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Current Operations

• SOLDIER KILLED BY GUNSHOT WOUND CENTCOM 04 May 2003 -- soldier assigned to the U.S. Army's 1st Armored Division died today from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound at midnight local time (5:00 p.m. EST).
• U-S / IRAQ VOA 04 May 2003 -- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says the United States may have to rely on low-ranking Iraqi officials from Saddam Hussein's toppled government to disclose the existence of banned weapons. U-S officials say they remain confident coalition forces in Iraq will find evidence of weapons of mass destruction.
• 3ID SOLDIER SHOT CENTCOM 04 May 2003 -- 3rd Infantry Division soldier was shot in the head by an Iraqi civilian at an intersection on May 4.
• Some Notes About Iraq, the Iraqis and the Troops AFPS 04 May 2003
• Civil Affairs Teams Help Put Baghdad Back Together AFPS 04 May 2003 -- Hey, Mister! Hey, Mister!" "Hello! Hello!" These are kids shouting and running alongside Humvees carrying members of Direct Support Team 2 of the 422nd Civil Affairs Battalion through Baghdad's streets.
• COALITION FORCES CONTINUE MILITARY AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE MISSIONS CENTCOM 04 May 2003 -- Coalition forces continue to focus military operations on security patrols, humanitarian assistance missions, facility assessments and sensitive site security in key Iraqi cities.
• COALITION EFFORTS AID IRAQ'S RECOVERY CENTCOM 04 May 2003 -- Coalition forces continue to assist in developing a safer and more secure environment in Iraq.
• Coalition Efforts Aid Iraq's Recovery ARCENT CFLCC 04 May 2003
• Coalition Forces Continue HA Despite Disruptions ARCENT CFLCC 04 May 2003

Deployments

US Policy

• 'It's Just Heartbreaking' What Saddam Did to Iraq, Rumsfeld Says AFPS 04 May 2003 -- The neglect and damage deposed dictator Saddam Hussein inflicted on Iraq and its people "is just heartbreaking," U.S. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld told reporters here today.

United Nations

• IRAQ: UN will fill gaps in humanitarian response, says top relief official in Baghdad IRIN 04 May 2003 -- Top United Nations staff have returned to Baghdad promising to plug gaps in the response to the country’s humanitarian needs. The UN’s humanitarian coordinator for Iraq, Ramiro Lopes da Silva, arrived in the Iraqi capital on Friday afternoon together with agency heads of the World Health Organisation (WHO), the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the World Food Programme (WFP) and the UN Development Programme (UNDP).

Reconstruction Issues

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• IRAQ/SADDAM VOA 04 May 2003 -- Three weeks after the war, Iraqis are still wondering where their ousted leader, Saddam Hussein, may be hiding. He, or at least someone who looked very much like him, was last seen on Iraqi television a month ago walking around a Baghdad neighborhood - just a few days before the war ended.