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30 September 2004 Military News

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Current Operations

  • OIF/OEF Casualty Update 30 Sep 2004 [PDF]
  • VBIED KILLS THREE, WOUNDS THIRTEEN
  • INDIRENT FIRE KILLS ONE SOLDIER AT LSA OUTSIDE OF BAGHDAD
  • DoD Identifies Army Casualty
  • DoD Identifies Army Casualty

  • PRECISION STRIKE IN FALLUJAH CENTCOM 30 Sep 2004 -- At 4:57 am Baghdad time, September 30, Multi-National Forces conducted a successful strike in north-east Fallujah, inflicting yet another blow to the Abu Musab al Zarqawi terrorist network on a known terrorist safe house.
  • Indirect fire kills one MNF Soldier at LSA Outside of Baghdad MNF-I/MNC-I 30 Sep 2004 -- attacked a Logistical Support Area outside Baghdad today with indirect fire. A 122mm rocket detonated, killing one Multi-National Force Soldier and wounding seven.
  • Three Car Bombs Explode in Western Baghdad MNF-I/MNC-I 30 Sep 2004 -- Three car bombs detonated between 1:00-1:30 p.m. today in Western Baghdad. Ten Task Force Baghdad Soldiers were injured in the attack. Eight were treated and released and two sustained more serious injuries and were evacuated to a medical facility. Numerous Iraqi casualties were also reported.
  • IRAQ / CAR BOMBS VOA 30 Sep 2004 -- Deadly car bombs ripped through several neighborhoods in and around Baghdad today (Thursday) killing more than 40 people, many of them children. Officials say a U.S. soldier and two Iraqi police officers were among the dead.
  • Iraqi Minister: Rebel Cities Will Be Retaken In October RFE/RL 30 Sep 2004 -- Iraqi Defense Minister Hasim al-Shalaan said today that U.S. and Iraqi forces will start a military offensive during October to retake rebel-held cities in Iraq.
  • Car Bomb Targets Iraqi Security RFE/RL 30 Sep 2004 -- A car bomb exploded west of Baghdad today, causing a number of casualties, and U.S. air strikes overnight targeted insurgent strongholds in Al-Fallujah.
  • Violence Escalates In Iraq RFE/RL 30 Sep 2004 -- At least 37 people were killed, many of them children, in three nearly simultaneous car-bomb blasts in southern Baghdad today.

  • AFGHANISTAN: Voters concerned about intimidation - survey IRIN 30 Sep 2004 -- Afghans have voiced concern over possible intimidation by local commanders during next month's presidential elections, calling disarmament the single most important issue in improving security, a new survey released on Thursday said.
  • Using officials and donkeys, Afghans prepare for historic presidential vote UN News Centre 30 Sep 2004 -- The people of Afghanistan will vote on 9 October in the first presidential election in their history with the help of more than 115,000 polling officials, 100,000 voting screens and 300 donkeys, the United Nations mission to the country said today as it unveiled details of the final preparations taking place.
  • Violence Erupts In Afghanistan RFE/RL 30 Sep 2004 -- Militants suspected of being from the ousted Taliban regime killed at least seven Afghan soldiers at a remote checkpoint in southeastern Afghanistan.
  • Analysis: Afghan Leader Counsels Patience RFE/RL 30 Sep 2004 -- In an interview in Kabul with RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan on 29 September, Afghan Transitional Administration Chairman Hamid Karzai discussed the upcoming presidential election, the first round of which is scheduled for 9 October. Afghanistan's direct national election pits Karzai against 17 other candidates hoping to become the country's first-ever democratically elected leader.

Defense Policy / Programs

  • Presidential Debate in Coral Gables, Florida 2004 Presidential Documents Online via GPO Access 30 Sep 2004
  • Bush, Kerry End Crucial 1st Debate VOA News 30 Sep 2004 -- President Bush - in the first of three presidential debates - has strongly defended his decision to invade Iraq, but challenger John Kerry called the decision a "colossal error of judgement".

  • Navy to Christen New Guided-Missile Destroyer 30 Sep 2004 -- The newest Arleigh Burke class guided-missile destroyer, Forrest Sherman will be christened on Saturday, Oct. 2, 2004, during a 10 a.m. CST ceremony at Northrop Grumman Ship Systems in Pascagoula, Miss.
  • ISR Transformation Requires Vast, Advanced Technology AFPS 30 Sep 2004 -- Using data collected through intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance to its full potential requires better technology than is currently in place, the director of the Defense Information Security Agency said here.
  • Cooperation Key to Intel, Surveillance, Reconnaissance Transformation AFPS 30 Sep 2004 -- Transformation is a hot topic in the military community. And this week, transforming the Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance model is the theme of the ISR Transformation Government Symposium here.
  • Airmen pull underground alert AFPN 30 Sep 2004 -- Officers from the 742nd Missile Squadron and others like them continue to carry on a 40-year legacy by pulling alert at a seemingly plain-looking wooden building on the North Dakota prairie. Located 60 feet below is the most important part of the facility -- a steel-reinforced capsule no larger than a tractor trailer.
  • Futures Center marks first anniversary Army News 30 Sep 2004 -- Nearing its one-year anniversary, the Army's Futures Center was established to provide the Army with an "institutional" lead agent for change, paving the way for more efficient and cost-effective ways of building the Army's future force.
  • Futures Center working two initiatives for troops in Iraq Army News 30 Sep 2004 -- The new Spiral Developments Division of the Army's "Futures Center" at Fort Monroe, Va., is working on two initiatives which its director hopes may soon help Soldiers deployed in Iraq.
  • Tech Project Brings Innovation to EP-3E Navy NewsStand 30 Sep 2004 -- A new technology project called Story Maker will bring critical improvements to the capability of the Navy EP-3E to identify potential hostile targets. The EP-3E is the Navy's sole land-based signals intelligence reconnaissance aircraft.
  • NAS Brunswick P-3 Team Commits to NAVRIIP/AIRSpeed Navy NewsStand 30 Sep 2004 -- Naval Aviation Enterprise leaders visited Naval Air Station Brunswick, Maine, in late August to demonstrate a commitment to the cost-wise readiness journey and the improvement of long-standing processes for the P-3 aircraft.
  • VMAQ-4 Departs for WTI, maintainers keep Prowlers scanning skies Marine Corps News 30 Sep 2004 -- Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 4 departed Wednesday to Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., in the participation of Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course, which is directed by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron-1, for the duration of October.
  • Archives Not Destroying Military Personnel Files AFPS 30 Sep 2004 -- The National Archives and Records Administration is not destroying any military records, officials here said.
  • Defense Task Force Civilian Co-Chair Selected 30 Sep 2004 -- The Defense Task Force on Sexual Harassment and Violence at the Military Service Academies conducted its administrative and organizational meeting Sept. 22 and 23.

  • State Department Noon Briefing, September 30 Washington File 30 Sep 2004 -- Caribbean/post-hurricane relief, Powell's trip to Western Hemisphere, 2006 Diversity Visa Lottery Program, Russia, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Denmark, India/Pakistan, Nepal, North Korea, Haiti

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 30 Sep 2004

  • UN/Sudan/Darfur VOA 30 Sep 2004 -- Sudan has agreed to accept an expanded African Union force in its western Darfur region to help protect civilians against marauding pro-government militia. Sudan's foreign minister briefed the U.N. Security Council Thursday, shortly after a top U.N. official reported that the potential for genocide still exists in Darfur.
  • CONGRESS/SUDAN VOA 30 Sep 2004 -- A congressional committee has approved legislation that would provide 450-million dollars in aid over the next three years for Sudan's western Darfur region, and in support of efforts for a comprehensive peace in Sudan. The bill would also impose sanctions against the government in Khartoum
  • Sudan: 20,000 child soldiers have been demobilized, says UN official UN News Centre 30 Sep 2004 -- About 20,000 former child soldiers have been demobilized from rebel groups in southern Sudan since 2001, but an estimated 17,000 young combatants remain and their reintegration could be hampered by prevailing poverty and discrimination, a paper co-authored by a United Nations official says.
  • Human Rights Commissioner Calls for International Police in Darfur Camps Washington File 30 Sep 2004 -- Citing fear and insecurity in camps that are "prisons without walls," the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights told the Security Council September 30 that a large international police presence is needed in the camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Darfur.
  • Sudan Under Great Pressure Internally, Internationally Washington File 30 Sep 2004 -- Darfur is just one of many crises in Sudan that contribute to greater internal and external pressures than the country has ever felt before, Andrew Natsios, administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), warned September 29.

  • NIGERIA / TALKS VOA 30 Sep 2004 -- The leader of a militia group from the southern oil-rich region of Nigeria says talks between government officials and rebels continued in Abuja late into the evening on Thursday. The rebel group, which is demanding autonomy as well as revenues from oil sales, agreed to a temporary ceasefire Wednesday to allow the talks to take place.
  • NIGERIA / TALKS VOA 30 Sep 2004 -- The leader of a militia group from the southern oil-producing region of Nigeria met with officials in Abuja Thursday to discuss his group's demands for autonomy and revenues from oil sales. The group agreed to a temporary cease-fire on Wednesday to allow the talks to take place.

  • UN / CONGO VOA 30 Sep 2004 -- The U.N. Security Council has agreed to authorize nearly six-thousand more peacekeeping troops for the Democratic Republic of Congo. The figure is less than half what Secretary-General Kofi Annan had requested.
  • India 'aware' of landing of aircraft carrying US arms for Nepal IRNA 30 Sep 2004 -- Indian Government said Wednesday that it was `aware` of the supply of certain explosives and ammunition by the United States for use by the Nepal police in counter-insurgency operations in the Himalayan nation.
  • Lebanon: Backed By UN Vote, Anti-Syrian Voices Grow Louder In Lebanon RFE/RL 30 Sep 2004 -- For almost 30 years, Syrian troops have been in Lebanon, with Damascus the de facto power broker in the neighboring country since its devastating civil war came to an end in 1990. But now, change may be in the air. This month, the UN Security Council passed a resolution that called on Syria to withdraw its 35,000 troops from Lebanon and allow the country to go ahead with scheduled presidential polls.
  • SOMALIA: AU welcomes progress in peace process IRIN 30 Sep 2004 -- The African Union (AU) has welcomed recent progress made towards the reestablishment of a functioning government in Somalia and urged the international community to assist the country's national institutions once they are fully installed, the AU said in a statement sent on Thursday.
  • ISRAEL/PALESTINIANS VOA 30 Sep 2004 -- Israeli tanks pushed into the Jabalya refugee camp in Gaza a day after two Israeli children were killed by a rocket fired by Palestinian militants. Clashes have intensified in Gaza since Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon reaffirmed his plan to pull out Jewish settlers from the area next year.
  • IVORY COAST / REBELS VOA 30 Sep 2004 -- The Ivory Coast parliament has failed to meet the September 30th deadline to pass a series of political reforms, putting the divided country's fragile peace process in limbo.

News Reports

  • UNCTAD/AFRICA VOA 30 Sep 2004 -- The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, UNCTAD, is calling on creditors to cancel sub-Saharan Africa's multibillion-dollar debt. UNCTAD says this huge debt has strangled the continent's growth prospects for the past two decades.
  • NASA Chooses ILS Atlas V Launch Vehicle To Launch Solar Dynamics Observatory Lockheed Martin 30 Sep 2004 -- A mission to study solar influences on space weather will ride into orbit on an Atlas V launch vehicle, under a contract announced today between NASA and International Launch Services (ILS).



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