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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 17 May 2004 [PDF]
• TASK FORCE FIRST ARMORED DIVISION SOLDIER DIES, TWO WOUNDED IN FIREFIGHT
• DoD Identifies Air Force Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• TWO SOLDIERS KILLED IN AL ANBAR PROVINCE
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty

• Transcript: Coalition Provisional Authority Briefing 17 May 2004 -- Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt, Deputy Director for Coalition Operations and Dan Senor, Senior Advisor, CPA
• IRAQ WRAP VOA 17 May 2004 -- The head of Iraq's Interim Governing Council along with six others has been killed in a car bomb in central Baghdad, raising new concerns about security just weeks before political power is set to be handed back to Iraqis. Monday's assassination marks the second time that a member of the U-S installed council has been killed in the past year.
• Coalition Provides Broad Security for Iraqi Officials AFPS 17 May 2004 -- The coalition provides the tools for the best security possible for members of the Iraqi Governing Council and is in the process of standing up a protective service for the Iraqi government modeled loosely on the U.S. Secret Service, coalition officials said today.
• Roadside Bomb Releases Sarin Gas in Baghdad AFPS 17 May 2004 -- A roadside bomb containing the nerve agent sarin - a substance Saddam Hussein's regime insisted it had destroyed more than a decade ago - exploded near a U.S. military convoy traveling near Baghdad, coalition officials said today.
• IRAQ / VIOLENCE VOA 17 May 2004 -- A powerful suicide car bombing Monday near the coalition headquarters in Baghdad killed the current leader of the Iraqi Governing Council and at least four others, including the bomber. A previously unknown Iraqi group has claimed responsibility for the assassination.
• Head Of Iraqi Governing Council Killed RFE/RL 17 May 2004 -- The current rotating head of the Iraqi Governing Council has been killed in car bomb attack near a U.S. checkpoint in Baghdad.
• Marines prepare to distribute gear for unbiased Iraqi media Marine Corps News 17 May 2004-- Marines from 1st Marine Division and the Spirit of America charity are working together to help build Iraq's "unbiased" media infrastructure.
• RCT-7 out of the dark thanks to homegrown handyman Marine Corps News 17 May 2004-- Sgt. Joel B. Vankalker rarely sleeps, on call throughout the day and night, and he keeps a radio always near.
• Amtrackers remember one of their own Marine Corps News 17 May 2004-- Marines with Company B, 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion paused May 14 to remember one of their Marines who died in Iraq.
• SARIN ARTILLERY PROJECTILE FOUND CENTCOM Release 17 May 2004-- The Iraq Survey Group confirmed that a 155mm artillery round found here May 15 in the early morning contained Sarin nerve agent.
• EXPLOSIVES DELIVERED TO COALITION FORCES NEAR BAGHDAD CENTCOM Release 17 May 2004-- An unidentified Iraqi dropped the largest single cache, to date, of mortar rounds and triggering devices to a Task Force Baghdad base camp shortly after midnight this morning.
• COALITION EFFORTS IMPROVE LIFE FOR AL ANBAR RESIDENTS CENTCOM Release 17 May 2004-- A variety of Coalition initiatives designed to improve the quality of life for residents of the Al Anbar province are currently underway.
• U.S. SOLDIERS DETAIN 15 SUSPECTS, COLLECT WEAPONS CENTCOM Release 17 May 2004-- U.S. Soldiers detained 15 suspects in two raids May 15 in Northern Iraq, and collected or destroyed large caches of weapons.

Deployments

• Background Roundtable to Discuss U.S. Forces Deploying from Republic of Korea to Iraq 17 May 2004 -- Senior Defense and Military Officials
• U.S. Brigade in Korea to Deploy to Iraq AFPS 17 May 2004 -- About 3,600 members of the 2nd Brigade of the 2nd Infantry Division will deploy to Iraq from the Republic of Korea, Defense Department officials confirmed today.
• White House Report, May 17: U.S. May Redeploy Troops from Korea to Iraq Washington File 17 May 2004 -- President Bush has spoken with Republic of Korea President Roh Moo-hyun "to consult with him about the possibility of moving a (U.S.) brigade from South Korea to Iraq," White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan told reporters May 17.
• SOKOR / U-S TROOPS VOA 17 May 2004 -- South Korean officials say they have been notified by the United States that the Pentagon plans to redeploy some of its troops on the Korean peninsula to Iraq.

US Policy

• POWELL-IRAQ-HUMAN RIGHTS VOA 17 May 2004 -- Secretary of State Colin Powell promises the United States will "do the right thing" in dealing with the scandal over the mistreatment of detainees at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison. V-O-A's David Gollust reports the State Department, meanwhile, said the affair will not make U-S officials reluctant to address global human-rights concerns.
• PENTAGON/RUMSFELD VOA 17 May 2004 -- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says Americans will not accept dishonorable behavior, vowing again that those responsible for the prisoner abuse scandal in Iraq will be punished.
• Bremer Hails Slain Leader as 'Constant Source of Strength' AFPS 17 May 2004 -- A suicide car bomb claimed the lives of the Iraqi Governing Council president and at least four other Iraqis outside the Coalition Provisional headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq, today.
• Coalition Provisional Authority Report, May 17: Iraq Update Washington File 17 May 2004 -- The assassination of Iraqi Governing Council (IGC) President Izzedine Salim "is a shocking and tragic loss," says Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) Administrator Paul Bremer.

United Nations

• Brahimi attends emergency session of Iraqi Governing Council UN News Centre 17 May 2004 -- United Nations Special Adviser Lakhdar Brahimi today met with the top United States official in Iraq, L. Paul Bremer, and visited with members of the Iraqi Governing Council, who were meeting in emergency session following the assassination of the current President Ezz El-Din Salim.
• Annan condemns killing of Iraqi Governing Council President UN News Centre 17 May 2004 -- United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today condemned the assassination of the President of the Iraqi Governing Council, Ezz El-Din Salim, and vowed not to let the attack deter the UN from helping the country with the political transition at the end of June.

Reconstruction Issues

• IRAQ: Interest high for election board on day Iraqi leader assassinated IRIN 17 May 2004 -- UN officials announced on Monday that more than 1,400 people had applied to be on a board to oversee elections expected in January 2005.

Foreign Reactions

• Killing Of Iraqi Leader Condemned RFE/RL 17 May 2004 -- There has been worldwide condemnation of the car bombing in Baghdad today that killed the president of the Iraqi Governing Council, Abd al-Zahra Uthman Muhammad, who was also known as Izz al-Din Salim.
• IRAQ / COUNCIL REACT VOA 17 May 2004 -- Iraqi officials are condemning the killing of Iraq Governing Council Chairman Izzidine Salim in Baghdad. Iraq's Foreign Minister, Hoshyar Zebari, said the attack is the work of those who want to derail the process toward creating a new, democratic Iraq.
• IRAQ / ARAB REACT VOA 17 May 2004 -- News of the killing of the head of the U-S appointed Iraqi Governing Council is reverberating throughout the Arab world.
• Russia, Iran foreign ministers discuss situation in Iraq IRNA 17 May 2004 -- The situation in Iraq is the main topic of talks which started here between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Iranian counterpart, Dr. Kamal Kharrazi.
• Kharrazi: Foreign troops` presence makes the region insecure IRNA 17 May 2004 -- Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi in a meeting with the Secretary of Russian National Security Council Igor Ivanov here Monday underlined that the presence of foreign troops in the region accounts for its insecurity.
• Iran condemns assassination of head of Iraq`s governing council IRNA 17 May 2004 -- The Islamic Republic of Iran`s Embassy here on Monday condemned the killing of the current head of Iraqi Governing Council Ezzedin Salim.
• GIs' Maltreatment of Iraqi POWs Denounced KCNA 17 May 2004 -- The United States should fundamentally settle its issue of human right abuses before behaving as if it were a "world judge of human rights" recognized by none.
• IRAQ: ABU GHRAIB 'A PRETEXT' FOR 'SHOCKING' MURDER OF NICHOLAS BERG US Dept. of State IIP, Foreign Media Reaction 17 May 2004

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