Show ' : - “I i The Herald Journal Logan Utah Monday October 27 2003 : Iraq reconstruction Q ' — A5 - ' ' ’iv' - BAGHDAD Iraq (AP) — US occupation authority retreated from its headquarters Sunday after Iraqi insurgents using )a “science project” of a rocket launcher attacked the heavily guarded hotel with a y missile barrage that killed an WASHINGTON (AP)— The American colonel wounded Defense Department said Sun--t 18 other people and sent the day there was no indication that visiting deputy defense secre-tar- y ’a rocket attack on a Baghdad scurrymg for safety hotel where US officials live v Paul Wolfowitz the shaken-lookihad targeted the Pentagon’s No but unhurt Pentagon 2offictaL deputy said the strike against Larry Di Rita chief die A1 Rasheed Hotel from spokesman for Defense Secrek nearly range tary Donald H “will not deter us from comRumsfeld said pleting our mission” in Iraq members of But the bold blow at the Deputy heart of the US presence hoe Defense Secreclearly rattled US confidence tary Paul Wol-- ! that it is defeating Iraq’s shadfowitz’s party owy insurgents' had told him by “We’ll have to get the secutelephone SunAP photo v rity situation under control” day they At left shattered windows are seen after eight rockets shuck the Al Rasheed Hotel early Sunday where US military and civilian employSecretary of State Colin Powbelieved none ees stay At right a US Army metical vehicle rushes to the area after rockets struck the Al Rasheed Hotel (background) early Sunday An ell told NBC’s “Meet die ’"TV among them were in 18 killed wounded others was the attack and colonel American VPress’’ reportedly members of the press ' including The Bush administration traveling with Wolfowitz during dozen rooms fled from the Al Rasheed ability of even heavily guard- put together the improvised knew postwar security would a visit to Iraq were injured The in in still modem ed facilities US some or shorts and launcher rocket Iraq figured pajamas be a challenge but “we didn’t ' The attack against the Al where American forces sustain to a nearby convention center out how to wheel it into the housing civilian expect it woiuld be quite this Rasheed hotel killed a US US-le- d Coaliofficials 26 an of the concrete western of from face across The of street the average park just intense this long” he said colonel and wounded 18 people Woland attacks where Provisional tion and was the hotel the daily Authority building The assault was likely fowitz came to assess ways to including seven American civil- US military personnel is a The effect of the 6:10 am pockmarked with a planned over at least the past ians and four US military per- winThe defeat the stubborn dramatof and the holes more blast or symbol occupation volley of rockets was two months a top US com- sonnet The attackers drove a least assault shattered vulner the dows officials and officers in two at ic: US insurgency highlighted mander said as die insurgents launcher to look US officials say Wolfowitz riot targeted The ®© ng tn! ilil point-blan- ' ' Vr 462-roo- m lower-profi- le 18-sto- ry half-doz- en - : disguised US troops try charms again in desert communities NUKHAYB Iraq (AP) — In town after town village r after village throughout Iraq American forces announce their arrival in much the same way they appoint mayors set up town councils refurbish schools and hand out toys One of the areas where it didn’t work is in the Sunni triangle around Baghdad where Saddam Hussein loyalists have been most "active ’v-- Now US veterans of such hotspots such as Fallujah are giving it another try 225 miles southwest of Baghdad in the Armored Cavalry Regiment which arrived in Iraq in April “My first goal here is to establish tnlst and confidence I want to create people who will cooperate with us not shoot at us” ' vV" Hickey a Boston man looks determined to make things work His mis-sion in is twofold: to help the desert villages and keep out hostile infiltrators from neighboring Saudi Arabia 7 “We know that there are crossings” said Capt David Palazzo 29 from Charlotte NC who commands the ed ' desolate desert of ' ' Iraq It’s too early to draw firm conclusions but early evidence suggests that here at least the mixture of military might generosity and democ--‘ racy may still work “In Fallujah no matter how much we helped we were not liked” lamented Lt Col Christopher Hickey commander of the 2nd Squadron 3rd ’vast south-weste- rn - attendance has gone from 60 villages of Nukhayb Kasra and Habbariyah So it’s no pupils to 135 since the school ment employee was among the ' surprise that the US military got its makeover “We are wounded' very grateful for what they represented a ray of hope to Di Rita said members of the have done” Rashid said as the area’s 3000 people Wolfowitz party were very : Outside the mayor’s office Hickey showed off the work close the area the to of hotel that done at the school by contrac-tor- s Wednesday 50 men in tradiwas struck but there was no and 30 US soldiers tional Arab robes anxiously indication the attack was direct- A government with money waited to be interviewed by ed at Wolfowitz - to spend is a novelty in Iraq Hickey and his team for a Another official speaking on 400-ma- n after nearly 13 years of wars force to police 220 condition of anonymity said and sanctions Even the little miles of Saudi border Month-- ' officials with whom WolIraqi ly salaries of up to $180 money spent by Saddam’s fowitz had met earlier told him would go far in this poor 7 government on infrastructure that his presence in the Iraqi v 7 7 didn’t reach the poor isolated - sheepherding community 7 capital was well known “I gave the mayor $50000 and told him to spend it wise-- " ly” Hickey said at a former Iraqi air force base where Eagle Troop is headquartered ' “He has spent them well and " today IT1 give him $30000 - ' more” A chart in his office dis plays photographs of the area’s three top tribal sheiks one of the Mayor sheik’s sons and town coun-- 7 cilors r - v : ! “We don’t want to overwhelm the town” said Hick- -' ey “Hoe we have a fresh start" like a portable generator to the edge of a park near the hotel and fled Secretary of State Colin Powell called it a brazen attack and announced that a State Depart- - ' It’s easy to see where the ' here “We are to find out $50000 went’ Last week workers wore whether it is terrorists or repairing a school in the near- smugglers” he said v V Hickey led a team to the by village of Kasra There ' were new carpets desks and region in late September to learn its most pressing needs coffee tables at the offices of the mayor and the police Accompanying him was 29 a : chief The village school has V Thamer Nayef ' Baghdad University business ' clean water new supplies ' graduate and glass windows and its first coat of fresh paint in years mayor of Nukhayb and sur- Headmaster Ali Rashid said rounding villages squadron’s Eagle Troop ' : v US-appoint- ed ! 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