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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 27 Oct 2004 [PDF]
• Convoy Attack Kills One, Injures One
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty

• Sadr City Weapons Buyback Ends With Mixed Success AFPS 27 Oct 2004 -- Iraqi soldiers and police, and U.S. soldiers have completed their project with local leaders to facilitate a weapons buyback program to make life safer for the residents of Baghdad's Sadr City section.
• IRAQ / BRITISH FORCES VOA 27 Oct 2004 -- About 850 British troops in Iraq are moving north toward Baghdad from the city of Basra. The arrival of the British troops appears to further indicate an impending major ground assault west of Baghdad.

• Coalition, Afghan Soldiers Attacked Near Qalat AFPS 27 Oct 2004 -- An improvised explosive device wounded three U.S. soldiers and an Afghan National Army soldier near Qalat, Afghanistan, early today.
• Afghanistan Tops In Narcotics Production RFE/RL 27 Oct 2004 -- The head of the United Nations drug agency says Afghanistan has supplanted Colombia as the world's top narcotics producer.

Defense Policy / Programs

• HUMAN RIGHTS PRESS CONFERENCE ON REQUESTED VISITS TO DETENTION CENTRES United Nations 27 Oct 2004
• Anthrax Vaccination Program Paused 27 Oct 2004 -- The Department of Defense is currently reviewing a preliminary injunction issued today by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia regarding the department's anthrax vaccination program.
• New office focusing on improving joint operations AFPN 27 Oct 2004 -- While U.S. military forces deployed to the Middle East continue operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, leaders at home are applying lessons learned from the campaigns to improve joint operations between the Air Force and Army.
• New PSYOP battalion activates at Fort Bragg Army News 27 Oct 2004 -- The Army's newest psychological operations battalion was formally activated during a ceremony at Fort Bragg, N.C., Oct. 19.
• Navy to Close Arizona-based Cryptologic Training Detachment Navy NewsStand 27 Oct 2004 -- Citing a reduced requirement for training, the Center for Cryptology (CC) Corry Station is closing its detachment at the U.S. Army Intelligence Center, Fort Huachuca, Ariz., by the end of fiscal year 2005.
• G1: Army seeking to slow deployment frequencies Army News 27 Oct 2004 -- The Army's top personnel officer told about 300 AUSA corporate members at the AUSA 50th Annual Meeting Oct. 25 that the Army is decisively engaged In the war on terror, but seeking to stabilize turbulence.
• Terrorism Won't Be 'Wished Away,' Rumsfeld Says AFPS 27 Oct 2004 -- The outcome of the war against global terrorism "will determine the nature of our world for some decades to come," the U.S. military's top civilian said here today.
• Force Realignment in Korea to Benefit Both Countries, Powell Says AFPS 27 Oct 2004 -- A plan to realign the U.S. troop presence and consolidate U.S. bases in South Korea promises to be a win-win for all parties concerned, while ensuring "a consistent and robust deterrent capability" on the Korean Peninsula, Secretary of State Colin Powell told reporters in Seoul Oct. 26.

• Adriatic Charter Reinforces U.S. Support for NATO's "Open Door" Washington File 27 Oct 2004 -- The U.S. Department of State issued a fact sheet October 27 on the Adriatic Charter, a pact signed by Secretary of State Colin Powell and the foreign ministers of Albania, Croatia and Macedonia on May 2, 2003.

• State Department Noon Briefing, October 27 Washington File 27 Oct 2004 -- North Korea, Iran, China/Taiwan, Iraq, Nigeria, India/Pakistan, Japan, Cyprus, Syria, Israel/Palestinians

Defense Industry

• Lockheed Martin and EADS Cooperate on Naval Radars; TRS-3D Will Equip U.S. Navy’s LCS and U.S. Coast Guard’s WMSL EADS 27 Oct 2004 -- During the Euronaval exhibition in Paris today Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and EADS announced that the U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) will be equipped with the EADS TRS-3D radar for air and sea surveillance and weapon assignment, and that the U.S. Coast Guard’s Maritime Security Cutter, Large (WMSL) will also be equipped with the EADS TRS-3D radar for air search.
• LOCKHEED MARTIN AND EADS COOPERATE ON NAVAL RADARS Lockheed Martin 27 Oct 2004 -- During the Euronaval exhibition in Paris today Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and EADS announced that the U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) will be equipped with the EADS TRS-3D radar for air and sea surveillance and weapon assignment, and that the U.S. Coast Guard’s Maritime Security Cutter, Large (WMSL) will also be equipped with the EADS TRS-3D radar for air search. Further, both companies have agreed to evaluate opportunities for joint development, marketing and production of the TRS-3D in other shipbuilding programs worldwide.
• LOCKHEED MARTIN ROLLS OUT FIRST F/A-22 RAPTOR BOUND FOR LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE Lockheed Martin 27 Oct 2004 -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] rolled Raptor 4041 out of its final production assembly facility today, marking a milestone in the F/A-22 program. Aircraft 4041 is the initial F/A-22 for the Air Force’s first operational, combat-ready squadron of Raptors.
• Northrop Grumman Awarded Contract for Continuing Evolution of FBCB2-Blue Force Tracking Northrop Grumman 27 Oct 2004 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has received a contract for continuing system and software development of the Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below (FBCB2)-Blue Force Tracking system. FBCB2 is a system of computer hardware and software that forms a wireless, tactical Internet for on-the-move, near-real-time situational awareness and command and control on the battlefield.
• General Dynamics Awarded ITSS III Contract to Provide IT Services to the Department of Justice General Dynamics 27 Oct 2004 -- The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has awarded General Dynamics Network Systems a contract to provide state-of-the-art information technology services and project related hardware to DOJ organizations and other federal agencies. The indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract has a performance period of seven years and a ceiling value of $980 million. General Dynamics Network Systems is a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD).
• Boeing Statement on Centrifuge Components Contract Awarded by USEC, Inc. Boeing 27 Oct 2004 -- The Boeing Company released the following statement today announcing that it has won a contract with USEC, Inc. for work to manufacture gas centrifuge machine components at the Boeing Oak Ridge facility. The contract is part of USEC's American Centrifuge Program to enrich uranium.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL AND SPOKESMAN FOR THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT United Nations 27 Oct 2004
• Arafat Health Deteriorating, Say Palestinian Officials VOA News 27 Oct 2004 -- Senior Palestinian officials say Yasser Arafat's health deteriorated Wednesday night, and a new commission has reportedly been named to run the Palestinian Authority in his place.
• UN welcomes security agreement between Rwanda, Uganda and DR of Congo UN News Centre 27 Oct 2004 -- The United Nations peacekeeping operation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today welcomed a tripartite agreement signed by the DRC, Rwanda and Uganda and designed to promote security in the conflict-wracked Great Lakes region of Africa.
• UN/Sudan Appeal VOA 27 Oct 2004 -- An interfaith group led by Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel is urging the United Nations to do more to highlight the unfolding human tragedy in Sudan's Darfur region.
• PRESS CONFERENCE BY CÔTE D’IVOIRE United Nations 27 Oct 2004
• IVORY COAST / POLITICS VOA 27 Oct 2004 -- Ivory Coast's northern rebels accuse the government of spoiling for war, throwing yet another obstacle into the stalled disarmament process.
• SUDAN / PEACE TALKS VOA 27 Oct 2004 -- Peace talks being held in Nigeria to end the crisis in the western Darfur region of Sudan will reconvene again Thursday ending early today (Wednesday) to allow members of the African Union to meet separately which each side to hash out an agenda.
• GREAT LAKES: Three longtime foes agree to new peace mechanism IRIN 27 Oct 2004 -- The foreign affairs ministers of Rwanda, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) agreed on Tuesday to create a tripartite commission to ensure that existing agreements concerning peace and security in the region would be properly implemented and that disagreements between the governments would be ironed out.
• ISRAEL / POLITICS VOA 27 Oct 2004 -- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has rejected calls from four cabinet ministers for a national referendum on pulling out of Gaza, after his plan won parliament approval in a historic vote Tuesday night.

News Reports

• PRESS BRIEFING BY HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS United Nations 27 Oct 2004
• THAILAND/DEATHS INQUIRY VOA 27 Oct 2004 -- Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has apologized for the deaths of more than 80 people during a violent demonstration in the largely-Muslim south of the country. Most of the dead were crushed or suffocated Monday when security forces jammed them one on top of the other into trucks.
• Lockheed Martin Satellite Reliability Honored For Second Consecutive Year Lockheed Martin 27 Oct 2004 -- The Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] A2100 telecommunications satellite series has received an industry award for reliability for the second consecutive year.