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• V CORPS BATTALION AID STATION TREATS THOUSANDS IN BAGHDAD V Corps Release 19 Aug 2003-- From minor injuries and illnesses to gunshot and shrapnel wounds, the aid station for V Corps's Task Force 1st Battalion, 35th Armored Regiment is the medical "first line of defense" for thousands of soldiers and civilians - and even some Iraqi citizens - here.
• IRAQ / BOMB VOA 19 Aug 2003 -- The top U-N representative in Iraq and at least 14 other people have been killed in a bomb attack on U-N headquarters in Baghdad.
• PENTAGON/U-N BOMBING VOA 19 Aug 2003 -- Pentagon officials say a terrorist group suspected of involvement in a previous Baghdad bombing may have been behind the explosion at the U-N headquarters in the Iraqi capital.
• Iraq: At Least 17 Dead In UN Baghdad Bombing RFE/RL 19 Aug 2003 -- The United Nations says a truck bomb at the UN's Iraq headquarters killed more than a dozen staff members, including Sergio Vieira de Mello, the UN's top official in Iraq. At least 40 people were injured.
• Top UN envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello killed in terrorist blast in Baghdad UN News Centre 19 Aug 2003 -- top United Nations envoy in Iraq, Sergio Vieira de Mello, was killed today when terrorists blew up the UN headquarters in Baghdad, killing at least 14 others and injuring dozens more in what Secretary-General Kofi Annan denounced as an inexcusable "act of unprovoked and murderous violence."
• Iraq: Annan, Bush Condemn Attack On UN In Baghdad RFE/RL 19 Aug 2003 -- UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan (pictured) has condemned the bombing of the UN headquarters in Baghdad as "an act of unprovoked and murderous violence."
• Iraq: Scores Injured In Explosion At UN Headquarters In Baghdad RFE/RL 19 Aug 2003 -- A car bomb has brought down the front of Baghdad's Canal Hotel, headquarters for the United Nations in Iraq.
• Top UN envoy in Iraq reported injured in huge Baghdad blast UN News Centre 19 Aug 2003 -- The top United Nations envoy in Iraq, Sergio Vieira de Mello, was reported to have been wounded when a huge explosion ripped through UN headquarters today in Baghdad, resulting in deaths and injuries in what members of the Security Council condemned as a "terrorist criminal attack."
• Car Bomb Severely Damages UN Headquarters in Baghdad VOA News 19 Aug 2003 -- A car bomb has exploded outside the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad.
• IRAQ/U-S DEATH VOA 19 Aug 2003 -- The U-S military says a soldier has been killed in Baghdad in a roadside explosion. A sabotaged pipeline is still causing problems for authorities trying to resume oil exports.
• IRAQ/RAMADAN VOA 19 Aug 2003 -- A U-S military spokesman confirms that deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's vice president has been arrested in northern Iraq.

Deployments

US Policy

• Death of Sergio Vieira de Mello, UN Envoy for Iraq By Secretary Colin L. Powell US Dept. of State 19 Aug 2003 -- "My colleagues at the Department of State and I share the grief and sadness of the United Nations family, and of all those in the international community whose lives were enriched by Sergio Vieira de Mello."
• Bush Condemns Terrorist Attack on U.N. Building in Iraq Washington File 19 Aug 2003 -- President Bush condemned the August 19 attack on U.N. headquarters in Baghdad, calling the attackers "enemies of the civilized world."
• EDITORIAL: TERROR WILL NOT PREVAIL IN IRAQ VOA 19 Aug 2003 -- A terrorist truck bomb hit the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad. Around twenty people were killed -- among them, the U-N Secretary General's Special representative for Iraq, Sergio Vieira de Mello [SEH-zhee-o-vee-A-rah day MEH-lo]. Some one-hundred others were wounded. The U-N personnel attacked by terrorists were there to help the Iraqi people build a prosperous and democratic Iraq. President George W. Bush said that is what the terrorists fear most
• Explosion at the U.N. Headquarters, Canal Hotel, Baghdad Coalition Provisional Authority - Iraq 19 Aug 2003 -- The Civilian Administrator, Ambassador Bremer, issued the following statement in Baghdad at 18.00
• Bush Extends Sympathies, Pledges Support to Iraqi People AFPS 19 Aug 2003 -- The United States will "continue this war on terror until all the killers are brought to justice," President Bush said in extending his sympathies to the families of those killed or injured in today's attack on the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad.
• Condemnation of Bombing At UN Headquarters in Iraq By Secretary Colin L. Powell US Dept. of State 19 Aug 2003 -- "The terrorist bombing that occurred today at the UN headquarters in Baghdad is a heinous crime against the international community and against the Iraqi people. I condemn the bombing unequivocally."
• BUSH IRAQ VOA 19 Aug 2003 -- President Bush says the bombing of the U-N headquarters in Iraq will not halt efforts to bring peace and democracy to that country. Mr. Bush says the United States will do all it can to help rescue efforts and bring those responsible for the attack to justice.

United Nations

• Vieira de Mello Hailed as "Servant of Humanity" Washington File 19 Aug 2003 -- U.N. Special Envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello was killed August 19 in a massive truck bomb attack on the U.N. headquarters in Baghdad.
• U.N. Secretary General Statement on Vieira de Mello Washington File 19 Aug 2003 -- Secretary General Kofi Annan mourned the death of his special envoy in Iraq August 19 saying there was "no one we could less afford to spare, or who would be more acutely missed."
• U.N. Security Council Strongly Condemns Terrorist Attack in Baghdad Washington File 19 Aug 2003 -- In response to the August 19 bombing of the U.N. headquarters in Baghdad, Deputy U.N. Ambassador Fayssal Mekdad of Syria, the Security Council president for August, read a statement on behalf of the UNSC strongly condemning the terrorist attack and confirming the U.N.'s mission to bring peace and security to Iraq.
• N-Y/DE MELLO REACT VOA 19 Aug 2003 -- In New York, the U-N flag is flying at half staff, as the world mourns the loss of United Nation's High Commissioner for Human Rights, Sergio Vieira de Mello, who was killed Tuesday in a car-bombing at the United Nations compound in Baghdad while serving there as the U-N's special envoy for Iraq.
• Iraq: Annan mourns envoy's death as 'bitter blow' for UN UN News Centre 19 Aug 2003 -- Secretary-General Kofi Annan denounced the attack on United Nations headquarters in Baghdad today as an inexcusable "act of unprovoked and murderous violence" and mourned the death of his top envoy for Iraq, Sergio Vieira de Mello, as "a bitter blow for the United Nations, and for me personally."
• U-N-H-C-R / IRAQ UPDATE VOA 19 Aug 2003 -- The explosion at the U-N headquarters in Baghdad has forced the organization's refugee agency to postpone repatriation of 300 Iraqi refugees from Saudi Arabia. The refugees were to have been taken to Basra.
• NY/ U-N REACT VOA 19 Aug 2003 -- U-N Secretary General Kofi Annan says the United Nations will carry on its work in Iraq, despite a bomb that ripped through the organization's Baghdad compound, killing more than a dozen people, including the head of the mission, Human Rights chief Sergio Vieira de Mello.
• UNHCR / IRAQ VOA 19 Aug 2003 -- U-N officials say the explosion at their headquarters in Baghdad has placed the U-N refugee agency's effort to repatriate Iraqi refugees in jeopardy.
• Security Council condemns 'terrorist criminal attack' on UN headquarters in Iraq UN News Centre 19 Aug 2003 -- Members of the United Nations Security Council today condemned in the strongest terms "the terrorist criminal attack" against UN headquarters in Baghdad, resulting in deaths and injuries, and vowed to further intensify its efforts to help the people of Iraq.

Reconstruction Issues

• Travel Documents to be Available in the Near Future Coalition Provisional Authority - Iraq 19 Aug 2003 -- The Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) of Iraq wishes to clarify information which recently appeared Alsa'a Almostaqla and Al Moutamar newspapers concerning Iraqi passports.

Foreign Reactions

• Germany says "no" to military engagement in Iraq with UN mandate IRNA 19 Aug 2003 -- Germany will not engage itself militarily in Iraq, even in case of a UN mandate, press reports said Tuesday.
• IRAQ / BOMB REACT VOA 19 Aug 2003 -- European leaders have condemned the bombing in Baghdad and expressed strong support for the United Nations role in Iraq.
• U.K.: Blair Aide Denies 'Sexing Up' Iraq Dossier RFE/RL 19 Aug 2003 -- A key aide to British Prime Minister Tony Blair has again denied he exaggerated the weapons threat posed by Iraq in order to bolster the government's case for war.
• BRITAIN / WEAPONS VOA 19 Aug 2003 -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair's chief aide took the stand Tuesday in the parliamentary inquest into the death of a leading British weapons expert, Dr. David Kelly. The questioning of senior adviser Alastair Campbell cut to the heart of how Mr. Blair's government operated in the key days and weeks before the release of a document last September. The document detailed the alleged extent and threat of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction.

News Reports

• Iraq: Masked Men Wage Videotape War To Expel U.S. RFE/RL 19 Aug 2003 -- In the propaganda department of the war on terror, videotapes have become the weapon of choice. Hardly a month goes by without masked, armed men recording a message and sending it to a satellite-television network for immediate airing.