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• Secretary Colin L. Powell Press Briefing at the Kuwait International Airport US Dept. of State 15 Sep 2003
• Iraq: Powell Says U.S. 'Not Occupiers' RFE/RL 15 Sep 2003 -- U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell says he is convinced that the "winds of freedom" are blowing across Iraq, despite the daily attacks on U.S. forces there and other security problems.
• Iraq: U.S. Under Increasing Pressure To Transfer Power RFE/RL 15 Sep 2003 -- U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, speaking yesterday in Iraq's capital Baghdad, said the United States is committed to having Iraqis run their own country but rejected any quick transfer as advocated by some members of the UN Security Council.

United Nations

• UN/IRAQ/ANNAN VOA 15 Sept 2003-- U-N Secretary General Kofi Annan has downplayed disagreements among the permanent five Security Council members on a U-S draft resolution on Iraq.
• IRAQ: Powell says UN has political and reconstruction role IRIN 15 Sep 2003 -- The United Nations has both a political and a reconstruction role in post-war Iraq, US Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Sunday in Baghdad, during his first trip to the country following the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime.

Reconstruction Issues

• COALITION IMPROVING WATER DISTRIBUTION EFFORTS IN NORTHERN IRAQ CENTCOM Release 15 Sept 2003-- Efforts are now underway to repair the nearly obsolete water pumping system that provides water for over 325,000 citizens of Northern Iraq. In the interim, soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) have contracted 32 trucks to carry over 10,000 liters of water every day to villages that the water system is unable to reach.
• SOLDIERS HOST ORPHANS IN MOSUL CENTCOM Release 15 Sept 2003-- Soldiers with the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) and the 431st Civil Affairs Battalion recently gave a group of Iraqi orphans a day filled with fun and games at the Civil Military Operations Center in Mosul.
• IRAQ: Deadline for disarmament extended IRIN 15 Sep 2003 -- The US military in Iraq announced over the weekend that the deadline for weapons to be handed in would be extended and anyone caught with a weapon and without a permit would be jailed, in an effort to improve security in the volatile nation.

Foreign Reactions

• Solana says Iraqi institutions should be given responsibility as soon as possible IRNA 15 Sep 2003 -- EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said Monday that the EU position is constructive vis-a-vis finding a way to establish security in Iraq as fast as possible.
• Iraqi FM: Baghdad keen on expanding ties with Tehran IRNA 15 Sep 2003 -- Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zehari in a meeting with Iran`s charge d`affaires in Baghdad said his country is keen on forging closer ties with Tehran `in order to wipe out the lingering effects of the war between the two countries`.

News Reports

• Iraq: U.S. Military Families Begin Movement Against War RFE/RL 15 Sep 2003 -- A movement has sprung up in the United States demanding that U.S. troops get out of Iraq. Is this a sign that Iraq is becoming a potent political liability for U.S. President George W. Bush?
• BRITAIN/INQUIRY VOA 15 Sept 2003-- Lawyers investigating the death of British weapons-expert David Kelly have recalled the country's defense secretary Geoff Hoon and others to testify in the official government inquiry
• IRAQ / POWELL VOA 15 Sept 2003-- Secretary of State Colin Powell has attended the dedication of a memorial to thousands of victims of a poisonous gas attack by the Saddam Hussein government 15-years ago
• Halabja Will Never Happen Again, Says Powell Washington File 15 Sept 2003-- Secretary of State Colin Powell visited a mass grave site for victims of a 1988 chemical weapons attack by Saddam Hussein's regime against Kurdish villagers during his visit to Iraq.
• MI6 chief defends Iraq`s claimed use of weapons in 45 minutes IRNA 15 Sep 2003 -- The head of Britain`s overseas intelligence agency MI6 Monday defended the controversial claim that Iraq could deploy weapons of mass destruction within 45 minutes.
• RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 6, Number 38 15 Sep 2003 -- ANSAR AL-ISLAM SAYS IT IS REGROUPING, CALLS FOR FATWA AGAINST U.S. / CAR BOMB KILLS TWO, WOUNDS 52 IN IRBIL / KIRKUK POLICE RECRUITING TURKOMANS / OVER 10,000 ITEMS STILL MISSING FROM IRAQI MUSEUM / GOVERNING COUNCIL APPOINTS CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR / IRAQI MUNITIONS SITES REMAIN VULNERABLE / RETIRED IRAQI OFFICERS ISSUE APPEAL TO CPA FOR MORE MONEY / BREMER ISSUES NEW PAY SCALE FOR STATE WORKERS / BREMER: IRAQIS ABOUT HALF WAY TO SOVEREIGNTY / CPA ESTABLISHES FACILITIES PROTECTION SERVICE / FOURTEEN IRAQI POLITICAL PARTIES FORM ALLIANCE / AL-SADR CLAIMS U.S. CONDUCTING WAR AGAINST ISLAM / U.S. HOLDING IRANIAN REBELS IN IRAQ / COALITION FORCES CONTINUE CONFISCATING WEAPONS / PURPORTED AL-QAEDA TAPES SURFACE / ARAB LEAGUE GRANTS GOVERNING COUNCIL A SEAT AT THE TABLE / KUWAIT GIVES POWER GENERATORS TO IRAQ / IRAQI MAIL WILL GO THROUGH KUWAIT / GUL COMMENTS ON POSSIBLE TURKISH TROOP DEPLOYMENT / IRAQI GOVERNING COUNCIL MEMBER SAYS UN ROLE 'CRUCIAL.' / ANNAN CALLS PERMANENT FIVE SECURITY COUNCIL FOREIGN MINISTERS TO GENEVA / AS FRANCE, GERMANY, RUSSIA OFFER DEAL ON IRAQ / U.K., DENMARK DEPLOYING ADDITIONAL FORCES TO IRAQ / U.S. INDICTS SON OF IRAQI EX-DIPLOMAT IN NEW YORK