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• Karbala getting back on its feet Marine Corps News 27 May 2003-- Infantrymen from 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines still patrol the central Iraqi city of Karbala, but it's a small group of Marine reservists who do the nuts and bolts work of getting the town working again.
• Iraq Remains Dangerous for U.S. Troops; Security Operations Continue AFPS 27 May 2003 -- Several U.S. troops were killed by hostile action or accidents in Iraq over the past few days as U.S., coalition and Iraqi operations to enhance law and order in that Middle East country continued.
• Iraq: Two U.S. Soldiers Killed in Separate Incidents RFE/L 27 May 2003 -- The U.S. Central Command says two U.S. soldiers were killed yesterday in separate incidents in Iraq.
• UPDATED REPORT ON ATTACK AT AL FALLUJAH CENTCOM 27 May 2003 -- An updated report confirmed that another soldier was killed and two more injured following the attack on a U.S. Army unit in Al Fallujah early this morning.
• TWO 'IRAQI TOP 55' CAPTURED CENTCOM 27 May 2003 -- Sayf al-Din al-Mashhadani (#46), Ba'ath Party Regional Chairman for al-Muthanna and Sad Abd al-Majid al-Faysal (#55), Ba'ath Party Regional Chairman for Salah al-Din were captured by Coalition Forces on Saturday.
• COALITION FORCES AND IRAQI POLICE WORK TO MAKE IRAQ SECURE CENTCOM 27 May 2003 -- Coalition Forces continue to aggressively patrol Iraq to eliminate crimes against people and property, as well as weapons sales, explosives and black market items, such as fuel.
• COALITION EFFORTS AID IRAQ'S RECOVERY CENTCOM 27 May 2003 -- Coalition Forces continue to assist in developing a safer and more secure environment in Iraq.
• ONE U.S. SOLDIER KILLED AND SEVEN WOUNDED IN AL FALLUJAH ATTACK CENTCOM 27 May 2003 -- A hostile force of unknown size attacked a U.S. Army unit here early this morning with rocket-propelled grenades and small arms. One Soldier was killed and seven others were injured.
• SOLDIER KILLED SEVEN WOUNDED IN ATTACK ARCENT CJTF-7 27 May 2003
• COALITION EFFORTS AID IRAQ RECOVERY ARCENT CJTF-7 27 May 2003
• UPDATE ON FALLUJAH ATTACK ARCENT CJTF-7 27 May 2003

Deployments

US Policy

• Snow Announces Lifting of U.S. Sanctions on Iraq Washington File 27 May 2003 -- Treasury Secretary John Snow announced the lifting of most U.S. economic sanctions against Iraq on May 27, allowing the free flow of commerce between Iraq and the United States, according to a Treasury Department press release.
• Snow Urges Other Nations to Restart Trade With Iraq Washington File 27 May 2003 -- Following is the text of a May 27 statement prepared by Treasury Secretary John Snow announcing the lifting of most U.S. economic sanctions on Iraq
• IRAQ / DEMOCRACY VOA 27 May 2003 -- As the United States struggles to bring democracy to Iraq, a former senior State Department official says it is not a job the Bush administration can tackle alone.
• RUMSFELD / NY VOA 27 May 2003 -- U-S Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has warned Iran again not to interfere with Iraq's reconstruction. The top defense official made the remark in a speech today in New York(Tuesday).
• Rumsfeld Warns Iran Not to Interfere in Iraq Washington File 27 May 2003 -- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld May 27 warned Iran that efforts to try to remake Iraq in its image "will be aggressively put down."
• Byliner: "Core Principles for a Free Iraq," by Donald H. Rumsfeld Washington File 27 May 2003 -- "I recently returned from Baghdad, where I had the opportunity to meet with the troops who liberated Iraq. Notwithstanding death squads and dust storms, they crossed hundreds of miles to reach the gates of Baghdad in less than two weeks, toppling Saddam Hussein's regime in less than a month -- a remarkable achievement."

United Nations

• Working with Iraqi people top priority for UN mission, Annan and envoy say UN News Centre 27 May 2003 -- Secretary-General Kofi Annan and his newly appointed Special Representative for Iraq, Sergio Vieira de Mello, both stressed today that the top priority for the United Nations in the war-shattered country would be to work with the Iraqi people in establishing a sovereign state with full respect for human rights.
• U-N / IRAQ / DE MELLO VOA 27 May 2003 -- The United Nations new special representative for Iraq says his first priority is to make contact with Iraqis who can provide leadership in social and civic institutions. Sergio Vieira de Mello says he will be in Iraq by Monday.
• Vieira de Mello Named to Head U.N. Operations in Iraq Washington File 27 May 2003 -- Introducing U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Sergio Vieira de Mello as the head of U.N. operations in Iraq, Secretary General Kofi Annan said May 27 that United Nations responsibilities "are going to demand a lot from us and from the international community."

Reconstruction Issues

• Rumsfeld Says Iraqi Problems Real But Workable AFPS 27 May 2003 -- Iraq, with the help of the Coalition Provisional Authority, will work past its current problems, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said to the Council on Foreign Relations in New York May 27.
• IRAQ / SECURITY VOA 27 May 2003 -- The U-S army says two U-S soldiers were killed Tuesday morning and nine were injured in an attack. The latest incident came as an Iraqi political organization was calling for the establishment of a security force in Iraq.

Foreign Reactions

• Iran to start voluntary repatriation of Iraqis this week: official IRNA 31 May 2003 -- Iran this week will start repatriating about 200,000 Iraqi refugees according to an agreement with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), a senior Interior Ministry official said here Tuesday.
• RUSSIA-CHINA VOA 27 May 2003 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Hu Jintao are calling for the interests of other nations to be taken into account during Iraq's post-war reconstruction. The two leaders issued the appeal after wide-ranging talks at the Kremlin that also sought to expand long-standing Sino-Russian ties.
• RUSSIA-CHINA VOA 27 May 2003 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Hu Jintao are urging that the interests of other nations be taken into account during Iraq's post-war reconstruction. The two leaders issued the appeal following bilateral talks at the Kremlin.

News Reports

• JOURNALISTS' DEATHS REPORT VOA 27 May 2003 -- The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists released its report on Tuesday into the April 8 shelling of Baghdad's Palestine Hotel by U-S forces and subsequent deaths of two news cameramen.
• CARAFANO-TERRORISM VOA 27 May 2003 -- With several U.S. soldiers recently losing their lives in Iraq, the U.S. presence becomes of increasing concern.
• IRAN-IRAN: ICRC operations from Iran continue IRIN 27 May 2003 -- Nearly two months after the fall of Baghdad, cross-border humanitarian relief operations from neighbouring Iran are being stepped up. Humanitarian organisations based in Iran, including the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC), have already dispatched 40 convoys carrying desperately needed materials, particularly food, medicines and water, to the people of Iraq, most notably in the Sulaymaniyah, Basra, Baghdad and Al-Kut areas.