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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 13 OCt 2004 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• EXPLOSION IN EASTERN BAGHDAD KILLS THREE
• TASK FORCE BAGHDAD SOLDIER DIES IN IED ATTACK
• DoD Identifies Army Casualties
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualties

• IRAQI NATIONAL GUARD AND MULTI-NATIONAL FORCES DETAIN 23, FOIL ROADSIDE BOMB CENTCOM 13 Oct 2004 -- The Iraqi National Guard and Multi-National Forces from 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team) detained 23 people wanted for anti-Iraqi activities and foiled a roadside bomb Tuesday in northern Iraq.
• Iraqi Premier Demands Handover Of Al-Zarqawi RFE/RL 13 Oct 2004 -- Interim Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi is threatening military action against the main insurgent stronghold of Al-Fallujah if residents don't hand over Jordanian-born militant Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi and his comrades.

Deployments

• Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group Deploys Navy NewsStand 13 Oct 2004 -- Nearly 7,600 Sailors left their home ports as the USS Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group (HSTCSG) deployed Wednesday, Oct. 13 in support of the Global War On Terrorism.

US Policy

• United States Urges International Commitment to Rebuilding Iraq Washington File 13 Oct 2004 -- Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage has invited international donors to raise their commitment to Iraqi reconstruction, particularly in the humanitarian sectors of electricity and water infrastructure, following the United States' decision to shift $3.46 billion in funds away from these areas and into programs aimed at strengthening Iraq's security forces.
• Powell-Iraq VOA 13 Oct 2004 -- Secretary of State Colin Powell, in a Washington address late Wednesday, said the insurgency in Iraq is weakening and that Fallujah and other key towns in the so-called Sunni Triangle of central Iraq will soon be under government control.

United Nations

• Iraq: UN Mission Hopes For Tighter Controls On Iraqi 'Dual-Use' Sites RFE/RL 13 Oct 2004 -- An official with the UN's arms inspection team for Iraq says his agency remains concerned about the disappearance of material that could be used to make chemical, biological or ballistic weapons.
• Aid to Iraq should foster climate conducive to elections, UN official tells donors UN News Centre 13 Oct 2004 -- Everything must be done between now and January to foster a political climate in Iraq conducive to open, free and fair elections, the head of the main United Nations development agency (UNDP) told donors meeting today in Tokyo.

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraq: Donor Conference On Iraq Opens In Japan RFE/RL 13 Oct 2004 -- Officials from 55 countries and organizations have gathered in Tokyo to discuss international reconstruction funds for Iraq. Japan and the United States today called upon donor countries to not waver in the face of continuing violence in Iraq and to honor pledges they have already made to help rebuild the war-torn country.
• Iraq Appeals For More, Quicker Aid RFE/RL 13 Oct 2004 -- Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister Barham Ahmad Salih has told an international aid donor's conference that his country urgently needs more help from the world community.
• Iraqi Air Force Set to Receive Additional Aircraft AFPS 13 Oct 2004 -- The Iraqi air force's 70th Squadron will take possession of the first two SAMA CH2000 light air surveillance aircraft Oct. 29, in Basrah, as the first delivery of an addition to the force that will number eight to 16 aircraft.
• IRAQ: More Iraqis return to the south IRIN 13 Oct 2004 -- Sixty-two Iraqi refugees arrived in the southern city of Basra last week following the resumption of the office for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) voluntary repatriation programme for such refugees in Iran.
• IRAQ: Lack of books affecting children's education IRIN 13 Oct 2004 -- A shortage of books and poor conditions in schools is slowing the educational progress of Iraqi children, according to teachers in the capital, Baghdad.

Foreign Reactions

• German Chancellor Says No Troops To Iraq RFE/RL 13 Oct 2004 -- German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said today that his country's policy on Iraq has not changed and Germany has no plans to send any troops to that country.
• Japan offers dlrs 40m in election aid to Iraq IRNA 13 Oct 2004 -- Iraq received reconstruction aid offers from several countries including Japan at an international conference of donors that began Wednesday in Tokyo, pledging in return to make the country safer by January when it will hold parliamentary elections.
• BRITAIN/IRAQ VOA 13 Oct 2004 -- Answering parliamentary questions Wednesday, Prime Minister Tony Blair strongly denied that he misrepresented pre-war intelligence regarding Saddam Hussein's mass destruction weapons arsenal. The British leader is under growing pressure to apologize for using evidence now proven to be false in building his case for war.

News Reports

• Iraqi Media Monitoring UNAMI 13 Oct 2004