May 2004 - Iraq Special Weapons News

15 May 2004 - Iraq Special Weapons News

Soldier Dies of Natural Causes
Three TF 1st Armored Division Soldiers Die In Separate Incidents
DoD Identifies Army Casualty
DoD Identifies Army Casualty
Kirkuk Council Member Killed in Car Accident CJTF-7 15 May 2004 -- A Kirkuk City Council member, Mustafa Kamal Yaycili, and another Iraqi civilian were killed, and four Task Force Danger Soldiers and two civilians were injured in a vehicle accident near Tuz at about 12:50 p.m., May 14.
Three Soldiers Killed in Baghdad AFPS 15 May 2004 -- Three Task Force 1st Armored Division soldiers were killed in Baghdad over the past 24 hours, Central Command officials reported today.
IRAQ / WRAP VOA 15 May 2004 -- Coalition forces in Iraq are continuing isolated battles with loyalists to a radical Shi'ite cleric.
Iraqi Army Recruitment Center Attacked RFE/RL 15 May 2004 -- Four people were killed and at least 17 injured in a mortar attack on 15 May on an Iraqi Army recruitment center in the northern city of Mosul.

Statement from DoD Spokesperson Mr. Lawrence Di Rita 15 May 2004 -- "Assertions apparently being made in the latest New Yorker article on Abu Ghraib and the abuse of Iraqi detainees are outlandish, conspiratorial, and filled with error and anonymous conjecture."
Bush Reiterates Commitment to Freedom, Democracy in Iraq Washington File 15 May 2004 -- The United States will keep its commitment to build a democratic and independent Iraq and continue to fight the war on terrorism despite the recent murder of American civilian Nicholas Berg, President Bush said in his weekly radio address to the nation on May 15.
BUSH / KERRY/IRAQ VOA 15 May 2004 -- President Bush says U-S troops will stay in Iraq after the June 30th handover of power. Presumptive Democratic challenger John Kerry is questioning the president's military leadership.

RUSSIA / US VOA 15 May 2004 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has met with White House National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice in Moscow to discuss plans for the transfer of power in Iraq next month.