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Current Operations

• White House Report, August 18; Iraq, Libya, North Korea Washington File 18 Aug 2003 -- U.S. STAYS ON THE "OFFENSIVE" WHILE SABOTAGE HITS IRAQ / U.S. SANCTIONS ON LIBYA TO REMAIN IN PLACE / U.S. TAKES STEPS TO CURTAIL NUCLEAR WEAPONS SHIPPING

• SOLDIER KILLED BY EXPLOSIVE DEVICE CENTCOM Release 18 Aug 2003-- A 1st Armored Division soldier was killed by an explosive device on August 18.
• V CORPS SIGNAL SOLDIERS JOIN WITH MARINES TO ESTABLISH VITAL RETRANSMISSION SITE V Corps Release 18 Aug 2003-- The 1st Armored Division's 141st Signal Battalion, working with signal elements from 1st Marine Division, has set up a joint-service remote retransmission site for U.S. Army and Marine communications between Baghdad International Airport and Logistic Supply Area Dogwood.
• V CORPS ENGINEER BATTALION WORKS TO IMPROVE IRAQI COLLEGES V Corps Release 18 Aug 2003-- Soldiers from the 16th Engineer Battalion of V Corps's 1st Armored Division have spent the past several weeks rebuilding and resupplying Baghdad's higher-learning institutions.
• IRAQ/WRAP VOA 18 Aug 2003 -- Authorities in Iraq continue attempts to repair a sabotaged oil pipeline, and U-S authorities confirm a soldier had shot and killed a television cameraman by mistake on Sunday.
• Iraq: Sabotage Of Civilian Infrastructure Seen As Resistance Strategy RFE/RL 18 Aug 2003 -- Sabotage took its toll in Iraq over the weekend, with explosions rupturing crucial oil and water pipelines. Violence also resulted in the deaths of at least eight Iraqis, as well as a Danish soldier and a Reuters television cameraman. The attacks on civilian and military facilities are seen as a strategy of the Iraqi resistance, to wreak havoc and spawn discontent among the population.
• Iraq: NGOs Call For U.S. Investigation Of Death Of Reuters Journalist RFE/RL 18 Aug 2003 -- Two international press watchdog groups have called on the United States to investigate the killing yesterday in Iraq of a Reuters news agency journalist.
• Marines open last legacy school before shipping home Marine Corps News 18 Aug 2003-- Dozens of teachers and students in An Najaf, Iraq joined 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment Aug. 14 in a ribbon cutting ceremony that marked the last First Marine Division legacy school to be reopened before the Marines return home.
• Seabees help water flow to Iraqi crops Marine Corps News 18 Aug 2003-- Navy Seabees helped replace the last vital piece to the irrigation system of the farming community of Kish, Iraq that has been missing for months on Aug. 15.

Deployments

• 1st Cavalry Division Deployment Timeline Announced III Corps Release August 2003-- The 1st Cavalry Division begins its deployment to the CENTCOM Area of Responsibility early next year.

US Policy

• BUSH / IRAQ VOA 18 Aug 2003 -- The White House says a series of attacks on oil pipelines and water facilities in Iraq is the work of remnants of the ousted regime of Saddam Hussein. Administration officials say foreign terrorists are also involved.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• IRAQ/EMERGENCY CARE VOA 18 Aug 2003 -- Up to now, Iraq has had few if any emergency medical personnel capable of dealing with traumas. That all changed Sunday when 40 newly trained emergency medical technicians graduated from a program sponsored by the U-S military and the Coalition Provisional Authority, the U-S-installed government running the country.
• Iraq: Pipeline Fire Costing $7 Million A Day RFE/RL 18 Aug 2003 -- A key Iraqi oil-export pipeline to Turkey remains on fire today, two days after an apparent act of sabotage.
• IRAQ: Running short of power and patience IRIN 18 Aug 2003 -- Ice-sellers on the streets of Baghdad are a good gauge of how well, or how badly, the electric power supply is performing in the Iraqi capital. Sunday was a relatively good day: a man selling ice from a stall told IRIN that the price for a block was 2,000 Iraqi dinars. "Two days ago, when there was a power crisis," he said, "prices went up to 4,000 or 5,000 dinars."

Foreign Reactions

• Iraq: City Of Karbala Calmly Awaits Multinational Stabilization Force RFE/RL 18 Aug 2003 -- Bulgarian and Lithuanian troops are due to deploy in the coming weeks to a new Polish-controlled sector in central Iraq. The troops will take up duty in the area around the Shi'a shrine city of Karbala, an area that has been largely quiet since the regime of Saddam Hussein fell in April.
• IRAQ/ARAB LEAGUE VOA 18 Aug 2003 -- An invitation to visit the Arab League's headquarters in Cairo has been turned down by members of the interim Iraqi governing council.

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