UNITED24 - Make a charitable donation in support of Ukraine!

Military


23 September 2004 Military News

Operations
Defense Policy / Programs
Defense Industry
Other Conflicts
News Reports

Current Operations

Defense Policy / Programs

  • ARMY ANNOUNCES TEMPORARY RESTATIONING OF 2-2 ID Army News Release 23 Sep 2004 -- The Department of the Army announced today the temporary relocation of the 2nd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, or 2-2 ID, from Korea to Fort Carson, Colo., following its current deployment to Iraq. This action will result in an increase of approximately 3,700 military authorizations at Fort Carson. The Army projects this temporary relocation for late summer 2005.
  • RUMSFELD/TROOP DEPLOYMENT VOA 23 Sep 2004 -- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is warning the kind of threats the world now faces have changed so much since the Cold War that a large number of American forces deployed overseas are not positioned to effectively respond if needed. With the United States now at war with a faceless enemy known as terrorism, the defense chief has begun what is expected to be a decade-long military transformation to respond to these new, 21st century threats.
  • Rumsfeld, Myers Discuss Military Global Posture AFPS 23 Sep 2004 -- If approved, the U.S. military will bring back 70,000 servicemembers and 100,000 family members and DoD civilians from bases overseas, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld told the Senate Armed Services Committee today.
  • U.S. Troops Must Reside Where Needed, Welcomed, Rumsfeld Says Washington File 23 Sep 2004 -- The changes envisioned for America's re-positioning of its military forces around the world are just part of a much wider strategy of making those forces more agile and efficient in order to meet the challenges of 21st century threats, says Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.
  • Airmen run missile-alert facilities AFPN 23 Sep 2004 -- For the last 40 years, the great plains of North Dakota have been housing the 91st Space Wing's intercontinental ballistic missiles.
  • Airborne network takes 'wireless' to new heights AFPN 23 Sep 2004 -- Leaders at all levels can soon access information from their home stations regardless of where they are in the world thanks to an airborne local-area network.

  • NATO Agrees to Expand Training Mission in Iraq Washington File 23 Sep 2004 -- The United States praises NATO for agreeing to expand its training mission in Iraq, State Department spokesman Adam Ereli said.
  • NATO Supervising Destruction of Old Missiles in Georgia Washington File 23 Sep 2004 -- Experts from NATO are supervising the safe destruction of old anti-aircraft missiles stored at the Ponichala and Chaladid bases in the Republic of Georgia as part of the alliance's Partnership for Peace Trust Fund initiative.

  • CHINA U.S. WEAPONS VOA 23 Sep 2004 -- China has criticized U.S. sanctions against a state-run weapons supplier for exporting missiles.

  • Indian Air Force Mirage 2000 crashes in Madhya Pradesh IRNA 23 Sep 2004 -- Indian Air Force (IAF) Mirage 2000 fighter aircraft crashed near Gwalior in the Central Indian State of Madhya Pradesh on Thursday afternoon with the pilot ejecting safely.

  • Bush, Musharraf Discuss War on Terror, U.S. Aid to Pakistan Washington File 23 Sep 2004 -- The war on terror topped the agenda as President Bush met with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf in New York September 22. The two leaders also discussed U.S. support for Pakistan's economic development efforts, according to a joint statement issued by the White House.

  • Transcript: Foreign Press Center Briefing on the U.S. and the UN General Assembly US Dept. of State 24 Sep 2004

Defense Industry

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 23 Sep 2004

  • Security Council resolution 'incentive' to Darfur rebels, Sudan tells Assembly UN News Centre 23 Sep 2004 -- Addressing the United Nations General Assembly this afternoon, the Foreign Minister of Sudan pledged to work for peace and respect for human rights in the country's vast and blighted Darfur region, but denounced a Security Council resolution threatening sanctions in the absence of action.
  • SOMALIA: Clashes reported in disputed Sool region IRIN 23 Sep 2004 -- Troops from the self-declared republic of Somaliland and those of the self-declared autonomous region of Puntland clashed on Wednesday in the disputed region of Sool, to which both sides have laid claim, a local source said.
  • SUDAN: EU welcomes Security Council resolution on Darfur IRIN 23 Sep 2004 -- The European Union (EU) has welcomed last week's adoption by the United Nations Security Council of a resolution that warns Sudan of punitive measures, including sanctions, if it failed to protect civilians in the strife-torn western region of Darfur.
  • POWELL-ARAFAT VOA 23 Sep 2004 -- U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said Thursday the international community is growing weary of waiting for Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to hand over control of security forces to an empowered prime minister. He suggested this could mean reduced outside aid for the Palestinians.
  • SIERRA LEONE / UN VOA 23 Sep 2004 -- The United Nations operation in Sierra Leone will hand over control of the capital, Freetown, to the armed forces and police forces on Thursday.
  • CONGO/CANNIBALISM VOA 23 Sep 2004 -- The Congo Liberation Movement, a former rebel group now in Congo's government, has taken an unusual approach to refute allegations that the rebels practiced cannibalism during Congo's bitter civil war.

News Reports



NEWSLETTER
Join the GlobalSecurity.org mailing list