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***Operation Infinite Freedom - Situation Room - 10 JUN 03/Day 83***
Everywhere TexKat goes, or Ragtime Cowgirl transcribes... | 10 JUN 03 | null and void

Posted on 06/09/2003 9:05:35 PM PDT by null and void

Operation Infinite Freedom


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Good Morning.

Welcome to the daily thread of Operation Infinite Freedom - Situation Room.

It is designed for general conversation about the ongoing war on terror, and the related events of the day. Im addition to the ongoing conversations related to terrorism and our place in it's ultimate defeat, this thread is a clearinghouse of links to War On Terrorism threads. This allows us to stay abreast of the situation in general, while also providing a means of obtaining specific information and mutual support.


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: freedom; iraq; saddam
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To: TexKat
Done.
61 posted on 06/10/2003 7:37:02 AM PDT by null and void (Who Cries For The Krill?)
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To: Cate
After all the smarmy stuff about Hiltlery today, its nice to see something in print that doesn't make me grit my teeth.

Speaking of witch...

Hillary!™'s book came out yesterday, and the stock market crashed.

Coincidence? Or something more sinister???

(Frau Blücher!)

62 posted on 06/10/2003 7:39:32 AM PDT by null and void (Who Cries For The Krill?)
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To: null and void; 1Mike; 3catsanadog; ~Kim4VRWC's~; A CA Guy; A Citizen Reporter; abner; Aeronaut; ...
Situation Room -- DAY 83 -- Live Thread Ping!


Sorry my pings have been missing: modem trouble! I'm on...I'm off......I'm on.......LOL.
63 posted on 06/10/2003 9:32:00 AM PDT by Howlin
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To: TexKat
Thanks for your efforts. I check in every day to get all the news from your very valuable point of view. You keep me informed. Thanks again.
64 posted on 06/10/2003 9:46:47 AM PDT by aloysius89
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OK...taking a survey here. How many people on this thread had disturbed sleep last night, for whatever reason (nightmares, pets, kids, broken a/c, whatever)?

We have a high number on the ATRW thread, and I think it is because the Hillary re-emergence has caused a break in the space-time continuum.

Let me know if this applies to you!

65 posted on 06/10/2003 9:58:38 AM PDT by Miss Marple
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To: Howlin; Miss Marple
Sorry my pings have been missing: modem trouble!


Tell the people at Time Warner to get with the program... And for every hour you are off line ratio it out and show a credit on the forthcoming statement....

Hillary maybe, but I never really gave her a thought... I thought it was just dreading having to watch paint dry....
66 posted on 06/10/2003 10:12:56 AM PDT by deport (Scratch a dog and you will have a permanent job.....)
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To: Howlin
Thanks for the ping
Hope your problems with
your cable get straightened out soon
67 posted on 06/10/2003 10:14:27 AM PDT by firewalk (nice to see you)
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To: TexKat; null and void; MEG33; windchime; Miss Marple; All
Morning, all! Thanks for the news, Kat and the thread, nully...and the kind comments, windchime and MM. (^:

I've been doing some WMD research this morn. Haven't you wondered about, say, the disguised Najaf "cement factory" discovered by our troops on March 24? We dropped leaflets on it...the workers ran away, sand covered the factory - making it invisible from the air, the UN didn't know it existed, it covered some 100 acres. We're told it's just a "cement factory", yet a teensy bit of research shows that UN inspectors previously checked other "cement factories" because HMX explosives are used there.

Do a Google search. Nothing to see here? The press doesn't seem interested in this "cement factory" or the missiles tipped w/ rubber hoses and/or reservoirs, or the confessions from Iraqi scientists that duel-use chems were made at different locations to be mixed at the last moment before delivery.

The only logical conclusion, imho, is that OUR press doesn't WANT to find WMDs.

Contrast today's accusers on the left to the treatment these accusers gave Bill Clinton days after Clinton bombed the Sudan aspirin factory (in a strike so secretive two of his own Joint Chiefs weren't told, hit because traces of precursor chems were 'supposedly' discovered in a soil sample) - Aug. '98 - Clinton in Martha's Vineyard doing the Hillary/Cronkite PR campaign - after Monica confessed...to highly sympathetic press. He actually gave a civil rights speech to the waiting cameras - comparing himself to Nelson Mandella. The WP and PBS put out lengthy news stories re. the threat of global terrorism that same day.

Does anyone remember an investigation into the Sudan bombing? The aspirin factory's frozen assets were quietly unfrozen and the matter dropped - with the help of Vernon Jordan's law firm.

Did find a few gems to share this morn. From a real LT (check out his June 4 'Haiku'):


Living With America (FR link)
L.T. SMASH - LIVE FROM THE SANDBOX ^ | 09 June 2003 | L.T. SMASH (aka ? see June 4)

09 June 2003

Living With America

In the wake of America’s stunning military victories in Afghanistan and Iraq, the world is waking up to the realization that the United States of America is now the single most powerful nation on Earth, and is likely to remain so for quite some time. This has caused great discomfort in some quarters, but it need not be so.

Nations of good will have little to fear from the America, and indeed have much to gain from maintaining a mutually beneficial relationship. As this new reality begins to take shape, the United States will begin to hammer out new free trade agreements, treaty negotiations, and security arrangements with unprecedented speed. For astute statesmen and skillful diplomats, opportunities abound.

Therefore, as a service to all the world leaders, non-governmental organizations, dignitaries, lawmakers, and diplomats who will be conducting negotiations with the United States in the years to come, I present this simple three-point guide to “Living With America.” I hope they find the information within to be helpful....


68 posted on 06/10/2003 10:32:51 AM PDT by Ragtime Cowgirl ("The American people are proud of you and God bless each of you." Rummy to troops in Iraq)
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Iraqi Exile: Saddam Seen North of Baghdad

NEW YORK - Saddam Hussein has been seen north of Baghdad and is paying a bounty for every American soldier killed, the leader of an Iraqi exile group said Tuesday.

Saddam has $1.3 billion in cash taken from the Central Bank on March 18, is bent on revenge, and believes he can "sit it out and get the Americans going," said Ahmed Chalabi, head of the Iraqi National Congress.

But Saddam also bought suicide vests for himself and his secretary on April 1 from the mukhabarat, the Iraqi secret police, he said.

The ousted Iraqi leader has been sighted on several recent occasions moving in an arc from Diyala, northeast of Baghdad, around the Tigris River toward his hometown of Tikrit and into the Dulaimi areas to the west of the Tigris, Chalabi said.

The latest sighting was about two weeks before Chalabi left on his current U.S. trip — and the best sighting was three days old.

"Now, he's put a price on American soldiers. He will pay bounty for every American soldier killed in Iraq (news - web sites) now. This has been spread around in the western part of the country," Chalabi told the Council on Foreign Relations.

He said the casualty rate for American soldiers "is close to one a day, which is not good."

The United States has been putting more troops into areas where the killings are taking place, but Chalabi said soldiers in their armored vehicles "are sitting ducks for terrorists."

The United States instead should move quickly to create an Iraqi security force under U.S. command, he said. This can be done in six weeks with help from community leaders to weed out criminals and members of Saddam's Baath Party and would allow the United States to reduce its force.

"They can actually provide order quickly," he said.

Chalabi, 58, has been mentioned widely as a future Iraqi leader — though he denies any ambitions to lead the country. He also has many critics who are opposed to anyone ruling Iraq after spending so many years abroad and who oppose his business dealings in Jordan.

69 posted on 06/10/2003 11:12:45 AM PDT by TexKat
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To: prairiebreeze; All
Welcome back, prairie. Your baby's all grown up. Sniff. {^;

NOT Lt. Gen. Abizaird:

 
Tuesday, June 10, 2003

WASHINGTON — In a highly unusual move, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld (search) has selected a retired four-star general to become the next Army chief of staff, senior defense officials said Tuesday.

The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the selectee is Peter J. Schoomaker, who retired from the Army after commanding the U.S. Special Operations Command from 1997-2000.

The choice, which has not been publicly announced and is subject to confirmation by the Senate, may raise some eyebrows inside the military because it is rare for a defense secretary to bypass senior active-duty generals in favor of a retired officer to be the Army's top general.

The current chief of staff, Gen. Eric Shinseki (search), is retiring Wednesday.

Because no successor will have been nominated and confirmed by then, the vice chief of staff, Gen. John Keane, will temporarily assume Shinseki's job when he departs, officials said.

Rumsfeld had tried to persuade Keane to take the top job but he declined for family reasons, officials said.

Schoomaker began his Army career in 1970 as an armor officer but switched to the secretive world of special operations in the late 1970s. He graduated from the University of Wyoming, where he was a star football player, and served with a variety of armor and cavalry units.

From 1975-76, he completed the Marine Corps amphibious warfare course and in February 1978 joined the Army's 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment, now known as the highly secretive Delta Force (search that specializes in counterterrorism missions.

He later was commander of the Army Special Operations Command and the Joint Special Operations Command at Fort Bragg, N.C.


70 posted on 06/10/2003 11:45:15 AM PDT by Ragtime Cowgirl ("The American people are proud of you and God bless each of you." Rummy to troops in Iraq)
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To: Carolina
Driver's license pic? (^;

 
Tuesday, June 10, 2003

WASHINGTON — U.S. forces have captured two more of the 55 most wanted Iraqis, including a former member of Saddam Hussein's inner circle, Pentagon officials said Tuesday.

Latif Nusayyif al-Jasim al-Dulaymi, No. 18 on the top 55 list, was the most senior man captured. He's a former member of Saddam's Revolutionary Command Council, the small committee of the former dictator's top advisers, and a former deputy secretary of the Baath Party's  military bureau.

The second man captured was a top official in the chemical weapons corps of the Iraqi military. Brig. Gen. Husayn al-Awadi, No. 53 on the most-wanted list, also was a regional Baath Party leader in the Ninawa region of northern Iraq.

American officials hope that captured Iraqi officials like al-Awadi can give them information leading to the stocks of chemical and biological weapons President Bush said Iraq had before the war. No such weapons have been found so far.

More than half of the top 55 wanted Iraqis are now in U.S. custody.


71 posted on 06/10/2003 11:46:22 AM PDT by Ragtime Cowgirl ("The American people are proud of you and God bless each of you." Rummy to troops in Iraq)
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Borderland    Tuesday, June 10, 2003

Brief: Injured soldiers sent to hospital in Germany (El Paso Times)


The four soldiers from Fort Bliss' 978th Military Police Company who were injured last week in Iraq have been sent to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany.

Pfc. Candice May, 21, of Winter Haven, Fla., and Spc. Alan R. Hill, 20, of Dunseith, N.D., received minor shrapnel wounds June 4. Pfc. Jeremy Bristol, 21, of McKinney, Texas, and Spc. Pedro Rodriguez, 22, of El Paso, received shrapnel wounds June 5.

Laura Cruz


72 posted on 06/10/2003 11:47:07 AM PDT by Ragtime Cowgirl ("The American people are proud of you and God bless each of you." Rummy to troops in Iraq)
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To: TexKat
How many Saddam look-a-likes did he create? Where's Baghdad Bob? We'll get to the bottom of it all eventually. Grrrr to those who continue to terrorize the Iraqi people.

2-44 ADA Trains Joint Iraqi Security Company
ADA Magazine Online - Fort Bliss ^ | June 6, 2003 | Pfc. James Matise - 101st Airborne Division writer

 

MOSUL, Iraq -- A soldier with 2nd Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery, 101st Airborne Division, assembles an AK-47 rifle with a soldier from the Joint Iraqi Security Company, left, and a translator, center, June 5. The 2-44 ADA  is training Kurdish and Iraqi forces to become the first self-sufficient Iraqi military force. Photo by Pfc. James Matise/U.S. Army.


2-44 ADA Trains Joint Iraqi Security Company
Iraq's First Military Security Force is Made Up
of Iraqis From Across the Country
by Pfc. James Matise
101st Airborne Division writer


MOSUL, Iraq (June 6, 2003) – The soldiers gathered inside the dilapidated building were certainly a diverse lot: some were so young they still did not need to shave, while others bore thick mustaches flecked with gray. All of their eyes were on the instructor in the center of the room, his head wrapped in a bandage by a soldier in bright green combat fatigues.

     “Very good,” the instructor said when the soldier motioned he was finished, stood up with his gift-wrapped head and gestured for the other soldiers to give a round of applause. “Now who’s next?”

     The Joint Iraqi Security Company, the first military security force in Iraq made up of Iraqis from across the country and hopefully soon to be the first self-sufficient Iraqi military force, is being trained for service by 2nd Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, a unit assigned to the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault).

~~~


73 posted on 06/10/2003 11:53:22 AM PDT by Ragtime Cowgirl ("The American people are proud of you and God bless each of you." Rummy to troops in Iraq)
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www.centcom.mil
 
June 9, 2003
Release Number: 03-06-35


EXPLOSION AT IRAQI AMMUNITION SUPPLY POINT KILLS 3, INJURES 2 (No Coalition casualties)

AD DIWANIYAH, Iraq -- An explosion at an Iraqi ammunition supply facility here killed three Iraqis and injured two others here Monday morning.

Coalition forces sustained no casualties and evacuated the injured Iraqis to medical facilities for treatment of their injuries.

An Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team was directed to the scene to perform an assessment, and establish a protective buffer zone in the event of follow-on explosions.

EOD personnel will assist in clearing the site Tuesday when it is declared safe.

An investigation of the explosion is underway.

74 posted on 06/10/2003 12:03:49 PM PDT by Ragtime Cowgirl ("The American people are proud of you and God bless each of you." Rummy to troops in Iraq)
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www.centcom.mil
 
June 9, 2003
Release Number: 03-06-34


FIRE CAUSES EXPLOSIONS AT AMMUNITION FACILITY

KARBALA, Iraq - A fire caused a series of explosions at a Coalition ammunition supply point here late Monday afternoon.

There were no reported Iraqi or U.S. casualties and the fire was localized.

The fire is not suspected to be a result of hostile action.

Coalition forces evacuated the area and established a 4 kilometer buffer zone around the location.

Explosive ordnance disposal experts will conduct an assessment to determine when the site is safe to be cleared of unexploded ordnance.

The incident is under investigation.

75 posted on 06/10/2003 12:04:23 PM PDT by Ragtime Cowgirl ("The American people are proud of you and God bless each of you." Rummy to troops in Iraq)
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www.centcom.mil
 
June 10, 2003
Release Number: 03-06-37

COALITION AND IRAQI POLICE WORK TO MAKE IRAQ SECURE (June 10, 2003)

CAMP DOHA, Kuwait -- Coalition Forces continue to patrol Iraq to eliminate crimes against people and property, rid populated areas of weapons, ammunition and explosives, and stop the black market trade in fuel and other commodities. Coalition Forces also continue to conduct joint security patrols with Iraqi police to increase the professionalism of the police force and prepare them for their role in a self-governed Iraq.

Weapons Turn-In Program:

Iraqi citizens voluntarily turned in a variety of weapons under the Weapons Turn-In Program that began June 1. As of today, Iraqi citizens have delivered to Weapons Collection Points a total of 44 pistols, 69 semi-automatic rifles or shotguns, 240 automatic rifles, 25 machine guns, 78 anti-tank weapons (i.e., rocket-propelled grenade launchers), 122 grenades and other explosive devices.

The amnesty period for the Weapons Turn-In Program will run through June 14.

Coalition Activity:

The 4th Infantry Division continued in its efforts to locate remaining pockets of paramilitary forces and Ba’ath party loyalists to create a secure and stable environment north of Baghdad. Three hundred eighty-four people have been detained for interrogation, 30 are confirmed as pro-regime. Twelve individuals attempted to escape by boat, but were captured. Four soldiers were wounded, though none of their injuries were life-threatening.

Soldiers of the 4th Infantry Division (ID) conducted a raid on a house believed to hold the individuals responsible for an attack on Coalition Forces on June 7. They detained two individuals and were informed four more were at a local hospital. Upon inspection of the hospital, soldiers detained two other individuals. The 4th ID also conducted a raid in at a weapons market in Tayji, detaining three individuals selling detonation cord and explosives. They also conducted a raid on a suspected arms cache in Baqubah, where they detained 31 individuals, and confiscated 13 rocket-propelled grenades and various small arms. Finally, they raided a site in Taji, detaining six people, seizing 40 grenades, 90 rocket-propelled grenades, four boxes of anti-tank mines, and associated small arms.

Looters traveling in seven vehicles fired at a 4th Infantry Division patrol in Bayji. The patrol returned fire, and captured one vehicle, while the other six vehicles attempted to escape. The fleeing vehicles were located by an AH-64 Apache helicopter, and a flash checkpoint was established which captured the remaining vehicles, detaining nine individuals, and seizing anti-tank mines in their possession.

Forty Seersucker anti-ship missiles were discovered and confiscated by 1st Armored Division (AD) forces in a Baghdad suburb. Coalition personnel will destroy the missiles.

101st Airborne (Air Assault) Division soldiers investigated possible mortar fire in Mosul, and subsequently discovered and seized a 120mm mortar with 39 rounds, and a number of enemy fortifications. Soldiers also received small arms direct fire while traveling in a two-vehicle convoy passing through a Mosul traffic circle, slightly injuring one soldier. A patrol searched the site, and detained two Iraqi gunmen armed with five AK-47s, and two rocket-propelled grenades.

101st Airborne (Air Assault) Division soldiers conducted a cordon and search of a suspect weapons market in Mosul, where they detained five personnel and confiscated two 9mm Sub-machine guns, approximately 6,000 rounds of ammunition, numerous magazines, and approximately 1,434,400 Dinar.

Police Activity in the Last 24 Hours:

Coalition Forces conducted 11 raids and a total of 2,444 patrols throughout Iraq. 250 were joint Iraqi and Coalition patrols. They also detained or arrested 189 individuals for a variety of criminal activities including looting, curfew violations, weapons violations, theft, larceny and dealing drugs.

Recent Police Activity:

U.S. military police in east Baghdad noticed six males carrying weapons. The patrol stopped the individuals and confiscated three AK-47s. The individuals were transported to the Althawra Police Station for questioning.

U.S. forces detained 52 people in northwest Baghdad for attempting to loot a local warehouse and storage complex thought to contain munitions. U.S. forces on the scene reported receiving fire from a crowd of approximately 300 people. Although the situation was volatile, there were no reported injuries. Explosive ordnance specialist determined that all the munitions at the complex were harmless.

A murder suspect was apprehended and taken to the Al-Kerreda police station by a joint police patrol. An AK-47 bayonet and 29 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition were seized during the search of the suspect's residence.

76 posted on 06/10/2003 12:05:02 PM PDT by Ragtime Cowgirl ("The American people are proud of you and God bless each of you." Rummy to troops in Iraq)
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www.centcom.mil
 
June 10, 2003
Release Number: 03-06-36

COALITION EFFORTS AID IRAQ'S RECOVERY (June 10, 2003)

CAMP DOHA, Kuwait – Coalition Forces continue to assist in developing a safer and more secure environment in Iraq through the following activities.

NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IRAQ

Coalition Forces recently:
• Reported an all-time high of 14,140 bottles of propane were processed at the propane plant and also reported the Baghdad-Basra pipeline is operational.
• Reported a total of 35 humanitarian shipments crossed into Iraq from Syria in the last 24 hours, and received 217 benzene and 46 propane trucks from Turkey.
• Delivered 3K gallons of water to villages in the Tall Afar area and 4K gallons of water to the Sununi area.
• Reported the Rabi’ah granary is nearly full from the harvest, and that the locals are opening another facility to store the overflow wheat and barley.
• Reported the UN World Food Program distributed four shipments to Habbaniyah and 47 shipments to Ar Ramadi.
• Observed the lawyers’ assembly election in Mosul, where 52 candidates vied for 10 positions. It was reported that about 800 hundred lawyers turned out to vote. The results of the election are not yet known.
• Delivered medical supplies to a medical clinic in Ad Duluyah, and will coordinate for additional supplies to be delivered.
• Met with the Mosul Director General to develop a plan to source new administrators at the outlying hospitals, in particular Sinjar and Al-Baaj hospitals.
• Received a train schedule from Baghdad with proposed arriving and departing trains for final approval, which will significantly improve public transportation within Iraq.
• Attended a meeting at the Grain Board Office and report the barley harvest in Northern Iraq is 70% complete and wheat harvest is 10% complete. Both harvests are going well.
• Placed information boards at the Civil-Military Operations Center, UN compound and World Food Program warehouses in Baghdad to assist in informing locals of pertinent dates and locations for registration and distributions, in an attempt to assist internally displaced persons in Northern Iraq.
• Facilitated acquisition of chemicals needed for mosquito/fly control with Fallujah Health Department's Communicable Disease Center. Enough supplies exist for the current mosquito season; more supplies will be needed for spraying in Oct-Nov.
• Reported that the Baghdad Airport is due to open to commercial traffic in mid-July.
• Identified a clogged underground sewer pipe in Baghdad and began trenching in preparation for the laying of new pipeline for the city.
• Met with Red Cross representatives to discuss the plan for nursing reform in Iraq, and coordinate assessments of nursing skills and nursing capabilities at different geographical areas within the country.
• Continued to coordinate for emergency start-up funds for (state-owned) passenger and cargo companies throughout Iraq.
• Met with U.S. Treasury officials and members of the Supreme Audit Board to discuss the acquisition of the most recent financial statements of the Central Bank and the Ministry of Industry and Minerals.
• Conducted meeting with UNICEF and U.N. to discuss the future of orphanages and children’s programs in Iraq, and agree upon the process for assessment and implementation of short- and long-term programs.

SOUTHERN IRAQ

AL KUT
• Received a translated report of 22 capital projects from the engineers with the Ministry of Interior for prioritization, and will coordinate with appropriate NGO’s to screen them for possible submission to international or local contractors or other entities as necessary.
• Met with Iraqi ministry officials in Baghdad to assess on-hand medications, vaccines, and develop a plan to address possible shortages.
• Reported 8,515 propane cylinders were filled and distributed throughout Al Kut and surrounding areas of Wasit Province.

UMM QASR
• Provided emergency medical treatment to 12-year-old child and her mother, who were burned by a propane stove in Khor Zubayr, and also coordinated transportation of the child to the Spanish Hospital ship.
• Continued to coordinate with Customs and Immigration teams to establish processes at Umm Qasr port in preparation for the re-opening of the port to commercial traffic, scheduled for mid-June.

AN NASARIYAH
• Reported the food distribution warehouse is functioning at a level that exceeds prewar standards, and that no shortages are being experienced.

AN NAJAF
• Completed six of 17 clinic assessments for the An Najaf Governate.

AD DIWANIYAH
• Began payment of $1.6 million in U.S. currency to the pensioners on Monday.

AL HILLAH
• Continued to assist in efforts to establish the Interim City Council, elect 10 more judges, and execute the National Payment Plan.

KARBALA
• Reported a new Karbala newspaper is expected to print its first edition next week, and that Human Rights Foundation will also begin publication of a magazine, “Human Rights” as a means of educating the population on their newly won rights and how they should treat one another.
• Met with the Chief Judge concerning collection of dates to determine the disposition of residences that were confiscated by the prior regime in the late 70s and early 80s, and develop a long-term reclamation process for citizens.
• Coordinated for structural experts to assess the Al-Hussein Water treatment facility, and continued to develop a funding proposal and a health assessment for the facility.

77 posted on 06/10/2003 12:05:42 PM PDT by Ragtime Cowgirl ("The American people are proud of you and God bless each of you." Rummy to troops in Iraq)
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IN CUSTODY

AND


78 posted on 06/10/2003 12:14:51 PM PDT by TexKat
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Iran Accused of Interfering in Iraq

BAGHDAD, Iraq - The leader of Iraq's American-led occupation force accused Iran on Tuesday of meddling in Iraq's internal affairs.

L. Paul Bremer, head of the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq, echoed other U.S. officials, notably Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who have expressed concern Shiite extremists in Iran would try to stir unrest within Iraq's own Shiite majority in an effort to install an Iran-like theocracy in Baghdad.

"It is incontrovertible that elements in the Iranian government are interfering in Iraqi affairs, as the secretary of defense pointed out several days ago," Bremer said.

79 posted on 06/10/2003 12:23:39 PM PDT by TexKat
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US warns of prolonged Iraqi resistance as violence flares again

BAGHDAD (AFP) - US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld warned that coalition forces in Iraq will need many more months to eliminate armed resistance from fighters loyal to former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, as hostile fire wounded four more US soldiers.

The dangerous disorder still prevailing over two months after the fall of Saddam's regime was further highlighted when three Iraqis were killed in a munitions explosion.

Speaking in Lisbon at the start of a four-day tour of Europe, Rumsfeld blamed the attacks that have claimed mounting US casualties on former Iraqi security forces, including the paramilitary Fedayeen Saddam.

80 posted on 06/10/2003 12:30:06 PM PDT by TexKat
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