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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 17 Sep 2004 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• MARINE KILLED IN ACTION
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty

• PRECISION STRIKE IN FALLUJAH CENTCOM 17 Sep 2004 -- With the authorization of Prime Minister Allawi, Multi-National Forces-Iraq conducted a precision strike and destroyed a terrorist compound known to be used by the Abu Musab Al Zarqawi terrorists for the planning of activity subversive to the Iraqi Government and it's people.
• Baghdad Suicide Bomb Kills Five RFE/RL 17 Sep 2004 -- Police in Iraq say a suicide car bomb struck a police car patrolling a commercial district in central Baghdad today, resulting in at least five deaths.
• U.S. Forces Pound Al-Fallujah RFE/RL 17 Sep 2004 -- The U.S. military today said U.S. warplanes have fired at suspected hideouts of militants in and around the Sunni insurgent stronghold of Al-Fallujah.

• U.S. Envoy to Kabul Predicts Successful Election in Afghanistan Washington File 17 Sep 2004 -- U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad says he expects a successful outcome to the October 9 presidential election in Afghanistan despite efforts by terrorists to disrupt it.
• AFGHAN / US ENVOY VOA 17 Sep 2004 -- The U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, says he believes that country's presidential election will go forward as planned next month, though he expects stepped-up attacks by Taleban remnants and other opponents of the U.S.-backed government in Kabul.
• 82nd Paratroopers to Assist Security for Afghan Elections AFPS 17 Sep 2004 -- Army 82nd Airborne Division paratroopers will go to Afghanistan to assist with security efforts for that country's Oct. 9 presidential elections.
• Security Council approves international force in Afghanistan for another year UN News Centre 17 Sep 2004 -- The Security Council today voted unanimously to extend the mandate of the international troop force in Afghanistan for another year and called upon countries to commit more personnel and funds so that it can work more effectively.
• AFGHANISTAN/KARZAI/ARRESTS VOA 17 Sep 2004 -- Officials in Afghanistan say they have arrested three men for firing a rocket at President Hamid Karzai's helicopter on Thursday. The president was unharmed by the attack.
• RFE/RL Afghanistan Report, Vol 3, Number 33 17 Sep 2004 -- VIOLENCE IN HERAT COULD SIGNAL FINAL PHASE OF EFFORTS AGAINST ISMAIL KHAN / SEVEN KILLED IN HERAT STREET CLASHES... / ...AS GOVERNOR KHAN CALLS FOR CALM... / ...WHILE NGO AND UN EMPLOYEES LEAVE THE CITY... / ...AS HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS PRAISE AFGHAN WARLORD'S OUSTER / ANGRY MOB STORMS AID OFFICE IN NORTHEASTERN AFGHANISTAN... / ...WHILE AFGHAN PLANNING MINISTER SAYS MORE ATTACKS TO COME... / ...AS FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTRY DISMISSES HIS COMMENTS ON NGOS / AFGHAN LEADER DEFENDS SOME NGOS / NEO-TALIBAN ATTACK DISTRICT IN SOUTHERN AFGHANISTAN... / ...AND CLASH WITH U.S. FORCES AND SUSTAIN CASUALTIES / U.S. SAYS BIN LADEN LIKELY DIRECTING GUERRILLA ATTACKS IN AFGHANISTAN / TWO TRIBES CLASH SOUTH OF KABUL / AFGHAN OFFICIAL KILLED BY BODYGUARD / PRIVATE-PRISON TRIAL BRIEFLY RESUMED IN AFGHANISTAN / AFGHAN LEADER REPORTEDLY DECREES RELEASE OF 372 TALIBAN PRISONERS... / ...INCLUDING A TOP FORMER OFFICIAL... / ...AS WELL AS SOME 300 PAKISTANIS / NEW PAKISTANI PRIME MINISTER LOOKS FOR IMPROVED RELATIONS WITH KABUL / THREE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES REPORTEDLY FORMING COALITION IN SUPPORT OF QANUNI... / ...WHO CRITICIZES THE TIMING OF ELECTION, BLAMING THE UNITED STATES / AFGHAN LEADERS MARK ANNIVERSARY OF MAS'UD ASSASSINATION / AFGHAN RECONSTRUCTION MINISTER CRITICIZES RECONSTRUCTION TEAMS / IRAN AND AFGHANISTAN SIGN POLICE COOPERATION AGREEMENT / ECO LEADERS CREATE RECONSTRUCTION FUND FOR AFGHANISTAN / THIS WEEK IN AFGHANISTAN'S HISTORY

Defense Policy / Programs

• Statement From Rep John P. Murtha Office of Congressman John Murtha 17 Sep 2004 -- I have learned through conversations with officials at the Pentagon that at the beginning of November, 2004, the Bush Administration plans to call up large numbers of the military guard and reserves, to include plans that they previously put off to call up the Individual Ready Reserve.

• Bombers rotations continue on Guam AFPN 17 Sep 2004 -- Demonstrating once again that bomber forces can be sustained in the Pacific, about 250 Airmen deployed Sept. 10 to 12 from Louisiana to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, as part of a 120-day air and space expeditionary force rotation.
• Soldiers to see tactical network sooner Army News 17 Sep 2004 -- Soldiers may see the future of tactical network technology sooner, officials said, because the Army is proceeding under a revised acquisition strategy for the network.
• USS Elrod Returns From Deployment Navy NewsStand 17 Sep 2004 -- Nearly 200 Sailors reunited with family and friends at Naval Station Norfolk, Sept. 17, when the guided-missile frigate USS Elrod (FFG 55) returned from a four-and-a-half month deployment in support of the global war on terrorism (GWOT).
• Saipan Expeditionary Strike Group Ships to Participate In SNFL Deployment Navy NewsStand 17 Sep 2004 -- Three ships and approximately 1,900 Sailors from the Saipan Expeditionary Strike Group got underway Sept. 15 to participate in the Standing Naval Force Atlantic (STANAVFORLANT), or SNFL, Western Atlantic (WESTLANT) deployment along the U.S. seaboard.
• Powell Says He Expects Iraq Security Situation to Improve Washington File 17 Sep 2004 -- Secretary of State Colin Powell says U.S. and Iraqi officials do not expect the security situation in the Sunni Triangle to continue in its present state of insurgency.
• Air Force Working to Combat Stressors AFPS 17 Sep 2004 -- The global war on terrorism is placing many stresses on the U.S. Air Force, but the servicemembers are responding well to those stresses and the leadership is working to alleviate them.
• Discussion Needed to Change Interagency Process, Pace Says AFPS 17 Sep 2004 -- The discussion has to start on how best to employ the full strength of the United States government, said Joint Chiefs Vice Chairman Marine Gen. Peter Pace.
• Four Winners Selected for Modeling and Simulation Awards 17 Sep 2004 -- Four winners have been selected for the sixth annual Department of Defense Modeling and Simulation (M&S) Awards. Ronald Sega, director of defense research and engineering and chair of the DoD Executive Council will present the awards at a ceremony in the Pentagon Oct. 15.
• U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND PARTICIPATES IN EXERCISE REGIONAL COOPERATION 04 CENTCOM 17 Sep 2004 -- Regional Cooperation 04 (RC 04), a Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff sponsored, U.S. Central Command executed, regional exercise for the south and central Asian states (SCAS), was held at the Warrior Preparation Center, Einseidlerhof, Germany, 8-18 Sept.

• White House Daily Briefing, September 17 Washington File 17 Sep 2004 -- White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan briefed reporters on Air Force One September 17 as they accompanied President Bush on a trip to Charlotte, North Carolina.
• State Department Noon Briefing, September 17 Washington File 17 Sep 2004 -- Libya, Pakistan, Russia, Iraq, Vienna, Iran, Sudan, Taiwan, Greece/Cyprus, Germany, Venezuela, U.S. efforts to control drug trade, India

Defense Industry

• Maiden Flight of first Finnish NH90 EADS 17 Sep 2004 -- The first NH90 destined for the Finnish Armed Forces took off for a successful maiden flight on september 15th at Eurocopter’s production site and headquarter in Marignane. The aircraft is the first serial produced NH90 in France The flight was conducted by one test pilot and two flight engineers over more than one hour around the area of Marignane and Marseille under full fly-by-wire conditions, during which high speed levels were reached and the flight envelope of the basic aircraft was tested. The success of the campaign was observed by an official Finnish representative.
• General Dynamics Acquires TriPoint Global Communications Inc. General Dynamics 17 Sep 2004 -- General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) today completed its acquisition of Newton, N.C.-based TriPoint Global Communications Inc., a privately held provider of ground-based satellite and wireless communication equipment and integration services for video, voice and data applications worldwide. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL AND THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT United Nations 17 Sep 2004
• BURUNDI/POLITICS VOA 17 Sep 2004 -- A referendum to approve a new constitution for Burundi is scheduled to be held next month. But at least one Tutsi party says the draft document does not reflect the views of many Tutsi Burundians, particularly on the issue of power-sharing between the Tutsi and Hutu ethnic groups.
• COTE D IVOIRE: Another year of stalemate in the peace process IRIN 17 Sep 2004 -- Two years after the outbreak of civil war, Cote d'Ivoire remains partitioned and unstable. The guns have fallen silent, but none of the underlying causes of the conflict have been resolved. Diplomats and political analysts worry that the prospects for holding free and fair presidential elections in October 2005 are increasingly uncertain.
• SUDAN: Darfur IDPs report fresh attacks - relief workers IRIN 17 Sep 2004 -- Several thousand internally displaced persons (IDPs) who have sought refuge in El Fasher, capital of the Sudanese state of North Darfur, said they fled their villages because of continuing attacks by armed men, relief workers reported.
• India provides anti guerrilla training for Nepal police IRNA 17 Sep 2004 -- In a bid to combat the ongoing Maoist insurgency in Nepal, India is providing anti guerrilla training for Nepal police near the Southern Indian city of Hyderabad, local press reported here on Friday.
• Security Council extends mandate of UN mission in Sierra Leone as it winds down UN News Centre 17 Sep 2004 -- Extending the life of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) until the end of next June, the Security Council today welcomed the progressive scaling down of its size and urged the West African country's Government to accelerate its efforts to establish viable institutions so that it can take full responsibility for law and order.
• Mandate of UN mission in Liberia extended another year UN News Centre 17 Sep 2004 -- A year after it set up the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) to stabilize the West African country following an end to 14 years of civil war, the Security Council today extended the operation's mandate for another 12 months and welcomed the progress it was making in disarming the nation's thousands of ex-combatants.
• RUSSIA / PUTIN VOA 17 Sep 2004 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin is warning of preemptive strikes on terrorists. His announcement came shortly after prominent Chechen warlord, Shamil Basayev, claimed responsibility for the bloody school siege in Beslan two weeks ago. More than 320 hostages were killed in the siege.
• CONGO/FIGHTING VOA 17 Sep 2004 -- A Congolese army officer says at least fifteen soldiers have been killed as two rival factions of the supposedly integrated armed forces clashed in eastern Congo over the last week. News of the clashes came as the United Nations sharply lowered the number of civilians believed to have been displaced by the fighting in the eastern part of the country.
• Basaev Claims Beslan Attacks RFE/RL 17 Sep 2004 -- Radical Chechen field commander Shamil Basaev is reported to have claimed responsibility for the school hostage siege in the southern Russian town of Beslan that left at least 320 people dead, most of them children.

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