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• 94th Engineer Battalion clears path for security at CPA Army News Service 15 Aug 2003-- Soldiers from the Vilseck, Germany-based, 94th Engineer Battalion are kicking up 20-foot clouds of dust to make the Coalition Provisional Authority's headquarters more secure.
• Civil affairs soldiers provide home for displaced Iraqis Army News Service 15 Aug 2003-- In a dusty corner of east Baghdad, there is a community of families living in an old Iraqi military complex. The buildings in the compound are less like family housing and more like warehouses and offices. Since coalition forces entered the city, soldiers have found that there are thousands of squatters living in abandoned government buildings.
• EDITORIAL: IRAQIS TASTE LIBERTY VOA 15 Aug 2003 -- Ayad Najim, a former sergeant in the Iraqi Army, recently returned to Iraq after twelve years of self-imposed exile. As the New York Times newspaper reported, when Mr. Najim returned to his home town of Basra, he was greeted by his relatives with a song. "Saddam is gone," they sang. "His prisons and palaces are gone. Look at all the happy faces of the people."
• EDITORIAL: TERRORISTS TARGET IRAQ VOA 15 Aug 2003 -- With the help of the United States and its coalition allies, the Iraqi people are rebuilding a nation badly damaged by decades of Saddam Hussein's repression and corrupt misrule. A democratic Iraq is emerging. Terrorists are trying hard to prevent this. But as President George W. Bush said, the terrorists will fail
• EDITORIAL: NEW HOPE FOR IRAQ'S WOMEN VOA 15 Aug 2003 -- The U.S.-led coalition is working to advance the interests and rights of women in post-Saddam Hussein Iraq. As Paula Dobriansky, Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs, said, "The women of Iraq have a critical role to play in the political and economic revival of their society."

United Nations

• Iraq: Security Council 'Welcomes' Governing Council As Step Toward Sovereignty RFE/RL 15 Aug 2003 -- The UN Security Council has approved a resolution welcoming the emergence of the U.S.-appointed Iraqi Governing Council. Some Security Council members expressed regret that the resolution did not establish a timeline for ending the U.S.-led occupation of Iraq. But a majority of members said the Governing Council marked a move in the right direction, toward restoring Iraqi sovereignty. The resolution also established a new UN mission in Iraq that is expected to gain a larger political role and potentially broaden contributions to Iraq's reconstruction.

Reconstruction Issues

• CPA in Iraq Seeks to Disrupt Smuggling in Southern Iraq Washington File 15 Aug 2003 -- Coalition forces in Iraq are targeting smuggling groups in southern Iraq, hoping to disrupt their trade in oil and copper, said U.S. Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez at the August 14 Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) Operational Briefing.

Foreign Reactions

• Iraq: Russia, U.S. Welcome UN Resolution On Iraq RFE/RL 15 Aug 2003 -- Russia and the United States have expressed satisfaction over a United Nations Security Council resolution that "welcomes" Iraq's U.S.-appointed Governing Council.
• Iraq: Kurdish Leader Says U.S.-Led Troops Needed For Up To Two More Years RFE/RL 15 Aug 2003 -- The Iraqi Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani, a member of the U.S.-appointed interim Governing Council, says Iraq needs U.S.-led forces to maintain order in the country for up to two more years.

News Reports

• RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 6, Number 35 15 Aug 2003 -- KDP HEAD SAYS MOST IRAQIS TRUST GOVERNING COUNCIL / GOVERNING COUNCIL NAMES CONSTITUTIONAL COMMITTEE / EIGHT IRAQI JUSTICES REINSTATED / MEMBER OF GOVERNING COUNCIL CALLS DISSOLUTION OF ARMED FORCES A 'BAD MISTAKE.' / KURDISH PESHMERGA ARREST ANSAR AL-ISLAM MILITANTS IN NORTHERN IRAQ / AL-BASRAH AIRPORT SET TO REOPEN / RIOTS SUBSIDE IN AL-BASRAH / SHI'ITES ACCUSE U.S. OF DEFILING RELIGIOUS BANNER, RALLY IN BAGHDAD... / ...AND AT LEAST ONE IRAQI IS KILLED AFTER VIOLENCE ERUPTS / FBI INVESTIGATING JORDANIAN EMBASSY BLAST / DAILY REPORTS U.S. USE OF UPGRADED NAPALM IN IRAQ / U.S. FORCES CAPTURE SUSPECTED MILITANT LEADERS / CENTCOM SAYS IRAQIS ARE TURNING IN WEAPONS / U.S. LAUNCHES OPERATION IVY LIGHTNING IN IRAQ / MYSTERIOUS U.S. DEATHS MOUNTING IN IRAQ, KUWAIT / ARAB STATES WILL WORK WITH IRAQI GOVERNING COUNCIL BUT NOT RECOGNIZE IT / KUWAIT TEMPORARILY CLOSES BORDER WITH IRAQ AFTER RIOTS / ISRAELI FIRM TO SUPPLY PUBLIC TELEPHONES TO IRAQ / UN TO REPLACE 66 MILLION TEXTBOOKS IN IRAQ / UN SAYS IRAQ NEEDS $5 BILLION TO STAY AFLOAT / GERMAN TROOPS MAY JOIN NATO FORCE / MORE COALITION TROOPS ARRIVING IN IRAQ