Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Friday November 28 2003 — D Iraq occupation Review finds fault in early WASHINGTON (AP) — American military commanders did not impose curfews halt looting or order Iraqis back to work after Saddam Hussein's regime fell because US ' policymakers were reluctant to declare US troops an occupying ' force says an internal Army review examined by The Associated Press ' As a result the Bush administra- -' tion’s first steps at reconstruction in Iraq were severely hampered creat- -' mg a power vacuum that others quickly moved to fill and a growing mistrust on the part of ordinary Iraqis the report said Since those first days the iit Jraq has been hampered by a Y growing'insurgency with persistent and deadly attacks against US' 7 y j i v forces The review a postwar by the 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized) said the political deci- displaced the regime created a power vacuum which others immediately tried to fill'' says the report The report marked "For Official Use Only" was obtained by The Associated Press the Washington' security think tank ' GlohalsecurilyOrg and other outlets sion to call (he US forces that arrived in Baghdad "liberators" instead of "occupying forces" left the division's officers uncertain' about their legal authority in postwar Baghdad and other cities Under international law the report says the troops were indeed an occupation force and had both rights and respon- ' sibilities- 7 "Because of the refusal to acknowledge occupier status coni- -' 7 manders did not initially take mea- -' sures available to occupying powers such as imposing curfews directing’ civilians to return to work’ and con- - j trolling the local governments and Y populace The failure to act after we -- Y' US-Y-effo- A spokesman for the 3rd Infantry Division Maj Darryl Wright char- -' acterized it as a candid effort to find ways to improve the division the next time it is called to fight Its authors are not identified said the final version was not complete It reflects multiple-'- 7 sometimes disparate points of view fromofiicers and troops part in the fighting he American general who briefly head- ed the first occupation government in Iraq Gamer said in a BBC interview aired Wednesday that the military did nit act quickly enough to if store law and order and key services in Baghdad and should have tried harder to win support from the Iraqi saidY-- Between 121XX) and 151XX) 3rd Infantry Division troops fought in Iraq and 44 were killed in action Wright said The division along with the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force comprised the bulk of the ground advance north from Kuwait to dad during late March and early 7 v April In the section regarding legal mat-Y- v Y ters facing the division the report : said unidentified officials” "higher : puiti 77 ' is likely to he larger than the 1 05 (XX) total the Pentagon ' had estimated on Nov! 6 when it first announced most details of the rotation plan expected to start in January' Wednesday -- - "LV1 0: on-nY- : UaQUy v - 7 : - - nome j ‘p Q if r : A nine-mon- ik ' ''c if 7u Recrive 50‘ off your Mauage when you buy 1 gift certificate the Season HotSlone Massage DENTURES “From the Lab to You NoDentibt Visits Required? 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4 C Although the Pentagon did not provide a total itappears : -- 9t that by May it will be closer to I M)(MH) counting the addi- ' ' tional Marines For reasons not explained Wednesday the Pentagon said if had decided to send an addi- tional three battalions of Marines Those would be beyond the 2()(XX) designated on Nov' 6 The initial group of " 20(XX) is headed by the st " Marine Division fronj Cahip'' There areabout 130(XX) US troops there now In the announcement 7-- tion-appoint- ed ir©fta4n©ira BBD WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon now says it will include several thousand more Marines than originally ' planned in the rotation of fresh combat and support ' forces in Iraq next year As a result the overall force - hth 1 7 The division confiscated $1 billion from palaces in Baghdad but was not permitted to use that money to Y' help the city (in its feet despite hty'-'- 0 ing the legal authority to do so the7 YY YY report says V ed Y - tnent' ' 7--- : - ' Riluir© R3aiirDiniGS BAGHDAD Iraq (AP) — troops were hurt On Sunday two US solInsurgents fired a Italian were fatally shot in the at diers grenade mission in Baghdad damagMosul which had been rela- ing the building but causing tively peaceful until a recent no injuries the US military upsurge in violence said Thursday : In a respite from their daily ' ' In a political setback for the grind Thursday! some Ameri- US-le- d can soldiers took lime out occupation key fig- in the powerful Shiite v from street patrols and their Muslim leadership criticized hunt for Iraqi guerrillas to cel- the US plan to transfer power ebrate Thanksgiving With ' to Iraqis saying elections races concerts games of should occur sooner than v' American football and traditional dinners of turkey meat Y'VY ' S planned-The overnight attack on the Y and cranberry sauce Italian mission underscored On the political front US- -' led efforts to establish a soverthe precarious security situa- tion in the Iraqi capital eign Iraq with a stable in reduction a attacks despite government suffered a setback ' on US-le- d when two tbp Shiite Muslim coalition forces in recent days Two weeks ago a’ leaders said they want elec- suicide bomber detonated aYY' ations sooner than March 15 7 truck bomb putside the Italian Y 7 20057 part of a plan agreed to 7: ' barracks in Nasiriyah killing by the Coalition and the coali-- 1 7 19 Italians and 14 others in an 7 GovernIraqi also weaken Council The plan ing apparent attempt tp the resolve of Washington's 7 calls for the creation of an 'coalition' partners ' the northern city & 'Mosul US troops In holy city of Najaf7 £ Wednesday killed a girl and 7SY’ GrandIraq's Ayatollah Ali Husseini ' feels that “real YY injured three people in apick-Ywas that loopholes’ in the plan “must up truck approaching '1 be dealt with otherwise thie soldiers who had been shot at the US' military process will be deficient and will not meet the expectations said No Weapons were found in the thick Assailants had of the people of Iraq” said'rYi Abdel-Azi- z a Shiite fired at two shuttle buses trav-eling from aUS military ' Y Y member of the Governing ' Y 7 compound but no American Y Council rocket-propell- constrained the occupation effort and did not prepare for the fall if Sad- - ' dam's government "Despite the virtual certainty that the military would accomplish the regime change then was no plan for oversight and reconstruction even after the division arrived in Hugh- dad"the report says "State IXfense and other relevant agencies hliust do a belter and timelier job 7' 7 " planning occupation governance and standing up a new Iraqi govern- - people whqtook7 In many ways it mirrors recent 7- criticisms by Jay Garner the retired Y moves post-wa-r Italian mission latest target of i All SALES merchandise! 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