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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 23 Jul 2004 [PDF]
• TWO SOLDIERS KILLED AND ONE WOUNDED IN IED ATTACK

• STRIKE TARGETS THE ZARQAWI NETWORK CENTCOM 23 Jul 2004 -- Multi-National Forces - Iraq conducted a precision attack on anti-Iraqi forces in southwest Fallujah today at 6:33 AM local Baghdad time.
• Central Command Report, July 23: Middle East Update Washington File 23 Jul 2004 -- Coalition forces in Iraq launched their eighth military operation against elements of the al-Zarqawi terrorist network in Fallujah, Iraq, on July 23.
• Iraq: U.S. Military Targets Suspected Insurgents In Al-Fallujah Air Strike RFE/RL 23 Jul 2004 -- U.S. aircraft on 23 July targeted insurgents in Al-Fallujah suspected of having links with alleged Al-Qaeda operative Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi.
• IRAQ / ATTACK VOA 23 Jul 2004 -- U.S. forces in Iraq carried out a missile attack against a group of suspected insurgents in the city of Fallujah early Friday. Local officials said no one was killed, but several people were injured. Iraqi government officials say the attacks are intended to wipe out the base of support for the most wanted man in Iraq.

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US Policy

• State's Armitage Meets Iraq's Interim Leaders in Baghdad Washington File 23 Jul 2004 -- Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage has expressed confidence in the interim Iraqi government after talks in Baghdad with the interim president and prime minister.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• IRAQI ARMED FORCES BASE OPENS IN NORTHERN IRAQ CENTCOM 23 Jul 2004 -- The opening of the Al Kasik Military Training Base, which will eventually house the 3rd Division of the Iraqi Armed Forces, was celebrated by local leaders and government officials who gathered there Wednesday.
• IRAQ / WATER VOA 23 Jul 2004 -- While oil may be the key to Iraq's future, clean water is a far more immediate concern. The country has a bountiful supply of water from two main rivers making the country capable of tremendous growth. However, the quality of Iraq's water has so bad, it is being blamed for the majority of illnesses in the country.

Foreign Reactions

• U.S. AND UK PRE-WAR INTEL REPORTS: NO ONE RESPONSIBLE, 'NO ONE GUILTY' US Dept. of State IIP, Foreign Media Reaction 23 Jul 2004
• Straw questionedon withdrawal of Iraq intelligence IRNA 23 Jul 2004 -- The Foreign Affairs Select Committee has written Foreign Secretary Jack Straw to ask why he had failed to tell them that a crucial piece of intelligence had been withdrawn by MI6 during its inquiry on the Iraq war last year.

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