July 2004 - Iraq Special Weapons News

19 July 2004 - Iraq Special Weapons News

OIF/OEF Casualty Update 19 Jul 2004 [PDF]
DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
DoD Identifies Army Casualties
HASSOUN DISAPPEARANCE VOA 19 Jul 2004 -- An American Muslim Marine who was reported to have been kidnapped by extremists in Iraq has spoken about his ordeal for the first time since his return to the United States last week. But the circumstances surrounding the disappearance of Corporal Wassef Ali Hassoun still remain unknown amid an on going investigation by the military.
IRAQ WRAP VOA 19 Jul 2004 -- At least nine people were killed and as many as 60 others wounded following the bombing of a police station in southern Baghdad. Elsewhere in the capital, gunmen assassinated a senior defense ministry official near his home late Sunday. Meanwhile, the Philippines waits to see if kidnappers release a Filipino hostage.
Car Bomb Kills At Least Nine In Baghdad RFE/RL 19 Jul 2004 -- Iraqi officials say at least nine people were killed by a car bomb that exploded outside a police station in Baghdad today.

Mongolia Signs on for Another Iraqi Freedom Rotation AFPS 19 Jul 2004 -- Mongolian President Natsagiyn Bagabandi announced that his country will participate in a third rotation of troops in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
PHILIPPINES IRAQ TROOPS VOA 19 Jul 2004 -- The Philippines has ended its peacekeeping mission in Iraq, after more than a year as part of the American-led coalition in that country.

Rumsfeld: Security Role Shifting from Coalition to Iraqi Forces AFPS 19 Jul 2004 -- U.S. and coalition military officials are working with Iraq's interim government to fashion a military chain of command for the Iraqi forces, according to Defense Secretary Donald H. . HRumsfeld.
State's Armitage, Iraq's Zebari Meet Reporters in Baghdad July 18 Washington File 19 Jul 2004 -- Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, the highest member of the Bush administration to visit Iraq since the restoration of sovereignty, and Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari held discussions in Baghdad July 18 on the political and security situation in Iraq.
U.S.: Big Week Begins For Prisoners Held By Pentagon RFE/RL 19 Jul 2004 -- The status of prisoners captured by U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan and Iraq is a controversial issue in the United States. Lawmakers continue to receive new reports of abuses of Iraqi prisoners by U.S. troops. And the Supreme Court has sought to clarify the legal status of foreign detainees at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, saying they have the same rights as prisoners incarcerated in the United States.

IRAQ: Ports implement new security system IRIN 19 Jul 2004 -- Iraqi ports will be among the first in the world to comply with a new United Nations International Maritime Organisation (IMO) code to improve port and shipping security.

IRAQ: Prison tour highlights some positive changes IRIN 19 Jul 2004 -- Almost 80 prisoners were set free last week from the infamous Abu Ghraib prison near the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. They were a handful of the thousands who have been released in recent months following the publication of pictures documenting apparent human rights abuses by US troops that are still under investigation.
Iraq: Government Lifts U.S. Ban On Radical Cleric's Newspaper RFE/RL 19 Jul 2004 -- Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, affirming his stated belief in freedom of the press, has lifted a U.S.-imposed ban on a newspaper belonging to radical Shi'a Muslim cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. The ban was widely seen as helping to spark an al-Sadr-led insurgency against the U.S. coalition, and the lifting of the ban appears to be an attempt by the government to broaden its support as it copes with growing violence.

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