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• IRAQ / GI's KILLED VOA 27 Aug 2003 -- The U-S military says two American soldiers have been killed in Iraq in separate attacks in the Baghdad area. More humanitarian agencies say they are withdrawing non-Iraqi staff members from the country.
• IRAQ / GI's KILLED VOA 27 Aug 2003 -- The U-S military says two American soldiers have been killed in Iraq in separate attacks in the Baghdad area. More humanitarian agencies say they are withdrawing non-Iraqi staff members from the country.
• Iraq: Two U.S. Soldiers Killed Near Baghdad RFE/RL 27 Aug 2003 -- The U.S. military said today that two of its soldiers were killed today in separate attacks in the Baghdad area.
• ONE SOLDIER KILLED IN ATTACK CENTCOM 27 Aug 2003-- One 205th Military Intelligence Brigade soldier was killed in an attack on a military convoy in Baghdad at approximately 7:45 a.m. on Aug. 27.
• ONE SOLDIER KILLED, THREE WOUNDED IN IED ATTACK CENTCOM 27 Aug 2003-- One 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment soldier was killed and three were wounded in an improvised explosive device attack in Al Fallujah at approximately 7:10 a.m. on Aug. 27.

Deployments

US Policy

• White House Report, August 27: Iraq, North Korea Washington File 27 Aug 2003 -- White House: U.S. Committed to "Successful End" in Iraq / WHITE HOUSE PLEASED MULTILATERAL DISCUSSIONS WITH NORTH KOREA HAVE BEGUN

United Nations

• UN agency postpones Iraqi repatriation from Iran because of terrorist bombing UN News Centre 27 Aug 2003 -- The United Nations refugee agency said today it has postponed the first repatriation convoy of Iraqi refugees from Iran pending a security review after last week's terrorist attack against UN headquarters in Baghdad.

Reconstruction Issues

• CPA Completes First Renovation of Baghdad Fire Station Washington File 27 Aug 2003 -- The Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) in Iraq has completed the first renovation of a fire station in Baghdad.
• IRAQ/DRUGS VOA 27 Aug 2003 -- The U-N Office on Drugs and Crime says organized crime and drug trafficking are growing problems in Iraq, even as the country tries to get accustomed to peace.

Foreign Reactions

• TURKEY / IRAQ VOA 27 Aug 2003 -- Leaders of a prominent Iraqi tribe met with Turkish officials in Ankara Wednesday, to discuss the possible deployment of thousands of Turkish troops in Iraq. Members of the Ubeydi Arab tribe say they would welcome Turkish troops in their region.
• BRITAIN / IRAQ VOA 27 Aug 2003 -- Fighting for his political future, British Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon took the witness stand Wednesday in the inquest into the death of a weapons expert linked to a controversial report on Iraq's pre-war weapons program.

News Reports

• IRAQ: Discarded ordnance being used in attacks IRIN 27 Aug 2003 -- Roger Hess, a mine action expert, bumps along in a bright blue Mamba, an armoured vehicle strong enough to detonate two antitank mines but leaving its passengers unscathed.