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Current Operations

• TASK FORCE "ALL AMERICAN" SOLDIERS DISRUPT ATTEMPTS TO EMPLACE IED CENTCOM Release 24 Nov 2003-- Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 16th Mechanized Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, attached to 82nd Airborne Division, killed three enemy personnel emplacing an improvised explosive device last night at approximately 8:30 p.m.
• Delta Battery seeks, waits for Mad Mortarman Navy Newsstand 24 Nov 2003-- The men of Delta Battery are in search of the "Mad Mortarman."
• USS Enterprise Aircraft Strike Again in Iraq Navy Newsstand 24 Nov 2003-- Strike fighter aircraft from Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 1, flying from the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) in the North Arabian Gulf, attacked enemy targets near Kirkuk, Iraq, Nov. 23, in support of Operation Ivy Cyclone.
• V CORPS UNITS INSPIRE COURAGE, FEAR WITH PATROLS IN ABRAMS MAIN BATTLE TANKS V Corps Release 24 Nov 2003-- At the iron point of V Corps' 1st Armored Division's is the M1A1 Abrams tank and the soldiers who operate it.
• TWO SOLDIERS INJURED IN IED EXPLOSION NEAR SHKIN CENTCOM Release 24 Nov 2003-- Two coalition soldiers were wounded when their vehicle struck an improvised explosive device on a mounted patrol in the vicinity of Shkin about 1 p.m., Sunday.
• IRAQ / INSURGENCY VOA 24 Nov 2003 -- The U-S military in Iraq says it has identified several groups loyal to Saddam Hussein's Baath Party, which may be behind the upsurge of attacks against coalition forces in recent weeks. The coalition is gearing up to face the growing violence.
• Helicopter Crash Kills 5 Near Bagram; More News From Iraq AFPS 24 Nov 2003 -- Five U.S. soldiers were killed and seven others were injured Nov. 23 when their helicopter crashed near Bagram, Afghanistan, U.S. Central Command officials said.

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US Policy

• BUSH/IRAQ VOA 24 Nov 2003 -- President Bush traveled to Colorado Monday to meet with some families of the more than 20 American soldiers from Fort Carson who have been killed in Iraq. There, he also delivered a strongly worded speech denouncing the "thugs" as he called them, who continue to stage attacks against American troops.

United Nations

• Iraq: Security Council establishes new committee to track Saddam-linked assets UN News Centre 24 Nov 2003 -- The United Nations Security Council decided unanimously today to establish a new committee to continue tracking the financial assets removed from Iraq by persons connected to Saddam Hussein.
• U-N/IRAQ VOA 24 Nov 2003 -- Iraq's governing council has sent the U-N Security Council a timetable for elections leading to self-rule and general elections by 2005. From U-N headquarters, the Iraqis are also asking for another resolution recognizing a date for ending the U-S-led occupation.

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraq's Future VOA 24 Nov 2003 -- While attacks are increasing on Iraqis cooperating with Americans, plans are under way for establishing a post-occupation government. There are various ideas across the political spectrum with the understanding that much depends on curbing the violence. A successful government will need peace or something very close to it.
• IRAQ / BASIC LAW VOA 24 Nov 2003 -- Iraq's Governing Council has begun the process of drafting a basic law, which will serve as an interim constitution, until elections can be held in two years. The law is part of the effort to give the Iraqis more power quickly, and restore stability in Iraq, where attacks against coalition forces continue.
• Bremer Explains Sovereignty Plan to Iraqis AFPS 24 Nov 2003 -- In a nationwide broadcast, Ambassador L. Paul Bremer III explained to the Iraqi people the steps to re-establishing sovereignty.
• Iraq: Despite Attacks, Police Urge U.S. Authorities To Give Them Greater Security Role RFE/RL 24 Nov 2003 -- Iraqi police officers say they will not be intimidated by a series of deadly attacks directed against them in recent days. Instead, they are urging the U.S.-led administration to give them more responsibility for introducing law and order in the country. They believe they can do so more quickly than U.S. forces -- and with the support of ordinary Iraqis.
• Iraq: Key Council Members Suggest Afghan-Style Conference For Iraq RFE/RL 24 Nov 2003 -- Three key UN Security Council members have expressed support for holding an international conference to set the course for the political and economic reform process in Iraq.

Foreign Reactions

• Blair`s concentration of power blamed for Iraq chaos IRNA 24 Nov 2003 -- Former British foreign secretary Lord Owen has blamed Prime Minister Tony Blair`s concentration of power for the current chaos in occupied Iraq.

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