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Current Operations

• COALITION BRINGS AR RAMADI SCHOOLS BACK TO LIFE CENTCOM 29 Aug 2003 -- Soldiers from the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment and a team from 490th Civil Affairs Detachment inspected on August 24 three schools currently under renovation in the neighborhood of Sofia.
• Soldier killed, 3 wounded in attack on convoy AFPS 29 Aug 2003 -- A 4th Infantry Division soldier was killed and three others were wounded today when their convoy was hit in a rocket- propelled grenade and small-arms attack north of As Suaydat in Iraq.
• ONE 4TH ID SOLDIER KILLED, THREE WOUNDED IN ATTACK CENTCOM 29 Aug 2003-- One 4th Infantry Division soldier was killed and three were wounded in a rocket-propelled grenade and small arms fire attack 1 km north of As Suaydat at approximately 9:15 a.m. today.
• Iraqi diesel fuel delivered to Iraqi people Marine Corps News 29 Aug 2003-- Beneath the shifting sands of the Iraqi desert rests an ocean of crude oil. Under the former regime of Saddam Hussein, the oil was treated like a prize for the dictator, which he used to fund his military ambitions and enormous palaces.

Deployments

US Policy

• PENTAGON / IRAQ VOA 29 Aug 2003 -- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has condemned Friday's bloody bombing at a Muslim shrine in the Iraqi holy city of Najaf.
• Powell Condemns Bombing at Iraqi Mosque Washington File 29 Aug 2003 -- Secretary of State Colin Powell has condemned "in the strongest terms" the bombing August 29 at the Imam Ali Mosque in Al Najaf, Iraq. At least 75 persons were reported killed in the attack.
• Bush Broadens Order to Confiscate Assets of Former Iraqi Regime Washington File 29 Aug 2003 -- President Bush has expanded a previous order on confiscating the property of the former Iraqi regime to include the assets of certain former senior Iraqi officials, their immediate family members and other entities.
• Ambassador Bremer Condemns Terrorist Attack in An Najaf Washington File 29 Aug 2003 -- Ambassador L. Paul Bremer III, Administrator of the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq, expressed his deepest sympathies to the families of those killed and wounded in the August 29 terrorist attack on one of Islam's most sacred places, and pledged that the coalition will do everything possible to see that the perpetrators are brought to justice.
• Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld Statement on An-Najaf Bombing 29 Aug 2003 -- "I offer my condolences to the people of Iraq for this vicious attack at one of Islam's holy shrines. I particularly want to express my sympathy to the family and followers of Ayatollah Sayid Muhammed Baqir al-Hakim for their grievous loss."
• BUSH / NAJAF BLAST VOA 29 Aug 2003 -- The White House is condemning the bombing in the Iraqi city of Najaf that killed at least 75 people, including a leading Shi'ite Muslim cleric.
• Iraq: Washington Signals It May Be Open To Broader UN Role RFE/RL 29 Aug 2003 -- Is Washington signaling a new willingness to compromise and share power with the United Nations in Iraq? Recent remarks by a top U.S. official suggest it may be. But the debate -- both within the Bush administration as well as at the UN -- has only just begun.
• EDITORIAL: THE MISSION IN IRAQ VOA 29 Aug 2003 -- In Iraq, the U.S.-led coalition removed a regime that sponsored terror and persecuted the country's own people. Now, said President George W. Bush, Iraq is "a point of testing in the war on terror"

United Nations

• Iraq: Annan condemns 'in strongest possible terms' killing of Muslim leader UN News Centre 29 Aug 2003 -- United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today condemned "in the strongest possible terms" the terrorist attack in Iraq, which killed a leading Islamic leader and many others, and called on all political and religious groups there to refrain from further acts of violence.
• UN Geneva office pays final tribute to victims of Baghdad terrorist attack UN News Centre 29 Aug 2003 -- With music, poems, photos, rededication to the principles of the United Nations and a resounding pledge to continue their unfinished mission, over 2,000 people paid a final tribute today to the 22 victims of the terrorist bombing of the UN offices in Baghdad at a memorial service held at the world body's Geneva headquarters.
• UN Secretary-General Condemns August 29 Terrorist Attack in Najaf, Iraq Washington File 29 Aug 2003 -- United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has condemned "in the strongest possible terms," the August 29 terrorist attack in Najaf, Iraq, that reportedly killed more than 80 people, including a prominent Shi'ite spiritual leader, and wounded many others.
• IRAQ: UN takes stock 10 days after blast IRIN 29 Aug 2003 -- The United Nations in Iraq continues to take stock and regroup, 10 days after a truck bomb attack on its headquarters here killed 23 people and injured more than 80.

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraq: British Iraqis Return Home Despite Doubts About Stability RFE/RL 29 Aug 2003 -- Many Iraqis were granted asylum and have lived in Britain since fleeing Saddam Hussein's three-decade rule. Now, a number of them are preparing to return home, despite media reports that the situation in their home country appears to be getting worse.

Foreign Reactions

• Jordanian, Bahraini parliament speakers ask for ending Iraq`s occupation IRNA 29 Aug 2003 -- Jordanian and Bahraini parliament speakers here on Friday asked the occupying forces to leave Iraq`s soil as soon as possible, and to permit the Iraqi nation to use their legitimate right to rule.
• BRITAIN / CAMPBELL VOA 29 Aug 2003 -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair's closest adviser and a major player in the government's Iraq policy says he will be leaving soon. Alastair Campbell, the prime minister's chief spokesman and strategist, says he has had enough.

News Reports

• IRAQ/ SHIITE KILLING VOA 29 Aug 2003 -- A leading Iraqi Shiite cleric was among those killed in Friday's bombing in the holy Shiite shrine in the city of Najaf. Ayatollah Mohammed Baqer al-Hakim led a Shiite group that has been working with other political organizations on Iraq's transition.
• IRAQ ATTACKS UPDATE VOA 29 Aug 2003 -- In Iraq, at least 75 people have been killed and dozens wounded in a car bombing in the city of Najaf. A senior Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Mohamed Baqer al-Hakim, has died in the attack.
• IRAQ ATTACKS VOA 29 Aug 2003 -- In Iraq, about 20 people have been killed and more than a dozen wounded in a car bombing in the city of Najaf. A senior Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Mohamed Baqer al-Hakim, has died in the attack.
• Iraq: SCIRI Head Killed In Al-Najaf RFE/RL 29 Aug 2003 -- Iraq's best-known Shi'a political leader, Ayatollah Muhammad Baqir al-Hakim, the head of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI), was killed today in a car-bomb blast in the holy city of Al-Najaf in southern Iraq.
• Iraq: Shi'ite Leader Reportedly Killed In Al-Najaf RFE/RL 29 Aug 2003 -- A car bomb exploded during Friday prayers in Al-Najaf today outside the Imam Ali Mosque, reportedly killing Ayatollah Muhammad Baqir al-Hakim, the head of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI), and as many as 19 others.
• RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 6, Number 36 29 Aug 2003 -- CAR BOMB KILLS SCIRI HEAD AL-HAKIM IN AL-NAJAF / PUK, TURKOMAN FRONT REACH AGREEMENT AFTER UNREST IN NORTHERN IRAQ / IRAQI GOVERNING COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS ON ARAB TOUR, CONSTITUTION / TWO IRAQI POLICEMEN, TWO CIVILIANS KILLED IN BAGHDAD ROBBERY / AL-NAJAF BOMBING WOUNDS SENIOR CLERIC / SHI'ITES MARCH IN AL-NAJAF TO PROTEST ATTACK ON SCIRI / UNKNOWN GROUP CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR BAGHDAD UN BLAST / AS ANSAR AL-ISLAM DENIES ANY ROLE IN BOMBING / KURD SELECTED TO HEAD CONSTITUTIONAL PREPARATORY COMMITTEE / U.S. FORCES RELEASE LEADER OF ISLAMIC KURDISH MOVEMENT / U.S. FORCES REPORTEDLY ARREST IRAQI GENERAL / 'CHEMICAL ALI' IN COALITION CUSTODY / RAMADAN APPREHENDED IN IRAQ / VERBAL SPARRING OVER IRAQI GOVERNING COUNCIL MEMBER'S PAST / ALLEGED IRANIAN AGENTS ARRESTED IN IRAQ / 'IRANIANS' IN IRAQI GOVERNMENT POSTS WARNED TO LEAVE / CPA ISSUES ANNOUNCEMENT CONCERNING IRAQI TRAVEL DOCUMENTS / U.S. FORCES LAUNCH RAID IN SEARCH OF GANG MEMBERS IN IRAQ / BRITISH TROOPS KILLED IN AL-BASRAH / U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT LISTS TROOP COMMITMENT TO IRAQ / ISRAELI NEWSPAPER REPORTS THAT U.S., ISRAEL MIGHT PUSH FOR KIRKUK-HAIFA PIPELINE / SAUDI ARABIA RESPONDS TO U.S. ASSERTIONS OF FIGHTERS CROSSING IRAQ BORDER / GOVERNING COUNCIL WELCOMED IN JORDAN, BUT WON'T GET RECOGNITION / UN SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS RESOLUTION FOR PROTECTION OF INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN WORKERS / UNODC RELEASES CONCLUSIONS OF FACT- FINDING MISSION / U.K. AMBASSADOR BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL ON COALITION EFFORTS IN IRAQ / IRAQI ASSETS SEIZED BY U.S. NEARLY DEPLETED / IRAQIS TO GET POLICE TRAINING IN HUNGARY / U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE LOOKS TO BROADEN COALITION / U.S. TROOPS TO CONTROL PART OF POLISH STABILIZATION ZONE IN IRAQ /