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• Transcript: DoD News Briefing - Mr. Di Rita and Lt. Gen. Schwartz 29 Jul 2003 -- Also participating was Lt. Gen. Norton Schwartz, director for operations, J-3, Joint Staff.
• FACT SHEET: IRAQ UPDATE PRESS BRIEFING, LT GEN NORTON SCHWARTZ, DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS, JOINT STAFF JULY 29, 2003 [PDF]

• Hussein Bodyguard, Other Officials Captured By U.S. Forces RFE/L 29 Jul 2003 -- U.S. forces in Iraq stormed a building in the city of Tikrit early this morning and captured a bodyguard and two other associates of ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.
• Pentagon Leaders Describe Offensive Operations in Iraq AFPS 29 Jul 2003-- U.S. and other coalition forces in Iraq can't defend themselves everywhere all the time, so they've been going on the offensive, a top Defense Department spokesman said today.
• Iraqis Offering More Cooperation, But Still Fear Hussein AFPS 29 Jul 2003-- Iraqis are providing more tips to U.S. and coalition forces searching for Saddam loyalists in Iraq, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul D. Wolfowitz told a U.S. Senate committee here today.
• Myers Speaks on Terror War, U.S.-India Contacts AFPS 29 Jul 2003-- Air Force Gen. Richard B. Myers discussed the continuing war on terrorism with his Indian counterpart here today and quashed rumors that his visit was related to U.S. pressure for India to provide troops for operations in Iraq.
• Myers Says Portions of Iraq Still a War Zone, But Progress Being Made AFPS 29 Jul 2003-- The area within Tikrit, Baghdad and Ar Ramadi "is still a war zone," said Joint Chiefs chairman Air Force Gen. Richard B. Myers during a press conference here today.
• WEAPONS SIEZED IN MULTIPLE RAIDS CENTCOM 29 Jul 2003-- Possible attacks were prevented through the removal of enemy weapons during multiple raids throughout Iraq on July 28 by Coalition forces in support of the effort to create a secure environment.
• Marine Corps CH-46's vital to casevac missions in Iraq Marine Corps News 29 Jul 2003-- During peacetime in their home country, sick and injured service members can typically rely on emergency medical services and an ambulance to transport them quickly to a nearby hospital.
• Battalion troops save Iraqis from canal Marine Corps News 29 Jul 2003-- A Navy corpsman and Marine helped save the lives of 17 Iraqi workers after a truck they were riding in crashed into an irrigation canal.
• IRAQ / ARREST VOA 29 July 2003--The U-S military says it has captured one of Saddam Hussein's bodyguards in a pre-dawn raid Tuesday in the former dictator's hometown of Tikrit
• IRAQ / ARREST VOA 29 July 2003--The U-S military says it has captured one of Saddam Hussein's bodyguards in a pre-dawn raid Tuesday in the former dictator's hometown of Tikrit.

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• Iraq: Governing Council Elects Nine-Member Leadership RFE/L 29 Jul 2003 -- Iraq's interim Governing Council has elected a nine-member rotating leadership.
• Iraq: Governing Council Set To Name Chairman RFE/L 29 Jul 2003 -- Iraq's interim Governing Council is set to name a chairman and cabinet as it seeks to assert its influence upon the U.S.-led occupation authority.
• IRAQ / STREET KIDS VOA 29 July 2003--The United Nations children's agency, UNICEF, says the number of homeless children in Baghdad has risen dramatically since the war. It says it is working with other humanitarian organizations to try to get Iraqi children off the capital's streets and into safe homes.
• IRAQ / GOVERNING COUNCIL VOA 29 July 2003--Iraq's Governing Council, set up by the U-S-led coalition to run Iraq as an interim administration, elected a nine-member rotating presidency on Tuesday.

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News Reports

• Iraq: Hussein Says Sons Died As 'Martyrs,' U.S Will Be Defeated RFE/L 29 Jul 2003 -- Television stations in the Middle East have broadcast what they say is a new audiotape of deposed Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, in which he mourns the deaths of his sons Uday and Qusay and vows that the United States will be defeated in Iraq.
• : U.S. Touts Multinational Force, But Analysts Say Troop Numbers Tell Real Story RFE/L 29 Jul 2003 -- The U.S. State Department said yesterday that 30 countries have agreed to take part in a U.S.-led multinational stabilization force for Iraq, even though the mission does not have a specific mandate from the United Nations. But most of those countries are expected to make only token troop contributions, leaving Washington footing much of the bill and considering the possibility of a new UN resolution.