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Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 04 May 2005 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• TWO TASK FORCE BAGHDAD SOLDIERS KILLED BY IEDS
• REMAINS OF SECOND PILOT FOUND FROM APPARENT F/A-18 CRASH

• Suicide Bomber Kills at Least 50 in Northern Iraq VOA 04 May 2005 -- A suicide bomber has killed at least 50 people and wounded more than 100 others at a police recruitment center in northern Iraq. The latest bloodshed brings to around 200 the toll from six days of insurgent attacks.
• Joint force eliminates lines at Iraq gas pumps Army News 04 May 2005 -- New gas pumps and gas stations, repairs and increased security have now eliminated long lines at Iraqi Government gas stations in Task Force Liberty's area of operations in central Iraq.
• MWCS-28 keeps transfer of information reliable USMC News 04 May 2005 -- Communications are vital for commanders to direct their subordinate units on the battlefield.
• Kilo, 3/2 armed, ready to protect USMC News 04 May 2005 -- A Marine's weapon is his most important asset in a combat zone. It protects him and his fellow service members from enemy threats.

Deployments

US Policy

• U.S. House Passes $82 Billion Supplemental Spending Bill Washington File 04 May 2005 -- The U.S. House of Representatives easily approved an $82 billion 2005 emergency supplemental spending bill that would provide critical funding for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, foreign aid programs and humanitarian tsunami relief.

• Judge throws out guilty plea of Abu Ghraib female prison guard VOA 04 May 2005 -- A U.S. military judge at Fort Hood, in Texas, has thrown out a guilty plea agreement for U.S. Army Private First Class Lynndie England, who appeared in many of the most graphic photographs of prisoner abuse at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison last year.

• Statement from Pentagon Spokesman Lawrence Di Rita on Reports that Secretary Rumsfeld Recently Met with Hussein 04 May 2005 -- "The Al Quds news report out of London that Secretary Rumsfeld recently met with Saddam Hussein is false, ludicrous, and malicious. Al Quds is irresponsible in reporting such patent drivel."
• Statement from Pentagon Spokesman Lawrence Di Rita on Reports that Secretary Rumsfeld Recently Met with Hussein 04 May 2005 -- The Al Quds news report out of London that Secretary Rumsfeld recently met with Saddam Hussein is not only false but the allegation that he negotiated with Saddam is absolutely ludicrous.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraq: Sunni Representation Bedevils New Government RFE/RL 04 May 2005 -- Iraq has sworn in a new government, but many influential Sunni leaders remain outside it. They include outgoing President Ghazi Ajil al-Yawir, who stayed away from yesterday's swearing-in ceremony. Analysts say that without credible Sunnis in the government it will be difficult to reach out to this disaffected group. More importantly, without Sunni participation it could be very difficult to undercut the insurgency.

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• Iraqi Media Monitoring UNAMI 04 May 2005
• IRAQ: Divergent views over relationship between NGOs and Coalition IRIN 04 May 2005 -- Persistent violence and the fear of being associated with the US-led Coalition have limited the scope and neutrality of humanitarian agencies in Iraq in spite of available funding for projects, according to aid workers.