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• Transcript: Coalition and Iraqi Forces Briefing 11 Nov 2004 -- Major General Richard Natonski, Commander 1st Marine Division, Camp Fallujah
• IRAQ WRAP VOA 11 Nov 2004 -- The Pentagon's top general says U.S.-led forces in Fallujah now control about 70-percent of the city and have captured or killed hundreds of insurgents even as tough street battles continue. On the fourth full day of the ground assault, insurgents struck back with fresh attacks in other parts of Iraq, including in Baghdad where a car bomb killed at least 17 people.
• Marine General: Fallujah Operations 'Ahead of Schedule' AFPS 11 Nov 2004 -- Military operations to retake the insurgent-held Iraqi city of Fallujah are progressing "ahead of schedule," a top U.S. Marine commander there said today.
• Al-Fallujah Offensive Continues RFE/RL 11 Nov 2004 -- U.S. warplanes and artillery bombarded Al-Fallujah today as U.S. and Iraqi ground troops continue fighting to drive militants from the city.
• Iraq: Car Bomb Rocks Central Baghdad As Al-Fallujah Fight Enters 'Final Phase' RFE/RL 11 Nov 2004 -- A car bomb killed at least seven people in a crowded commercial district of central Baghdad today. The attack came as U.S. and allied Iraqi government troops in Al-Fallujah moved into what is being called the "final phase" of an operation aimed at clearing militants from the city.
• IRAQI POLICE COMMANDOS, GUARD SWEEP AMIRIYYA CENTCOM 11 Nov 2004 -- The Ministry of the Interior's 3rd Police Commando Battalion conducted a cordon-and-search sweep operation through Baghdad's Amiriyya district today with the Iraqi National Guard's 303rd Battalion and multinational force elements, seizing weapons and explosives in the home-to-home searches.
• IRAQI SECURITY FORCES, MULTI-NATIONAL FORCES CONDUCTING OPERATIONS IN MOSUL CENTCOM 11 Nov 2004 -- In response to a request by Ninevah Provincial Governor, Duraid Kashmoula, Iraqi National Guard soldiers and Multi-National Forces from the 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team) initiated offensive operations in southeastern and southwestern Mosul at about 1 p.m. on Nov. 11 against known concentrations of insurgents.
• CAR BOMB WOUNDS 30; CASUALTY COUNT GROWS CENTCOM 11 Nov 2004 -- A car bomb detonated at approximately 11:15 p.m. today, wounding 30 civilians.
• First Infantry Division Detains 19; Destroy VCIED in Four Different Operations MNF-I/MNC-I 11 Nov 2004 -- Soldiers detained 17 individuals during a large search in Yethrib at about 10:30 p.m., on Nov. 10. The search was conducted to kill or capture members of an insurgent IED cell. Those detained were questioned on site.
• Violence In Iraq As Al-Fallujah Assault Continues RFE/RL 11 Nov 2004 -- A car bomb near a police patrol in central Baghdad killed at least seven people today, as the U.S.-led assault continues on the city of Al-Fallujah.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the meeting of the United Nations Security Council NATO 11 Nov 2004

Defense Industry

• Raven Alliance And BAE SYSTEMS Sign Statement Of Understanding For Electronic Warfare Support BAE Systems 11 Nov 2004 -- BAE Systems Avionics and the Raven Alliance have agreed to co-operate in the delivery of Electronic Warfare Support to the BAE Systems customer base.
• The Israel Navy Marks Entry of the "Super Dvora MK-III" - IAI/Ramta Division's Next Generation Fast Patrol/Interdiction Craft into Operational Service at Commissioning Ceremony at ISN Naval Base in Ashdod Israel Aerospace Industries 11 Nov 2004 -- At a Commissioning Ceremony at the Israel Naval base in Ashdod on Israel's Mediterranean coast, theIsrael Navy (ISN) officially accepted the IAI/Ramta Division "Super Dvora Mk-III" fast patrol/interdiction craft into operational service. This next-generation naval craft is the product of a two-year joint development effort between the ISN and IAI/Ramta naval architects and design engineers who worked together to tailor the craft to the exacting requirements of the ISN's operational needs.
• LOCKHEED MARTIN SELECTS ITALIAN COMPANY TO MANAGE C-130J HEAVY MAINTENANCE FACILITY Lockheed Martin 11 Nov 2004 -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has selected the Italian firm Officine Aeronavali Venezia S.p.A (OAN) to operate the first C 130J heavy maintenance facility. OAN, headquartered in Venice, will conduct both scheduled and unscheduled C-130J maintenance at a newly built facility located in Brindisi.
• Raytheon -- Bofors Successfully Conduct World's First GPS Guided 155mm Artillery Shell Flight Test Raytheon 11 Nov 2004 -- In a first-of-a-kind test earlier this month, the Raytheon Missile Systems and Bofors Excalibur team successfully fired a global positioning satellite-guided 155mm artillery shell, which guided to a target aim point 20 kilometers down range. The shell hit less than 11 feet from the aim point, well within the performance specification of Excalibur.
• Boeing ScanEagle UAV Surpasses 1000 Flight Hours in Iraq Boeing 11 Nov 2004 -- ScanEagle, a long-endurance fully autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle developed by Boeing [NYSE:BA] and The Insitu group, this week surpassed 1,000 flight hours during operations in Iraq.

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 11 Nov 2004
• ARAFAT/FRANCE VOA 11 Nov 2004 -- The body of Yasser Arafat is being flown to Cairo following a brief ceremony in Paris, where the 75-year-old Palestinian leader died at a military hospital early Thursday morning. French leaders paid tribute the late Palestinian leader, whose wife Suha accompanied the coffin as it was put on a plane bound for the Egyptian capital for a memorial service to be held Friday.
• EGYPT/ARAFAT FUNERAL VOA 11 Nov 2004 -- The body of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, who died early Thursday in a Paris hospital, has been flown from France to Egypt. Preparations are under way in Cairo for a memorial service for Mr. Arafat.
• UN/Arafat Tribute VOA 11 Nov 2004 -- The United Nations has accorded Yasser Arafat honors as a head of state, holding a tribute in the General Assembly and flying the flag at half staff. Secretary-General Kofi Annan led the tribute.
• ARAFAT / REACT / WRAP VOA 11 Nov 2004 -- Leaders around the world are expressing sympathy for the Palestinian people following the death of Yasser Arafat and hopes his passing could mark a turning point in efforts to bring about lasting peace in the Middle East.
• Bush Sends Condolences Upon Death of Yasser Arafat Washington File 11 Nov 2004 -- President Bush has extended his condolences to the Palestinian people upon the death of their leader, Yasser Arafat.
• Powell Expresses Condolences on Death of Yasser Arafat Washington File 11 Nov 2004 -- U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell has expressed the "deepest sympathies" of the United States to the Palestinian people following the death of their leader, Yasser Arafat.
• Middle East: Palestinian Leader Arafat Dead At 75 RFE/RL 11 Nov 2004 -- Yasser Arafat, the president of the Palestinian Authority and a symbol of Palestinian resistance, has died at the age of 75.
• Middle East: Palestinians Mourn Arafat's Death As World Leaders React RFE/RL 11 Nov 2004 -- Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat died early today in a French military hospital at the age of 75. No cause of death was given for the former guerrilla leader and Palestinian Authority president. He had been in the hospital, outside of Paris, since 29 October -- and in a coma for the past few days. Although the news was widely expected, reaction has still been strong.
• ARAFAT/FRANCE VOA 11 Nov 2004 -- The first services marking Yasser Arafat's death were held in France, as French President Jacques Chirac and his government paid their respects to the memory of the 75 year-old Palestinian leader, who died at a French military hospital early Thursday morning.
• LEBANON/PALESTINIANS VOA 11 Nov 2004 -- Tens-of-thousands of Palestinian refugees in 12 camps across Lebanon, are expressing grief over Yasser Arafat's death.
• EGYPT/ARAFAT FUNERAL VOA 11 Nov 2004 -- Preparations are under way in Cairo for a memorial service for Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, who died early Thursday in Paris.
• ARAFAT DEATH VOA 11 Nov 2004 -- Palestinians begin a 40-day mourning period following the death, early Thursday morning, of their leader, Yasser Arafat. Mr. Arafat died in the military hospital outside of Paris, where he had been taken two weeks ago for urgent medical treatment.
• ARAFAT / TRANSITION VOA 11 Nov 2004 -- The speaker of the Palestinian Parliament, Rawhi Fattouh, has been sworn in as interim president of the Palestinian Authority. Other senior positions were also quickly filled, with a new Palestinian leadership intent on implementing an orderly transition of power, following Yasser Arafat's death, early Thursday.
• ARAFAT/ ASIA REACT VOA 11 Nov 2004 -- Asian heads of state and Muslim leaders are marking the passing of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat Thursday. In death as in life, the controversial leader is attracting a mixture of enthusiastic praise and vigorous denunciation.
• ARAFAT / REACT & AFTERMATH VOA 11 Nov 2004 -- Palestinians mourn the death of their leader, Yasser Arafat, prepare for his burial in the West Bank city, Ramallah, and move ahead with political transition. At the same time, Israel has stepped up security and sealed off the West Bank and Gaza Strip, to avert unrest.
• BUSH / ARAFAT VOA 11 Nov 2004 -- President Bush is expressing his condolences to the Palestinian people, following the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
• ARAFAT DEATH / VOX POP VOA 11 Nov 2004 -- It was 4:30 in the morning in Israel when news came of Palestinian President Yasser Arafat's death. The evening chill still clung to the old stones of the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City
• RUSSIA / ARAFAT REACTION VOA 11 Nov 2004 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his condolences to the Palestinian leadership after hearing that Yasser Arafat had died in a hospital near Paris.

• PRESS BRIEFING ON 2005 HUMANITARIAN APPEAL United Nations 11 Nov 2004
• Annan renews call for end to violence and 'hate media' in Côte d'Ivoire UN News Centre 11 Nov 2004 -- United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan issued a new call today to all parties in Côte d'Ivoire to end violence and do everything possible to prevent "the devastating resurgence of ethnic conflict" after a government breach of the ceasefire with rebels last week led to a fresh outbreak of turmoil in the West African country.
• New police arrivals bring UN security force in Haiti to nearly 5,000 UN News Centre 11 Nov 2004 -- A 250-strong Pakistani police unit has arrived in Haiti to join the United Nations Stabilization Mission (MINUSTAH) there as the operation's uniformed strength continues climbing towards its authorized total of nearly 8,000 soldiers and civilian police.
• Annan, UN bodies pay tribute to Arafat, pledging support for a Palestinian State UN News Centre 11 Nov 2004 -- In messages of condolences and a solemn memorial session, the United Nations today paid tribute to Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, stressing his historic acceptance of the principle of peaceful coexistence between Israel and a future Palestinian State and regretting that he did not live to see its realization.
• CONGO/FUNDS VOA 11 Nov 2004 -- The World Bank and the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo opened a donor conference in Kinshasa Thursday calling on the international community to build on progress made in restoring peace by providing nearly seven billion dollars for the country over the next three to four years.
• SUDAN/DARFUR VOA 11 Nov 2004 -- A human rights organization has called for the creation of an international body to monitor Sudanese police in the war-torn Darfur region of western Sudan, following a recent police raid on a Darfur camp.
• SUDAN: Continuing violence reported in south Darfur IRIN 11 Nov 2004 -- Sudanese security forces on Tuesday entered the Al Geir camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the South Darfur state of western Sudan for the second time in a week, relief sources and human rights organisations said.
• IVORY COAST VOA 11 Nov 2004 -- Foreign troops start arriving in Ivory Coast to assist with mass evacuations of foreigners while Ivorians slowly start to return to daily life amid ongoing mob riots and anti-French protests.
• SRI LANKA / CHILD SOLDIERS VOA 11 Nov 2004 -- The international rights group, Human Rights Watch, says Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels are still recruiting child soldiers, despite a ceasefire with the government.

News Reports

• TerraSAR-X - New Quality of Earth Observation EADS 11 Nov 2004 -- TerraSAR-X, the German all-weather satellite project, enters its decisive phase. At the Friedrichshafen-based space company EADS Astrium, the final spurt for the development team has now begun with the start-up of the integration activities.