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Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 21 Jun 2004 [PDF]
• FIRST INFANTRY DIVISION SOLDIER DIES OF WOUNDS
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualties
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty

• COURT MARTIAL PRE-TRIAL HEARINGS CENTCOM 21 Jun 2004 -- Statement by COL Jill Morgenthaler, MNF-I Public Affairs Officer.
• Transcript: Coalition Provisional Authority Briefing 21 Jun 2004 -- Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt, Deputy Director for Coalition Military Operations and Daniel Senor, Senior Advisor, CPA
• IRAQ WRAP VOA 21 Jun 2004 -- Four U.S. Marines have been killed in an attack west of the Iraqi capital, as a deadline imposed by Muslim militants threatening to execute a South Korean hostage expires.

• Afghanistan: UN envoy expresses concern over deteriorating security UN News Centre 21 Jun 2004 -- Voicing concern over the volatile security situation in Afghanistan, the top United Nations envoy to the country today urged NATO to consider the importance of stability there, especially in the run-up to planned elections.
• AFGHAN/U-N/SECURITY VOA 21 Jun 2004 -- The United Nations says that more NATO troops are needed in Afghanistan by the end of next month, to ensure security for national election

  Other Conflicts

• IVORY COAST / TALKS VOA 21 Jun 2004 -- Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo says he needs help from West African neighbors to move the stalled peace process in divided Ivory Coast forward. His statement came just hours after fighting between rival factions broke out in the rebel-held north.
• U.S.-SUDAN / DARFUR VOA 21 Jun 2004 -- The Bush administration said Monday it would welcome fulfillment of a promise by Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir to disarm government-backed Arab militiamen blamed for severe human rights abuses in Sudan's western Darfur region. The United States threatened sanctions against Sudanese leaders because of the crisis last week.
• DR Congo has 20,000 troops in volatile east, UN mission says VOA 21 Jun 2004 -- With mutineer-led insurgent fighters still present in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the transitional government has built up its own force of 20,000 troops in the area, the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for the Great Lakes country said today.
• COTE D IVOIRE: Rebel clashes ahead of Gbagbo speech, UN visit IRIN 21 Jun 2004 -- Cote d'Ivoire rebel leader Guillaume Soro survived an assassination attempt during clashes between rival rebel factions, his supporters said on Monday, as President Laurent Gbagbo prepared to address the nation about plans to revive the stalled peace process.
• NIGERIA: Defence chiefs give green light to rapid reaction force IRIN 21 Jun 2004 -- West African defence chiefs have pledged to create a 6,500-strong force, which can be deployed quickly to quell conflicts in the strife-prone region.
• CONGO / MILITARY VOA 21 Jun 2004 -- The Democratic Republic of Congo is denying charges it is preparing to invade Rwanda.
• RWANDA/CONGO MILITARY VOA 21 Jun 2004 -- A Rwandan army spokesman says he fears Congolese government troops being transferred to eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are getting ready to attack Rwanda. But a U.N. spokesman says the Congolese troops are trying to stabilize the situation. s in September.
• IVORY COAST/TALKS VOA 21 Jun 2004 -- Fighting involving dissident rebel groups has erupted in northern Ivory Coast. Meanwhile, Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo is promising to move forward the stalled peace process.
• ISRAEL/DISENGAGEMENT VOA 21 Jun 2004 -- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has asked the help of the Jewish Agency to relocate settlements from the Gaza Strip. Mr. Sharon says his government is moving ahead with plans to pull out of Gaza, even though he continues to face opposition within his own coalition government.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Stennis Strike Group Completes Exercise in Alaska Navy Newsstand 21 Jun 2004 -- USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), along with more than 9,000 Sailors, Marines, Soldiers, Airmen and Coast Guardsmen from active duty, reserve and National Guard units, successfully concluded Operation Northern Edge 2004 in June, bringing an end to Alaska's premier annual military training exercise.
• NASSAU Spearheads CJTFEX Navy Newsstand 21 Jun 2004 -- Sailors aboard multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Nassau (LHA 4) successfully completed their tasking as the flagship for the Combined Joint Task Force Exercise (CJTFEX 04-2), Operation Blinding Storm, June 19.
• Alaskans train at top Jungle Warfare School in India National Guard News 21 Jun 2004 -- Nine soldiers from the Alaska Army National Guard's Long Range Surveillance Detachment, of the 207th Infantry Group (Scout), completed a unique mission to India to train with the Indian Army in March and April.
• Brunei, U.S. Navies Begin Second Phase of CARAT 2004 Navy Newsstand 21 Jun 2004 -- The Brunei phase of the annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) exercise series began here June 21 with the arrival of the five-ship U.S. CARAT Task Group and an opening ceremony officiated by the commander of the Royal Brunei Navy (RBN) at his headquarters.
• Exercise New Horizons 2004 Underway in Guyana Southcom 21 Jun 2004 -- Recently, the 820th RED HORSE Squadron began participating in New Horizons 2004 Guyana -- a joint overseas training exercise co-sponsored by the United States Southern Command and the Guyana Defense Force (GDF).
• 2004 Training Transformation Implementation Plan Approved 21 Jun 2004 -- The Department of Defense announced today that Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz approved the 2004 DoD Training Transformation Implementation Plan (IP) to better enable joint operations. This replaces the 2003 plan as a result of the department's experience in transforming the force and from lessons learned during operations in the Global War on Terrorism.
• MALAYSIA/U.S. DEFENSE VOA 21 Jun 2004 -- Malaysian officials have accepted an offer from the U.S. Navy to help improve security in the Strait of Malacca, the sea lane that carries nearly one-third of the world's trade. But U.S. naval patrols of the Strait have been ruled out.

• State Department Noon Briefing, June 21 Washington File 21 Jun 2004 -- Iran, Iraq, India/Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Egypt, Patterns of Global Terrorism Report, North Korea

News Reports

• SHAPE News Morning Update SHAPE 21 Jun 2004 -- NATO head says alliance credibility on brink / Thousands protest against NATO summit in Istanbul / U.S. senators press France and Germany, others for more Iraq help / South Korea to send Iraq troops despite hostage crisis / U.S. defence secretary tells Balkan countries that NATO door is open / NATO sends birthday card to Bosnian war crime suspect, promising arrest soon / Kofi Annan urges U.S. to reconsider its demand for immunity for U.S. peacekeepers and warns of dividing Security Council again
• SHAPE News Summary & Analysis SHAPE 21 Jun 2004 -- Daily: NATO force to be deployed to bolster new Iraqi government / Bundeswehr to step up security in Kunduz¨ UN Afghan election office attacked with rockets