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• First 101st On-base Library Opens in Mosul AFPS 09 Oct 2003 -- What was once nothing more than a boxed collection of books became Iraq's first 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) library here today.
• Iraqi Students See What More Than $2 Million Can Do AFPS 09 Oct 2003 -- Summer vacation was anything but a vacation for the coalition soldiers and nongovernmental organizations involved with rebuilding more than 800 schools in Iraq's Ninevah Province, current home of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assualt).
• New Furnishings, Computers Help Al Kifah Intermediate School AFPS 09 Oct 2003 -- Students of Al Kifah Intermediate School here were bright-eyed at the start of the new school year, arriving on their first day to find new furnishings and computers.
• U.S. Soldier Wounded In Iraq Convoy Attack Dies AFPS 09 Oct 2003 -- An American soldier died from wounds received today during an insurgent attack north of Baghdad, according to a U.S. Central Command news release.
• Iraq: At Least 10 Killed In Three Attacks RFE/RL 09 Oct 2003 -- The U.S. military says a suicide car bomb at a police station in Baghdad killed three policemen and five civilians, one of three fatal attacks in Iraq today.
• IRAQ/VIOLENCE VOA 09 Oct 2003 -- Eleven people have been reported killed in attacks on an Iraqi police station, a U-S military convoy, and a Spanish air force sergeant.

Deployments

US Policy

• Rumsfeld Defends National Security Council's Role in Iraq AFPS 09 Oct 2003 -- Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld downplayed the hoopla surrounding a memo from National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice that explains the National Security Council will assume a broader role in coordinating operations in Iraq.
• Affiliate of U.S. Chamber of Commerce Opens Field Office in Iraq Washington File 09 Oct 2003 -- An affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE), has set up a field office in Baghdad to promote private enterprise in Iraq.
• Bush Says U.S. Will Stay in Iraq Until Its Work Is Done Washington File 09 Oct 2003 -- President Bush, in a speech to a military audience in New Hampshire October 9, said terrorists in Iraq will not succeed in weakening the resolve of the United States.
• CONGRESS/ IRAQ VOA 09 Oct 2003 -- A key appropriations committee in the House of Representatives has approved a bill providing just under 87-billion dollars for reconstruction and military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Some members of Congress were persuaded by the Bush administration to drop demands that portions of reconstruction money be changed from grants to loans to be repaid by a future Iraqi government:
• Iraq: U.S. Pressing Governing Council To Accept Turkish Troops RFE/RL 09 Oct 2003 -- The United States says it is seeking to persuade the Iraqi Governing Council to accept the deployment of Turkish troops in the country, despite strong opposition by members of the U.S.-appointed body. Some analysts say the case risks sparking a rupture between the U.S. and the council at a time when Washington hopes to show progress in rebuilding Iraqi political life.
• BUSH / IRAQ VOA 09 Oct 2003 -- President Bush is defending his Iraq policy in the face of criticism both at home and abroad. There has been both progress and problems, but America will persevere.
• CONGRESS/ IRAQ VOA 09 Oct 2003 -- key appropriations committee in the House of Representatives is poised to approve a bill providing just under 87-billion dollars for reconstruction and military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Some members of Congress were persuaded by the Bush administration to drop demands that portions of reconstruction money be changed from grants to loans to be repaid by a future Iraqi government
• U-S / UKRAINE VOA 09 Oct 2003 -- Secretary of State Colin Powell thanked Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych Thursday for his government's support for U-S Iraq policy, while also stressing the importance of a free and fair presidential election in Ukraine next year.

United Nations

• Secretary-General condemns Baghdad violence; concerned about Iraq security UN News Centre 09 Oct 2003 -- United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today condemned the bombing at a Baghdad police station and the murder of a Spanish diplomat in the Iraqi capital.
• War in Iraq forces UN to face 'fundamental questions' - Fréchette UN News Centre 09 Oct 2003 -- The war in Iraq and its aftermath have forced the United Nations to face "fundamental questions" and, in the process, to find a weakening of the consensus regarding the world's ills found just three years ago, United Nations Deputy-Secretary-General Louise Fréchette said today.
• UN panel on staff security leaves Baghdad UN News Centre 09 Oct 2003 -- The United Nations panel appointed by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to investigate security in Iraq in the aftermath of the terrorist bombing of UN headquarters in Baghdad has left the Iraqi capital, a UN spokesperson said today.
• U-N / IRAQ RESOLUTION VOA 09 Oct 2003 -- Washington's ambassador to the United Nations reports no progress on efforts to win Security Council approval of a draft resolution on Iraq. International efforts to raise money for rebuilding Iraq are hinging on the resolution's fate.

Reconstruction Issues

• Congress Urged Not to "Cut Corners" in Funding Iraqi Reconstruction Washington File 09 Oct 2003 -- A senior Defense Department official urged Congress to approve the Bush administration's full $87 billion request for this year to support continuing military operations in Iraq and postwar reconstruction and development efforts, saying "cutting corners now ... could prove much more costly in the long run."
• Bremer Cites Progress as Baghdad Marks 6 Months of Liberation Washington File 09 Oct 2003 -- Six months to the day after U.S. forces liberated Baghdad, more than 13,000 reconstruction projects "large and small" have been completed, according to Ambassador Paul Bremer.
• Iraq: Governing Council, U.S.-Led Coalition Split Over Turkish Troops RFE/RL 09 Oct 2003 -- The Iraqi Governing Council and the U.S.-led coalition that controls the country are still at odds over plans to deploy Turkish troops to Iraq.
• IRAQ / BREMER VOA 09 Oct 2003 -- The U-S administrator in Iraq, Paul Bremer, has praised the accomplishments achieved since the fall of Saddam Hussein, but admitted security is still a big problem. It was the six-month anniversary of the liberation of Iraq's capital, Baghdad.
• Iraq: Baghdad Wears The Face Of Normality As Killings, Crime Continue RFE/RL 09 Oct 2003 -- In the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, women and children are back on the streets, along with the patrols of Iraqi policemen. But appearances can be deceiving. American troops and Iraqi civilians are being killed almost every day. The UN is reducing its presence after two bombings killed more than 20 people, including its top envoy in the country. Other humanitarian agencies are following suit.

Foreign Reactions

• RUSSIA/GERMANY/IRAQ VOA 09 Oct 2003 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin says he still hopes agreement can be reached on a proposed U-N Security Council resolution on Iraq, before a donors conference later this month. Mr. Putin spoke after two days of talks with German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder.

News Reports

• Iraq: Spanish Diplomat Shot Dead In Baghdad RFE/RL 09 Oct 2003 -- A Spanish diplomat was shot and killed this morning near the house he was renting in Mansur, an upscale district of Baghdad.
• RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 6, Number 42 09 Oct 2003 -- IRAQIS PROTEST IMAM'S ARREST / FORMER IRAQI SOLDIERS RIOT / NEW IRAQI ARMY DEBUTS FIRST SOLDIERS / OUSTED IRAQI POLICE CHIEF REINSTATED AFTER REPLACEMENT FAILS TO PROVIDE ORDER / IRAQI FOREIGN MINISTRY ATTACKED IN BAGHDAD / OIL-SMUGGLING TRIAL UNDER WAY / INC HEAD WANTS TO ESTABLISH FUND FOR IRAQI BUSINESSMEN / COUNCIL OF JUDGES REESTABLISHED / THOUSANDS GATHER IN AL-NAJAF FOR AL-HAKIM MEMORIAL / U.S. CLOSES CAMP CROPPER / GSM MOBILE-PHONE LICENSES AWARDED / U.S. AND TURKEY AGREE ON PLAN TO ELIMINATE PKK/KADEK FROM IRAQ / IRAQ AND SYRIA WORKING ON SECURITY AGREEMENT / JORDAN DENIES ALLEGATION THAT IT HAS IRAQI WMD / U.S. DRAFT RESOLUTION ON IRAQ IN JEOPARDY / UN, WORLD BANK SET IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION COST AT $36 BILLION / UN IRAQ-KUWAIT OBSERVER MISSION CLOSES / WHITE HOUSE FORMS IRAQ STABILIZATION GROUP / IRAQ SURVEY GROUP REPORTS THREE-MONTH FINDINGS / SPANISH, EU OFFICIALS SAY DONORS CONFERENCE STILL ON / U.S. FACES IRAQI OPPOSITION OVER TURKISH TROOP DEPLOYMENT