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• Transcript: Briefing on the First Marine Expeditionary Force in Iraq 09 Sep 2003 -- Participating were Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs (Media Operations) Bryan G. Whitman and Marine Corps Lt. Gen. James T. Conway, commanding general, First Marine Expeditionary Force.

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• TURKEY/IRAQ VOA 09 Sept 2003-- Turkish foreign minister Abdullah Gul confirmed Tuesday that Turkey is willing to send some 10-thousand troops to help U-S-led coalition forces police Iraq

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Reconstruction Issues

• Iraq: Interim Foreign Minister Attends Arab League Talks RFE/RL 09 Sep 2003 -- Newly appointed Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari represented his country today at a meeting of the 22-member Arab League. Zebari was invited to attend the meeting after an hours-long debate among League ministers yesterday. Analysts say the step may pave the way for full international recognition of the U.S.-appointed Iraqi Governing Council and its new interim cabinet.
• Iraq: Interim Foreign Minister Takes Part In Arab League Meeting RFE/RL 09 Sep 2003 -- Iraqi Interim Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari today told Arab League foreign ministers that the new Iraq will be different from the one ruled by Saddam Hussein.
• Interim Foreign Minister Takes Part In Arab League Meeting RFE/RL 09 Sept 2003-- Iraqi Interim Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari today told Arab League foreign ministers that the new Iraq will be different from the one ruled by Saddam Hussein.
• Interim Foreign Minister Attends Arab League Talks RFE/RL 09 Sept 2003-- Newly appointed Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari represented his country today at a meeting of the 22-member Arab League. Zebari was invited to attend the meeting after an hours-long debate among League ministers yesterday. Analysts say the step may pave the way for full international recognition of the U.S.-appointed Iraqi Governing Council and its new interim cabinet.

Foreign Reactions

• Kharrazi says occupation forces responsible for Hakim`s killing IRNA 09 Sep 2003 -- Visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi said here on Monday evening that the occupiers of Iraq are responsible for the assassination of the senior Iraqi Shiite leader, Ayatollah Mohammad Baqer al-Hakim.
• UN must play central coordinating role in Iraq postwar structure IRNA 09 Sep 2003 -- Russia holds that the United Nations Security Council must adopt such a resolution as would increase the United Nations involvement in the postwar restoration of Iraq and ensure the United Nations central coordinating role in the process, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Yuri Fedotov told Tass on Tuesday.
• UK initiative to win hearts, minds of Iraqi people IRNA 09 Sep 2003 -- The British government Tuesday was battling on two fronts to defect criticism that there were "no plans" for the post-war reconstruction of Iraq.
• Iran, Syria stress withdrawal of foreign forces from Iraq IRNA 09 Sep 2003 -- Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi and Syrian Vice President Abdel-Halim Khaddam stressed here Monday the withdrawal of foreign forces from Iraq.
• Germany: Government Reacting Coolly To Washington's UN Proposal RFE/RL 09 Sep 2003 -- Germany's government is reacting coolly to U.S. President George W. Bush's appeal for more international support in Iraq, saying it is ready to consider humanitarian aid but ruling out any form of military assistance. The opposition, however, says Berlin should keep all its options open while negotiations proceed on a new UN resolution for Iraq.
• Government Reacting Coolly To Washington's UN Proposal RFE/RL 09 Sept 2003-- Germany's government is reacting coolly to U.S. President George W. Bush's appeal for more international support in Iraq, saying it is ready to consider humanitarian aid but ruling out any form of military assistance. The opposition, however, says Berlin should keep all its options open while negotiations proceed on a new UN resolution for Iraq.
• EGYPT / ARAB LEAGUE VOA 09 Sept 2003-- The Iraqi Governing Council has won the country's vacant seat in the Arab League, at least temporarily

News Reports

• Western Press Review: Bush Acknowledges Iraq's Problems, The EU's Balkan Role, And The 'Baghdad Blogger' RFE/RL 09 Sept 2003-- Major dailies today continue to discuss the situation in the Middle East following the weekend resignation (6 September) of Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas. Much discussion also centers on U.S. foreign policy in Iraq in the wake of U.S. President George W. Bush's speech on 7 September, in which he said UN member nations were obligated to take a greater role in rebuilding the country. Other topics addressed today include the EU's key role in stabilizing the Balkans and what one paper calls the Kremlin's moves to "muzzle" Russian democracy.