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Current Operations

• Coalition Forces in Iraq Continue to Be Targets of Hostile Fire Washington File 06 May 2003 -- Five shooting incidents occurred in Iraq from May 4-6, according to the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM).
• U.S. Officials Help Search for $1 Billion Missing from Iraqi Central Bank Washington File 06 May 2003 -- Prior to the start of coalition military action against Iraq, former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein and his family took pproximately $1 billion from the country's central bank, according to U.S. Treasury Department officials in Baghdad.
• The Faces Behind the Faces on the 'Most Wanted' Deck AFPS 06 May 2003 -- The faces of Saddam Hussein's defeated regime on the now-famous "most wanted" card deck have become ever familiar with more than 1 million decks printed and sold.
• Iron Horse soldiers investigate possible WMD site Army News 06 May 2003 -- Working from a tip by the local population, Special Forces soldiers located a possible Weapons of Mass Destruction site in northern Iraq near Bayji on April 25.
• PENTAGON/IRAQ WEAPONS VOA 06 May 2003 -- Defense officials say they are examining what appears to be a mobile chemical-biological weapons laboratory found in northern Iraq.
• BAGHDAD / BANK HEIST VOA 06 May 2003 -- U-S officials say as much as a billion dollars was stolen from Iraq's central bank just before the start of the war to topple Saddam Hussein in March, a robbery believed to have been carried out on orders of the Hussein family or its close associates.
• COALITION EFFORTS AID IRAQ'S RECOVERY CENTCOM 06 May 2003 -- Coalition forces continue to assist in developing a safer, more secure environment in Iraq.
• COALITION FORCES CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SECURITY AND STABILITY CENTCOM 06 May 2003 -- Coalition forces continue to focus military operations on conducting security patrols, humanitarian assistance missions, facility assessments and securing sensitive sites in key Iraqi cities.
• V CORPS BUILDS BUSINESS, RELATIONS WITH BAGHDAD NEIGHBORS V-Corps Release 06 May 2003-- Children darted from every alley and shop to meet and greet the camo-clad, weapons-toting strangers. Shop owners and other locals flocked to the group in droves to shake hands, say thanks and chat in broken English.
• V Corps team searches for Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq USAREUR Release 04 May 2003-- British and U.S. troops inspected a chicken coop Saturday suspected of being a storage site for weapons of mass destruction.
• Coalition Forces Continue to Provide Security and Stability ARCENT CJTF-7 06 May 2003

Deployments

• Kitty Hawk, CVW-5 Return Home After 100+ Days Navy NewStand 06 May 2003 -- USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) and the Kitty Hawk Strike Group return to their forward-deployed port of Yokosuka, Japan, May 6, after more than 100 consecutive days underway in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Southern Watch (OSW).
• Coast Guard Cutter Walnut completes Iraqi aid mission USCG Release 06 May 2003-- Coast Guard cutter Walnut, a 225-foot buoy tender homeported in Honolulu, today completed its 20-day humanitarian mission of properly marking the navigational channel of the Khawr Abd Allah waterway leading from the North Arabian Gulf to Iraq's critical port of Umm Qasr.

US Policy

• Powell, Cimoszewicz Discuss Poland's Role in Liberated Iraq Washington File 06 May 2003 -- Secretary of State Colin Powell met with Polish Foreign Minister Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz in Washington May 6 and said he is very pleased that Poland "is once again stepping up to its responsibilities by participating more fully in the activities of the operation of the ORHA," the Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance that is helping liberated Iraqis rebuild their country.
• BUSH / IRAQ VOA 06 May 2003 -- President Bush Tuesday named a new presidential envoy for Iraq to help shape the country's transition to democratic rule.
• Ambassador Paul Bremer Named Presidential Envoy to Iraq Washington File 06 May 2003 -- President Bush named Ambassador Paul "Jerry" Bremer to be presidential envoy to Iraq, the White House announced May 6.
• EDITORIAL: IRAQ'S EXAMPLE VOA 06 May 2003 -- A number of Arab observers have described the U.S.-led coalition's overthrow of Saddam Hussein as an event that brought shame to the people of Iraq and to Arabs in general.

United Nations

• U-N / IRAQ VOA 06 May 2003 -- U-N officials say that more relief workers are arriving in Iraq to expand their operations in the country.
• UN steps up coordination with private agencies in Iraq on relief work UN News Centre 06 May 2003 -- The United Nations stepped up its relief work in Iraq today, meeting in Baghdad with 30 non-government organizations (NGOs) to coordinate humanitarian operations between them and with the United States-run Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Affairs (ORHA) as well as with the relevant Iraqi ministries.
• IRAQ: Serious sanitation problems persist in Baghdad IRIN 06 May 2003 -- For 10 days now, little Muhammad Qasim has been crying in a hospital bed in Baghdad, kept alive by an intravenous drip to counter his serious diarrhoea. He has also received plasma and antibiotics and constant attention from his parents and the doctors at Al-Alwiyah Children’s Hospital.
• IRAQ: UN warns about humanitarian situation IRIN 06 May 2003 -- The United Nations in the capital, Baghdad, has warned that the humanitarian situation in Iraq is still precarious and could deteriorate if assistance were to dry up.

Reconstruction Issues

• USAID Awards Iraq Airport Services Contract Washington File 06 May 2003 -- The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded a $2.5 million contract to a U.S. company to assess and manage three airports in Iraq.
• Bush Names Career Diplomat As Civilian Administrator RFE/L 06 May 2003 -- U.S. President George W. Bush announced today he has appointed a former ambassador and head of the State Department's counterterrorism office to become the top civilian administrator in Iraq.
• Bush Appoints State Department Official to Administer Iraq AFPS 06 May 2003 -- President Bush announced today he has appointed a State Department counterterrorism expert to administer Iraq.
• After 30 Years, News Options Begin To Grow And Diversify RFE/L 06 May 2003 -- After three decades of one-party, one-man rule, which held the country's mass media under tight control, Iraq is now forging a new path toward a more diverse and pluralistic media. Nearly every day, new newspaper and radio broadcast options appear.

Foreign Reactions

• EU Official Calls For UN Role In Coordinating Aid RFE/L 06 May 2003 -- The European Union's chief humanitarian-aid official says the UN should be a "cornerstone" for coordinating aid efforts in Iraq.
• Germany: Police On The Watch For Looted Iraqi Antiquities RFE/L 06 May 2003 -- Germany has begun making regular checks of art dealers, collectors of Middle Eastern antiquities, and suspected smugglers in the search for treasures looted from Baghdad and other parts of Iraq following the end of the war. According to a leading German expert, the black market in Europe, the United States, and Japan is known for having an insatiable thirst for cultural treasures from Mesopotamia.

News Reports

• Interpol, Art Experts Discuss Looted Treasures RFE/L 06 May 2003 -- International art experts and law enforcement officials end a two-day meeting in France today on the thousands of art and antiquity objects looted from Iraq.
• INSIDE THE BAATH PARTY VOA 06 May 2003 -- One of the challenges in post-war Iraq will be to break down the pervasive influence -- both physical and psychological -- of Saddam Hussein's ruling Baath Party. Its core membership amounted to roughly five percent of Iraq's population of 25 million and membership had its privileges: it meant access to good jobs, good schools and power.