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• CENTCOM CHANGE OF COMMAND SCHEDULED FOR JULY 7TH CENTCOM 01 Jul 2003 -- On Monday, July 7th, U.S. Central Command will conduct a change of command ceremony where Lieutenant General John P. Abizaid will assume command from General Tommy R. Franks.
• US Officials Reject Description of Iraq Operation as Vietnam Style 'Quagmire' VOA News 01 Jul 2003 -- Despite a continuing rise in casualties among coalition forces in Iraq, top U.S. defense officials are rejecting such descriptions as guerilla war, quagmire or even comparisons to Vietnam to describe the escalating attacks. Defense officials say coalition troops are fighting various armed groups, but insist there is no well-organized opposition in Iraq.
• Explosion at Fallujah Mosque Raises Tensions Between Iraqis and American Troops VOA News 01 Jul 2003 -- An explosion at a mosque in the Iraqi city of Fallujah has increased tensions between residents of the city and American forces. Many residents believe the blast was caused by a U.S. airstrike, and the American military is trying to convince them that is not true.
• COALITION FORCES ASSISTS IN HUMANITARIN FOOD PROGRAM CENTCOM 01 Jul 2003 -- The 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment working in partnership with the World Food Program provided food to area hospitals feeding the sick, wounded, women and children.
• PENTAGON / IRAQ VOA 01 Jul 2003 -- Despite a continuing rise in casualties among coalition forces in Iraq, top U-S defense officials are rejecting such descriptions as guerilla war, quagmire or even comparisons to Vietnam to describe the escalating attacks. Defense officials say coalition troops are fighting various armed groups, but insist there is no well-organized opposition in Iraq.
• IRAQ / BLASTS VOA 01 Jul 2003 -- An explosion at a mosque in the Iraqi city of Fallujah has increased tensions between residents of the city and U-S forces. Many residents believe the blast was caused by a U-S airstrike, and the U-S military is trying to convince them that is not true.
• IRAQ / ATTACKS VOA 01 Jul 2003 -- The U-S led civilian administration in Iraq says the recent upsurge in violence against coalition forces is worrisome, but not a threat to its goal of establishing a democratic Iraq.
• Six Soldiers Wounded In, Near Iraqi Capital AFPS 01 Jul 2003 -- Six U.S. soldiers were wounded in two separate attacks in Iraq today, said Combined Joint Task Force 7 officials.
• Washington Arrests U.S.-Appointed Mayor Of Al-Najaf For Abuse Of Power RFE/L 01 Jul 2003 -- Washington this week removed the controversial U.S.-appointed mayor of Al-Najaf after an Iraqi judge charged him with abuse of power, including intimidating other government officials for financial gain. The arrest highlights an increasing readiness by U.S. and British forces to abandon the local powerbrokers they themselves put in place when they prove too unpopular or dishonest to do their jobs.
• OPERATION SIDEWINDER AND COALITION SECURITY ACTIVITY CONTINUES CENTCOM 01 Jul 2003 -- The 4th Infantry Division conducted 25 raids in support of Operation Sidewinder resulting in 25 detained individuals including 11 that were on the targeted list.
• U.S. FORCES NOT IN AREA OF MOSQUE EXPLOSION CENTCOM 01 Jul 2003 -- U.S. forces had no involvement with an explosion, which destroyed a building in a mosque courtyard on June 30.
• IRAQ / BLASTS VOA 01 Jul 2003 -- A huge explosion has damaged a mosque in the Iraqi flashpoint town of Fallujah. At least five people are reported killed and several others wounded. Meanwhile in Baghdad, witnesses say at least four American soldiers were seriously wounded or killed when an American military vehicle was attacked.
• Explosion In Al-Fallujah Mosque Kills Five, Injures Four RFE/L 01 Jul 2003 -- An explosion rocked a mosque late last night in the western Iraqi town of Al-Fallujah, killing at least five Iraqis and injuring four others.
• Attacks Continue on US Troops in Iraq VOA News 01 Jul 2003 -- U.S. forces in Iraq came under more attacks Tuesday as they continue to pursue suspected supporters of the ousted Iraqi regime.
• 5 Dead in Iraq Mosque Explosion VOA News 01 Jul 2003 -- A huge explosion has damaged a mosque in the Iraqi flashpoint town of Fallujah. At least five people are reported killed and several others wounded. Meanwhile in Baghdad, witnesses say at least four American soldiers were seriously wounded or killed when an American military vehicle was attacked.

Deployments

US Policy

• Bush Says Life Improving for People in Afghanistan, Iraq Washington File 01 Jul 2003 -- President Bush said July 1 that despite ongoing difficulties in Afghanistan and Iraq, people in both those countries are better off now than before the U.S. military involvement.
• U.S. to Stay in Iraq Until Freedom Established, Bush Says Washington File 01 Jul 2003 -- U.S. forces will remain in Iraq until the elements of terror are destroyed and a functioning democratic government is fully established there, the Bush administration said July 1, in response to questions about continued loss of American life.
• Bush: Coalition Forces Must Remain in Iraq to Fight 'Enemies of Freedom' VOA News 01 Jul 2003 -- President Bush says American forces are still needed in Iraq to fight off threats to freedom. Mr. Bush spoke at a ceremony at the White House honoring Americans who volunteer for military service.
• BUSH / IRAQ VOA 01 Jul 2003 -- President Bush says American forces are still needed in Iraq to fight off threats to freedom. Mr. Bush spoke at a ceremony at the White House honoring Americans who volunteer for military service.
• Bush: No Return to Tyranny in Iraq VOA News 01 Jul 2003 -- President Bush says there will be no return to tyranny in Iraq.
• EDITORIAL: SADDAM'S NUCLEAR PLANS VOA 01 Jul 2003 -- Mahi Obeidi [mah-dee oh-BEY-dee], an Iraqi nuclear scientist, headed clandestine efforts by the Saddam Hussein regime to produce enriched uranium for nuclear weapons. Now he is cooperating with U.S. authorities. Obeidi has already provided investigators with components of a gas centrifuge and detailed plans to build these complex machines.

United Nations

• Iraq: UN to facilitate countrywide discussions on attaining justice for past abuses UN News Centre 01 Jul 2003 -- United Nations envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello, fresh from a two-day workshop in Baghdad on how to ensure justice for past human rights violations by the ousted regime of Saddam Hussein, said today the world body would facilitate nationwide discussions throughout Iraq to identify further necessary action.

Reconstruction Issues

• Bremer Says Iraqis Do Not Support Attacks on Coalition and Infrastructure Washington File 01 Jul 2003 -- Ambassador L. Paul Bremer, the U.S. administrator in Iraq, said the United States is intent on capturing or killing the "die-hard opponents to freedom" launching attacks against coalition forces, Iraqi civilians and Iraqi infrastructure.
• Results in Iraq Will Give Hope, Marginalize Extremists, Burns Says Washington File 01 Jul 2003 -- The United States is determined to produce tangible results in Iraq's reconstruction that the Iraqi people "can see and feel" in order to give them hope for the future and to marginalize remnants of Saddam Hussein's regime that might engage in violence, said Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs William Burns.
• US Administrator in Iraq: Violence is Last Gasp From Saddam Loyalists VOA News 01 Jul 2003 -- The U.S.-led civilian administration in Iraq says the recent upsurge in violence against coalition forces is worrisome, but not a threat to its goal of establishing a democratic Iraq.
• Bremer Says More Iraqis Cooperating With Coalition AFPS 01 Jul 2003 -- The remnants of Saddam Hussein's regime are not only attacking coalition forces, but also the infrastructure all Iraqis rely on, said the presidential envoy to Iraq today.

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• New PIPA/KN Poll-Americans on Iraq: WMD, Links to al-Qaeda, Reconstruction, Future of UN Program on International Policy Attitudes News Release 01 Jul 2003 -- A new PIPA/Knowledge Networks poll finds a majority of 62% saying that "when the US government presented evidence of Iraq having weapons of mass destruction to justify going to war with Iraq" it was either "stretching the truth, but not making false statements" or was "presenting evidence they knew was false" (52% and 10% respectively).