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Current Operations

• IRAQ/ATTACK VOA 20 Jul 2003 -- Two U-S soldiers are dead following a guerrilla ambush on their convoy in northern Iraq. Elsewhere, an Iraqi driver was killed and at least one relief worker was wounded in a separate attack on an aid convoy.
• 2 US Soldiers, 1 UN Worker Die in Guerrilla Ambushes in Iraq VOA News 20 Jul 2003 -- Two U.S. soldiers are dead following a guerrilla ambush on their convoy in northern Iraq. Elsewhere, an Iraqi driver was killed and at least one relief worker was wounded in a separate attack on an aid convoy.
• Iraq: Two U.S. Soldiers Killed In North RFE/L 20 Jul 2003 -- Two U.S. soldiers were killed early today and another was injured when their convoy came under rocket-propelled-grenade and small-arms fire in northern Iraq.
• ONE KILLED, TWO INJURED IN VEHICLE ACCIDENT CENTCOM 20 Jul 2003 -- One soldier was killed and two were injured in a military vehicle rollover accident July 20 near Baghdad International Airport.
• TWO U. S. SOLDIERS KILLED, ONE WOUNDED IN RPG ATTACK CENTCOM 20 Jul 2003 -- Two soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division were killed and one wounded when their unit was ambushed with rocket-propelled grenades and small arms fire near Tal Afar July 20.

Deployments

• 'Send Me Home,' say US Third Infantry Division's Soldiers in Iraq VOA News 20 Jul 2003 -- The on-going violence against U.S. troops in Iraq has prompted the military to delay sending home thousands of soldiers from the U.S. Army's Third Infantry Division. Some of the soldiers, many of whom have been in the Persian Gulf region for almost a year, have publicly criticized the decision as being devastating to troop morale.
• IRAQ / U-S TROOPS MORALE VOA 20 Jul 2003 -- The on-going violence against U-S troops in Iraq has prompted the military to delay sending home thousands of soldiers from the U-S Army's Third Infantry Division. Some of the soldiers, many of whom have been in the Persian Gulf region for almost a year, have publicly criticized the decision as being devastating to troop morale.

US Policy

• Bremer: 'We Will Prevail' Against Pro-Saddam Insurgents AFPS 20 Jul 2003 -- Despite repeated hit and run assaults on U.S. and coalition forces in Iraq by "bitter- ender" Saddam supporters, security and reconstruction efforts in that country continue forward, the senior U.S. administrator in Iraq said July 20.
• Officia Says Saddam Posed Threat to U.S., Mideast Washington File 20 Jul 2003 -- President Bush based his decision to send troops into Iraq on "a clear and compelling case that Saddam Hussein was a threat to the American people, a threat to the people in the region, a threat to his own people," according to a senior administration official speaking on background July 18.
• Powell Discusses Iraq, Palestinian-Israeli Conflict Washington File 20 Jul 2003 -- Saddam Hussein is no longer in charge of Baghdad and has no part in the future of Iraq, "either as a corpse or as a living individual," Secretary of State Colin Powell said in an interview with Radio Monte Carlo July 19.
• Bremer Says Saddam Hussein Is "Finished" in Iraq Washington File 20 Jul 2003 -- Saddam Hussein, dead or alive, "is finished in Iraq," Paul Bremer, the administrator of the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq, said in an interview on CBS Face the Nation July 20.
• Iraq: Bremer Says Iran Must Pull Back Border Posts RFE/L 20 Jul 2003 -- L. Paul Bremer, the U.S. administrator in Iraq, today insisted that Iran should withdraw its border posts from Iraqi territory, even though he described the alleged intrusions as "pretty minor."
• BUSH IRAQ VOA 20 Jul 2003 -- President Bush is spending a long weekend at his Texas ranch, where he is following developments in Iraq and hosting Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. The visit is a thank you for Italy's strong support for military action against Iraq.
• Bremer: Saddam Likely Alive and Hiding in Iraq VOA News 20 Jul 2003 -- The top U.S. administrator in Iraq says former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is likely still alive and hiding out in Iraq.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraqi Militia Forming to Help Seek, Destroy Saddam Loyalists AFPS 20 Jul 2003 -- An Iraqi militia is being formed to assist U.S. and coalition forces in rooting out and destroying Saddam loyalists who've been attacking coalition forces and obstructing reconstruction efforts, the senior U.S. administrator in Iraq said July 20.
• Bremer Says Coalition Has Made Progress in Iraq Washington File 20 Jul 2003 -- Coalition forces have made a great deal of progress in rebuilding Iraq, according to Paul Bremer, the administrator of the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq.
• Bremer Calls Iraq's Reconstruction Long-Term Process Washington File 20 Jul 2003 -- The reconstruction of Iraq will be a long-term process, Paul Bremer, the administrator for the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq, said in an interview on NBC's Meet the Press July 20.
• Timetable for Self-Rule Depends on Iraqi People, says US Administrator VOA News 20 Jul 2003 -- The Bush Administration's top civilian official in Iraq says the timetable for handing over power depends on the Iraqi people and their progress towards self-rule. As the U.S. Civil Administrator in Iraq, Paul Bremer oversees the day-to-day, non-military governance of the country. Appearing on the U.S. television program Fox News Sunday, Mr. Bremer said the goal of the United States is to relinquish power to a democratically-elected Iraqi government, but that critical steps need to be taken first.
• U-S / IRAQ VOA 20 Jul 2003 -- The Bush Administration's top civilian official in Iraq says the timetable for handing over power depends on the Iraqi people and their progress towards self-rule.

Foreign Reactions

• Iran backs UN participation in post-war Iraqi reconstruction IRNA 20 Jul 2003 -- President Mohammad Khatami here Saturday said Iran supports the proposal to give the UN greater participation in post-war reconstruction in Iraq, adding that he welcomes plans to create an international force to ensure peace and stabilize the situation in that neighbouring country.
• S. KOREA / BLAIR VOA 20 Jul 2003 -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair has rejected suggestions that he shorten his Asian tour and recall Parliament because of the suicide of a government scientist embroiled in a dispute over the war in Iraq. AThe death of the former weapons inspector has overshadowed Mr. Blair's tour through East Asia.

News Reports

• DATELINE: IRAQ AND COUNTER-TERRORISM VOA 20 Jul 2003 -- One of the justifications for the U-S led war on Iraq was to help fight terrorism. The Bush administration considers the ouster of Saddam Hussein as an integral part of the U-S counter-terrorism campaign. Before the war many security experts warned that a prolonged U-S presence in Iraq could fuel more terrorism, not less. Amid the increased attacks against U-S soldiers in Iraq, many are asking whether their predictions are coming true.
• Death of Weapons Inspector Overshadows Blair's E. Asia Tour VOA News 20 Jul 2003 -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair has rejected suggestions that he shorten his Asian tour and recall Parliament because of the suicide of a government scientist embroiled in a dispute over the war in Iraq.
• BRITAIN/SCIENTIST VOA 20 Jul 2003 -- The British Broadcasting Corporation says biological scientist David Kelly, who killed himself on Friday, was the source of its reports that the British government exaggerated intelligence information in order to justify the attack on Iraq.