MEDIA ADVISORY COALITION PROVISIONAL — Press Conference by General Sanchez — 3 تموز 2003 Arabic

MEDIA ADVISORY COALITION PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY DATE: 3 July Press Conference by General Sanchez and Background Briefing by CPA Spokesman WHAT Press Conference by General Sanchez (Commander CJTF7), followed by Background Briefing by CPA Spokesman WHO General Sanchez CPA Spokesman WHERE Conference Centre WHEN 1700, July 3 Please note: following the on camera press conference by General Sachez there will be a off-camera background briefing by a CPA spokesman There will be NO 1400 background brief today CJTF-7 Public Affairs BAGHDAD, Iraq July 3, 2003 For additional information contact: CJTF-7 COALITION PRESS INFORMATION CENTER 914 360 5082/5089 DSN 302 550 0396/97 Release #030703a SOLDIER, IRAQI BOY WOUNDED IN PATROL ATTACK BAGHDAD, Iraq – A 1st Armored Division soldier and a 6-year-old boy were wounded during a firefight in the Kadhimyah neighborhood at about 2:30 a.m. July 3. Soldiers from the 2nd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, were conducting a routine nighttime patrol in a rural part of Baghdad when an Iraqi man attacked the patrol, shooting one of the soldiers. The soldiers returned fire in self defense, killing the gunman and wounding a boy, who was with the gunman. The soldier and boy have been evacuated to the 28th Combat Support Hospital and are in stable condition. -30- CJTF-7 Public Affairs BAGHDAD, Iraq July 3, 2003 For additional information contact: CJTF-7 COALITION PRESS INFORMATION CENTER 914 360 5082/5089 DSN 302 550 0396/97 Release #030703b SOLDIER DIES IN NON-COMBAT INCIDENT BAGHDAD, Iraq – A soldier attached to the 1st Armored Division died in a non-combat incident July 3. Name of the soldier is being withheld pending next of kin notification. The incident is under investigation. -30-