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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 19 Apr 2004 [PDF]
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• Transcript: Coalition Provisional Authority Briefing 19 Apr 2004 -- Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt, Deputy Director for Coalition Operations; and Daniel Senor, Senior Adviser, CPA
• Kimmitt Says Peaceful Resolution to Fallujah Impasse Being Sought Washington File 19 Apr 2004 -- A senior U.S. military commander says the coalition is trying to resolve the situation in the Iraqi city of Fallujah peacefully, but the Marines are ready to resume offensive military operations if political negotiations do not succeed.
• IRAQ SITREP VOA 19 Apr 2004 -- In Iraq, a U-S military commander says an agreement has been reached with leaders in the city of Fallujah that could ease a two week standoff between Sunni militants and 12-hundred American Marines encircling the city.
• Cease-Fire Agreement Reached In Fallujah; 13 U.S. troops Killed In Iraq AFPS 19 Apr 2004 -- U.S., coalition and Iraqi officials have agreed "to implement a full and unbroken cease-fire" in the city of Fallujah, chief Coalition Provisional Authority spokesman Dan Senor said today in Baghdad.
• Coalition Announces Agreement In Al-Fallujah RFE/RL 19 Apr 2004 -- The U.S.-led coalition in Iraq today announced an agreement to defuse tension in the flashpoint Sunni city of Al-Fallujah that includes joint patrols with Iraqi security forces.
• IRAQ SITREP VOA 19 Apr 2004 -- A U-S military commander in Iraq says an agreement has been reached with leaders in the city of Fallujah that could ease a two week standoff between Sunni militants and 12-hundred American Marines encircling the city.
• U.S. Announces Agreement In Al-Fallujah RFE/RL 19 Apr 2004 -- The U.S.-led coalition says it has reached an agreement with local community leaders to defuse tension in the western Iraqi city of Al-Fallujah.
• MARINES ADJUST CORDON IN FALLUJAH TO ASSIST AMBULANCES CENTCOM Release 19 Apr 2004-- Dialogue continued April 17 between representatives of the Coalition Provisional Authority, senior coalition military leaders and a delegation of civic leaders from Fallujah.
• Barrier around Fallujah intended to stop insurgents' supplies, mobility Marine Corps News 19 Apr 2004-- Marine Corps and Army engineers finished construction of a barrier around much of Fallujah April 15, 2004, which blocks off the majority of pathways leading into or out of the city, and is expected to deter insurgents from bringing in weapons and gear.
• ANTI - IRAQI FORCES FIRE ON MARINES FROM MOSQUE CENTCOM Release 19 Apr 2004-- Anti-Iraq forces took up military positions in a mosque and a nearby building in Fallujah April 18.
• Cash for Guns yields rewards for Cavalry Army News Service 19 Apr 2004-- Small arms, mortars and rocket-propelled grenades have been collected for destruction by the 1st Cavalry Division in a program that exchanges money for weapons and information.
• Marines recall Ar Ramadi battle Marine Corps News 19 Apr 2004-- Lance Cpl. Deschon E. Otey's nights are still plagued by thoughts from four days of intense fighting.
• Marine fought for several days, despite gunshot wound Marine Corps News 19 Apr 2004-- Sgt. Kenneth Conde Jr. didn't even realize he was shot until someone told him.
• Protective gear proves itself again and again Marine Corps News 19 Apr 2004-- It's heavy, hot and cumbersome. It also saves lives.

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US Policy

• POWELL / WOODWARD BOOK VOA 19 Apr 2004 -- Secretary of State Colin Powell insisted Monday he fully supports President Bush's decision to go to war in Iraq despite a just-released new book that says he cautioned in advance that the United States would face major difficulties after ousting Saddam Hussein.
• U-S / SPAIN / IRAQ VOA 19 Apr 2004 -- The Bush administration did little Monday to conceal its irritation over the new Spanish government's decision to make a swift withdrawal of its 13-hundred member troop contingent from Iraq. The White House said it regretted the "abrupt" action.
• Transcript: Secretary of Defense Interview with Bob Woodward - 20 Sept, 2003 19 Apr 2004 -- Interview with Bob Woodward of the Washington Post. Also participating was Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs Lawrence Di Rita
• Transcript: Secretary of Defense Interview with Bob Woodward - 23 Oct, 2003 19 Apr 2004 -- Interview with Bob Woodward of the Washington Post. Also participating was Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs Lawrence Di Rita and the Senior Military Assistant to the Secretary of Defense, Lt. Gen. John Craddock

• Insurgents Won't Shoot Their Way to Power, Bremer Tells Iraqis AFPS 19 Apr 2004 -- Iraq's Transitional Administrative Law offers hope for the country's future, and outlaws who oppose it will not be allowed to "shoot their way to power," the Coalition Provisional Authority administrator told the Iraqi people in an April 18 nationally broadcast address.
• Bush Nominates U.S. Ambassador To Iraq RFE/RL 19 Apr 2004 -- U.S. President George W. Bush announced today he is nominating John Negroponte, the United States' top diplomat at the United Nations, to be the U.S. ambassador to Iraq.
• BUSH IRAQ VOA 19 Apr 2004 -- President Bush has named U-N Ambassador John Negroponte as the new U-S ambassador to Iraq.

• Nader: US Should Withdraw From Iraq Nader for President 2004 19 Apr 2004 -- US Should Underwrite an Appropriate International Peacekeeping Force, Encourage Iraqi Self Rule and Continue Humanitarian Aid to Rebuild Iraq

United Nations

• UN transfers $500 million in oil revenues to Development Fund for Iraq UN News Centre 19 Apr 2004 -- The United Nations today reported transferring $500 million in surplus money from its now-defunct Oil-for-Food programme to the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI).

Reconstruction Issues

• IRAQ: Residents pay for water as rehabilitation continues IRIN 19 Apr 2004 -- Many people in the southern Iraqi city of Basra are still unable to drink water straight from taps due to high salinity. Residents are continuing to buy water, which many say is proving to be expensive.
• IRAQ: Transitional law calls for three elections, says UN official IRIN 19 Apr 2004 -- Three elections, not one, need to be held in Iraq next January, the UN director of the Electoral Assistance Division said recently.

Foreign Reactions

• ITALY / BRAHIMI VOA 19 Apr 2004 -- Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi met in Rome Monday with the U-N special envoy for Iraq, Lakhdar Brahimi. Mr Berlusconi confirmed the Italian government's backing for a greater United Nations role in Iraq aimed at bringing peace and stability to the country.
• Spain/Iraq: Will Madrid's Decision To Withdraw Troops Weaken Multilateral Resolve? RFE/RL 19 Apr 2004 -- The new Spanish government has ordered Spain's 1,300 troops in Iraq be brought home as soon as possible. The United States says it expects other countries with forces in Iraq to reassess their positions following the Spanish announcement. Washington also says it will continue close cooperation with Spain in the war against terrorism.
• Troops for Iraq under UN mandate: Pakistan IRNA 19 Apr 2004 -- Pakistan hinted on Monday to send troops to Iraq under UN mandate.
• TAIWAN WILLING TO HELP REBUILD IRAQ: MOFA CNA 19 Apr 2004 -- Taiwan is very willing to take part in the reconstruction program led by the United States in Iraq as part of its efforts to assist in rebuilding a democratic Iraq, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) spokesman Richard Shih said Monday.

News Reports

• Spain's Pullout Seen To Augur 'Changes' In Iraq RFE/RL 19 Apr 2004 -- The United States says it expects that other countries with forces in Iraq will reassess their positions in the country following the announcement by Spain's new prime minister that he wants Spanish troops withdrawn from Iraq "as soon as possible."