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• Two Soldiers Killed, One Wounded in Separate Attacks in Iraq AFPS 10 Jul 2003 -- Two American soldiers died in separate attacks in Iraq July 9. A third soldier was wounded.
• More Attacks Against US Forces in Iraq, 2 Killed VOA News 10 Jul 2003 -- The U.S. military says two American soldiers have been killed and another has been wounded in the latest attacks against U.S. forces in Iraq.
• IRAQ/ATTACKS VOA 10 Jul 2003 -- Two U-S soldiers have been killed and another wounded in two separate attacks. The soldiers are the latest casualties in a string of attacks on coalition forces that have killed more than 30 U-S troops and six British soldiers since May 1st.
• COALITION FORCES SEIZE STOLEN IRAQI ARTIFACTS CENTCOM 10 Jul 2003 -- Soldiers from the 422nd Civil Affairs Battalion seized 12 Iraqi artifacts while conducting a raid on a residence of a suspected smuggler here on July 7.
• SOLDIER DIES IN NON-HOSTILE INCIDENT CENTCOM 10 Jul 2003 -- A 4th Infantry Division soldier died on July 9 from a non-hostile gunshot incident.
• TWO SOLDIERS KILLED, ONE WOUNDED IN SEPARATE INCIDENTS CENTCOM 10 Jul 2003 -- Two soldiers were killed and one wounded in two separate hostile incidents on July 9.
• MCB employees assess gear in Kuwait USMC News 10 Jul 2003 -- Almost immediately after heaviest military operations in Iraqi wound down the Marine Corps Logistics Command dispatched an 18-member team of experts to Kuwait to begin assessing combat gear for reconstitution.
• Tracks bore brunt of Division's weight, RPGs USMC News 10 Jul 2003 -- In the early morning hours of April 10, on the outskirts of Baghdad, Sgt. Bill Klitzke, 81 mm section leader for C Company, 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division, and his crew of four amphibious assault vehicles were given orders to clear Saddam's Palace inside the vast and densely populated Iraqi capital ? marking the climax of an advance through enemy territory unprecedented in the annals of warfare history.

Deployments

• MCLB corpsmen return from Iraq USMC News 10 Jul 2003 -- Eleven corpsmen from MCLB Barstow were deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

US Policy

• Press Briefing by Secretary Colin L. Powell US Dept. of State 10 Jul 2003 -- "At the time it was put into the State of the Union, my best understanding of this is that it had been seen by the intelligence community and vetted. But on subsequent examination, it didn't hold up, and we have acknowledged that."
• Remarks of Senator John F. Kerry on Iraq July 10, 2003 - I believe there are four urgent steps that we should take in order to win the peace. Number one-We increase overall troop strength with more allied troops with the right skills and training. And that means particularly, that people with Arabic speaking skills, and even, hopefully, Muslims. Without adequate security, every other peacekeeping goal is at risk. That means you have to immediately offer NATO a role to give Allies a graceful way to participate.
• Excerpt: Franks Cites Integration of Forces, Weapons for Iraq Success Washington File 10 Jul 2003 -- Army General Tommy Franks attributed the considerable success of military operations in Iraq to the effective integration of coalition ground forces, special operations forces (SOF), and precision weapons systems that proved highly lethal for enemy forces, but also proved non-lethal for most of the civilian population and the country's vital infrastructure.
• US Forces Must Remain in Iraq, says General Tommy Franks VOA News 10 Jul 2003 -- The general who led U.S. forces to victory in Iraq has acknowledged American troops may need to remain in that country for several more years.
• Bush, Rumsfeld Confident Iraq Had Weapons of Mass Destruction AFPS 10 Jul 2003 -- President Bush and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld stand firm in their conviction that Saddam Hussein's regime posed a threat to world peace.
• Bush Vows to "Stay the Course" in Iraq Washington File 10 Jul 2003 -- "(T)here is no question we have got a security issue in Iraq and we are just going to have to deal with it person by person. We're going to have to remain tough," President Bush told reporters July 10 at a press availability in Botswana, as he continued his trip to five nations in Africa.
• Transcript: U.S. Seeks to Maximize International Assistance To Iraq, Feith Says Washington File 10 Jul 2003 -- "Iraq should be a proud sovereign country standing on its own two feet as soon as it can," and not become a ward of the international community, says a top Defense Department policy official.
• U.S. 'Will Stay the Course' in Iraq, Bush Says AFPS 10 Jul 2003 -- The United States "will stay the course" in Iraq, President Bush said today in Gaberone, Botswana, following a meeting with President Festus Gontebanye Mogae.
• PENTAGON / IRAQ VOA 10 Jul 2003 -- The General who led U-S forces to victory in Iraq has acknowledged American troops may need to remain in that country for several more years.
• DEMOCRATS / IRAQ VOA 10 Jul 2003 -- On Capitol Hill, congressional Democrats are urging President Bush to move quickly to internationalize peacekeeping operations in Iraq. Bush administration planning for post-war Iraq came under more sharp criticism with some lawmakers expressing concern the United States could become bogged down in a protracted guerrilla conflict
• EDITORIAL: REWARD FOR SADDAM VOA 10 Jul 2003 -- The repressive regime of Saddam Hussein is gone. But some agents of that regime continue to hurt Iraqis by attacking coalition personnel and Iraqi citizens working to establish the first democracy Iraq has ever known.
• BUSH / IRAQ / NIGER VOA 10 Jul 2003 -- Secretary of State Colin Powell is defending the Bush administration's use of what turned out to be forged documents to help make its case for invading Iraq.
• Powell: Americans Not Deceived on Iraq VOA News 10 Jul 2003 -- U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell has denied President Bush misled the American people about Iraq's weapons programs, saying the issue has been "overblown."
• U.S./Iraq: Congress Increases Pressure On Bush Over Prewar Intelligence RFE/L 10 Jul 2003 -- U.S. officials are once again on the defensive about their prewar assessment of the threat posed by Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. A former State Department intelligence official yesterday accused the U.S. administration of misleading the American people about Iraq's military capabilities. And Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld appeared to backtrack on Washington's justification for waging war in Iraq, saying the decision was not based on any new evidence of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction.
• BUSH IRAQ VOA 10 Jul 2003 -- With attacks on U-S troops in Iraq continuing, President Bush says coalition forces will "remain tough" in fighting Iraqi militia opposed to the U-S-led invasion.
• US Troops to 'Remain Tough' in Fighting Iraqi Militia, Says Bush VOA News 10 Jul 2003 -- With attacks on U.S. troops in Iraq continuing, President Bush says coalition forces will "remain tough" in fighting Iraqi militia opposed to the U.S.-led invasion.

United Nations

• Top envoy hears more calls for greater UN role in Iraq UN News Centre 10 Jul 2003 -- As part of his continuing efforts to consult with a full spectrum of Iraqi society, United Nations envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello made his fourth trip outside Baghdad today, visiting the city of Hilla, where local leaders called for the UN to play a larger role in the country's affairs.

Reconstruction Issues

• Text: Coalition Officials Say Farm Development Advancing in Iraq Washington File 10 Jul 2003 -- Agricultural development efforts are moving forward in Iraq despite security concerns, said the U.S. senior advisor to Iraq for agriculture.

Foreign Reactions

• KCNA flails bill on Japanese SDF's overseas dispatch to Iraq KCNA 10 Jul 2003 -- The three ruling coalition parties of Japan at the special committee of the House of Representatives on July 3 reportedly railroaded a bill on dispatching the Japanese self-defence forces to Iraq under the pretext of "supporting Iraq in its post-war rehabilitation".
• IRAQ/FORCE VOA 10 Jul 2003 -- The possibility appears to be growing that two of Europe's staunches opponents of the war on Iraq - France and Germany - may be invited to send troops to help stabilize the country in this post-war era. France, for one, has not ruled out such an option.

News Reports

• U-S / IRAQ / KOREA VOA 10 Jul 2003 -- The U-S-led war in Iraq has had a major impact on North Korea, a country believed to have the material to make at least one or two nuclear weapons. Military and academic experts say the Iraq war demonstrated U-S willingness to use its power against one of the countries President Bush named as part of the axis of evil. But some experts add that instead of being intimidated, Pyongyang is invoking the recent military conflict as the very reason it needs nuclear weapons.