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Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 29 Jun 2004 [PDF]

• Iraqi Militants Free Turkish Hostages VOA News 29 Jun 2004 -- A militant group in Iraq led by suspected al-Qaida linked terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has freed three Turkish hostages it was threatening to kill.
• U.S. Soldier Reported Executed After Iraq Handover RFE/RL 29 Jun 2004 -- Militants in Iraq claim to have shot dead a U.S. soldier who was abducted near Baghdad in April.
• Mosul area policemen receive 2,000 body armor vests Army News Service 29 Jun 2004 -- Iraqi police from the Mosul area received 2,000 vests with protective plates June 25.

Deployments

US Policy

• Statement from Kerry Advisor Rand Beers on Pentagon Plan to Utilize Troops from the Individual Ready Reserve John Kerry for President 29 Jun 2004 -- Kerry National Security Advisor Rand Beers issued the following statement today
• New U.S. Ambassador Meets With Senior Iraqi Officials AFPS 29 Jun 2004 -- America's new ambassador to Iraq, John D. Negroponte, today presented his credentials to senior Iraqi government officials.

United Nations

• Hailing new opportunity to stabilize Iraq, Annan pledges UN's support UN News Centre 29 Jun 2004 -- Secretary-General Kofi Annan, currently travelling in the Middle East, today hailed the restoration of Iraq's sovereignty as a chance to reconstruct the war-ravaged nation and pledged the full support of the United Nations in this endeavour.
• United Nations Hails Iraqi Power Transfer Washington File 29 Jun 2004 -- Secretary-General Kofi Annan and the U.N. Security Council issued statements June 28 welcoming the handover of sovereignty from the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) to the independent Interim Government of Iraq.

Reconstruction Issues

• Defense Department Report, June 29: Three Detainees Will Have Trials Washington File 29 Jun 2004 -- MILITARY COMMISSION TO HEAR DETAINEE EVIDENCE / LARGE NUMBER OF IRAQ ARMY OFFICERS COMPLETE TRAINING
• Iraqi Government Must Win Hearts and Minds, Says Iraqi Envoy to U.S. Washington File 29 Jun 2004 -- Iraq's new ambassador to the United States, Rend Al-Rahim, said the interim Iraqi government has to deal with several issues to win the battle for the "hearts and minds" of the Iraqi people and assure the survival and future prosperity of Iraq.
• Transcript: Press Conference with Iraqi Prime Minister 29 Jun 2004 -- Iyad Allawi and Iraqi Minister Of Justice Mailk Dohan Al-Hassan
• IRAQ WRAP VOA 29 Jun 2004 -- Iraq's government is preparing to take legal custody of Saddam Hussein ahead of his expected trial on war crimes charges. Just a day after the United States handed sovereignty to the interim government in Baghdad, Prime Minister Iyad Allawi announced the former dictator and other members of his ousted regime will be arraigned later this week.
• IRAQ / NEW START VOA 29 Jun 2004 -- Iraq's representative in the United States says the interim government must quickly win the confidence and trust of the Iraqi population to help in the fight against terrorists aiming to disrupt the transition.
• Iraq: Handover -- Bremer's Legacy Will Linger As Iraqis Assume Mantle Of Governance (Part 3) RFE/RL 29 Jun 2004 -- In a surprise move two days ahead of schedule, the U.S. yesterday ceded the sovereignty of Iraq to the government of interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi. Former Iraqi civil administrator L. Paul Bremer leaves behind a country far from capable of ensuring its own security, and a government with laws and regulations that still bear his imprint.
• IRAQ / SADDAM VOA 29 Jun 2004 -- Iraqi Interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi says his government will take legal custody of former leader Saddam Hussein on Wednesday, along with as many as 11 other senior officials of the former regime.

Foreign Reactions

• UN, Rights Groups Welcome Saddam's Transfer RFE/RL 29 Jun 2004 -- U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and human rights organizations today welcomed the expected transfer of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and other top detainees to Iraqi legal custody.
• BRITAIN / IRAQ VOA 29 Jun 2004 -- Britain says the purging of former Saddam Hussein loyalists in Iraq was a mistake that has made the security situation in that country worse.
• Iraq: World Applauds Sovereignty Transfer, But Divisions Remain RFE/RL 29 Jun 2004 -- Reaction and comment continues to come in from world leaders following Washington's early transfer of political power to the Iraqi government yesterday. The reaction is favorable but, in many cases, stops short of U.S. assertions that Iraqis are now fully in charge of their own affairs.
• IRAQ / REACT VOA 29 Jun 2004 -- Baghdad was abuzz with excitement Tuesday following Monday's transfer of sovereignty to the Iraqi interim government.
• IRAQ: Handover welcomed but security and rights concerns persist IRIN 29 Jun 2004 -- The international community welcomed the handover of power to Iraq on Monday but security and the protection of human rights remain huge concerns in a country where violence has escalated in recent weeks.

News Reports

• Iraqi Media Monitoring UNAMI 29 Jun 2004
• British forces evacuate their bases in Basra IRNA 29 Jun 2004 -- Iraq TV announced on Monday night that simultaneously with the power transfer to the Iraqis in Baghdad the British forces in Basra evacuated a number of their military bases in Basra City.