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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 27 Sep 2004 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
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• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• TWO 1ST ID SOLDIERS KILLED, ONE WOUNDED NEAR BALAD

• Media reports of widespread casualties in eastern Baghdad disputed by US military MNF-I/MNC-I 27 Sep 2004 -- Reports circulating in several media outlets regarding injuries as a result of a Multi-National Force air asset engagement in the Al-Thawra (Sadr City) district of Baghdad are suspect.
• At Least 11 Dead In Iraqi Fighting RFE/RL 27 Sep 2004 -- At least 11 people, some of them civilians, have been killed today in multiple clashes and attacks in Iraq.
• JOINT OPERATIONS ROUND UP SUSPECTED INSURGENTS CENTCOM 27 Sep 2004 -- Morning raids by Iraqi National Guard troops and Task Force Baghdad Soldiers in Baghdad resulted in the detention of 17 suspected insurgents.
• ING, MARINES THWART SUICIDE BOMBER ATTACKS CENTCOM 27 Sep 2004 -- At approximately 8 a.m., Iraqi National Guard soldiers and U.S. Marines thwarted two separate suicide-car bomber attacks on a joint forward operating base near Karmah.
• IRAQI NATIONAL GUARD COMMANDER ARRESTED CENTCOM 27 Sep 2004 -- The 32nd Iraqi National Guard commander, Brigadier General Talib Abd Ghayib Al Lahibi, was detained by Multi-National Forces September 23rd for having associations with known insurgents. Talib was appointed to the command position, considered an interim position until the Interim Iraqi Government confirmed his appointment.
• Precision Strikes Target Insurgents in Eastern Baghdad MNF-I/MNC-I 27 Sep 2004 -- Air assets engaged anti-Iraqi forces and positions in eastern Baghdad this morning.
• Iraqi National Guard and Multi-National Forces foil roadside bomb, collect weapons MNF-I/MNC-I 27 Sep 2004 -- The Iraqi National Guard and Multi-National Forces from 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team) foiled a roadside bomb and collected a variety of weapons and munitions Sunday in northern Iraq when they noticed a 155mm artillery round in the median of the road 20 kilometers north of Qayarrah.
• Insurgents Target East Baghdad Camp; Fall Short and Hit Surrounding Neighborhood MNF-I/MNC-I 27 Sep 2004 -- Anti-Iraqi forces fired four mortar rounds at a Task Force Baghdad forward operating base in eastern Baghdad this morning. There was no injuries, or damage to Multi- National Force equipment during the 1:30 a.m. attack.
• Two Soldiers Charged With Murder in Baghdad 1st Cavalry Division News 27 Sept 2004 -- The 1st Cavalry Division announced that two more Soldiers have been charged with murder of an Iraqi civilian.
• Terrorists flee Tal Afar in face of coalition Army News 27 Sep 2004 -- A coordinated offensive operation by Multi-National Forces and Iraqi security troops this month have chased the terrorists out of Tal Afar in northern Iraq, after six months of violence there.
• 1st LAR rolls out of Iraq USMC News 27 Sep 2004 -- The Marines of 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion have served their time in Iraq. After a grueling seven months in the deserts of the Al Anbar province they are waiting to return home to Camp Pendleton, Calif.

• AFGHANISTAN ELECTION/U.S. VOA 27 Sep 2004 -- The United States ambassador to Afghanistan denies allegations he is meddling in the country's first direct presidential election, to be held on October 9th.
• Afghan Militia Demobilization Hits High Note AFPS 27 Sep 2004 -- The demobilization, disarmament and reintegration program in Afghanistan is moving into high gear, said officials in Kabul.
• AFGHAN-IRAQ POL VOA 27 Sep 2004 -- During his U.S. visit, Iraqi interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi insisted that elections in his country will be held as scheduled in January. But an optimistic timetable for Afghanistan's elections had been also laid out, but events on the ground dashed those projections.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Trial ends for Air Force translator AFPN 27 Sep 2004 -- Senior Airman Ahmad al-Halabi, a supply clerk who served as a Guantanamo Bay translator, was found guilty of three charges and four specifications of violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice. The trial ended here Sept. 23.
• Army Reserve taking on retention challenge in theater Army News 27 Sep 2004 -- The Army Reserve is now sending career counselors to the battlefield, for the first time its history, under a pilot program that began in March.
• Hohenfels training center deploys to Poland Army News 27 Sep 2004 -- Soldiers and civilians from the Combined Maneuver Training Center at Hohenfels, Germany, deployed to Poland this month to help with the combined exercise Immediate Response 04.
• U.S. 7th Fleet Reembarks USS Blue Ridge Navy NewsStand 27 Sep 2004 -- Vice Adm. Jonathan W. Greenert officially reembarked his flagship, USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19), during a brief change-of-flagship ceremony here Sept. 27.
• Maritime Force Protection Command to Activate Oct. 1 Navy NewsStand 27 Sep 2004 -- The Navy will consolidate the forces it deploys for anti-terrorism and force protection under a single command at Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek Oct. 1.
• TS, to the fight and out again USMC News 274 Sep 2004 -- During the battle of Najaf a group of Marines was responsible for getting troops, their gear, repair parts, food, water and countless other items to the front lines.
• Chairman Poses Question to Counterterror Experts AFPS 27 Sep 2004 - 27 Sep 2004 -- As the United States continues the global war on terrorism, the question officials should ask is, "Are we being as bold and innovative as we need to be?"
• 27 Tons of Cocaine Seized AFPS 27 Sep 2004 -- Two fishing vessels with roughly 27 tons of cocaine aboard were intercepted in the Eastern Pacific, the Department of Homeland Security announced today.
• NORTHCOM Warning Center Tracks Threats AFPS 27 Sep 2004 -- It is called the domestic warning center but the name does not adequately reflect the center's diverse responsibilities.

• White House Daily Briefing, September 27 Washington File 27 Sep 2004 -- President's schedule, Iraq
• State Department Noon Briefing, September 27 Washington File 27 Sep 2004 -- Iraq, United Nations, Pakistan, Syria, Case of Guantanamo Detainee Hamdi, Sudan, Burma, Greece, Japan, China/Taiwan, Laos, Haiti

Defense Industry

• MOD Awards BAE Systems Ships Disposals Contract BAE Systems 27 Sep 2004 -- The Defence Logistics Organisation (DLO), the logistics unit of the UKs Ministry of Defence, has signed an enabling contract with BAE Systems which formalises the companys role as lead contractor for the disposal or sale of Royal Navy ships.
• Bell Designs Innovative Compound Helicopter Concept for Lockheed Martin UCAR Program Lockheed Martin 27 Sep 2004 -- Bell Helicopter, a key member of the Lockheed Martin Unmanned Combat Armed Rotorcraft (UCAR) team, has successfully completed preliminary design of a novel air vehicle to conduct reconnaissance and combat missions without sending aircrews into harm's way.
• Sikorsky's Acquisition of Schweizer is Complete Sikorsky 27 Sep 2004 -- Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation today announced that the acquisition of Schweizer Aircraft Corporation is complete.
• Fifth Boeing GMD Interceptor Placed in Silo at Alaska Site Boeing 27 Sep 2004 -- xThe Boeing [NYSE: BA] Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) program team and the Missile Defense Agency emplaced the fifth GMD interceptor in its underground silo at Fort Greely, Alaska, on Sept. 25th.

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 27 Sep 2004
• ISRAEL/WRAP VOA 27 Sep 2004 -- One day after a mid-level Hamas leader was killed in a car bombing in Damascus, an Israeli helicopter targeted a Palestinian militant in Gaza. Israeli forces also moved against suspected terrorists in the West Bank. And, a popular Palestinian leader plans to run for the Palestinian parliament.
• CHAD-SUDAN: Another 100,000 refugees expected to flood across border by May IRIN 27 Sep 2004 -- Chad's refugee camps, already straining at the seams, should steel themselves for the arrival of at least another 100,00 people fleeing Darfur within the next seven months, UN officials said
• UGANDA: Government to disarm "warriors" in the northeast IRIN 27 Sep 2004 -- The Ugandan government is to resume disarming lawless "warriors" in the northeastern Karamoja region, which borders Kenya and Sudan, saying easy availability of weapons had claimed hundreds of lives in tribal clashes and encouraged insecurity.
• Security Council urges Côte d'Ivoire leader Gbagbo to act on peace pledges UN News Centre 26 Sep 2004 -- Voicing concern over the lack of progress in Côte d'Ivoire's national reconciliation process, Security Council members today called on President Laurent Gbagbo to make good on the pledges he made at a peace summit this summer.
• Syria: Killing Of Hamas Official May Have Broad Implications, But Few Repercussions RFE/RL 27 Sep 2004 -- Syria and the militant Palestinian group Hamas accuse Israel of planting the car bomb that killed Hamas official Izz al-Din al-Sheikh Khalil in the Syrian capital, Damascus, yesterday. In Jerusalem, Deputy Defense Minister Ze'ev Boim said Syria is not immune from Israeli operations against Palestinian militants. But Boim did not confirm Israel's involvement.
• ISRAEL/HAMAS/SYRIA VOA 27 Sep 2004 -- The car-bombing death of a Hamas leader in Damascus opens another front on the war against the Palestinian militant group. Syria blames Israel. Israel is not commenting. But analysts say the assassination sends a signal to Syria of the consequences of letting Hamas operate in its territory.
• SOMALIA/POLITICS VOA 27 Sep 2004 -- Somali factional leader Mohamed Hersi, better known as General Morgan, returned to the ongoing peace talks in Kenya aimed at ending Somalia's 13-year-old civil war. He crossed into Kenya this weekend to rejoin the talks, after recent clashes near the Somali port city of Kismayo.

News Reports

• PRESS CONFERENCE BY CHAIR OF SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE AIMED AT PREVENTING TERRORIST ACQUISITION OF MASS DESTRUCTION WEAPONS United Nations 27 Sep 2004
• PRESS CONFERENCE BY PRIME MINISTER OF MALAYSIA United Nations 27 Sep 2004
• Lockheed Martin Awarded NASA Contract To Formulate Solar Imaging Suite For GOES-R Satellite Series Lockheed Martin 27 Sep 2004 -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has been awarded a $6 million NASA, 18-month contract to perform design and risk reduction for the agency's Solar Imaging Suite (SIS). The SIS is a diverse set of operational instruments that will fly on the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES)-R Series to provide key information on solar activity and the effects of the Sun on the earth and near-earth space environment. The first GOES-R launch is scheduled for 2012