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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 28 Oct 2005 [PDF]
• TASK FORCE BAGHDAD SOLDIER DIES
• II MEF SOLDIER KILLED IN ACTION
• TASK FORCE BAGHDAD SOLDIER KILLED BY ROADSIDE BOMB
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• TWO MARINES KILLED IN SAQLAWIYAH
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualties
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
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• DoD Identifies Army Casualty

• Transcript: News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Joseph J. Taluto 28 Oct 2005 -- Presenter: Commander, Multinational Division North-Central of Task Force Liberty, Maj. Gen. Joseph J. Taluto
• Terrorists killed in bombing MNF-I 28 Oct 2005 -- Terrorists were killed and wounded Oct. 27 after a precision-guided munition was dropped on their location.
• Two Soldiers, Two Marines Killed in Iraq Operations AFPS 28 Oct 2005 -- Four U.S. servicemembers died in three separate incidents Oct. 27 in Iraq, military officials reported.
• U.S. Reducing Frontline Military Bases in Iraq Where Practical Washington File 28 Oct 2005 -- The U.S. military is reducing the number of its forward operating bases in north-central Iraq and transferring responsibility for security to Iraqi Army units whenever practical, says a senior officer who has worked there for nearly a year.
• US General Says Iraqi Forces Need Ability To Sustain Operations VOA 28 Oct 2005 -- The top U.S. commander in north-central Iraq says the country's new army may be able to take over operations in some areas next year, allowing for a reduction of U.S. troop strength
• Late-night explosion leads to early morning arrests MNF-I 28 Oct 2005 -- Iraqi and U.S. Soldiers detained 20 terror suspects and confiscated bomb-making materials during an early morning cordon and search in the Dora neighborhood Oct. 27.
• Terrorists fleeing attack scenes nabbed by U.S. Soldiers MNF-I 28 Oct 2005 -- Task Force Baghdad Soldiers continued to engage enemy terrorist forces during combat operations Oct. 24-26 in various neighborhoods of the capitol city.
• Soldier thwarts terrorist attack at Palestine Hotel Army News 28 Oct 2005 -- A coordinated terrorist attack was thwarted Oct. 25 by U.S. Soldiers at the Fidoros Square traffic circle in downtown Baghdad.

• AFGHAN, U.S. FORCES CONDUCT OFFENSIVE OPERATIONS IN ORUZGAN PROVINCE CENTCOM 28 Oct 2005 -- During offensive operations near Deh Rahwod, Uruzgan Province , Afghan National Army and U.S. forces were attacked by small-arms, mortars, and rocket-propelled grenade fire.
• U.S. Forces Stop Potential IED Attacks in Afghanistan AFPS 28 Oct 2005 -- U.S. soldiers with 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, killed one enemy and detained two others who were to trying to plant roadside bombs today in the Waza Khwa district of Afghanistan's Paktika province, military officials reported.
• Former al Qaeda Training Site Now a Ghost Town AFPS 28 Oct 2005 -- The compound within the 10-foot-tall mud walls resembles a basic training-meets-OK Corral ghost town.

• More troops, supplies arrive in Pakistan Army News 28 Oct 2005 -- Additional U.S. Army medical, aviation and engineer units from Europe, Afghanistan, Kuwait, Kansas and Texas are now helping with relief efforts in Pakistan following the earthquake earlier this month.
• Army helping in Himalayas with reverse osmosis Army News 28 Oct 2005 -- The space an Army unit uses is called its footprint, and in the earthquake-battered Kashmir region of Pakistan, the available ground is well-trampled.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Invitation to U.N. Special Rapporteurs 28 Oct 2005 -- The Department of Defense announced today the U.S. government's decision to extend an invitation to three U.N. special rapporteurs to visit detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay Naval Station, Cuba.

• Bush Outlines U.S. Strategy Against Terrorism Washington File 28 Oct 2005 -- President Bush, speaking in Norfolk, Virginia, October 28, repeated a familiar theme: that the United States will not shrink from its mission to defeat terrorists who seek to establish a totalitarian empire that denies all political and religious freedom.
• Bush: U.S. Won't Stop Short of Victory Against Terror AFPS 28 Oct 2005 -- President Bush opened a major speech about the war on terror today by praising the military and crediting veterans for the solid example they've set for today's troops waging a fight he said the United States won't abandon.

• Nuclear-Powered U.S. Aircraft Carrier To Be Deployed to Japan Washington File 28 Oct 2005 -- The United States will be deploying to Japan a Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to replace the aging, conventionally powered USS Kitty Hawk now operating out of the port of Yokosuka.
• US Nuclear-Powered Carrier to be Based in Japan, Despite Protests VOA 28 Oct 2005 -- The U.S. Navy has announced that the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk, currently stationed in Japan, will be decommissioned, and replaced for the first time by a nuclear-powered carrier.

• USNS Niagara Falls Grounded Near Palau Navy NewsStand 28 Oct 2005 -- The Military Sealift Command combat stores ship USNS Niagara Falls (T-AFS 3) grounded while departing Malakal Harbor, Palau, at 1 p.m. local time, Oct. 27.
• Raptors return with insight, information AFPN 28 Oct 2005 -- The familiar sound of flying Raptors will soon fill the Virginia skies again.
• 1st EMS troops build Joint Direct Attack Munitions for first deployment of Langley F/A-22s AFPN 28 Oct 2005 -- When 1,000 pounds of steel and concrete fell a mile and smashed through the back of a truck, it ushered in a new era for the 1st Fighter Wing -- the return of air-to-ground combat.
• U.S. Navy Announces CVN to Replace USS Kitty Hawk in 2008 Navy NewStand 28 Oct 2005 -- The U.S. Navy announced Oct. 27 that one of its nine Nimitz-class aircraft carriers will replace USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) as the forward-deployed carrier in the Western Pacific, and will arrive in Yokosuka, Japan in 2008.
• USS Cleveland Provides 280 Tons of International Relief Supplies Navy NewStand 28 Oct 2005 -- The amphibious transport dock USS Cleveland (LPD 7) offloaded 280 tons of emergency earthquake relief supplies here Oct. 27-28 to assist the victims of the devastating earthquake in Kashmir.
• Reserve Sailors Actively Integrate in Support NAVELSF Operations Navy NewStand 28 Oct 2005 -- Navy Ordnance Reporting and Handling Battalion (NORHB) 1, headquartered in Yorktown, Va., was commissioned to support the need for Active Reserve Integration (ARI) and unit consolidation within the Naval Expeditionary Logistics Support Force (NAVELSF).

• SWITZERLAND TO OFFER TAIWAN JUDICIAL AID IN LAFAYETTE SCANDAL PROBES CNA 28 Oct 2005 -- The Swiss Federal Commission approved Thursday the handover of bank files to foreign judicial authorities concerning the controversial sale of French warships to Taiwan.
• NEXT STAGE IN LAFAYETTE SCANDAL PROBE 'A TOUGHER CHALLENGE': ROC ENVOY CNA 28 Oct 2005 -- Taiwan's top envoy in Berne said Thursday that he sees the next stage of retrieving the money payed out as kickbacks in the scandal surrounding the sale of French Lafayette frigates to Taiwan and of implementing the legal assistance offered by Swiss authorities to the island as "a tougher challenge."
• F-16 JET FIGHTERS' COMBAT CAPABILITY UNDER QUESTION CNA 28 Oct 2005 -- The combat capability of the Republic of China Air Force's F-16 jet fighters came under question Friday after it was revealed that two F-16s sent to sink an overturned cargo ship carrying a load of toxic chemicals off Hsinchu Thursday fired four laser-guided missiles but failed to accomplish their mission.

• White House Daily Briefing, October 28 Washington File 28 Oct 2005 -- President's schedule, radio address, Bush/speech on war on terrorism, 40th anniversary of the President's Commission on White House Fellowships, savings package of spending rescission/reallocation of existing funds to Congress, week ahead
• State Department Briefing, October 28 Washington File 28 Oct 2005 -- Invitation to U.N. Special Rapporteurs to visit Guantanamo Bay, treatment of detainees/Geneva Convention, Middle East, Cyprus, Iran, North Korea, Japan, United Nations, Hong Kong

Defense Industry

• ATK Withdraws Small-caliber Ammunition Protest ATK 28 Oct 2005 -- Alliant Techsystems (NYSE: ATK) is withdrawing its protest of an award to General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) for second source small-caliber ammunition. The decision to withdraw comes after a series of meetings with U.S. Army officials to gain a more complete understanding of all the factors that influenced the decision.
• Raytheon Lands Three Army Contracts for Circuit Card Assembly Raytheon 28 Oct 2005 -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) was awarded three U.S. Army contracts with a total value of $18.6 million for PATRIOT Configuration-3 weapons system spare assemblies. Two contracts are valued at $5.6 and $5 million, and the third has a not-to-exceed contract value of $8 million.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL AND THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT United Nations 28 Oct 2005
• Security Council extends peacekeeping mandate in Western Sahara until next April UN News Centre 28 Oct 2005 -- Calling for more contributions to help re-unite families separated during the conflict in Western Sahara, the Security Council today extended the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) there until next April.
• WESTERN SAHARA: UN renews peacekeeping mandate amid pessimism IRIN 28 Oct 2005 -- The UN Security Council voted on Friday not to give up on its peacekeeping mission in the disputed territory of Western Sahara but black clouds continue to hang over talks on the three decade-old problem.

• Middle East Quartet condemns suicide bombing in Israel, calls on Syria to act UN News Centre 28 Oct 2005 -- United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan and the other principles of the Diplomatic Quartet today consulted on the latest violence in the Middle East, condemning Wednesday's terrorist attack in Israel claimed by the Damascus-based Palestinian Islamic Jihad and calling on Syria to take immediate action against the group.
• DR Congo: UN peace mission expanded and extended until next September UN News Centre 28 Oct 2005 -- Expressing serious concern about the continuing hostilities by militias and foreign armed groups in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the threat to elections in the country, the Security Council today extended the United Nations Organization Mission (MONUC) there until next September, with an additional 300 troops.
• COTE D IVOIRE: Government courting Liberia's ex-combatants, human rights group says IRIN 28 Oct 2005 -- The Ivorian government is recruiting soldiers, including children, in neighbouring Liberia to pad its ranks as fears of renewed fighting in Cote d'Ivoire mount, Human Rights Watch said on Friday.
• GREAT LAKES: Region yet to discuss rebel menace IRIN 28 Oct 2005 -- A meeting of representatives of the governments of Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Rwanda and Uganda on ways of handling foreign armed groups based in northeastern DRC did not take place on Thursday in Uganda as had been announced earlier, a Ugandan government official said.
• 80 Killed in Clashes Between Colombian Rebels, Paramilitaries VOA 28 Oct 2005 -- Colombian authorities say clashes between leftist rebels and rightist paramilitaries have left at least 80 people dead in the western part of the country.
• UGANDA: Relief agencies cut back operations following suspected rebel attacks IRIN 28 Oct 2005 -- Relief agencies working in northern Uganda have curtailed their operations following the recent attacks on aid workers by suspected Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels.
• Officials Say Nalchik Attackers May Have Sought Planes RFE/RL 28 Oct 2005 -- Russian Deputy Prosecutor-General Nikolai Shepel said today his office is investigating allegations that militants who staged attacks earlier this month in the southern city of Nalchik planned to seize passenger airplanes and use them in further terrorist attacks.

News Reports

• SYRIA: MEHLIS REPORT PUTS THE BAATHIST REGIME 'IN THE DOCK' US Dept. of State IIP, Foreign Media Reaction 28 Oct 2005
• Mideast Quartet Calls on Syria To Close Islamic Jihad Offices Washington File 28 Oct 2005 -- The United States, the European Union, Russia and the United Nations -- known as the Quartet when dealing with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict -- have condemned the October 26 bombing at a market in Hadera, Israel.
• Syria, Lebanon, and the Assassination VOA 28 Oct 2005 -- The United States, Britain, and France are asking the Security Council to threaten Syria with sanctions unless it cooperates with the U.N. investigation into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
• Syria Repeats Willingness to Cooperate in UN Probe of Hariri Death VOA 28 Oct 2005 -- Syria has repeated its willingness to cooperate with the U.N. investigation into the murder of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

• Pakistan, UNHCR Ask NATO for More Assistance in Quake Relief Washington File 28 Oct 2005 -- Pakistani and international authorities have asked NATO for further assistance in the aftermath of the devastating South Asian earthquake, and advance units of the NATO Response Force were arriving in Pakistan by October 30.

• U.S. Does Not Rule Out Uzbekistan Sanctions RFE/RL 28 Oct 2005 -- The top U.S. diplomat for Central Asia has said that Washington has not ruled out imposing sanctions on Uzbekistan over its human rights record.

• PRESS CONFERENCE BY SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN MYANMAR United Nations 28 Oct 2005
• Northrop Grumman/Raytheon Team Wins GOES-R Program Definition and Risk Reduction Contract Northrop Grumman 28 Oct 2005 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) and its teammate Raytheon Company (NYSE:RTN) won a program definition and risk reduction contract for the nation's next-generation Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) system, GOES-R. The contract was awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
• PRESS CONFERENCE BY SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON INDEPENDENCE OF JUDGES, LAWYERS United Nations 28 Oct 2005