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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 16 Jun 2004 [PDF]
• TWO SOLDIERS DIE IN ROCKET ATTACK IN BALAD

• IRAQ WRAP VOA 16 Jun 2004 -- Iraqi oil exports have come to a halt following another attack on the country's key southern pipeline. And, a separate attack has killed an Iraqi oil official in what was the third assassination of a member of the Iraqi government in a week. It's uncertain how long Iraq's daily production of nearly two million barrels of oil will be off the market.
• IRAQ / OIL ATTACK VOA 16 Jun 2004 -- In a further blow to Iraq's efforts to revitalize its oil industry, gunmen ambushed and killed the security chief for a state-run oil company in Kirkuk Wednesday. Meanwhile, gunmen attacked a key oil pipeline in the south for a second straight day.
• Al-Sadr Sends Part Of His Army From Al-Najaf RFE/RL 16 Jun 2004 -- Reports say radical Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has told all members of his Al-Mahdi Army who are not from the holy city of Al-Najaf to leave the city.
• Iraqi Air Force Acquires first two aircraft CENTCOM 16 Jun 2004 -- The new Iraqi Air Force purchased its first two aircraft in Jordan, June 10.
• Creative ideas harvested to outfit Marines under fire in Iraq Marine Corps News 16 Jun 2004 -- Dire situations inspire ingenious solutions. This old saying rings true today for inventive Marines in Iraq who've used little more than their creativity to adapt to ever-changing enemy tactics and endure on dangerous Iraqi roads.

Deployments

US Policy

• NATO / IRAQ / AFGHANISTAN VOA 16 Jun 2004 -- U.S. officials appearing before Congress have expressed the hope that more support can be obtained from NATO allies for an expanded alliance role in Iraq. The topic is expected to come up for discussion at the organization's summit in two weeks
• BUSH - IRAQ VOA 16 Jun 2004 -- President Bush says American troops have rescued two nations, Iraq and Afghanistan, and are sacrificing in the cause of freedom. In a speech broadcast to U.S. forces around the world, Mr. Bush offered America's thanks.
• CONGRESS - PRISON ABUSE VOA 16 Jun 2004 -- The U-S Senate has approved a measure making clear the United States will not use torture against prisoners or detainees.
• Free Iraq's Future Coming Into View, Bush Says at MacDill AFPS 16 Jun 2004 -- With the transfer of sovereignty two weeks away, the future of a free Iraq is coming into view, President Bush told a worldwide military audience and service members assembled at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., today.
• Sovereignty Transfer Won't End Mission, House Panel Told AFPS 16 Jun 2004 -- U.S. and coalition military responsibilities will not end with the June 30 transfer of power in Iraq, Defense Department officials told members of the House Armed Service Committee here today.
• Congressional Report, June 16: Iraq Washington File 16 Jun 2004 -- The handover of sovereign authority to the Iraqi interim government June 30 is central to a step-by-step process for achieving freedom and democracy for the Iraqi people, U.S. officials say.
• Bush Reviews Five-Point Plan for Iraqi Self-Government Washington File 16 Jun 2004 -- President Bush outlined his five-point plan to return Iraq to self-rule and to rebuild its institutions in a speech to U.S. military Central Command personnel at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida, June 16.
• Powell Ties Iraqi Reconstruction to War on Terror Washington File 16 Jun 2004 -- The establishment of a stable, democratic government in Iraq is a key step in the global war on terror, according to Secretary of State Colin Powell.
• U.S. DIPLOMATS / IRAQ VOA 16 Jun 2004 -- More than two-dozen former high-ranking U.S. diplomats and retired military officers say the Bush administration's prosecution of the war on terrorism has been a disaster for the United States and its image on the world stage. The group, calling itself, "Diplomats and Military Commanders for Change" held a news conference Wednesday.
• BUSH - IRAQ VOA 16 Jun 2004 -- President Bush says American troops have rescued two nations, Iraq and Afghanistan, and are sacrificing in the cause of freedom. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports in a speech broadcast to U.S. forces around the world, Mr. Bush offered the America's thanks.

United Nations

• PRESS BRIEFING ON IRAQ ELECTORAL ASSISTANCE United Nations 16 Jun 2004
• U.N. / IRAQ ELECTIONS VOA 16 Jun 2004 -- The top U.N. elections expert says everything is on track for holding a nationwide vote in Iraq by next January. The official warned that fear will be an important theme in the election campaign.
• Success of Iraqi elections hinge on fairness, secrecy - UN official UN News Centre 16 Jun 2004 -- With elections in Iraq still on track for early next year, their ultimate success will hinge on a fair balloting process and assurances for Iraqis that their votes will be free from reprisal, a senior United Nations election official said today.

Reconstruction Issues

• Coalition, Iraqi Leaders Agree on Two Critical Areas AFPS 16 Jun 2004 -- American and Iraqi leaders meeting here today came up with at least two major areas in which they agree completely - the nature of the threat in Iraq and the political track to a representative, elected government.
• Iraq: Radical Shi'a Cleric Moving From Outlaw To Politician REF/RL 16 Jun 2004 -- There are increasing signs that radical Shi'a cleric Muqtada al-Sadr is evolving from an outlaw into a possibly influential politician. The cleric today ordered most of his armed supporters out of the southern Iraqi city of Al-Najaf. The possible end to the standoff in the Shi'a shrine city comes as Washington said yesterday it would not block a political role for al-Sadr in the future.

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• Iraqi Media Monitoring UNAMI 16 Jun 2004
• 9-11 Panel Finds No Hussein, Al-Qaeda Links RFE/RL 16 Jun 2004 -- The 9-11 Commission has said Osama bin Laden sought help from Saddam Hussein 10 years ago -- but the then-Iraqi president ignored the plea.
• 9-11 PROBE VOA 16 Jun 2004 -- Independent investigators said Wednesday they have found no evidence that Saddam Hussein cooperated with al-Qaida terrorists to target the United States. The conclusion came in a report released by the independent commission probing the 2001 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington.
• IRAQ: Health ministry fights corruption IRIN 16 Jun 2004 -- Following months of rumours, police have arrested several people on suspicion of stealing US $10 million worth of medicine and selling it on the black market, the new inspector-general at the Ministry of Health told IRIN in Baghdad.