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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 04 OCt 2004 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
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• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• TWO SOLDIERS KILLED BY SMALL ARMS FIRE

• U.S., Iraqi Troops Continue Samarra Offensive RFE/RL 04 Oct 2004 -- The U.S. military says it is continuing operations today in Samarra, and that about 70 percent of the Iraqi city is now under U.S.-Iraqi control.
• Strike on Zarqawi Network MNF-I/MNC-I 04 Oct 2004 -- At approximately 1 a.m. local time, Oct. 4, Multi-National Force-Iraq conducted a precision strike against a building where approximately 25 Anti-Iraqi Forces network members were moving weapons on the outskirts of Fallujah.
• MNF-I Continues to Hunt Zarqawi MNF-I/MNC-I 04 Oct 2004 -- In the last month, Multi-National Forces have successfully conducted ten offensive strikes on the Abu Musab al Zarqawi terrorist network. Each action removed foreign fighters from the streets of Fallujah and strengthens the safety of Iraq.
• Car Bombs Explode In Baghdad MNF-I/MNC-I 04 Oct 2004 -- Two vehicle borne improvised explosive devices detonated in downtown Baghdad this morning. The first VBIED detonated near a Task Force checkpoint outside the International Zone at approximately 8:45 a.m. The second car bomb exploded one hour later at 9:45 a.m. near the Baghdad Hotel.
• Airmen use GBU-38 in combat AFPN 04 Oct 2004 -- During one particular night shift recently, a team primarily composed of Air National Guardsmen conducted the first successful drop of a GBU-38 bomb in combat.

Deployments

• POLAND / IRAQ / TROOPS VOA 04 Oct 2004 -- Poland's defense minister has surprised his colleagues in the country's pro-U.S. government by suggesting that Warsaw should withdraw its nearly 25-hundred troops from Iraq by the end of next year. It is the first time a top Polish official has indicated that his country's troops could be pulled out of Iraq.
• Poland To Pull Troops From Iraq By End Of 2005 RFE/RL 04 Oct 2004 -- Polish Defense Minister Jerzy Szmajdzinski said today that his country plans to pull all of its troops out of Iraq by the end of the year 2005.
• 1ST CAV'S BLACK JACK BRIGADE TO COMPLETE YEARLONG ROTATION CENTCOM 04 Oct 2004 -- The 1st Cavalry Division announced today that the rotation schedule of its 2nd Brigade "Black Jack" Combat Team has shifted into 2005 .

US Policy

• Transcript: Council on Foreign Relations 04 Oct 2004 -- Presenter: Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld / "Mr. Secretary, what exactly was the connection between Saddam Hussein and al Qaeda? (...) I have seen the answer to that question migrate in the intelligence community over the period of a year in the most amazing way. Second, there are differences in the intelligence community as to what the relationship was. To my knowledge, I have not seen any strong, hard evidence that links the two. There are -- I just read an intelligence report recently about one person who's connected to al Qaeda who was in and out of Iraq and there's the most tortured description of why he might have had a relationship and why he might not have had a relationship. There are reports about people in Saddam Hussein's intelligence service meeting in one country or another with al Qaeda people from one person to another, which may have been indicative of something, or may not have been. It may have been something that was not representative of a hard linkage."
• A Statement From Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld 04 Oct 2004 -- A question I answered today at an appearance before the Council on Foreign Relations regarding ties between Al Qaeda and Iraq regrettably was misunderstood.

• Despite Not Finding WMDs, Rumsfeld Says World Safer Without Saddam AFPS 04 Oct 2004 -- Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Oct. 3 he's "surprised" that the coalition has not found weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, but remains convinced that going to war was the right thing.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraqi Navy Casts Off in Defense of Coastal Waters AFPS 04 Oct 2004 -- The Iraqi Coastal Defense Force took official responsibility for protecting the country's coastline Sept. 30 at a ribbon-cutting and pass-in-review ceremony at the port of Umm Qasr.
• Iraqi National Guard Soldiers Graduate From Training MNF-I/MNC-I 04 Oct 2004 -- During a ceremony at the ING training area here Sept. 23,.about 100 Iraqi National Guard soldiers from Company A, 210th ING Battalion stood in formation, as the second group of ING soldiers graduated from the six-week advanced individual training course in advanced infantry tactics.
• IRAQ: Interview with Minister for Labour and Social Affairs IRIN 04 Oct 2004 -- At the Iraqi Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Minister Leyla Abdul Latif says one of the biggest problems her department faces today is unemployment, with an estimated 50 percent of the population out of work.
• IRAQ: Samarrah hospital urgently needs medical supplies IRIN 04 Oct 2004 -- Medical staff at the Samarrah General Hospital, 125 km west of the capital, Baghdad, say more lives could be saved if they had urgently needed medical supplies.

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• Iraqi Media Monitoring UNAMI 04 Oct 2004
• Iraq: U.S. Forces Claim Victory In Samarra, But Residents Wonder At What Cost? RFE/RL 04 Oct 2004 -- U.S. and Iraqi forces are claiming victory in a bloody battle to regain control of the Sunni Triangle city of Samarra. Some 70 percent of the city is believed to be under the control of U.S. or Iraqi troops. The U.S. military says it is continuing mopping up operations in the city after American war planes again bombed targets overnight. The U.S. military issued a statement calling the air raids "precision strikes" and said more than 200 insurgents have been either killed or captured. But at what cost? Residents and hospital officials say many civilians, including children, have been killed or injured in the fighting. Aid groups are expressing concern about living conditions in the city. Meanwhile, Baghdad was rocked by two explosions this morning, with at least 10 Iraqis dead.