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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 24 Sep 2004 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty

• Rocket Attack Kills 4 Iraqis, Mortar Rounds Hit Mosque AFPS 24 Sep 2004 -- A rocket impacted in northern Baghdad today, killing four Iraqis and wounding 14 others, U.S. military officials there reported.
• 1st FSSG's gear maintenance, repair unit eases transition between rotating MEF units USMC News 24 Sep 2004 -- After more than seven months of wear and tear, many of the vehicles and equipment used by Marines in Iraq are screaming for new parts.

• Afghan National Army Recruiting Extends to Northeast AFPS 24 Sep 2004 -- Recruiting for the Afghan National Army extended to the country's northeastern province that touches China with the opening of the newest National Army Volunteer Center Sept. 7.
• RFE/RL Afghanistan Report, Vol 3, Number 34 24 Sep 2004 -- HERAT: A PRELUDE TO THE END OF WARLORDISM? / NEO-TALIBAN ROCKET ATTACK FORCES KARZAI TO CANCEL CAMPAIGN VISIT TO SOUTHEAST AFGHANISTAN / KARZAI WANTS HIS MAIN RIVAL TO JOIN HIM... / ...AS AFGHAN JOURNALIST SAYS KARZAI WOULD LACK LEGITIMACY WITHOUT QANUNI... / ...WHILE 13 CANDIDATES REQUEST POSTPONEMENT OF ELECTION / TWO PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES VIEW ISLAM AS CENTRAL TO AFGHANISTAN... / ...AS U.S. ENVOY URGES AFGHANS TO VOTE FOR UNITY / KARZAI DEPUTY ESCAPES ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT... / ...AS NEW MILITANT GROUP TAKES RESPONSIBILITY, ARRESTS ARE MADE / THREE U.S. TROOPS KILLED IN SOUTHEASTERN AFGHANISTAN... / ...AS NEO-TALIBAN CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR KILLING U.S. TROOPS / U.S. TO INCREASE NUMBER OF TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN FOR ELECTIONS / U.S. MILITARY APOLOGIZES FOR KILLING AFGHAN TEENAGER / AFGHAN LEADER TELLS UN TERRORISM IS MAIN CHALLENGE / SECURITY OFFICIAL SAYS SITUATION 'IS NORMAL' IN WESTERN AFGHAN CITY... / ...AND REASSURES HIS WESTERN NEIGHBOR / STARVATION, MATERNAL AND CHILD DEATHS STILL A PROBLEM IN AFGHANISTAN... / U.S. PRESIDENT EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT AFGHAN DRUG PROBLEM / U.S. CITIZENS AND THEIR AFGHAN COHORTS SENTENCED FOR RUNNING PRIVATE PRISON / THIS WEEK IN AFGHANISTAN'S HISTORY

Defense Policy / Programs

• Pakistan Army gets Sino-Pak developed Al-Khalid tanks IRNA 24 Sep 2004 -- A consignment of main battle Al-Khalid tanks, jointly developed by state-owned Pakistani and Chinese companies, was handed over to Pakistan Army on Thursday, officials said.

• 26th MEU activates USMC News 24 Sep 2004 -- The 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit officially activated today, assuming operational control of its ground combat, aviation combat and service support elements during an afternoon formation at Goettge Memorial Field House here.
• Raiders' new KC-130 J brings changes to aviation USMC News 24 Sep 2004 -- Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352, "The Raiders," accepted Miramar's first KC-130 J aircraft from the manufacturer, Lockheed Martin Aerospace Monday.
• Jones Says Changes to U.S. Posture Will Strengthen Europe AFPS 24 Sep 2004 -- The changes contemplated to the U.S. military posture in Europe will help strengthen the North Atlantic alliance and prepare the American military for the missions of the 21st century, the U.S. European Command chief said Sept. 23.
• Fargo Details Pacific Command Posture Plan AFPS 24 Sep 2004 -- Strengthening and rebalancing U.S. forces in the Pacific are vital to peace in the region, said Adm. Thomas B. Fargo, the commander of U.S. Pacific Command.
• In Korea, Think Capabilities, Not Numbers, General Says AFPS 24 Sep 2004 -- People have to stop thinking of capabilities solely in terms of numbers, the commander of all U.S. forces in Korea said.

• Transcript: Interview With The New York Times Editorial Board US Dept. of State 24 Sep 2004 -- Secretary Colin L. Powell
• White House Daily Briefing, September 24 Washington File 24 Sep 2004 -- White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan briefed reporters on Air Force One September 24 as they accompanied President Bush en route to Janesville, Wisconsin

Defense Industry

• Northrop Grumman Wins Multi-Service Electronic Combat Support Contract Northrop Grumman 24 Sep 2004 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has been selected by the Naval Air Systems Command to develop and demonstrate an electronic combat support system that covers numerous platforms as well as all U.S. military branches and several NATO coalition partners.
• Northrop Grumman Wins Air Force Contract to Provide Theatre Deployable Communications Northrop Grumman 24 Sep 2004 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has been awarded a five-year, multi-million dollar contract by the U.S. Air Force to manufacture and integrate a voice, data and multiplexing communications infrastructure.
• U.S. Navy Awards Lockheed Martin Team $2 Billion Contract To Build Mobile User Objective System Lockheed Martin 24 Sep 2004 -- The U.S. Navy today announced that a team led by Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has won the competition to build the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS), a next-generation narrowband tactical satellite communications system that will provide significantly improved and assured communications for the mobile warfighter.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 24 Sep 2004
• Senate Approves $300 Million for Darfur in FY05 Aid Bill Washington File 24 Sep 2004 -- The U.S. Senate has passed a foreign aid bill for the next fiscal year that includes $300 million for disaster and famine relief in the Darfur region of Sudan, including $150 million diverted from unspent money originally allocated for Iraq's reconstruction.
• NIGERIA: Security forces kill 27 "Taliban" militants, says police IRIN 24 Sep 2004 -- The Nigerian security forces have killed 27 Islamic militants during a raid on their hideout in Borno State in the northeast of the country following attacks on two police stations in the area earlier this week, police said on Friday.
• SIERRA LEONE: UN troops hand over security in Freetown to government forces IRIN 24 Sep 2004 -- UN peacekeeping troops have handed over primary responsibility for security in Freetown to Sierra Leone government forces as they continue their withdrawal from frontline activities in the West African country.
• World is responsible for ending 'unspeakable violence' in Sudan, Annan says UN News Centre 24 Sep 2004 -- The "unspeakable violence" being waged against the people of Sudan's troubled Darfur region means the crisis there is a global issue, and "not simply an African problem," Secretary-General Kofi Annan told the Security Council today.
• Annan, Obasanjo Renew Call for International Aid to Darfur Washington File 24 Sep 2004 -- Secretary-General Kofi Annan September 24 renewed his appeal to the international community "to respond urgently and generously to the humanitarian appeal for Darfur," using as his platform a public meeting of the Security Council with Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, chairman of the African Union (AU).
• UN / AU / DARFUR VOA 24 Sep 2004 -- The head of the African Union, Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, says divisions on the Security Council could undermine efforts to bring peace to Sudan.
• NIGERIA / SHELL OIL VOA 24 Sep 2004 -- Shell oil company is evacuating non-essential employees from the Niger Delta area in Nigeria amid fears of clashes between government forces and armed bandits operating in the region.
• SUDAN/TALKS VOA 24 Sep 2004 -- A few months ago, Sudan was on the verge of ending a 21-year civil war, but the final details of the peace accord got bogged down as the world's attention turned to the violence in the country's western Darfur region. Now, the senior U.S. representative to the Sudan talks wants to get the process moving again, saying an agreement could provide a blueprint for resolving the crisis in Darfur.
• SUDAN / LUBBERS VOA 24 Sep 2004 -- The chief of the United Nations refugee agency says the Sudanese government should grant more autonomy to Darfur to help end a conflict that has claimed some 50-thousand lives.
• Chechen Leader Says Basaev Will Be Tried After War RFE/RL 24 Sep 2004 -- Chechen separatist leader Aslan Maskhadov says once the war is over in Russia's breakaway republic, radical field commander Shamil Basaev will be put on trial for the massive hostage taking in Beslan.

News Reports

• Press Briefing on Focus 2004 Treaty Event United Nations 24 Sep 2004
• PRESS CONFERENCE BY FOREIGN MINISTER OF SPAIN United Nations 24 Sep 2004
• HAITI FLOODS VOA 24 Sep 2004 -- Aid workers continue to struggle to provide relief in the flood zone of northern Haiti. Massive flooding in the city of Gonaives earlier this week claimed more than a thousand lives, and about 12-hundred others are still missing. U.N. officials estimate that a quarter of a million people are homeless and officials are struggling to provide relief supplies.