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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 01 Nov 2004 [PDF]
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• U.S. Marines Welcome Arrival of the Black Watch MNF-I/MNC-I 01 Nov 2004 -- A British armored battle group of approximately 850 soldiers, led by the 1st Battalion of the Black Watch Regiment, has redeployed from Basra to an area south of Baghdad to bolster U.S. and Iraqi forces hunting down insurgents.

• Going for the long-term solution in Afghanistan Army News 01 Nov 2004 -- "You keep hitting the home runs." When U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Craig P. Weston made the remark in October, he was not complimenting either team in the World Series back home.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Kearsarge ESG Completes Group Sail Navy NewsStand 01 Nov 2004 -- The ships of the USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) (KSG) Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) sailed together for the first time during an at-sea exercise Oct. 25-27.
• Successful AT/FP Evaluation Ensures Kearsarge Crew's Ability to Defend Itself Navy NewsStand 01 Nov 2004 -- USS Kearsarge's (LHD 3) Anti-terrorism/Force Protection (AT/FP) programs, training and crew were put to the test Oct. 18-22, successfully completing Afloat Training Group (ATG) Atlantic's AT/FP Phase III evaluation.

• First NATO Course for Iraq Underway in Norway NATO 01 Nov 2004 -- Nineteen Iraqi security personnel are here at NATO's Joint Warfare Centre participating in the first training conducted outside of Iraq in support of the training mission announced by the Alliance at the Istanbul Summit in June.

• State Department Noon Briefing, November 1 Washington File 01 Nov 2004 -- Iraq, Baltics, Ukraine, Uruguay, OSCE Observers in U.S. Presidential Election, China, Palestinians, North Korea, Georgia, Cyprus, United Nations

Defense Industry

• ATK Receives $8.8 Million Contract to Supply MK44 Automatic Cannons to USAF Special Operations Command ATK 01 Nov 2004 -- ATK (NYSE: ATK) has received an $8.8 million contract for Research, Development, Testing and Evaluation (RDT&E) of a modified MK44 30mm Automatic Cannon for use by the U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command on its AC-130U gunships. The AC-130U incorporates side-firing cannons to provide surgical firepower or area saturation against hard targets such as armored vehicles.
• General Dynamics Acquires Engineering Technology Inc. General Dynamics 01 Nov 2004 -- General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), today announced that is has acquired Engineering Technology Inc. (ETI), an Orlando, Fla.-based research and development company. ETI, which employs approximately 50 people, will become a part of General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems of St. Petersburg, Fla.
• Oshkosh Truck Chosen To Develop Advanced Technology Vehicles For Army’s Future Fleet Oshkosh 01 Nov 2004 -- Oshkosh Truck Corporation [NYSE: OSK], a leading manufacturer of trucks and truck bodies, has announced that in October the U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) awarded the company a contract to help develop advanced technology for use in future generations of military vehicles.
• Boeing Completes SBSS Pathfinder Integrated Baseline Review Boeing 01 Nov 2004 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] announced today that in partnership with Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, the Mission Area Prime Integration Contractor, it has successfully completed the Integrated Baseline Review (IBR) for the Space Based Space Surveillance (SBSS) system. This is a significant program milestone that precedes the Preliminary Design Review (PDR).

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL AND THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT United Nations 01 Nov 2004
• SHARON'S GAZA WITHDRAWAL PLAN: 'A STEP FORWARD' US Dept. of State IIP, Foreign Media Reaction 01 Nov 2004
• FRANCE/ARAFAT VOA 01 Nov 2004 -- Palestinian officials say Yasser Arafat's health has improved since Friday, when he arrived in France for treatment for a still-mysterious illness. In some ways the choice to treat Mr. Arafat at a Paris-area military hospital comes as no surprise.
• WAR CRIMES / MILOSEVIC VOA 01 Nov 2004 -- Appeals judges at the Yugoslav war crimes Tribunal upheld a lower court's decision forcing attorneys on Slobodan Milosevic. But they also found that judges went a little too far, and ordered that the former Yugoslav ruler play the leading role in his own defense.
• Middle East: Blast Shakes Tel Aviv Market RFE/RL 01 Nov 2004 -- A major blast at Tel Aviv's main marketplace today caused deaths and injuries. The blast is believed to have been caused by a Palestinian suicide car bomber. It comes just days after Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat left his West Bank headquarters for medical treatment abroad. The timing of the blast could be seen as a signal to Israel that the Palestinian uprising will continue even in the absence of Arafat.
• SOMALIA: Over 100 killed in clashes between Somaliland and Puntland IRIN 01 Nov 2004 -- Conflicting reports from the disputed region of Sool, northern Somalia, indicate that at least 100 people were killed on Friday when forces from the self-declared republic of Somaliland, and those of the self-declared autonomous region of Puntland, clashed, a local source told IRIN.
• CHINA-MARTIAL LAW VOA 01 Nov 2004 -- Chinese authorities have imposed martial law on parts of China's central Henan province after deadly clashes between China's ethnic Han majority and members of the Muslim Hui minority.
• ISRAEL BOMBING VOA 01 Nov 2004 -- A Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowded Tel Aviv market on Monday killing at least three people. Thirty two people were reported wounded.
• THAI KING VIOLENCE VOA 01 Nov 2004 -- Thailand's revered monarch has called for the government to adopt a softer approach in dealing with violence in the country's Muslim-dominated south.
• NEPAL MAOIST ATTACK VOA 01 Nov 2004 -- In Nepal, hundreds of suspected Maoist rebels have attacked a remote village. As Anjana Pasricha reports the attack comes at the end of a brief truce called to mark the country's main festival.

News Reports

• PRESS CONFERENCE BY SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN MYANMAR United Nations 01 Nov 2004
• US / UKRAINE ELECTION VOA 01 Nov 2004 -- The United States Monday expressed disappointment over what it said were shortcomings in the Ukrainian presidential election. But the Bush administration is withholding a threatened review of the relationship with Kiev pending a second round of voting later this month.
• UKRAINE ELECTIONS VOA 01 Nov 2004 -- International election observers say the first round of voting in Ukraine's presidential election failed to meet a number of democratic standards, but the observers stopped short of calling for the vote to be invalidated.
• UKRAINE / ELECTIONS VOA 01 Nov 2004 -- Preliminary results indicate the two leading candidates in Ukraine's presidential election will face off in a second round ballot mid-November.