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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 24 Jun 2004 [PDF]
• TWO SOLDIERS KILLED, SEVEN WOUNDED IN BAQUBAH FIGHTING
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualties

• Transcript: Regular DoD News Briefing 24 Jun 2004 -- Lawrence Di Rita, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs
• As Iraqi Transition Approaches, Attacks Increasing AFPS 24 Jun 2004 -- As the transition of Iraqi sovereignty to the interim government approaches, the number and severity of attacks are increasing, Defense Department officials said today at a Pentagon press conference.
• SPC HARMAN ARTICLE 32 HEARING CENTCOM 24 Jun 2004 -- Statement by COL Jill Morgenthaler, MNF-I PAO.
• IRAQ / VIOLENCE VOA 24 Jun 2004 -- With less than a week before the handover of sovereignty to Iraq, insurgents launched a series of deadly, coordinated attacks in several major Iraqi cities, killing dozens of Iraqis and wounding hundreds. A group led by terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has claimed responsibility for launching one of the attacks in the town of Baquba, northeast of the capital.
• IRAQ WRAP VOA 24 Jun 2004 -- Iraqi officials say the death toll from the bloodiest day of insurgent-led attacks in months has risen to at least 85, including three U.S. servicemen.
• IRAQ / VIOLENCE VOA 24 Jun 2004 -- With less than a week before the handover of sovereignty to Iraq, insurgents launched a series of deadly, coordinated attacks in several major Iraqi cities, killing dozens of Iraqis and wounding hundreds. A group led by terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has claimed responsibility for launching one of the attacks in the town of Baquba, northeast of the capital.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Marshall Center's New Program on Terrorism and Security Studies European Command 24 Jun 2004 -- The George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies begins its Program on Terrorism and Security Studies June 25 with participants from Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia and for the first time ever, expanding participation to include such nations as Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Israel.
• Army announces modularization schedule through FY07 Army News Service 24 Jun 2004 -- Now that the 3rd Infantry Division out of Fort Stewart, Ga., has reset into the first modular combat force -- growing from three brigade combat teams to four -- the Army is readying to modularize other divisions that will be reconstituting after operations in Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.
• Transcript: International Committee of the Red Cross Interaction with Department of Defense on Detainees 22 Jun 2004 -- "My purpose in this brief is to give you background information about the role of the ICRC, how DOD interacts with ICRC, and to describe the confidential aspect of the communications between ICRC and detaining powers, which is quite significant and quite important."
• CONGRESS - PRISONER ABUSE VOA 24 Jun 2004 -- A Senate panel has met with officials of the International Committee of the Red Cross to discuss U.S. treatment of detainees in prisons overseas.

• BRITAIN / IRAN VOA 24 Jun 2004 -- Iran has given custody of eight British servicemen to British diplomats, ending an incident that had threatened to grow into a major diplomatic crisis.

• HST Strike Group Certifies, Pulses East Navy Newsstand 24 Jun 2004 -- The USS Harry S. Truman (HST) (CVN 75) Carrier Strike Group received its combat operations efficiency certification June 16 as part of the strike group's Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX), which was completed June 20. The ship is now heading east in support of Summer Pulse '04.
• NATO agrees to support Greek Security Operation during Olympics NATO 24 Jun 2004 -- NATO agrees to support Greek Security Operation during Olympics
• NATO / IRAQ VOA 24 Jun 2004 -- NATO's top civilian official says the 26-member alliance should not reject a request from Iraq's interim prime minister for NATO to help train Iraqi security forces. The alliance's secretary-general says NATO leaders could agree at a summit in Istanbul early next week to provide such assistance.

• Technology transfer in India to be linked to defense deals IRNA 24 Jun 2004 -- The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government at the Center will try to link the transfer of technology to defense procurement deals.

• Combatant Commanders Need Adaptive, Agile Forces AFPS 24 Jun 2004 -- Today's military has to be "more adaptive, more rapidly than ever before," the deputy commander of the Army Futures Center told military and civilian officials attending the Joint Warfare: Transformation and New Requirements conference here June 22.
• Facing Defeat, U.S. Withdraws Bid For Exemption From War Crimes Court RFE/RL 24 Jun 2004 -- The withdrawal of the U.S. resolution on the International Criminal Court (ICC) clears a potentially disruptive item from the Security Council's agenda at a time when the U.S. has sought council unity on Iraq.
• U.S.: Bush Challenged By Opposition Democrats On Prison-Abuse Scandal RFE/RL 24 Jun 2004 -- The U.S. administration is working hard to counter concerns about American soldiers and contract workers abusing or possibly torturing prisoners at U.S.-run detention facilities. This week, for example, it released documents indicating that President George W. Bush personally insisted that prisoners be treated humanely, even if they are not covered by international laws of war. But that is not enough for Bush's opponents in Congress, who hope to create an independent committee to investigate the scandal.

• CONGRESS - DEFENSE VOA 24 Jun 2004 -- The U-S Senate Thursday night unanimously passed (98-zero) a sweeping 416 billion dollar defense spending bill, a day after it approved a measure authorizing defense programs for next year.
• CONGRESS / DEFENSE VOA 24 Jun 2004 -- The U-S Senate late Wednesday night unanimously (97-0) approved sweeping legislation authorizing 447-billion dollars in defense programs. Senators also rejected a demand that the Bush administration release documents on the treatment of prisoners.

• Status of Detainees in Guantanamo To Be Reviewed Annually Washington File 24 Jun 2004 -- Navy Secretary Gordon England, newly named to oversee an annual administrative review of the status of individuals detained at Guantanamo Naval Base in Cuba, says his role is to push the review process along.

• State Department Noon Briefing, June 24 Washington File 24 Jun 2004 -- Powell/travel update, Sudan, North Korea, Iraq, China/Syria, Taiwan
• White House Daily Briefing, June 24 Washington File 24 Jun 2004 -- White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan briefed reporters June 24 on President Bush's interview with U.S. federal prosecutors as part of their investigation into who leaked the name of an undercover CIA operative to the media.

Defense Industry

• U.S. Army Orders Vehicles to Complete Fourth Stryker Brigade General Dynamics 24 Jun 2004 -- The U.S. Army yesterday added vehicles to complete a fourth brigade of Stryker wheeled combat vehicles from General Dynamics Land Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD). The additional order for 116 Stryker combat vehicles (106 infantry carriers and 10 engineer squad vehicles) is valued at $163 million.
• Lockheed Martin to Deploy Operational Production of Navy Personnel System Lockheed Martin 24 Jun 2004 -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) has been notified that the Office of the Secretary of Defense has given the U.S. Navy final authority for operational production of the Navy Standard Integrated Personnel System (NSIPS).
• UK MoD awards sonar contractor logistic support contract to Thales Thales 24 Jun 2004 -- The UK Ministry of Defence's Defence Logistics Organisation (DLO) has affirmed the funding (more than £100M in total) for the contract awarded in December 2003 to Thales Underwater Systems for Contractor Logistic Support (CLS) of a range of submarine, surface ship, and minehunting sonar systems.
• U.S. Coast Guard's Deepwater Contract Announcement Accelerates Offshore Patrol Cutter Program Northrop Grumman 24 Jun 2004 -- Ushering in another key milestone for the Integrated Deepwater System program, the U.S. Coast Guard and Integrated Coast Guard Systems (ICGS) today announced that preliminary design and final requirements work will commence immediately on the new Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) program. This effort will lead to a new type of highly capable, cutting-edge, medium-endurance cutter.
• ATK Rocket Motors and Composites Help Launch Global Positioning Satellite Aboard Boeing Delta II Rocket ATK 24 Jun 2004 -- ATK (NYSE: ATK) solid propulsion and composite technologies supported yesterday’s successful launch of a Boeing Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The launch successfully placed into orbit the 12th Class IIR satellite for the U.S. Air Force’s Global Positioning System (GPS IIR-12) constellation. All 24 of the current GPS satellites were launched with the help of ATK rocket motors.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 24 Jun 2004
• CONGRESS - SUDAN VOA 24 Jun 2004 -- The U-S Senate has approved a package of humanitarian aid for Sudan's western Darfur region.
• SUDAN: Militia attacks continue as gov't urges IDPs to return home - UN IRIN 24 Jun 2004 -- Janjawid militias are continuing to kill civilians and burn villages in the three states of western Sudan's Darfur region, as the government urges displaced people to return to their homes, according to the United Nations.
• DRC: Government troops to restore order, disarm Hutu rebels IRIN 24 Jun 2004 -- Loyal army troops in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will help disarm, demobilise and repatriate Rwandan Hutu militants implicated in the 1994 Rwandan genocide, DRC government spokesman Kudura Kasongo said Wednesday in Kinshasa; his nation's capital.
• POWELL / SUDAN VOA 24 Jun 2004 -- In a surprise move, Secretary of State Colin Powell will visit Sudan next week as part of a previously announced foreign trip to press authorities in Khartoum to disarm Arab militiamen blamed for ethnic-cleansing in the western Darfur region. Mr. Powell will go to Darfur to assess the humanitarian situation and meet relief workers.

News Reports

• SHAPE News Morning Update SHAPE 24 Jun 2004 -- Czechs to send chemical alert troops to Olympics / Iraq's Allawi requests NATO military training help / U.S. immunity in Iraq to extend past handover / End of Serb denial does not mean Karadzic arrest / U.S. Senate passes $447 billion defence bill / U.S. to boost naval and air presence in Asia-Pacific / U.S. drops UN measure to shield its soldiers abroad

• CONGRESS - BURMA VOA 24 Jun 2004 -- The U.S. Senate, following the lead of the House of Representatives, has voted to renew economic sanctions against Burma for another year. The bill now goes to President Bush for his signature. Correspondent