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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 19 Oct 2004 [PDF]
• 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION SOLDIER DIES FROM NON-COMBAT RELATED INJURY

• IRAQ / WRAP VOA 19 Oct 2004 -- Insurgents fired mortars at an Iraqi National Guard headquarters north of Baghdad. The Defense Ministry says four people were killed and dozens of others were injured. Meanwhile, the head of a British charity in Iraq became the latest kidnapping victim, and U.S. forces continued to attack suspected insurgent positions in Fallujah.
• Iraq: 18 U.S. Soldiers Refuse To Obey Orders RFE/RL 19 Oct 2004 -- Eighteen men and women from a U.S. Army reserve unit are under investigation for refusing to obey orders in Iraq. The soldiers were told to deliver fuel from the Tallil military air base near Al-Nasiriyah to Taji, outside Baghdad. But the soldiers say the mission was flawed and too dangerous and that they would have been easy prey for insurgents who frequently attack along the 360-kilometer supply route. The case is raising questions about discipline in the U.S. military and the quality of training and equipment provided to American soldiers.
• Zarqawi Safe House Destroyed MNF-I/MNC-I 19 Oct 2004 -- Several Abu Musab Al Zarqawi safe houses and weapons storage facilities in southern Fallujah were struck this evening as part of continued operations to thwart the Zarqawi terrorist network plans to attack the Iraqi government and its people during Ramadan.
• Four Killed In Attack At Iraqi National Guard Center RFE/RL 19 Oct 2004 -- Iraqi and U.S. officials say four members of the Iraqi National Guard were killed and some 80 Iraqis were wounded in a mortar attack on the guard headquarters north of Baghdad.
• Kirkuk firefighters train Iraqis AFPN 19 Oct 2004 -- A siren pierces the early evening night calling attention to the bright yellow firetruck speeding toward a pillar of smoke in the distance.

• Transcript: Special DoD News Briefing on Operations and Mission in Afghanistan 19 Oct 2004 -- Lt. Gen. David W. Barno, Commander, Combined Forces Command-Afghanistan
• U.S. Commander: Afghan Elections Significant Milestone AFPS 19 Oct 2004 -- The Afghan presidential election on Oct. 9 represented a significant milestone on the country's road to a brighter future, the U.S. general in charge of coalition forces there said.
• AFGHAN ELECTIONS: DEMOCRACY TAKES 'ITS FIRST TEETERING STEPS' US Dept. of State IIP, Foreign Media Reaction 19 Oct 2004

Defense Policy / Programs

• ARMY ANNOUNCES COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY Army News Release 19 Oct 2004 -- The Army announced today a comprehensive strategy to enable the Army to meet its mission now and into the future.
• AMC exercise kicks off in Michigan AFPN 19 Oct 2004 -- Nearly 500 people from McChord Air Force Base, Wash., Grand Forks AFB, N.D., and Travis AFB, Calif., traveled to an Air National Guard base here for exercise Crisis Outlook 2004, a weeklong exercise designed to practice "ability to survive and operate" scenarios.
• Harpers Ferry Visits Doha, Qatar Navy NewsStand 95 Oct 2004 -- USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) called on the port of Doha, Qatar, Oct. 11 for a three-day ground breaking visit. The first U.S. warship to visit the port in more than two years, Harpers Ferry Sailors enjoyed the sights and venues of this city and were able to play host to a few young visitors from local schools.
• Kitty Hawk Introduces Internet Hotspots for Sailors Navy NewsStand 19 Oct 2004 -- In October, the Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) division aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) delivered a boost to local Sailors' quality of life with a new means of Internet connection for Sailors aboard the conventionally powered aircraft carrier, introducing "K-Spots."
• Bahrain, U.S. Conclude Bilateral Exercise Neon Response 2005 Navy NewsStand 19 Oct 2004 -- Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 4 Det. 4 completed bilateral exercise Neon Response 2005 held Oct. 3-13 with the Bahrain Royal Naval Force (RBNF) and the Bahrain Defense Force (BDF).
• Navy Tests a New Look - Task Force Uniform Announces E-1 Through O-10 Working Uniform Concepts Navy NewsStand 19 Oct 2004 -- The Navy introduced a set of concept working uniforms for Sailors E-1 through O-10 Oct. 18, in response to the fleet's feedback on current uniforms. The new uniforms, which will begin wear-testing this winter, were unveiled aboard USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) at an All Hands call with Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) (SS/AW) Terry D. Scott.
• Pace Discusses Allies, Supplies at Mississippi Speech AFPS 19 Oct 2004 -- The United States is thankful for the 30 allies contributing to security in Iraq, and Americans should not measure allied contributions to the war on terror solely on the number of troops involved, the vice chairman of the joint chiefs of staff told an audience in Mississippi.
• Study Finds Little Risk From Depleted-Uranium Particles AFPS 19 Oct 2004 -- A new study finds the health risks from inhaling airborne particles of depleted uranium are very low.

• State Department Noon Briefing, October 19 Washington File 19 Oct 2004 -- Iraq, Lebanon/Syria, Russia, U.S. visa process, Burma, Belarus

Defense Industry

• LOCKHEED MARTIN RECEIVES ADDITIONAL C-130 ORDER Lockheed Martin 19 Oct 2004 -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has signed a contract with the Royal Danish Air Force for an additional C-130J Super Hercules aircraft. The new contract is the exercise of an option available under Denmark’s original order for three C-130Js, placed in December 2000. The first three aircraft were delivered to Denmark earlier this year.
• Raytheon's B-2 AESA Radar Successfully Completes Major T/R Module Milestone Raytheon 19 Oct 2004 -- Raytheon Company's AN/APQ-181 radar for the B-2 "Spirit" stealth bomber, now being upgraded to include a new active electronically scanned array (AESA) antenna, has successfully completed a production readiness review (PRR) for the transmit/receive (T/R) module at the heart of the array.
• Thales wins A400M flight management system contract Thales 19 Oct 2004 -- Thales has won the flight management system (FMS) contract for Airbus Military's new A400M military transport.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL AND SPOKESMAN FOR THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT United Nations 19 Oct 2004
• Deputy Secretary-General appeals to parliamentarians for peacekeeping help UN News Centre 19 Oct 2004 -- Appealing to members of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) for help with United Nations peacekeeping operations, Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette today said the world body desperately needs another 30,000 military and many more civilians to satisfy current demand.

• UN / SYRIA-LEBANON VOA 19 Oct 2004 -- The U.N. Security Council has stepped up pressure on Syria to withdraw its 14-thousand troops from Lebanon.
• Highlighting insecurity in Sudan's Darfur, UN urges support for African force UN News Centre 19 Oct 2004 -- The United Nations mission in Sudan today said the security situation remains tense in the Darfur region, while Secretary-General Kofi Annan urged support for African Union (AU) efforts to bolster its monitoring and protection presence there.
• Côte d'Ivoire peace process still mired in stalemate - report to UN UN News Centre 19 Oct 2004 -- With the peace process in Côte d'Ivoire still mired in a stalemate, a monitoring group has suggested again that United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan and other West African leaders continue to press President Laurent Gbagbo on the obstacles preventing the passage of key reform legislation.
• CONGO: Rebels cut train service to coast IRIN 19 Oct 2004 -- Rail service stopped on Monday between the Republic of the Congo's main port of Pointe-Noire and its capital, Brazzaville, following numerous attacks on trains along the 250-km stretch of rail line in the Pool region.
• SUDAN: Rural communities in Darfur facing food crisis - ICRC IRIN 19 Oct 2004 -- Rural communities across western Sudan's strife-torn Darfur region are facing a food crisis that could be worse than the famines that hit the region in the 1980s and 90s, an assessment team of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said.
• CONGO / REBEL VOA 19 Oct 2004 -- The Congolese government says it has captured the commander of a group of armed men who temporarily seized a southern Congolese mining town last week. David Lewis reports from Kinshasa, the government also says an estimated three-thousand civilians who fled the fighting in the town are stranded on an island in Zambian waters.
• COTE D IVOIRE: Gbagbo rules out resumption of conflict IRIN 19 Oct 2004 -- President Laurent Gbagbo ruled out a return to military conflict to break the deadlock in Cote d'Ivoire's flagging peace process in an interview published on Tuesday.
• SUDAN / FAMINE VOA 19 Oct 2004 -- Tens of thousands of the families in Sudan's Darfur region face starvation as the ongoing violence there has kept most farmers from planting crops, the International Red Cross warns.

News Reports

• New EU Sanctions on Burma a Positive Step, U.S. Says Washington File 19 Oct 2004 -- The United States welcomes a decision by the European Union (EU) to impose new sanctions on the military regime of Burma, State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said in an October 18 statement.
• BURMA PRIME MINISTER ARREST VOA 19 Oct 2004 -- Burma's state radio and television have announced that Prime Minister Khin Nyunt has left his post and been replaced. The announcement follows a statement by Thai officials that the prime minister was dismissed and placed under house arrest.
• BURMA PRIME MINISTER ARREST VOA 19 Oct 2004 -- Thailand has announced that Burma's Prime Minister Khin Nyunt has been placed under house arrest.

• PRESS BRIEFING ON COMMISSION FOR AFRICA United Nations 19 Oct 2004