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• SOLDIER DIES FROM NON-HOSTILE GUNSHOT WOUND CENTCOM 24 Aug 2003 -- A 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment soldier died on August 23 from a non-hostile gunshot wound.
• SOLDIER DROWNS IN EUPHRATES RIVER CENTCOM 24 Aug 2003 -- A soldier from the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment drowned in the Euphrates River at approximately 8:30 p.m. Aug. 23 near the Hadithah Dam, west of Ar Ramadi.
• Seabee MWR Brings New Life to Iraqi Businesses Navy NewStand 24 Dec 2003 -- When the average person makes a run to the store for their every day needs, they don't usually pack along locked and loaded M-16 rifles and .60 caliber machine guns. But this is Iraq, where a simple trip to the store can be dangerous. Still, the Seabees of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 7 here at Camp Hope want some of the simple comforts of home like soft drinks, snacks and batteries for their personal electronics.

Deployments

US Policy

• Behind Violence in Iraq, "A Swelling Tide of Good News," Says Bremer Washington File 24 Aug 2003 -- Even as he mourned the death of U.N. Special Envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello and others murdered in the bombing of U.N headquarters in Baghdad, L. Paul Bremer, administrator of the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA), expressed renewed determination to defeat terrorism and continue the progress toward Iraq's recovery.

United Nations

• Iraq: More UN Staffers Evacuated To Jordan RFE/RL 24 Aug 2003 -- At least 46 UN staffers have arrived in Amman aboard two flights.

Reconstruction Issues

• IRAQ/ARABS VOA 24 Aug 2003 -- A delegation representing the U-S appointed Iraqi governing council visited with Egyptian and Arab League officials (Sunday) in Cairo as part of an effort to gain support from throughout the Arab world. The head of the governing council says he believes support is growing.
• U-S IRAQ VOA 24 Aug 2003 -- The U-S civil administrator in Iraq says hundreds of international terrorists have entered the country. But Paul Bremmer says he does not believe more American troops are needed.

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• Iraq: Shi'a Leader Wounded In Bomb Attack RFE/RL 24 Aug 2003 -- A leading Iraqi Shi'a cleric was wounded in a bomb attack in the Iraqi holy city of Al-Najaf yesterday.
• IRAQ WRAP VOA 24 Aug 2003 -- U-N officials in Iraq say they are having trouble identifying Iraqi victims of last Tuesday's bomb attack on U-N headquarters in Baghdad and are appealing to their families for help.