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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 22 Jul 2004 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty

• IMEF Marines and soldiers engage in daylong firefight with AIF -- suffer 14 WIA CENTCOM 22 Jul 2004 -- I MEF sustained fourteen casualties; 13 Marines and one soldier were wounded in action. However, none of the injuries suffered were considered life threatening in nature; ten of the 14 have already returned to duty.
• U.S. Troops Kill 25 Insurgents In Al-Ramadi RFE/RL 22 Jul 2004 -- The U.S. military says U.S. soldiers killed 25 insurgents, wounded 17 others, and captured 25 more during several hours of fighting in the western Iraqi city of Al-Ramadi.
• New Video: 7 Kidnap Victims Held by Militants in Iraq VOA 22 Jul 2004 -- Officials from several countries say they are doing everything possible to secure the safe release of seven truck drivers kidnapped in Iraq.

Deployments

• El Salvador to Continue Iraq Deployment AFPS 22 Jul 2004 -- El Salvador has "reupped" and will continue its deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, DoD officials said today.

US Policy

• IG: Individual discipline failures led to detainee abuse Army News 22 Jul 2004 -- While there is room for improvement in detainee operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, cases of reported detainee abuse there were caused primarily by individuals failing to live up to the standards of decency and Army Values they had been taught in the Army, according to an Inspector General inspection report made public during recent congressional testimony.
• Bad Troops, Poor Leaders Responsible for Detainee Abuses AFPS 22 Jul 2004 -- A few "bad apples" and a lack of proper supervision - not a failure in military training, doctrine or policy - were responsible for detainee abuses in Afghanistan and Iraq, senior Army leaders told a Senate committee today.
• CONGRESS - PRISONER ABUSE VOA 22 Jul 2004 -- The U.S. Army's inspector general has found a total of 94 cases of confirmed or alleged abuse of prisoners by U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, a higher number than previous estimates by the Defense Department. The inspector general testified before a Senate panel Thursday

• POWELL / BULGARIA / PHILIPPINES VOA 22 Jul 2004 -- Secretary of State Colin Powell says the Philippines' withdrawal from Iraq in the face of the kidnapping of a Filipino national was a "serious disappointment." Mr. Powell held talks with Bulgaria's foreign minister Thursday and hailed that country for standing fast against the kidnappers of two Bulgarians.
• Powell Thanks Bulgaria for Standing Up to Kidnappers in Iraq Washington File 22 Jul 2004 -- Secretary of State Colin Powell has thanked Bulgaria for its "steadfast support" for the liberation of Iraq and for its decision not to accede to the demands of terrorists who murdered one of two Bulgarian hostages.
• Powell Praises Iraqis' Efforts to Re-establish Security Washington File 22 Jul 2004 -- Secretary of State Colin Powell praised the efforts of Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi to re-establish security in Iraq and pledged continued U.S. support for the Iraqis working to bring the situation under control.

United Nations

• UN role in Iraq is to support its people, Annan and his new envoy say UN News Centre 22 Jul 2004 -- Emphasizing the importance of security for United Nations activities in Iraq, Secretary-General Kofi Annan and his newly-appointed senior envoy to the country, Ashraf Jehangir Qazi, said today this work will focus on supporting national efforts to achieve the political transition.
• U.N./IRAQ ENVOY VOA 22 Jul 2004 -- The United Nations' new special envoy to Iraq says he is optimistic about a renewed U.N. mission to help facilitate Iraqi elections. But U.N. officials remain concerned about lack of security for the international workers.

Reconstruction Issues

• IRAQ: Repair work continuing in Fallujah IRIN 22 Jul 2004 -- Following recent air strikes in the Iraqi city of Fallujah, some 30 km west of Baghdad, aid workers are still trying to provide aid and carry out repair work.

Foreign Reactions

• KENYA / IRAQ / HOSTAGES VOA 22 Jul 2004 -- The Kenyan government has urged all of its citizens to leave Iraq after confirming that militants are holding three Kenyan contract workers captive. The militants have threatened to behead them, along with three Indians and an Egyptian, unless their Kuwaiti employer pulls out of Iraq. Shocked Kenyans are demanding a quick and safe end to the hostage crisis.
• Australian Inquiry Finds Intelligence Failures on Iraq's WMD Threat VOA 22 Jul 2004 -- An investigation into Australia's intelligence agencies has cleared the government of allegations that it manipulated information to justify its involvement in the war against Iraq. The inquiry report did, however, criticize the work of the country's intelligence agencies.
• Iraq, Neighbors to Meet on Bolstering Border Security VOA 22 Jul 2004 -- Countries neighboring Iraq have agreed to send their interior ministers and security officials to Iran to discuss ways to secure their borders against armed infiltrators.
• Philippine Hostage Home From Iraq As Relations Cool with US VOA 22 Jul 2004 -- Freed Philippine hostage Angelo de la Cruz returned Thursday afternoon to a hero's welcome in Manila. But the Philippine government acknowledges the price of freedom was high as relations between the Philippines and the United States are tested.

News Reports

• RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 7, Number 27 22 Jul 2004 -- FOREIGN MINISTERS GATHER IN CAIRO FOR MEETING ON IRAQ / IRAQI ISLAMIC PARTY MEMBER ASSASSINATED IN BAGHDAD / IRAQI PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCES CREATION OF SECURITY ORGAN / PRESIDENT SAYS PLANS UNDER WAY FOR FEDERAL SUPREME COURT / IRAQI DEFENSE MINISTER VOWS TO HIT STATES THAT SUPPORT TERRORISM / NEW AMBASSADORS ANNOUNCED / OIL MINISTRY PLANS TO BOOST PRODUCTION IN 2005 / IRAQ ISSUES TREASURY BILLS... / ...AS IRAQ STOCK EXCHANGE PROFILED / IRAQI OFFICIAL ASSASSINATED IN AL-BASRAH / SUICIDE BOMBER STRIKES IRAQI POLICE STATION / DAILY REPORTS IRAQI PRESIDENT, U.S. AMBASSADOR AT ODDS OVER AMNESTY / IRAQI PRIME MINISTER ALLOWS 'AL-HAWZAH' TO RESUME PRINTING / KURDISH DELEGATION ASKS GRAND AYATOLLAH TO INTERVENE IN KIRKUK / FILIPINO, EGYPTIAN HOSTAGES RELEASED / BODY OF BULGARIAN HOSTAGE RECOVERED IN BAGHDAD / RUMORS CLAIM ALLAWI SHOT DEAD SIX DETAINEES / MILITANTS THREATEN TO KILL IRAQI PRIME MINISTER... / ÉAS TERRORIST GROUP DENIES THREATENING JAPAN, ARAB AND MUSLIM STATES / DAILY REPORTS AL-SADR MILITIA REGROUPING WITH HELP FROM IRAN / JUSTICE MINISTER DISCUSSES ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT, AL-ZARQAWI / IRAQI SHEIKH CRITICIZES IRAN FOR MEDDLING IN IRAQI AFFAIRS / IRAQI PRIME MINISTER MEETS WITH JORDANIAN KING / FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS IRAQ WILL SIGN PACT OF GUARANTEES WITH KUWAIT / TURKISH EXPORTS TOP $880 MILLION IN FIRST HALF OF YEAR / IRAQ REQUESTS RETURN OF IAEA INSPECTORS / ARMITAGE MEETS AL-ZEBARI IN BAGHDAD / RUSSIAN MILITARY WILL NOT SEND TROOPS TO IRAQ
• Army Inspector General Report Determines CACI Interrogators Met Army Statement of Work Criteria CACI 22 Jul 2004 -- CACI International Inc (NYSE:CAI) today responded to the just released Army Inspector General (IG) Report.