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• IRAQ / ATTACK VOA 11 Jul 2003 -- Two Iraqi civilians have been wounded in the latest attack aimed at U-S troops.
• COALITION AND IRAQI POLICE WORK TO MAKE IRAQ SECURE (July 11, 2003) CENTCOM 11 Jul 2003 -- Coalition forces continued to strike pockets of resistance in Iraq in the effort to stabilize the former war torn country.
• Iraq: U.S. Forces Withdraw From Police Station In Al-Fallujah RFE/L 11 Jul 2003 -- The chief at an Iraqi police station in Al-Fallujah says U.S. forces left the police station in the center of the restive western Iraqi city today.
• Iraqi Civilians Wounded in Latest Violence Targeting US Troops VOA News 11 Jul 2003 -- Two Iraqi civilians have been wounded in the latest attack aimed at U.S. troops.
• Seabees Reclaim School For Iraqi Children USMC News 11 Jul 2003 -- Two years ago, the Fedayeen -- paramilitary thugs that Saddam employed to keep his military and nation in line -- stole the school from the children of Iraq and used it to imprison and torture dissidents and train the village's young men who were forced into service.

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US Policy

• STATEMENT BY GEORGE J. TENET, DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE Central Intelligence Agency 11 Jul 2003 -- "Legitimate questions have arisen about how remarks on alleged Iraqi attempts to obtain uranium in Africa made it into the President's State of the Union speech. Let me be clear about several things right up front. First, CIA approved the President's State of the Union address before it was delivered. Second, I am responsible for the approval process in my Agency. And third, the President had every reason to believe that the text presented to him was sound. These 16 words should never have been included in the text written for the President."
• Bush, Rice Say Intelligence Services Cleared State of Union Speech Washington File 11 Jul 2003 -- President Bush says intelligence services cleared his January 28, 2003 State of the Union Address to the U.S. Congress that included a sentence indicating that Saddam Hussein was seeking uranium from Africa, a statement White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer has said should not have been in the speech.
• IRAQ / INTELLIGENCE WRAP VOA 11 Jul 2003 -- The controversy over false claims made by President Bush early this year about Iraq's alleged efforts to acquire uranium in Africa has taken a new twist. The president now says remarks he used to help justify the war in Iraq were cleared by the C-I-A even though the White House now admits they were based on faulty intelligence. The controversy is leading to new fingerpointing within the administration as well as calls from members of Congress for whoever was responsible for the error to be fired.
• CONGRESS / IRAQ VOA 11 Jul 2003 -- U-S lawmakers are calling for a full investigation into who was responsible for faulty intelligence about Iraq's weapons program that President Bush used in part to justify the war to topple Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.
• IRAQ-U-S POL VOA 11 Jul 2003 -- Continuing attacks against U-S soldiers in Iraq combined with a growing controversy over pre-war intelligence have prompted opposition Democrats to raise new questions about President Bush's foreign policy record. Democrats now sense an opening to take on the president in an area where he has enjoyed strong public support.
• US Lawmakers Request Probe of Iraq Uranium Claim VOA News 11 Jul 2003 -- Leading U.S. lawmakers are calling for an investigation into President Bush's now-discredited claim about Iraqi attempts to get uranium. Republican Senator John McCain told CNN Friday "a mistake was made" in the President's January State of the Union speech and that an investigation is in order. At the same time, Senator McCain argued the false claim does not undermine the justification for the Iraqi war.
• EDITORIAL: IRAQ'S MASS GRAVES VOA 11 Jul 2003 -- An estimated two-hundred ninety-thousand people are missing and believed to be buried in mass graves throughout Iraq. In a country of twenty-two million people, that is more than one percent of the population. The vast majority of the missing have not yet been found.
• EDITORIAL: DEVELOPMENTS IN IRAQ VOA 11 Jul 2003 -- In Iraq, there are now dozens of independent newspapers freely expressing a wide range of opinions. Vendors in Baghdad are selling videotapes detailing the atrocities that took place in Saddam Hussein's prisons. And town councils and associations are forming where people can speak openly without fear of arrest.
• Bush: CIA Cleared State of the Union Speech VOA News 11 Jul 2003 -- President Bush says U.S. intelligence agencies cleared his State of the Union addess, which included a now discredited claim that Iraq tried to procure uranium from Africa. The president made the remarks in Entebbe, Uganda, the fourth stop of his African tour.
• CIA Blamed for False Information in Bush State of the Union Address VOA News 11 Jul 2003 -- U.S. National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice is blaming the CIA for not correcting claims that President Bush made about Iraq's pursuit of nuclear weapons, that turned out to be based on forged documents.
• BUSH IRAQ VOA 11 Jul 2003 -- U-S National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice is blaming the C-I-A for not correcting claims that President Bush made about Iraq's pursuit of nuclear weapons, that turned out to be based on forged documents.
• EDITORIAL: RESTORING IRAQ VOA 11 Jul 2003 -- There is an enormous job to do in Iraq. Damage during the war was comparatively light, thanks to careful targeting and the use of precision weapons. The real problems are a result of decades of misrule, neglect, and abuse by the deposed regime of Saddam Hussein.

United Nations

• Iraq: UN envoy to consult with Saudi leaders UN News Centre 11 Jul 2003 -- Expanding his consultations on efforts to help Iraqis create a stable, democratic and sovereign country, United Nations envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello will travel to Taif, Saudi Arabia, tomorrow for talks with Crown Prince Abdullah and other senior Saudi officials.
• Iraq: UN Involved In Largest Emergency Food Aid Delivery In History RFE/L 11 Jul 2003 -- The UN World Food Program says its food-assistance program in Iraq is the largest emergency food delivery to any country in history. Last month saw an average of one truck entering Iraq every minute, bringing staples ranging from rice to baby formula to soap.
• IRAQ: UN envoy visits historic Babylon to discuss the way forward IRIN 11 Jul 2003 -- The special representative of the UN secretary-general for Iraq, Sergio Vieira de Mello, has said the establishment of a transitional governing council will be a major development for the country.

Reconstruction Issues

• U.S. Project Brings Information Technology to Iraq Washington File 11 Jul 2003 -- Through an innovative public-private partnership, the State Department is helping to bring modern information technology (IT) to the people of Iraq.

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 6, Number 30 11 Jul 2003 -- U.S. TROOPS ATTACKED IN FOUR IRAQI TOWNS... / ...AS IRAQI POLICE IN AL-FALLUJAH ASK U.S. TROOPS TO LEAVE / SCIRI HEAD OPPOSES ATTACKS ON COALITION TROOPS / IRAQI TRIBES PREPARE FOR POLITICAL ROLE / FORMER IRAQI SPY BOSS ANNOUNCES PERSONAL HUNT FOR HUSSEIN / 'ENTREPRENEURS' BENEFITING FROM LIFTING OF IMPORT DUTIES / IRAQI HEALTH MINISTRY LAUNCHES RADIATION SURVEY IN AL-TUWAYTHAH / BRITISH TROOPS SEIZE MONEY, SUSPECTED DRUGS IN IRAQI RAID / AUDIO MESSAGES BY HUSSEIN SURFACE / COALITION OFFERS REWARD FOR INFORMATION ON ATTACKS, HUSSEIN FAMILY / TWO FORMER IRAQI REGIME MEMBERS IN CUSTODY / U.S. REPORTEDLY HOLDING IRAQI WHO MET WITH 11 SEPTEMBER HIJACKER / U.S. ADMINISTRATOR ANNOUNCES IRAQ'S 2003 BUDGET... / ...AND A NEW DINAR / BREMER CALLS FOR FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN OIL INDUSTRY / U.S. RETURNS TURKISH SOLDIERS AFTER ARRESTS IN NORTHERN IRAQ / TURKEY TO OPEN DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS IN NORTHERN IRAQ? / JORDANIAN EXPORTS DROPPED DUE TO WAR / UNHCR SAYS REFUGEE RETURN UNFEASIBLE FOR SOME TIME / ASHUR ADDED TO WORLD HERITAGE LIST / EU COUNCIL LIFTS SANCTIONS ON IRAQ / U.K. COMMONS COMMITTEE RELEASES REPORT ON IRAQI WMD DOSSIER / BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY MEETS WITH COALITION, IRAQI LEADERS IN BAGHDAD / U.S. ARRESTS IRAQI NEWSPAPER EDITOR IN CHICAGO / CPA LAUNCHES WEBSITE / VIKINGS IN IRAQ / CPA AND GROUP OF SEVEN AGREE ON FORMATION OF 'GOVERNING COUNCIL'