June 2004 - Iraq Special Weapons News

14 June 2004 - Iraq Special Weapons News

OIF/OEF Casualty Update 14 Jun 2004 [PDF]
IRAQ WRAP VOA 14 Jun 2004 -- At least 13 people, including several Westerners have been killed in Baghdad after a vehicle loaded with explosives plowed into a convoy carrying foreign contractors. Monday's attack was the second of its kind in as many days and came just days before Iraqis are set to take control of their country's security from the U-S led military coalition.
Iraq: Officials Come Under Attack Ahead Of Power Transfer RFE/RL 14 Jun 2004 -- A series of attacks on officials has put Iraq's interim government under intense pressure just two weeks before Washington is scheduled to hand back sovereignty. Over the weekend, two Iraqi officials were gunned down in Baghdad as insurgents seek to undermine the power transfer with targeted killings.
IRAQ/BOMBING VOA 14 Jun 2004 -- At least 12 people have been killed and dozens injured in a powerful suicide car bombing in Baghdad. The bomb exploded in the center of a busy commercial district during morning rush hour, setting vehicles on fire and destroying nearby shops and buildings.

International Community on Path Forward in Iraq, Powell Says Washington File 14 Jun 2004 -- The U.N. Security Council's unanimous approval of a U.S.-British sponsored resolution endorsing the transfer of sovereignty to an Iraqi interim government at the end of June has reunited the international community in a common effort to democratize Iraq, says Secretary of State Colin Powell.
CONGRESS/ABU GHRAIB VOA 14 Jun 2004 -- A Republican-controlled congressional committee has blocked a Democratic legislative attempt to obtain more information from the Pentagon concerning its investigation of alleged torture of Iraqi prisoners by U.S. soldiers and civilians.

Iraqi Prime Minister Vows to Catch Baghdad Car Bombers AFPS 14 Jun 2004 -- Iraq's prime minister pledged to apprehend those responsible for today's deadly Baghdad car bombing, the latest in a recent spike of terrorist violence against the interim government slated to take power June 30.

ISLAMIC CONFERENCE/IRAQ VOA 14 Jun 2004 -- The United Nations' Special Envoy for Iraq appealed on behalf of the U-N Secretary General Monday for support for Iraq's new interim government. U.N. Special Envoy Ambassador Lakhdar Brahimi conveyed Kofi Annan's request to some 57 Islamic Foreign Ministers gathered in Turkey's commercial capital, Istanbul.

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