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• SOLDIER DIES FROM NON-HOSTILE GUNSHOT WOUND CENTCOM 26 Aug 2003-- A 130th Engineer Brigade Soldier died on August 25 from a non-hostile gunshot wound.
• 4ID SOLDIER DIES IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENT CENTCOM 26 Aug 2003-- A 4th Infantry Division soldier died as a result of injuries sustained in a traffic accident between Tikrit and Forward Operating Base Anaconda in Balad at approximately 6:40 p.m. on Aug. 25.
• ONE SOLDIER KILLED, TWO WOUNDED IN IED ATTACK CENTCOM 26 Aug 2003-- One 3rd Corps Support Command soldier was killed and two wounded in an improvised explosive device attack on a military convoy near the town of Hamariyah at approximately 9:30 a.m. on Aug. 26.
• PENTAGON/IRAQ DEATHS VOA 26 Aug 2003 -- Figures released on Tuesday by the Pentagon show that more U-S military personnel have been killed in Iraq since the end of major combat operations than during the actual war. Bu defense officials insist the rising toll will not undermine U-S resolve to create a stable and secure environment in Iraq.
• Myers Tells Vets U.S. Making 'Amazing Difference' in Iraq AFPS 26 Aug 2003 -- American service members are making "an amazing difference" in the lives of Iraqis, Air Force Gen. Richard B. Myers said Aug. 25.
• Bomb Kills One U.S. Soldier, Wounds Two in Iraq AFPS 26 Aug 2003 -- Army Chief of Staff Gen. Peter J. Schoomaker visited the Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa here Aug. 22 and 23 to meet with and to congratulate Marines, sailors, soldiers and airmen on a job well done.
• Iraq: U.S. Forces Raid Area North Of Baghdad RFE/RL 26 Aug 2003 -- The U.S. military say they staged overnight a massive raid in Iraq's restive "Sunni triangle" north of Baghdad hunting for guerrillas and criminals.
• Iraq: U.S. Soldier Killed, Polish Troops Fired Upon RFE/RL 26 Aug 2003 -- A U.S. soldier was killed and two others wounded today in an explosion in the town of Hamariyah, northwest of Baghdad.
• IRAQ / RAID VOA 26 Aug 2003 -- The U-S military says one soldier has been killed and two wounded in an attack in Iraq. The attack follows a raid by U-S troops during which they arrested 24 suspected members of a local criminal gang in a town in central Iraq.
• As Marines go home, Bulgarians keep city secure Marine Corps News 25 Aug 2003-- After more than five months rebuilding the local infrastructure, the Marines of 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment are preparing to return to home after handing over to the Bulgarian Army Aug. 26.

Deployments

US Policy

• White House Report, August 26: India, Iraq, Middle East, North Korea Washington File 26 Aug 2003 -- Bush Offers Assistance to India in Wake of Mumbai Bombings / BUSH COMMITTED TO GETTING RESOURCES NEEDED FOR IRAQ / PALESTINIAN SECURITY FORCES SHOULD BE CONSOLIDATED UNDER ABBAS / WHITE HOUSE WELCOMES MULTI-NATIONAL TALKS WITH NORTH KOREA
• BUSH / IRAQ VOA 26 Aug 2003 -- President Bush is defending the occupation of Iraq as American casualties increased to one-hundred-forty, two more than the number of U-S soldiers killed since Mr. Bush declared an end to major combat operations nearly four months ago.
• EDITORIAL: IRAQI SPORTS REBORN VOA 26 Aug 2003 -- Uday Hussein is no longer in charge of Iraqi sports. He and his brother Qusay, sons of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, were killed in July when resisting arrest by coalition troops. Ali Riyah, an Iraqi sports journalist once tortured by Saddam's regime, said: "It is as if a great weight has been lifted from us. No more terror in our players' eyes. No more returning home to pain and humiliation if our boys are defeated. Now we are free to play the game all Iraqis love as we would wish."

United Nations

• IRAQ: UN releases human remains following bomb attack IRIN 26 Aug 2003 -- Six days after a truck bomb attack here killed 23 people, the United Nations released the bodies of seven Iraqi United Nations workers to their families, Nicolaas Rademeyer, a United Nations spokesman involved in the investigation told IRIN on Monday. Of the 23 killed in last Tuesday's blast, 19 were UN staff - 11 internationals and 8 nationals.

Reconstruction Issues

• IRAQ / AMMUNITION VOA 26 Aug 2003 -- A land-mine expert with the Swiss Foundation for Mine Action says Iraq is littered with live ammunition left behind by the Saddam Hussein regime, and most of it has not been secured or even found. The explosives used in the bombing of the U-N headquarters last week may well have come from a dump just behind the U-N building.

Foreign Reactions

• British charity pulls foreign workers out of Iraq IRNA 26 Aug 2003 -- Oxfam has withdrawn its international workers from Iraq due to increasing insecurity problems, the British charity announced Tuesday.
• UK security chief defends government`s dossier on Iraq`s threat IRNA 26 Aug 2003 -- The security chief responsible for the British government`s dossier on Iraq`s threat Tuesday defend the controversial claim that Saddam Hussein`s regime could have launched weapons of mass destruction within 45 minutes.
• BRITAIN / IRAQ VOA 26 Aug 2003 -- One of Britain's top intelligence advisers has testified before the special inquiry set up to investigate the death of a leading weapons expert, Dr. David Kelly. John Scarlett was questioned about the validity of the document he authored about Iraq's weapons potential, a report that helped launch Britain into war.

News Reports

• Ex-US envoy calls Iraq policy "worst disaster since Vietnam war" IRNA 26 Aug 2003 -- Former American ambassador to the United Nations, Richard Holbrooke, called Washington`s strategy in Iraq the "worst foreign policy disaster since the Vietnam war", citing the US government`s lack of planning for Iraq`s post-war political order.
• Iraq: In Wake Of UN Bombing, Aid Agencies Mull Their Own Security RFE/RL 26 Aug 2003 -- In the wake of the UN headquarters bombing in Baghdad that killed 23 people, aid agencies are wrestling with whether to reduce their staffs in Iraq or continue at full strength despite the security problems.
• IRAQ / UN ATTACK AFTERMATH VOA 26 Aug 2003 -- It's been one week since the bomb attack on the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad that killed at least 23 people and wounded more than 80 others. U-N offices have re-opened and many staff members have returned to work. But the grief and emotional scars from the attack will take much longer to heal.