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Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 09 Nov 2004 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualties
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• TWO TASK FORCE OLYMPIA MILITARY PERSONNEL DIE FOLLOWING MORTAR ATTACK ON MULTI-NATIONAL BASE
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualties
• DoD Identifies Army Casualties

• Transcript: Special Defense Department Video Teleconference Briefing 09 Nov 2004 -- Lt. Gen. Thomas Metz, Commander, Multinational Corps-Iraq
• New Day Dawns in Fallujah as Forces Continue Assault DefendAmerica.mil 09 Nov 2004 -- Military officials report that civilians were provided food and blankets last night by Iraqi and multinational forces; forces have pushed their way through a third of the city.
• FALLUJAH VOA 09 Nov 2004 -- A top U.S. military commander in Iraq is reporting better than expected progress in the fight to retake the Sunni rebel stronghold of Fallujah but says senior insurgent and terrorist leaders have probably already escaped, among them accused terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
• Battle Continues 'With Speed, Not Haste' in Fallujah AFPS 09 Nov 2004 -- The hunt for insurgents and terrorists in Fallujah continues "with speed, not haste," a top U.S. commander in Iraq said today.
• Iraq: U.S. Military Says One-Third Of Al-Fallujah Under Its Control RFE/RL 09 Nov 2004 -- U.S. troops and allied Iraqi government forces were advancing toward the center of Al-Fallujah today after launching a long-expected assault against insurgents the night before. Resistance was said to be fiercest in the northwestern district of Jolan. Meanwhile, militants elsewhere in the country have struck back with a series of attacks against police stations and an Iraqi National Guard base.
• U.S. General Says Assault on Fallujah Is Ahead of Schedule Washington File 09 Nov 2004 -- U.S. and Iraqi forces fighting anti-regime and terrorist insurgents in Fallujah are on or ahead of schedule, says the commander of the Multinational Corps in Iraq.
• IRAQ / FALLUJAH VOA 09 Nov 2004 -- According to Iraqi interim government officials the effort to re-take control of the rebellious city, Fallujah, is going well, so far. The massive military attack began Monday night, with heavy artillery fire. Tuesday morning, troops began moving into parts of the city where thousands of insurgents are believed to be located.
• U.S. Troops Advance Into Al-Fallujah RFE/RL 09 nov 2004 -- U.S. soldiers are advancing toward the center of the rebel-held Iraqi city of Al-Fallujah this morning.
• Militants Attack Police Stations Near Ba'quba RFE/RL 09 nov 2004 -- Police say militants stormed two police stations near the central Iraqi town of Ba'quba today.
• U.S.-Led Assault Advances Into Al-Fallujah RFE/RL 09 nov 2004 -- Some 15,000 U.S. troops and allied Iraqi government forces are advancing today into the center of Al-Fallujah, engaging in house-to-house combat after launching a long-expected ground assault against insurgents.
• One Black Watch Soldier killed, two wounded MNF-I/MNC-I 09 Nov 2004 -- At 6:32, Iraq time, a Warrior armoured vehicle from the Black Watch Battle Group was hit by a roadside bomb north of Camp Dogwood.
• MNF-I provides close air support for ground troops MNF-I/MNC-I 09 Nov 2004 -- Multi-National Force aircraft attacked a building in Fallujah with an air-to-surface guided missile, Nov. 8 after Multi-National and Iraqi forces received fire from anti-Iraqi elements located inside the building.
• Fallujah operations update MNF-I/MNC-I 09 Nov 2004 -- Iraqi Security Forces and Multi-National Force-Iraq (MNF-I) launched an assault Nov. 8 against terrorists and foreign fighters in an operation dubbed "Al Fajr," the Iraqi word for dawn.
• Multi-National Forces detain one MNF-I/MNC-I 09 Nov 2004 -- Multi-National Forces from 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team) detained one person for anti-Iraqi activities Nov. 8 in northern Iraq.
• Iraqi Police foil AIF attack MNF-I/MNC-I 09 Nov 2004 -- Eight Iraqi police were wounded during different attacks on two police stations in Baqubah today by terrorists determined to prevent a safe and secure environment for the people of that city.
• Humanitarian assistance critical part of MNF-I operations MNF-I/MNC-I 09 Nov 2004 -- The Iraq Security Forces and Multi-National Forces-Iraq supported military assaults against terrorists and foreign fighters in Fallujah, dubbed "Operation al-Fajr," are removing the threat of terrorism, and restoring the rule of law in Fallujah.
• 'Bats' exceed 3,000 flight hours in OIF II USMC News 09 Nov 2004 -- Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242 exceeded 3,000 total flight hours during combat operations in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom II here Oct. 30.

Deployments

US Policy

• RESPONSE: AL JAZEERA STORY, "HOSPITAL HIT AS FIGHTING RAGES IN FALLUJA." CENTCOM 09 Nov 2004 -- Al Jazeera released a story today alleging US-led forces bombed an unspecified hospital clinic in Fallujah. This allegation is unsubstantiated.
• BUSH / FALLUJAH VOA 09 Nov 2004 -- President Bush says U.S. troops fighting in the Iraqi city of Fallujah are battling to ensure Iraq's democratic future.
• POWELL-IRAQ-IRAN VOA 09 Nov 2004 -- Secretary of State Colin Powell says he expects to meet Iranian officials later this month at the Egyptian-hosted international conference aimed at building support for elections in Iraq. At a news conference in Mexico City, Mr. Powell also defended the decision to retake the Iraqi city of Fallujah from insurgents.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• IRAQI FORCES FACILITY CONSTRUCTION EFFORTS CONTINUE CENTCOM 09 Nov 2004 -- The Multinational Security Transition Command - Iraq continues to assist the Iraqi government to build infrastructure facilities for the nation's growing security forces.
• IRAQI OFFICERS COMMENCE 'STAFF' TRAINING IN ITALY CENTCOM 09 Nov 2004 -- Forty-two Iraqi army officers commenced studies at the Centro Alti Studi Difesa military college in Rome, Italy, Nov. 8, as part of the multinational effort to assist the Iraqi government to train its armed forces' leadership.
• Iraqi Premier Extends Curfew To Baghdad RFE/RL 09 Nov 2004 -- Iraqi interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi has imposed a nighttime curfew on Baghdad for an indefinite period, as more than 10,000 U.S. soldiers continued a ground offensive against insurgents in Al-Fallujah, west of the capital.

• SADDAM HUSSEIN / TRIAL VOA 09 Nov 2004 -- As the first round of Iraqi elections approaches in January, observers are looking ahead to the next major milestone in Iraq's future, the upcoming trial of former dictator Saddam Hussein. Some international and legal experts say the process could take longer than some Iraqis might like, and the chief obstacle is the ongoing insurgency.

Foreign Reactions

• Analysis: Coalition May Dwindle After Iraqi Elections RFE/RL 09 Nov 2004 -- A number of coalition member states are considering or have already decided that their forces will begin withdrawing from Iraq after national elections in January -- a move that could impact the ability of multinational forces to rein in militants.
• FALLUJAH OFFENSIVE: A 'LOOMING FIRESTORM' LINKED TO UPCOMING VOTE US Dept. of State IIP, Foreign Media Reaction 09 Nov 2004
• Rafsanjani refutes charges of Iran`s interference in Iraq IRNA 09 Nov 2004 -- Head of Expediency Council (EC) Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani said here Tuesday that Iran is not interfering in Iraqi internal Affairs.

News Reports

• Iraqi Media Monitoring UNAMI 09 Nov 2004
• Iraq: Al-Fallujah Operation Aims At Calming Center Of Country, But Risks Backlash RFE/RL 09 Nov 2004 -- U.S. and Iraqi forces are advancing into Al-Fallujah in an operation intended to put the insurgent stronghold under government control ahead of the January 2005 elections. The military action is part of efforts to assure the national poll can be held over as much of the country as possible. But will a tough battle over Al-Fallujah help to calm restive central Iraq -- or stoke passions there further?