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• IRAQ / ATTACKS VOA 04 Nov 2003 -- Four explosions rocked the center of Baghdad Tuesday night, where the main U-S headquarters is located, causing injuries but no deaths.It was the second attack in Baghdad in as many nights.
• Explosive Device Awareness Top Priority for Troops in Iraq AFPS 04 Nov 2003 -- With hundreds wounded and scores killed by improvised explosive devices, coalition forces are doing everything possible to prepare their troops with needed awareness training.
• US general calls Iraq crisis `homemade` IRNA 04 Nov 2003 -- NATO`s Commander-in-Chief and Commander of the US troops in Europe General James L Jones here Tuesday said Iraq`s worsening crisis situation was largely caused by internal factors rather than external interference.
• Iraq: Deadly Attacks Continue, As Bush Promises To Stay Put RFE/RL 04 Nov 2003 -- Deadly attacks continued overnight in Iraq, hours after U.S. President George W. Bush vowed that the United States will not run from its "vital" mission in Iraq.

Deployments

• Troop Morale Good Despite 'Difficult' Situations AFPS 04 Nov 2003 -- American troops are doing a fine job and their morale is good despite "difficult" conditions, agreed four congressmen recently returned from Iraq.

US Policy

• Transcript: Representatives in DoD Briefing Room Discuss Recent Congressional Delegation to Iraq 04 Nov 2003 -- Participating was Edward Royce (R-Calif.), Peter King (R-N.Y.), Steve Chabot (R-Ohio), Max Burns (R-Ga.)
• IRAQ / GOVERNING COUNCIL VOA 05 Nov 2003 -- Iraq may soon be forming a paramilitary unit that would join coalition forces in the search for resistance fighters.
• Bush Looks Forward to Signing Spending Bill for Iraq, Afghanistan Washington File 04 Nov 2003 -- President Bush emphasized progress toward stabilizing and rebuilding Iraq in a brief exchange November 4 with reporters in Harbison Canyon, California after touring fire-ravaged areas of the state.
• U.S. Must Continue Message of Support to Iraqis, Says Wolfowitz AFPS 04 Nov 2003 -- Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz said today that to sustain the support of the Iraqi people, America must send a "clear and strong signal that the United States will be with them until we are no longer needed."
• Republican Congressmen Say Defeat Not an Option in Iraq Washington File 04 Nov 2003 -- Four Republican members of Congress who recently returned from Iraq say that the morale of U.S. soldiers is high and that the process now under way of training Iraqis to defend their own country is the correct long-term solution to the security problems there.
• U.S. on Spanish Diplomatic Drawdown in Baghdad Washington File 04 Nov 2003 -- Following is the text of a question taken at the November 4 regular State Department briefing; an answer was posted later in the da
• CONGRESS / IRAQ VOA 04 Nov 2003 -- U-S lawmakers who recently visited Iraq say morale of American troops remains high, despite continuing loss of life and injuries from ongoing attacks. The remarks came as a senior U-N official told a Senate committee the United Nations is determined to stay in Iraq.
• WOLFOWITZ / IRAQ VOA 04 Nov 2003 -- A top U-S official says coalition forces continue to face deadly opposition from terrorists who are against freedom in Iraq.
• BUSH / IRAQ VOA 04 Nov 2003 -- President Bush says the United States' determination to remain in Iraq has not been weakened by killings of American soldiers.
• U.S.: New Poll Indicates Majority Of Americans Disapprove Of Bush's Iraq Policy RFE/RL 04 Nov 2003 -- American public opinion appears to be slowly shifting against the Bush administration for its handling of the war in Iraq. A new survey finds that less than half of Americans support the U.S. administration's policies in Iraq.
• EDITORIAL: TERRORISM IN IRAQ VOA 04 Nov 2003 -- On November 2nd, eighteen Americans died as a result of terrorist attacks in Iraq. Sixteen of them died when a helicopter carrying U.S. troops was shot down near Fallujah, west of Baghdad. The Americans are in Iraq to help establish stability and security for the Iraqi people. U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said that it was "a tragic day"

United Nations

• Team appointed by Annan to look into security decisions before attack on UN in Iraq UN News Centre 04 Nov 2003 -- Responding to a report that found - in the aftermath of the August terrorist bombing of the United Nations office in Baghdad - a "dysfunctional" security management system, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today named a team to investigate the responsibilities and decision-making of UN officials in the lead up to the deadly attack.
• UN SECURITY VOA 04 Nov 2003 -- Two senior U-N officials have been relieved of duty while a panel determines who was responsible for lapses that left U-N offices in Iraq vulnerable to attack.
• IRAQ/NUCLEAR VOA 04 Nov 2003 -- The International Atomic Energy Agency says it wants to return to Iraq to update its files on former leader Saddam Hussein's nuclear program and to monitor future nuclear activity under a new government. The U-N nuclear watchdog also want access to information the United States has unearthed in Iraq.

Reconstruction Issues

• IRAQ / CONSTITUTION VOA 04 Nov 2003 -- Members of the interim Iraqi Governing Council think they can meet a U-N-imposed deadline to develop a plan to adopt a constitution. The council feels a new constitution could be written and approved by next year, but some doubt it will work.
• Iraq: U.S. Expert Says Constitutional Process Requires Flexibility By Leaders RFE/RL 04 Nov 2003 -- A key adviser on constitutional reforms in Iraq, New York University Professor Noah Feldman, says crafting a constitution under an accelerated time frame will require flexibility by the country's leaders. Feldman says debates on a new constitution are likely to heat up over the issues of federalism and religious freedoms and rights.
• Iraq: Aid Groups Debate Whether To Stay Amid Insecure Conditions RFE/RL 04 Nov 2003 -- The recent series of attacks in Iraq, which have killed dozens of soldiers and civilians and left hundreds wounded, have raised anew the issue of security for the aid personnel based in Baghdad. Some larger aid agencies and international organizations have announced they are pulling most of their foreign workers out of the capital. A number of smaller nongovernmental organizations, however, say they will stay put, keep a low profile, and do their best to help the Iraqi people.
• IRAQ: Bringing the former regime to justice IRIN 04 Nov 2003 -- Whenever someone was killed under the regime of former President Saddam Hussein, a corresponding execution order was written up to document the death. When a dissident was jailed, his name would be recorded in the prison files. If someone had to go to hospital after being tortured, there were records of that, too.

Foreign Reactions

• UK unsure about future troop commitment in Iraq IRNA 04 Nov 2003 -- Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon is uncertain about how many British troops will be required in occupied Iraq next year.
• EU: Europeans Strongly Critical Of U.S. Policy In Iraq, Despite Efforts To Increase Int'l Involvement RFE/RL 04 Nov 2003 -- A European Commission survey has shown that people in many EU states remain strongly critical of Washington's Iraq policy, despite recent efforts by the U.S. to increase international involvement in reconstructing the country. The survey found that a majority of those polled in the 15 EU member states rank the U.S. as equal to Iran and North Korea in posing a threat to world peace.
• Syria, Iran, Kuwait to sign agreements on border with Iraq IRNA 04 Nov 2003 -- Syria, Iran and Kuwait have decided to sign `agreements for ensuring security on their borders with Iraq for the purpose of stopping illegal infiltration of militants`, the Saudi newspaper Al-Sharq al-Awsat wrote on Tuesday with reference to reliable sources in the Provisional Governing Council of Iraq.

News Reports

• International lawyers probe legality of Iraq war IRNA 04 Nov 2003 -- A panel of eight renowned international lawyers are meeting in London this Saturday to consider whether the US and UK breached international law in the conduct of military action against Iraq.