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21 October 2004 Military News

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Current Operations

  • OIF/OEF Casualty Update 21 Oct 2004 [PDF]
  • DoD Identifies Army Casualty
  • DoD Identifies Marine Casualty

  • Reserve Division to Teach Iraqi Security Forces AFPS 21 Oct 2004 -- More than 700 members of an Army Reserve training division are moving into Iraq to help train local security forces.
  • BRITAIN / IRAQ VOA 21 Oct 2004 -- Britain has accepted a U.S. request to move some of its troops in Iraq closer to Baghdad to free up American forces for counter-insurgency operations ahead of Iraqi elections in January.
  • 343RD QUARTERMASTER COMPANY COMMANDER RELIEVED OF DUTY CENTCOM 21 Oct 2004 -- The commander of the 300th Area Support Group, with the authorization of the Commanding General of the 13th Corps Support Command, has relieved the commander of the 343rd Quartermaster Company, of her duties, at her {343rd Commander's} request, effective October 21.
  • Al-Zarqawi Group Claims It Attacked U.S. Patrol In Iraq RFE/RL 21 Oct 2004 -- The U.S. military continued efforts yesterday to disrupt insurgency in the Iraqi city of Al-Fallujah by bombing two houses that U.S. officials claim belonged to followers of Jordanian-born militant leader Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi.
  • 11th MEU EOD sweeping the streets clean USMC News 20 Oct 2004 -- Explosive Ordnance Disposal detachment, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), has gathered more than 400 improvised explosive devices and more than 40,000 enemy unexploded ordnance items -- half of which they destroyed themselves -- since the 11th MEU assumed operational control of An Najaf, Iraq, on July 31.

  • One Killed in Air Force Helicopter Crash in Afghanistan AFPS 21 Oct 2004 -- An Air Force HH-60 helicopter crewmember was killed and two others were injured when their aircraft crashed during a medical evacuation mission about 11 p.m. Oct. 20 east of Shindand, Afghanistan.

Defense Policy / Programs

  • Levin Releases Report on Pre-War Intelligence Office of Senator Carl Levin 21 Oct 2004 -- Senator Carl Levin (D-MI), the Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) released a report today of an inquiry he initiated on June 27, 2003 and conducted by the SASC Minority Staff.
  • CONGRESS - IRAQ VOA 21 Oct 2004 -- A key Senate Democrat is accusing the U.S. Defense Department of exaggerating the threat from Iraq to justify the war.
  • Department of Defense Statement Regarding The Levin Minority Report 21 Oct 2004 -- The Levin report appears to depart from the bipartisan, consultative relationship that exists between the Department of Defense and the Senate Armed Services Committee. The Department cooperated carefully with Senator Levin's investigation, knowing that Senator Levin might decide, as he did, not to seek a unanimous -- or at least bipartisan -- report.

  • Navy to Commission Submarine Virginia 21 Oct 2004 -- The Navy will commission the USS Virginia, lead ship of the latest class of attack submarines, Saturday, Oct. 23, 2004, during an 11 a.m. EST ceremony at Naval Station Norfolk in Norfolk, Va.
  • Warhawks soar to Thailand USMC News 21 Oct 2004 -- Navy Strike Fighters Squadron 97 and supporting Marines departed, Tuesday, for the 2005 Thailand Incremental Training Program in Khorat, Thailand.
  • Air Force Team Deploys to Prepare for Sudan Airlift Mission AFPS 21 Oct 2004 -- About 30 U.S. Air Force members from U.S. European Command arrived in Kigali, Rwanda, today to begin preparations to support a two-week airlift mission of Rwandan peacekeepers as part of the African Union expanded mission in the Darfur region of Sudan.

  • Russia: Military Conscripts Caught In Deadly 'Cycle Of Violence' RFE/RL 21 Oct 2004 -- The abuse of conscripts in the Russian military -- known as hazing or "rule of the grandfathers" ("dedovshchina") in Russian -- is a widespread problem that independent monitors say claims several thousand lives each year. The nongovernmental organization Human Rights Watch has issued a new report based on extensive research and interviews with current and former soldiers. It paints a harrowing picture of life in today's Russian armed forces.

  • White House Daily Briefing, October 21 Washington File 21 Oct 2004 -- White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan briefed reporters on Air Force One October 21 as they accompanied President Bush on a campaign trip to Pennsylvania
  • State Department Noon Briefing, October 21 Washington File 21 Oct 2004 -- Powell/death of Paul Nitze, Cuba, Iran, Iraq, South Korea, Belarus, Cyprus, China, North Korea, United Nations

Defense Industry

Other Conflicts

  • DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL AND SPOKESMAN FOR THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT United Nations 21 Oct 2004

  • SUDAN: African Union to send more peacekeepers to Darfur IRIN 21 Oct 2004 -- The African Union (AU) agreed on Wednesday to boost the number of peacekeepers in Sudan's troubled Darfur region and to send in a civilian police force, Said Djinnit, head of the AU's Peace and Security Council, told reporters in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.
  • Annan hails announced suspension of fighting between Nepal and Maoist rebels UN News Centre 21 Oct 2004 -- United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today welcomed the decisions by Maoist insurgents and the Government of Nepal to halt fighting temporarily in observance of a national holiday.
  • Annan calls for funds, urges African Union to deploy quickly in Darfur, Sudan UN News Centre 21 Oct 2004 -- United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today hailed the African Union's decision to send an expanded force of troops and police with a broad mandate to protect monitors, aid workers and civilians in the conflict in western Sudan and he called on countries to contribute urgently and generously to the AU as it prepares to deploy.
  • UN/ AFRICA/ HUMANITARIAN VOA 21 Oct 2004 -- The United Nations' top envoy overseeing humanitarian assistance in Africa, Jan Egeland, calls what is happening in northern Uganda the world's most neglected humanitarian emergency. At the same time, as Correspondent Barbara Schoetzau reports, he says progress in Darfur is undermined by the desperate need for security for aid workers.
  • U-S/SUDAN AIRLIFT VOA 21 Oct 2004 -- The U-S military is set to begin an airlift of Rwandan peacekeepers into Sudan's troubled Darfur region. At the Pentagon, Correspondent Nick Simeone tells us the mission is expected to last about two weeks.
  • SUDAN / CONFLICT VOA 21 Oct 2004 -- The African Union has agreed to expand its peacekeeping force in Sudan's Darfur region. The move comes as the Sudanese government begins peace talks in Abuja, Nigeria, with Darfur's two rebels groups.
  • WAR CRIMES / MILOSEVIC VOA 21 Oct 2004 -- Former Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic asked an appeals court in The Hague Thursday to allow him to continue defending himself. The judges hearing his war crimes case are trying to force him to accept court-appointed lawyers due to his poor health.

News Reports

  • Belarus Democracy Act Will Help Cause of Freedom, Bush Says Washington File 21 Oct 2004 -- President Bush signed into law October 20 a bill that authorizes assistance for democratic opposition movements in Belarus and also applies economic sanctions against the Central European country.
  • BAKASSI/NIGERIA/CAMEROON VOA 21 Oct 2004 -- The U.N. commission overseeing the implementation of the transfer of the oil-rich Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon is meeting in Abuja, Nigeria, to hammer out details of a 2002 world court decision forcing Nigeria to hand over the region to Cameroon.



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