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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 07 Oct 2004 [PDF]
• CONVOY ATTACK KILLS ONE, WOUNDS TWO
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• 1st INFANTRY SOLDIER KILLED, CIVILIAN WORKER WOUNDED

• Second Brigade Transfers Authority MNF-I/MNC-I 07 Oct 2004 -- The transfer of authority of the Multi-National Division Central South 2nd Brigade Combat Team occurred in a ceremony Oct. 7 at Camp Delta near Al Kut City in Wasit Province. Ukrainian Maj. Gen. Serhiy Popko assumed authority from Maj. Gen. Serhiy Ostrovsky.
• Parade, Festivities Mark 1st AD's Return to Germany From Iraq AFPS 07 Oct 2004 -- A formal military parade and a huge festival featuring food and entertainment here today officially welcomed home the soldiers of the Army's 1st Armored Division and other units that served in its Iraq task force.
• Wolfowitz, Sanchez Praise 1st AD's Extended Iraq Service AFPS 07 Oct 2004 -- The deputy secretary of defense and the former commander of coalition forces based in Iraq praised the 1st Armored Division here today for its service in Iraq, which lasted three months longer than originally planned.
• Transcript: Special Defense Department Briefing on Construction and Non-Construction Projects in Iraq 07 Oct 2004 -- Bill Taylor, The Iraq Reconstruction Management Office; Charles Hess, The Project And Contracting Office
• Iraqi and U.S. Forces continue push USMC News 07 Oct 2004 -- Iraqi security forces, backed by elements of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, captured 13 suspected militants in the central Iraqi town of Haswah Oct. 6 as the joint force continued to aggressively target anti-Iraqi forces throughout Northern Babil province.
• Marines take high altitude detour to deliver the goods in Iraq USMC News 07 Oct 2004 -- Marine forces operating in Iraq are receiving their "bullets and band aids" in a timely manner, courtesy of a small unit of Marines here.
• Reserve Marines crucial to mission in Iraq USMC News 07 Oct 2004 -- Melissa A. Wolf just started her first semester as a Southern Illinois University freshman when it happened. She was called to duty.

• Paratroopers Return to Witness Afghan Transformation AFPS 07 Oct 2004 -- Paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division, including 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, deployed to Afghanistan in July 2002 to support Operation Enduring Freedom.
• Afghanistan: Men Threaten Wives Over Presidential Voting RFE/RL 07 Oct 2004 -- The British government's continued detention without trial of nine foreign terrorism suspects has been challenged in an unusual hearing in the House of Lords, Britain's upper chamber of parliament. The detainees' lawyers and civil rights organizations argue that the detentions -- under the 2001 Anti-Terrorism, Crime, and Security Act -- are illegal. They say this is so because the same law has not been applied in cases involving British citizens. A rare sitting of nine high court judges heard the challenge. The nine suspects are being held under British laws enacted after 11 September 2001. To do so, Britain had to opt out of Article 5 of the European Union's Convention on Human Rights, the only government to do so. The detainees, who include Abu Qatada, a suspected head of Al-Qaeda in Britain, are being held in the high-security Belmarsh prison -- seven of them for more than two years.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Force shaping opportunities expand in 2005 AFPN 07 Oct 2004 -- Air Force personnel officials encourage more Airmen to seek opportunities to exit the service under an expanded force-shaping program in fiscal 2005.
• Airmen train with NATO allies during exercise AFPN 07 Oct 2004 -- Airmen from Aviano Air Base, Italy, joined forces with NATO's newest member Oct. 4 to 7 to improve the way they rescue downed pilots.
• Air Force still needs health professionals AFPN 07 Oct 2004 -- The Air Force exceeded its enlisted recruiting goal by sending 34,362 people to basic military training in fiscal 2004, but the service was unsuccessful in finding enough physicians, dentists and nurses to meet its health professions goal.
• Officials unveil new space badge AFPN 07 Oct 2004 -- Air Force Space Command officials unveiled a new space badge at the Strategic Space 2004 Convention in Omaha, Neb., on Oct. 7.
• Global Hawk UAV Makes First Flight for the Navy Navy NewsStand 07 Oct 2004 -- The first RQ-4A Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) slated for the Navy's Global Hawk Maritime Demonstration (GHMD) program made its first flight from Palmdale, Calif., to Edward's Air Force Base Oct. 6.

• FRANCE / CHINA -ARMS EMBARGO VOA 07 Oct 2004 -- French President Jacques Chirac says he will lobby the European Union to lift its arms embargo on China, despite divisions within the EU on lifting the ban and opposition from the United States.

• State Department Noon Briefing, October 7 Washington File 07 Oct 2004 -- Cuba, Israel/Palestinians, Balkans, Serbia, Afghanistan, Brazil, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Syria/Lebanon

Defense Industry

• Further MOWAG PIRANHAs for Denmark General Dynamics 07 Oct 2004 -- On October 5, 2004 the Danish Army Materiel Command (DAMC) and MOWAG AG – a General Dynamics company – signed a contract for the delivery of 91 armoured vehicles of the PIRANHA IIIC 8x8 type with a total value of close to 140 Million Swiss Francs (approx. US$ 112 Million). This is already the third order from the Danish Army.
• Lockheed Martin's ATACMS Block IA Unitary Successfully Completes Guidance Upgrade Testing Lockheed Martin 07 Oct 2004 -- Lockheed Martin’s [NYSE: LMT] Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) Block IA Unitary missile successfully completed the first of two tests to demonstrate a new upgraded guidance and control system and new flight software. The test took place at White Sands Missile Range, NM, on September 30. All test objectives were achieved.
• Pratt & Whitney Celebrates 25th Anniversary of F-16 Falcon European Participating Air Forces Program Pratt & Whitney 07 Oct 2004 -- Pratt & Whitney joins the countries of the European Participating Air Forces (EPAF) in celebrating the 25th anniversary of the F-16 Falcon EPAF program today.
• Northrop Grumman Conducts First Flight of First Navy Global Hawk Northrop Grumman 07 Oct 2004 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation conducted the first flight of the first RQ-4A Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle slated for the Navy's Global Hawk Maritime Demonstration (GHMD).

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 07 Oct 2004
• ISRAEL EXPLOSION VOA 07 Oct 2004 -- Three explosions have ripped through popular Red Sea resorts in the Egyptian Sinai late Thursday killing at least 20 people and wounding dozens more. Israeli security officials say there is growing evidence that the blasts were the result of a terror attack.
• GUINEA-BISSAU: Armed forces chief killed as soldiers mutiny over pay arrears IRIN 07 Oct 2004 -- The head of the armed forces of Guinea-Bissau, General Verissimo Correia Seabra, has been killed by mutinous soldiers demanding the immediate payment of substantial salary arrears, Defence Minister Daniel Gomes said on Thursday.
• NIGER: Five killed as army clashes with Tuaregs in desert north IRIN 07 Oct 2004 -- Five people died when Niger government forces clashed with bandits claiming to be Tuareg rebels in the Air mountains in the desert north of the country, the government said.
• DR of Congo and Rwanda agree to deploy teams to troubled border towns - UN UN News Centre 07 Oct 2004 -- The Governments of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and neighbouring Rwanda have agreed to deploy permanent teams later this month in two troubled border towns to monitor the situation there, a United Nations spokesman said today.
• Security Council says conditions still not right for lifting Liberia sanctions UN News Centre 07 Oct 2004 -- While Liberia has made progress in conforming to international regimes for its diamond and timber trade, the conditions are still not ripe for lifting sanctions against those industries in the West African nation, the President of the United Nations Security Council said today.
• Syria has not withdrawn troops from Lebanon, Annan reports UN News Centre 07 Oct 2004 -- Syria has not withdrawn its troops from Lebanon as called for by the United Nations Security Council although Damascus said some 3,000 of its forces have been redeployed, Secretary-General Kofi Annan says in a report made public today.
• U.N. Names Panel to Investigate Charges of Genocide in Darfur Washington File 07 Oct 2004 -- Secretary General Kofi Annan October 7 announced the establishment of an international commission of inquiry to determine whether or not acts of genocide have occurred in Darfur, Sudan, and named five international jurists to serve on the panel.
• USAID Warns Darfur Death Rates Likely to Rise Despite Assistance Washington File 07 Oct 2004 -- Top United States aid officials are warning that death rates are likely to rise by year's end inside Darfur and in refugee camps in neighboring Chad due to a poor harvest, the weakened and vulnerable condition of people in the camps, and continuing problems for humanitarian access.
• SUDAN / AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL VOA 07 Oct 2004 -- The human rights group Amnesty International says atrocities in Sudan's troubled Darfur region can only be brought to an end through sustained efforts and engagement by the international community. Amnesty officials presented their group's findings after a recent mission to Sudan's westernmost region.
• IVORY COAST / REBELS VOA 07 Oct 2004 -- Three United Nations peacekeepers in Ivory Coast have been injured during a protest against scheduled disarmament in the rebel-held north.
• HAITI / VIOLENCE VOA 07 Oct 2004 -- Violence has returned in Haiti's capital, where armed gangs have taken to the streets in the slums of Port-au-Prince. The Haitian National Police, backed by U.N. troops, are struggling to regain control of the city. In Port-au-Prince, Amelia Shaw reports.
• SUDAN/PEACE TALKS VOA 07 Oct 2004 -- The latest, and perhaps the last, round of peace talks between the Sudanese government and the main rebel group in the south have opened in Nairobi.
• ISRAEL / PALESTINIANS VOA 07 Oct 2004 -- An Israeli missile strike has left two Palestinian teenagers dead and three Palestinians injured, as the Israeli military offensive in the Gaza Strip enters its second week, Thursday.

News Reports

• Leach Calls for Greater International Pressure on Burmese Junta Washington File 07 Oct 2004 -- The ongoing humanitarian crisis in Burma "calls out for a more robust and humane international response," Representative James Leach (Republican from Iowa) said in October 6 remarks before the full House of Representatives.
• INDONESIA / PRESIDENTIAL FINAL VOA 07 Oct 2004 -- Indonesia's highest court has formally confirmed that retired general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono won last month's presidential elections, ending three days of uncertainty. Mr. Yudhoyono's aides say the next president will concentrate on bridging the political divide before his inauguration on October 20th.
• Boeing Delivers World's Largest Communications Satellite Boeing 07 Oct 2004 -- Boeing [NYSE:BA] delivered its ninth Boeing 702 spacecraft, the world's largest communications satellite, which is providing broadband Internet services for Telesat of Canada and its customers throughout North America.