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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 23 Jun 2004 [PDF]

• IRAQ WRAP VOA 23 Jun 2004 -- A U.S. military official says an airstrike against insurgents in Iraq is believed to have killed 20 foreign fighters. The strike came amid threats targeting Iraq's interim prime minister.
• Typhoon, Sirocco Join Gulf Maritime Security Operations Task Force Navy Newsstand 23 Jun 2004 -- USS Typhoon (PC 5) and USS Sirocco (PC 6) joined the maritime security operations force in the Northern Arabian Gulf in June, helping to protect the Iraqi oil terminals.

• Afghanistan: Claim Of Beheadings Remain Unconfirmed RFE/RL 23 Jun 2004 -- U.S. military officials in Afghanistan say they cannot confirm a claim by a senior allied commander in the Afghan National Army (ANA) that his troops beheaded four suspected Taliban fighters they captured in Zabul Province.
• RFE/RL Afghanistan Report, Vol 3, Number 23 23 Jun 2004 -- DISARMAMENT PROGRAM SEEN AS KEY TO POST-TALIBAN TRANSITION / RENEGADE COMMANDER CAPTURES PROVINCIAL CAPITAL... / ...AS GOVERNOR ESCAPES / NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL DISCUSSES SITUATION IN GHOR PROVINCE / KABUL PLANS TO SHIFT ARMY FROM HERAT TO GHOR PROVINCE / KABUL DAILY CHIDES GOVERNMENT ON REBELLION IN GHOR / TRUCE ESTABLISHED BETWEEN NORTHERN AFGHAN COMMANDERS / AFGHAN LEADER ADDRESS U.S. CONGRESS... / ...AND MEETS WITH U.S. PRESIDENT, DENYING ANY DEALS WITH WARLORDS / DEMONSTRATORS DEMAND KARZAI'S RESIGNATION / TO-LED FORCE TO EXPAND AHEAD OF AFGHAN ELECTIONS... / ...AS NATO CHIEF PLEADS AFGHAN CASE / CANADA REFUSES TO DELAY TROOP WITHDRAWAL FROM AFGHANISTAN / HUNGARY ANNOUNCES INTENTION TO BOOST TROOP PRESENCE / AFGHAN LEADER MEETS CHINESE PRESIDENT, DISCUSSES TERROR / FOUR AFGHANS KILLED IN ATTACK ON ISAF VEHICLE / POLICE OFFICER KILLED IN SOUTHERN AFGHANISTAN / DEPUTY HEAD OF REFUGEE DEPARTMENT IN SOUTHERN AFGHAN PROVINCE SLAIN / MISSILE FIRED AT ISAF BASE IN KABUL / UN REFUGEE AGENCY BUILDING ATTACKED IN SOUTHERN AFGHANISTAN / U.S. COMPLETES REVIEW OF AFGHAN DETENTION FACILITIES... / ...AS CIA CONTRACTOR INDICTED IN BEATING OF AFGHAN DETAINEE / FIRST PRIVATE MUSEUM TO BE ESTABLISHED IN KABUL / THIS WEEK IN AFGHANISTAN'S HISTORY

Defense Policy / Programs

• Navy Secretary to Oversee Enemy Combatant Admin Review 23 Jun 2004 -- The Department of Defense announced today that the Secretary of the Navy, Gordon R. England, has been named the designated civilian official to oversee the annual administrative review of the continued detention of enemy combatants at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba.
• Transcript: Special Defense Department Briefing with Secretary of The Navy Gordon England 23 Jun 2004 -- "I'm the Secretary of the Navy. But I'm not with you in that capacity today. Rather, I've been designated by Secretary Rumsfeld to operate and oversee a process to conduct an annual review of each enemy combatant held by the Department of Defense in Guantanamo Naval Base in Cuba. Now these reviews will determine whether to release or continue to detain each combatant."
• PENTAGON/GUANTANAMO VOA 23 Jun 2004 -- Defense officials soon plan to begin holding reviews to determine whether any of the al-Qaida and Taleban suspects held at the U.S. Navy Base at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba should be released.
• Gitmo Detainee Review Process to Start Next Week AFPS 23 Jun 2004 -- Navy Secretary Gordon England detailed today the process he has devised to review the cases of each enemy combatant now held at Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
• White House, DoD Discuss Interrogation Process AFPS 23 Jun 2004 -- Even facing a different kind of enemy, the United States will continue to adhere to its values, international law and treaty obligations, White House and DoD officials said June 22.

• White House Releases Documents on Torture in War on Terror Washington File 23 Jun 2004 -- The Bush administration has released hundreds of pages of documents from the White House, the Defense Department and the Justice Department detailing internal debates, discussions and decisions related to the issue of torture in the war on terror. (...) Following is the text of Bush's February 7, 2002, memo and the transcript of the briefing that accompanied the release of the documents

• UN / US RESOLUTION WITHDRAWN VOA 23 Jun 2004 -- The United States has abandoned efforts to renew the exemption for U.S. peacekeepers' from international prosecution for war crimes. The current exemption expires at the end of this month. The measure was facing certain defeat.
• U.S. Drops Effort to Secure ICC Immunity for Peacekeepers Washington File 23 Jun 2004 -- The United States June 23 withdrew its proposed Security Council resolution to extend immunity to peacekeepers from nations that do not accept the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC) from prosecution by that court.

• Battlefield Metrics Key in Transformation Effort AFPS 23 Jun 2004 -- DoD needs to be organized according to the metrics used on the battlefield, said the director of the Defense Department's Office of Force Transformation here June 22.
• Defense Details Global Posture Realignment Process AFPS 23 Jun 2004 -- The realignment of U.S. forces in the world will mirror the changing threats and be a result of a fundamental shift in national security, the defense undersecretary for policy told the House Armed Services Committee today.
• PENTAGON / SUDAN VOA 23 Jun 2004 -- The U.S. military may be considering possible action in connection with the violence and resulting humanitarian crisis in the Darfur region of western Sudan.
• PENTAGON/BASES/EAST EUROPE VOA 23 Jun 2004 -- A senior defense official says the United States has no plans to build military bases in Eastern Europe as part of its global realignment of forces.
• UAV Battlelab stands up at Indian Springs Air Force Link 23 Jun 2004 -- Indian Springs Air Force Auxiliary Field near here is entering a new era in providing unmanned aerial vehicle support to the combat air force.
• Combined Joint Task Force Exercise 04-2 Concludes Navy Newsstand 23 Jun 2004 -- More than 28,000 U.S., U.K., and coalition service members completed the U.S. Joint Forces Command-directed and -sponsored Combined Joint Task Force Exercise (CJTFEX) 04-2, designated Operation Blinding Storm, June 21.

• BRITAIN / IRAN SEIZURE VOA 23 Jun 2004 -- Iran says it will free eight British navy crewmen captured Monday on the strategic waterway that divides Iraq and Iran, but talks on arrangements for the transfer continued into Wednesday evening. Iranian state television reported the Britons would not be freed until at least Thursday. The release would defuse an incident that has threatened to blow up into a diplomatic crisis.
• Kharrazi: British sailors to be released shortly IRNA 23 Jun 2004 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi here Wednesday said that the eight British sailors detained in Iran`s territorial waters on Monday will be released later in the day.
• UK receives confirmation about imminent release of servicemen IRNA 23 Jun 2004 -- The British Foreign Office verified Wednesday that it was expecting the imminent release of eight servicemen detained by Iran for illegally entering its waters earlier this week.

• Indian Air Force to participate in multi-nation exercise in Alaska IRNA 23 Jun 2004 -- Indian Government has cleared the participation of an Indian Air Force contingent in a multi-nation exercise hosted by the United States at its military flight training range in Alaska.

• State Department Noon Briefing, June 23 Washington File 23 Jun 2004 -- UN/war crimes/Iraq, counterterrorism, Turkey/Iraq, Iraq, Cyprus, North Korea, Albania, Saudi Arabia, Consular/discontinuance of domestic visa reissuance services, Consular/visa categories/policy of secure borders and open doors
• White House Daily Briefing, June 23 Washington File 23 Jun 2004 -- Bush phones Iraqi Prime Minister Allawi, President's speech on HIV/AIDS, Iraq/custody of Saddam Hussein/al Zarqawi/threats against Prime Minister, NATO summit, North Korea

Defense Industry

• Boeing Delta II Keeps GPS Constellation Healthy Boeing 23 Jun 2004 -- A Boeing [NYSE: BA] Delta II rocket successfully deployed to space a replacement satellite for the U.S. Air Force's Global Positioning System (GPS) today.
• U.S. Air Force Successfully Launches Newest Upgraded GPS IIR Satellite Built By Lockheed Martin Lockheed Martin 23 Jun 2004 -- An upgraded Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite built by Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] for the U.S. Air Force, was successfully launched today from Cape Canaveral. The satellite features significant performance upgrades, including an advanced antenna panel, which will increase power for GPS receivers. This was the 11th successful launch of the new-generation GPS IIR spacecraft.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 23 Jun 2004
• PRESS BRIEFING BY UN READINESS BRIGADE United Nations 23 Jun 2004
• IVORY COAST / U-N VOA 23 Jun 2004 -- A 14-member United Nations Security Council delegation in Ivory Coast has warned political leaders and rebels to stop obstructing the stalled peace process. However, the delegation stopped short of saying it would call for sanctions against them.
• ANGOLA: Military involvement in DRC unlikely IRIN 23 Jun 2004 -- Angola is unlikely to get involved in any military intervention in support of the government in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), according to an analyst with the Luanda-based think-tank, Centre for Strategic Studies.
• RUSSIA / PUTIN VOA 23 Jun 2004 -- President Vladimir Putin pledges Russia will "destroy" the Chechen rebels who staged a major overnight incursion into a region next to Chechnya that left at least 57 people dead and dozens injured. The Russian leader flew down to Ingushetia to assess the situation.
• Russia: Ingushetia Mourns Its Dead Amid Renewed Concerns For Regional Stability RFE/RL 23 Jun 2004 -- Twenty-four hours after the militant attacks that struck the North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia, there is still uncertainty as to who carried out the unprecedented raids. Reports from the area indicate many of the assailants were Ingush, raising once again the prospect of the Chechen war spilling over borders. Drawing a lesson from yesterday's assaults, the Russian leadership has decided to dispatch troop reinforcements to the area.
• KENYA / DARFUR VOA 23 Jun 2004 -- Kenyan Foreign Minister Kalonzo Musyoka says Nairobi is prepared to take a leading role in resolving the political crisis in the Darfur region of western Sudan. The 17-month conflict in Darfur has caused more than a million people to flee their homes, creating what the United Nations describes as the world's worst humanitarian crisis.
• IVORY COAST / U.N. VOA 23 Jun 2004 -- A 14-member U.N. Security Council delegation visiting West Africa is urging the divided Ivory Coast to resolve its political differences through dialogue. The visiting diplomats say the international community is losing patience with Ivory Coast's growing political divisions.

News Reports

• SHAPE News Morning Update SHAPE 23 Jun 2004 -- Turkey prepares massive security operation for NATO summit / German government denies defence minister to be replaced / Hungarian leader pledges to keep troops in Iraq / Italy extends mission in Iraq until year end¨ / Dutch parliament votes to keep troops in Iraq / Serbia-Montenegro defence minister makes first visit to Albania / UN relaunches stalled privatisation in Kosovo / March riots deal setback to Kosovo refugee returns / Croatia war crimes justice improves, says watchdog / Bosnian Serb president expresses regrets for a wartime massacre of Muslims in televised speech / U.S. may compromise at UN on immunity for troops
• SHAPE News Summary & Analysis SHAPE 23 Jun 2004 -- Media center on the possible Istanbul summit agenda / U.S. official talks of years in Iraq / Israel to play key role in safeguarding Athens Olympics

• EADS Astrium to Build Technology Pathfinder Spacecraft for the LISA Gravity Wave Observatory EADS 23 Jun 2004 -- EADS Astrium and the European Space Agency (ESA) to sign the LISA Pathfinder contract to demonstrate, in orbit, the technologies for LISA, the ESA/NASA Laser Interferometry Satellite Antenna gravity wave observatory.