Operation Iraqi Freedom

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U.N. Compensation Commission included $2.27 billion to Kuwait for damage caused by Iraqi troop who used trenches and lakes filled with crude oil to defend their positions.

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-Rumsfield said he looks forward to pursuing the war in Iraq

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An ongoing U.S.-Iraq campaign against insurgents south of Baghdad will be very different from the recent offensive in Falluja, a U.S. Marine spokesman said Wednesday.

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-Iraqi SWAT forces (backed by elements of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit) launched the operation Tuesday
-It involves more than 5,000 Iraqi, U.S. and British forces in Iraq's Babil province.

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-There were increased attacks in northern Babil before the Falluja offensive that U.S. and Iraqi forces attributed in part to insurgents who had fled from Falluja.

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Elections:
-Iraq's interim defense minister was sais he cannot guarantee the safety of voters or candidates elections

-elections scheduled for January 30.

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Elections:
-The chairman of Iraq's electoral commission said that voter registration efforts have improved as violence has subsided.
-Abdul Hussein al-Hindawi pointed to strides in two regions
-Mosul and al Anbar province where Falluja is situated
-He said he is confident the elections for a 275-person transitional national assembly will be held January 30 as scheduled.

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Saddam Hussein:
-Red Cross have visited Saddam Hussein to monitor his condition for the first time since early October
-believed to be held near Baghdad International Airport in a U.S.-guarded facility