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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 15 OCt 2004 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty

• IRAQ/U-S TROOPS VOA 15 Oct 2004 -- The U.S. military in Iraq is investigating whether American soldiers disobeyed orders to conduct a re-supply mission north of Baghdad because they thought they lacked adequate protection.
• Iraq: Al-Fallujah Fighting Intensifies As Ground Troops Enter Fray RFE/RL 15 Oct 2004 -- The U.S. military is on high alert in Iraq at the start of Ramadan. The Muslim holy month was marked last year by an increase in insurgent violence. At least five people were killed yesterday after two explosions were set off inside the heavily fortified Green Zone in Baghdad. An insurgent group headed by Jordanian militant Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi has claimed responsibility for the blasts. Meanwhile, the U.S. military is now using ground troops, as well as air strikes, against insurgents in the rebel stronghold of Al-Fallujah, where al-Zarqawi is believed to be located. The offensive comes after interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi warned Al-Fallujah that it must hand over al-Zarqawi and his followers or face a major operation to root them out.
• MNF-I strikes Abu Musab al-Zaraqwi sites in Fallujah MNF-I/MNC-I 15 Oct 2004 -- Multi-National Force-Iraq conducted two more strikes early this morning against known Abu Musab al-Zarqawi command and control sites.
• MNF-I targets Zarqawi network in multiple operations MNF-I/MNC-I 15 Oct 2004 -- Since October 14, Combined Iraqi Security Forces and Multi-National Force-Iraq elements conducted several operations in and near Fallujah in order to disrupt preparations for terrorist attacks by Anti-Iraqi Forces.
• U.S. Ground Troops Move On Al-Fallujah RFE/RL 15 Oct 2004 -- U.S. ground troops moved towards the Iraqi rebel bastion of Al-Fallujah today after a night of air assaults.
• U.S. Continues Assault On Al-Fallujah RFE/RL 15 Oct 2004 -- The U.S. military is continuing its offensive against insurgents in the Iraqi city of Al-Fallujah.
• U.S. Troops On High Alert In Iraq RFE/RL 15 Oct 2004 -- The U.S. military is on high alert in Iraq today at the start of the holy Islamic month of Ramadan, which started last year with an increase in insurgent-backed violence.
• Grunts, Battery battle insurgents in Haswa USMC News 15 Oct 2004 -- Combined arms tactics have been a part of Marine Corps warfighting doctrine for years. It allows Marines to dial up their intensity to overcome their enemies. In Iraq, the practice is working well.

Deployments

• USNS Arctic Deploys with Harry S. Truman CSG Navy NewsStand 15 Oct 2004 -- Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8) deployed with the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) Carrier Strike Group Oct. 13 for a six-month deployment in support of the global war on terrorism.
• MWSS-271 readies for possible Iraq deployment USMC News 15 Oct 2004 -- The sounds of the M-16 service rifle and squad automatic weapon fire echoing off of buildings, dummy grenades and smoke grenades filling the air, are all part of the Stability and Support Operations training at Camp Lejeune for Marine Wing Support Squadron 271.
• Company B, 3rd Amphibious Assault Battalion, heads home USMC News 15 Oct 2004 -- The Marines of Company B, 3rd Amphibious Assault Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 7, are heading back to the United States after their deployment to the western Al Anbar Province. The Marines completed their duty and now hand over the reigns to Company C, 2nd Amphibious Assault Battalion.
• Reserve division to help train Iraqi Army Army News 15 Oct 2004 -- In the first mobilization of an Army Reserve training division for overseas duty, the 98th Division (Institutional Training) is heading to Iraq to help train that nation's new Army.

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• IRAQ / RAMADAN VOA 15 Oct 2004 -- A powerful car bomb exploded Friday in Baghdad near an Iraqi police station. Five civilians and five policemen were wounded in the attack that occurred on the first day of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. And many Iraqis say Ramadan has become their month of fear.
• RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 7, Number 38 15 Oct 2004 -- TERRORISTS PENETRATE BAGHDAD'S GREEN ZONE / IRAQI PRIME MINISTER DEMANDS AL-ZARQAWI BE HANDED OVER / CORRUPTION RUNNING RAMPANT IN NEW STATE INSTITUTIONS / AL-ZARQAWI GROUP CLAIMS IT BEHEADED TWO IRAQI INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS / UNEARTHING OF MASS GRAVE BEGINS / AL-QAEDA OPERATIVE ARRESTED IN IRAQ / U.S. FORCES ARREST SUNNI CLERIC / MILITIAMEN BEGIN HANDING IN WEAPONS / 73 AFGHANS ARRESTED IN IRAQ / AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHER RELEASED IN IRAQ / TURKISH CONTRACTOR, TRANSLATOR BEHEADED IN IRAQ / ANSAR AL-SUNNAH ARMY CLAIMS IT BEHEADED SHI'ITE WORKER / IRAQI MINISTER SAYS NUCLEAR SITES SECURED / NEW SECURITY FORCE ESTABLISHED IN IRAQ / TURKEY REPORTEDLY PRESSURING KURDISH REFUGEES TO RETURN HOME / TURKISH OFFICIALS EXPRESS CONCERN OVER BARZANI'S REMARKS / 130 IRANIANS RELEASED FROM DETENTION IN IRAQ / JORDAN, IRAQ SEEK INTERNATIONAL FUNDING FOR JOINT PROJECTS / IRAQ GETS RIGHT TO VOTE BACK AT GENERAL ASSEMBLY / ANNAN ORDERS FUNDING FOR INVESTIGATION INTO UN FRAUD / UNDP REPORT FINDS THAT HUNDREDS OF SUNKEN SHIPS OBSTRUCTING ACCESS TO IRAQI PORTS / IRAQI OFFICIALS ASK DONOR COUNTRIES TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH AID / NATO PLEDGES TO SPEED UP DEPLOYMENT OF TRAINERS TO IRAQ / IRAQI MINISTER SAYS ANY WITHDRAWAL OF CZECH FORCES WOULD CAUSE POLITICAL HARM