Source: The Associated Press

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On July 1, 2003 The Associated Press reported that "the Army Corps of Engineers has approved a plan to build the nation's first summer camp for Muslims - if organizers scale back their proposal... Col. William J. Bayles, the corps' district engineer in Rock Island, Ill., issued a report Monday, saying there would be no significant impact from the Muslim Youth Camps of America's plans for 106 acres along Coralville Lake north of Iowa City... But the ruling asks the group to submit a new plan with a 50 percent reduction in the project's use and size... The proposal by the Cedar Rapids-based nonprofit group has drawn attention and criticism from a range of detractors since it was proposed in 1999."