13 June 2004 Military News

ONE SOLDIER DIES, FOUR WOUNDED IN IED EXPLOSION
IRAQ / VIOLENCE VOA 13 Jun 2004 -- A senior official in Iraq's Education Ministry has been fatally shot by gunmen outside his home in Baghdad. It is the second assassination of an Iraqi interim government official in as many days.
Wave Of Assasination Attempts In Iraq Continues RFE/RL 13 Jun 2004 -- Assassins have struck in Iraq for the second day in a row, killing a senior Iraqi Education Ministry official just one day after the assassination of Iraqi Deputy Foreign Minister Bassam Kubba.
AFGHANISTAN VOA 13 Jun 2004 -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai says elections scheduled for September will go ahead as planned, despite logistical difficulties of registering voters and making other preparations.
Air Force B-1B bomber supports 22nd MEU attack against Taliban forces Marine Corps News 13 Jun 2004 -- At Forward Operating Base Ripley, Afghanistan on May 31, nearly all heads were turned skyward as a sleek, rarely seen aircraft cut through the clear skies overhead.
PAKISTAN/AL-QAIDA ARRESTS VOA 13 Jun 2004 -- Authorities in Pakistan say that they have arrested ten suspected foreign militants of the al-Qaida terror network, including a key member of the group with a one-million dollar bounty on his head.
Afghan, Iraq Presidents Call for Coalition to Remain AFPS 13 Jun 2004 -- The presidents of Afghanistan and Iraq both called for coalition forces to stay in their countries during separate interviews on NBC's "Meet the Press" today.

ISRAEL/ARAFAT VOA 13 Jun 2004 -- Israeli military intelligence officers, former and serving, are calling for a formal inquiry into the possibility that the government was misled into believing it was not possible to make peace with Palestinian President Yasser Arafat.
KASHMIR / VIOLENCE VOA 13 Jun 2004 -- In Indian Kashmir, authorities have stepped up security following attacks that killed at least seven people, including two tourists, and injured dozens of others. The attacks have come at a time when domestic tourism to the Himalayan region is on the rise.
ISRAEL/GAZA VOA 13 Jun 2004 -- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon says he has ordered officials to immediately begin preparing for disengagement from some Palestinian areas.

Powell Speaks on Iraq, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia AFPS 13 Jun 2004 -- Security problems continue to be the main problem confronting the Iraqi people, Secretary of State Colin L. Powell said on NBC's "Meet the Press" today.

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