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Current Operations

• BAGHDAD ZOO ANIMALS BENEFIT FROM KUWAITI GOVERNMENT, COALITION EFFORTS CENTCOM 19 Apr 2003 -- A much-needed convoy of food arrived Saturday to aid the animals of the Bagdad Zoo, thanks to the efforts of the Coalition and the Kuwaiti Government.
• Another Former Hussein Official Captured As Order Slowly Restored RFE/L 19 Apr 2003 -- The U.S. military authorities made some progress today towards re-establishing law and order in Iraq and also announced the capture of Iraq's former finance minister.
• SADDAM PALACES VOA 19 Apr 2003 -- Most Iraqis lived frugally, especially during the past 12 years of U-N sanctions. But Saddam Hussein, his family and close associates lived like kings. In one compound, U-S soldiers have discovered stacks of American currency, totaling more than 650 million dollars. Correspondent Laurie Kassman visited one of the vast palace compounds and files this report.
• IRAQ / ARREST VOA 19 Apr 2003 -- Iraq's former finance minister has been caught and handed over to U-S Marines for questioning. He is the fifth member of Saddam Hussein's regime who has been captured since Baghdad fell.
• U.S. MARINES RESTORE SERVICES TO AN NASIRIYAH CENTCOM 19 Apr 2003 -- Working with Iraqi citizens and the international community, United States Marines have significantly increased available services to the citizens of An Nasiriyah.
• PRESS BRIEFING REVEALS CAPTURE OF NUMBER 24 CENTCOM 19 Apr 2003 -- U.S. Central Command announced during the April 18 press briefing the capture of Samir Abd al-Aziz al-Najim, number 24 on the list of the top-55 wanted members of the Iraqi regime.
• MEMBER OF 'IRAQI TOP 55' IN COALITION CUSTODY CENTCOM 19 Apr 2003 -- Hikmat Mizban Ibrahim al-Azzawi, former deputy prime minister of economics & finance, was taken into coalition custody April 18.
• INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST SURRENDERS CENTCOM 19 Apr 2003 -- Khala Khadr Al-Salahat, a member of the Abul Nidal terrorist organization, surrendered to the Marines of First Marine Division in Baghdad April 18.
• SOLDIERS, LOCAL CHILD INJURED IN UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE INCIDENT ARCENT V CORPS 19 Apr 2003

Deployments

US Policy

• Transcript: Wolfowitz Says U.S. Warred on Saddam's Regime, Not Iraqi People Washington File 19 Apr 2003 -- The U.S. and coalition war in Iraq was directed against Saddam Hussein and his regime, and was designed to liberate the Iraqi people, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz says.

United Nations

• UN health agency concerned over looting of Iraq's hospitals UN News Centre 19 Apr 2003 -- The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) has voiced concern over the looting of key hospitals in Baghdad, where many patients who were forced to flee have not yet returned.

Reconstruction Issues

• U.S. Coordinating with U.N. on Aid to Iraq, USAID Chief Says Washington File 19 Apr 2003 -- The United States is coordinating closely with the United Nations to deliver humanitarian assistance and reconstruction aid to Iraq, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Andrew Natsios said in an April 18 television interview.
• W-H-O/IRAQ/LOOTING VOA 19 Apr 2003 -- The World Health Organization says it believes the looting of medicines, equipment and hospital records from a Health Ministry warehouse and W-H-O offices in Baghdad was well organized.

Foreign Reactions

• Baghdad's Neighbors Want U.S.-led Forces Out Soon RFE/L 19 Apr 2003 -- The foreign ministers of eight Middle East nations are calling for U.S. and British forces to leave Iraq as soon as possible.
• ARABS/IRAQ VOA 19 Apr 2003 -- Foreign ministers from six of Iraq's neighbors and Egypt and Bahrain urged coalition forces to move quickly to stabilize Iraq and then withdraw, so Iraqis can form their own government. The ministers, meeting in Saudi Arabia, also called for the United Nations to play a central role in post-war Iraq.

News Reports

• RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 6, Number 18 19 Apr 2003 -- FIVE HUSSEIN REGIME MEMBERS NOW IN CUSTODY / CEMETERY WITH 3,000 UNMARKED GRAVES FOUND IN KIRKUK / KURDS REPORTEDLY DRIVING ARABS OUT OF HOMES IN KIRKUK / KDP OFFICIAL SAYS KURDS, ARABS HAVE GOOD RELATIONS / FORMER IRAQI SCIENTIFIC ADVISER SURRENDERS / ADVISER TO INTERIM ADMINISTRATION HEAD GIVES INTERVIEW / SHI'A CLERICS SEND ARMED GROUPS INTO BAGHDAD'S STREETS... / ...AND ASSERT CONTROL IN SEVERAL AREAS / IRAQI OPPOSITION LEADER CALLS FOR 'DE-BA'ATHIFICATION'... / IRAQI TRIBAL LEADER CALLS ON OTHER LEADERS TO INTERVENE / GRAND AYATOLLAH GIVEN 48 HOURS TO LEAVE IRAQ / MURDERED IRAQI CLERIC HAD 'EXTENSIVE CONTACTS' WITH UNITED STATES / IRAQI POLICE WORKING TO RESTORE ORDER / IRAQI INTELLECTUALS ISSUE 'NATIONAL CHARTER DRAFT' IN JORDAN / U.K. TO ENFORCE 'ZERO TOLERANCE' AGAINST LOOTERS IN AL-BASRAH / FORMER IRAQI MUKHABARAT CHIEF IN SYRIA? / TURKEY CLOSES KIRKUK-YUMURTALIK PIPELINE / KUWAIT OFFERS $1 MILLION BOUNTY FOR POWS / UNMOVIC CHIEF TO BRIEF SECURITY COUNCIL / UN SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT SAYS NO PROPOSAL TO LIFT SANCTIONS / UNESCO TO SEND TEAM TO ASSESS ANTIQUITIES LOOTING / IRAQI UN AMBASSADOR LEAVES POST / INTERPOL, FBI, HUNT FOR STOLEN ARTIFACTS / U.S. ASKS DENMARK TO RUN STABILIZATION FORCE / PENTAGON REPORTS MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ WINDING DOWN / U.S. POWS FOUND IN IRAQ / U.K. DEFENSE SECRETARY SAYS BA'ATH OFFICIALS WILL RESTORE ORDER IN IRAQ... / ...AND DRAWS FIRE FOR DECISION / RUSSIA REFUSES TO SHUT DOWN IRAQ EMBASSY / RUSSIAN PRESIDENT CHASTISES MILITARY FOR POOR INTELLIGENCE ON IRAQ CAMPAIGN / ROME WANTS TO SEND TROOPS TO IRAQ / U.S. EXPLAINS ATTACKS ON MUJAHEDIN CAMPS IN IRAQ... / IRAQI OPPOSITION MEETS ON LIBERATED SOIL
• LT. GEN. WILLIAM SCOTT WALLACE VOA 19 Apr 2003 -- Alisha Ryu interviewed Lt. Gen. William Scott Wallace, Commanding General of U-S Army Forces in Iraq on Saturday (4/19).