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• AMMO CACHE EXPLODES DURING ATTACK ON U.S. FORCES NEAR BAGHDAD CENTCOM 26 Apr 2003 -- An unknown number of individuals attacked U.S. Third Infantry Division soldiers who were guarding a cache of captured Iraqi ammunition near Baghdad this morning.
• Civilian Deaths Reported As Explosions Rock Baghdad Outskirts RFE/L 26 Apr 2003 -- At least five Iraqi civilians are believed to have been killed and many badly injured when an ignited ammunition dump on Baghdad's southern outskirts set off a chain of blasts near a residential neighborhood.
• Six Deaths Reported In Baghdad Explosions RFE/L 26 Apr 2003 -- U.S. Central Command says at least six Iraqi civilians were killed and four people were wounded in an explosion at an arms cache in a residential area of Baghdad today.
• Baghdad Dispatch -- Chaos, Casualties Mounting In Zaafaraniya RFE/L 26 Apr 2003 -- The casualty count is mounting in the southern Baghdad suburb of Zaafaraniya, where in the early hours of the morning an ammunition dump guarded by U.S. troops was ignited, setting off a chain of explosions near a residential neighborhood.
• IRAQ/EXPLOSIONS (L-UPDATE) VOA 26 Apr 2003 -- A series of massive explosions at an ammunition dump in Baghdad has killed and injured dozens of people in a residential area.
• IRAQ/EXPLOSIONS VOA 26 Apr 2003 -- A series of massive explosions at an ammunition dump in Baghdad has killed dozens of people and injured many more in a residential area.
• Concept to Completion: PHIBCBs Build Camp Patriot Navy NewStand 26 Apr 2003 -- "If you build it, they will come." That is the message that was given to the amphibious Seabees (PHIBCB) of the west coast months before Operation Iraqi Freedom ever began.
• TFY Marines uncover munitions, mines and missiles USMC News 26 Apr 2003 -- Marines from Task Force Yankee patrolling southeast of Baghdad uncovered several hidden weapons caches April 19.

Deployments

• Naval Coastal Warfare Units Operating in Iraqi Port Navy NewStand 26 Apr 2003 -- When the first humanitarian shipment arrived in the captured Port of Umm Qasr in Iraq, it represented a pivotal point in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
• Cardinal's Crew Works Overtime for OIF Navy NewStand 26 Apr 2003 -- "Over all lines," sounded the ship's announcing system as Sailors tossed mooring lines to a barge alongside the pier. At mid-morning Thursday, the crew of USS Cardinal (MHC 60) pulled back into home port after its longest underway period ever.

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• RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 6, Number 19 26 Apr 2003 -- MORE FORMER IRAQI OFFICIALS IN COALITION CUSTODY / IRAQI OIL OFFICIALS UNDERTAKE PLANNING, OIL FLOWING / IRAQI POWS HELD IN NORTH RELEASED / KURDISH GROUPS CALL FOR JOINT OPPOSITION MEETING / PUK HEAD PLEDGES TO INTERCEDE ON BEHALF OF MKO MEMBERS / KIRKUK RESIDENTS OPPOSE FORMER BA'ATHISTS RETURN TO WORK / KURDISH AND ARAB TRIBAL LEADERS MEET / THOUSANDS OF SHI'A CONGREGATE IN KARBALA / KARBALA IMAM ADDRESSES U.S. PRESENCE, IRAQI ASPIRATIONS / AL-SADR SUPPORTERS OFFER LEADERSHIP TO CLERIC / SCIRI OFFICIAL DESCRIBES 'SECURITY COMMITTEES.' / ...AND SAYS BADR BRIGADES EVERYWHERE / COALITION FORCES REPORTEDLY DETAIN SHI'A CLERICS IN IRAQ / ...AS ANOTHER SHI'A CLERIC IS DETAINED / TEHRAN'S INVOLVEMENT IN IRAQ GETS SOME ATTENTION / MUJAHEDIN TERRORISTS FACE UNCERTAIN FUTURE / TERRORIST GROUP CLAIMS IT CARRIED OUT ATTACKS IN IRAQ / U.S. ADMINISTRATOR HOLDS MEETING IN BAGHDAD / BAGHDAD 'COUNCIL HEAD' GIVES INTERVIEW, ADMITS NO RELATIONSHIP WITH U.S. / MONEY TURNING UP ALL OVER IRAQ... / ...AS U.S. SOLDIERS REPORTED TO BE HELPING THEMSELVES / ICRC UPDATES SITUATION IN IRAQ / KUWAITI NORTHERN REGION STILL CLOSED / THURAYA TELECOM TO INCREASE SERVICES IN IRAQ / TEHRAN, AMMAN COMMUNICATE ABOUT MUJAHEDIN KHALQ ORGANIZATION / RETURNING ARAB VOLUNTEERS FACE RESTRICTIONS / UNMOVIC CHIEF ADDRESSES SECURITY COUNCIL ON IRAQ / SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS OIL-FOR-FOOD / UN STAFFERS ENTER IRAQ / IRAQI EXILES MEET IN SPAIN / RUSSIA, FRANCE AT ODDS OVER SANCTIONS / U.S. HAS NO PLANS FOR PERMANENT IRAQI STAY
• IRAQ / SUSPICIONS VOA 26 Apr 2003 -- Now that the fighting is over, the U-S military is shifting its emphasis to establishing a secure and stable environment in Iraq. But average Iraqis and the American troops on their streets don't always see things the same way.