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28 September 2004 Military News

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Current Operations

  • OIF/OEF Casualty Update 28 Sep 2004 [PDF]
  • DoD Identifies Army Casualty
  • DoD Identifies Army Casualty

  • Two Soldiers killed in Basrah MNF-I/MNC-I 28 Sep 2004 -- Two Multi-National Force Iraq soldiers were killed when their British Army convoy was ambushed in South West Basra at 9:15 a.m Sept. 28.
  • MNF-I CONDUCT PRECISION STRIKE ON ZARQAWI SITE CENTCOM 28 Sep 2004 -- On September 28, 2004 at 4:04 a.m., Baghdad time, Multi-National Force-Iraq conducted a precision strike on a confirmed Abu Musab Al Zarqawi terrorist site in southern Fallujah.
  • TASK FORCE DANGER SOLDIERS CAPTURE LEADER OF AIF CELL CENTCOM 28 Sep 2004 -- Task Force Danger Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment detained the suspected leader of an anti-Iraqi forces insurgent cell during a raid in Kirkuk on Sept. 27 at about 3 p.m.
  • U.S. Warplanes Strike Baghdad, Al-Fallujah RFE/RL 28 Sep 2004 -- As residents of Baghdad and Al-Fallujah regroup following U.S. air strikes on suspected insurgent targets, a group of British Muslims are seeking the release of an English engineer.
  • Marines of 2/5 search for the enemy Marine Corps News 28 Sep 2004 -- They were armed, armored and ready when they showed up at a local pool hall in downtown Ar Ramadi. The man at the door happily let them in to look around. He understood what the Marines were after.

  • UN / AFGHANISTAN VOA 28 Sep 2004 -- United Nations officials say preparations for Afghanistan's October ninth presidential election are on track, despite expectations of violence. U.N. and Afghan diplomats reject warnings that powerful warlords will try to hijack the vote.
  • Afghanistan: HRW Says Presidential Elections Troubled RFE/RL 28 Sep 2004 -- Presidential elections in Afghanistan set for 9 October may already be in trouble. U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalizad acknowledges as much and has called for patience. He said rebuilding a free Afghanistan will take years. Now comes the internationally influential group Human Rights Watch with a report today saying the country's warlords are hijacking the elections with pressure and intimidation. Even the commander of the U.S. coalition there, Lieutenant General David Barno, said Al-Qaeda operatives and remnants of the country's former ruling Taliban are disrupting preparations for the elections.
  • UN: Peacekeeping Chief Outlines Security Plan For Afghan Polls RFE/RL 28 Sep 2004 -- The top peacekeeping official at the United Nations says security for Afghanistan's presidential elections will be provided by a combination of international and national forces and tribal leaders. UN Undersecretary-General for Peacekeeping Jean-Marie Guehenno has told the UN Security Council that Afghan police and army units will be responsible for security at local levels, and will get some back up by international forces. Guehenno acknowledged security concerns but predicted that the 9 October elections would be seen as "honest and credible."
  • UN peacekeeping chief warns of attacks in Afghanistan as election date nears UN News Centre 28 Sep 2004 -- With only 11 days remaining before the people of Afghanistan go to the polls to elect a president for the first time in their history, the senior United Nations peacekeeping official today warned there may be many violent incidents around the country in the run-up as groups try to disrupt the electoral process.
  • AFGHAN REFUGEE VOTE VOA 28 Sep 2004 -- With less than two weeks to go before Afghanistan holds its first-ever presidential election, a United Nations-sponsored agency is trying to register hundreds of thousands of Afghan refugees living in Pakistan so they can vote.

Defense Policy / Programs

  • McGuire welcomes first C-17 Globemaster III AFPN 28 Sep 2004 -- People here welcomed the nation's newest, most modern airlifter Sept. 24 during a special arrival ceremony.
  • Tennessee Guard moves, prepares for C-5s AFPN 28 Sep 2004 -- Air Force officials signed a land-exchange agreement with the Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority on Sept. 20 allowing the Tennessee Air National Guard's 164th Airlift Wing more space to convert from C-141B Starlifters to C-5 Galaxys.
  • USS The Sullivans Gains from Sharing with Russian Navy Navy NewsStand 28 Sep 2004 -- Sailors from USS The Sullivans (DDG 68) took advantage of the opportunity to visit their Russian counterparts aboard a Russian warship during a shared port visit to Valletta, Malta, Sept. 21.
  • F-18 Squadrons fly high at HCAX Marine Corps News 28 Sep 2004 -- The Hawaii Combined Arms Exercise attracts units from throughout the Navy and Marine Corps with its promise for real-time training, a multitude of ranges, and an all-out barrage of the senses.
  • Red patches denote support Marines, ease confusion on battlefield Marine Corps News 28 Sep 2004 -- You see them everywhere on Marine Corps installations -- Marines with small, red patches uniformly stitched to their camouflage trousers and covers. But what many may not know is that these Marines, with their distinctive, red patches, are symbolic of a uniform change that dates back to the bloody beaches of World War II.

  • State Department Noon Briefing, September 28 Washington File 28 Sep 2004 -- Announcement of New Reconstruction and Stabilization Office, Recent Examples of Stabilization: Haiti, East Timor, Liberia, USAID Humanitarian Intervention, Budget/Personnel, Advance Planning, North Korea, Israel/Syria, Nigeria, Colombia, Greece/Cyprus, Iraq, China/Taiwan, China, Sudan, Mauritania
  • White House Daily Briefing, September 28 Washington File 28 Sep 2004 -- White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan briefed reporters September 28 in Crawford, Texas

Defense Industry

  • BAE SYSTEMS Australia Awarded Artillery Orienting Systems For Army BAE Systems 28 Sep 2004 -- BAE Systems Australia has been awarded a AUD$8 million contract to supply the Australian Army with 16 state-of-the-art Artillery Orienting Systems (AOS).
  • Australian Electronic Warfare System Enters Production BAE Systems 28 Sep 2004 -- BAE Systems Australia has signed a contract worth AUD$8.9 million to manufacture and support the ALR2002 Advanced Radar Warning Receiver (RWR) for the Australian Defence Force.
  • 28 Companies Form Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium Boeing 28 Sep 2004 -- The Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium, (NCOIC), a major international, industry-wide consortium, was announced today, combining the experience and expertise of 28 major companies to recommend a unified approach that would enable sensors, communications and information systems to interact within a global network centric environment.
  • General Dynamics APKWS Guided Rocket Successfully Completes 5th Flight Test General Dynamics 28 Sep 2004 -- General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), announced today that on Sept. 10 its Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) 70mm guided rocket successfully completed its fifth flight test. This was the latest in a series of flight tests that began in 2002 during an advanced technology demonstration project to demonstrate the basic design’s effectiveness over the operational range.
  • BAE SYSTEMS Agrees To Acquire Alphatech BAE Systems 28 Sep 2004 -- Acquisition will expand companys capabilities in Image and Signal Processing, Intelligence Fusion, and Information-based National Security Systems
  • Boeing Led Team Successfully Completes Two U.S. Air Force Reviews Boeing 28 Sep 2004 -- Boeing [NYSE:BA] has successfully completed two significant U.S. Air Force reviews of its design for the Transformational SATCOM Space Segment (TSAT SS).
  • MEADS International Awarded $3 Billion System Development Contract Lockheed Martin 28 Sep 2004 -- MEADS International (MI) received a $3 billion Design and Development letter contract to design and develop the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS). The contract was awarded by NAMEADSMA, a charter organization of NATO, to develop MEADS.
  • Northrop Grumman Continues Advanced EHF Payload Successes By Demonstrating Uplink Phased Array Antenna Technology Northrop Grumman 28 Sep 2004 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has demonstrated technology for the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (EHF) payload that will greatly improve warfighters' access to military satellite communications while increasing the range of missions the system can support on the ground, at sea and in the air. The company will provide the Advanced EHF payload to Lockheed Martin, prime contractor for the Advanced EHF system.

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 28 Sep 2004
  • Press Briefing by Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations United Nations 28 Sep 2004

  • UN rights official calls for greater international presence in Darfur, Sudan UN News Centre 28 Sep 2004 -- Back in Geneva following a weeklong visit to the troubled Darfur region of Sudan, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights today said the external security and humanitarian presence there should be quickly expanded.
  • SUDAN / CONFLICT VOA 28 Sep 2004 -- Under international pressure to disarm and disband Arab militias in troubled Darfur, Sudan's government is instead reportedly moving hundreds, possibly thousands, of the fighters from Darfur to remote areas of southern Sudan. Some observers say the government is trying to hide the militiamen.
  • UN / DARFUR VOA 28 Sep 2004 -- The U.N. high commissioner for human rights, Louise Arbour, is calling for a big increase in the number of United Nations peacekeepers, human rights monitors and aid agencies to ensure security in Darfur. Ms. Arbour, who has just returned from a five-day visit to Darfur, says the international community must redouble its efforts to protect the citizens of Darfur.

  • US / NIGERIA UNREST VOA 28 Sep 2004 -- The United States says it is closely watching the situation in Nigeria's Niger Delta, where a local rebel group has threatened to shut down oil production. The State Department said the Nigerian government has a responsibility to keep the peace in the area.
  • NIGERIA: Militia group vows to attack oil workers if firms stay in Delta IRIN 28 Sep 2004 -- An ethnic militia group in Nigeria's southeastern oil region vowed on Tuesday to attack oil workers there unless their companies shut down operations within three days.

  • UN / EGYPT / ISRAEL VOA 28 Sep 2004 -- Egypt's foreign minister is planning to visit Israel next month in an attempt to broker a deal on the orderly withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza. The minister's planned trip follows a meeting he had earlier this month with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
  • On Intifada Anniversary, Israeli Officers Condemn Military Tactics in Occupied Territories VOA 28 Sep 2004 -- Four Israeli military officers in an elite commando unit have authored a letter condemning Israeli military tactics in the Palestinian territories.

  • CONGO/DISARMAMENT VOA 28 Sep 2004 -- With just 32 militiamen turning up with weapons in the first two weeks, the disarmament program in Congo's troubled Ituri district has got off to a slow start. Some delays were expected, but analysts fear that continuing insecurity and unmet demands will mean that gunmen in the mineral rich northeast will not lay down their weapons.
  • Peace Is One Step Away in Burundi, but Other Countries Must Help Washington File 28 Sep 2004 -- The peace process ongoing in the troubled country of Burundi still has some obstacles to overcome, but on the whole it has made outstanding progress, former Burundi President Pierre Buyoya told a packed audience of diplomats, academics, media representatives and government officials September 24 in Washington.
  • DRC: Rival military commanders make peace IRIN 28 Sep 2004 -- Commanders of two military regions of North and South Kivu provinces, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, agreed on Monday to stop fighting, a military spokesman said.
  • IVORY COAST / ARRESTS VOA 28 Sep 2004 -- The Ivory Coast military has detained more than 250 people during a security crackdown in the central political capital Yamoussoukro. As VOA's Nico Colombant reports, the detentions come amid fears of possible renewed fighting involving northern rebels.
  • NEPAL/STRIKE VOA 28 Sep 2004 -- In Nepal, a two-day strike called by Maoist rebels has shut down much of the country. A recent push to restart peace talks has failed.

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