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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 01 OCt 2004 [PDF]
• ONE 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION SOLDIER KILLED
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty

• U.S. Troops Enter Samarra, Inflict Heavy Insurgent Losses RFE/RL 01 Oct 2004 -- U.S. and Iraqi forces pushed into the rebel Iraqi stronghold of Samarra today to wrest control of the northern town from insurgents.
• IRAQ / SAMARRA VOA 01 Oct 2004 -- U.S. and Iraqi forces have pushed into the insurgent stronghold of Samarra, north of Baghdad and taken control of key government buildings and religious sites. U.S. military officials estimate close to 100 insurgents were killed, and say one U.S. soldier was killed and four were wounded.
• OFFENSIVE OPERATIONS IN SAMARRA CENTCOM 01 Oct 2004 -- In response to repeated and unprovoked attacks by anti-Iraqi forces, Iraqi Security Forces and Multi-National Forces secured the government and police buildings in Samarra early in the morning of October 1 in support of the Iraq Interim Government and the people of Samarra.
• Joint Iraqi - MNF Operation Commences in Samarra MNF-I/MNC-I 01 Oct 2004 -- About 1,000 Iraqi Security Forces, supported by Soldiers from the 1st Infantry Division are in the process of securing the government and police buildings in Samarra early Oct. 1 at the request of the Interim Iraqi Government and the people of Samarra.
• U.S. Troops Enter Samarra RFE/RL 10 Oct 2004 -- U.S. and Iraqi forces pushed into the rebel Iraqi stronghold of Samarra today to wrest control of the northern town from insurgents.

Deployments

• Army makes progress on IRR mobilization Army News 01 Oct 2004 -- More than 1,100 Soldiers in the Individual Ready Reserve have reported to duty since the Army received its mobilization authority four months ago.

US Policy

• BUSH KERRY DEBATE VOA 01 OCt 2004 -- President Bush and Senator John Kerry sparred over Iraq and other foreign policy issues in the first of their three campaign debates.

• Powell-Belgium-Iraq VOA 01 Oct 2004 -- Secretary of State Powell is defending Bush administration diplomacy on Iraq following criticism by Democratic Presidential candidate John Kerry in Thursday's debate that the United States had shunted allies aside in a rush to war against Saddam Hussein. He spoke after talks Friday with Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht.
• U.S.: Bush, Kerry Focus On Iraq In First Preelection Debate RFE/RL 01 Oct 2004 -- The U.S. intervention in Iraq dominated the first presidential debate (file photo) U.S. President George W. Bush and Senator John Kerry (Democrat, Massachusetts), his challenger for the White House, faced each other last night at the University of Miami in the first of three preelection debates. The topic was foreign policy, and more than an hour of the 90-minute session was devoted to the war in Iraq. The debates are seen as crucial. Most polls show Bush with a lead only a month before the 2 November election, and the three debates could help crystallize the perceptions of the tens of millions of voters who are expected to watch the three contests.

United Nations

• Security Council urges countries to contribute forces to protect UN in Iraq UN News Centre 01 Oct 2004 -- The Security Council today welcomed proposals by Secretary-General Kofi Annan regarding security arrangements for the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), including close protection troops for senior UN staff, and urged Members States to contribute to the units.

Reconstruction Issues

• IRAQ: Clearing shipwrecks IRIN 01 Oct 2004 -- The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will hold a two-day conference in Kuwait next week to discuss action needed to ensure the safe removal of shipwrecks in Iraqi waters.

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• Iraq: Latest Kidnappings Raise Questions About Motives Of Hostage Takers RFE/RL 01 Oct 2004 -- Hostage takers in Iraq have seized another 10 people, including two Indonesian women. The abductions raise anew the question of whether the kidnappings of foreigners in Iraq are mainly for political or financial gain and whether countries should pay ransom to free their citizens.
• RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 7, Number 36 01 Oct 2004 -- BAGHDAD CAR BOMBS KILL DOZENS / FIGHTING ESCALATES IN SUNNI TRIANGLE... / ...WHICH MAY BE PART OF AN NEW STRATEGY / NEW REPORT DOCUMENTS INCREASE IN INSURGENT ATTACKS IN IRAQ / IRAQI NATIONAL GUARDSMAN DETAINED FOR INSURGENCY TIES / CHARGES AGAINST CHALABI DISMISSED / HEPATITIS OUTBREAK AFFECTS TWO IMPOVERISHED IRAQI DISTRICTS / IRAQ TO RECEIVE FIRST IMF LOAN / BAGHDAD STOCK EXCHANGE NEARS PREWAR LEVELS / U.S.: SYRIA WILL COOPERATE ON IRAQ BORDER SECURITY / IRAQ PLANS MULTILATERAL CONFERENCE / JORDANIAN KING CASTS DOUBT ON IRAQI ELECTIONS / UN: ONE IN FOUR IRAQIS DEPENDS ON RATIONS / FRANCE INSISTS ON DISCUSSING TROOP WITHDRAWAL / SHI'A LEADERS / SUNNI LEADERS / CHRISTIAN LEADERS / YEZIDI LEADERS