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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 21 Jun 2005 [PDF]
• 1ST COSCOM SOLDIER KILLED BY IED
• DoD Identifies Army Casualties
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty

• Transcript: Briefing on Security Operations in Iraq 21 Jun 2005 -- Presenter: Lieutenant General John R. Vines, Commander, Multinational Corps Iraq
• Central Command Report, June 21: Iraq Operational Update Washington File 21 Jun 2005 -- No changes are expected in the number of U.S. military forces operating in Iraq for that country's October referendum on a new constitution and its general elections in December, according to a senior military officer there.
• US General: Iraq Insurgency Fueled by Foreigners and Money VOA 21 Jun 2005 -- The commanding general of coalition forces in Iraq says the insurgency is fueled largely by foreign fighters and money, rather than by ideology. The general spoke via satellite link with reporters at the Pentagon.
• Ground Forces Commander in Iraq Cites Progress AFPS 21 Jun 2005 -- With the one-year anniversary of the return of sovereignty to the Iraqi government approaching, the commander of ground troops there today said he is pleased with the progress being made in the country.
• Marines Adapt to Protect Against Threats from IEDs AFPS 21 Jun 2005 -- The Marine Corps is adapting the way it protects its servicemembers against improvised explosive devices, according to a statement read to the House Armed Services Committee here today.
• Local tip helps Soldiers seize terror suspects MNF-I 21 Jun 2005 -- An Iraqi citizen's tip helped Task Force Baghdad Soldiers capture eight terror suspects in the Risalah district of south Baghdad on June 20.
• Operation Spear update MNF-I 21 Jun 2005 -- Iraqi Security Forces and Marines, Sailors and Soldiers from Regimental Combat Team-2, 2nd Marine Division, continue Operation Spear (Romhe), in and around the city of Karabilah in Western Al Anbar province.

Deployments

US Policy

• Key Democrat Calls on Bush To Change Course in Iraq VOA 21 Jun 2005 -- The top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is calling on President Bush to change course in Iraq or risk failure that could harm U.S. national security. Senator Joe Biden of Delaware delivered a speech in Washington two days after he announced his intention to run for president in 2008.
• Congress Wants Pentagon Documents on Iraq Development Funds VOA 21 Jun 2005 -- U.S. lawmakers have sharply criticized U.S. handling of the Development Fund for Iraq that was to be used for the reconstruction of Iraq after the invasion.
• Rice Calls for a New International Partnership on Iraq Washington File 21 Jun 2005 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says an international conference on Iraq taking place in Brussels, Belgium, June 22 offers an opportunity to build a new international partnership for Iraq.
• Insurgency Can't Long Disrupt Iraqi Political Progress, Rice Says AFPS 21 Jun 2005 -- The recently escalating insurgency in Iraq cannot stop the rapid, revolutionary political change that is occurring there, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said in a TV interview June 20 in Cairo, Egypt.
• New U.S. Ambassador 'Horrified' By Iraq Violence RFE/RL 21 Jun 2005 -- The new U.S. ambassador to Iraq, Zalmay Khalilzad, said today he is horrified at the level of violence wracking the country, and that Islamic extremists and former members of Saddam Hussein's outlawed Ba'ath Party are trying to start a civil war in Iraq.

United Nations

• Annan says UN operation in Iraq hard work, no fanfare IRNA 21 Jun 2005 -- United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan said that UN operation in Iraq is hard work and there is no fanfare, UN Information Center in Tehran (UNIC) said on Tuesday.
• Annan to make Iraqi funds available for development, UN arrears UN News Centre 21 Jun 2005 -- United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today informed the Security Council of his intention to transfer the amount of $220,256,697 from the escrow account set up under the former UN arms inspection regime into accounts for the country's development and the repayment of its UN arrears.
• United Nations Funds To Help Iraq Pay Dues Washington File 21 Jun 2005 -- The United Nations will release more than $20 million held in an escrow account to help Iraq pay its U.N. dues and related obligations, Secretary-General Kofi Annan has announced.

Reconstruction Issues

• World Monument Fund Names All of Iraq as an Endangered Cultural Site VOA 21 Jun 2005 -- For the first time ever, the World Monument Fund has named an entire country, Iraq, to its watch list of the world's most endangered architectural and cultural sites.
• Foreign Minister Says Iraq Can Handle US Troop Reduction VOA 21 Jun 2005 -- Iraq's foreign minister, Hoshyar Zebari, says his country can handle any cuts in the U.S. troop presence there because Iraqi forces are getting stronger.
• Iraq: Country To Call On Donor States To Follow Through RFE/RL 21 Jun 2005 -- An Iraqi delegation to the donors conference in Brussels on 22 June is expected to make a hard sell in an effort to persuade donors to follow through with earlier financial commitments.

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• Attorney Calls Saddam Hussein's Detention Unlawful VOA 21 Jun 2005 -- One of Saddam Hussein's legal advisers says the former Iraqi leader has been held unlawfully and for too long. He also said the Iraqi government should refrain from making political statements about the former president.
• Hussein Says He'd Like To Talk To Bush RFE/RL 21 Jun 2005 -- American soldiers guarding Saddam Hussein say the deposed Iraqi leader told them he would like to talk to U.S. President George W. Bush "to make peace with him."
• IRAQ: Focus on treatment of foreign Arabs IRIN 21 Jun 2005 -- Ahmed Bodini, a Sudanese national, was driving his family home from a supermarket in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, when he was stopped at a checkpoint by government troops and interrogated.