Show A8 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday October 26 2003 I D Iraq occupation I I WeffecO Gf®©P)S ®bd OSainraasflaini fo®lfoavii®i7 rance” said Lt Col Chester MOSUL Iraq (AP)— No ' f " - - ’ ‘ ’ - f ijvi v -- v 'V t !?: - ‘ r!r S ' y v - H : r v ' 'V-1-- v 7 yVj M ' : C Egert a chaplain with the 101st Airborne Division in eating! drinking or smoking in publi: Thatiyvmd is going out to American soldiers in Iraq i Muslims prepare to observe the holy month of fasting ' Ramadan ' During Ramadan expected to begin Monday Muslims are supposed to abstain from food drink cigarettes and sex during daylight hours It is a time for reflection when religious feelings run strong coalition is The US-le- d clearly concerned that those feelings could erupt into violence against American troops by religious Iraqis deeply offended that their country will be spending Ramadan under military occupation by 4 Mosul Muslims believe Ramadan was the month when God began to reveal the holy book Quran to the Prophet Muhammad 1400 years ago During die month Muslims break their fast with an evening meal called "iftar” at sunset For many Muslims Ramadan is a time for sumptuous nighttime banquets with family and friends and staying up late to have one last meal before sunrise Mindful of die traditional evening festivities the US-le- d coalition is canceling the nighttime curfew in effect in Baghdad since the city fell to US forces in April Coalition authorities also reopened a major bridge in Baghdad across the Tigris River on Saturday to ease traffic congestion — one more gesture aimed at improving the American’s image with Iraqis and avoiding the kind of misunderstandings that have already plagued the occupation In one of the latest culture :: clashes American troops sparked outrage last week when they tried to use a snif- non-Musli- v1: AP photo A band member of the US Army 1st armored division music band carries his tuba across Baghdad's 14th July bridge shortly before a ribbon cutting ceremony on Saturday the day coalition authorities a major bridge in Baghdad to ease conditions for In announced plans to lift the curfew and re-op-en ' ahead of Ramadan despite continued r - 'l " ' “ f t violence''v ' r s v j j- ' j s' r V k4 4 - Guerrillas fire on destroy nedU rd :fV ’ i vUKRIT Iraq ( rillas fired small arms and 1 We have made sure all our forces are well aware of the implication of Ramadan” said Lt Gen Ricardo Sanchez commander of US and coalition troops “We’re making sure our fences clearly understand what die traditions are and what the sensitivities are to make sure that we’re being respectful of die Iraqi people” To that end American and other allied troops have been attending “cultural sensitivi- ty” classes where instructors mostly chaplains explain Islamic traditions and die meaning of the Islamic holy ' month “We don’t want our soldiers to challenge any of those social customs or taboos or UJS forces The region’ hi f’n Yousef said-- ' religious practices out of igno — y 'They shot at our 4-i- where the ousted dictatin' 5 US Army Black Hawk heli- car The translator burned to fydrew his strongest support his ' death in the car A man with y loyalists are now believed to v copter after it came down Sat- He was going toU be leading resistance to die : s:-near Tikrit in field a i: urday "yy5? us was killednext soldier married and one occupation : $$$£4 get Cwounding A US military spokesman? r A US command t ?f causing the craft to explode in flames and spew a column of spokesman in Baghdad denied in Baghdad who spoke on condition of anonymity said black smoke the US military troops fired atthe convoysaid saying coalition forces went to the helicopter landed for A Near Faliujah three civil-- - : the secure die area after the ih undetermined reasons-ians were killed and two v : wounded when their convoy v the helicopter was came under fire An American ' 4 Lt Col Charles Hardy apparendy Airfor 82nd and die an downed by ground fire USf Iraqi security spokesman engineer " 4 officials have beCn warning £ ard said UfS troq shot at x borne Di vision which is said for dm that thousands of shoulder-area but the vehicles' i responsible military jtheir - tire civilian convoy turned missiles ytftX fired denied that i: remain unaccounted fix after around after a bomb exploded Amid the ongoing violence : ' the fall of Saddam’s regime US military officials prepared ahead of it and then was hit bomb' one another US for the holy fasting month of improvised helicopter by Only ' Ramadan which begins in grenades and has bom confirmed shot down small-ar4 fire by hostile firesince President Iraq on Monday For weeks Bush declared an end to major “US forces arrived after chaplains have been training the Musand the sensitive attack combat in Iraq on May 1 A treated be to to troops wounded” he said “This was ' US Army Apache attack helilim religious traditions In the incident near Fallu-ja- h not initiated by our forces” copter was shot down June 12 three SUVs of the Euro- Near FallujahIraqi civilby hostile fire in western Iraqi ians reported a roadside The craft’s two crewmenibers pean Landmine Solutions a British-base- d private contracbombing Saturday night in the were rescued town of Khaldiyah They said tor were hit by gunfire Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz on a several US soldiers appeared according to an American three-datour of Iraq was in to have been wounded the engineer with the firm David Tikrit earlier Saturday visiting Rasmussen who was hospitalUS command had no imme' a US garrison ized with wounds diate information Black Before leaving he told ' Asked where the shots came The Hawk came from Rasmussen replied: down at about 4 pm in a field ' commanders he was hopeful American troops would get near Saddam Hussein's home“from the USA” more money to train Iraqis to town of Tikrit Both it and The Iraqi security guard assume a greater role in secuFaliujah lie inside the “Sunni traveling with the convoy Laith Yousef gave the same rity as they fight resistance Triangle” which sees multiforces account ple attacks every day against grenades at a rocket-propell- ed d :! ’1 US soldiers who fired in the ' air to disperse the crowd 5 The military had no the Oct 21 incident v at the time but emphasized that cultural training was under way for Ramadan an opportunity for Americans to improve their image widi ordinary Iraqis US commanders and many Iraqis see the coming month as a critical juncture in between die occupation I: force and an Iraqi public still P deeply skqitical of the Ameri-can presence “We’re gmng to work very hard to make sure : tiiat we honor this very impor--i tant part of their religion We’re going to try and temper tilings we do to make sure it v matches what everybody else is doing” said Col William : Harrison of the 101st Airborne :’T Division' Hussein Ali a computer programmer said $ Ramadan will show if the j Americans “have good inten- tions or bad intentions” y 'it : “It depends on how they ? 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