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• Tape Attributed to Saddam Pledges More Attacks VOA News 04 Jul 2003 -- A tape recording of a speaker claiming to be Saddam Hussein says there will soon be many more attacks against U.S. soldiers in Iraq.
• CIA Analyzing Purported Saddam Recording VOA News 04 Jul 2003 -- U.S. intelligence officials will try to determine the authenticity of a new audio tape said to be from former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. The speaker on the tape encourages Iraqis to help fighters who have been attacking U.S. troops.
• New Iraqi Attacks Dampen US Soldiers' Mood on July 4 Holiday VOA News 04 Jul 2003 -- In Iraq, the U.S. military says, American troops have killed 11 Iraqi gunmen who attacked a convoy north of Baghdad. And, at least 17 U.S. soldiers were wounded in two other attacks Friday. The news of the attacks has brought a somber start to the troops' American Independence Day celebrations.
• IRAQ/VIOLENCE VOA 04 Jul 2003 -- In Iraq, the U-S military says, American troops have killed 11 Iraqi gunmen who attacked a convoy north of Baghdad. And, at least 17 U-S soldiers were wounded in two other attacks Friday. The news of the attacks has brought a somber start to the troops' American Independence Day celebrations.
• COALITION FORCES SEIZE ILLEGAL HAUL CENTCOM 04 Jul 2003 -- In the early hours of July 4, British Coalition Forces' troops carried out the latest in a string of successful operations against criminal elements in the southern Basrah region, seizing cash and significant quantities of suspected drugs.
• TF 4-64 IMPROVES CONDITIONS AT KHALDIYAH CLINIC CENTCOM 04 Jul 2003 -- As the rebuilding of Iraq continues, so do the daily missions of supply distribution throughout the country.
• OPERATION SIDEWINDER YIELDS POSITIVE RESULTS CENTCOM 04 Jul 2003 -- The 4th Infantry Division conducted 10 raids in support of Operation Sidewinder in the past 24 hours resulting in nine detained individuals.
• IRAQI DETONATES BOMB NEAR CIVIL MILITARY OPERATIONS CENTER, KILLS SELF CENTCOM 04 Jul 2003 -- An Iraqi civilian attempting to place a bomb near a center for humanitarian assistance in Ba'qubah died July 3 when the device detonated. The blast also injured three Iraqis, who were taken away by other Iraqi civilians.
• SIXTEEN SOLDIERS WOUNDED; AMBUSH DESTROYED IN TWO SEPARATE INCIDENTS CENTCOM 04 Jul 2003 -- Two soldiers in the 4th Infantry Division area of operations are in stable condition following a mortar attack at approximately 10 p.m. July 3 at a logistics camp near Balad. Fourteen other soldiers were treated for minor injuries and returned to duty.
• SOLDIER KILLED PROTECTING BAGHDAD MUSEUM CENTCOM 04 Jul 2003 -- A 1st Armored Division soldier was shot and killed by small arms fire while protecting the Baghdad Museum at about 8:30 p.m. July 3.

Deployments

US Policy

• BUSH IRAQ VOA 04 Jul 2003 -- U-S intelligence officials will try to determine the authenticity of a new audio tape said to be from former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. The speaker on the tape encourages Iraqis to help fighters who have been attacking U-S troops.
• Iraq: U.S. Senators Differ On Analysis Of Weapons Intelligence RFE/L 04 Jul 2003 -- The administration of U.S. President George W. Bush continues to be bedeviled by skepticism about its assertions before the war in Iraq that Saddam Hussein had a formidable arsenal of chemical and biological weapons. Now, the chairman of the U.S. Senate's Select Committee on Intelligence -- who recently toured Iraq -- suggests those alleged weapons may soon be found.

United Nations

• UN agency sending 1,000 tons of food to Iraq every hour UN News Centre 04 Jul 2003 -- Every hour, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is delivering 1,000 tons of food to Iraq in what the agency today billed as the largest such operation in its 40-year history.
• Iraq too volatile for refugee returns, UN agency cautions UN News Centre 04 Jul 2003 -- Iraqi asylum-seekers should not be forced to return to their country for at least another month because the situation there is too volatile, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) warned today.
• IRAQ: UNHCR to launch pilot project to return Iraqi refugees IRIN 04 Jul 2003 -- The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Friday that it would start helping small groups of Iraqi refugees to return home in the next few weeks - but said the country was not yet ready for large-scale returns.

Reconstruction Issues

• U.S. Facilitates Equipment, Supplies to Iraq National Museum Washington File 04 Jul 2003 -- The United States is working with the Packard Humanities Institute to provide the Iraq National Museum with computers, photographic equipment, and related supplies, according to the State Department on July 3.

Foreign Reactions

• JAPAN / IRAQ / TROOPS VOA 04 Jul 2003 -- Japan's more powerful lower house of parliament on Friday approved sending ground troops to help with reconstruction efforts in Iraq. The move would be Japan's highest-profile role ever in international peacekeeping.

News Reports

• RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 6, Number 29 04 Jul 2003 -- COALITION LAUNCHES OPERATION SIDEWINDER... / ...AFTER HALTING ELECTIONS IN IRAQ / AL-SISTANI FATWA CRITICIZES U.S., CALLS FOR ELECTIONS / OIL REFINERY HEAD SAYS PRODUCTION TO INCREASE IN JULY / IRAQI MINISTRY OF OIL CHIEF ADDRESSES OIL DEVELOPMENTS / BRITISH SOLDIERS RETURN TO AL-MAJAR AL-KABIR / RADIO REPORT CRITICIZES U.S. MISSIONARY GROUPS TO IRAQ / VIDEOS PURPORTEDLY DEPICT TORTURE OF PRISONERS OVERSEEN BY HUSSEIN'S HALF-BROTHER / ELECTRICITY DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL KILLED / TIKRITI TRIBAL CHIEF ASSASSINATED / AL-NAJAF GOVERNOR ARRESTED ON KIDNAPPING, FINANCIAL CHARGES / COALITION TELLS TURKOMAN FRONT TO DISARM / U.S. TROOPS RAID WAHHABI HOMES / GROUP CALLS ON ARAB AND MUSLIMS TO FIGHT U.S. IN IRAQ / 'RELIGIOUS ASSOCIATION' SAYS SOME 'COLLABORATORS' MAY BE KILLED / EXPLOSION ROCKS MOSQUE, KILLING SEVERAL IRAQIS / REMAINS OF MISSING U.S. SOLDIERS FOUND / U.S. CONVOY ATTACKED, MILITARY VEHICLE BLOWN UP / ARAB LEAGUE CHIEF PRESSES FOR REFORMS / AS ARAB MONETARY FUND HEAD SAYS GOVERNMENT NEEDED IN IRAQ / TEHRAN ALLEGEDLY MAKES DEAL WITH MUQTADA AL-SADR / ISRAEL TO AMEND LAW ON EXPORTS TO IRAQ / UN ENVOY OPENS WORKSHOP JUSTICE IN IRAQ... / ...AFTER MEETING WITH SHI'ITE CLERICS / INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS GROUP CALLS ON COALITION TO TREAT DETAINEES JUSTLY / NKS TO TURN THE REIGNS OVER TO ABIZAID NEXT WEEK