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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 22 Jun 2004 [PDF]
• FOUR MARINES DIE IN ACTION
• ONE SOLDIER DIES, SEVEN WOUNDED IN MORTAR ATTACK
• TWO TASK FORCE DANCER SOLDIERS KILLED, ONE WOUNDED
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualties

• Navy's New Mobile Security Force Takes Over Security of Iraqi Oil Terminals Navy Newsstand 22 Jun 2004 -- Navy Mobile Security Force Det. 21 (MSF Det. 21) relieved the Interim Marine Corps Security Force (IMCSF), Bahrain, June 5 aboard the Khawr Al Amaya and Al Basrah Oil Terminals (KAAOT and ABOT) in the North Arabian Gulf.

• Iraq: Relatives Of Slain Drivers Say Foreign Fighters, Radical Clerics Have Upper Hand In Al-Fallujah RFE/RL 22 Jun 2004 -- Relatives of six Iraqi truck drivers abducted earlier this month in Al-Fallujah accuse foreign fighters and Muslim radicals of torturing and then killing their loved ones. They say local Iraqi police and Iraqi troops based in the town did nothing to stop the killings.
• IRAQ / KILLING VOA 22 Jun 2004 -- An Islamic militant group in Iraq has executed a South Korean man kidnapped last week, after South Korea refused to give in to demands that it cancel the deployment of three thousand of its troops to Iraq in August.

• Iran: Seizure Of British Patrol Boats, Crews Raising Tensions RFE/RL 22 Jun 2004 -- Iran has seized three small British patrol boats and their eight crew members near its border with Iraq. Tehran says the boats entered its waters illegally, but Britain says they were in the area on a routine mission to train Iraqi police. There is no indication yet of whether or when the British boats and crew will be released.
• IRAN / BRITAIN SEIZURE VOA 22 Jun 2004 -- Diplomatic tensions between Britain and Iran increased Tuesday after Iranian television said eight British navy crewmen would be prosecuted on charges of illegally entering Iranian waters.

Deployments

US Policy

• PRE-TRIAL HEARING STATEMENT CENTCOM 22 Jun 2004 -- Statement by COL Jill Morgenthaler, MNF-I Public Affairs Officer.
• AUTOPSY CONFIRMS DETAINEE'S CAUSE OF DEATH WAS HEART ATTACK CENTCOM 22 Jun 2004 -- An autopsy report confirmed a security internee being detained at Abu Ghraib died of a heart attack, June 10.
• DoD Provides Details on Interrogation Process 23 Jun 2004 -- The Department of Defense today released documents related to the development of interrogation procedures at Guantanamo. These documents are made available to demonstrate that the actions of the U. S. Defense Department are bound by law and guided by American values.
• BUSH TORTURE VOA 22 Jun 2004 -- The White House has released hundreds of pages of documents containing detailed rules for the treatment of prisoners captured during the fight against terrorism. Administration officials say they prove President Bush never authorized the use of torture.

• Bush Condemns 'Brutal' South Korean's Murder in Iraq AFPS 22 Jun 2004 -- President Bush said he believes South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun understands the Free World can't "be intimidated by the brutal action of these barbaric people" who murdered a South Korean contractor in Iraq today.
• Bush, Hungarian Prime Minister Reaffirm Commitment to Free Iraq Washington File 23 Jun 2004 -- President Bush and Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Medgyessy reaffirmed their commitment to a free and peaceful Iraq after their meeting at the White House June 22.
• CONGRESS / DEFENSE / IRAQ VOA 22 Jun 2004 -- senior U.S. official has provided Congress with an early projection of how much money the Bush administration will request next year for military needs in Iraq and Afghanistan. Comments by Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz came as the House of Representatives approved Defense Appropriations bill by a vote 403 to 17 calling for more than 400-billion dollars in Pentagon spending, including 25-billion dollars for ongoing operations in those countries.
• Iraq Success Depends Upon Iraqi-Provided Security, Wolfowitz Says AFPS 22 Jun 2004 -- Success in Iraq is predicated on Iraqis eventually assuming responsibility for their own security, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul D. Wolfowitz told a House panel today.
• BUSH / IRAQ VOA 22 Jun 2004 -- President Bush says the beheading of a South Korean hostage by Iraqi militants is a barbaric act. Mr. Bush is urging South Korea to resist pressures to drop out of the Iraq coalition.
• SENATORS / IRAQ VOA 22 Jun 2004 -- Two U-S Senators just back from a brief visit to Iraq say they are optimistic about the future of that country. But they say a successful transition of power to the Iraqi people will depend on greater international involvement and continued support of the American people.
• IRAQ/WOLFOWITZ VOA 22 Jun 2004 -- Calling the security situation in Iraq "extremely serious", a senior U.S. official says U.S. forces will provide all the support necessary to help protect members of the interim Iraqi government after the July first hand-over of sovereignty.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• IRAQ: Petrol pump shortages still problematic IRIN 22 Jun 2004 -- Queues of cars outside petrol stations in Basra are now becoming a common site in the sweltering heat due to a shortage of petrol stations and outdated pumps.

Foreign Reactions

• Turkey: Ankara Says Kurdish Separatists Are Rekindling Insurgency RFE/RL 22 Jun 2004 -- Turkish security officials say they have been facing a renewed insurgency by Kurdish separatists since the remnants of the Kurdistan Workers Party declared an end to its five-year-old unilateral cease-fire.

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