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• 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.

• AFGHANISTAN/ABUSE VOA 15 May 2004 -- U-S military forces in Afghanistan say they are investigating a new allegation of prisoner abuse by their troops.

• Pakistan reports no breakthrough in foreign militants` registration IRNA 15 May 2004 -- Deadlock over the registration of foreign militants, said to be hiding in Pakistan`s tribal region, continued on Saturday as a strong local tribal commander has not agreed to a government`s call that all the foreigners must register themselves with the authorities.

Defense Policy / Programs

• 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."

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Other Conflicts

• POWELL / MIDEAST VOA 15 May 2004 -- Secretary of State Colin Powell is calling for greater cooperation toward a common approach to Iraq and toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Mr. Powell was speaking at the World Economic Forum in Jordan.
• GAZA / ATTACK VOA 15 May 2004 -- Israel launched missile strikes Saturday against two leaders of the Islamic Jihad in Gaza, in apparent retaliation for the killing of 13 soldiers this week. Both leaders escaped without injury, and their supporters vowed to launch revenge attacks.
• BURMA / CONVENTION VOA 15 May 2004 -- Burma's military government says it will go ahead with a constitutional drafting convention Monday, despite the main opposition party's refusal to participate.

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