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29 September 2004 Military News

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Current Operations

  • OIF/OEF Casualty Update 29 Sep 2004 [PDF]
  • DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
  • DoD Identifies Army Casualty

  • U.S. Forces, Insurgents Clash In Baghdad VOA 29 Sep 2004 -- Iraq's Interior Ministry said U.S. and Iraqi forces clashed with insurgents today on Baghdad's Haifa Street, which has been the scene of fierce fighting recently.
  • Precision Air Strike Targets Anti-Iraqi Forces MNF-I/MNC-I 29 Sep 2004 -- Multi-National Forces conducted a precision air strike in the Al Thawra District at approximately 11:30 p.m., Sept. 28.
  • Soldiers Corral Cattle in Iraq MNF-I/MNC-I 29 Sep 2004 -- Camp Liberty, Baghdad - Soldiers from the 345th Tactical Psychological Operations Detachment, Dallas, Texas, and 425th Civil Affairs Battalion, Santa Barbara, Calif., of the 2nd Brigade Combat team, 10th Mountain Division, recently worked with Iraqi veterinarians to provide vaccinations and other shots for Iraqi.
  • UKRANIAN KILLED IN CAR ACCIDENT MNF-I/MNC-I 29 Sep 2004 -- One Ukranian officer has died and 2 Ukranian officers were injured as a result of a car accident near Camp Delta earlier today
  • Marines uncover weapons cache in Babil MNF-I/MNC-I 29 Sep 2004 -- Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit uncovered a cache of weapons and ammunition in the vicinity of Musayyib Sept. 28 and detained three men with suspected ties to the ordnance.
  • IRAQI POLICE FIND VEHICLE BORN IED NEAR AL-MASHRU VILLAGE CENTCOM 29 Sep 2004 -- At approximately 1:15 p.m. on September 28, 2004, the Iraqi Police became suspicious of a vehicle that appeared near an Iraqi Police check point on a supply route to Baghdad. Later, the Iraqi Police noticed this same car near Al-Mashru village.
  • PRECISION ARTILLERY ENGAGEMENT SILENCES INSURGENT MORTAR TEAM CENTCOM 29 Sep 2004 -- Multi-National Forces conducted a precision artillery engagement in the Al Thawra District of Baghdad, targeting an insurgent mortar team at approximately 5:15 p.m Sept. 29.
  • 4th LAAD reservists take over security on Al Asad Marine Corps News 29 Sep 2004 -- Recently, reservists from 4th Low-Altitude Air Defense Battalion were activated to be part of the Security Battalion, Marine Wing Support Group 37, for the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing here.
  • Marines maintain combat skills in Iraq Marine Corps News 29 Sep 2004 -- The Marines of Combat Service Support Company 124 conducted live-fire, combat skills training for future convoy operations here, Sept. 27, 2004.

  • Successful Afghan Elections Essential, State's Armitage Says Washington File 29 Sep 2004 -- The Bush administration sees successful presidential elections in Afghanistan as a key to that country's long-term stability, but is not willing to overlook the continuing security challenge posed by the Taliban, al-Qaida and other insurgent forces, according to Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage.
  • CONGRESS / AFGHANISTAN VOA 29 Sep 2004 -- The number two official in the State Department says Taleban forces remain a serious threat in Afghanistan, but have not been able to disrupt preparations for the upcoming election in October. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage also says though cooperation from European and other nations in Afghanistan has been mixed, the United States can still rely on long-term allied support for security and the growth of democracy there.
  • Afghan Army Chases Terrorists, Seizes Weaponry AFPS 29 Sep 2004 -- As Afghan national elections near, Afghan National Army and U.S. troops continue to chase down terrorists and capture enemy weaponry.
  • Taliban Attack Afghan Government Office RFE/RL 29 Sep 2004 -- Afghan police said Taliban militants attacked an Afghan government office early this morning and launched a gun battle that left four attackers and three Afghan troops dead.

Defense Policy / Programs

Defense Industry

  • Airbus Hands Over First A310 MRTT Air-To-Air Refuelling Aircraft EADS 29 Sep 2004 -- The first two Airbus aircraft with air-to-air refuelling capabilities, A310 Multi-Role Transport Tanker (MRTT) aircraft, were handed over to the German Air Force and the Canadian Air Force, during a ceremony in Dresden, Germany. A total of six A310 MRTTs, to be used both for passenger and cargo transport as well as for in-flight refuelling, are scheduled to be delivered to the German Air Force, which will receive four aircraft, and the Canadian Air Force, which will receive two.
  • EADS NORTH AMERICA ANNOUNCES U.S. DEFENSE COMPANY EADS 29 Sep 2004 -- EADS North America has announced the restructuring of its defense business into EADS North America Defense Company. The newly-announced company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of EADS North America, Inc., operating under a Special Security Agreement (SSA) to regulate and ease the management of classified information through a set of institutionalized corporate procedures establishing industrial security and export control measures. James Mulato will serve as CEO and the company will be located in Arlington, Virginia.
  • General Dynamics Common Hardware/Software II Contract Reaches $1 Billion Mark General Dynamics 29 Sep 2004 -- General Dynamics C4 Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), has been awarded a $22 million contract modification from the National Guard for ruggedized, secure fax machines, increasing the value of orders executed on the company’s Common Hardware/Software II contract (CHS-2) to more than $1 billion. The CHS-2 contract, awarded in 1995, provides the U.S. Army and other services with access to affordable common hardware and software items while keeping pace with commercial computer advances. The Army Communications Electronics Command is the contracting authority.
  • Lockheed Martin UCAR Team Successfully Tests Candidate Sensor Technologies Lockheed Martin 29 Sep 2004 -- The Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) Unmanned Combat Armed Rotorcraft (UCAR) team recently completed airborne and ground demonstrations of potential UCAR sensors.
  • First Demonstration of Air Force C2 Constellation Architecture Showcases Net-Centric Capabilities Lockheed Martin 29 Sep 2004 -- The U.S. Air Force and an industry-wide team led by Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has successfully demonstrated a service-oriented architecture with elements of the Command and Control (C2) Constellation, the Air Force's global network of C2 and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) systems and platforms. In an operational simulation that linked major C2 Constellation elements and services over a network, the Air Force achieved significantly reduced sensor-to-shooter timelines in a time-critical targeting exercise.
  • Northrop Grumman Consolidates Operations in Nebraska Northrop Grumman 29 Sep 2004 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC), the largest defense contractor in Nebraska, broke ground today on a new, state-of-the art facility that will consolidate current local operations from four sites to a single headquarters near Offutt Air Force Base. The company has more than 750 employees in the Omaha area.
  • Pratt & Whitney's F135 Program Completes 1,000th Test Hour Pratt & Whitney 29 Sep 2004 -- Earlier this month the Pratt & Whitney led F135 System Development and Demonstration (SDD) team completed the program’s 1,000th test hour. This testing milestone represents the cumulative hours of F135 SDD Testing and includes both the Conventional Take-Off and Landing (CTOL/CV) engine tests, as well as the Short Take-Off and Vertical Landing (STOVL) system test runs.
  • Raytheon and Navy Celebrate Tomahawk Block IV Fleet Introduction Raytheon 29 Sep 2004 -- The U.S. Navy today formally welcomed Raytheon Company's Tomahawk Block IV cruise missile into the Navy's arsenal at a fleet introduction ceremony at the Pentagon. The Block IV officially achieved initial operating capability (IOC) on May 27, 2004, with the loading of the first missile onboard USS Stethem (DDG-63), a guided missile destroyer.

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 29 Sep 2004

  • Powell Calls on Other Countries to Influence Sudan's Government Washington File 29 Sep 2004 -- U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell says he is disappointed that more nations have not made the clear statement that genocide is occurring in the Darfur region of Sudan, as he has done.
  • Powell-U.S.-Darfur VOA 29 Sep 2004 -- Senior Bush administration officials warned Wednesday that the already dire situation in Sudan's western Darfur region could get worse without a larger presence by African Union monitors.
  • Sudan: UNHCR Chief Calls For An End To All Violence in Darfur RFE/RL 29 Sep 2004 -- The UN High Commissioner for Refugees says a complete end to violence in Sudan's western region of Darfur is needed to convince hundreds of thousands of displaced people they can eventually return to their homes. Ruud Lubbers said there is enormous mistrust between Darfur's displaced population and Sudanese authorities. Although security has improved in recent months, more than 1.4 million Darfur residents have been displaced and are still afraid to return home amid continuing reports of attacks by Arab militia fighters. A UN Security Council resolution threatens Sudan with possible sanctions if it fails to stop the violence. The UN has called Darfur the world's worst humanitarian crisis. The United States describes it as genocide and accuses Sudan's Islamist government of involvement. But Sudan's foreign minister says the administration in Washington is exaggerating the crisis to gain votes in the upcoming U.S. election.
  • SUDAN: Renewed fighting reported in South Darfur IRIN 29 Sep 2004 -- Renewed fighting in South Darfur State has reportedly driven at least 5,000 people from their homes in the last three days, non-governmental organisations operating in the area said on Tuesday. The displaced, they added, were now seeking shelter under trees and waiting without food, water or shelter.

  • PRESS CONFERENCE BY FOREIGN MINISTER OF TIMOR-LESTE United Nations 29 Sep 2004
  • NIGERIA: Militia leader in oil region agrees to hold fire as long as not attacked IRIN 29 Sep 2004 -- A militia leader who has declared war on oil companies operating in southeastern Nigeria flew to the capital Abuja on Wednesday for surprise talks with President Olusegun Obasanjo on ways to defuse rising tension in the oil-rich Niger Delta.
  • MAURITANIA: Government says foils third coup plot in 15 months IRIN 29 Sep 2004 -- The Mauritanian government has announced that it has foiled a fresh coup plot and has once more accused Burkina Faso and Libya of supporting disaffected soldiers seeking to overthrow President Maaouiya Ould Taya.
  • Nepal-bound plane with U.S. arms in Indian airport IRNA 29 Sep 2004 -- An aircraft operated by Vega Airlines, a private Bulgarian cargo company, carrying explosives and ammunition to "combat" Maoists in Nepal, has been sitting at an Indian airport since Saturday, awaiting permission to fly out to Kathmandu.
  • Liberia can't yet fund diamond certification scheme needed to end sanctions - UN UN News Centre 29 Sep 2004 -- Experts monitoring the ban on Liberia's diamond trade say without external funding, the country will not be able to institute a certificate-of-origin regime for trade in the gemstones - a condition considered necessary for the United Nations Security Council to lift the sanctions.
  • UGANDA: 21 LRA rebels killed in fresh fighting in the north - army IRIN 29 Sep 2004 -- The Ugandan army said on Wednesday it had killed 21 fighters of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in renewed fighting in the north of the country and captured a son of LRA leader Joseph Kony, among others.

News Reports

  • PRESS CONFERENCE ON HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN MYANMAR United Nations 29 Sep 2004
  • UN/Burma Human Rights VOA 29 Sep 2004 -- Burma has defended its human rights record in the face of international pressure for the release of pro-democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi.Rights groups protested and concerned countries met with U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan as a Burmese official presented his country's case to the General Assembly.



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