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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 22 Oct 2004 [PDF]

• Increase in Insurgent Attacks Expected During Ramadan AFPS 22 Oct 2004 -- Based on intelligence information, coalition forces expect an increase in violence during the holy month of Ramadan, a Multinational Force Iraq spokesman said today in a Pentagon Channel interview from Baghdad.
• Burger King, Pizza Hut Open Doors at Balad Air Base AFPS 22 Oct 2004 -- Airmen here finally can have it their way, with the opening of Burger King and Pizza Hut restaurants Oct. 10.
• MARINES ENGAGING INSURGENTS NEAR FALLUJAH CENTCOM 22 Oct 2004 -- Marines from the 1st Marine Division are engaging several groups of insurgents Oct. 22, for the second consecutive day, from the outskirts of Fallujah.
• Cavalry Unit Makes Big Find in Southern Baghdad MNF-I/MNC-I 22 Oct 2004 -- All companies of 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 5th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, along with elements in the 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, conducted a large scale cordon and search in the southern outskirts of Baghdad Oct. 14.
• Three More Witnesses Testify in Second Session of Alban Murder Hearing MNF-I/MNC-I 22 Oct 2004 -- The second session of a premeditated murder hearing for a Task Force Baghdad Soldier was held Oct. 22 at the Camp Liberty Court House.
• INSPECTING OFFICER HEARS 11 WITNESSES IN PREMEDITATED MURDER HEARING CENTCOM 22 Oct 2004 -- The first session of a premeditated-murder hearing for a Task Force Baghdad Soldier was held Oct. 21 at the Camp Liberty Court House.
• BRITAIN / IRAQ VOA 22 Oct 2004 -- Britain's senior military officer says U.S. forces in Iraq are preparing a major counter-insurgency campaign, as Western military experts warn it could take years for the Iraqi military to be strong enough to guarantee stability there.
• 98th takes challenge of training Iraqi Army Army News 22 Oct 2004 -- The Army Reserve's 98th Division (Institutional Training) has a new mission -- training the new Iraqi Army.
• New program partners U.S., Iraqi engineers to rebuild nation Army News 22 Oct 2004 -- A new initiative between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and some of Iraq's best engineers is aimed at not only removing the veil of isolation but building the country's schools, power plants and infrastructure.
• Belleau Wood, Comstock to Return from Surge Deployment Navy NewsStand 22 Oct 2004 -- More than 2,000 Sailors and Marines from USS Belleau Wood (LHA 3) and USS Comstock (LSD 45) are slated to return to their homeport of San Diego Oct. 24, from a surge deployment in support of the global war on terrorism.

• A Statement from The Chairman of The Joint Chiefs of Staff General Richard B. Myers 22 Oct 2004 -- I am very disappointed in the mischaracterizations that appeared in The Washington Post today regarding our Afghanistan war planning efforts, "Second-guessing actions in Afghanistan."

Defense Policy / Programs

• Transcript: Joint News Conference with Secretary Of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and South Korean Minister of National Defense Yoon Kwang Ung 22 Oct 2004 -- Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld
• Korea-U.S. Security Meeting Joint Communiqué Announced 22 Oct 2004 -- Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and Republic of Korea Minister of National Defense Yoon Kwang Ung issued a joint communiqué today following the 36th Republic of Korea (ROK)-United States security consultative meeting (SCM).

• EFV-Corps' future amphibian visits Combat Center USMC News 22 Oct 2004 -- One of the Corps' future weapons, the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle, debuted here last week.

• State Department Noon Briefing, October 22 Washington File 22 Oct 2004 -- MEPI Funding Statement/OSCE/US Elections, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Lebanon, Korea, Cyprus, Albania
• White House Daily Briefing, October 22 Washington File 22 Oct 2004 -- Terrorism, Iraq, Afghanistan, President's schedule

Defense Industry

• General Dynamics Awarded $5 Million Contract to Perform Engineering Studies in Support of Mobile Gun System General Dynamics 22 Oct 2004 -- The Canadian Department of National Defence has awarded General Dynamics Land Systems – Canada a $5 million CAD (approx. $4 million USD) contract to perform engineering feasibility studies in support of the Canadian Mobile Gun System program. These studies will assist the Department of National Defence in defining modifications to the Stryker Mobile Gun System to meet Canadian requirements.
• Team US101 Announces 16 Suppliers in Florida to Support Next Marine One Helicopter Lockheed Martin 22 Oct 2004 -- Team US101 has announced that 16 companies in Florida will supply components to the American-built US101 medium-lift helicopter. Team US101 is competing to provide the President of the United States with a fleet of next-generation helicopters better known by the call sign “Marine One.”
• USS VIRGINIA TO ENTER SERVICE WITH COMBAT SYSTEM FOR THE FUTURE Lockheed Martin 22 Oct 2004 -- The U.S. Navy will launch an era of unprecedented capability for the fleet on Saturday, Oct 23, 2004, with the commissioning of USS Virginia (SSN 774), the nation’s newest submarine.
• Raytheon Delivers Deployment STANDARD Missile-3 Rounds to Missile Defense Agency Raytheon 22 Oct 2004 -- Raytheon Company has begun delivering STANDARD Missile-3 (SM-3) initial deployment rounds to the Missile Defense Agency. The event was marked by a ceremony at the company's Missile Systems operations here today.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL AND SPOKESMAN FOR THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT United Nations 22 Oct 2004
• Annan reports stalemate on Western Sahara dispute UN News Centre 22 Oct 2004 -- The parties in Western Sahara have made no progress over the last six months towards agreement on a peace plan, Secretary-General Kofi Annan says in a new report recommending a six-month extension of the United Nations mission there in order to maintain stability.
• SUDAN: Ceasefire violations hamper aid to Darfur - UNAMIS IRIN 22 Oct 2004 -- The number of ceasefire breaches in the Darfur region in western Sudan increased considerably during September and early October, Radhia Achouri, spokeswoman for the United Nations Advance Mission in Sudan (UNAMIS), told IRIN on Thursday.
• NIGERIA: Five charged with planning to shoot down Obasanjo's helicopter IRIN 22 Oct 2004 -- Four military officers and a civilian have been charged with plotting to kill Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo by shooting down his helicopter with a missile.
• More vigorous international engagement vital to Middle East peace - UN official UN News Centre 22 Oct 2004 -- With a sense of foreboding looming over the conflict-wracked Middle East, a senior United Nations official today called for the international community to be more vigorously engaged in the region's peace process.
• Security Council endorses reorganization plan for UN mission in Cyprus UN News Centre 22 Oct 2004 -- The Security Council today endorsed Secretary-General Kofi Annan's recommendation to reduce by one third the size of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) and extended the mission's mandate through mid-June 2005.
• ERITREA/SUDAN VOA 22 Oct 2004 -- Eritrea says it has arrested members of a terrorist network, allegedly backed by Sudan, intent on assassinating Eritrea's president. The Sudanese government is calling the claim a fabrication, and says it would welcome an international inquiry.
• ISRAEL / PALESTINIANS VOA 22 Oct 2004 -- Israeli aircraft struck at Palestinian targets in the northern Gaza Strip overnight. VOA's Larry James reports from Jerusalem the strike occurred just hours after an Israeli missile killed two prominent Hamas militants in Gaza.
• NIGERIA/SUDAN VOA 22 Oct 2004 -- A new round of peace talks on the conflict in Sudan's western Darfur region is getting off to a slow start. Travel delays have kept representatives from arriving on time at the site of the negotiations in Nigeria's capital, Abuja, on Thursday.

News Reports

• PRESS BRIEFING BY CHAIRMAN OF SECURITY COUNCIL’S 1267 SANCTIONS COMMITTEE United Nations 22 Oct 2004
• BELARUS ELECTIONS: MINSK'S 'THEATER OF THE ABSURD' US Dept. of State IIP, Foreign Media Reaction 22 Oct 2004
• Orbital Set To Launch Pegasus Rocket Carrying Company-Built Autonomous Rendezvous Spacecraft For NASA Orbital Sciences Corp. 22 Oct 2004 -- Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) announced today that it is in final preparations to launch the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)’s Demonstration of Autonomous Rendezvous Technology (DART) spacecraft aboard a Pegasus rocket.