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• IRAQ/BLAST VOA 12 Oct 2003 -- At least six people are dead and 10 others seriously wounded in what U-S officials are calling a suicide car bombing in front of a downtown Baghdad hotel. Two cars were used in the attack, but it is not known if both were packed with explosives.
• IRAQ/BLAST VOA 12 Oct 2003 -- A suicide bomber has attacked a hotel in downtown Baghdad, causing scores of casualties.
• Iraq: Explosion Rocks Baghdad RFE/RL 12 Oct 2003 -- An explosion believed to have been caused by two car bombs rocked the center of the Iraqi capital Baghdad today, causing casualties.

Deployments

• First R&R Soldiers Gather for Return to Iraq AFPS 12 Oct 2003 -- The first soldiers to return home from Iraq for rest and recuperation leave checked in at Baltimore-Washington International Airport here today to return to Operation Iraqi Freedom.

US Policy

• Rumsfeld Says Iraqis Must Be The Ones to Rebuild Iraq Washington File 12 Oct 2003 -- Iraqis must be the ones to rebuild Iraq, according to Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.

United Nations

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Foreign Reactions

• OIC accepts Iraq Governing Council to take seat IRNA 12 Oct 2003 -- The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) accepted the delegation from Iraq Governing Council (IGC) to attend the summit to accelerate Iraqi independence.
• Iraqi delegate voices objection to Turkish plan to send troops IRNA 12 Oct 2003 -- Iraqi Governing Council voiced objection to a Turkish decision to send troops to Iraq demanded by the United States.

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