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• U.S. Forces Suffer Losses in Iraq, Afghanistan AFPS 02 Nov 2003 -- Fifteen U.S. soldiers were killed and 21 were wounded when a coalition helicopter went down near the city of Amiryah, Iraq, at about 9 a.m. local time today. This was the single deadliest attack on coalition forces since President Bush announced the end of major combat in Iraq.
• Rumsfeld Calls Number of SAMs in Iraq 'Enormous' AFPS 02 Nov 2003 -- "Enormous numbers. Enormous numbers," Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld responded Nov. 2 when asked if he knew how many shoulder-held surface-to-air missiles were in Iraq.
• Iraq: 15 U.S. Soldiers Die In Helicopter Crash RFE/RL 02 Nov 2003 -- The U.S. military says 15 U.S. soldiers were killed and 21 injured in Iraq today in a helicopter crash thought to have been caused by a missile attack.
• IRAQ/ATTACKS VOA 02 Nov 2003 -- Amid a spate of deadly attacks, U-S military officials in Iraq are racing to determine the identity of the insurgents behind several suicide bombings, which killed dozens of people and wounded hundreds. Military commanders on the ground believe Islamic militant fighters from neighboring countries are primarily responsible for the attacks.
• IRAQ/HELICOPTER VOA 02 Nov 2003 -- At least 15 U-S soldiers were killed and 21 others injured Sunday when a U-S army helicopter crash-landed about 60 kilometers west of Baghdad, in what appears to have been a missile attack.
• Iraq: One Dead, 20 Injured In Helicopter Downing RFE/RL 02 Nov 2003 -- A U.S. military spokesman in Iraq says a U.S. Army Chinook helicopter was shot down today, and that at least one person is dead at some 20 injured.

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• Iraqi People Will Prevail Over Terrorists, Rumsfeld Declares Washington File 02 Nov 2003 -- With U.S. and coalition support, the Iraqi people will ultimately prevail over terrorists and Baathist loyalists to establish a secure, independent, and free nation, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said in a series of television news appearances on November 2.
• Rumsfeld Says Fight Terrorism Through "Battle of Ideas" Washington File 02 Nov 2003 -- The international community must engage terrorism through the "battle of ideas" as well as through physical confrontations, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said in an interview on ABC's This Week November 2.
• Rumsfeld Says "Take the Battle" to the Terrorists Washington File 02 Nov 2003 -- The only way to prevail in the global war on terrorism is to "take the battle" to the terrorists, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said in an interview on NBC's Meet the Press November 2.
• Rumsfeld Says Stop Recruitment of New Terrorists Washington File 02 Nov 2003 -- To prevail in the war on terrorism, the international community must not only fight current terrorists but halt the recruitment of new ones, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said in an interview on Fox News Sunday November 2.
• Rumsfeld Says U.S. Will Not Abandon Iraqi People Washington File 02 Nov 2003 -- The United States has no intention of staying in Iraq any longer than it is needed, but it will not abandon the Iraqi people before they are capable of handling their own security needs, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said in remarks to the press following an interview on Fox Sunday Morning.
• Rumsfeld Says Attacks Will Not Stop Security Work in Iraq Washington File 02 Nov 2003 -- Incidents such as the attack on a U.S. military helicopter November 2 are "tragic," but will not deter coalition forces in Iraq from continuing work to help secure the country, Secretary of State Donald Rumsfeld said in remarks to the press the same day following an interview on ABC's This Week.
• Rumsfeld Calls Helicopter Downing 'Tragic Day' AFPS 02 Nov 2003 -- In response to news of a U.S. helicopter being downed in Iraq today, killing 15 soldiers and injuring 21, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said, "It was a bad day, a bad day, a tragic day for those people."
• BUSH/IRAQ VOA 02 Nov 2003 -- The Bush administration is mourning the loss of 15 U-S soldiers in an attack on a transport helicopter near Baghdad. But at the same time, administration officials are vowing to stay the course in Iraq.

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Foreign Reactions

• Kharrazi rejects charges of Iran`s meddling in Iraq affairs IRNA 02 Nov 2003 -- Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi here Saturday evening categorically rejected that Iran is meddling in Iraq`s domestic affairs, stressing that the proponents of such allegations are merely trying to keep a lid on their failures in Iraq.
• Iran rejects reports over illegal Iranian trips into Iraq IRNA 02 Nov 2003 -- Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid-Reza Asefi here on Sunday rejected reports over illegal trips of Iranian nationals into Iraq, stressing that Iran`s borders with Iraq are under control.
• Iraq war has opened up new post-Cold War divisions: Vajpayee IRNA 02 Nov 2003 -- India`s Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Saturday said Iraq war has opened up new post-Cold War divisions, with heated debates on the meaning and viability of a cooperative multi-polar world order.
• FMs of Iraq`s neighbors end meeting with eight-point statement IRNA 02 Nov 2003 -- Foreign ministers of the seven states in the neighborhood of Iraq ended their deliberations in Damascus late Sunday on the Iraq situation after issuing an eight-point statement.
• Kharrazi calls for restoration of national sovereignty in Iraq IRNA 02 Nov 2003 -- Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi on Sunday reiterated formation of efficient security forces in Iraq and added that Iran welcomes participation of the international community in Iraq`s reconstruction.
• IRAQ/NEIGHBORS VOA 02 Nov 2003 -- Arab, Iranian and Turkish foreign ministers on Sunday condemned terrorist attacks in neighboring Iraq, and urged the coalition forces there to restore security. The talks in Damascus also called for a more active United Nations role in the drafting of an Iraqi constitution and the organizing of elections.

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