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Current Operations

• TASK FORCE IRONHORSE ENGINEERS HELP IRAQI TOWN CENTCOM Release 07 Aug 2003-- The lives of Iraqi living in Al Asriya have improved thanks to the efforts of the 5th Engineers of Task Force Ironhorse.
• COALITION AND IRAQI PEOPLE WORK TO MAKE IRAQ SECURE CENTCOM Release 07 Aug 2003-- Weapons and information turned over to Coalition forces enabled the successful detaining of former regime loyalists and confiscation of weapons on August 6.
• MIOs Beef Up Security in The Gulf Navy Newsstand 07 Aug 2003-- Since the end of combat operations in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in May, maritime interception operation (MIO) teams have continued to routinely board and check merchant vessel traffic in the Arabian Gulf to make sure nothing illegal comes from or goes into Iraq.
• Raids, Patrols in Iraq More Focused, Sophisticated AFPS 07 Aug 2003 -- Improvements in the security situation in Iraq have allowed local commanders to become more focused and more sophisticated in their actions against the remnants of the former regime, Pentagon officials said today.
• Transcript:DoD News Briefing - Mr. Di Rita and Lt. Gen. Schwartz 07 Aug 2003 -- DoD news briefing. Participating were Lawrence Di Rita, special assistant to the Secretary of Defense, and Air Force Lt. Gen. Norton A. Schwartz, director for operations, the Joint Staff.
• Iraq: U.S. General Says Hussein On The Run, In Disguise RFE/RL 07 Aug 2003 -- A top U.S. military official in Iraq says Saddam Hussein is eluding U.S. forces by moving frequently and in disguise.
• TWO SOLDIERS KILLED IN FIREFIGHT CENTCOM 07 Aug 2003-- Two 1st Armored Division soldiers were killed and one wounded in a small arms fire fight in the Al Rashid district here at approximately 11 p.m. on Aug. 6.
• SOLDIER DIES AFTER SEIZURE CENTCOM 07 Aug 2003-- A 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) soldier died at approximately 9:30 p.m. Aug. 6 after developing a seizure while performing duties here.
• Polish prepare take over in southern Iraq Marine Corps News 07 Aug 2003-- As the Marines, sailors and soldiers of 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment prepare to return home, they are making sure that international forces replacing them have everything they need to succeed.

Deployments

US Policy

• Iraq: Powell Suggests Iraqis May Take Over More Duties RFE/RL 07 Aug 2003 -- U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said today that steady losses sustained by American forces in Iraq and an earlier bomb attack in Baghdad may prompt U.S. officials to delegate more security responsibilities to Iraqi forces.
• PENTAGON/IRAQ VOA 07 Aug 2003 -- Senior U-S defense officials indicate an al-Qaida related terrorist group may have been involved in a bloody bomb attack on the Jordanian Embassy in Baghdad.
• U.S. Condemns Car Bombing in Iraq Washington File 07 Aug 2003 -- WHITE HOUSE DISMISSES GORE COMMENTS AT NYU / BUSH TO MEET WITH RUMSFELD, MYERS, CHENEY

United Nations

• UN envoy condemns bomb attack on Jordanian mission in Iraq as 'heinous act' UN News Centre 07 Aug 2003 -- The top United Nations envoy in Iraq today strongly condemned the deadly attack on the Jordanian diplomatic mission in Baghdad as a "heinous act" which resulted in the deaths of numerous innocent people and for which there could be no possible justification.

Reconstruction Issues

• IRAQ/RECONSTRUCTION VOA 07 Aug 2003 -- The U-S reconstruction effort in Iraq has come under heavy criticism for the slow pace and perceived lack of cohesion. Several assessment missions have reviewed the situation three months after Saddam Hussein's ouster to see what progress has been made and recommend areas where the operation could be improved. The analysts who participated in the fact-finding trips warn the window of opportunity is quickly closing for winning the full support and confidence of the Iraqi people.

Foreign Reactions

• RUSSIA/ IRAQ VOA 07 Aug 2003 -- Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov has renewed Moscow's push for a new U-N Security Council resolution on Iraq. His call for passage came during talks in Moscow with U-S Assistant Secretary of State William Burns. Mr. Ivanov says the resolution would lend legitimacy to the U-S-appointed Governing Council.
• IRAQ/ARAB TROOPS VOA 07 Aug 2003 -- A U-S request for Arab states to send peacekeepers to Iraq is being rejected throughout the Arab world. Arab governments do not want to lend support to the U-S-led coalition in Iraq.

News Reports

• Iraq: At Least 11 Dead In Jordanian Embassy Bombing In Baghdad RFE/RL 07 Aug 2003 -- At least 11 people died today when a suspected truck bomb exploded outside the Jordanian Embassy in Baghdad. It was the first time an Arab political symbol has been targeted in the Iraqi capital since the U.S. occupation.
• BAGHDAD/BLAST UPDATE VOA 07 Aug 2003 -- A powerful car bomb exploded outside the Jordanian Embassy in Baghdad Thursday killing at least 11 people and injuring dozens. The head of coalition forces in Iraq has called it a terrorist bombing.
• Baghdad Explosion VOA 07 Aug 2003 -- A powerful explosion outside the Jordanian embassy in Baghdad has left at least seven people dead. VOA's Dale Gavlak went to the scene shortly after the explosion and described what she saw for VOA's Al Pessin in London.
• BAGHDAD /BLAST VOA 07 Aug 2003 -- A powerful car bomb exploded outside the Jordanian Embassy in Baghdad Thursday, killing at least seven people and injuring dozens.
• Iraq: At Least 11 Dead In Jordan Embassy Bombing RFE/RL 07 Aug 2003 -- At least 11 people were killed in Baghdad today when a large bomb exploded outside the Jordanian Embassy.
• Iraq: At Least Eight Killed In Blast At Jordanian Embassy In Baghdad RFE/RL 07 Aug 2003 -- At least eight people are reported to have been killed today in an explosion outside the Jordanian Embassy in Baghdad.
• RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 6, Number 34 07 Aug 2003 -- DAUGHTER OF DEPOSED IRAQI LEADER SAYS HUSSEIN'S CONFIDANTS BETRAYED HIM / IRAQI ARMY RECRUITS BEGIN TRAINING / IRAQI CENTRAL BANK HEAD REQUESTS TRANSFER OF FROZEN FUNDS / IRANIAN DELEGATION MEETS WITH GOVERNING COUNCIL / ANTI-U.S. GROUPS CONTINUE THREATS AGAINST COALITION FORCES IN IRAQ / KURDISTAN ISLAMIC MOVEMENT THREATENS U.S. FORCES AFTER LEADER ARRESTED / GOLD BARS TURN OUT TO BE COPPER / TRIBAL LEADER REPORTEDLY ASSASSINATED IN MOSUL / IRAQI POLICE REPORTEDLY TEAMING UP WITH HAWZAH STUDENTS IN KARBALA... / ...AND CONTINUE TO BREAK KIDNAPPING RINGS / HUSSEIN'S SONS BURIED NEAR TIKRIT / CENTCOM POSTS RETOUCHED PICTURES OF DEPOSED PRESIDENT / U.S. OUTLINES RULES FOR IRAQI CLAIMS / U.S. FORCES SEIZE MILITANT / ABU GHURAYB PRISON GETS FACE LIFT AND NEW NAME / CPA HEAD URGES IRAQIS TO HELP FIND FORMER LEADER / REGIONAL COORDINATOR FOR SOUTH PRAISES AL-BASRAH COUNCIL / ARAB LEAGUE CHIEF SAYS HE WOULD MEET WITH GOVERNING COUNCIL / U.S. WILL REPORTEDLY ALLOW GOVERNMENT-OWNED FIRMS TO PARTICIPATE IN BIDS / MISSING BAHRAINI STUDENTS DECLARED DEAD / KHOMEINI'S GRANDSON MOVES TO AL-NAJAF / UNICEF WON'T WORK WITH CLERICS IN SADR CITY / UNESCO HOLDS THIRD MEETING ON IRAQ'S CULTURAL HERITAGE / U.S. AND U.K. OFFICIALS MAKE CONTRADICTORY STATEMENTS ON POSSIBLE UN RESOLUTION / SPAIN TO HOST DONORS' MEETING IN FALL / U.S. ARMY TO DEPLOY NEW SECURITY FORCE TO IRAQ / TWO-MONTH STANDOFF AT CHINESE EMBASSY ENDS /
• Kim Jong Il Gives Field Guidance to Light Industrial Factories KCNA 07 Aug 2003 -- General Secretary Kim Jong gave field guidance to light industrial factories in Pyongyang. He was accompanied by Choe Chun Hwang and Kim Hi Thaek, first vice department directors of the WPK Central Committee.