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• PENTAGON/IRAQ VOA 11 Jan 2003 -- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has ordered tens of thousands more troops to the Gulf region, continuing a military build-up for a possible new war with Iraq

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• Tracking the Inspections 11 January 2003RFE/L 11 Jan 2003 -- A total of 78 inspectors visited eight sites on 11 January.
• IRAQ/WRAP VOA 11 Jan 2003 -- United Nations arms inspectors in Iraq carried on their search for banned weapons Saturday with two visits at military complexes. Iraq's newspapers also reported the ruling Baath party has put thousands of militia forces through live fire exercises to prepare for possible military attack
• Lugar, ElBaradei Discuss North Korea, Iraq in Capitol Hill Meeting Washington File 10 Jan 2003 -- Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Richard Lugar (Republican-Indiana) and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Mohamed ElBaradei, told reporters January 10 that if North Korea takes the first step to resume the dialogue with the United States "there is light at the end of the tunnel."
• UN inspectors continue weapons probe across Iraq UN News Centre 11 Jan 2003 -- Travelling by air and over land, United Nations arms inspectors today continued to fan out across Iraq probing the country's suspected covert weapons programme
• UNMOVIC IAEA Press Statement on Inspection Activities in Iraq UNMOVIC/IAEA 11 January 2003

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• L-A Anti-War Demonstration VOA 11 Jan 2003 -- Thousands of demonstrators protested a possible war in Iraq at a rally and march in Los Angeles Saturday. As U-S troops mobilize for a possible invasion, protest organizers are promising frequent demonstrations
• Iraqis Seek Primary Role in Prosecuting Crimes Against Humanity Washington File 10 Jan 2003 -- An Iraqi-American attorney participating in State Department-sponsored discussions on transitional justice in Iraq following the fall of Saddam Hussein says those who committed genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity should be prosecuted in Iraq before Iraqi judges