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Current Operations

• IRAQ ATTACK VOA 08 Sept 2003-- Two U-S soldiers have been wounded in an attack in central Baghdad.
• CSSG-11 Makes Iraqi City Strong Again Marine Corps News 08 Sept 2003-- Combat Service Support Group-11 embarked on civil affairs and humanitarian support as Operation Iraqi Freedom shifted from major combat to stabilization operations for I Marine Expeditionary Force after May.
• Marines Help Iraqis Unload Fuel Marine Corps News 08 Sept 2003-- Marines of Bulk Fuel Company, Combat Service Support Group-11 recently began taking their skills to the local railway station and fuel depot. There they unload up to 200,000 gallons of diesel fuel per day for the citizens of Ad Diwaniya.
• Marines provide radios, support for multinational forces Marine Corps News 08 Sept 2003-- Before the 1st Battalion, 7th Marines relinquishes responsibility for the city of An Najaf to the Multinational Division, they are guaranteeing that their counterparts are prepared for every contingency.
• U.S. Forces Capture Saddam Loyalist, Destroy Weapons Caches AFPS 08 Sept 2003-- U.S. forces have captured a Saddam Hussein loyalist believed to have attacked coalition forces at a children's hospital and, with the help of Iraqi citizens in some cases, continue to find and destroy weapons caches, according to U.S. Central Command officials.
• Army Catamaran Hauls Equipment Double-time AFPS 08 Sept 2003-- Sliding out of port on the Army's experimental heavy-lift catamaran, the U.S. Army Vessel Spearhead, peering out the window is almost the only way to get a sense of motion.

Deployments

• BRITAIN / IRAQ VOA 08 Sept 2003-- Britain says it is sending 12-hundred more troops to Iraq in response to a surge in terrorist violence there

US Policy

• Iraq: Bush Seeks More International Help To Rebuild Iraq RFE/RL 08 Sep 2003 -- U.S. President George W. Bush, facing growing doubts at home about the U.S. effort in Iraq, sought to rally support from the American people and the international community last night for rebuilding Iraq and continuing the war on terrorism.
• State Department Briefing, September 8, 2003 Washington File 08 Sept 2003-- Israel/Palestinians, Department, Iraq, North Korea, Afghanistan, China, Burma, Saudi Arabia, Iran
• BUSH / IRAQ VOA 08 Sept 2003-- The Bush administration is urging the U-S Congress to act quickly on the president's request for 87 billion dollars for military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan
• CONGRESS / IRAQ VOA 08 Sept 2003-- U-S lawmakers generally agree that President Bush will get the 87 billion dollars he is requesting from Congress for military and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan
• Rumsfeld in Iraq Applauds Polish-led Multinational Force Washington File 08 Sept 2003-- U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, during his recent visit to Iraq, said the multinational force under Polish command (Multinational Division Central South) has a difficult, but important task in helping restore Iraq to the Iraqi people.
• U.S. Budget Request For Additional FY04 Funding For War on Terror Washington File 08 Sept 2003-- The White House issued a fact sheet September 8 on President Bush's request to Congress for $87 billion to help pay for military and intelligence operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, and elsewhere in the war on terror, and for the reconstruction of both nations.
• Rumsfeld Says Iraqis Need to 'Step Up' to Help Coalition Provide Better Security AFPS 08 Sept 2003-- Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld told reporters this weekend that help from the Iraqi people will be needed if the security situation in the country is ever to improve.
• Bremer Describes a 7-Step Process of Political Evolution in Iraq Washington File 08 Sept 2003-- This column by L. Paul Bremer, administrator of the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq, was published in the Washington Post September 8 and is in the public domain. No republication restrictions
• Rice: Stable Iraq Means Death Knell for Terrorism AFPS 08 Sept 2003-- Successful completion of the mission in Iraq will severely undermine the goals and strategies of terrorists, President Bush's national security adviser said today.
• Powell, Palacio Discuss Middle East, Iraq, Proposed UNSC Resolution Washington File 08 Sept 2003-- Secretary of State Colin Powell said he has been in touch with his counterparts "all weekend long" concerning the resignation of Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas and everyone is waiting "to see what political authority and what security forces will be under the new Prime Minister, which will permit him to do his job of representing the Palestinian people, but also dealing with the terror that has kept us from moving forward like we would like to move forward on the roadmap."
• U.S.: Bush Seeks Funds For Iraq, Afghanistan, Urges UN Role RFE/RL 08 Sept 2003-- U.S. President George W. Bush has announced that he will ask the U.S. Congress for $87 billion to cover military operations and reconstruction in Iraq and Afghanistan over the next year. Speaking in a nationally televised address from Washington yesterday, Bush

United Nations

• Annan Planning Sept. 14 Ministers Meeting on Iraq in Geneva Washington File 08 Sept 2003-- United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan told reporters September 8 that he would meet that day in his conference room with members of the U.N. Security Council in search of a solution to the issues of Iraq, and that he hoped to meet on the same subject in Geneva on September 14 with the foreign ministers of the five permanent members of the Security Council.

Reconstruction Issues

Foreign Reactions

• Indo-Russian talks to evolve common position on Iraq begins IRNA 08 Sep 2003 -- India and Russia will begin consultations on Monday to evolve a common position on their role in Iraq and on the issue of terrorism.
• Iran`s FM asks for establishment of popular Iraqi gov`t in Baghdad IRNA 08 Sep 2003 -- Iran`s Minister of Foreign Affairs Kamal Kharrazi here after a meeting with his Syrian counterpart Farouq al-Shara asked for the establishment of a democratic, popular government in Baghdad as soon as possible.
• Iran: Foreign Minister Says Tehran, Damascus Coordinating On Iraq RFE/RL 08 Sep 2003 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi says that Iran and Syria have entered what he called "a permanent coordination" to deal with the crisis in Iraq and to strengthen regional security.
• EGYPT/ARAB LEAGUE VOA 08 Sept 2003-- The debate over just how the Arab world will deal with Iraq's new U-S-backed governing council is coming to a crucial moment.
• POWELL / ITALY / IRAQ VOA 08 Sept 2003-- Secretary of State Colin Powell met with Spanish Foreign Minister Anna Palacio and held telephone talks with U-N Secretary-General Kofi Annan and other key officials Monday as he sought consensus on a draft Security Council resolution setting up a new U-N-authorized multinational force for Iraq.

News Reports

• IRAQ'S DIVIDED SHIAS VOA 08 Sept 2003-- Iraq's Shiites, who make up 60 per cent of the population, are crucial to achieving stability in the country. Yet after the assassination of a leading cleric, the Shia community is angry and divided. Armed militias are now patrolling the city of Najaf in defiance of U-S orders to disband, though many Shiites continue to urge calm and cooperation with the American occupation
• Kelly inquiry to decide whether to call Baha`i mentor - a US spy IRNA 08 Sep 2003 -- Lord Hutton is expected to decide during this week`s adjournment of the judicial inquiry into the death of David Kelly whether to call for questioning the former Iraq arms inspector`s Baha`i mentor, who is reportedly a US spy.
• IRAQ: Interview with ICRC spokeswoman IRIN 08 Sep 2003 -- The spokeswoman for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Iraq says the scaling down of operations was a temporary measure which would hopefully not affect operations in a big way.