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• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty

• Al- Douri not in Multi-National custody MNF-I/MNC-I 06 Sep 2004 -- MNF-I confirms that we do not have Izzat Ibrahim al- Douri in custody
• Fifteen Iraqi police killed in VBIED attack MNF-I/MNC-I 06 Sep 2004 -- Fifteen Iraqi police officers were killed and 34 Iraqi police and two Iraqi civilians were wounded when anti-Iraqi forces detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device in front of the Kirkuk Police Academy September 4 at about 3:45 p.m.
• MNF-I capture 15 insurgents during air strike operation MNF-I/MNC-I 06 Sep 2004 -- At around 11:25 PM September 4, Baghdad time, Multi-National Forces - Iraq conducted a successful assault on a known terrorist safehouse in the vicinity of Almad al Hamadi, Southwest of Baghdad. Multiple intelligence reports confirmed the target building was used to plan and conduct terrorist attacks involving rocket propelled grenades, improvised explosive devices, and small arms.
• 1st Infantry Division detain 12 individuals following indirect fire attack MNF-I/MNC-I 06 Sep 2004 -- 1st Infantry Division Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 108th Infantry Regiment detained 12 anti-Iraqi force members following an indirect fire attack on a Multi-National Forces base, near Balad, on Sept. 4 at about 10:30 p.m.
• Mortar Attack Kills Two 13th COSCOM Soldiers AFPS 05 Sep 2004 -- Two soldiers from the 13th Corps Support Command died and 16 were injured as a result of a mortar attack on a multinational force base near Baghdad today, according to a news release.
• Iraqi Defense Minister Dismisses Report on Capture of Saddam Deputy VOA News 05 Sep 2004 -- Iraq's Defense minister has dismissed as "baseless" reports that Iraqi forces have captured one of the most wanted members of Saddam Hussein's ousted dictatorship.
• IRAQ ARREST VOA 05 Sep 2004 -- Iraq's Defense Ministry has announced the arrest of the most wanted man in Iraq: Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, a deputy to Saddam Hussein. Other officials say at least 70 people were killed in the operation.

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• Israel Begins Barrier Construction in Southern West Bank VOA News 05 Sep 2004 -- Israel has begun construction on a portion of the security barrier near the city of Hebron in the southern West Bank.
• PALESTINIANS / GAZA TAKEOVER VOA 05 Sep 2004 -- Palestinian gunmen briefly seized the Governor's office in a southern Gaza Strip town today (Sunday). They were demanding the Palestinian Authority do more to assist families left homeless by Israeli raids last week.
• RUSSIA / AFTERMATH UPDATE VOA 05 Sep 2004 -- Grieving relatives in the town of Beslan in southern Russia continue to search for the remains of those who died Friday when Russian troops stormed the school where more than one-thousand people were held hostage by terrorists. At least 350 people, half of them children, died in Russia's deadliest act of terror. President Vladimir Putin says security will be tightened in the wake of the massacre.

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