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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 20 Sep 2004 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• ATTACK KILLS ONE 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION SOLDIER
• TWO MARINES DIE IN AL ANBAR PROVINCE

• Transcript: Media Availability with Lt. Gen. Sharp 20 Sep 2004 -- "There's been a lot of reporting in the last few days and there's been a lot of - I think there's been somewhat of a misunderstanding in terms of some of the numbers in security forces and the situation over there. So we've asked General Sharp and General Schwartz if they would just add clarity."
• Most of Iraq Under Local Control by Year's End, Officials Say AFPS 20 Sep 2004 -- If the training and equipping of Iraqi security forces continues apace, then most of the country will be under local control by the end of the year, Pentagon officials said today.
• Precision Strikes Target Fallujah Insurgents AFPS 20 Sep 2004 -- U.S. forces conducted a successful precision strike Sept. 20 -- the second within two days -- on construction equipment used by the enemy to build fighting positions outside the Iraqi city of Fallujah, according to a Multinational Force Iraq news release.
• ANTI-IRAQI PERSONNEL, WEAPONS, AMMO SEIZED CENTCOM 20 Sep 2004 -- Task Force Danger Soldiers detained anti-Iraqi force personnel in the town of Abayach near Balad at about 10 a.m. Sept. 20.
• MULTI-NATIONAL FORCES DETAIN 16 IN MOSUL, COLLECT WEAPONS CENTCOM 20 Sep 2004 -- Multi-National Forces from 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team) detained 16 people wanted for anti-Iraqi activities and collected a variety of weapons and munitions Sunday, Sep. 19, in northern Iraq.
• PRECISION STRIKE IN FALLUJAH TARGETS TERRORISTS' EQUIPMENT CENTCOM 20 Sep 2004 -- At approximately 2 p.m., Sept. 20, Multi-National Force - Iraq conducted a successful precision strike against heavy construction equipment used by Anti-Iraqi Forces (AIF) to build fortified fighting positions on the outskirts of Fallujah.
• Continuing Iraqi Violence Targets Sunni Cleric RFE/RL 20 Sep 2004 -- Violence continued today in Iraq as the second Sunni cleric was targeted by attackers within 24 hours.
• IRAQ VIOLENCE VOA 20 Sep 2004 -- Two American and one British hostage in Iraq faced a deadline for their execution Monday, as another radical group threatened to kill 18 Iraqi national guardsmen it apparently seized late last week. The increase in kidnappings and other violence is a matter of rising concern for Iraq's interim government, as it tries to organize elections for January.
• Soldiers Uncover Weapons Cache and Get Information on Recent Attacks 1st Cavalry Division News 20 Sep 2004 -- Soldiers from Oregon's Company B, 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry Regiment, recently uncovered a weapons cache just north of Camp Cooke, with the assistance of the Iraqi National Guard.
• 58th Engineers Bridge Brigade Gap 1st Cavalry Division News 20 Sep 2004 -- Soldiers from the 58th Combat Engineer Company from Fort Irwin, Calif., are supporting numerous battalions in the 2nd Brigade Combat Team (Commandos), 10th Mountain Division.
• 2-15th Field Artillery Fills Infantry Shoes 1st Cavalry Division News 20 Sep 2004 -- Every Soldier is an infantryman first in the Army.
• Lejeune artillerymen provide security for Marine camps in Iraq USMC News 20 Sep 2004 -- The artillerymen of 2nd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, have placed their cannons aside and picked up their rifles to provide security for I Marine Expeditionary Force units operating throughout the Al Anbar Province of Iraq.

• Afghan Army's Kandahar Regional Command Stands Up AFPS 20 Sep 2004 -- The Afghan National Army stood up its first regional command headquarters outside the Kabul area in Kandahar Sept. 19.
• Afghans, International Community Prep For National Elections AFPS 20 Sep 2004 -- The Afghan military and police are taking actions to ensure a safe environment so that fair and free elections occur as planned, a Combined Forces Command Afghanistan spokesman said today during a news conference in Kabul.
• Senior Afghan Official Survives Roadside Blast RFE/RL 20 Sep 2004 -- The deputy chairman of the Afghan Transitional Administration, Ne'matullah Shahrani, survived a roadside bomb attack today on his convoy in Afghanistan's northern province of Konduz.
• AFGHANISTAN/ELECTION VIOLENCE VOA 20 Sep 2004 -- The U.S. military says senior al Qaida and Taleban operatives have held a series of meetings in Pakistan to plot new attacks aimed at disrupting Afghanistan's upcoming national elections. But the insurgents are under increasing attack themselves.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Speech at New York University John Kerry for President 20 Sep 2004 -- "National security is a central issue in this campaign. (...) That means we must have a great honest national debate on Iraq. The President claims it is the centerpiece of his war on terror. In fact, Iraq was a profound diversion from that war and the battle against our greatest enemy, Osama bin Laden and the terrorists. Invading Iraq has created a crisis of historic proportions and, if we do not change course, there is the prospect of a war with no end in sight."

• Civil engineers do whatever it takes to keep 'em flying AFPN 20 Sep 2004 -- Airman 1st Class Aaron McDonald radios the air control tower for clearance to enter the runway. His mission: Break up five different 24-inch squares of damaged runway sections and put them back together again before the next aircraft takes off.
• Air Force medics take control of combat hospital AFPN 20 Sep 2004 -- Troops with emergency medical needs will now visit the Air Force Theater Hospital while deployed to Iraq.
• Immediate Response '04 kicks off in Poland Army News 20 Sep 2004 -- Soldiers and civilians from units throughout Europe had been working hard preparing the training area outside Sulecin, Poland, for Immediate Response '04, long before the paratroopers jumped in Sept. 20.
• Chung-Hoon Commissioned Navy NewsStand 20 Sep 2004 -- The U.S. Navy welcomed USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) into the fleet Sept. 18 at a commissioning ceremony on Ford Island.
• British Royal Navy Takes Command of Task Force 150 Navy NewsStand 20 Sep 2004 -- Commodore Tom Cunningham of the British Royal Navy relieved Rear Adm. Jean Pierre Teule of the French Navy as commander of Task Force (TF) 150 in a Sept. 19 ceremony aboard the French Ship Compte De Grasse (FS 67).

• NATO/IRAQ VOA 20 Sep 2004 -- NATO ambassadors failed to finalize an agreement to expand the alliance's military training mission in Iraq, after meeting in a special session Monday. But officials say they hope to work things out at another meeting later this week.

• State Department Noon Briefing, September 20 Washington File 20 Sep 2004 -- State Department Deputy Spokesman Adam Ereli briefed reporters September 20.
• White House Daily Briefing, September 20 Washington File 20 Sep 2004 -- White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan briefed reporters on Air Force One September 20 as they accompanied President Bush en route to Manchester, New Hampshire

Defense Industry

• BAE SYSTEMS To Provide Technology Solutions For DOD Programs BAE Systems 20 Sep 2004 -- BAE Systems has been selected by the Department of Defense as a prime contractor under the Advanced Technology Support Program III (ATSP3) program, a U.S. government-wide contracting vehicle administered by the Defense Microelectronics Activity (DMEA).
• Boeing Delivers First Apache Repaired Under New Program Boeing 20 Sep 2004 -- Boeing [NYSE:BA] has delivered on-time and on-budget the first U.S. AH-64A Apache combat helicopter refurbished under the new Reset Support program.
• Boeing, IBM Strategic Alliance Boosts Net-Centric Technology Boeing 20 Sep 2004 -- Boeing [NYSE:BA] and IBM [NYSE:IBM] announced a strategic alliance today in New York City to address an estimated $200 billion market for ground and space-based systems to enhance the nation's military communications, intelligence operations and homeland security.
• A160 Hummingbird Resumes Flight Testing as Boeing UAV Boeing 20 Sep 2004 -- The A160 Hummingbird unmanned aerial vehicle made its first test flight as a Boeing [NYSE: BA] aircraft Friday from an airfield near Victorville, Calif.
• Northrop Grumman Awarded $232 Million in Contract Modifications for U.S. Air Force E-10A Program Northrop Grumman 20 Sep 2004 -- The U.S. Air Force awarded two contract modifications totaling $232 million to Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) last week for the E-10A Multi-Sensor Command and Control Aircraft program.

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 20 Sep 2004
• SUDAN: Khartoum condemns new UN resolution on Darfur IRIN 20 Sep 2004 -- The Sudanese government has condemned as "discreditable" a UN resolution threatening to impose sanctions against the country if Khartoum does not improve security and protect civilians in the troubled western region of Darfur.
• Sudan: UN rights officials in Darfur assess how to protect civilians from abuse UN News Centre 20 Sep 2004 -- Two senior United Nations human rights officials have arrived in the strife-torn Darfur region of Sudan to examine how to shield beleaguered civilians there from further militia attacks.
• CONGO/MASSACRE VOA 20 Sep 2004 -- Fourteen people, mostly women and children, have been killed in a massacre in the Democratic Republic of Congo's troubled northeastern district of Ituri.
• RWANDA/ARUSHA TRIAL VOA 20 Sep 2004 -- The genocide trial of a Rwandan Roman Catholic priest accused of ordering the massacre of thousands of his Tutsi parishioners during Rwanda's 1994 genocide opens in Arusha, Tanzania Monday.
• SUDAN/DARFUR VOA 20 Sep 2004 -- The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Monday began a four-day visit to the war-torn Darfur region of western Sudan. The visit comes at a time when the Sudanese government is angry at Saturday's U.N. Security Council resolution threatening sanctions against the country's oil industry unless the government restores security in Darfur.

News Reports

• PRESS CONFERENCE BY FOREIGN MINISTER OF TOGO United Nations 20 Sep 2004
• Press Conference On World Summit For Action Against Hunger United Nations 20 Sep 2004
• INDONESIA ELECTIONS VOA 20 Sep 2004 -- Unofficial returns from Indonesia's presidential election project that former security minister Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has defeated President Megawati Sukarnoputri with more than 60 percent of the vote. The two faced each other in a run-off election Monday, after defeating three other candidates in a preliminary round in July.
• EGYPT/PARTY CONGRESS VOA 20 Sep 2004 -- Egypt's ruling party is scheduled to debate a series of reform initiatives at an annual conference that opens in Cairo Tuesday. Egyptian opposition groups are calling for constitutional amendments to change the way presidential elections are held, but National Democratic Party officials officials say the conference will focus primarily on economic reform.
• INDONESIA ELECTIONS VOA 20 Sep 2004 -- In Indonesia, polls have closed in the run-off presidential election. It is the first time Indonesians have directly chosen their president and Monday's vote is viewed as an important step in the country's transition to democracy.