Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
24 June 2004 - Iraq Special Weapons News
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Current Operations
- OIF/OEF Casualty Update 24 Jun 2004 [PDF]
- TWO SOLDIERS KILLED, SEVEN WOUNDED IN BAQUBAH FIGHTING
- DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
- DoD Identifies Army Casualties
- Transcript: Regular DoD News Briefing 24 Jun 2004 -- Lawrence Di Rita, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs
- As Iraqi Transition Approaches, Attacks Increasing AFPS 24 Jun 2004 -- As the transition of Iraqi sovereignty to the interim government approaches, the number and severity of attacks are increasing, Defense Department officials said today at a Pentagon press conference.
- IRAQ / VIOLENCE VOA 24 Jun 2004 -- With less than a week before the handover of sovereignty to Iraq, insurgents launched a series of deadly, coordinated attacks in several major Iraqi cities, killing dozens of Iraqis and wounding hundreds. A group led by terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has claimed responsibility for launching one of the attacks in the town of Baquba, northeast of the capital.
- IRAQ WRAP VOA 24 Jun 2004 -- Iraqi officials say the death toll from the bloodiest day of insurgent-led attacks in months has risen to at least 85, including three U.S. servicemen.
- IRAQ / VIOLENCE VOA 24 Jun 2004 -- With less than a week before the handover of sovereignty to Iraq, insurgents launched a series of deadly, coordinated attacks in several major Iraqi cities, killing dozens of Iraqis and wounding hundreds. A group led by terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has claimed responsibility for launching one of the attacks in the town of Baquba, northeast of the capital.
Deployments
US Policy
- SPC HARMAN ARTICLE 32 HEARING CENTCOM 24 Jun 2004 -- Statement by COL Jill Morgenthaler, MNF-I PAO.
- Transcript: International Committee of the Red Cross Interaction with Department of Defense on Detainees 22 Jun 2004 -- "My purpose in this brief is to give you background information about the role of the ICRC, how DOD interacts with ICRC, and to describe the confidential aspect of the communications between ICRC and detaining powers, which is quite significant and quite important."
- CONGRESS - PRISONER ABUSE VOA 24 Jun 2004 -- A Senate panel has met with officials of the International Committee of the Red Cross to discuss U.S. treatment of detainees in prisons overseas.
- Immunity of Coalition Forces In Iraq To Extend Beyond Handover Washington File 24 Jun 2004 -- Army General George Casey, the incoming commander of the Multi-National Force-Iraq, says the U.S. political authority in Iraq will extend legal immunity from prosecution in Iraqi courts to all coalition personnel currently serving there granting them protection well beyond the June 30 deadline to hand over sovereignty to Iraq.
- CONGRESS / IRAQ VOA 24 Jun 2004 -- U.S. officials say American troops serving in Iraq after next week's transfer of power would be immune from prosecution in local courts under an agreement in principle between the United States and the interim Iraqi government.
- U.S. in Iraq to Help with Reconstruction and Security, Says Powell Washington File 24 Jun 2004 -- Secretary of State Colin Powell said that while he expects violence to continue in Iraq, he hopes it will dissipate once the Iraqi people see their own government running the country, and recognize that the United States is only there to provide reconstruction assistance and security.
- Senate Committee Grills Nominee for Top Iraq Military Post AFPS 24 Jun 2004 -- The man nominated to command Multinational Force Iraq told senators today that if he decides the coalition needs more troops in Iraq, he will not hesitate to ask for them.
- U.S.: Bush Challenged By Opposition Democrats On Prison-Abuse Scandal RFE/RL 24 Jun 2004 -- The U.S. administration is working hard to counter concerns about American soldiers and contract workers abusing or possibly torturing prisoners at U.S.-run detention facilities. This week, for example, it released documents indicating that President George W. Bush personally insisted that prisoners be treated humanely, even if they are not covered by international laws of war. But that is not enough for Bush's opponents in Congress, who hope to create an independent committee to investigate the scandal.
United Nations
Reconstruction Issues
- Iraq: Kurds Still Hopeful Autonomy Claims Will Be Respected RFE/RL 24 Jun 2004 -- For Iraqi Kurds, one question remains more important than any other: will their goal of political autonomy be realized in a new federal Iraq? Their hopes were dealt a blow earlier this month when a United Nations resolution failed to address the Kurdish issue, but Kurds remain optimistic that negotiations with Iraq's new interim government will bear fruit.
Foreign Reactions
- NATO / IRAQ VOA 24 Jun 2004 -- NATO's top civilian official says the 26-member alliance should not reject a request from Iraq's interim prime minister for NATO to help train Iraqi security forces. The alliance's secretary-general says NATO leaders could agree at a summit in Istanbul early next week to provide such assistance.
- BRITAIN / IRAQ VOA 24 Jun 2004 -- Britain has condemned the latest wave of terrorist bombings in Iraq, but says the hand-over of power next week to an Iraqi interim government will not be affected.
- SOKOR/IRAQ PROTESTS VOA 24 Jun 2004 -- South Korea's government faces growing protests over its handling of the kidnapping of a young Korean civilian in Iraq, who was later beheaded by his captors. Protesters are demanding the government pull its troops out of Iraq, and cancel plans to send more soldiers to help U.S.-led efforts to rebuild the country.
- BRITAIN / IRAN VOA 24 Jun 2004 -- Iran has given custody of eight British servicemen to British diplomats, ending an incident that had threatened to grow into a major diplomatic crisis.
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