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• Iraq: U.S. Announces Troop Rotations, Stressing 'War Continues' RFE/L 24 Jul 2003 -- The Pentagon has announced troop rotations that will allow many of the U.S. soldiers who took part in the invasion phase of the war in Iraq to return to the United States. Nevertheless, the commander of the U.S.-led coalition forces is stressing that the war in Iraq is not over.
• Iraq: Three U.S. Soldiers Killed Near Mosul RFE/L 24 Jul 2003 -- Three U.S. soldiers were killed today in northern Iraq near Mosul when unknown attackers fired on their convoy.
• Iraq: U.S. Releases Photos Of Hussein's Sons RFE/L 24 Jul 2003 -- The U.S. military has released photos showing the bloodied faces of Saddam Hussein's sons, Uday (pictured left) and Qusay (pictured right), in an effort to prove they were killed in a gun battle with U.S. forces in northern Iraq this week.
• THREE SOLDIERS KILLED IN CONVOY AMBUSH CENTCOM 24 Jul 2003-- Three 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) soldiers were killed when their convoy was ambushed by small arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades, while traveling to Qayarrah West outside of Mosul, at approximately 2:30 a.m. July 24
• IRAQ / U-S TROOP REACTION VOA 24 Jul 2003--U-S troops in Iraq are welcoming the news of the deaths of Saddam Hussein's sons, Uday and Qusay.
• PENTAGON / IRAQVOAVOA 24 Jul 2003--Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has defended his decision to release graphic photos showing what U-S officials say are the bodies of Saddam Hussein's son, Qusay and Uday
• IRAQ / PHOTOS VOA 24 Jul 2003--The Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq has released photos said to show the bodies of Saddam Hussein's sons Qusay and Uday. V-O-A's Dale Gavlak has the details from Baghdad.
• THREE SOLDIERS KILLED IN CONVOY AMBUSH CENTCOM 24 Jul 2003-- Three 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) soldiers were killed when their convoy was ambushed by small arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades, while traveling to Qayarrah West outside of Mosul, at approximately 2:30 a.m. July 24
• LAW ENFORCEMENT ISSUES TOP HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS CENTCOM 24 Jul 2003-- Iraqi women are being trained by Coalition forces for the Facility Protection Service as one of the many ways they are helping Iraqis with law enforcement. They are also working with the Iraqi court system and refurbishing a detention center.
• IRAQ WRAP VOA 24 Jul 2003--Two days after the deaths of Saddam Hussein's two sons, American casualties in Iraq continue to mount, despite the Bush administration's assertion that the killing of the two most wanted men in Iraq after Saddam himself, would mark a turning point in the post-war period
• Rumsfeld Says Photos Were Released to Confirm Death of Hussein Sons Washington File 24 Jul 2003-- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld defended his decision to release the photographs in Baghdad of the corpses of Uday and Qusay Hussein, saying the Iraqi people deserved to have the confirmation they had been awaiting.

Deployments

US Policy

• Transcript: Ambassador Bremer Conference Call with Editorial Writers 24 Jul 2003 -- Conference Call with Editorial Writers
• Transcript: DoD News Briefing - Secretary Rumsfeld and Ambassador Bremer 24 Jul 2003 -- "I welcome the presidential envoy and the coalition provisional authority Ambassador Bremer, and certainly thank him for his efforts and his solid progress that's taking place in Iraq. Tuesday was a good day for the Iraqi people. The brutal careers of Uday and Qusay Hussein came to an end, sending a very clear signal to the Iraqis that the Hussein family is finished and will not be returning to terrorize them again."

• CONGRESS / IRAQ INTELLIGENCE VOA 24 Jul 2003--A congressional committee has held the first public hearing into the question of intelligence used by the Bush administration to justify military action in Iraq

United Nations

• UN relief organizations in Iraq to take extra security measures following attacks UN News Centre 24 Jul 2003-- United Nations humanitarian organizations in Iraq are preparing to take extra security measures following the killing of two workers for international organizations earlier this week, a senior UN spokesman said in Baghdad today.

Reconstruction Issues

• UN: Iraqi Governing Council Takes First Steps Toward International Recognition RFE/L 24 Jul 2003 -- Iraq's first representative post-Saddam Hussein diplomatic body appeared before the United Nations Security Council this week to make the case that it is a valid partner for the international community. The Iraqi Governing Council vowed to act quickly to help establish a democratically elected government.
• BRITAIN / IRAQ VOA 24 Jul 2003--British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Foreign Secretary Jack Straw met today (Thursday) with a delegation from Iraq's new governing council. The council members stopped in London for talks after attending a U-N Security Council meeting in New York.
• Powell Says Progress Being Achieved in Iraq Washington File 24 Jul 2003--The United States is working to return sovereignty of Iraq to its people "as quickly as possible," says Secretary of State Colin Powell.

Foreign Reactions

• FRANCE / IRAQ VOA 24 Jul 2003-- French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin says the killing of Saddam Hussein's sons Uday and Qusay could provoke revenge attacks and has urged that the United Nations take over peacekeeping in Iraq.

News Reports

• RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 6, Number 32 24 Jul 2003 -- HUSSEIN'S SONS KILLED IN NORTHERN IRAQ / IRAQI GOVERNING COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS ON LEADERSHIP STRUCTURE / INC CLAIMS U.S. IS REVIVING PARTS OF IRAQI INTELLIGENCE INFRASTRUCTURE... / ...AS LINKS TO MKO ALLEGED / IRAQI POLICE CLOSE DOWN NEWSPAPER / AL-SADR CALLS FOR ISLAMIC STATE, SHI'ITE ARMY / U.S. TO APPOINT CONSORTIUM OF BANKS TO MANAGE IRAQ TRADE BANK / CPA OPENS RECRUITMENT CENTERS FOR NEW IRAQI ARMY / U.S. OPERATION SODA MOUNTAIN ENDS / CENTCOM CHIEF ANNOUNCES 7,000-STRONG MILITIA / DEPOSED IRAQI PRESIDENT PURPORTEDLY ISSUES STATEMENT / AL-SADR DENOUNCES IRAQ'S GOVERNING COUNCIL / TURKOMAN LEADER SENDS BREMER WRITTEN PROTEST / ERDOGAN SAYS TURKISH TROOPS WILL GO TO IRAQ / KUWAITI FIRM TO OFFER COMMERCIAL FLIGHTS TO IRAQ / UN RELEASES $190 MILLION IN COMPENSATION ARISING FROM 1990-91 GULF WAR / UN SECRETARY-GENERAL UNVEILS PLAN ON IRAQ... / ...AS SECURITY COUNCIL OPENS SESSION ON IRAQ / U.S. AMBASSADOR ASKS NATIONS TO HELP WITH IRAQI SECURITY / BLAIR UNDER FIRE AFTER BBC SOURCE COMMITS SUICIDE / U.S. DEFENSE DEPARTMENT CREATES OFFICE TO SUPPORT IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION / SPANISH TROOPS DEPART FOR IRAQ
• Photos of Hussein Brothers' Bodies Provide Proof to Iraqis AFPS 24 Jul 2003-- The deaths of Uday and Qusay Hussein sent "a very clear signal to the Iraqis that the Hussein family is finished and will not be returning to terrorize them again," Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said today.
• CQ CONGRESS / IRAQ INTELLIGENCE VOA 24 Jul 2003--Now that a White House official has accepted blame for discredited pre-war intelligence about Iraq's nuclear ambitions, congressional Democrats are stepping up their calls for an investigation. Correspondent Deborah Tate reports from Capitol Hill.
• Saddam Hussein's sons VOA 24 Jul 2003--President Bush says the deaths of Saddam Hussein's sons are a clear sign that the former Iraqi regime is gone and will not be coming back. Now the Bush Administration says it is making good progress in efforts to rebuild the war-torn country. James Phillips from the Heritage Foundation talks about the events.
• Witnesses, Dental Records Confirm Deaths of Uday, Qusay Hussein Washington File 24 Jul 2003--Washington -- Four former members of the now-defunct Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein and various dental and medical records helped identify the remains of Hussein's two sons, Uday and Qusay, after they were killed by U.S. 101st Airborne Division troopers in a four-hour fire fight in Mosul July 22, says Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez of the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM).