted its first captive-carry test of a Standoff Land Attack Missile Expanded Response (SLAM-ER) missile enhanced with moving-target, network-centric software recently at the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division Range, China Lake , Calif.
• U.S. Navy Awards Raytheon $440 Million Development Contract for New STANDARD Missile-6 Raytheon 03 Sep 2004 -- The U.S. Navy awarded a $440 million contract to Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) to develop and produce the new STANDARD Missile-6 Extended Range Active Missile. SM-6 is being developed to meet the Navy's requirement for an extended range anti-air warfare missile (ER-AAW).

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 03 Sep 2004
• US / RUSSIA TERRORISM VOA 03 Sep 2004 -- The United States is condemning the school takeover in Russia as a "particularly barbaric" act of terrorism. It says the perpetrators bear all the blame for the casualties.
• RUSSIA / HOSTAGES VOA 03 Sep 2004 -- The siege at the school in southern Russia took a dramatic turn Friday when heavy gunfire from militants inside led Russian troops to storm the building. Hundreds of hostages, including many children, managed to flee. Others have died and some are still being held.
• North Ossetia School Siege Ends in Hail of Gunfire, Roar of Explosions VOA News 03 Sep 2004 -- Reports from southern Russia say dozens of people have been killed in the school hostage crisis in the town of Beslan.
• Russian Troops Break Seige At School RFE/RL 03 Sep 2004 -- Sporadic explosions followed by sustained gunfire have broken out around a school in Beslan, in Russia's republic of North Ossetia, where militants have been holding hundreds of hostages. Groups of children are being evacuated from the school building, and it appears Russian soldiers have entered the school.
• Shooting, Explosions Continue Around North Ossetian School RFE/RL 03 Sep 2004 -- Shooting and explosions continue around the school in the Russian republic of North Ossetia that has been the scene of a three-day hostage crisis.
• Chaos At Scene Of Russian Hostage Drama RFE/RL 03 Sep 2004 -- Chaos has engulfed the scene of a hostage drama at a school in Russia's republic of North Ossetia.

• U.N. Resolution Presses for End to Syrian Interference in Lebanon Washington File 03 Sep 2004 -- U.S./French resolution supports free and fair elections in Lebanon
• U.N. Security Council Calls for Respect of Lebanese Sovereignty Washington File 03 Sep 2004 -- The U.N. Security Council adopted Resolution 1559 calling for Lebanese sovereignty, territorial integrity, unity and political independence to be respected.
• Syria Accused of Imposing Its Political Will on Lebanon Washington File 03 Sep 2004 -- U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Danforth said Syria has imposed its political will on Lebanon and is forcing the Lebanese government to amend its constitution and cancel elections.
• US / LEBANON / SYRIA VOA 03 Sep 2004 -- The United States says the Lebanese parliament's decision Friday to extend the term of pro-Syrian President Emile Lahoud made a "crude mockery of democratic principles." The action came despite U.N. Security Council approval late Thursday of a resolution, backed by the United States and France, upholding Lebanese sovereignty.
• UN/Syria Lebanon VOA 02 Sep 2004 -- The U.N. Security Council has approved a veiled warning to Syria not to interfere in Lebaon's presidential election. The measure received the minimum nine votes needed for passage, with six countries abstaining.
• NIGERIA: Government rushes troops to oil city to stop escalating gang war IRIN 03 Sep 2004 -- Nigeria has deployed extra troops to the southeastern city of Port Harcourt to clamp down on escalating gang warfare in the country's most important oil centre, military officials said on Friday.
• Sudanese Government and Darfur rebel groups discuss security at peace talks UN News Centre 03 Sep 2004 -- The Sudanese Government and Darfur's two rebel groups have begun discussing security issues, the second of four key items on the agenda of the current round of peace talks being held in Abuja, Nigeria in a bid to end the conflict that has led to a massive humanitarian crisis.
• Security Council says UN probe points to foreign rebels for Burundi massacre UN News Centre 03 Sep 2004 -- Preliminary findings from a United Nations probe into the gruesome massacre of 160 Congolese Tutsi at a refugee camp in Burundi on 13 August show that fighters from Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) were responsible and not the Burundian rebels who claimed responsibility at the time, the President of the Security Council said today.

News Reports

• Boeing Awarded Space Exploration Study Contract Boeing 03 Sep 2004 -- Boeing [NYSE:BA] NASA Systems received its first study contract under the Vision for Space Exploration to conduct preliminary concept studies for human lunar exploration and the development of the crew exploration vehicle (CEV).
• Lockheed Martin-built A2100 Satellite Fleet Achieves 100 Years In Orbit Lockheed Martin 03 Sep 2004 -- The Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) A2100 communications satellite fleet has achieved a major milestone by accumulating 100 years of successful in-orbit operations. The A2100 satellite series, designed and manufactured at Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems (LMCSS), currently consists of 24 satellites featuring 900 transponders with an accumulated lifetime of over 4,000 years of successful operations in orbit.