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• COALITION AND IRAQI PEOPLE WORK TO MAKE IRAQ SECURE CENTCOM 14 Aug 2003 -- Iraqi citizens continue to cooperate with Coalition forces, preventing attacks and breaking up a counterfeit operation.
• IRAQ / APOLOGY VOA 14 Aug 2003 -- The commander of U-S forces in Iraq, Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez, says U-S troops have apologized for removing an Islamic flag that was near a mosque in Baghdad. One demonstrator was killed during the Wednesday incident and several were wounded.
• IRAQ / PROTEST VOA 14 Aug 2003 -- U-S troops killed one demonstrator and wounded several others in Baghdad when they were attacked by an angry mob.

Deployments

US Policy

• Negroponte Says U.N. Vote Furthers Iraqi Self Government Washington File 14 Aug 2003 -- United Nations support of the Governing Council of Iraq "sends a clear signal to those who oppose the political transformation under way in Iraq that they are out of step with world opinion," said U.S. Ambassador John Negroponte August 14.

United Nations

• Security Council welcomes Iraqi Governing Council, sets up new UN mission UN News Centre 14 Aug 2003 -- In its first resolution on Iraq since it recognized United States-led occupying forces as the provisional authority, the United Nations Security Council today formally welcomed the US-appointed Governing Council as a key step towards restoring the country's sovereignty and set up a new mission to coordinate UN activities there.
• Iraq: UN Security Council Acknowledges Interim Authority RFE/RL 14 Aug 2003 -- The United Nations Security Council today adopted a resolution that welcomes the establishment of the U.S.-formed interim authority in Iraq, but stopped short of formally recognizing the body.
• U.N. Security Council Sets Up Assistance Mission for Iraq Washington File 14 Aug 2003 -- The United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 1500 on August 14, establishing the U.N. Assistance Mission for Iraq.
• U.N. Welcomes Iraqi Governing Council, Establishes Iraq Mission Washington File 14 Aug 2003 -- The U.N. Security Council August 14 established a "U.N. Assistance Mission for Iraq" and welcomed the establishment of the Governing Council of Iraq.
• UN/IRAQ RESOLUTION VOA 14 Aug 2003 -- The 15-member U-N Security Council today (Thursday) adopted a resolution welcoming the Governing Council of Iraq by a vote of 14-0.
• Iraq: UN Resolution On Governing Council, Mission May Come To Vote RFE/RL 14 Aug 2003 -- The UN Security Council may vote as early as today on a resolution that "welcomes" the U.S.-appointed Governing Council in Iraq and establishes a new UN mission in the country.

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraq: Agreeing On A Constitution Will Be A Challenge RFE/RL 14 Aug 2003 -- Iraq's Governing Council this week took a first step toward the preparation of a national constitution that will recast the country as a federation. But agreeing on what form the federation will take -- with a strong central government or with major powers devolved to the regions -- is not going to be easy. Though any constitutional convention is still months away, debate is already raging within Iraq over how tightly the country should be bound together.
• IRAQ/FOOD AID VOA 14 Aug 2003 -- The biggest U-N-run food-aid program in history is set to end in November, leaving most Iraqis who benefit from the assistance nervous about the future. But the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq is trying to assure people that help will continue for some time to come.

Foreign Reactions

• AZERBAIJAN / U-S / IRAQ VOA 14 Aug 2003 -- The former Soviet Republic of Azerbaijan is set to become the first predominantly Muslim nation to join the U-S-led stabilization force in Iraq by sending 150 soldiers to the region.

News Reports

• Czech Republic: Iraqi Children Get Treatment In Prague RFE/RL 14 Aug 2003 -- Three Iraqi children are undergoing treatment in a Prague hospital after being flown out of the southern city of Al-Basrah by the Czech Defense Ministry. Today, a group of American diplomats and a Czech deputy defense minister went to see how the children are doing.