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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 12 Nov 2004 [PDF]
• TASK FORCE OLYMPIA SOLDIER DIES FOLLOWING SMALL ARMS FIRE ATTACK
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualties
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• INSURGENT ATTACK KILLS ONE SOLDIER, WOUNDS THREE OTHERS IN SOUTHERN BAGHDAD
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualties
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• Transcript: Coalition and Iraqi Forces Briefing 12 Nov 2004 -- Lt. Gen John Sattler, Commander, 1ST Marine Expeditionary Force, Lt. Gen. Abdul Qader Mohammed Jassim Mohan, Commander of Iraqi Forces and Mr. Thair Al Nakib, Spokesman for the Prime Minister of Iraq
• IRAQ/FULLUJAH UPDATE VOA 12 Nov 2004 -- After five days of fighting, U.S. and Iraqi forces are now said to be in control of nearly all of Fallujah, capturing or killing hundreds of insurgents who have used the city as a stronghold for months. But video sent back by journalists imbedded with U.S. forces there shows tough street battles continue with insurgents who also shot down a U.S. army helicopter north of Baghdad Friday.
• Fallujah 80 Percent Under Coalition Control, General Says AFPS 12 Nov 2004 -- As fighting continues in Fallujah, Iraq, coalition forces control 80 percent of the city, a top U.S. Marine general said in Iraq today.
• HELICOPTER SHOT DOWN BY INSURGENTS CENTCOM 12 Nov 2004 -- A UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter was shot down by anti-Iraqi forces northeast of Baghdad at about 4:30 p.m. on Nov. 12.
• Iraq: U.S. Forces Take Most Of Al-Fallujah As Insurgent Attacks Erupt Elsewhere RFE/RL 12 Nov 2004 -- U.S. forces say they have taken some 70 percent of Al-Fallujah as insurgents appear to be making a last stand in the south of the city. But as the U.S. troops -- backed by heavy armor and air power -- look certain to have all of the town soon under their control, insurgents are launching attacks on Iraqi government targets in other parts of central and northern Iraq.
• Mosque Raid Nets Weapons Cache in Western Baghdad MNF-I/MNC-I 12 Nov 2004 -- Elements of an Iraqi National Guard Battalion conducted a cordon and search of a western Baghdad mosque at 2 p.m., capturing a large weapons cache and detaining three clerics and 23 suspected anti-Iraqi forces.
• U.S. Says Controls Most Of Al-Fallujah, Insurgents Trapped RFE/RL 12 Nov 2004 -- U.S. military officers say insurgent fighters are being pushed to the south of Al-Fallujah, leaving U.S. and allied Iraqi forces in control of most of the Sunni Muslim city.
• Reservists bring wounded home AFPN 12 Nov 2004 -- When more than 10,000 U.S. and multinational troops entered Fallujah on Nov. 8 to root out insurgents, two reservists from here prepared to move the wounded from Iraq.
• Air Force senior leaders visit Tallil Air Base AFPN 12 Nov 2004 -- According to the Air Force's senior leaders, the Airmen serving in Southwest Asia today are exceeding expectations as they press forward in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

• Afghanistan: NATO Chief Affirms Expansion Of Security Force In West Of Country RFE/RL 12 Nov 2004 -- NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer has affirmed that the alliance plans to expand its operations into western Afghanistan in advance of the next round of elections. Yesterday, de Hoop Scheffer told the Council on Foreign Relations, an independent policy institute, that extra NATO battalions will be committed to help safeguard parliamentary elections due to be held in the spring. There are currently about 9,000 NATO-led forces in Afghanistan, most of them in the Kabul area. De Hoop Scheffer did not say how many new forces would be committed to the country.

Defense Policy / Programs

• U.S. AIR SPEED RECORD VOA 12 Nov 2004 -- The U.S. space agency NASA plans to launch an experimental aircraft Monday that it hopes will set a new world record for air speed.
• Rumsfeld Says Fallujah Military Operation Is Moving Toward Success Washington File 12 Nov 2004 -- MOST OF FALLUJAH FREED FROM INSURGENTS / RUMSFELD TOURS LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES
• Reservists arrive in Uruguay for exercise AFPN 12 Nov 2004 -- A team of Air Force Reservists from the 5th Special Operations Squadron at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., arrived here Nov. 9 for UNITAS 2004, the largest and longest naval exercise in the Americas.
• Spare jet scores for PACAF team during William Tell event AFPN 12 Nov 2004 -- The Pacific Air Forces team put big points on the William Tell scoreboard after a touch-and-go start in their first event Nov. 9 at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla.
• USS Curts Offloads Largest Drug Seizure in History Navy NewsStand 12 Nov 2004 -- USS Curts (FFG 38) offloaded and turned over to authorities 75,000 pounds of cocaine Nov. 5 in Key West, Fla.
• USS Bonhomme Richard - Refining the ESG Navy NewsStand 12 Nov 2004 -- During a Joint Task Force exercise off the coast of southern California, Amphibious Assault Ship USS Bonhomme Richard (BHR) (LHD 6) is serving as the command and control hub for a responsive and expanding arsenal of Navy and Marine Corps capabilities.
• Crommelin Returns to Pearl Harbor Navy NewsStand 12 Nov 2004 -- The guided-missile frigate USS Crommelin (FFG 37) returned home to Pearl Harbor Nov. 12 after completing a successful six-month deployment to the U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) area of responsibility (AOR).
• CNATT Selects STAR21 Test Sites Navy NewsStand 12 Nov 2004 -- The Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training (CNATT) selected six training units in October to test its Sea Warrior Training and Recruiting in support of Sea Power 21 (STAR21) program.
• Rochester, N.Y., native tests grenade launcher USMC News 12 Nov 2004 -- The short, compact Marine fires a weapon he never employed before toward a bunker in the distance. The explosions sound like the steady beating of a bass drum before a song picks up.

• THE 50 TH ANNUAL SESSION OF THE NATO PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY OPENED IN VENICE, ITALY TODAY (FRIDAY) WITH A MEETING ON THE SITUATION IN THE CAUCASUS NATO Parliamentary Assembly 12 Nov 2004 -- The five-day meeting, which brings together some 300 legislators from over 40 countries, began on schedule at the Palazzo del Casino at the Lido with a meeting of the key NATO - Russia Parliamentary Committee - a body created to foster greater understanding between Russian and NATO law makers.
• NATO/VENICE VOA 12 Nov 2004 -- The 50th Annual Session of NATO's Parliamentary Assembly opened Friday in Venice. Participants will focus their discussions on a variety of issues including reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, the war on terrorism, weapons of mass destruction and relations between NATO and the European Union.

• JAPAN / CHINA SUBMARINE VOA 12 Nov 2004 -- Japan says it will file a protest with the Chinese government after one of its submarines intruded into Japanese territorial waters.

• State Department Noon Briefing, November 12 Washington File 12 Nov 2004 -- Sudan, Netherlands, Iraq, Israel/Palestinians, Department/announcements, Macedonia, Cote d'Ivoire

Defense Industry

• Lockheed Martin Conducts Second Compact Kinetic Energy Missile Flight Test at Eglin Air Force Base Lockheed Martin 12 Nov 2004 -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] successfully conducted the second controlled flight test of the Compact Kinetic Energy Missile (CKEM) recently at Eglin Air Force Base, FL. The test demonstrated multiple missile component capabilities in an operational environment. All primary and secondary test objectives were achieved.
• Boeing Airborne Laser Lights Up Test Facility Boeing 12 Nov 2004 -- The Boeing [NYSE: BA] Airborne Laser (ABL) team fired a laser beam for the first time using the flight laser modules in the ABL System Integration Lab at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
• Missile Defense Agency Successfully Fires Weapons-Class Laser Built by Northrop Grumman for Airborne Laser System Northrop Grumman 12 Nov 2004 -- The U.S. Missile Defense Agency has successfully test-fired the megawatt-class laser built by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) for the Airborne Laser (ABL) system, marking the first time such a powerful directed energy weapon suitable for use in an airborne environment has been demonstrated.

Other Conflicts

• Bush, Blair Pledge Support for Democratic Palestinian State Washington File 12 Nov 2004 -- President Bush said he intends to pursue the establishment of an independent and democratic Palestinian state during his second term, and will develop a strategy with British Prime Minister Tony Blair to help make it happen.
• U.S., U.K. Call for Renewed Efforts to Resolve Arab-Israeli Conflict Washington File 12 Nov 2004 -- The U.S. and British governments have issued a statement pledging renewed efforts to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and support the establishment of a Palestinian state, existing alongside Israel in peace and security.
• Clashes in Côte d'Ivoire could trigger violence across West Africa, UN envoy warns UN News Centre 12 Nov 2004 -- The recent flare-up of violence in Côte d'Ivoire - where United Nations and French peacekeepers are monitoring a buffer zone separating the government-controlled south and the rebel-held north - could spread across West Africa and plunge the region back into conflict, a senior United Nations official based in Dakar warned today.
• U.S.-UGANDA REBELS VOA 12 Nov 2004 -- The U.S. State Department expressed renewed concern Friday over the humanitarian situation in northern Uganda, where terror tactics by the Lord's Resistance Army rebel group have displaced nearly a million-and-a-half people. The United Nations calls the situation there one of the world's most neglected crises.
• SUDAN / DARFUR CONFLICT VOA 12 Nov 2004 -- The United Nation's envoy to Sudan criticized the Sudanese government for using what he says is "too much violence" to relocate thousands of people displaced by the conflict in Darfur.
• SUDAN/DARFUR VOA 12 Nov 2004 -- An official with the United Nations refugee agency says the organization is waiting for the Sudanese government to guarantee its staff freedom of movement in the war-torn Darfur region of western Sudan before it will return to south Darfur.
• INDIA KASHMIR TROOPS VOA 12 Nov 2004 -- India has announced it will reduce troops in the disputed region of Kashmir in the next few months because of a decline in separatist violence. Pakistan and Kashmiri leaders are praising the decision and say it could give a boost to the peace talks.

News Reports

• DEATH OF ARAFAT: 'HEROIC DEEDS,' BUT MANY 'SHORTCOMINGS' US Dept. of State IIP, Foreign Media Reaction 12 Nov 2004
• Iran Sends Terror-Group Supporters To Arafat's Funeral Procession RFE/RL 12 Nov 2004 -- Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat's death will not only affect the Palestinian nationalist movement internally, but it will also have an impact on the authority's relationship with other countries, particularly Iran.
• Middle East: Amid Chaotic Scenes, Arafat Buried In Ramallah RFE/RL 12 Nov 2004 -- Palestinians have paid a final farewell to Yasser Arafat, who was buried at his West Bank headquarters of Ramallah today. The Palestinian leader was laid to rest amid chaotic scenes, as thousands of mourners mobbed his coffin as it was carried on its final journey. Earlier, there was a funeral ceremony in Cairo, where foreign dignitaries paid their respects to the man who for decades was a symbol of the Palestinian resistance.
• EGYPT / ARAFAT VOA 12 Nov 2004 -- Funeral services will soon be held (11 am local / 4 am ET) in Cairo for Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. Following the services the body of the former leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization and chairman of the Palestinian Authority will then be flown to Ramallah for burial. Thousands of military personnel and Egyptian police are providing security for the funeral, which has been closed to the public.
• ARAFAT BURIAL SITE VOA 12 Nov 2004 -- Yasser Arafat is being (was) laid to rest today (Friday) in the place where he spent the last several years of his life -- his walled compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
• EGYPT / ARAFAT FUNERAL VOA 12 Nov 2004 -- Funeral services for the former head of the Palestine Liberation Organization, Yasser Arafat, were conducted Friday morning in Cairo, Egypt, where dozens of dignitaries gathered to pay their final respects.