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Current Operations

• 20 Killed in US Air Strike in Fallujah, Local Residents Say VOA News 19 Jun 2004 -- U.S. forces in Iraq struck what they say is a Fallujah hideout of al-Qaida linked terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi Saturday.
• More Than 20 Killed In Al-Fallujah RFE/RL 19 Jun 2004 -- Witnesses in the central Iraqi city of Al-Fallujah say a U.S. air raid has killed as many as 22 people.

Deployments

US Policy

• Powell Predicts Smooth Turnover of Sovereignty to Iraqi Government Washington File 19 Jun 2004 -- Questions concerning the situation in Iraq and the June 30 turnover of sovereignty dominated a June 18 roundtable interview of Secretary of State Colin Powell, but the secretary also responded to queries on Uzbekistan and the Middle East peace process.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

Foreign Reactions

• Plans to send UK-led Nato force to Iraq IRNA 19 Jun 2004 -- Plans are being drawn up in the US and UK to send a British-led Nato force to Iraq to support the new interim government taking over the running of the country on July 1, it was reported Saturday.
• Turkey Against Kurdish Autonomy In Iraq RFE/RL 19 Jun 2004 -- Turkey's prime minister says his country remains opposed to granting autonomy to Kurds in northern Iraq.

News Reports

• RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 7, Number 22 19 Jun 2004 -- CPA HAS GIVEN 60 PERCENT OF GOVERNMENT TO IRAQIS / SUICIDE CAR BOMBS RIP THROUGH BAGHDAD / FUTURE OF IMAM AL-MAHDI ARMY UNCLEAR / BAGHDAD CITY COUNCIL WANTS MARTIAL LAW IMPOSED / PRIME MINISTER, U.S. DIFFER ON HUSSEIN HANDOVER / CHALABI SAYS HUSSEIN COULD FACE DEATH PENALTY / IRAQI OIL OFFICIAL ASSASSINATED IN KIRKUK... / ...AS ATTACKS ON OIL FIELDS HALT DISTRIBUTION / IRAQ PURCHASES RECONNAISSANCE PLANES, HELICOPTERS / U.S.-SPONSORED POLL SHOWS WIDESPREAD ANTI-AMERICAN SENTIMENT / PURPORTED AL-ZARQAWI LETTER CLAIMS U.S. CLOSING IN ON MILITANTS / FIVE KURDISH ARMY RECRUITS KILLED AND BURNED / DEAL UNDERWAY TO LINK MOBILE NETWORKS / OIC RESOLUTION ENDORSES IRAQI INTERIM GOVERNMENT / IRAN DENIES MOVING TROOPS TO IRAQI BORDER / AS KUWAIT DENIES THE BORDER IS A MEETING POINT FOR TERRORISTS / IRAQI FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS HIS COUNTRY WILL NOT ALLOW PKK TO ATTACK TURKEY / PERELLI SAYS SUCCESS OF ELECTIONS WILL DEPEND ON BALLOTING PROCESS / WHO SPONSORS TRAINING FOR IRAQI HEALTH CARE WORKERS / U.S. APPOINTS FOUR-STAR GENERAL TO ASSUME IRAQ COMMAND / COMMISSION FINDS NO LINKS BETWEEN IRAQ, AL-QAEDA IN 9-11 ATTACKS / U.S. DEFENSE SECRETARY REPORTEDLY ORDERED MILITARY TO KEEP DETAINEE OFF PRISON ROLLS / NORWAY DROPS CASE AGAINST MULLAH KREKAR / U.K. TO COURT MARTIAL SOLDIERS ON PRISONER ABUSE CHARGES / NATO CHIEF SAYS ORGANIZATION CANNOT 'SLAM THE DOOR' ON IRAQ