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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 04 Jun 2004 [PDF]

• Transcript: Coalition Provisional Authority Briefing 04 Jun 2004 -- Carina Perelli, U.N. Electoral Assistance Division
• Army-led project brings clean water to villages in Marine-run zone Marine Corps News 04 Jun 2004 -- The 4,500 residents of Teabon and Qutnyah villages have never had their own potable water source.
• IRAQI POLICE CAPTURE KNOWN TERRORIST CENTCOM 04 Jun 2004 -- Iraqi Police Forces detained Umar Baziyani, a known terrorist and murder suspect, on May 30 here.
• IRAQI CITIZEN'S TIP LEADS SOLIDERS TO WEAPONS CACHE CENTCOM 04 Jun 2004 -- Acting on information from an Iraqi citizen, Task Force Danger Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 252nd Armor Regiment found a weapons cache near here around 9 a.m. May 28.
• MUQTADA MILITIA ATTACKS U.S. SOLDIERS FROM SCHOOL CENTCOM 04 Jun 2004 -- Task Force 1st Armored Division Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 37th Armor Regiment conducted a search of a school here suspected of being the site of several recent mortar attacks early on the morning of June 3.
• COALITION SOLDIERS QUESTION NEWS MEDIA FOLLOWING ROADSIDE BOMB CENTCOM 04 Jun 2004 -- Coalition soldiers questioned two news media cameramen and a reporter after a roadside bomb exploded near a Coalition convoy two kilometers north of Mosul June 3.
• LEADERS FROM V CORPS' 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION MEET WITH IRAQI ADVISORY COUNCIL V Corps 04 Jun 2004 -- The Iraqi Advisory Council, comprised of influential Iraqis from the country's north-central region, met with leadership from V Corps' 1st Infantry Division for the first time June 3.

Deployments

US Policy

• State's Armitage Clarifies U.S. Role in Iraq Post June 30 Washington File 04 Jun 2004 -- Following the June 30 transfer of sovereignty to the Iraqi Interim government, the U.S. role in Iraq will be fundamentally different, according to Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage.
• Rumsfeld Cites 'Gap' in Media Reports on Iraq AFPS 04 Jun 2004 -- The real situation in Iraq and its depiction in the media are two different things, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said here today.
• Negroponte Pledges "True Partnership" with Iraq Government Washington File 04 Jun 2004 -- The United States and its coalition partners will be working with the new Iraqi government to define the relationship between the multinational force and the new government after the June 30 return of sovereignty to Iraq, U.S. Ambassador John Negroponte said June 3.

• U-S-IRAQ-HUMAN RIGHTS VOA 04 Jun 2004 -- The Bush administration said Friday it shares the concern of the United Nations' top human rights official about abuses of Iraqi detainees by U-S soldiers. But it is downplaying a suggestion the behavior might amount to war crimes, and says the U-S military justice system is competent to handle such cases.
• Backgrounder: U.S. Military Courts Washington File 04 Jun 2004 -- On May 20 the first of seven U.S. soldiers facing charges for the abuse of prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq was sentenced to one year in military prison, discharge from the military, and a reduction in rank. The trial and sentencing of Army Specialist Jeremy Sivits was conducted under legal procedures for addressing criminal offenses committed by those in the military.
• CPA Administrator's Weekly Report 4 Jun 2004 [MS Word]

United Nations

• U-N/IRAQ/HUMAN RIGHTS VOA 04 Jun 2004 -- A United Nations human rights report found serious violations by some U-S troops, including abuse of Iraqi detainees. The report calls for an international jurist to monitor respect for human rights in Iraq by the occupying coalition forces. Lisa Schlein reports from Geneva, headquarters of the U-N Human Rights Office, which has just issued the report.

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraq Needs Multinational Force, Foreign Minister Says Washington File 04 Jun 2004 -- Iraq needs the 160,000-troop multinational force (MNF) to remain in the country without any fixed departure date, Iraq's foreign minister told the U.N. Security Council June 3.
• IRAQ / ALLAWI VOA 04 Jun 2004 -- Iraq's new interim prime minister, Iyad Allawi, urged Iraqis on Friday to accept the presence of U-S and other foreign troops in the country, saying their withdrawal now would be a major disaster.
• UN announces establishment of Iraq's Independent Electoral Commission UN News Centre 04 Jun 2004 -- The head of the United Nations electoral team in Baghdad today announced the formation of Iraq's Independent Electoral Commission - the autonomous body that will guide the country towards polling set for January 2005.
• Security Council hears briefing by new Iraqi Foreign Minister UN News Centre 04 Jun 2004 -- The new Foreign Minister of Iraq today urged the United Nations Security Council to adopt a resolution underlining the transfer of sovereignty back to the country's people and their representatives.
• Pachachi blames Chalabi for not becoming Iraq president IRNA 04 Jun 2004 -- Member of the US-appointed Iraqi governing council, Adnan Pachachi, has blamed a "shabby conspiracy" led by his colleague Ahmad Chalabi for wrecking his candidacy to be the country`s interim president.
• U-N/IRAQ RESOLUTION VOA 04 Jun 2004 -- The United States and Britain have circulated a revised draft of their Security Council resolution on Iraq. The latest draft has been changed to strengthen guarantees of Iraqi sovereignty.
• IRAQ/WRAP VOA 04 Jun 2004 -- Iraq's new prime minister introduced himself to his countrymen in his first televised address to the nation since his appointment last week. Prime Minister Iyad Allawi warned insurgents to end their fight against U-S and other foreign troops, which he says are needed for Iraq's security. Also on Friday, Iraqi police have detained a known terrorist and murder suspect.
• Al-Zebari Calls For Genuine Transfer Of Sovereignty RFE/RL 04 Jun 2004 -- Iraq's foreign minister has urged the UN Security Council to ensure an "unambiguous" transfer of sovereignty to Iraq that assures the interim government some influence over the U.S.-led multinational force.
• Al-Sadr Rejects Interim Iraqi Government RFE/RL 04 Jun 2004 -- Radical Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr today rejected Iraq's new interim government as an illegitimate U.S.-appointed body.

Foreign Reactions

• Germany backs down on specific exit date for foreign troops in Iraq IRNA 04 Jun 2004 -- The German government appeared to back down from a demand for a specific date for the withdrawal of US-led multinational forces from Iraq.
• Iraq: Pope Calls For Iraqi Sovereignty In Meeting With Bush RFE/RL 04 Jun 2004 -- Pope John Paul II has called for the speedy return of Iraq's sovereignty in talks with U.S. President George W. Bush.

News Reports

• RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 7, Number 20 04 Jun 2004 -- A SURVEY OF ARMED GROUPS IN IRAQ / AL-YAWIR APPOINTED AS IRAQ'S INTERIM PRESIDENT... / ...AFTER PACHACHI REPORTEDLY TURNS POSITION DOWN / NEW IRAQI GOVERNMENT HOLDS FIRST SESSION / TOP SHI'ITE CLERIC GIVES TACIT SUPPORT TO NEW IRAQI GOVERNMENT... / ...AS IRAQI MINISTER COUNTERS CRITICISM OF NEW GOVERNMENT / IRAQ REACTS TO NEW INTERIM GOVERNMENT... / ...AS IT RECEIVES U.S., UN ENDORSEMENTS / IRAQI GOVERNING COUNCIL DISSOLVES... / ...AS INTERIM GOVERNMENT TAKES SHAPE / SUNNI POLITICIAN GUNNED DOWN IN IRAQ / IRAQI GOVERNING COUNCIL MEMBER SURVIVES ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT / TWO JAPANESE JOURNALISTS, IRAQI TRANSLATOR KILLED IN ROCKET ATTACK / U.S. PATROLS SUSPENDED IN AL-NAJAF, AL-KUFAH / BOMBERS STRIKE, KILLING AT LEAST 11 IN IRAQ / CAR BOMB KILLS FOUR, WOUNDS DOZENS IN IRAQI CAPITAL / U.S. MILITARY HINTS AL-FALLUJAH BRIGADE COULD PROVE START OF NEW IRAQI ARMY / AUSTRALIAN LEADER VOWS TO STAY COURSE IN IRAQ / RUSSIAN COMPANIES PULL OUT OF THE COUNTRY / MORE PRISONERS RELEASED FROM ABU GHURAYB / NEWSPAPER REPORTS THAT CPA HEAD ASKS KURDISH LEADERS NOT TO SEEK POSTS / IRAQ'S INTERIM FOREIGN MINISTER HEADS TO UN FOR TALKS ON RESOLUTION / U.S., BRITAIN SUBMIT NEW UN RESOLUTION ON IRAQ / U.S., GERMAN LEADERS DISCUSS UN RESOLUTION ON IRAQ / RUSSIA LAUDS PROGRESS IN TALKS ON NEW UN RESOLUTION ON IRAQ / DAILY SAYS IRAQI NATIONAL CONGRESS HEAD TOLD IRAN OF U.S. CODE SUCCESS