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Current Operations

• IRAQ / ATTACK VOA 23 Sept 2003-- Iraqi authorities say three people were killed and three wounded during a battle between U-S troops and suspected guerrillas near the volatile western town of Fallujah. The U-S military says it can only confirm one enemy killed.
• IRAQ / ATTACK VOA 23 Sept 2003-- U-S troops have clashed with suspected guerrillas near the volatile western town of Fallujah. Local residents says three Iraqis were killed and three wounded, but the U-S military says it can only confirm one enemy killed
• 101st Escorts Iraqi Leaders Surveying Industry, Power Facilities AFPS 23 Sept 2003-- The Army's 101st Airborne Division escorted the civilian leadership of the northern Nineveh province Sept. 22 on a survey of the region's industrial and power facilities, helping to broaden the Mosul- based interim government's influence here.
• Airborne Soldiers Rumble in the Desert AFPS 23 Sept 2003-- What brought Army Spc. Kevin Roice's opponent to the floor wasn't necessarily the glorious display of hooks and jabs that brought hundreds of spectators to their feet.

Deployments

US Policy

• UN: Bush Defends Iraq Action, Urges World's Help In Reconstruction RFE/RL 23 Sep 2003 -- U.S. President George W. Bush today called on members of the United Nations to move past their divisions over Iraq and contribute to its reconstruction and stabilization.
• U.S.: Senators Question Bush's Reconstruction Plan For Iraq RFE/RL 23 Sep 2003 -- L. Paul Bremer, the U.S.'s top civil administrator in Iraq, faced tough questions in the U.S. Senate yesterday as he sought to rally support for President George W. Bush's proposed $87 billion package for stabilizing and rebuilding Iraq.
• DEMOCRATS / IRAQ SPENDING VOA 23 Sept 2003-- Democrats in Congress are making clear they intend to subject President Bush's request for 87-billion dollars in new money for Iraq to extensive scrutiny. As administration officials explain what they say is their clear plan for stabilizing Iraq, Democrats are expressing concern that the U-S involvement in Iraq may be longer and more expensive than the administration expects
• CONGRESS / IRAQ / BUSH VOA 23 Sept 2003-- As President Bush addressed the United Nations about Iraq, lawmakers at the U-S Capitol were engaged in some partisan sparring over the administration's Iraq policy.

United Nations

• Iraq: UN Agencies Say Millions In Country Desperately Hungry RFE/RL 23 Sep 2003 -- UN food agencies say that several million Iraqis remain desperately hungry despite a better cereals crop and the lifting of economic sanctions.
• BUSH U-N VOA 23 Sept 2003-- President Bush says United Nations members must come together to help pay for rebuilding Iraq.
• U-N / CHIRAC / UNILATERALISM VOA 23 Sept 2003-- French President Jacques Chirac has used his speech to the U-N General Assembly to deliver a blistering attack on U-S actions in Iraq
• UNGA / TUESDAY VOA 23 Sept 2003-- President Bush has locked horns (clashed) at the United Nations with French President Jacques Chirac and U-N Secretary General Kofi Annan over the U-S decision to act unilaterally in Iraq.
• Rice: Bush To Urge Expanded U.N. Role in Iraq AFPS 23 Sept 2003-- In his address to the United Nations today, President George Bush will defend his decision to take down the regime of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, according to his national security advisor.
• Bush Calls on U.N. to Unify Against Terrorism AFPS 23 Sept 2003-- Acknowledging that some United Nations members disagreed with U.S. and coalition military action in Iraq, President Bush today urged the world body to put those differences aside to work together toward building a stable, secure Iraq.

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraq: Authorities Hope To Draw Foreign Investments RFE/RL 23 Sep 2003 -- Officials in the U.S.-led authority in Iraq have announced a program of economic reforms aimed at attracting foreign investment to help the country rebuild. The U.S. chief civil administrator in Iraq, L. Paul Bremer, has signed an order that allows for full foreign ownership in almost all sectors of the economy except oil and real estate.
• OPEC / MEETING VOA 23 Sept 2003-- Iraq will make its post-war return to the Organization for Petroleum Exporting Countries when the organization's oil ministers meet Wednesday in Vienna.
• President Addresses UN General Assembly White House 23 Sept 2003-- Last month, terrorists brought their war to the United Nations itself. The U.N. headquarters in Baghdad stood for order and compassion -- and for that reason, the terrorists decided it must be destroyed. Among the 22 people who were murdered was Sergio Vieira de Mello. Over the decades, this good and brave man from Brazil gave help to the afflicted in Bangladesh, Cypress, Mozambique, Lebanon, Cambodia, Central Africa, Kosovo, and East Timor, and was aiding the people of Iraq in their time of need. America joins you, his colleagues, in honoring the memory of Senor Vieira de Mello, and the memory of all who died with him in the service to the United Nations.
• 101st Escorts Iraqi Leaders Surveying Industry, Power Facilities AFPS 23 Sept 2003-- The Army's 101st Airborne Division escorted the civilian leadership of the northern Nineveh province Sept. 22 on a survey of the region's industrial and power facilities, helping to broaden the Mosul- based interim government's influence here.
• Airborne Soldiers Rumble in the Desert AFPS 23 Sept 2003-- What brought Army Spc. Kevin Roice's opponent to the floor wasn't necessarily the glorious display of hooks and jabs that brought hundreds of spectators to their feet.

Foreign Reactions

• BUSH / CHIRAC VOA 23 Sept 2003-- President Bush and French President Jacques Chirac have failed to resolve their differences over the future of Iraq's political transition.
• Bush, Chirac Pledge to Try to Work Together, Official Says Washington File 23 Sept 2003-- President Bush and President Jacques Chirac of France discussed "the differences they have" on Iraq in a meeting at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations September 23, a senior Bush administration official told reporters following the meeting.

News Reports

• Iraq: Al-Jazeera And Al-Arabiyah May Be Banned RFE/RL 23 Sep 2003 -- Members of the Iraqi Governing Council say the U.S.-backed organization intends to take actions against two Arab satellite broadcasting companies -- Al-Jazeera and Al-Arabiyah.
• Powell Says U.S. Actions in Iraq Will Be Vindicated Washington File 23 Sept 2003-- The United States should have no second thoughts and no regrets about taking military action in Iraq, says Secretary of State Colin Powell, because based on Saddam Hussein's past actions, "the assumption had to be that he had a lot to hide" and simply could not be trusted by the international community.