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October 16, 2004

The Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses , under The United States Department Of Veterans Affairs , concludes in a report that "a substantial proportion of Gulf War veterans are ill with multisymptom conditions not explained by wartime stress or psychiatric illness" and a "probable link" to exposure to neurotoxins. (BBC) (NY Times)

Conflict In Iraq :

--- Car Bomb s are detonated in Qaim and Mosul , Iraq , killing three U.S. soldiers and a Civilian in Qaim, and one U.S. soldier in Mosul. A Mortar attack in Qaim kills four Iraqis and wounds 30. (Reuters)

--- Bombs explode at five Christian Church es in Baghdad . No casualties are reported. (Reuters) (BBC)

--- Two U.S. military transport helicopters crash in southwestern Baghdad leaving two U.S. soldiers dead and two others wounded. (Reuters)

Expedition 10 , carrying Cosmonaut s Salizhan Sharipov (Салижан Шарипов) and Yuri Shargin (Юрий Шаргин), and Astronaut Leroy Chiao , docks successfully at the International Space Station . Chiao and Sharipov will be relieving Mike Fincke and Gennady Padalka (Геннади Падалка) from Expedition 9 , and will spend six months aboard the station. (BBC News)

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict :

--- Israel i Forces withdraw from the northern Gaza Strip , ending Operation Days Of Penitence . Three men, allegedly militants, and a 70-year-old Palestinian woman are killed on the final day. Over 100 Palestinians have died in the course of the 16-day operation; BBC sources say about one third were civilians.

--- Palestinian Prime Minister Abu Ala says that 140 Palestinians were killed during the operation. Israeli Defence Forces sources, however, place the number killed at about 130, with only a few civilian deaths. (BBC) (News First Class) (Haaretz)