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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 22 Oct 2004 [PDF]

• Increase in Insurgent Attacks Expected During Ramadan AFPS 22 Oct 2004 -- Based on intelligence information, coalition forces expect an increase in violence during the holy month of Ramadan, a Multinational Force Iraq spokesman said today in a Pentagon Channel interview from Baghdad.
• Burger King, Pizza Hut Open Doors at Balad Air Base AFPS 22 Oct 2004 -- Airmen here finally can have it their way, with the opening of Burger King and Pizza Hut restaurants Oct. 10.
• MARINES ENGAGING INSURGENTS NEAR FALLUJAH CENTCOM 22 Oct 2004 -- Marines from the 1st Marine Division are engaging several groups of insurgents Oct. 22, for the second consecutive day, from the outskirts of Fallujah.
• Cavalry Unit Makes Big Find in Southern Baghdad MNF-I/MNC-I 22 Oct 2004 -- All companies of 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 5th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, along with elements in the 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, conducted a large scale cordon and search in the southern outskirts of Baghdad Oct. 14.
• BRITAIN / IRAQ VOA 22 Oct 2004 -- Britain's senior military officer says U.S. forces in Iraq are preparing a major counter-insurgency campaign, as Western military experts warn it could take years for the Iraqi military to be strong enough to guarantee stability there.

Deployments

• Belleau Wood, Comstock to Return from Surge Deployment Navy NewsStand 22 Oct 2004 -- More than 2,000 Sailors and Marines from USS Belleau Wood (LHA 3) and USS Comstock (LSD 45) are slated to return to their homeport of San Diego Oct. 24, from a surge deployment in support of the global war on terrorism.
• Officials Expected Increased Violence in Iraq, Rumsfeld Says AFPS 22 Oct 2004 -- U.S. defense officials were aware that insurgent acts in Iraq would likely escalate after the transfer of sovereignty to an interim government -- and it has, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said here today.
• Iraq: In Controversial Move, Britain Says 'Yes' to Troop-Redeployment Request RFE/RL 22 Oct 2004 -- Some 850 British troops have started preparations to redeploy from southern Iraq to an area outside of Baghdad. The move comes after Britain agreed to a U.S. request for help and is designed to make more U.S. troops available to fight insurgents west of the capital.

US Policy

• U.S. Removes Iraq From List of State Sponsors of Terrorism AFPS 22 Oct 2004 -- The State Department's removal of Iraq this week from its list of state sponsors of terrorism represents an important symbolic act and show of support for Iraq's interim government, according to Secretary of State Colin Powell.
• MOTION HEARINGS CONDUCTED FOR TWO SOLDIERS CENTCOM 22 Oct 2004 -- Motion hearings were held today in the cases of sergeant Javal Davis and specialist Charles Graner, two military police soldiers accused of abusing detainees at Abu Ghraib.
• U.S. Allocates $871 Million to Support Iraqi Elections Washington File 22 Oct 2004 -- Following is the answer to a question taken at the State Department's daily briefing October 21
• Three More Witnesses Testify in Second Session of Alban Murder Hearing MNF-I/MNC-I 22 Oct 2004 -- The second session of a premeditated murder hearing for a Task Force Baghdad Soldier was held Oct. 22 at the Camp Liberty Court House.
• INSPECTING OFFICER HEARS 11 WITNESSES IN PREMEDITATED MURDER HEARING CENTCOM 22 Oct 2004 -- The first session of a premeditated-murder hearing for a Task Force Baghdad Soldier was held Oct. 21 at the Camp Liberty Court House.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• 98th takes challenge of training Iraqi Army Army News 22 Oct 2004 -- The Army Reserve's 98th Division (Institutional Training) has a new mission -- training the new Iraqi Army.
• New program partners U.S., Iraqi engineers to rebuild nation Army News 22 Oct 2004 -- A new initiative between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and some of Iraq's best engineers is aimed at not only removing the veil of isolation but building the country's schools, power plants and infrastructure.

Foreign Reactions

• IRAQ / ABU GHRAIB VOA 22 Oct 2004 -- A U.S. military court Thursday sentenced Army Sergeant Ivan Frederick to eight years in prison for his part in the abuse of Iraqi detainees at the Abu Ghraib prison. The sergeant is one of seven American soldiers accused in the scandal that became public earlier this year.

News Reports

• IRAQ / INSURGENCY VOA 23 Oct 2004 -- In Iraq, the kidnapped director of the relief group CARE International is appealing to the British government to withdraw its troops from the country, saying she fears she will be the next hostage executed if they are not. Meanwhile in Washington, U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld dismissed reports suggesting the insurgency in Iraq is worse than U.S. officials had thought.
• RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 7, Number 39 22 Oct 2004 -- FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES ELECTIONS, UPCOMING CONFERENCE / FUGITIVE TERRORIST IN IRAQ PLEDGES ALLEGIANCE TO BIN LADEN / AL-FALLUJAH STANDOFF CONTINUES / MUSLIM SCHOLARS ASSOCIATION URGES MILITARY, POLICE, NOT TO ASSIST U.S. / POLICEMEN TARGETED IN SEVERAL ATTACKS / FIVE CHURCHES BOMBED IN BAGHDAD / CARE SUSPENDS AID WORK IN IRAQ AFTER KIDNAPPING / FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER SURVIVES ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT / BARZANI KEEPS UP CLAIM ON KIRKUK / BAGHDAD GOVERNORATE TO EDUCATE CITIZENS ON ELECTIONS / WEAPONS BUY-BACK PROGRAM EXTENDED IN IRAQ / U.S., IRAQI FORCES LAUNCH RAID NEAR BALAD / BORDER POLICE ARREST 142 PEOPLE ILLEGALLY ENTERING IRAQ / OFFICIAL CLAIMS IRAQI WEAPONS ON RISE IN SOUTHERN IRAN / ANNAN SAYS IRAQ ON TRACK FOR ELECTIONS / UNICEF SAYS IRAQI SCHOOLS IN NEED OF REPAIR / SOUTH KOREA SAYS THREATS ARE A HOAX / U.K. RECONNAISSANCE TEAM ASSESSES POSSIBLE TROOP MOVE / NATO TO TRAIN IRAQI OFFICERS IN GERMANY, NORWAY / ALLAWI'S DANGEROUS GAME