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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 08 OCt 2004 [PDF]
• ONE TASK FORCE DANGER SOLDIER KILLED, ONE WOUNDED BY IED
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty

• Insurgent Attacks on Troops Decrease AFPS 08 Oct 2004 -- Despite what is predominantly reported by civilian media outlets, the number of attacks on U.S. forces in Iraq has decreased, the deputy operations director for Multinational Force Iraq said today during an interview from Baghdad.
• Army Reserve Speeds Iraqi Army Training AFPS 08 Oct 2004 -- The U. S. Army Reserve's 98th Division (Institutional Training) is heading to Iraq to take the lead in a historic training venture. The reserve division will speed the training of the new Iraqi army and provide command and control as part of the U.S. Army's new Foreign Army Training Assistance Command, or FA-TRAC.
• COALITION FORCES STRIKE AIF SAFE HOUSE IN FALLUJAH CENTCOM 08 Oct 2004 -- Multi-National Force-Iraq struck an Abu Musab al-Zarqawi safe house in northwest Fallujah on the morning of October 8. Credible intelligence sources confirmed Zarqawi leaders were meeting at the safe house at the time of the strike. The precision strike occurred at 1:15 a.m. Central Baghdad Time. Intelligence sources confirmed that the safe house was being used by the group to meet and plan attacks against Iraqi civilians, Iraqi Security Forces, and Multi-National Forces.
• SOLDIERS CATCH SUSPECTED BOMB MAKER; 1500 ARTILLERY ROUNDS SEIZED CENTCOM 08 Oct 2004 -- Working off a tip, Task Force Baghdad troops detained a truck carrying more than 1,500 155-millimeter artillery rounds Oct. 7. This seizure is one of the largest by the task force to date.
• Escorts keep watch over foreign workers AFPN 08 Oct 2004 -- Help wanted: Critical job working outside in sandy, arid 110-degree heat. Must leave comforts of home, family and friends for four months. Will provide perimeter security during increased threat levels and escort third-country and local nationals to job sites. Free travel!
• MAG-16 Marines continue training in Iraq USMC News 08 Oct 2004 -- It hasn't rained at the desert air base of Al Asad, Iraq in months, but there has definitely been training for the personnel of Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing.

Deployments

• Fast Tracking. Army Reserve speeds Iraqi Army training Army News Release 08 Oct 2004 -- The U. S. Army Reserve's 98th Division (Institutional Training) is heading to Iraq to take the lead in a historic training venture. The Reserve division will speed the training of the new Iraqi Army and provide command and control as part of the Army's new Foreign Army Training Assistance Command or FA-TRAC.
• HCS-4 Returns From Iraq Navy NewsStand 08 Oct 2004 -- Helicopter Combat Support Special Squadron (HCS) 4 Det. 2, returned to Norfolk Oct. 6, after a three-month deployment to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

US Policy

• IRAQ/ARMS VOA 08 Oct 2004 -- A new report by U.S. arms investigators, whose findings were released Wednesday, says Iraq had no stockpiles of illicit weapons when the United States attacked Iraq in 2003. The experts say the report is having political repercussions and will further shape the debate on intelligence reform.
• Taking on the Terror in Iraq VOA 08 Oct 2004 -- Security remains the number one issue in Iraq, which is slated to hold its first democratic elections in early 2005. While car-bombing attacks continued, U-S and Iraqi troops launched offensives against insurgent strongholds. Iraqi and U-S officials say that the operations are part of a strategy to take control of areas being used as staging grounds for terrorist attacks.
• Although No WMD Found, Saddam Had Intent, Capability, Powell Says Washington File 08 Oct 2004 -- Even though the latest report on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction (WMD) states that no stockpiles were found and such programs were abandoned, Secretary of State Colin Powell says Saddam Hussein retained his intent and capability to produce illicit weapons.
• BUSH/ KERRY FOREIGN POLICY VOA 08 Oct 2004 -- This year's U.S. presidential campaign has revealed some sharp foreign policy differences between President Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• U.S., Iraqi Officials Discuss Cooperative Environmental Efforts Washington File 08 Oct 2004 -- U.S. Interior Secretary Gale Norton and Iraqi Environment Minister Mishkat Al Moumin have discussed how the United States can help the new Iraqi government address environmental challenges facing the nation, according to an October 7 Interior Department press release.

Foreign Reactions

• NATO / IRAQ VOA 08 Oct 2004 -- The NATO alliance has approved a plan to send at least 300 military instructors to Iraq before elections are held there in January. VOA's Roger Wilkison reports from Brussels that the NATO instructors will be put under the command of the U.S. general in charge of rebuilding Iraq's armed forces.
• NATO Nations agree next step in implementing training in Iraq NATO 08 Oct 2004 -- The NAC has agreed on a Concept of Operations for substantially enchancing NATO's assistance to the Iraqi Interim Government with the training of its security forces, as well as the coordination of offers of training and equipment.

News Reports

• Arab TV Reports British Hostage Killed In Iraq RFE/RL 08 Oct 2004 -- An Arabic television channel today said British hostage Kenneth Bigley had been beheaded by his captors in Iraq.
• RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 7, Number 37 08 Oct 2004 -- ELECTION ISSUES DOMINATE IRAQI MEDIA THIS WEEK / IRAQ'S MAJOR POLITICAL GROUPS TO FORM LIST FOR ELECTIONS / SOURCES SAY GRAND AYATOLLAH HOLDING MEETINGS WITH POLITICAL PARTIES ON ELECTIONS / TALKS UNDER WAY BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND AL-SADR CITY REPRESENTATIVES / DEFENSE MINISTRY INVITES FORMER OFFICERS TO JOIN IRAQI ARMY / IRAQI DEFENSE MINISTER SAYS FOREIGN FIGHTERS ARRESTED IN SAMARRA / INDONESIAN HOSTAGES RELEASED IN IRAQ / GROUP CLAIMS IT HAS EXECUTED IRAQI, TURKISH HOSTAGES / POLICE FIND TWO DECAPITATED BODIES IN MOSUL / DAILY CONTENDS THAT IRANIAN INTELLIGENCE RUNNING AL-BASRAH / BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY VISITS IRAQ / EGYPT TO HOST IRAQ CONFERENCE / TALKS UNDERWAY FOR IRAQI-JORDANIAN PIPELINE / MANDATE ENDS FOR TURKISH CEASE-FIRE MONITORING FORCE / IRAQI MINISTER SAYS SOME 3,000 MKO MEMBERS IN PRISON / LIBYAN PRESIDENT APPEALS FOR RELEASE OF BRITISH HOSTAGE / IAEA EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER DISMANTLEMENT OF FORMER IRAQI NUCLEAR SITES / UN SECURITY COUNCIL CALLS ON COUNTRIES TO CONTRIBUTE FORCES TO IRAQ / SURVEY FINDS ONE-QUARTER OF IRAQIS STILL DEPENDENT ON FOOD RATIONS / UN UNIONS ASK SECRETARY-GENERAL TO KEEP STAFF OUT OF IRAQ / IRAQI GOVERNMENT REPORT IMPLICATES VOLOSHIN IN OIL DEALS / RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY ANNOUNCES IRAQ CONFERENCE / POLAND MAY BEGIN WITHDRAWING TROOPS IN JANUARY / PRIME MINISTER ASKS UKRAINE NOT TO REDUCE TROOP SIZE / CIA REPORT SAYS NO EVIDENCE LINKING TERRORIST TO HUSSEIN / IRAQ SURVEY GROUP SAYS NO WEAPONS FOUND / FORMER CPA HEAD SAYS TOO FEW TROOPS SENT TO IRAQ LAST YEAR