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Current Operations

• Iraq: Four U.S. Soldiers Reported Wounded In Separate Attacks RFE/RL 17 Sep 2003 -- A report today says four U.S. soldiers were wounded in two separate attacks near Baghdad.
• PENTAGON / IRAQ VOA 17 Sept 2003-- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has again made clear the Bush administration has no intention of ordering U-S forces out of Iraq despite mounting casualties from the continuing guerrilla war there

Deployments

• U.S. Will Continue to Seek Allied Division for Iraq AFPS 17 Sept 2003-- The United States will continue to seek international allies to provide troops to operations in Iraq, Joint Chiefs Chairman Air Force Gen. Richard B. Myers said here today.

US Policy

• Bremer Urges Congress to Support Supplemental Spending AFPS 17 Sept 2003-- Pointing to the lessons of history learned during World Wars I and II, the administrator for the Coalition Provisional Authority urged Congress Sept. 22 to support President Bush's supplemental spending request to ensure that a secure peace follows the military victory in Iraq.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Transcript: DoD News Briefing - Mr. Di Rita and Mr. Slocombe 17 Sep 2003 -- Briefing on the status of the New Iraqi Army and Police Force. Participating was Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs Lawrence Di Rita and Walter Slocombe, Coalition Provisional Authority Special Advisor on Security and Defense.
• Iraq: Washington Sees Complex Process To Restore Sovereignty RFE/RL 17 Sep 2003 -- The leaders of Britain, Germany, and France are set to meet in Berlin this weekend in a bid to bridge differences with Washington over Iraq's future. France and Germany are demanding a swift restoration of political authority to Iraqis. But Washington sees a slow, complex process that could take up to two years.
• First Battalion of New Iraqi Army to Finish Training AFPS 17 Sept 2003-- The first battalion of the new Iraqi army should finish training the first week of October, according to the senior adviser for security sector and defense affairs to the Coalition Provisional Authority for Iraq.
• DoD News Briefing - Mr. Di Rita and Mr. Slocombe September 17, 2003 - Briefing on the status of the New Iraqi Army and Police Force. Participating was Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs Lawrence Di Rita and Walter Slocombe, Coalition Provisional Authority Special Advisor on Security and Defense.
• IRAQ / NEW ARMY VOA 17 Sept 2003-- In Iraq, Coalition officials are hoping security will improve when a new Iraqi army is formed. The first battalion of that new army is due to graduate from training in early October (eds: October 4).
• IRAQ: Focus on training the new army IRIN 17 Sep 2003 -- An Iraqi soldier stands in a foxhole in a firing range, pointing his AK-47 rifle at the paper target about 100 metres away. Little puffs of dirt fly up as the soldier fires away at the cutout of a male head and shoulders. A trainer standing next to him gives him some instructions, and he starts again.

Foreign Reactions

• Iraq: Arab States Reluctant To Join In Stabilization Force RFE/RL 17 Sep 2003 -- The security situation in Iraq remains unstable, with continuing attacks on military installations and other targets. The U.S. and British governments are making efforts in the UN and elsewhere to put together an international security force in Iraq. So far several countries have answered the call -- but noticeably absent from this group are Iraq's immediate neighbors and other Arab states.
• Iraq: Turkish, Indian Prime Ministers Call For Stronger UN Role RFE/RL 17 Sep 2003 -- The prime ministers of Turkey and India today both called for a stronger UN role in Iraq, and said a new UN resolution could help them decide whether to deploy troops to aid security efforts there.
• U-S-IRAQ-GREECE VOA 17 Sept 2003-- Secretary of State Colin Powell discussed Iraq Wednesday with Greek Foreign Minister George Papandreou, who told reporters he thinks a compromise U-N Security Council resolution for a U-S-led, multilateral force in Iraq is within reach.
• S. Korea Urged to Reject U.S. Demand KCNA 17 Sep 2003 -- The U.S. deputy assistant defense secretary "requested" the south Korean authorities to dispatch additional troops to Iraq at the 4th meeting of "allies' policy consultative council" of south Korea and the U.S.

News Reports

• BUSH IRAQ VOA 17 Sept 2003-- President Bush says there is no evidence of a direct link between Saddam Hussein and the September 11th 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States
• Kelly did say Iraq`s 45 minute claim was `wrong`, says Gilligan IRNA 17 Sep 2003 -- BBC journalist Andrew Gilligan Wednesday admitted making mistakes in his choice of words but insisted that the gist of his controversial report that the government exaggerated Iraq`s threat in its arms dossier was correct.