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Deployments

• West Coast Amphibious Ships Deploy in Support of Operation Enduring Freedom Navy Newsstand 15 Jan 2003-- Seven San Diego-based amphibious warships have received orders to deploy in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. The ships will depart San Diego Jan. 17.
• 3rd ID fires Bradley Linebackers in Kuwait Army News Service 15 Jan 2003-- Air Defense Artillery "Bulldogs" and other elements of the 3rd Infantry Division proved how lethal they can be Jan. 2 through 13 during a live-fire training exercise in Kuwait
• Dyess aircrews poised for bomb runs over Iraq AFPN 15 Jan 2003-- While the United States prepares for a possible war with Iraq, aircrews at this B-1B Lancer base have not changed their training routine.

US Policy

• White House Daily Briefing White House 15 Jan 2003
• Daily Press Briefing State Department 15 Jan 2003 -- Deadline for Inspections / January 27 Report to the Security Council / UN Weapons Inspectors' Findings / Intelligence Sharing with UN Inspectors / Exile Option for Saddam Hussein / United States-Turkey Discussions Concerning Iraq, Aid Package / Turkish Contact with Iraqi Government / Turkish Visit to Iran / Salahadin Meeting
• Defense Department Briefing Transcript Washington File 15 Jan 2003-- Rumsfeld: The president has repeatedly made clear -- and it bears repeating -- that the burden of proof is not on the United States, it's not on the United Nations or the international community to prove that Iraq has these weapons. The burden of proof is on the Iraqi regime to prove that it is disarming, and to show the inspectors where the weapons are.
• PENTAGON / IRAQ VOA 15 Jan 2003 -- The Pentagon has denounced Iraq for recruiting civilians who will serve as so-called human shields to protect sensitive sites in the event of a new war
• Bush Committed to Consulting with U.N. on Iraq Washington File 15 Jan 2003-- Asked if the United States would seek another resolution from the United Nations Security Council if the president decides military action against Iraq is necessary, White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer responded that President Bush "made it clear in his discussions with members of the Security Council" after Resolution 1441 was passed that the president would commit to consulting with the Security Council and with members of the Security Council on any eventualities thereafter.
• Rumsfeld Says U.S. Seeks NATO Assistance on Iraq Washington File 15 Jan 2003-- Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, briefing at the Pentagon January 15, confirmed that U.S. diplomatic representatives have asked NATO for indirect military assistance in the event of military operations in Iraq.
• War or Peace? The Choice is Iraq's AFPS 15 Jan 2003-- "The choice between war and peace will not be made in Washington, or indeed in New York," Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said today. "It will be made in Baghdad, and the decision is facing the Iraqi regime."
• Myers Warns Iraq Against Using Human Shields AFPS 15 Jan 2003-- America's top military officer warned Iraq today not to use human shields if conflict with Iraq begins.
• Bush 'Sick and Tired of Games and Deceptions' by Saddam AFPS 15 Jan 2003-- President Bush said Jan. 14 he is "sick and tired of games and deceptions" on the part of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.

United Nations

• Tracking the Inspections 15 January 2003RFE/L 15 Jan 2003 -- A team of three International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors visited the Al-Mahawheel Storages belonging to Al-Qa'qa State Company to check RDX explosive materials.
• IRAQ / PALACES VOA 15 Jan 2003 -- U-N weapons inspectors say they plan to get tougher with Iraq in their hunt for weapons of mass destruction. On Wednesday, they visited one of Saddam Hussein's main presidential palaces
• UNMOVIC IAEA Press Statement on Inspection Activities in Iraq UNMOVIC/IAEA 15 January 2003

Foreign Reactions

• BRITAIN / IRAQ VOA 15 Jan 2003 -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair has vigorously defended his hard-line on Iraq, from critics who say the British people do not support a war. Mr. Blair also says he believes the United Nations will back a second resolution to authorize military force, if Iraq thwarts U-N weapons inspections
• IRAQ/ARAB WORLD VOA 15 Jan 2003 -- Many political analysts in the Arab world say they now believe a war against Iraq is inevitable, but as VOA's Greg LaMotte reports from Cairo, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has not given up hope that it may be prevented
• RUSSIA-IRAQ-NUCLEAR VOA 15 Jan 2003 -- The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohamed ElBaradei, is urging Iraq to provide more active cooperation to U-N weapons inspectors
• Chief UN weapons inspector heads to Europe for talks on Iraq UN News Centre 15 Jan 2003 -- Hans Blix, the chief United Nations weapons inspector, is leaving today for a series of meetings with senior European officials before heading to Baghdad this weekend for further talks with Iraqi authorities about the country's compliance with the inspection process, a UN spokesman said Wednesday

News Reports

• U-S PRESS SUMMARY VOA 15 Jan 2003 -- The Los Angeles Times Wednesday uses the term "Kurdistan" in big, bold type over a story about the instability of the money markets in Sulaymaniyah, in Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq. The New York Times features a large color picture of pesh merga Kurdish fighters in the same region, as coverage of the potential war with Iraq continues apace in the U-S press
• IRAQ / PALACES VOA 15 Jan 2003-- U-N weapons inspectors searched one of President Saddam Hussein's eight presidential palaces Wednesday in their hunt for weapons of mass destruction