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Current Operations

• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty

• OPERATION RIVER BLITZ SECURITY MEASURES TO CONTINUE CENTCOM 05 Mar 2005 -- Enhanced security measures will continue in Al Anbar province to maintain the level of security reached during Operation River Blitz.
• Bulgarian Soldier killed in attack MNC-I/MNF-I 05 Mar 2005 -- A 3rd Battle Group Bulgarian Soldier was killed by machine gun fire while on patrol about 60 kilometers southeast of Ad Diwanyah about 8 p.m., March 4.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Iranian Navy ships leave Karachi port for home IRNA 05 Mar 2005 -- Two Iranian Navy ships, Bandar Abbas and Larak, Saturday left for home after staying at Karachi port for five days.

Defense Industry

Other Conflicts

• IVORY COAST/UN VOA 05 Mar 2005 -- The deputy secretary general of the United Nations is in divided Ivory Coast to promote a U.N. policy of zero tolerance for sexual abuse, in the wake of allegations of widspread abuses by U.N. peacekeepers in the region.
• WEST AFRICA/REFUGEES VOA 05 Mar 2005 -- A flare-up of fighting in Ivory Coast has alarmed aid agencies, which fear a new wave of refugees into neighboring Liberia. Aid officials also are concerned for the safety of Liberian refugees in Ivory Coast.

News Reports

• Venezuelan President Accuses US of Plotting to Assassinate Him VOA News 05 Mar 2005 -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has repeated a claim that the United States is plotting to assassinate him.

• ISRAEL / JORDAN-SYRIA REACTION VOA 05 Mar 2005 -- Israel and Jordan have rejected the speech by Syrian President Bashar Assad, who said he will move his country's troops in Lebanon to the country's eastern region, to be followed by a withdrawal to the Syrian-Lebanese border. The two neighboring countries say Syria has to do much more.
• BUSH/SYRIA VOA 05 Mar 2005 -- President Bush says Syria must get its troops and intelligence services out of Lebanon. Mr. Bush is trying to keep the pressure on Syria, as the country's Arab neighbors also are pushing for a withdrawal from Lebanon.
• SYRIA/LEBANON VOA 05 Mar 2005 -- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says he will begin withdrawing Syrian troops from central Lebanon, first to an eastern region and later to the countries' common border.