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July 13, 2004

July 13 is the 194th day (195th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 171 days remaining. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Although not thought to be an al-Qaida leader, Khaled al-Harbi (right) appears in this al-Qaida video alongside Osama bin Laden. ... Shaikh (Arabic: ),(also rendered as Sheik, Shaykh or Sheikh) is a word in the Arabic language meaning elder of tribe, lord, a revered old man, or Islamic scholar. ... Al-Qaeda (Arabic: القاعدة, the foundation or the base) is the name given to a worldwide network of militant Islamist organizations under the leadership of Osama bin Laden. ... Osama bin Laden in a photo from the 1990s Usāmah bin Muhammad bin Awad bin Lādin (Arabic: ; born March 10, 1957), commonly known as Osama bin Laden or Usama bin Laden (أسامة بن لادن) is an Islamic fundamentalist, a founder of the al-Qaeda organization and a member of the immensely... Map of Iran and surrounding lands, showing location of Tehran The towering Alborz mountains rising above modern Elahiyeh district and its green neighborhoods. ... Amnesty (from the Greek amnestia, oblivion) is an act of justice by which the supreme power in a state restores those who may have been guilty of any offence against it to the position of innocent persons. ... Al Jazeera logo Al Jazeera (الجزيرة), meaning The Island or The (Arabian) Peninsula (whence also Algiers) is an Arabic television channel based in Qatar. ... Al-Qaeda (Arabic: القاعدة, the foundation or the base) is the name given to a worldwide network of militant Islamist organizations under the leadership of Osama bin Laden. ... Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in an undated AP photograph. ... The United States Department of State, often referred to as the State Department, is the Cabinet-level foreign affairs agency of the United States government, equivalent to foreign ministries in other countries. ... The Continuity Irish Republican Army (CIRA) is an Irish Republican paramilitary organisation (which supporters recognise as the National Army of the 32-County Irish Republic) that split from the Provisional IRA in 1986. ... It has been suggested that Demographics of terrorism be merged into this article or section. ... U2 is an Irish Rock band featuring Bono (Paul David Hewson) on vocals, guitar and harmonica, The Edge (David Howell Evans) on guitar, keyboards and vocals, Adam Clayton on bass, and Larry Mullen, Jr. ... City motto: Nicæa civitas. ...

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DefenseLink: Contracts for Tuesday, July 13, 2004 (1725 words)
Lockheed Martin, Orlando, Fla., was awarded on July 12, 2004, a $10,537,111 modification to a firm-fixed-price contract for 283 target acquisition designation sight electronic display and control, line replacement unit spares, and active matrix liquid crystal display for the Apache Aircraft.
Nomadics Inc.*, Stillwater, Okla., was awarded on July 8, 2004, a $175,000 increment as part of a $5,538,963 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for refinement, fabrication, demonstration, testing, and maintenance of an amplified fluorescence quenching polymer-based explosives detection sensor.
URS Group Inc., Omaha, Neb., was awarded on July 7, 2004, a delivery order amount of $75,000 as part of a $300,000,000 firm-fixed-price, guaranteed-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost-plus-award-fee, and cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for remediation services such as hazardous, toxic and radioactive waste, ordnance and explosive, operations and maintenance, construction/remediation support and clean-up.
News about Surface Forces at StrategyPage.com's How to Make War. (1680 words)
July 31, 2005: The first of five Norwegian F-310 class frigates, the Fridtjof Nansen, has completed its sea trials.
July 30, 2005: India just commissioned the second of three Improved Godavari class warships, the INS Beas.
July 24, 2005: The history of naval warfare since 1914 is all about a steady increase in threats to surface ships.
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