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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 01 Jun 2004 [PDF]
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• Transcript: Coalition Provisional Authority Briefing 01 Jun 2004 -- Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt, Deputy Director for Coalition Operations; and Dan Senor, Senior Advisor, CPA
• Transcript: Coalition Provisional Authority Background Briefing 01 Jun 2004 -- Senior Administration Official
• Iraq: Bomb Blasts In Baghdad, North Kill More Than A Dozen RFE/RL 01 Jun 2004 -- Two powerful bomb blasts -- one in Baghdad and one outside a U.S. military compound in northern Iraq -- killed more than a dozen people today.
• Marines, ICDC open new joint center Marine Corps News 01 Jun 2004-- Marines from 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment took another step closer to turning over security responsibilities of this western Iraqi region to the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps.

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US Policy

• Bush Welcomes Newly Formed Iraqi Interim Government Washington File 01 Jun 2004 -- President Bush said the naming of Iraq's new interim government brings Iraqis one step closer to realizing their dream of "a fully sovereign nation with a representative government that protects their rights and serves their needs."
• Rice Hails Unfolding Political Process in Iraq Washington File 01 Jun 2004 -- National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice called the newly announced Iraqi interim government "a terrific list, a really good government" during a June 1 press briefing.
• Bush Praises Iraqi Government, Says U.S. Troops Will Stay AFPS 01 Jun 2004 -- President Bush praised the new Iraqi interim government, saying it possesses "the talent, commitment and the resolve to guide Iraq through the challenges that lie ahead."
• BUSH / IRAQ VOA 01 Jun 2004 -- Intro: President Bush has called the new interim prime minister and president of Iraq to offer congratulations and talk about the future. Earlier, at a White House news conference, Mr. Bush praised the interim Iraqi government, saying it has the talent, commitment and resolve to handle the challenges ahead.
• Bush Endorses New Iraqi Interim Government RFE/RL 01 Jun 2004 -- U.S. President George W. Bush said today he welcomes Iraq's new U.N.-appointed interim government, but warned of the likelihood of increased violence by those who he said are opposed to the country's movement toward democracy.

United Nations

• Transcript: Statements by United Nations Envoy 01 Jun 2004 -- Lakhdar Brahimi; Iraqi President Ghazi Al-Yawar; and Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Alawi
• U-N/IRAQ RESOLUTION VOA 01 Jun 2004 -- The United States and Britain have offered the U-N Security Council a fresh draft resolution that would grant sovereignty to Iraq's interim government at the end of this month. From U-N headquarters, Peter Heinlein reports the resolution sets a time limit for withdrawal of the U-S-led multinational force.
• Announcement of new Iraqi Government marks new start, Annan says UN News Centre 01 Jun 2004 -- United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today hailed the announcement of Iraq's interim government as "a new beginning," while calling for continued vigilance about the country's security situation.
• Head of Iraqi Governing Council to serve as interim president - UN envoy UN News Centre 01 Jun 2004 -- United Nations Special Adviser Lakhdar Brahimi announced today that Sheikh Ghazi Al-Yawar, the current head of Iraq's Governing Council, will be President of the interim government that will take over from the United States-led Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) at the end of the month.
• IRAQ WRAP VOA 01 Jun 2004 -- In Baghdad, U.N. Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi has introduced Iraq's new interim leadership that will take power at the end of the month. The announcement had been delayed a day by disputes over the presidency. After naming the new 36-member interim administration, the Iraqi Governing Council dissolved itself.
• Iraq: Brahimi Says Interim President Will Be Ghazi al-Yawir RFE/RL 01 Jun 2004 -- UN special envoy for Iraq Lakhdar Brahimi has confirmed that the new interim Iraqi president will be Ghazi al-Yawir.
• U-N/ANNAN/IRAQ VOA 01 Jun 2004 -- U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan has defended the process of selecting an interim government in Iraq, saying his envoy had done exactly what he set out to do.

Reconstruction Issues

• IRAQ / INTERIM GOVERNMENT VOA 01 Jun 2004 -- Iraqi Governing Council member Ghazi Ajil al-Yawar was chosen Tuesday to be the president of the country's interim government, which will be granted full sovereignty on June 30th. V-O-A Correspondent Alisha Ryu in Baghdad was at a ceremony to introduce the new interim Cabinet and has details.
• Leaders Named for Interim Iraqi Government AFPS 01 Jun 2004 -- The interim government that will run Iraq after the June 30 transfer of sovereignty took shape today, as U.N. officials in Baghdad announced the members of the government's presidential council and recommended the composition of a new cabinet to the country's prime minister-designate.

Foreign Reactions

• U.S. OPPOSITION TO ICC LINKED TO PRISON ABUSE US Dept. of State IIP, Foreign Media Reaction 01 Jun 2004
• IRAQ / ARAB REACT VOA 01 Jun 2004 -- Arab observers reacted positively to the appointment of Ghazi al-Yawar as Iraq's interim president. They say Mr. al-Yawar is a well-respected with connections in Iraq's neighborhood.

News Reports

• IRAQ: Rights groups - mixed reaction to new government IRIN 01 Jun 2004 -- After weeks of wrangling, a new government has been sworn in to serve as an interim authority to take over sovereignty from US-led administrators on 30 June. Workers at an Iraqi human rights group and a women's group expressed cautious support for the new government, which will serve until general elections scheduled for January, but called on it to be independent of US-led coalition forces.