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• Transcript: Coalition Provisional Authority Briefing 26 Jun 2004 -- Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt, Deputy Director for Coalition Operations; and Dan Senor, Senior Adviser, CPA
• US Steps Up Campaign to Capture al-Zarqawi VOA News 26 Jun 2004 -- The U.S. military in Iraq says it has stepped up its campaign to hunt down wanted terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
• Blast Kills 17 Iraqis in Hilla VOA News 26 Jun 2004 -- Coalition officials in Iraq say a suspected car bomb in Hilla, south of Baghdad, has killed 17 Iraqis and wounded 40 others.
• Officials Hope $10 Million Bounty Will Help Capture Zarqawi AFPS 26 Jun 2004 -- When the United States put $15 million each on the heads of Saddam Hussein's sons, Uday and Qusay Hussein, it took only about week for someone to turn them in.
• Violence Strikes Iraqi Cities of Arbil, Baquba RFE/RL 26 Jun 2004 -- A car bomb exploded near a college in the northern Iraqi-Kurdish city of Arbil today, killing at least one person. Kurdish officials say some 40 people were wounded.

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• Iraqi Security Forces Open the First JCC in Northern Iraq CENTCOM News Story 26 Jun 2004 -- The Iraqi Security Forces in the Ninevah Province increased their ability to protect Iraqi citizens and to react to emergencies, when they opened the first Joint Coordination Center in northern Iraq June 23. All security operations will operate from the Mosul JCC where a representative from every security force element will be stationed to facilitate coordination.
• United States, European Union Declare Support for Iraqi People Washington File 26 Jun 2004 -- The European Union and the United States expressed their support for the people of Iraq in a joint declaration issued June 26 at the U.S.-EU Summit in Shannon, Ireland.
• United States, European Union Committed to Helping Iraq, Bush Says Washington File 26 Jun 2004 -- The United States and the European Union "are united in our determination to help the people of Iraq," President Bush said during a joint press availability June 26 after the U.S.-EU Summit in Shannon, Ireland.
• Iraq's Old Regime Must Make Peace with New Leadership, Powell Says Washington File 26 Jun 2004 -- Those who are creating instability in Iraq must make peace with Iraq's new leadership, Secretary of State Colin Powell told Arab newspaper journalists June 24.
• International Community Promoting Freedom in Iraq, Bush Says Washington File 26 Jun 2004 -- The international community has a responsibility to promote the rise of a free Iraq, and it is meeting that responsibility, President Bush said in his June 26 radio address to the nation.
• Coalition Continues to Prepare Iraq for Sovereignty AFPS 26 Jun 2004 -- Iraqi and coalition security forces continue joint operations to establish a stable Iraq, repair infrastructure, stimulate the economy and pass sovereignty to the people of Iraq, said Army Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt during a news conference in Baghdad today.
• BUSH IRAQ VOA 26 Jun 2004 -- President Bush says violence in Iraq does not threaten plans to handover power there on Wednesday. In his weekly radio address, Mr. Bush told Americans the nation is safer from terrorist attack because of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.
• BUSH EU VOA 26 Jun 2004 -- President Bush says the United States and the European Union stand together in their support for Iraq's new interim government, and he is urging NATO to step in with help for Iraqi security forces. He spoke after talks in Ireland with Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern, who holds the rotating EU presidency, and officials from the European Commission.

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Foreign Reactions

• European Union Pledges Support to New Iraqi Government AFPS 26 Jun 2004 -- The 25-nation European Union today pledged its support for Iraq's new interim government, President Bush said in his weekly radio address.
• Statement by NATO Secretary General <>u>NATO 26 Jun 2004 -- Today, NATO Ambassadors reached an initial agreement to respond positively to the request of the Iraqi Interim Government for assistance with the training of its security forces, in accordance with UN Security Resolution 1546.
• SOKOR/IRAQ/HOSTAGE VOA 26 Jun 2004 -- The remains of the young Korean worker beheaded by Iraqi militants last week were returned to South Korea Saturday, as South Korean officials formally announced an investigation into the government's alleged mishandling of the case.

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