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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 14 Jun 2005 [PDF]
• TWO SOLDIERS ASSIGNED TO MARINES KILLED NEAR RAMADI
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• 18TH MILITARY POLICE BRIGADE SOLDIER KILLED
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty

• Suicide Bomber Kills 23 in Iraqi City of Kirkuk VOA 14 Jun 2005 -- A suicide-bomber has killed at least 23 people in a market in Iraq's city of Kirkuk and wounded dozens of others. Kirkuk is the northern headquarters of Iraq's oil industry and is the focus of concerns about growing ethnic tensions across the country.
• Deadly Bomb Attack Hits Iraqi Oil City RFE/RL 14 Jun 2005 -- A bomb exploded outside a bank in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk today, killing at least 16 people and injuring more than 50 others.
• Weapons cache recovered, terrorists detained north of Babil MNF-I 15 Jun 2005 -- Multi-National Division Central-South troops discovered a weapons cache and detained seven terror suspects during overnight operations ending early June 14.
• Seabees Welcome Home NMCB 23 Navy NewsStand 14 Jun 2005 -- A homecoming and reunion celebration for Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 23 was held here June 11 to welcome home the hundreds of Reserve Seabees who returned from their Iraq deployment in early April.

• Afghan Capital Braces for Possible Cholera Epidemic VOA 14 Jun 2005 -- Health experts say the Afghan capital, Kabul, faces a possible cholera epidemic.

Other Conflicts

• New Sudanese Court to Try Darfur Crimes Suspects VOA 14 Jun 2005 -- The Sudanese government launched a new court this week to try suspects accused of committing war crimes in Darfur.
• Sudan: UN mission chief heads for West Darfur on fact-finding trip UN News Centre 14 Jun 2005 -- The chief of the United Nations mission in Sudan today headed for West Darfur to join a team scheduled to start work tomorrow on assessing how far Khartoum has gone in fulfilling its pledges to the Security Council to restore peace in the area.
• Del Ponte Says War Crimes Suspect Mladic Hides in Serbia VOA 14 Jun 2005 -- The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, Carla Del Ponte, said Tuesday in Washington that accused war criminal Ratko Mladic is in Serbia and that she is optimistic he will be arrested by the end of this year.
• War Criminals Must Be Brought to Justice in Balkans, Says Burns Washington File 14 Jun 2005 -- Under secretary of state addresses journalists following visit to region
• Pakistan President Convinced Kashmir Deal within Reach VOA 14 Jun 2005 -- Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said the leaders of India and Pakistan must try to resolve the long-running dispute over Kashmir before they leave office. Speaking during a visit to Australia, the president said he was optimistic that a peace deal would soon be brokered.
• Burundi Deports All Rwandan Refugees VOA 14 Jun 2005 -- The U.N. Refugee Agency reports Burundian authorities have sent back nearly five-thousand Rwandan asylum seekers during the past two days. The UNHCR says the Songore transit center in northern Burundi, where they had been staying, is empty.
• Russian Town Marks 10th Anniversary Of Terrorist Raid RFE/RL 14 Jun 2005 -- The Stavropol Krai town of Budennovsk today marked the 10th anniversary of a 1995 raid on the town by Chechen fighters led by radical field commander Shamil Basaev
• Yugoslavia: Tribunal Judge Says Trials To Exceed 2008 Deadline RFE/RL 14 Jun 2005 -- The president of the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal, Theodor Meron, said it is likely trials will continue beyond the deadline into 2009. Meron and chief prosecutor Carla Del Ponte also urged intensified efforts to bring the three main at-large war crimes suspects, Radovan Karadzic, Ratko Mladic, and Ante Gotovina, to justice.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Secretary Rumsfeld and General Pace 14 Jun 2005 -- Presenter: Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld
• Rumsfeld Calls Guantanamo Detention Facility Best Option Available VOA 14 Jun 2005 -- In recent weeks, news reports about abuses and mistreatment of prisoners at the U.S. military's detention facility at Guantanamo Bay has put the Bush administration on the defensive.
• Secretary Defends Guantanamo Bay Detention Center AFPS 14 Jun 2005 -- The United States can no longer afford the luxury of treating terrorism as a law enforcement problem, and that is why the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is necessary, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said at a press conference at the Pentagon today.

• Transcript: Secretary Rumsfeld's Remarks at the Army's 230th Birthday Celebration 14 Jun 2005 -- Presenter: Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld
• Top Army Sergeant Outlines Transformation, Promotes New Uniform AFPS 14 Jun 2005 -- In addition to making the Army a more sleek, deployable force, transformation will add predictability and stability to the lives of soldiers and their families, the Army's top noncommissioned officer said in an interview with the Pentagon Channel.
• DoD Leaders Confident Army Will Attract Needed Recruits AFPS 14 Jun 2005 -- Defense leaders are confident that the U.S. Army is doing what it needs to do to attract qualified recruits.
• Communications flight Airmen link base with outside world AFPN 14 Jun 2005 -- The two Airmen are part of a 12-person shop within the communications flight overseeing the bulk of the computer network and telephone operations for the 40th Air Expeditionary Group.
• System increases B-52 target precision AFPN 14 Jun 2005 -- Along with successfully developing a new targeting capability for the B-52 Stratofortress, 53rd Wing test managers and aircrews also demonstrated a new $8.6 million avionics system capability for the aircraft June 14.
• KC-10 air refueling sorties vital to combat missions AFPN 14 Jun 2005 -- KC-10 Extender crews know how important every mission is; however, success is even sweeter when major barriers are overcome to launch just one mission.
• Report: Misaligned rollers caused B-1B accident AFPN 14 Jun 2005 -- Misaligned rollers on the crew entry ladder assembly created an abort condition that was the primary cause of a B-1B Lancer mishap during a mission qualification and currency training mission Nov. 23 at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., according to Air Force investigators.
• NMCB 5 Seabees Flex their Muscles During Field Exercise in Guam Navy NewsStand 14 Jun 2005 -- Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5 closed down their construction projects for 10 days during the first part of June to participate in field exercise (FEX) Kennel Bear 05 here at Anderson Air Force Base.

• Senate Republicans call on Democrats to stop blocking U.N. ambassador nominee VOA 14 Jun 2005 -- Republican leaders in the U.S. Senate say they plan to schedule another vote as early as this week on President Bush's embattled nominee to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, John Bolton, and are urging Democrats not to block the nomination as they did last month.

• White House Daily Briefing, June 14 Washington File 14 Jun 2005 -- President's schedule, Senate/energy bill, Uzbekistan/independent investigation
• State Department Briefing, June 14 Washington File 14 Jun 2005 -- Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan/Uzbekistan, Iran, Bolton/nomination, UN reform, Mexico, Ethiopia, Iraq

Defense Industry

News Reports

• US Hints at Penalties for Uzbekistan over Andijon Inquiry VOA 14 Jun 2005 -- The Bush administration is raising the prospect of new aid cuts or other punitive steps against Uzbekistan, if it is not responsive to calls for an international probe of last month's violence in Andijon. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice discussed the Uzbek situation Tuesday with the foreign minister of neighboring Kyrgyzstan.
• U.S. Urges Restraint by Ethiopians After Election Violence VOA 14 Jun 2005 -- The United States Tuesday urged a speedy investigation into the killing of an opposition politician in Ethiopia, where disputed parliamentary elections have triggered widespread political violence.
• ETHIOPIA: US condemns use of force as MP is killed IRIN 14 Jun 2005 -- The US on Monday condemned what it called "unnecessary use of excessive force" in Ethiopia, amid opposition claims that police shot and killed one of its newly-elected Members of Parliament.