The Insider: Daily Terrorism Report

June 9 -- The United Nations Security Council unanimously 15-0 approved the resolution backing Iraqi sovereignty and giving the new leaders clout over a U.S.-led force at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Tuesday. Supporters and opponents of the Iraq war joined forces to help launch the country's interim government. The measure authorizes the U.S.-led multinational force for Iraq, but says the mandate will end when a constitutionally elected government takes power, expected by early 2006, or if the Iraqi government requests it. The Security Council's 15-0 vote on Tuesday followed two weeks of intense negotiations and a last-minute U.S. compromise on a key French and German demand for the resolution to state clearly that the Iraqi government will control all Iraqi forces and have veto power over their participation in military operations by the multinational force.

And in the war on terror — the State Department's "Patterns of Global Terrorism" report issued April 29 is being revised to address terrorist activities, amid charges the document is inaccurate and politically manipulated by the Bush administration, the LA Times reports today The revision will reflect that the number of terrorist incidents increased last year, to the highest level in 20 years, according to U.S. terrorism experts. At the same time, blame is falling today on the FBI and other security organizations as the final 9/11 commission report is set to be released July 26.

THE WAR IN IRAQ

Security Council Endorses Iraqi Government

Supporters, opponents of Iraq war come together to launch country's new interim government. (AP)

U.N. Resolution On Iraq Draft text of the document setting out how Iraq will run after the June 30 handover. (The Guardian)

Kurds Threaten to Walk Away From Iraqi State

Kurdish leaders threatened to withdraw from the Iraqi state unless they received guarantees against Shiite plans to limit Kurdish self-rule. (NY Times)