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02 November 2004 Military News

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Current Operations

  • OIF/OEF Casualty Update 02 Nov 2004 [PDF]

  • AIR STRIKE IN FALLUJAH CENTCOM 02 Nov 2004 -- A U.S. Air Force plane engaged a pre-planned target using precision ordnance, which destroyed a known enemy cache site on the southeast side of the city, in support of the Regimental Combat Team-7 of the I Marine Expeditionary Force at 11:27 p.m., Nov. 1.
  • MARINES ENGAGE INSURGENTS, CAMERAMAN KILLED CENTCOM 02 Nov 2004 -- Marines from the 1st Marine Division of the I Marine Expeditionary Force engaged several insurgents in a brief small-arms firefight that killed an individual who was carrying a video camera earlier Monday morning.
  • Car Bomb Wounds Soldier MNFI-MNC-I One Task Force Baghdad Soldier was wounded when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated Nov. 2 on a patrol at about 9:05 a.m. in western Baghdad.
  • Bomb Explodes Near Iraqi Ministry Building RFE/RL 02 Nov 2004 -- A suspected car bomb exploded in central Baghdad today, reportedly causing casualties.
  • OIF rotation begins with smoother transition Army News 02 Nov 2004 -- Heavy-equipment transporters loaded with M1-A1 Abrams tanks and Bradley Fighting Vehicles sat in about a dozen single-file lines on a sandy staging area Oct. 23 at Camp Buehring, Kuwait. An array of 30 or 40 more vehicles dotted the horizon, awaiting the rest of the trucks slated to carry them into battle.
  • 3/5 Marines rehearse advanced urban tactics in Iraq USMC News 02 Nov 2004 -- Patrolling urban hotspots such as Ramadi, Najaf and Fallujah, Marines are often combating anti-Iraqi forces hiding in buildings, apartments and small rooms.

  • 3/6 Marines work to better Khowst USMC News 02 Nov 2004 -- Lieutenant Colonel Julian Alford, commander of 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, sat conversing in the house of an Afghan doctor in the Khowjah Kalay village when a loud explosion interrupted their conversation.

Defense Policy / Programs

  • U.S. ELECTION VOA 02 nov 2004 -- In one of the heaviest voter turnouts in decades, tens of millions of Americans continue to cast ballots to choose between President George W. Bush and Senator John Kerry for president, and for members of Congress. VOA's Dan Robinson reports, President Bush is now back at the White House, and Senator Kerry is in Boston, both having ended their campaigns, and they are now waiting for the first results from across the country:

  • Act Sets Stage for Equipping Force of Tomorrow AFPS 02 Nov 2004 -- The fiscal 2005 National Defense Authorization Act provides the equipment the American military needs to fight the war on terror.
  • Judge's Ruling Pauses Anthrax-Vaccination Program AFPS 02 Nov 2004 -- The Defense Department has temporarily paused the anthrax vaccination program because of an injunction issued by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
  • Task forces enhance global mobility support AFPN 02 Nov 2004 -- Air Mobility Command's expeditionary mobility task forces, now a year old, were highlighted during the 2004 Airlift/Tanker Association Convention here Oct. 29.
  • USS Blue Ridge Departs Sasebo Navy NewsStand 02 Nov 2004 -- USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) departed the southwestern Japanese port city of Sasebo Nov. 1 after an eventful four-day visit.
  • USS Chafee Quells Riotous Exercises Navy NewsStand 02 Nov 2004 -- Sailors attached to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Chafee (DDG 90) encountered angry protestors on the pier Oct. 28 during a mock civil disturbance scenario as part of the ship's three-month anti-terrorism/force protection (AT/FP) warfare certification.
  • USNS Rainier Returns from Deployment with Carrier Strike Group Navy NewsStand 02 Nov 2004 -- Fast combat support ship USNS Rainier (T-AOE 7) returned from a five-month deployment to the Western Pacific as a part of the USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) Carrier Strike Group Nov. 1.
  • Tomcats End WestPac Era Navy NewsStand 02 Nov 2004 -- Fighter Squadron (VF) 31 returned home to Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana on Halloween from a five-month Western Pacific deployment with the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74).

  • NATO Begins Training Iraqi Forces Washington File 02 Nov 2004 -- NATO is conducting its first training course for Iraqi security personnel at its Joint Warfare Centre in Norway, part of the training mission the alliance took upon itself at its Istanbul Summit in June.

Defense Industry

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 02 Nov 2004

  • Security breaches rise in Darfur camps housing Sudanese who have fled violence - UN UN News Centre 02 Nov 2004 -- Security breaches have been increasing in the camps housing Sudan's Darfur refugees and internally displaced people on both sides of the Sudanese-Chadian border, the United Nations said today.
  • SUDAN: Deteriorating security jeopardizes aid efforts in Darfur IRIN 02 Nov 2004 -- Some international relief agencies are scaling down their operations, or pulling out altogether, following increased insecurity and rising tensions in the west Sudanese region of Darfur, the UN Advance Mission in Sudan (UNAMIS) told IRIN on Tuesday.
  • LIBERIA: Disarmament to carry on in some corners despite end of programme IRIN 02 Nov 2004 -- UN peacekeepers will continue disarming former fighters in some remote corners of northern and south-eastern Liberia despite the end of the official disarmament programme two days ago, UN special envoy Jacques Klein has said.
  • SUDAN: Government, rebels welcome new AU security proposals IRIN 02 Nov 2004 -- Sudanese government officials and rebel delegates have welcomed - some cautiously - proposals from African Union (AU) mediators on security in Darfur, which has long been a sticking point between the two sides at peace talks in the Nigerian capital.
  • U.S. / SUDAN DARFUR VOA 02 nov 2004 -- The State Department Tuesday expressed outrage over reports that Sudanese forces may be trying to evict refugees from displaced persons camps in Sudan's western Darfur region. International aid workers say they are being denied access to the camps, though Sudanese officials deny the camps are under siege.
  • EU/MIDEAST VOA 02 nov 2004 -- The European Union has unveiled a four-point proposal to keep the Middle East "roadmap" on track, despite Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's illness and a deadly suicide bombing Monday in Tel Aviv. The proposal, as well as aid for Iraq, and Iran's nuclear program, will be on the agenda of an EU summit later this week.
  • DARFUR/HUMANITARIAN AID VOA 02 Nov 2004 -- The World Food Program reports the Sudanese army Tuesday surrounded two refugee camps near Nyala in southern Darfur province, denying access to humanitarian groups.
  • SUDAN/DARFUR VOA 02 Nov 2004 -- A rebel group operating in the war-torn Darfur region of western Sudan says it is studying a proposal for a security arrangement to end long-running fighting there.
  • SRI LANKA/REBELS VOA 02 Nov 2004 -- Efforts by a Japanese diplomat to push the Sri Lankan government and Tamil Tiger rebels to resume peace talks has apparently failed. Negotiations aimed at ending the island's two-decade long ethnic conflict have been deadlocked since last year.
  • THAILAND/MUSLIM VIOLENCE VOA 02 Nov 2004 -- A village leader has been found beheaded in the troubled southern region of Thailand. Authorities indicate that the killing was in retaliation for the deaths last week of 85 Muslims from the same region.
  • BURUNDI/POLITICS VOA 02 Nov 2004 -- Burundi's new constitution came into force as most Tutsi parties that had earlier rejected the draft document gave their tentative approval.

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