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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 22 Jun 2004 [PDF]
• FOUR MARINES DIE IN ACTION
• ONE SOLDIER DIES, SEVEN WOUNDED IN MORTAR ATTACK
• TWO TASK FORCE DANCER SOLDIERS KILLED, ONE WOUNDED
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualties

• Iraq: Relatives Of Slain Drivers Say Foreign Fighters, Radical Clerics Have Upper Hand In Al-Fallujah RFE/RL 22 Jun 2004 -- Relatives of six Iraqi truck drivers abducted earlier this month in Al-Fallujah accuse foreign fighters and Muslim radicals of torturing and then killing their loved ones. They say local Iraqi police and Iraqi troops based in the town did nothing to stop the killings.
• IRAQ / KILLING VOA 22 Jun 2004 -- An Islamic militant group in Iraq has executed a South Korean man kidnapped last week, after South Korea refused to give in to demands that it cancel the deployment of three thousand of its troops to Iraq in August.
• Navy's New Mobile Security Force Takes Over Security of Iraqi Oil Terminals Navy Newsstand 22 Jun 2004 -- Navy Mobile Security Force Det. 21 (MSF Det. 21) relieved the Interim Marine Corps Security Force (IMCSF), Bahrain, June 5 aboard the Khawr Al Amaya and Al Basrah Oil Terminals (KAAOT and ABOT) in the North Arabian Gulf.
• AUTOPSY CONFIRMS DETAINEE'S CAUSE OF DEATH WAS HEART ATTACK CENTCOM 22 Jun 2004 -- An autopsy report confirmed a security internee being detained at Abu Ghraib died of a heart attack, June 10.
• PRE-TRIAL HEARING STATEMENT CENTCOM 22 Jun 2004 -- Statement by COL Jill Morgenthaler, MNF-I Public Affairs Officer.

• Afghanistan: National Army Delays Deployment To Ghor Province RFE/RL 22 Jun 2004 -- The deployment of some 700 Afghan National Army soldiers to the remote central Afghan province of Ghor reportedly has been delayed until tomorrow. However, the militia faction that seized the provincial capital in mid-June says it welcomes the central government's troops. Meanwhile, the top UN envoy in Afghanistan says steps must be taken quickly to improve security across the country if elections are to be held in September.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Soldiers of 3ID at the NTC agree: CSS VSAT is a combat multiplier Army News 22 Jun 2004 - New technology to come out of the Army's initiative "Connect the Logistician" is not only making it easier for Soldiers to communicate while in the battlefield, but it is also saving their lives.
• DoD Provides Details on Interrogation Process 23 Jun 2004 -- The Department of Defense today released documents related to the development of interrogation procedures at Guantanamo. These documents are made available to demonstrate that the actions of the U. S. Defense Department are bound by law and guided by American values.

• UN / US Immunity VOA 22 Jun 2004 -- UN diplomats say the Security Council is working on a deal that would grant U.S. peacekeeping troops another year of immunity from international prosecution. But the one-year exemption to be voted on in the next few days is expected to be the last.

• BUSH TORTURE VOA 22 Jun 2004 -- The White House has released hundreds of pages of documents containing detailed rules for the treatment of prisoners captured during the fight against terrorism. Administration officials say they prove President Bush never authorized the use of torture.
• SENATE - DEFENSE VOA 22 Jun 2004 -- The U-S Senate is nearing completion of a 447 billion dollar bill authorizing defense programs for the next budget year beginning October first.
• South Asia Remains Important to Terror War AFPS 22 Jun 2004 -- The Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks put South Asia "on the front lines of the global war on terror," a senior U.S. State Department official told a House panel today. Now the region "stands at the verge of a number of potential breakthroughs."

• TAIWAN HOPES TO JOIN U.S.-INITIATED JSF DEVELOPMENT PLAN: MND CNA 21 Jun 2004 -- The Ministry of National Defense (MND) has informed the United States of its desire to take part in the development of a new generation of combat aircraft known as the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), Defense Minister Lee Jye said Monday.

• Iran: Seizure Of British Patrol Boats, Crews Raising Tensions RFE/RL 22 Jun 2004 -- Iran has seized three small British patrol boats and their eight crew members near its border with Iraq. Tehran says the boats entered its waters illegally, but Britain says they were in the area on a routine mission to train Iraqi police. There is no indication yet of whether or when the British boats and crew will be released.
• IRAN / BRITAIN SEIZURE VOA 22 Jun 2004 -- Diplomatic tensions between Britain and Iran increased Tuesday after Iranian television said eight British navy crewmen would be prosecuted on charges of illegally entering Iranian waters.

• White House Daily Briefing, June 22 Washington File 22 Jun 2004 -- President's schedule, Hungary, policy on prisoner interrogations, Treaty of the Sea, South Korea/UK hostage situations

Defense Industry

• GE LM2500 Gas Turbine to Power Royal Australian Navy's Nuship Ballarat ANZAC Frigate GE Marine 22 Jun 2004 -- GE Marine reported that its LM2500 aeroderivative gas turbine will power the Royal Australian Navy's (RAN) eighth ANZAC-class frigate, Nuship Ballarat. The frigate was recently delivered to the RAN during a ceremony in Williamstown, Melbourne, Australia.
• Czech Republic Selects Raytheon-Lockheed Martin Javelin to Outfit Army Lockheed Martin 22 Jun 2004 -- The Czech Republic signed a Letter of Agreement (LOA) in April with the U.S. government to provide the Javelin weapon system to its army resulting in a contract award to the Raytheon-Lockheed Martin Javelin Joint Venture. The Czech sale represents one of nine international customers that have selected Javelin during the past two years. Proven in recent combat operations, Javelin proved highly effective against engagements of enemy tanks, armored personnel carriers, bunkers and fortifications by U.S. Army, Marines and Australian Army commandos.
• Pratt & Whitney Completes Final Integrated High Performance Turbine Engine Technology Demonstrator Pratt & Whitney 22 Jun 2004 -- Pratt & Whitney (P&W) completed the final large military demonstrator engine for the Integrated High Performance Turbine Engine Technology (IHPTET) program in a "last bolt" ceremony held recently at the company's Middletown, Conn., engine center.
• Czech Republic Selects Raytheon-Lockheed Martin Javelin to Outfit Army Raytheon 22 Jun 2004 -- The Czech Republic signed a Letter of Agreement (LOA) in April with the U.S. government to provide the Javelin weapon system to its army resulting in a contract award to the Raytheon- Lockheed Martin Javelin Joint Venture. The Czech sale represents one of nine international customers that have selected Javelin during the past two years
• Sagem, Rheinmetall Defence Electronics and Bell Helicopter Textron sign a strategic agreement to provide Tactical VUAVs to European Armed Forces Sagem (Safran group) 22 Jun 2004 -- Sagem of France, Rheinmetall Defence Electronics (RDE) of Germany, and Bell Helicopter Textron of the United States have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to provide a next generation tactical VTOL UAV (VUAV) to the expeditionary forces of Europe.
• Northrop Grumman Moves Aura to Launch Pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base Northrop Grumman 22 Jun 2004 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) today moved the Aura satellite to Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., bringing NASA's third major Earth Observing System spacecraft one step closer to its launch no earlier than July 10. The three-minute launch window opens at 3:01 a.m.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 22 Jun 2004
• PRESS BRIEFING ON CIVIL SOCIETY ROLE IN PEACE-BUILDING United Nations 22 Jun 2004
• Peace missions can benefit from civil groups' input, Annan tells Security Council UN News Centre 22 Jun 2004 -- Hailing the Security Council's efforts to strengthen its connection with civil society organizations, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today said their input could enhance the work of United Nations peace operations.

• Planned Attacks Decimate Ingushetia's Interior Ministry RFE/RL 22 Jun 2004 -- Heavy fighting erupted overnight in Russia's southern republic of Ingushetia, west of Chechnya, as armed militants launched a multipronged offensive on several cities and villages.
• RUSSIA / FIGHTING VOA 22 Jun 2004 -- Russian troops have poured into Ingushetia in southern Russia in pursuit of suspected Chechen rebels. The rebels attacked the capital city overnight, leaving at least 46 people dead and dozens injured. President Vladimir Putin ordered the military to find and destroy the insurgents.
• Putin Wants Militants In Ingushetia Killed Or Captured RFE/RL 22 Jun 2004 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin today called for security forces in Ingushetia to track down and either kill or capture those who carried out coordinated attacks in the republic overnight that resulted in the deaths of nearly 50 people, including government officials.
• Dozens Killed, Wounded In Ingushetia Fighting RFE/RL 22 Jun 2004 -- Dozens of people were killed and wounded in fighting between between security forces and militants overnight in the Russian republic of Ingushetia, which borders Chechnya.

• DRC-RWANDA: Kamanyola back under government control IRIN 22 Jun 2004 -- Government forces have re-entered the town of Kamanyola in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo after the withdrawal of dissident soldiers loyal to Col Jules Mutebutsi, military and humanitarian officials said on Tuesday.
• Turkey: Ankara Says Kurdish Separatists Are Rekindling Insurgency RFE/RL 22 Jun 2004 -- Turkish security officials say they have been facing a renewed insurgency by Kurdish separatists since the remnants of the Kurdistan Workers Party declared an end to its five-year-old unilateral cease-fire.
• CONGO / RWANDA VOA 22 Jun 2004 -- One of two Congolese rebel leaders still active in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been disarmed after fleeing to Rwanda. But Congo says arms are still coming into the country further north. Visiting British and American diplomats are trying to seek a peaceful resolution to Congo's latest crisis.
• LIBERIA / PEACEKEEPERS VOA 22 Jun 2004 -- Senegalese peacekeepers began deploying in restive southeastern Liberia Tuesday to help curb arms smuggling and looting along the border with Ivory Coast.
• India, Pak review progress in bilateral relations including J&K IRNA 22 Jun 2004 -- India and Pakistan on Monday reviewed the progress in all aspects of bilateral relations including Jammu & Kashmir, and implementation of the framework for the dialogue process worked out in February by the foreign secretaries of the two countries.
• PALESTINIANS / ARABS VOA 22 Jun 2004 -- Palestinian militant groups are publicly opposing the role Egypt may play in providing security in the Gaza Strip, when Israel withdraws from the area. Many Palestinians are becoming increasingly worried about being pushed aside and others deciding their future.
• WESTERN SAHARA: Polisario releases 100 prisoners after EU request IRIN 22 Jun 2004 -- One hundred Moroccan prisoners of war, some of them in captivity for more than 20 years, have been released by the Polisario movement fighting for the independence of Western Sahara, European Union officials said.

News Reports

• SHAPE News Morning Update SHAPE 22 Jun 2004 -- UN appeals to NATO amid new Afghan poll attacks / European Commission President Prodi calls for Iraq democracy, wary on NATO role / Israel training Kurdish commandos in Iraq says report / UK confirms sailors held by Iran / Colin Powell hints at sanctions if Iran fails to prove it has no nuclear weapons program / Germany and Britain clash over top job in Europe / New U.S. Army lab designed to develop cleaner, safer shell propellants
• SHAPE News Summary & Analysis SHAPE 22 Jun 2004 -- NATO chief on forthcoming Istanbul summit / Aid agencies urge NATO to redouble Afghan efforts