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• IRAQ / SAMARRA VOA 03 Oct 2004 -- For the first time since late Thursday residents of the Iraqi city of Samarra are emerging onto streets that were deserted during a joint U.S.-Iraqi military operation against several-hundred armed insurgents.
• U.S., Iraqi Forces Claiming Victory In Samarra RFE/RL 03 Oct 2004 -- U.S. and Iraqi forces are declaring victory in Samarra after two days of intense fighting to reclaim control over the city from militants.
• US Warplanes Attack Militants in Fallujah VOA News 03 Oct 2004 -- U.S. warplanes in Iraq have struck targets in the rebel-held city of Fallujah for a third time in two days, in an ongoing push to crush fighters loyal to insurgent leader Musab al-Zarqawi.
• Precision strike in Fallujah MNF-I/MNC-I 03 Oct 2004 -- At approximately 1 a.m. local time, Oct. 3, Multi-National Force - Iraq conducted another precision strike against a building on the outskirts of Fallujah where 10-15 Anti-Iraqi Forces were moving weapons.
• ISF, MNF capture anti-Iraqi militants MNF-I/MNC-I 03 Oct 2004 -- Iraqi Security Forces and the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit captured four suspected anti-Iraqi militants during both planned operations and a couple of seized opportunities in Northern Babil province Oct. 3.
• Marines capture foreign fighters in Al Anbar MNF-I/MNC-I 03 Oct 2004 -- Marines from Regimental Combat Team 7, 1st Marine Division, captured three foreign fighters Sept. 29, near Al Qaim.
• MACS-1 transfers operations to Iraqi air control tower Marine Corps News 03 Oct 2004 -- Around the clock, military aircraft of all types are landing and taking off from the air base here, executing missions in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Deployments

• Korean Troops Take on Leadership Role in Iraq's Rebuilding AFPS 03 Oct 2004 -- Soldiers from the Republic of Korea assumed operational authority for the northeastern province of Irbil, Iraq, Oct. 1, Multinational Force Iraq officials reported.
• Park Repubic of Korea Assumes Operational Authority from Multi-National Brigade Northwest MNF-I/MNC-I 03 Oct 2004 -- More than 2,500 Republic of Korea (ROK), Zaytun Division Soldiers assumed safety, stability and civil/military operations in the northeastern province of Irbil on October 1. Authority was transferred from Soldiers of Multi-National Brigade Northwest (MNB-NW) in Mosul to the ROK during an official ceremony held on the ROK compound in Irbil.

US Policy

• BUSH/KERRY/IRAQ VOA 03 Oct 2004 -- President Bush's national security adviser says she stands by her pre-war assessment of Iraq's suspected nuclear ambitions. V-O-A's Paula Wolfson reports, Condoleezza Rice says she remains convinced ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein wanted to acquire nuclear weapons.
• International Support Gaining in Iraq, Rice Says AFPS 03 Oct 2004 -- The key to winning the war in Iraq is to support the Iraqis as they take on responsibility for their own future, and the international community is increasingly doing just that, National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice said today.
• Rumsfeld Says Coalition Making Progress in Iraq, Will Stay Course AFPS 03 Oct 2004 -- Despite escalated violence in Iraq that is likely to continue through the elections in January, the coalition remains committed to doing whatever it takes to ensure that terrorists don't find a safe haven in Iraq, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Oct. 2 on Fox News Channel.
• Rice Maintains Coalition Forces Were Right to Make War on Iraq Washington File 03 Oct 2004 -- U.S. National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice said October 3 that she remains convinced U.S. and coalition forces were right to invade Iraq to remove Saddam Hussein from power.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraqi Border Patrol Gets New Equipment MNF-I/MNC-I 03 Oct 2004 -- The Iraqi Border Patrol battalion received 40 Jeep Liberties and 1,500 body armor vests Sept. 29, equipment that will further their ability to ensure the safety and security of Iraq as its citizens prepare for elections in January.

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• Iraqi Media Monitoring UNAMI 03 Oct 2004
• Militants Kill Iraqi Contractor Working for Americans VOA News 03 Oct 2004 -- Militants in Iraq have beheaded an Iraqi contractor who they say was working for U.S. forces.
• Bodies of Man and Woman Found Near Iraqi Capital VOA News 03 Oct 2004 -- Hospital officials in Iraq say police have found the bodies of a man and a woman south of Baghdad. Both appeared to be Westerners, but neither had identification.