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• EIGHT MARINES KILLED, NINE WOUNDED IN AL ANBAR PROVINCE
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty

• DoD Announces Deployment Adjustments for Units in Iraq AFPS 30 Oct 2004 -- The Defense Department will keep about 6,500 experienced troops on the ground through the Iraqi elections, currently scheduled for Jan. 27.
• IRAQ/WRAP VOA 30 Oct 2004 -- In Iraq, the U.S. military says eight U.S. Marines were killed and nine wounded on Saturday. Also, seven people were killed and at least 16 wounded when a car bomb exploded outside the office of the Arabic television channel, al-Arabiyah, in Baghdad.
• Up To 16 Wounded In Baghdad Blast RFE/RL 30 Oct 2004 -- At least 16 people were injured when a powerful blast went off outside Al-Arabiya TV's offices in Baghdad today.
• U.S. Strikes Al-Fallujah As Talks Continue RFE/RL 30 Oct 2004 -- U.S. forces launched airstrikes against suspected militant bases in Al-Fallujah as they prepared for a major operation to root out insurgents in the Sunni Muslim stronghold.
• Insurgent Attacks Wound Five Iraqis MNF-I/MNC-I 30 Oct 2004 -- An improvised explosive device detonated in the northwest portion of the city, wounding three Iraqi civilians in the blast at about 8 p.m. on Oct. 29.
• MNF, ISF Detain 22 During Operation Near Kirkuk MNF-I/MNC-I 30 Oct 2004 -- Multi-National Forces and Iraqi Security Forces detained 22 individuals during a joint operation near Kirkuk on Oct. 29 at about 11:30 p.m.
• MNF Detains Two, Including Suspected Fallujah Operative MNF-I/MNC-I 30 Oct 2004 -- Soldiers from 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team) detained two people wanted for anti-Iraqi activities and foiled a roadside bomb attack Oct. 29 in northern Iraq.

• AFGHANISTAN/KIDNAPPING VOA 30 Oct 2004 -- A group holding three foreign election workers hostage in Afghanistan is now threatening to kill them.
• Afghan Group Claims UN Hostages Well RFE/RL 30 Oct 2004 -- A militant group claiming responsibility for the kidnapping of three foreign UN election workers in Afghanistan says the hostages are safe.

Defense Policy / Programs

• CSCS Streamlining Close-in Weapons System Training Navy NewsStand 30 Oct 2004 -- The Center for Surface Combat Systems (CSCS) announced plans to reengineer Close-in Weapons Systems (CIWS) Technician and CIWS Gun Technician Enhancement Training in the fall, with both courses scheduled to convene this year.
• Stennis CSG to Return Home Navy NewsStand 30 Oct 2004 -- The USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) Carrier Strike Group (JCS CSG) will return from a summer deployment to the Northern and Western Pacific Nov. 1, after spending five months operating at sea.

Defense Industry

Other Conflicts

• RWANDA/DARFUR VOA 30 Oct 2004 -- More than 200 Rwandan troops are on their way to the war-torn western Darfur region of Sudan, where they will assume peacekeeping duties under the African Union.
• THAILAND / PRISONERS FREED VOA 30 Oct 2004 -- Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra ordered the release of at least 900 men, but officials plan to prosecute about 300 for their part in a violent demonstration on Monday. As Nancy-Amelia Collins in Bangkok reports, the government's efforts to halt the demonstration left more than 80 people dead in the Muslim-dominated south of the country.
• UN/LIBERIA REFUGEES VOA 30 Oct 2004 -- The U.N. refugee agency says its program to repatriate thousands of Liberian refugees after many years of exile is gathering momentum. The UNHCR says a first group of nearly 200 Liberian refugees is expected to return home Saturday from neighboring Guinea.

News Reports

• FRANCE / ARAFAT VOA 30 Oct 2004 -- A Palestinian diplomat says doctors examining Yasser Arafat at a hospital in France have ruled out the possibility for now that the ailing Palestinian leader has leukemia. Mr. Arafat continues to undergo tests for the mysterious illness that befell him two weeks ago.