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• IRAQ VOA 18 Sept 2003-- The commander of U-S troops in Iraq has appealed to Iraqi citizens to help the coalition root out suspected terrorists linked to attacks on American forces. Army General Ricardo Sanchez spoke with reporters as a U-S military convoy was attacked west of Baghdad, with reports of several American casualties.
• HUNGARY/MYERS/IRAQ VOA 18 Sept 2003-- The top U-S military officer, General Richard Myers, says the United States wants to train thousands more new Iraqi police, possibly at bases in central Europe.
• IRAQ WRAP VOA 18 Sept 2003-- The U-S military says three American soldiers in Iraq have been killed after coming under fire while checking out a suspected weapons site near the town of Tikrit, the hometown of ousted leader Saddam Hussein and a stronghold of anti-coalition resistance. The attack follows an earlier ambush Thursday in which at least two American soldiers were injured in what witnesses say was a roadside bombing and a firefight with unidentified attackers west of Baghdad

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US Policy

• BUSH/IRAQ VOA 18 Sept 2003-- President Bush will be looking for more support for U-S operations in Iraq when he addresses the U-N Security Council next week
• CONGRESS/IRAQ VOA 18 Sept 2003-- The U-S Congress has received President Bush's 87-billion-dollar spending request for Iraq and Afghanistan, and will open hearings on the package next week.

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Foreign Reactions

• Germany: Schroeder To Offer Bush Help In Iraq RFE/RL 18 Sep 2003 -- German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder has said Germany is prepared to help train Iraqi police and soldiers.

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• Blair "over-interpreted` Iraq`s arms threat, says Blix IRNA 18 Sep 2003 -- Former UN chief weapons inspector Hans Blix Thursday accused the British government of "over-interpreting" information about Iraq`s alleged weapons of mass destruction.