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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 08 Jul 2004 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty

• Transcript: Defense Department Operational Update Briefing 08 Jul 2004 -- Lawrence Di Rita, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs; General David Rodriguez, Deputy Director for Operations, J-3, Joint Staff
• Captured Marine Safe at U.S. Embassy in Beirut AFPS 08 Jul 2004 -- Marine Corps Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun arrived safely today at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, according to a defense official.
• U-S MARINE / LEBANON VOA 08 Jul 2004 -- A U.S. Marine reported missing from Iraq more than two weeks ago has surfaced in Lebanon and is undergoing questioning at the American embassy in Beirut. U.S. officials are providing little information about the case of Marine Corporal Wassef Ali Hassoun, who had been earlier reported to have been a prisoner of Iraqi extremists.
• IRAQ WRAP VOA 08 Jul 2004 -- An American Marine missing from duty in Iraq since last month and who had earlier been reported executed has mysteriously surfaced at the U-S embassy in Lebanon. In Iraq itself, at least five American soldiers have been killed in more insurgent attacks just a day after the Baghdad government gave itself new powers to deal with the on-going unrest.
• LEBANON/ U.S. MARINE VOA 08 Jul 2004 -- U.S. Embassy officials in Lebanon say missing U.S. Marine corporal Wassef Ali Hassoun could be in Lebanon.
• U.S. Says Missing Marine Apparently Safe RFE/RL 08 Jul 2004 -- The U.S. Embassy in Beirut says it has "credible information" that a U.S. Marine who went missing in Iraq two weeks ago is safe in his native Lebanon.

Deployments

• Iraq, Afghanistan Troop-Rotation Plans Announced AFPS 08 Jul 2004 -- Troop levels will stay the same for the next rotations of operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom, Defense Department officials said today.

US Policy

• CONGRESS / INTELLIGENCE VOA 08 Jul 2004 -- The U.S. Senate is expected to release a report Friday blaming the Central Intelligence Agency for faulty intelligence used to justify the U.S.-led war in Iraq.

United Nations

• Officials of Iraq's Independent Electoral Commission finish UN-backed training UN News Centre 08 Jul 2004 -- Officials serving with Iraq's Independent Electoral Commission have concluded two weeks of intensive training in Mexico City - a crucial step in the run-up to polling set for early next year, the United Nations announced today.

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraq's 6th Battalion Completes Training, Activates AFPS 08 Jul 2004 -- The Iraqi army's 6th Battalion completed its basic training and activated today at a graduation ceremony for 523 soldiers at the Kurkush military training base.
• IRAQ: Interview with Fuad Masoum, pre-election conference head IRIN 08 Jul 2004 -- Fuad Masoum, the man chosen to head preparations for a conference expected to elect a parliamentary body, is now meeting a working group once a week to decide details of the event, which is to be held in late July.

Foreign Reactions

• Indian premier denies sending troops to Iraq IRNA 08 Jul 2004 -- Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday denied that there had been any change in the Government`s position on sending troops to Iraq.
• PHILIPPINES WORKERS/IRAQ VOA 08 Jul 2004 -- Philippine President Gloria Arroyo has suspended sending workers to Iraq after militants kidnapped a Filipino driver. The militants have threatened to kill the man unless Philippine troops withdraw from Iraq.

News Reports

• Iraqi Media Monitoring UNAMI 08 Jul 2004
• Iraq: Prospects Dim For Building Broader Multinational Force RFE/RL 08 Jul 2004 -- As U.S. forces continue to take casualties daily in Iraq, many world leaders say the attacks underline the need to more broadly internationalize the U.S.-led force securing the country. But how real are the prospects for doing so? India and Pakistan -- two states Washington once hoped to involve -- both repeated this week that they have no immediate plans to contribute forces, and the new Iraqi government has ruled out roles for neighboring Arab Muslim states for fear they might interfere in Iraq's domestic affairs.