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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 18 Jun 2004 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Army Casualties
• SOLDIER KILLED, CONTRACTOR WOUNDED IN MORTAR ATTACK

• IRAQ WRAP VOA 18 Jun 2004 -- U.S. troops and insurgents clashed Friday for a second day in northern Iraq. But in the southern holy city of Kufa, militia loyal to radical Shi'ite cleric Moktada al-Sadr obeyed his order to leave the city and return to their homes.
• Iraqi Counterinsurgency Troops to Target Urban Terrorists AFPS 18 Jun 2004 -- Specially trained Iraqi troops will soon deploy into Baghdad to go after city-dwelling terrorists, a senior U.S. military officer told a House panel June 17.
• Iraq: Pace Of Attacks Increases In Run-up To Sovereignty RFE/RL 18 Jun 2004 -- Two car bombings that killed 41 people in the Baghdad region on 17 June highlight the fast pace of insurgent attacks as the 30 June handover date nears. Both the incoming sovereign Iraqi government and U.S. officials are vowing to improve security, but the next two weeks could see escalating threats.

Deployments

US Policy

• IRAQ / AL-QAIDA VOA 18 Jun 2004 -- U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney is disputing the conclusion of a special commission probing the nine-11 attacks that Saddam Hussein and al-Qaida did not have a collaborative relationship. The vice president spoke out in an interview Friday
• America Will 'Finish the Job' in Iraq, Bush Says AFPS 18 Jun 2004 -- The U.S. commander in chief today thanked service members and families for their sacrifice and support in the war against terrorism during a troop visit to Fort Lewis, Wash.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraqi Bankers Meet U.S., International Financiers in New York, Washington Washington File 18 Jun 2004 -- Representatives of Iraq's banks are meeting with U.S. and international financial experts in New York and Washington to be briefed on the latest banking practices and to come in contact with potential U.S. business partners.

Foreign Reactions

• Response to a question at the press conference following the meetings of the Eurasian Economic Community Interstate Council and Collective Security Treaty Organisation's Collective Security Council President of Russia 18 Jun 2004 -- "I can confirm that, following the events of September 11, 2001 and up until the beginning of military operations in Iraq, Russian intelligence did indeed receive on several occasions information that official organisations in Saddam Hussein's regime were preparing terrorist attacks on U.S. territory and against U.S. military and civilian targets abroad. This information was indeed passed on through our cooperation channels to our U.S. colleagues."

News Reports

• World: Torture -- Physical Force Is An Unreliable Method Of Interrogation (Part 2) RFE/RL 18 Jun 2004 -- The recent Abu Ghrayb prison scandal revealed that the United States, like many nations, uses controversial interrogation techniques like depriving prisoners of sleep or forcing them to wear hoods. But the question remains -- are such techniques, or even more severe ones, effective?