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MR. SENOR: [...] Following the graduation ceremony, Ambassador Bremer traveled to Mosul for a series of meetings. First was a working lunch and briefing with the CPA field staff in Nineveh, the Nineveh field staff. Then he had a meeting with the police chief, the Mosul police chief, Barhawi. Following that, he -- Ambassador Bremer attended a Nineveh provincial council meeting, and then later in the day he attended and participated in the Mosul town hall meeting. [...]
In the northern zone of operations, coalition forces detained a former regime element member and his brother at a traffic control point near Al Hadar (sp). A search of their residence recovered 205 machine gun rounds, two nine-millimeter pistols, two AK-47s, other ammunition, and electrical devices.
Late last night coalition forces detained one Iraqi at a traffic control point near Haman al Alil (sp). His name closely resembled a brigade target and was taken into custody for further questioning and identification.
Civil Affairs soldiers operating in the north region received approval for a 137,500 odaka (sp) water-distribution system project for the city of Debuz (sp).
Earlier in the briefing Mr. Senor had this to say about yesterday's tragedy in Fallujah.
MR. SENOR: Ambassador Bremer said yesterday's events in Fallujah are a dramatic example of the ongoing struggle between human dignity and barbarism. Five brave soldiers were killed by an attack in their area; then, two vehicles containing four Americans were attacked and their bodies subjected to barbarous maltreatment. The acts we have seen were despicable and inexcusable. They violate the tenets of all religions, Islam included, as well as the foundations of civilized society. Their deaths will not go unpunished. Our sympathy goes out to the families of all civilian and military, Iraqi and coalition, who have given their lives in the war to liberate Iraq and free it from terrorism. They have not died in vain.
These acts are also a crime under law and a crime against the future of Iraq. The coalition, Americans and others came here to help the people of Iraq. They came to help Iraq recover from decades of dictatorship, to help the people of Iraq gain the elections, democracy and freedom desired by the overwhelming majority of the Iraqi people. These murders are a painful outrage for us in the coalition. But they will not derail the march to stability and democracy in Iraq. The cowards and ghouls who acted yesterday represent the worst of society.