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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 17 Jun 2004 [PDF]

• Transcript: Defense Department Regular Briefing 17 Jun 2004 -- Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and General Peter Pace, Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• Defense Department Report, June 17: Iraq Operational Update Washington File 17 Jun 2004 -- U.S. military forces in Iraq detained a known, high-ranking Iraqi terrorist for seven months without notifying the International Committee of the Red Cross at the specific request of CIA Director George Tenet, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said June 17.
• IRAQ WRAP VOA 17 Jun 2004 -- In Iraq, at least 40 people were killed and more than 100 others injured when a vehicle packed with ammunition exploded outside a Baghdad recruiting station where Iraqis were waiting to sign up to join the country's new military. The devastating car bomb attack was another indication that insurgents are stepping up efforts to disrupt the upcoming handover of power on July 1rst.
• IRAQ / BOMBING UPDATE VOA 17 Jun 2004 -- In Baghdad, a car packed with artillery rounds blew up in front of a recruitment center for an Iraqi military security force, killing at least 30 people and wounding more than 100. The attack, believed to be a suicide bombing, is the latest in a string of deadly attacks in Iraq that officials say are aimed at disrupting the transfer of power from the U.S.-led administration to an Iraqi interim government July First.
• IRAQ / BOMBING VOA 17 Jun 2004 -- In Baghdad, a car packed with artillery rounds exploded in front of a recruitment center for an Iraqi military security force, killing at least 30 people and wounding more than 100. The attack, believed to be a suicide bombing, is the latest in a string of deadly attacks officials say are aimed at disrupting the transfer of power from the U.S.-led administration to an Iraqi interim government at the end the month.

Deployments

• Exercise Desert Talon trains units for Iraq deployments Marine Corps News 17 Jun 2004 -- Academic classes for Exercise Desert Talon 2-04 began on station Tuesday and practical application exercises will begin Saturday prompting an increase in use of tactical aviation and ground equipment throughout Yuma County.
• BUSH / IRAQ VOA 17 Jun 2004 -- Less than two-weeks before the transfer of sovereignty to Iraq's interim government, President Bush is defending his decision to go to war and oust Saddam Hussein.

US Policy

• White House Report, June 17: Iraq Washington File 17 Jun 2004 -- BUSH ASSERTS SADDAM HUSSEIN-AL QAEDA CONTACTS / COOPERATION WITH RED CROSS ON DETAINEES
• PENTAGON/IRAQ PRISONER VOA 17 Jun 2004 -- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld admits the U.S. military held a prisoner captured in Iraq for months in secret without notifying the Red Cross.
• U.S.: Torture -- Memos Spur Debate On Defining The Use Of Pain (Part 1) RFE/RL 17 Jun 2004 -- What is torture, and when -- if ever -- can pain be inflicted on a prisoner? Those questions are now being debated after the leaking of U.S. government memos that recommend, among other things, that interrogators be permitted to use pain to elicit information from detainees.

• Wolfowitz Reassures Iraqi Kurds of U.S. Commitment AFPS 17 Jun 2004 -- The United States stands firmly behind its Kurdish allies and feels the best bet for their future is in a united, democratic Iraq, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz told Iraqi Kurd leaders in northern Iraq today.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraqi People Must Take Responsibility, Kurdish Leader Says AFPS 17 Jun 2004 -- The Iraqi people must be responsible for their own security and not depend on American troops to defeat terrorism in Iraq, the leader of the People's Union of Kurdistan said today.
• IRAQ: Modernising textbooks to continue despite assassination IRIN 17 Jun 2004 -- By many accounts, Kamal Jerah’s work purging textbooks with references to the former ruling Ba’ath Party and creating a new curriculum for schools had nothing to do with his assassination on Sunday.

Foreign Reactions

• BRITAIN / IRAQ VOA 17 Jun 2004 -- British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw says Thursday's car bombing in Baghdad is a direct attack on the Iraqi people, but it will not affect the June 30th transfer of power to the interim Iraqi government.

News Reports

• Iraqi Media Monitoring UNAMI 17 Jun 2004
• IRAQ / ZARQAWI VOA 17 Jun 2004 -- Iraq's interim interior minister says one of the most sought-after terrorists in the world, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, was likely behind a deadly suicide car bombing in Baghdad.