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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 02 Jun 2004 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty

• Marines treat Iraqi farmer to bovine therapy Marine Corps News 02 Jun 04 -- Marines here took an udderly different approach to helping Iraqis.
• 4-27 FA MOUTs continue missions in Iraq ARCENT 02 Jun 04 -- Soldiers in Battery C, 4th Battalion, 27th Field Artillery Regiment, have been making Baghdad safer by patrolling the streets and conducting raids for the past year. However, the battalion, headquartered at Baghdad International Airport, is now preparing for a new mission.
• SOLDIERS, IRAQIS FIX FAULTY SEWAGE FACILITIES CENTCOM 01 Jun 2004 -- Over the next 12 to 18 months, the 5th Brigade Combat Team of the 1st Cavalry Division plans to help the people of Al Rashid solve their sewage problems.
• Marines bolster electricity, city clean-up and youth sports CENTCOM 02 Jun 2004 -- Marines paid Al Kharma city officials $19,000 in initial payments for projects to improve the city's infrastructure and other programs.
• Soldiers get tons of weapons from rewards program CENTCOM 02 Jun 2004 -- More than three tons of ordnance was turned into Coalition forces during a weapons rewards program in the Thawra district. The program, which began May 15, was aimed to disarm the local populace while infusing money into the economy.
• DoD Taking Steps to Prevent Vehicle Deaths in Iraq Marine Corps News 02 Jun 2004 -- Buckle up your seat belt and don't drive too fast. This age-old advice applies as much on the streets of Baghdad as on Main Street, USA.
• V CORPS' 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION ESTABLISHES OFFICE TO HELP COMPENSATE IRAQIS FOR PROPERTY SIEZED BY SADDAM 1st Infantry Division release 02 Jun 2004 -- Iraqis who had their land seized under Saddam Hussein now have a legal way to get it back.
• NEW IRAQ SCHOOL PROJECT GETS UNDER WAY WITH AID OF SOLDIERS FROM V CORPS TASK FORCE 1st Infantry Division release 02 Jun 2004 -- Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 7th Field Artillery of V Corps' 1st Infantry Division broke ground May 26th to mark the beginning of construction for a new elementary school building near Kassem Village here. A bright, clear day dawned on the small cluster of houses 200 kilometers north of Tikrit when Task Force 1-7 kicked off work on the school.
• V CORPS' 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION PRESENTS 24 NEW POLICE CARS TO IRAQ PROVINCE 1st Infantry Division release 02 Jun 2004 -- Iraqi police officers in Salah Ad Din province received a gift of 24 new police cars courtesy of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team of V Corps' 1st Infantry Division. The cars were presented in a ceremony at Forward Operating Base Orion in Balad, Iraq May 20.
• CENTCOM Ops Chief Updates Theater Action Marine Corps News 02 Jun 2004 -- A truce between radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and the U.S.-led coalition in the Iraqi holy city of Najaf is holding, the U.S. Central Command operations director said today.
• SOLDIERS USE NEW EXPLOSIVE DETECTION EQUIPMENT CENTCOM 01 Jun 2004 -- Coalition forces are using a new hand-carried device called Vapor Tracer 2 that detects and identifies vapors and particles produced by numerous forms of explosives and narcotics.

Deployments

US Policy

• CONGRESS - IRAQ FUNDING VOA 02 Jun 2004 -- The U-S Senate Wednesday night unanimously approved President Bush's request to create a 25 billion dollar reserve fund for U-S military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. But the Senate also voted to put tight controls on how the money could be used.
• IRAQ WRAP VOA 02 Jun 2004 -- One day after new Iraqi interim government was named, the United States and Britain moved to secure international support for the new setup in Baghdad. However, council members want clearer assurances about the relationship of the government to U-S forces in Iraq.
• BUSH / IRAQ VOA 02 Jun 2004 -- President Bush says a new transitional government in Iraq will help lead toward democracy throughout the Middle East. Mr. Bush says American troops will continue to provide security for Iraq's new leaders.
• CONGRESS / IRAQ FUNDING VOA 02 Jun 2004 -- A key U-S lawmaker is taking steps to tighten congressional oversight of money requested by President Bush for Iraq and Afghanistan.
• Officials Testify on Funding Request for Iraq, Afghanistan Ops AFPS 02 Jun 2004 -- White House and Defense Department officials testified on Capitol Hill today on the president's request for $25 billion in contingency funds for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
• Iraq's Interim President 'A Terrific Leader,' Rice Says AFPS 02 Jun 2004 -- National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice today praised Iraq's interim President Ghazi Ajil al-Yawer.
• Bush: 'We Will Take the Fight to the Enemy' AFPS 02 Jun 2004 -- President Bush today refused to back down to terrorists, despite continued violence in Iraq just 28 days before the handover of power to an interim government.
• U-S/IRAQ RESOLUTION VOA 02 Jun 2004 -- A top U.S. official has voiced confidence that Washington can meet the demands of most U.N. Security Council members in the draft resolution on Iraq the council is considering.

United Nations

• U.S., U.K. Revise Their Iraq Draft Resolution Washington File 02 Jun 2004 -- The United States and the United Kingdom have presented amendments to their draft U.N. Security Council resolution on the restoration of Iraqi sovereignty in an effort to refine the role of the multinational force (MNF), including setting a time limit to its mandate.
• Transcript: Briefing By U.N. Special Envoy for Iraq 02 Jun 2004 -- Mr. Lakhdar Brahimi
• Brahimi leaves Iraq as Security Council talks continue on new resolution UN News Centre 02 Jun 2004 -- With Iraqis having named an interim government to inherit sovereignty from the United States-led Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) at the end of June, United Nations envoy Lakhdar Brahimi departed the country today as talks continued in New York on a new Security Council resolution on the future course of action.
• IRAQ / BRAHIMI VOA 02 Jun 2004 -- The U-N Special Envoy to Iraq, Lakhdar Brahimi, has vigorously defended his role in the selection of Iraq's interim government, but acknowledges not everyone will be pleased with the choice.

Reconstruction Issues

• IRAQ: Briefing paper on power IRIN 02 Jun 2004
• IRAQ: Brahimi calls for national assembly in July IRIN 02 Jun 2004 -- Now that an interim government has been named, Iraqis should work to appoint national assembly members from around the country in July and prepare for elections by January, the top United Nations representative in Iraq said on Wednesday.

Foreign Reactions

• Iraq: EU Urges U.S. To Secure Handover With 'Vigorous' UN Mandate RFE/RL 02 Jun 2004 -- The European Union today gave a guarded welcome to the emergence yesterday of a caretaker government in Iraq. After a meeting with the U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, the EU's foreign-policy chief Javier Solana said all parties now need to focus on providing full UN Security Council support to the new government. Armitage, for his part, set out the key terms of a new Security Council resolution on Iraq currently under discussion.

News Reports

• Iraq: New Government Remains Close To Power Base Of Old Governing Council RFE/RL 02 Jun 2004 -- Iraq's new leaders have formed a government that includes new heads for many ministries. But like the president and prime minister, those in charge of the most powerful ministries are people closely linked to the outgoing U.S.-appointed Iraqi Governing Council.