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Current Operations

• Altered Photos of Saddam Hussein CENTCOM 01 Aug 2003 -- Coalition forces were issued altered photos of Saddam Hussein on Thursday to better help them recognize the former dictator who may have changed his appearance to allude capture.

• ATTACKS AVOIDED, WEAPONS CONFISCATED IN NORTHERN IRAQ CENTCOM 01 Aug 2003 -- Possible attacks were foiled and prevented as Coalition forces disrupted a rocket-propelled grenade attack on a fuel convoy and located a large weapons cache in northern Iraq.
• Iraq: CIA Adviser Says Progress Being Made In WMD Search RFE/L 01 Aug 2003 -- An adviser to the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has said "progress" is being made in the search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

Deployments

• Secretary Colin L. Powell Interview by Regional Syndicates Dept. Of State 01 Aug 2003 -- "I would not say that China is not a gorilla in using your context, not my context. But what North Korea has been doing is in direct contravention to understandings and agreements they have with some of their neighbors, especially South Korea, and it is the Chinese President, Jiang Zemin, who said at Crawford last fall that the Chinese policy is a denuclearized peninsula. And therefore, North Korea has to explain and answer to China, South Korea, Japan, Russia, the United States the nature of their policies and everybody has an equity. So I think it is quite appropriate, in fact, I think it is essential that all of the parties be involved."

US Policy

• EDITORIAL: IRAQ'S LIBERATION VOA 01 Aug 2003 -- It's been more than three months since the end of major combat operations in Iraq. Iraqis have been liberated and the country is on the path to self-government and peace. The Iraqi governing council meets regularly. Local police forces are now being trained. And citizens are being recruited into a new Iraqi army that will protect the people instead of intimidating them. President George W. Bush said, "Conditions in Iraq are growing more peaceful"
• EDITORIAL: UNITING TO REBUILD IRAQ VOA 01 Aug 2003 -- Saddam Hussein's regime spent more than three decades oppressing Iraq's people, attacking Iraq's neighbors, and threatening world peace. The regime tortured at home, promoted terror abroad, and armed in secret.

United Nations

• UNESCO holds third meeting to safeguard Iraq's cultural heritage UN News Centre 01 Aug 2003 -- The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today urged donor nations to start immediate work on restoring and preserving the remainders of Iraqi cultural heritage following looting and damage that occurred during and after the recent war.

Reconstruction Issues

• Coalition Plans Wireless System in Iraq AFPS 01 Aug 2003 -- A DoD official spoke today about coalition plans to let contracts for a cellular phone system and to reconstruct the telecommunications system in Iraq.
• Transcript: Briefing on the Status of Telecommunication Services in Iraq 01 Aug 2003 -- Briefing on the status of telecommunications services in Iraq. Participating were Linton Wells II, principal deputy assistant secretary of defense for networks and information integration, and Ronald Jost, director of wireless
• Iraq: Washington Says Country Could Soon Have Sovereign Government RFE/L 01 Aug 2003 -- The U.S. civil administrator for Iraq, L. Paul Bremer, says general elections could be held within a year for a sovereign government. The announcement appears to speed up a political transformation of Iraq into a more democratic state, a process many U.S. officials had previously suggested could take years.
• U-S / IRAQ / RECONSTRUCTION VOA 01 Aug 2003 -- Three months after President Bush declared the end of major combat operations in Iraq, there is still considerable debate over the administration's efforts to rebuild the country after the fall of Saddam Hussein. President Bush insists significant progress is being made, but critics are concerned about continuing violence in the country and what they say is the lack of significant international support for the reconstruction of Iraq.
• Iraq: Governing Council Chairman Says He Will Work To End 'Occupation' RFE/L 01 Aug 2003 -- The new head of the Iraqi Governing Council, Ibrahim Jafari, says that he will work to end the occupation of his country and set the foundations of a democratic government.

Foreign Reactions

• SADDAM'S DAUGHTERS VOA 01 Aug 2003 -- The king of Jordan has granted asylum to two daughters of ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. This is not the first time the daughters have sought safety in the Jordanian kingdom.
• BRITAIN / WEAPONS VOA 01 Aug 2003 -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair will be called to testify before a judicial inquiry into the death of a scientist linked to the controversy over whether Mr. Blair's government exaggerated Iraq's weapons threat before the war.

News Reports

• RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 6, Number 33 01 Aug 2003 -- IRAQI GOVERNING COUNCIL ESTABLISHES NINE-MEMBER LEADERSHIP / PURPORTED AUDIOTAPE OF DEPOSED IRAQI PRESIDENT MOURNS SONS / BAGHDAD POLICE CHIEF INJURED IN SHOOTOUT / FREE OFFICERS HEAD DISCUSSES COALITION PLANS FOR ARMY / AL-SADR SAYS HE IS AN ENEMY OF U.S. OCCUPATION / MUJAHID GROUP VOWS TO FIGHT U.S. OCCUPIERS IN IRAQ / MILITANTS ATTACK LIQUOR STORE IN AL-BASRAH / IRAQ'S FIRST WAR CRIMES MUSEUM OPENS / HUSSEIN COUSIN ASKS PERMISSION TO BURY UDAY, QUSAY / ATTACKS ON COALITION FORCES CONTINUE IN IRAQ / U.S. REPORTEDLY CAPTURES FORMER IRAQI PRESIDENT'S BODYGUARDS / U.S. SOLDIERS CHARGED WITH ABUSING POWS IN IRAQ / U.S. TROOPS CAPTURE PRESIDENTIAL BODYGUARD, ASSOCIATES / SOUTHERN IRAQ ADMINISTRATOR LEAVES POST / CPA INVITES APPLICATIONS FOR COMMERCIAL AIR OPERATION IN SOUTH / COALITION SETS UP AERIAL-GUNNERY RANGE IN IRAQ / KUWAITI SEARCH TEAM CONFIRMS REMAINS OF TWO POWS / IRANIAN WEBSITE REPORTS ILLEGAL PILGRIMS KILLED AT BORDER / GUL SAYS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MUST APPROVE TROOPS TO IRAQ / IRAQ, TURKEY AGREE TO REOPEN RAILWAY / U.S. HALTS BAHRAINI FIRMS ATTEMPTS TO SELL MOBILE PHONES IN IRAQ / JORDANIAN AND IRAQI BUSINESSMEN ESTABLISH RECONSTRUCTION FIRM / UNHCR HELPS REPATRIATE 240 IRAQI REFUGEES / PALESTINIANS GIVEN OFFICIAL STATUS AS REFUGEES IN IRAQ / ICC INVESTIGATING BRITISH TROOPS IN IRAQ / U.S. APPROVES BECHTEL WORKPLAN FOR IRAQ / RUSSIA WILL NOT INSIST UPON NEW UN RESOLUTION ON IRAQ / THIEVES MAKE OFF WITH MILLIONS FROM IRAQ'S MOSCOW EMBASSY... / ...BUT GOVERNMENT NEWSPAPER CASTS DOUBT ON ROBBERY REPORTS
• Iraq: Young, Anti-American Shi'a Cleric Arrives As A 'Surprise' On The Scene RFE/L 01 Aug 2003 -- A young Shi'a cleric, Muqtada al-Sadr, is popular among the poorest Shi'a Muslims in Iraq. He strongly protests against the presence of U.S. troops in the country and says he is creating a religious militia of his own to maintain security. But some analysts question his legitimacy and the level of his public support.
• BUSH/IRAQ POLITICS VOA 01 Aug 2003 -- The issue of Iraq's alleged nuclear weapons program has not gone away.