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Current Operations

• VEHICLE FALLS IN CANAL, ONE SOLDIER DROWNS, TWO INJURED CENTCOM 31 Aug 2003 -- One Task Force Ironhorse, 4th Infantry Division soldier drowned and two were wounded when the military vehicle they were riding in, while on routine patrol, fell into a canal in the Tikrit area at approximately 6:15 p.m. EST on Aug. 29.
• COALITION OFFERS HELP WITH WATER, JOBS AND PUBLIC SAFETY CENTCOM 31 Aug 2003 -- Life gets a little better in Iraqi towns due to Coalition assistance. Coalition forces are helping Iraqis by installing a generator at a water lift station, by providing jobs for Iraqis who have technical and mechanical skills and by providing a local law enforcement agency with hand-held radios.

Deployments

US Policy

• BUSH IRAQ VOA 31 Aug 2003 -- It is back to business this week in Washington, with President Bush returned from a month-long vacation, and Congress about to follow. The big issue in the days and weeks ahead is sure to be Iraq.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Iranian, Iraqi provinces ink agreement on trade cooperation IRNA 31 Aug 2003 -- Head of Semnan province Chamber of Commerce Ali-Asqar Jom`eie and his counterpart from Iraq`s Babylon province, Abdol-Hadi Najm Abud al-Assadi in a meeting here on Sunday, inked an agreement on mutual economic and trade cooperation.

Foreign Reactions

• Parliament voices grief at Ayatollah Hakim`s loss IRNA 31 Aug 2003 -- Some 170 members of parliament on Sunday expressed grief at loss of Chairman of Supreme Assembly of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SAIRI) Ayatollah Seyed Mohammad Baqer Hakim in terrorist attack in the holy city of Najaf.
• Poland welcomes Iran assistance to Iraq security, stability IRNA 31 Aug 2003 -- Polish Defense Minister Jerzy Szmajdzinski on Sunday held talks with Secretary of Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Hassan Rowhani on Tehran-Warsaw cooperation over Iraq.
• President Khatami condemns any form of terrorism IRNA 31 Aug 2003 -- President Mohammad Khatami here on Sunday condemned any form of terrorism and said when a group occupy a country, they are responsible for its security too.
• Iran, Poland keen to defy terrorism IRNA 31 Aug 2003 -- Poland`s Defense Minister Jerzy Szmajdzinski currently visiting Tehran at the head of a military-security delegation in a meeting with Iran`s Interior Minister Abdolvahed Mousavi Lari here on Sudnay reiterated firm determination of Tehran and Warshaw to defy terrorist acts in the region.
• ICRC voices condolence to families of Najaf bombing victims IRNA 31 Aug 2003 -- The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) expressed its heartfelt condolences to the families of Friday bombing victims in Najaf, Iraq.
• Supreme Leader attends Ayatollah Hakim`s memorial service IRNA 31 Aug 2003 -- Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei on Sunday took part in a memorial service held for Head of the Supreme Assembly of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SAIRI) Ayatollah Mohammad Baqer Hakim.
• Karroubi says Iraq`s security must be left to people IRNA 31 Aug 2003 -- Majlis Speaker Mehdi Karroubi said here on Sunday that the recent bomb blasts in Iraq should be viewed as "a lesson to learn" that the security of the country must be left to the people.

News Reports

• Iraqi mass media endeavors to calm nation after deadly bomb blast IRNA 31 Aug 2003 -- Iraqi mass media tries to contribute to efforts to restore calm in the society after a bomb blast killed or injured a large number of people including top Shiite cleric Ayatollah Mohammad Baqer Hakim.
• Iraq: Vast Crowd Of Shi'ites Mourn Slain Cleric RFE/RL 31 Aug 2003 -- Tens of thousands of Iraqis thronged the streets of Baghdad today for the funeral procession of Ayatollah Muhammad Baqir al-Hakim (pictured), the top Shi'ite Muslim cleric who was killed by a car bomb in Al-Najaf on 29 August.
• IRAQ/FUNERAL VOA 31 Aug 2003 -- In Iraq, thousands of mourners gathered in Baghdad for the funeral of a prominent Shi'ite cleric. He was killed Friday, along with more than 80 followers, in a bomb blast in the central Iraqi city of Najaf. The body of Ayatollah Mohamed Baqir al-Hakim is to be taken to other cities in Iraq before being returned to Najaf for burial.