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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 16 Nov 2004 [PDF]
• INDIRECT FIRE ATTACK KILLS ONE
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualties
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• Soldier dies after IED explodes
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualties

• Bravo Company, 9th Engineers plays key role in Operation Baton Rouge MNF-I/MNC-I 16 Nov 2004 -- During Operation Baton Rouge in October, Bravo Company, 9th Engineer Battalion supported 2nd Brigade Combat Teams' mission to liberate the city of Samarra from Anti-Iraqi Forces (AIF). The mission was a coordinated effort to cordon and clear every block of the city.
• Army Artillerymen Support Marines, Others in Operation Al Fajr AFPS 16 Nov 2004 -- While the battle against terrorists and insurgents moved from house to house through the streets of Fallujah, Iraq, a group of U.S. soldiers on the outskirts of the city rained precise destruction down on the enemy in support of the coalition's front-line fighters.
• Multinational Corps Commander Discusses Progress in Iraq AFPS 16 Nov 2004 -- Coalition troops and Iraqi military forces are destroying the last pockets of resistance by insurgents and terrorists in Fallujah, Iraq, and they are beginning to clean up the city and destroy weapons caches and booby traps in the city, Army Lt. Gen. Thomas Metz said Nov. 15 during an interview here.
• Iraq: U.S. Searching For Rebels In Al-Fallujah As Offensive Launched In Mosul RFE/RL 16 Nov 2004 -- U.S.-led troops are continuing house-to-house searches in Al-Fallujah as unrest spreads to other parts of the Sunni Muslim region, including Iraq's third-largest city, Mosul. Reports say U.S. and Iraqi troops today launched an offensive to retake parts of northern Mosul from insurgents. Meanwhile, the U.S. military has said it is looking into whether a Marine in Al-Fallujah shot dead a seriously wounded Iraqi prisoner in violation of the laws of armed conflict.
• IRAQI ARMY CONTINUES OPERATIONS IN FALLUJAH CENTCOM 16 Nov 2004 -- The Iraqi army's 6th Battalion, 3rd Brigade conducted a cordon-and-search mission north of the city, Nov. 15, with elements from the U.S. Army's 1st Cavalry Division resulting in the detention of 17 individuals.
• FIRST INFANTRY DIVISION NEWS BRIEFS FOR NOVEMBER 16 CENTCOM 16 Nov 2004
• OFFENSIVE OPERATIONS CONTINUE AIMED AT INCREASING SECURITY IN MOSUL CENTCOM 16 Nov 2004 -- Iraqi Security Forces and Multinational forces from the 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team) continued offensive operations in Mosul today.
• U.S., Iraqi Troops Launch Assault On Mosul RFE/RL 16 Nov 2004 -- U.S. and Iraqi forces today launched operations in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul to clear insurgents who have been active in the city during the past week.
• IRAQ / WRAP VOA 16 Nov 2004 -- American and Iraqi forces are almost entirely in control of Fallujah, after a week of fighting in which 38 American troops, six Iraqi soldiers and an estimated 12-hundred insurgents have been killed. But the military victory of Fallujah is being overshadowed by other setbacks. Violence has spread to other Iraqi cities; a US Marine is under investigation for the shooting of an unarmed and wounded Iraqi fighter; and the Iraqi Red Crescent claims civilians in Fallujah are suffering from food and medical shortages.
• Analysis: Iraqi Police Aiding Militants In Mosul Insurgency RFE/RL 16 Nov 2004 -- The growing insurgency in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul took a turn in recent days as many police in the city reportedly deserted their positions and took up arms alongside militants.
• Al-Fallujah Secured, As Fighting Spreads RFE/RL 16 Nov 2004 -- The U.S. military says its troops have secured control over the restive city of Al-Fallujah as unrest spreads to other parts of Iraq's Sunni Muslim region.

• AFGHANISTAN/HOSTAGES VOA 16 Nov 2004 -- Afghan kidnappers holding three foreign United Nations workers hostage say they are now considering whether to kill, hold or release their captives. The Afghan government is hopeful the hostages will be freed, but is keeping quiet about reported negotiations.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Bush Nominates Condoleezza Rice as Secretary of State Washington File 16 Nov 2004 -- President Bush has nominated Condoleezza Rice to be the new secretary of state and named Stephen Hadley, Rice's deputy at the National Security Council, to be the new national security advisor.

• Secretary of The Air Force James G. Roche Resigns 16 Nov 2004 -- Secretary James G. Roche today submitted his resignation as Secretary of the U.S. Air Force. Secretary Roche had advised Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld in early October of his intention to complete his service at the end of the first Bush administration.
• Rumsfeld Praises Rice, Hadley Nominations AFPS 16 Nov 2004 -- Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld praised President Bush's two nominations today to the national security team: Condoleezza Rice as secretary of state and Steven Hadley as national security adviser.
• DoD Installation Realignment in Germany Announced 15 Nov 2004 -- The Department of Defense announced today it will return three recreational facilities and portions of two housing areas to Germany, and determined that it needs to retain part of a depot previously slated for return.
• International Flotilla Conducts SINKEX, Joint Ops Navy NewsStand 16 Nov 2004 -- Ships from the USS Saipan (LHA 2) Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG), several units of NATO's Standing Naval Force Atlantic (STANAVFORLANT), and a variety of aircraft successfully completed a live-fire exercise, sinking ex-USS Hayler and ex-Research Vessel Gosport Nov. 12-14
• New EOD Unit Trains in Africa Navy NewsStand 16 Nov 2004 -- Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 8 Det. 18 successfully performed its first training exercise in the Horn of Africa Oct. 23
• Halyburton Participates in Operation Caper Focus Navy NewsStand 16 Nov 2004 -- USS Halyburton (FFG 40) is contributing to the Navy's efforts to win the war on terrorism and to keep drugs off America's streets by participating in Operation Caper Focus for its 2004-05 deployment
• HSL-37 Returns from Deployment Navy NewsStand 16 Nov 2004 -- The "Easy Riders" of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron, Light (HSL) 37 returned to Marine Corps Air Base Kaneohe, Hawaii, from a six-month deployment Nov. 12
• JAPAN/SUBMARINE VOA 16 Nov 2004 -- Japan says China has apologized for one of its submarines sailing into Japanese waters last week. China has refused to confirm the apology, saying only that a "diplomatic" resolution has been reached.
• PHILIPPINES MILITARY TRIALS VOA 16 Nov 2004 -- A Philippine Army general has gone on trial for corruption in the government's biggest case to clean up the military. Meanwhile hundreds of young soldiers - facing charges for an attempted coup in 2003 - have had their courts' martial postponed.

• State Department Noon Briefing, November 16 Washington File 16 Nov 2004 -- Secretary Powell/upcoming travel, Rice/nomination, Bush's second term/foreign policy, Armitage/resignation, Israel/Palestinians, Iran, Georgia, South Korea
• White House Daily Briefing, November 16 Washington File 16 Nov 2004 -- Sudan, Cabinet positions, CIA, Iran, APEC, intelligence reform, economy, UN/Oil-for-Food Program, pension reform

Defense Industry

• General Dynamics Awarded $489 Million in Funding for Navy Destroyer General Dynamics 16 Nov 2004 -- The U.S. Navy today announced that Bath Iron Works, a General Dynamics company, will receive $489 million in funding to construct an ARLEIGH BURKE Class AEGIS guided missile destroyer. The ship was part of the Navy’s Fiscal Year 2002 – 2005 Multi-Year Procurement contract awarded to Bath Iron Works in September 2002. DDG 111, which has yet to be named, will be the 33rd AEGIS destroyer to be built at Bath Iron Works. The shipyard expects to deliver the ship in 2010 in accordance with the requirements of the contract.
• Northrop Grumman Awarded $470 Million Contract to Build Aegis Destroyer Northrop Grumman 16 Nov 2004 -- The U.S. Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) a $470 million contract to build an additional Arleigh Burke (DDG 51)-class Aegis guided missile destroyer.
• Northrop Grumman Opens New Systems Integration Laboratory to Reduce Development Risks for X-47B Combat UAV Northrop Grumman 16 Nov 2004 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has opened a new system integration laboratory (SIL) to help identify any potential hardware, software or system cost issues related to the development of its X-47B combat unmanned air vehicle long before the first air vehicle flies.
• Northrop Grumman Awards Contracts to International Suppliers for F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Radar Components Northrop Grumman 16 Nov 2004 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has awarded contracts to Canadian and Australian firms for components that will go into the next-generation radar that the company has developed for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
• Raytheon Presents U.S. Navy First Production JSOW-C Raytheon 16 Nov 2004 -- Raytheon Company today officially presented U.S. Navy officials with the unitary/penetration variant of the Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW-C), the newest version of the successful unpowered air-to-ground weapon system.
• First Production Global Hawk UAV Arrives at Beale Air Force Base Northrop Grumman 16 Nov 2004 -- The first production RQ-4A Global Hawk unmanned aerial reconnaissance vehicle has arrived at its new home at Beale Air Force Base, Calif.
• ATK and NASA Set The Pace With Record-breaking X-43A Hypersonic Flight ATK 16 Nov 2004 -- For the second time in eight months, ATK (NYSE: ATK) and NASA have set the world speed record for air-breathing powered flight with the X-43A Supersonic Combustion Ramjet (Scramjet)-powered aircraft.
• Boeing Propulsion System Nails Critical Defense System Tests Boeing 16 Nov 2004 -- A new propulsion system built by The Rocketdyne Propulsion & Power business unit of the Integrated Defense Systems of The Boeing Company [NYSE:BA ] has demonstrated its unique capabilities. Called a DACS -- for divert and attitude and control system -- this propulsion system will provide maneuvering capabilities for the Missile Defense Agency's Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) ballistic missile defense system, for which Lockheed Martin Corporation [NYSE: LMT] is prime contractor.
• Lockheed Martin Team Successfully Completes Key Design Milestone For Space-Based Infrared System High Program Lockheed Martin 16 Nov 2004 -- The Space Based Infrared System High (SBIRS High) team, led by Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE: LMT), today announced the successful completion of the system’s Signal Processing Assembly software critical design review (CDR) with payload provider Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC).
• Orbital's Hyper-X Rocket Successfully Launches NASA's X-43A Scramjet To Mach 10 Orbital Sciences Corp. 16 Nov 2004 -- Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) announced today that its Hyper-X launch vehicle was successfully launched earlier today in a flight test that originated from NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center located at Edwards Air Force Base, California. The Hyper-X launch vehicle uses a modified single-stage winged rocket, originally designed and flight-proven aboard Orbital’s Pegasus® space launch vehicle, to accelerate NASA’s X-43A air-breathing scramjet to approximately 10 times the speed of sound.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICES OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL AND THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT United Nations 16 Nov 2004
• COTE D'IVOIRE: FRENCH 'INTERVENTIONISM' HAS TURNED 'INTO DISASTER' US Dept. of State IIP, Foreign Media Reaction 16 Nov 2004
• POWELL/MIDEAST VOA 16 Nov 2004 -- U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell will meet with Israeli and Palestinian leaders next week to discuss prospects for reviving the Middle East peace process. He will travel to Israel and Palestinian-controlled territories ahead of a scheduled conference in Egypt.
• U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL/AFRICA VOA 16 Nov 2004 -- U.N. Security Council ambassadors are en route to Africa, hoping to pressure Sudan's warring factions to end two separate conflicts. The Council is preparing a package of incentives to help Sudan once a peace deal is reached.
• EQUATORIAL GUINEA: Coup trial resumes, new accused added IRIN 16 Nov 2004 -- The trial of a group of suspected mercenaries accused of plotting to overthrow the president of oil-rich Equatorial Guinea resumed on Tuesday with the court adding eight new names to the list of the accused.
• NIGERIA: Militia leader puts freeze on voluntary disarmament IRIN 16 Nov 2004 -- The leader of the main militia group in southern Nigeria's oil-rich delta said on Tuesday his group was halting the voluntary surrender of weapons it had begun under a government-brokered disarmament deal.
• United Nations Imposes Arms Embargo on Cote d'Ivoire Washington File 16 Nov 2004 -- The Security Council voted unanimously November 15 to impose an immediate arms embargo against the Cote d'Ivoire government and the Forces Nouvelles (the rebel New Forces).
• Russia: Moscow Hints At Effort To Resolve Dispute With Japan Over Kurile Islands RFE/RL 16 Nov 2004 -- Could the long-running dispute between Japan and Russia over the four southern Kurile Islands be edging toward a resolution? Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and President Vladimir Putin both recently announced that Moscow recognizes a 1956 declaration under which Moscow agreed to return two of the islands to Japan -- an indication it may be willing to reopen talks on the issue. But so far, the reaction from Tokyo has not been enthusiastic.
• Former Yugoslavia: President Of War Crimes Tribunal Says Funding Problems Serious RFE/RL 16 Nov 2004 -- The president of the war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia says funding problems are threatening the body's work at a crucial time. Judge Theodore Meron told the UN General Assembly that the tribunal has lost more than 100 staff members -- 10 percent of its strength -- due to a hiring freeze caused by the funding shortfall. Meron said the tribunal's work has also been hampered by a continuing lack of cooperation from the Republika Srpska and Belgrade, where most of the 20 fugitive war criminal suspects are presumed to be living.
• SUDAN / ARMS VOA 16 Nov 2004 -- The human rights group Amnesty International is calling on the U.N. Security Council to forbid arms sales to Sudan, saying foreign weapons are fueling massive human rights violations in the Darfur region.

News Reports

• U.S.: Powell's Departure Seen As Loss Of Moderate Voice In Bush Administration RFE/RL 16 Nov 2004 -- U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell is probably the most widely known and respected member of President George W. Bush's cabinet. Now that Powell has decided to resign, Bush will have to look to someone else to be the United States' top diplomat for the next four years. Latest reports indicate that Bush is likely to nominate his national security adviser, Condoleezza Rice, to serve as Powell's replacement. No matter who is chosen, succeeding Powell will be a difficult job.

• Boeing Part of NASA Team to Develop Proposed Railway Space Observatory Boeing 16 Nov 2004 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] is part of a NASA-led team of university and industry partners developing a preliminary design for the Space Infrared Interferometric Telescope (SPIRIT), with components that will move along a structural beam in space like railway cars on a track.
• Raytheon Awarded Contract for Phase 1 of the Next-Generation Space-Based Augmentation System for Civil Navigation in India Raytheon 16 Nov 2004 -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has signed a contract with the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Satellite Center for the ground-based elements of the GPS (Global Positioning System) and GEO (Geostationary Earth Orbit) Augmented Navigation (GAGAN) Technology Demonstration System (TDS). The contract, terms of which were not disclosed, was signed recently in Bangalore.