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Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 08 Jun 2005 [PDF]
• SOLDIER KILLED BY IED
• INDIRECT FIRE KILLS TWO 42ND INFANTRY DIVISION SOLDIERS
• TASK FORCE LIBERTY SOLDIER KILLED BY IED IN AD DWAR
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty

• IEDs, Indirect Fire Kill Four Soldiers in Separate Incidents AFPS 08 Jun 2005 -- Improvised explosive devices killed two soldiers In Iraq, and two other soldiers were killed by indirect fire in Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit, military officials in Baghdad reported today.
• 1-9 FA discovers enormous cache in Zafaraniya factory MNF-I 09 Jun 2005 -- A stockpile of materials used to make explosives was discovered June 5 by 1st Battalion, 9th Field Artillery, at a factory in Northern Zafaraniya .
• 1-64 AR Soldiers nab targeted terror suspect, 6 others MNF-I 09 Jun 2005 -- Task Force Baghdad Soldiers captured seven terror suspects, including a man specifically targeted for terrorist activities, and weapons and seized bomb making materials in a series of combat operations conducted in east Baghdad June 6.
• Seabees Upgrade Facilities at Camp Moreell, Provide Training Navy NewsStand 08 Jun 2005 -- Sailors from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5 stationed at Camp Moreell have been busy building, upgrading and expanding facilities on camp since their arrival April.

Deployments

US Policy

• President's Ambassador Nominee Charts Way Forward in Iraq AFPS 08 Jun 2005 -- President Bush's choice to be the new U.S. ambassador to Iraq urged all Iraqis to seize the opportunity offered to them to build a free, democratic country.
• Iraq: U.S. Envoy Vows Spirited Campaign To Help Democratize Country RFE/RL 08 Jun 2005 -- The person nominated to be the new U.S. ambassador to Iraq has vowed to lead a vigorous campaign to guide the next crucial steps of the Iraqi political process and make its citizens more secure.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraq: Tribunal Insists No Trial Date Set For Saddam Hussein RFE/RL 08 Jun 2005 -- The Iraqi Special Tribunal set the record straight on 6 June about claims made by President Jalal Talabani and other members of Iraq's transitional government that former dictator Saddam Hussein would go on trial in the next two months.
• Iraq Sunnis Want Greater Role In Drafting Constitution RFE/RL 08 Jun 2005 -- Iraqi Sunni Arab leaders today said they will demand a greater role in drafting the country's new constitution.
• IRAQ: Poor power supply infrastructure threatens lives IRIN 08 Jun 2005 -- With the onset of summer in Iraq there are increasing concerns that erratic power supplies could have a serious impact on the health of the local population.

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• Iraqi Media Monitoring UNAMI 08 Jun 2005
• Some Insurgents In Iraq Say They Are Ready To Disarm RFE/RL 08 Jun 2005 -- A Sunni Arab politician, Ayham al-Samarra'i, has announced that two insurgent groups are willing to begin negotiations with the government. If such talks took place, the move would open a new political front in embattled Iraq. But a string of coordinated deadly bombings signaled that militants remain fierce.