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• CONVOY ATTACK KILLS ONE SOLDIER
• CAR BOMB KILLS SOLDIER, WOUNDS FOUR IN WESTERN BAGHDAD BLAST

• Iraqi Prime Minister Issues State of Emergency Throughout Country AFPS 07 Nov 2004 -- Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi issued a statement today declaring a state of emergency throughout Iraq, except for the Kurdish region in the north.
• Focus in Eastern Baghdad Shifts from Fighting to Reconstruction AFPS 07 Nov 2004 -- As fighting between militiamen loyal to cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and multinational forces has subsided, the focus for Task Force Baghdad soldiers has shifted from combat operations to reconstruction, military officials here said.
• CAR BOMB BLAST KILLS BYSTANDER, WOUNDS ANOTHER IN CENTRAL BAGHDAD CENTCOM 07 Nov 2004 -- A suspected vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated near the Virgin Mary Catholic Church in central Baghdad killing one Iraqi bystander and wounding another at 3 p.m. on Nov. 7.
• VCIED Found and Destroyed Near Salmar Pak MNF-I/MNC-I 07 Nov 2004 -- Task Force Danger Soldiers discovered a vehicle concealed improvised explosive device (VCIED) near Salmar Pak at about 9:24 a.m., Nov. 7.
• Soldiers Find Caches Near Balad MNF-I/MNC-I 07 Nov 2004 -- First Infantry Division Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 77th Infantry Regiment discovered three weapon caches near Balad on Nov 6.
• Iraqi Interim Government Declares State Of Emergency RFE/RL 07 Nov 2004 -- The interim Iraqi government has declared a state of emergency for 60 days throughout the country except for Kurdish-run areas of the north.
• IRAQ/WRAP VOA 07 Nov 2004 -- At least 21 people were killed in Iraq Sunday morning in a series of attacks on Iraqi police stations. The attack was part of escalating violence as U.S. and Iraqi forces prepare a major assault of the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah.
• Fallujah-Ramadi Operations Update MNF-I/MNC-I 07 Nov 2004 -- Iraqi Security Forces and the I Marine Expeditionary Force continue to degrade and disrupt anti-Iraqi forces in the Fallujah-Ramadi area. I Marine Expeditionary Force employed U.S. Marine Corps aviation assets to deliver precision munitions to destroy preplanned targets in Fallujah.
• Iraqi Insurgents Kill, Injure Dozens With Car Bombs RFE/RL 07 Nov 2004 -- In the Iraqi city of Samarra 37 people, many of them policemen, have been killed in four car bombings by insurgents. Among those killed was a local police chief.

Defense Policy / Programs

• JAPAN DEFENSE / WMD VOA 07 Nov 2004 -- Japan's prime minister (Sunday) has vowed to make the country's defense forces better able to fight terrorism and any attackers who would use weapons of mass destruction.

Defense Industry

Other Conflicts

• IVORY COAST VOA 07 Nov 2004 -- Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo has appealed for calm after two days of anti-French looting and attacks by his supporters, while French troops have gained control of strategic areas of the commercial capital, Abidjan. This comes after French forces retaliated for a deadly raid on one of its bases in the divided country.
• COTE D IVOIRE: Militants rampage in Abidjan, foreigners airlifted from homes IRIN 07 Nov 2004 -- Militant supporters of President Laurent Gbagbo rampaged through Abidjan's streets overnight, looting and burning French homes, schools and businesses and forcing France's military to airlift more than 150 foreigners to safety and send in troops to restore calm.
• ARAFAT / HEALTH VOA 07 Nov 2004 -- Senior Palestinian officials are flying to Paris to consult with doctors on the health of the ailing Yasser Arafat, who went there for medical care in late October. Palestinian Foreign Minister Nabil Sha'ath says Mr. Arafat is in stable condition, in what he calls a "reversible" coma.
• FRANCE/IVORY COAST VOA 07 Nov 2004 -- France dispatched another 600 troops Sunday to help calm the volatile situation in the Ivory Coast, where French forces, deployed to enforce a shaky cease-fire, and ordinary civilians have been the targets of violence.
• IVORY COAST/FIGHTING VOA 07 Nov 2004 -- Supporters of President Laurent Gbagbo say he is under attack by France to resign, but they will defend him. Protests against French interests continue one day after French troops neutralized much of Ivory Coast's military, in response to an attack on French troops.

• THAILAND VIOLENCE / APEC VOA 07 Nov 2004 -- Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will not attend this month's Asia-Pacific economic leaders summit in Chile, citing flaring violence in mostly Muslim southern Thailand.

News Reports

• MACEDONIA/REFERENDUM VOA 07 Nov 2004 -- Macedonians are voting in a referendum on whether to scale back autonomy for the Albanian minority granted under an internationally mediated peace accord. Macedonia's government, the European Union, and the United States are urging a boycott of the vote, fearing the measure to restrict Albanian rights could undermine stability.