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Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2003 01:40:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Rick Rozoff < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: New NATO In Iraq: Hungarian Troops Shelled, Ukrainian Soldier Dies 1) Mortar Rounds Fired At Hungarian Troop Base In Iraq 2) Defense Ministry Confirms Death Of Ukrainian Soldier 3) 1,500 Angry Iraqis Besiege Czech Military Compound In Basrah 4) Turkey: Bomb Explodes Outside Polish Consulate, Latest Attack On Iraq Occupation Nations 5) Bulgarian Defense Minister, Military Chief Of Staff Leave For Iraq 6) Defense Minister: Bulgaria Prepared To Work With Turkey In Iraq ======================================== 1) http://www.budapestsun.com/full_story.asp?ArticleId={6DE07022325F4E459B0F6D9642123E6D}&From=News Budapest Sun October 2, 2003 Magyar troops under fire By Gareth Corsi The base housing the Hungarian troops in Iraq came under fire last week. Although there were no military casualties, three children received minor injuries. In total three mortar rounds were fired at the international military camp in al Hillah. Two rounds missed the base entirely and there were no military casualties reported. However, there were civilian casualties when one of the shells went wide of the camp, exploding in an apartment block nearby. Three children were said to have suffered light injuries. "Sometime after 10pm on Monday evening unknown perpetrators launched three 60mm shells at the logistics base serving as the camp for the Hungarian army," said Major Dezs� Kiss, press officer for the unit. "Out of these three shells one fell within the camp. No one was hurt and no damage was done to the facility. "One shell hit an apartment near the camp. Three children sustained light injuries. The third shell hit the ground outside the camp. The launcher was found outside the camp. The case is being investigated by local police," Kiss explained. "Precautionary measures were put in place right after the blast. We are not responsible for protecting the camp but the unit in charge took up defensive positions. "We put on flak jackets and helmets and armed ourselves. We maintained alert for an hour-and-a- half before standing down," the officer added. The question as to why Hungarians should be involved in Iraq has been raised in Parliament on more than one occasion. It was even suggested in press reports at one point that should the soldiers come under fire, then they would be brought home. However, Kiss was under no illusion about their job, "We are soldiers. When we volunteered for this job, we were aware of the possible dangers." ------------------------------------------------------- 2) http://www.unian.net/eng/news/news-44781.html UNIAN (Ukraine) October 1, 2003 Defense Ministry Confirms Death of Ukrainian Soldier in Iraq The Defense Ministry of Ukraine confirms the death of the Ukrainian soldier in Iraq. As the press-service of the Defense Ministry has reported to UNIAN, commander of crew of the reconnaissance patrol machine military man of the #5 mechanized brigade from the staff of the international stabilization forces in Iraq sergeant of the counter-active service Yury Koydan perished as a result of a traffic accident at 22.15 (Kyiv time) on September 30. The accident took place during fulfillment of patrolling in the district of Al-Kut airdrome. During an unsuccessful maneuvering at the territory of the Ukrainian base, an armored transporter turned upside-down and pressed a Ukrainian soldier. A criminal case was brought on the fact of the accident. The leadership of the Defense Ministry of Ukraine presented condolences to the relatives of the perished soldier. ------------------------------------------------------- 3) http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/index_view.php?id=27397 Czech Happenings October 2, 2003 Demonstration outside Czech base in Basra, Czechs in order BASRA- A demonstration attended by about 1,500 people took place outside the base of the Czech contingent in Basra, southern Iraq, the Czech Defence Ministry press department said. The protest was connected with the case of an alleged defilement of the Koran, which, according to an Iraqi religious leader, was committed by the Czechs. The religious leader demanded an apology from all countries operating in Iraq, saying that members of the Czech 7th filed hospital allegedly circulated texts from the Koran with disrespectful slogans written on them. The Czech military command has denied these claims and called the matter a provocation. The Defence Ministry said earlier that the official Iraqi sources had distanced themselves from the activities of the religious leader. The ministry press department said today that all members of the Czech contingent were in order. The demonstration, which lasted two hours, was called by a leaflet which was distributed at the local marketplace this morning. The situation in the region in which the Czech military hospital operates, has not yet calmed down, even though the Iraqi officials have distanced themselves from the provocation, the ministry said. The extraordinary security measures, adopted on Monday, are still in force. Iraqi religious leader Sheikh Sabah Saidi accused Czechs of defiling the Koran last week when a leaflet was found near the Czech hospital. Saidi ascribed the text of the leaflet, allegedly written in very poor English with a series of grammatical errors, to the Czechs and said it was an insult to Islam. He demanded an apology in the media and threatened with demonstrations and violence. Saidi is connected with the radical Shiite movement led by Muktada Sadr. The group supports Iran and the circles interested in the export of the Iranian Islamic revolution to Iraq. Representatives of Basra have distanced themselves from the scandal and stress in talks with Czechs that they respect the help provided by them. Autor: �TK ------------------------------------------------------- 4) http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_399461,00050003.htm Bomb explodes at Polish consulate in Istanbul Agence France-Presse Istanbul, October 2 -No one was hurt in the minor blast late on Wednesday, the latest in a series of such attacks in Turkey on consular and other buildings of countries involved in Iraq, including the United States and Britain. A home-made device has exploded outside the Polish consulate in Istanbul, the news agency Anatolia reported. No one was hurt in the minor blast late on Wednesday, the latest in a series of such attacks in Turkey on consular and other buildings of countries involved in Iraq, including the United States and Britain. Poland is heading a multinational contingent in central and southern Iraq as part of an international stabilisation force, following the US-led invasion and overthrow of Saddam Hussein. The blast, which caused no damage to the consulate, was the first time such an attack had been carried out at Polish premises in Turkey. Police quoted witnesses as saying a man and woman had left the device on a sidewalk near the Polish consulate-general in the European part of Istanbul. Turkey, NATO's only Muslim country, is planning to send some 10,000 military personnel to neighbouring Iraq as part of the stabilisation force despite Turkish public hostility to the idea. ------------------------------------------------------- 5) http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=26657 Novinite (Bulgaria) October 1, 2003 Bulgarian Military Delegation Leaves for Kerbala -Earlier in September the number of Bulgarian soldiers in Kerbala was increased to 475 after eight Bulgarians were sent to Iraq. They replaced the three soldiers that were sent back to Bulgaria over a shooting incident. Bulgarian military delegation, headed by Bulgaria's Defense Minister Nikolay Svinarov and General Nikola Kolev, Chief of the General Staff of the Bulgarian Army leaves Wednesday for Iraqi city of Kerbala, where Bulgaria's peacekeeping unit is deployed. Gen. Kolev said that the safety of the Bulgarian delegation in Iraq was still at risk, but all necessary measures have been taken. The visit aims to check whether Bulgaria's contingent carries out it tasks in Kerbala. It would also check on the rangers' discipline that was questioned after the recent shooting incident. Bulgaria's Defense Minister explained that there would be differential payment fixed according to the shifts and the concrete tasks each person has. Gen. Kolev added that this was a political matter solved differently by all countries. Earlier in September the number of Bulgarian soldiers in Kerbala was increased to 475 after eight Bulgarians were sent to Iraq. They replaced the three soldiers that were sent back to Bulgaria over a shooting incident. The accident, in which private Pavlina Lambova shot herself in the leg while using her weapon inattentively, took place about a month ago. Despite the fact that Lambeva is said to have caused the wound herself, the General Staff of the Bulgarian army demanded that other soldiers should also be held responsible for the injury. ------------------------------------------------------- 6) http://www.onlinebg.com/ASP/wwwbgweb2.asp?mode=article&artdate=2003/10/2&artno=4 Bulgaria Online October 2, 2003 Bulgarian defence minister expresses interest in cooperating with Turkey in Iraq Text of interview with Bulgarian Defence Minister Nikolay Svinarov by an unidentified staff reporter; originally broadcast on Bulgarian National Television "Abroad and at Home" programme at 1700 gmt on 30 September, published by Bulgarian news agency
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[Moderator] There are no obstacles for the Turkish parliament to ratify, before too long, the protocol for Bulgaria's accession to NATO, said Cengiz Kaptanoglu, the chairman of the Turkish Grand National Assembly Defence Committee. Accompanied by other MPs in the committee, he met Bulgarian Defence Minister Nikolay Svinarov in Ankara. [Reporter] The committee has already approved the document regarding Bulgaria's membership of NATO. Regarding the peacemaking mission in Iraq, Bulgaria was said to be a paragon of an union of different ethnicities in an inseparable state. The Turkish MPs requested Bulgaria to take measures against Kadek [Congress for Freedom and Democracy of Kurdistan], which they considered the successor to the PKK [Kurdistan Workers Party]. [Svinarov] One should make an assessment and then such an organization could be recognized
after a proper procedure, following a decision to
this effect by the United Nations, the United States
and the EU. I suppose that Bulgaria will in no way
oppose such a recognition and that its services
will immediately start taking action against it on
Bulgarian territory.
[Reporter] The Turkish government has not yet submitted to the Grand National Assembly its draft resolution on deploying Turkish troops in Iraq. It emerged during Defence Minister Svinarov's visit that Turkey might deploy a brigade in a zone of responsibility of its own. Is Bulgaria interested in cooperating with Turkey in Iraq and be in the same zone as the Turkish troops? [Svinarov] We have sufficient and positive experiences in cooperating with Turkish forces in military operations. If the Turkish parliament were to make such a decision, we would obviously be interested in continuing with the tradition. [Reporter] In the company of 15 other defence ministers, Nikolay Svinarov attended the Sixth International Defence Industry Exhibition near Ankara. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan
told thousands of guests that his country aspired
to become an industrial power in this sector and
thus boost its efforts to establish peace and stability
in the world.
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