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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 14 Jul 2004 [PDF]
• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 14 Jul 2004 (2) [PDF]
• TWO STRYKER BRIGADE SOLDIERS KILLED, TWO INJURED IN VEHICLE ACCIDENT
• DoD Identifies Army Casualties
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty

• Transcript: Defense Department Operational Update Briefing 14 Jul 2004 -- Lawrence Di Rita, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs and Brigadier General David Rodriguez, Deputy Director for Operations, J-3, Joint Staff
• IRAQ WRAP VOA 14 Jul 2004 -- Iraq has suffered its worst day of violence since last month's handover of power. At least 10 people were killed in Baghdad Wednesday and several dozen others injured in a terrorist car bombing near the headquarters of the interim government and the U-S and British embassies. In a separate attack, the governor of Mosul was assassinated in an ambush.
• At Least 10 Killed By Blast In Baghdad RFE/RL 14 Jul 2004 -- The car bomb that killed at least 10 people in Baghdad today was detonated at a checkpoint near the main entrance of the so-called Green Zone -- an area that houses foreign embassies, U.S. military headquarters, and the offices of Iraq's new interim government.
• BAGHDAD / BLAST VOA 14 Jul 2004 -- A massive explosion rocked central Baghdad Wednesday morning near the headquarters of the Iraqi-interim government, killing at least 10 Iraqis. As many as 40 others were wounded.
• Bulgarian Hostage Killed In Iraq RFE/RL 14 Jul 2004 -- A Bulgarian hostage has been executed in Iraq, while the Philippines says it has begun withdrawing its small peacekeeping contingent to meet the demand of Iraqi militants who are threatening to kill a Filipino.

Deployments

US Policy

• US / PHILIPPINES HOSTAGE VOA 14 Jul 2004 -- The United States Wednesday expressed disappointment over the Philippine government's decision to withdraw its troops from Iraq to gain release of a Filipino truck driver held hostage there. The action came despite high-level U.S. appeals to the Manila government.

United Nations

• Annan's envoy to Iraq holds first talks at UN Headquarters in New York UN News Centre 14 Jul 2004 -- Ashraf Jehangir Qazi, Secretary-General Kofi Annan's Special Representative for Iraq, held his first meetings today at United Nations Headquarters in New York since being named to the post Monday.

Reconstruction Issues

Foreign Reactions

• Butler Report: Review of Intelligence on Weapons of Mass Destruction Committee of Privy Counsellors 14 Jul 2004 [PDF 1 MB]
• PRESS CONFERENCE: OPENING STATEMENT BY THE CHAIRMAN, THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LORD BUTLER OF BROCKWELL KG GCB CVO Butler Commission/Review of Intelligence on Weapons of Mass Destruction 14 Jul 2004 -- "Thank you for coming to this press conference on the Report of the Review of Intelligence on Weapons of Mass Destruction which I have chaired and which the Government has published today."
• BRITAIN / IRAQ INTELLIGENCE VOA 14 Jul 2004 -- A British investigation has found flaws in London's pre-war assessment of Iraqi's weapons threat, but the report has cleared Prime Minister Tony Blair of deceiving the nation into going to war.
• U.K.: Iraq Probe Finds 'Serious Flaws' In Intelligence RFE/RL 14 Jul 2004 -- An inquiry in Britain has concluded that there were "serious flaws" in the intelligence used to make the case for war in Iraq. The report, released today, finds that much information about Iraq's alleged weapons stockpiles was unreliable. But it also says there is no evidence the government of Prime Minister Tony Blair deliberately tried to mislead the public.

• PHILIPPINES/IRAQ HOSTAGE VOA 14 Jul 2004 -- The Philippine government says it has begun withdrawing at least a portion of its 51-member peacekeeping contingent from Iraq, apparently part of a negotiated settlement to free a Filipino hostage held in Iraq by Islamic militants. The move is welcome news in the Philippines, but it is provoking criticism from Washington and elsewhere.

News Reports

• Iraq: Old Sabaean-Mandean Community Is Proud of Its Ancient Faith RFE/RL 14 Jul 2004 -- Iraq's Sabaean-Mandean religious community is one of the smallest and most peaceful in Iraq. Sabaeans insist their religion is one of the oldest in the world and consider themselves to be the followers of the message given to Adam, whom the Bible says is the first man created on Earth.