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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 09 Dec 2004 [PDF]
• ONE MARINE KILLED IN AL ANBAR PROVINCE
• TWO TASK FORCE OLYMPIA SOLDIERS KILLED FOLLOWING HELICOPTER ACCIDENT
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty

• U.S. Marine Killed In Western Iraq RFE/RL 10 Dec 2004 -- Insurgents killed a U.S. Marine in western Iraq yesterday.
• Cache, Ordnance Seized From School, Playground MNF-I/MNC-I 10 Dec 2004 -- Service members of the First Marine Division of the I Marine Expeditionary Force discovered weapons and ordnance caches at a playground and school here on Dec. 9.
• Soldiers Detain Three in Raids Near Ad Duluiyah MNF-I/MNC-I 10 Dec 2004 -- First Infantry Division Soldiers from the 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment detained three individuals during raids near Ad Duluiyah on Dec. 10 at about 12:30 a.m. One person detained is a suspected member of the Taji Jihad Court
• 1/2 Marines battle insurgents in Jurf as Sakhr USMC News 10 Dec 2004 -- Marines of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit clashed with anti-Iraqi insurgents in the town of Jurf as Sakhr Dec. 1, the last day of a nine-day offensive aimed at flushing out insurgents south of Baghdad.
• 2/24 uses police work to break insurgency in Iraq USMC News 10 Dec 2004 -- Anyone who visits the old chicken factory that serves as the headquarters of 2nd Battalion, 24th Marines, can't help but notice its resemblance to a police station. At any given hour, Marines are getting ready to head out on patrol, others are gathering intelligence, while still others are booking detainees.

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US Policy

• Soldier Accepts Plea Bargain in Murder Case MNF-I/MNC-I 10 Dec 2004 -- A Task Force Baghdad Soldier charged with murdering an Iraqi civilian pled guilty today during a general court martial here.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• IRAQ / POLITICS VOA 10 Dec 2004 -- Interim government officials in Iraq say it is becoming more apparent to everyone in the country that elections will be held in January, despite the widespread insurgency in the country. Those officials point to the announcement Thursday by a coalition of mostly Shiite Muslim political parties and groups that it has presented a list of 228 candidates to run in the election.

Foreign Reactions

• IRAQ ELECTIONS: MEDIA FOCUS ON TIMING, SAFETY, FAIRNESS US Dept. of State IIP, Foreign Media Reaction 10 Dec 2004
• IRAQ ELECTIONS/NEIGHBORS VOA 10 Dec 2004 -- Iraqis are moving forward with plans to hold elections at the end of January but some leaders there are complaining about meddling by factions from outside the country. A recent conference in Egypt brought together Iraq's neighbors to talk about how they can help stabilize Iraq. Some analysts say Iraq's neighbors view the situation as an opportunity to pursue their own national interests.

News Reports

• RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 7, Number 45 10 Dec 2004 -- SHI'ITES ANNOUNCE UNITED IRAQI ALLIANCE LIST / TO DELAY OR NOT TO DELAY IRAQ'S ELECTIONS / MILITANT LEADER'S SONS REPORTED KILLED IN AL-FALLUJAH / IRAQI CHURCHES BOMBED / NEW LOCAL POLICE CHIEF APPEALS TO CITIZENS FOR HELP / MORE DEAD NATIONAL GUARDSMEN FOUND IN MOSUL / IRAQI OPPOSITION MEETS ARAB LEAGUE CHIEF IN CAIRO / MOBILE PHONE COMPANY'S OPERATIONS SUSPENDED / UN ENVOY DISCUSSES ELECTION PREPARATIONS WITH IRAQI OFFICIALS / ALLEGED IRAQI NERVE-GAS SUPPLIER ARRESTED IN NETHERLANDS / RUSSIA WRITES OFF IRAQ DEBT FOR POSSIBLE OIL STAKE / JAPAN EXTENDS TROOP MISSION TO IRAQ FOR ONE YEAR / WORLD BANK TARGETS IRAQI INFRASTRUCTURE WITH $90 MILLION GRANT / CIA WARNS OF DETERIORATING SITUATION IN IRAQ / INTERIM PRESIDENT MEETS BUSH IN WASHINGTON / MORE REPORTS SURFACE OF PRISONER AND CIVILIAN ABUSE IN IRAQ