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• V CORPS ENGINEERS, MPs TEAM UP WITH IRAQI COPS, CONTRACTORS TO RENOVATE POLICE STATION V Corps Release 30 Jul 2003-- Celebrating the product of a month-long working relationship with local citizens, two V Corps units conducted a ribbon-cutting ceremony July 23 for the Al-Jezaaer police station here.
• Golden State Guard protects line in Najaf Marine Corps News 30 Jul 2003-- In this province of nearly 1 million people, a platoon of military police from the California National Guard is the thin green line protecting law and order.
• Iraq: U.S. Troops Intensify Hunt For Hussein After Taped Message Surfaces RFE/L 30 Jul 2003 -- After the deaths of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's sons, a new tape, allegedly of Hussein, has vowed vengeance on the United States. U.S. officials, meanwhile, have said that they are getting closer to finding Hussein himself.
• Bush: A Free Iraq Will Lead to a More Secure United States AFPS 30 Jul 2003-- A free and democratic Iraq will show other countries in the region that "prosperity and dignity are found in representative government and free institutions," President Bush said at the White House this morning.
• MEASURES TAKEN TO PREVENT ATTACKS CENTCOM 30 Jul 2003-- Aggressive measures were taken yesterday by Coalition forces in efforts to create a safe and secure environment in Iraq.
• Coalition begins 'Sweep' through Afghan mountains Army News Service 30 Jul 2003-- Paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division began searching the mountains and villages of southern Afghanistan July 23 in Operation Warrior Sweep.
• V CORPS'S 3RD CORPS SUPPORT COMMAND OPENS NEW CENTRAL ISSUE FACILITY IN IRAQ V Corps Release 30 Jul 2003-- "I said we'd have this done and ready by the end of July and well . here we are," said Sgt. 1st Class James Jensen.
• V CORPS 'IRON SOLDIERS' TURN BAGHDAD BREAK-IN INTO COMMUNITY OUTREACH V Corps Release 30 Jul 2003-- On the west side of the Baghdad International Airport July 26, two soldiers from V Corps's Company B, 47th Forward Support Battalion soldiers were guarding the wall surrounding their compound.

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US Policy

• Bush Says Iraqi People Are Reclaiming Their Future Washington File 30 Jul 2003 -- President Bush says the Iraqi people, after decades of oppression, are reclaiming their country and their future.
• Iraq: CIA Says New Hussein Tape Likely To Be Genuine RFE/L 30 Jul 2003 -- Analysts of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) have concluded that there is a "high likelihood" that a newly released audiotape purporting to carry the voice of ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein is genuine.
• EDITORIAL: PROFILES IN EVIL VOA 30 Jul 2003 -- Uday [aw-DAY] and Qusay [kaw-s'eye] Hussein will never torture, rape, rob, or murder again. Both were killed in a shoot-out with coalition forces in Mosul [moh-SOOL]. They were more than sons of Saddam Hussein. They were his full partners in crimes against the Iraqi people.
• BUSH / NEWS CONFERENCE WRAP VOA 30 Jul 2003 -- President Bush says he bears personal responsibility for a line in his State of the Union Address alleging Iraq tried to buy Uranium in Africa. During a wide-ranging White House news conference, Mr. Bush defended his decision to wage war in Iraq, while relying on international diplomatic pressure to deal with Iran and North Korea.
• CONGRESS INTELLIGENCE VOA 30 Jul 2003 -- Members of the Senate Intelligence Committee are seeking a meeting with officials from U-S intelligence agencies to explore why a classified portion of a Congressional report on the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks can not be released to the public.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Coalition Restoring Security, Services in Iraq, U.S. Official Says Washington File 30 Jul 2003 -- Reconstruction efforts in Iraq are focused on establishing a secure and safe environment, restoring essential services, creating conditions for economic growth and enabling the transition to a transparent Iraqi government, a senior Bush administration official says.
• Iraq: Governing Council Names First Chairman RFE/L 30 Jul 2003 -- Iraq's U.S.-appointed interim Governing Council today met to decide the order of rotation in its nine-member chairmanship.
• IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION VOA 30 Jul 2003 -- Iraq continues to be a dangerous place, especially for U-S-led coalition forces providing security for Iraqi hospitals, schools, and other vulnerable sites. Nearly every day, there has been at least one attack on coalition forces. But those attacks have not stopped progress in Iraq. Local citizens' councils are taking on increasing responsibility in cities across the country, and a new national governing council has been appointed to start the process of developing democratic institutions. Coalition forces, working with Iraqis, continue to root out the remnants of Saddam Hussein's Baathist regime -- most notably, tracking down and killing Saddam's brutal sons, Uday and Qusay. How goes the reconstruction in Iraq?
• Outlook for Iraq VOA 30 Jul 2003 -- Peace, as many warned, has turned out to be more of a problem than war in Iraq. Its citizens are still without basic services like electricity, telephones and transportation. Security is a major worry for both Iraqis and U-S forces, who face daily attack and accumulating casualties. But catastrophes that were feared like famine or mass flows of refugees have not occurred.
• IRAQ/WORLD BANK VOA 30 Jul 2003 -- World Bank President James Wolfensohn says economic assistance for war-ravaged Iraq may only come after the country draws up a constitution and establishes a new government.

Foreign Reactions

• Many states want UN umbrella for Iraq but new resolution not imminent, Annan says UN News Centre 30 Jul 2003 -- Many countries feel the internationalization of overall operations in Iraq under a United Nations umbrella is important, but a new Security Council resolution giving the world body a broader mandate is not imminent, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today.
• BRITAIN / BLAIR VOA 30 Jul 2003 -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair has conceded he needs to work harder to convince a skeptical British public that the war in Iraq was justified.

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