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• TWO DEAD IN MORTAR ATTACK
• SEVEN MARINES, THREE IRAQI NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERS KILLED IN CAR BOMB ATTACK

• LAR Marines protect Iraq's borders USMC News 06 Sep 2004 -- For the past six months, Marines with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion have come to know a featureless expanse of desert as home.
• Seven Marines Killed in Fallujah Attack AFPS 06 Sep 2004 -- Seven U.S. Marines and three members of the Iraqi National Guard were killed in a terror attack in the suburbs of Fallujah, officials in Baghdad said today.

• Afghanistan: UN, Afghan Rights Group Warn of Election Shortcomings RFE/RL 06 Sep 2004 -- Concerns are growing about the potential for manipulation in Afghanistan's first direct presidential election. Just five weeks before the October ballot, the United Nations and the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) have issued a report warning of voter intimidation and a lack security across much of the country. The report says the elections could be seriously undermined.
• AFGHANISTAN/ELECTIONS/UN VOA 06 Sep 2004 -- .N. officials and Afghan human-rights activists say that voter intimidation and Insecurity are on the rise in Afghanistan, raising questions whether the landmark presidential elections set for October 9th will be free and fair.

Defense Policy / Programs

• White House Daily Briefing, September 6 Washington File 06 Sep 2004 -- President's schedule, China, Czech Republic

Defense Industry

• Ofeq 6 Satellite Launch Failed Israel Aerospace Industries 06 Sep 2004 -- IAI, Israel Aircraft Industries Ltd has developed and produced the satellite and its launcher in cooperation with other high-tech industries including IMI- Israel Military Industries, Rafael, Elbit Systems and Elisra Group in response to an order placed by the Israeli Ministry of Defense.

Other Conflicts

• Liberia: former top aide to Taylor surrenders weapons to UN peacekeepers UN News Centre 06 Sep 2004 -- Liberia's immediate former President, Moses Z. Blah, who took over from exiled President Charles Taylor in August last year, today surrendered his weapons to United Nations peacekeepers in the capital, Monrovia.
• Russia: Troubling Questions Remain About Bloody Beslan Siege RFE/RL 06 Sep 2004 -- Russia has begun two days of mourning for the hundreds of victims of the North Ossetia school massacre. But three days after the siege was broken, many fundamental questions remain about the tragedy and the authorities' handling of the incident. The exact number of victims, the number of hostage takers, and many other details have still not been revealed.
• ISRAEL / RUSSIA VOA 06 Sep 2004 -- Israel has offered to share its experience in combating militant groups with Russia as both sides call for closer cooperation in fighting terrorism. The move follows the killing of more than 350 people, about half of them children, during a terrorist siege of a school in southern Russia.
• RUSSIA / HOSTAGES VOA 06 Sep 2004 -- Russia is observing two days of mourning for the 350 victims of last week's terrorist school massacre. More funerals are being held in the town of Beslan as medical aid shipments arrive from the United States and other countries
• ISRAEL / SECURITY BARRIER VOA 06 Sep 2004 -- Israel has begun construction of its controversial security barrier in and around southern portions of the West Bank, following last week's twin suicide bus bombings in the nearby city of Beersheva.

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