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1st War On Terror Division
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Thursday, August 07, 2003 |
"U.S. defense officials say an al-Qaida-linked terrorist group may have been involved in Thursday's deadly car bomb attack on the Jordanian Embassy in Baghdad.
Lieutenant General Norton Schwartz says investigators are focusing on Ansar al-Islam, which U.S. officials believe is operating in Iraq.
The blast killed at least 11 people, including five Iraqi police who were guarding the embassy. Dozens of other people were wounded, incluidng five Jordanian embassy employees."
VOA News
11:22:56 PM 
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"Over the course of the next few days, we conducted daily patrols around the city, locating schools and inspecting them. Despite the fact that looting and destruction had even taken place at the primary schools, it looked good. Teachers were going through neighborhoods on foot making calls to get students to come in and help repair the damage that had been done to their schools. Some were holding impromptu classes already, though not 'officially'. Every teacher we met was very happy to see us. They expressed hope that we would help stabilize the city, and they were noticing it getting better as the days progressed. They were also surprised to see U.S. forces specifically concerned with education. The third day we were on patrol, we got lucky. A teacher we encountered told us that even though the administrative staff of the education department had been burned out of their offices, they were meeting that day at a nearby kindergarten to discuss the prospect of restarting classes and giving exams. We asked the teacher to lead us to the meeting place..."
Instapundit
11:17:07 PM
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