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Current Operations

• U.S. SOLDIER, IRAQI CITIZEN KILLED IN VEHICLE ACCIDENT CENTCOM 19 May 2003 -- A U.S. soldier and an Iraqi citizen were killed Monday afternoon in a multi-vehicle accident on Highway 8 near Safwan, Iraq.
• COALITION EFFORTS AID IRAQ'S RECOVERY (19 MAY 03) CENTCOM 19 May 2003 -- Coalition Forces continue to assist in developing a safer and more secure environment in Iraq.
• COALITION AND IRAQI POLICE WORK TO MAKE IRAQ SECURE CENTCOM 19 May 2003 -- Coalition Forces continue to aggressively patrol to make Iraq safer for all Iraqis by eliminating smuggling and trade in weapons and explosives.
• Real work just beginning for Marine EOD technicians Marine Corps News 19 May 2003-- Outside a brick factory in Al Hillah, Iraq, Marine engineer and explosive ordnance disposal specialists piled a number of Soviet-made 120 mm mortar rounds into a heap.
• 3ID winning Iraqi hearts with `TF Neighborhood' Army News Service 19 May 2003-- It's been six weeks since the 3rd Infantry Division began sweeping the Iraqi Republican Guard out of Baghdad. Now "Task Force Neighborhood," which began May 15, has the soldiers clearing away rubble such as criminals and garbage.
• Nimitz Sailors Experience Port Visit to Jebel Ali, Dubai Navy Newsstand 19 May 2003-- USS Nimitz (CVN 68) Sailors took advantage of fun, relaxation and cultural exchange during a port call in Jebel Ali and Dubai May 8-13. The cities are located in one of seven emirates that make up the the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
• US SOLDIER, IRAQI KILLED IN VEHICLE ACCIDENT ARCENT CJTF-7 19 May 2003
• Coalition Efforts Aid Iraq's Recovery ARCENT CJTF-7 19 May 2003
• NEWS RELEASE ARCENT CJTF-7 19 May 2003 -- Coalition and Iraqi Police Work to Make Iraq Secure / Uday Hussein's Companion in Custody / coalition Activity / Police Activity in the Last 24 Hours

Deployments

• FIRST CAVALRY DIVISION'S ATTACK HELICOPTER BATTALION RETURNS 1st Cavalry Division 19 May 2003-- The 1st Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment returns to Fort Hood Wednesday after nearly three months supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom in the U.S. Central Command's area of operation.

US Policy

• Commerce Department Launches Iraq Reconstruction Task Force Washington File 19 May 2003 -- The Commerce Department has launched the Iraq Reconstruction Task Force (www.export.gov/iraq) to provide U.S. companies interested in participating in the reconstruction of Iraq with information about business opportunities and commercial conditions, according to a May 16 Department of Commerce press release.

United Nations

• Spain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and United States of America: draft resolution Provisional, 19 May 2003 -- "Decides that, with the exception of prohibitions related to the sale or supply to Iraq of arms and related materiel other than those arms and related materiel required by the Authority to serve the purposes of this and other related resolutions, all prohibitions related to trade with Iraq and the provision of financial or economic resources to Iraq established by resolution 661 (1990) and subsequent relevant resolutions, including resolution 778 (1992) of 2 October 1992, shall no longer apply" [PDF 30 Kb]
• Iraqi Sanctions Draft Ready for Security Council Vote Washington File 19 May 2003 -- U.S. Ambassador John Negroponte presented the final draft of a proposed resolution on Iraq to the Security Council May 19, saying that he expected a vote to take place by the end of the week.
• UN / IRAQ VOA 19 May 2003 -- At the United Nations Monday, the United States, Britain and Spain have submitted a modified draft resolution lifting sanctions against Iraq. The Security Council could vote on the measure as early as Wednesday.
• IAEA / IRAQ VOA 19 May 2003 -- The International Atomic Energy Agency wants its inspectors back in Iraq to deal with, what it calls, a possible radiological emergency.
• IAEA urges return of experts to Iraq to address possible radiological emergency UN News Centre 19 May 2003 -- Alarmed that nuclear and radiological materials in Iraq may no longer be under control after looting and destruction at nuclear sites, the United Nations nuclear watchdog today called on the United States and other coalition authorities to allow its experts to return to address a possible radiological emergency there.

Reconstruction Issues

• U.S. Investigator Says Reports Of Iraqi Museum Looting Were Exaggerated, But Challenges Remain RFE/L 19 May 2003 -- Matthew Bogdanos is an expert in classical studies, a New York prosecutor, and the U.S. Marine officer who has been assigned to track down the stolen treasures of Iraq's cultural heritage. While Bogdanos says initial estimates of huge losses were exaggerated, a professor of archaeology says no matter how many stolen antiquities are recovered, Iraq's National Museum will probably never be the same.
• Text: Bremer Says Security and Basic Services Top Priority in Iraq Washington File 19 May 2003 -- More than a hundred Iraqi farmers and soldiers hurled demands at the Mosul government building where Ambassador L. Paul Bremer III, U.S. reconstruction chief, met with retired Iraqi general Ghamin Al-Basso, mayor of the city and the outlying Nineveh province May 18.
• 'Hammer and Sickle' Fighting For A Place In Iraqi Politics RFE/L 19 May 2003 -- The Iraqi Communist Party has joined the many dozens of political, ethnic and religious groups vying for power in postwar Iraq. The party claims to be the oldest political group in the country, and has succeeded in attracting new members. But the party is probably unlikely to become a major political player in a country dominated by religious and national groups.
• Exiled Iraqi Jurists Seek To Reshape Society By Rule Of Law RFE/L 19 May 2003 -- A prominent group of Iraqi jurists living outside the country has prepared a detailed report on ways to repair Iraq's legal code and restore rule of law to the country. The group released the report last week in Baghdad and in New York, where members met with UN officials. The United Nations is expected to take a lead role in promoting legal reforms in postwar Iraq and officials there say the report could help guide their efforts
• Iraqi Jurists Plan for Return to Rule of Law Washington File 19 May 2003 -- Unveiling their transitional justice plan, a group of Iraqi judges and lawyers said that any war crimes trials for Saddam Hussein's regime should use Iraq courts and jurists.
• IRAQ/BAATH PARTY VOA 19 May 2003 -- The United States has launched a drive to purge Iraq of any traces of the Baath party, which Saddam Hussein used to dominate and terrorize his country.

Foreign Reactions

• MALAYSIA / RUSSIA FIGHTERS VOA 19 May 2003 -- Malaysia has announced it will buy 18 Russian-made Sukhoi jet fighters worth 900 million dollars. The deal may reflect a broader trend in the current international political climate.

News Reports

• IRAQ: Vaccination situation critical IRIN 19 May 2003 -- The locks were shot off the doors. Then the looters turned over the shelves and boxes, spilling their precious contents across the floors of the building and the concrete courtyard outside. And then they ripped the vital refrigeration units from the cool stores, and with them the defence for millions of Iraqi children against a host of fatal diseases.