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A n "arc of instability" extends from the Western Hem isphere into North Africa and throughSoutheast Asia and encompasses ungovem ed areas that are breeding grounds for terrorism

Shifting power relationships, various powers a t strategic crossroads, and changing alliancerelationships arc also circumstances that require a strengthened global posture.

The Departm ent's approach t o changing U.S. globalposture seeks to improve flexibility to contend

with uncertainty; enable action both regionally and gl ob al ly; strengthen U S . defense relationships

with key allies and pa rtn ers ;pr om ote an expeditionary approach; and focus on overall capabilities

instead of numbers,

I . Developflexibility to contendwith uncertainty.

Our changing strategic circumstances defy prediction. Therefore Do D will develop new and

expanded security relationships in order to emphasize flexibility in force posture and basing.

2. Strengthen allied roles

We will expand opportunities for combined training with allies, with the goal to bring relevantallied capabilities to the War on Terror.

The US. footprint will be tailored to match em erging relationships and local conditions, and alsoto reduce the impact of U.S. presence on host nations.

2. Focus both wilhin anda cro ss regions.

We will strive to reduce barriers associated with operating across the military com mand areas ofresponsibility, the so-called "seams."

* We aim to work with key allies not simply on regional problems, but also on global issues such

as terrorism and proliferation. Allies will also help us to develop global reachback capabilities.4 Promote a n expeditionary approach.

Since forces will not likely fight in place, our regional presence needs realignment to im proverapid response capabilities for distant contingencies.

This m eans an updated transport and support infrastructure to facilitate m ovement o f forces andto operate in remote areas. It also means updated command structures for deployable operations.

5. Focus un capabilities insleadof numbers.. ur goal is to mass effects, not forces. Overmatch ing power-leveraging US. dvantages in

knowledge, speed, precision, and lethality-has supplan ted overwhelming force.. ince smaller units and numbers of personnel are imm ensely more capable than they were a

decade ago, dramatic results can be achieved with smaller force packages.

In developing its new globalposture, DoD w ill comb ine apre sen ce suitable to each region with

increased ability to actp ro mp tly andgloba lly. DoD will likewise strengthen military comm andstructures to support the globalposture and U.S. Defense Strategy.

> Forward regional forces coupled with intelligence, m obility, and strike, and information assets will

allow a more flexible response to the different nature o f threats we now face.



9 As we update the posture of our overseas forces, w e will also rationalize and streamline our

command structures.. We have worked closely wi thN A TO allies to update our m ilitary comm and structures in Europe,

consistent with the new politico-military realities in Eurasia,

.Similarly, throughout the globe we will implement a more responsive com mand structure,

employing consolidation of so me headquarters, return of others to the continental US ., and

forward stationing of others to overseas US. r allied territory.

(Ifasked) The strengthenedposture will be composed o the o llowing elements:

9 Maritime rotational presence

9 Preposition o f materiel and support equipment

> Forward Operating Locations (FOLs)

These austere installations will have little or no permanent presence.

> Forward Operating Bases (FOBS)

. OBS will be used by rotating U S . and allied forces for combined training and operations.

They will have some permanent presence by support forces.

9 Projection Hubs

Hubs w ill be similar to current bases, fo r permanently stationed U.S. forces.. hey will be on reliable territory; well protected from NBC w eapons, missiles and terrorism;

along key transportation routes; and ideally located near training areas. ..hey will

be usedto project forces both regionally and globally.



T a l k i n g P o i n ts o n I r a q i D e ni al & D e c e p t i o n

2/16/2007 1 2 3 8 PM

Core Messages

P Saddam 's regime has a history of den ial an d deception.

> Sad da m has dem onstrated his determination to conceal his weapons of

mass destruction an d their development.

P Sad da m Hussein and his regime cannot be trusted.

Saddam Hussein and his regime canno t be trusted.

b Saddam's government is comm itted to misleading and deceiving the international

comm unity, the United Nations and the m edia about his weapons of mass

destruction

?' Iraq's repeated denials that it has weapons of mass destruction, and the regime's

pattern of lies to the world are have becom e institutions of Saddam 's government.

> Saddam's government con tains an infrastructure o f deceit and operates asophisticated concealment regime to hide weapons of mass destruction.

> Among the euphemistically-named governm ent offices Saddam uses to hide his

WM D program are (in addition to the Iraqi Office o f the President):

TheHigher Security Comm ittee

Special Security Organization (SSO), run by Saddam 's son, Qusay. Military Industrial Comm ission

Iraqi Intelligence Service (US)

Special Republican Guard

Directorate fo r Military Intelligence

> We know Saddam's regime lies to the world because of the evidence:

Reports, experiences and observations of previous inspectors.. vidence: what we know, what w e think we know, and what we don 't know.

Saddam's regime has a history of denial and deception.

> Since 1991, Saddam has used the followine tactics t o hide his development of

weapons of mass destruction and lie about their existence.

o Iraq conceals weapons facilities in residential areas, such as the biologicalweapons plant in Abu Ghurayb that is within 2 blocks of Iraqi private

homes.



Iraqi officials sanitize sites by mov ing or hiding m aterials - n some

cases, literally moving arms and com ponents out the back door while

inspectors come through the front.

Saddam's regime has made fraudulent declarations to the United Nations.

In a 1992 letter to the U.N. Secretary General, Iraq's foreign minister

wrote: "Iraq has not produced any bacteriological or biological

weapons...The equipmen t which could be said to be capable of producingsuch weapons have been destroyed."

Iraa will sacrifice certain documents and weaoons material in order to divertattention from and protect the true nature of its WMD programs. At a

chicken farm in 1995. Iraa turned o ver 150 boxes of documents, many of

which referenced other more damaging documents that were withheld.

Saddam's officials invent cover stories for weap ons facilities, such as the "Baby

Milk Plant" that sorouted perimeter fencing and roof camouflage a t the onset of.the Gulf War.



1. Dev elop flexibility to contend with uncertainly.

Our changing strategic circumstances defy prediction. Therefore DoD will develop new and

expanded security relationships to emphasize flexibility in force posture and basing.

2. Strengthen allied roles.

We will expand opportunities for combined training w ith allies, with the goal to bring relevantallied capabilities to the War on Terror.

. The U .S. footprint will be tailored to match emerging relationships and local conditions, and also

to reduce the impact of U S . presence on hos t nations.

3. Focus both within and acr oss regions.. lthough we must be prepared to act regionally and locally, we must also promote an

understanding that forces should not be tied to any single area or region.

We aim to work with key allies not simply on regional problems, but also on global issues such

a s terrorism and proliferation. Allies will help us to develop global reachback capabilities.

4. Exploit advantages in rupidpowerprojection

Since forces will not likely fight in place, our regional p resence needs realignment to improve

rapid response capabilities for distant contingencies.

This means an updated transport and support infrastructure to facilitate movement of forces and

to operate in remote areas. It also means updated command structures for deployable operations.

5. Focus on capabilities instead ofnu mbe rr.

Overmatching pow er-leveraging U S . advantages in knowledge, speed, precision, andlethality-has supplanted overwhelming force as a defin ing concept for military action.

The specific number of forward-based forces in a given area is no longer an accurate

representation of the effective military capability that the U S an bring to bear.

Wehav e intensified ou rpu blic outreach process to inform and consult with our allies and Con gressabout these changes.

> On November 2 5 ' . thc Pri"iident announced our imcnt to accelt'rati; discussions .m the G lubal

Posture Review H,ivn.-\~-r.,i decisions have been made yct on the shape of our future global

posture.

P The D epartments of Defense and State provide regular briefings to Congressional staffs andmembers on the progress of the review.

P Over the past year, the Secretaries of Defense and State, as well as other senior level officials, have

had various consultations with our Asian allies and ~ a rt n e rs bout the global posture review. More.

rcccntl!, scnmr Stale and DoD .)fficials conducted intensive discussions in h uropean capitds inDecember 2003 and in Asian cap!ul, during January and February 2UU4



The US . Defense Strateqy, as ou tlined i n the September 2001 Quadrennial Defense Review, identified the

need to reorient U.S. defense posture - here U S military personnel, equipment, and installationsare located overseas- iven the new security environm ent now facing the United States,

DoD's global posture study seeks to support the new Defense Strategy's four policy goals: Assure allies and

friends; dissuade competition by influencing the strategic choices of key states; deter adversaries with forwardforces; and defeat adversaries rf deterrence fails

New strategic circumstances prompted review of an overseas footprint that by-and-largestill reflects he

realities of the Cold War. Defining elements of these new circumstances

"'"eronslgrow s anc o,ilaw sla!es are se em g access 10 unprecedenl?'! oesIrJc1 (e poher PC JO ngnJc ear Eio og ca. and cnemica (NBC) weapons.

P As we learned on September 11, 2001, the U S. homeland is threatened n new ways by terrorist groups.

Allied territory s vulnerable as well.

The U S and Allies face growing challenges from anil-access capabilities, including NBC weapons andmissiles.

P A number of failed or failing states have emerged, containing ungovemed areas that may serve as

breeding grounds or sanctuary for ten-onsts.

9 Various regional powers are at a strategic crossroads, eading lo uncertaintyabout their intentions andfuture strategic direction

The Department's approach to changing U S . global postu re seeks to strengthen U.S. defense relationships

with key allies and partners; Improve flexibility to contend with uncertainty; enable action both regionally

and globally; exploit advantages i n rapid power projection; and focus o n overall capabilities instead ofnumbers.. Develop flexibility to contend with uncertainty.

The U.S.changing strategic circumstances defy prediction. Therefore, DoD will develop new andexpanded security relationships to emphasize flexibility n force posture and basing.

. Strenqthenallied roles

D The U.S. will expand opportunities for combined training with allies, with the goal to bring relevant alliedcapabilities o the War on Terror.

The U.S. footpnnt will be tailored to match emerging relationshipsand local conditions, and also to reducethe impact of the U.S. presence on host nations.

Focus both within and across reaions.

9 Althouah the U S must be meoared to act reaionallv and locallv. t must also oromote an understandm

that forces should not be tied to any single area or region. ~ h e k .ill work kith key allies not simply i n

reaional ~r ob lems, ut also on alobal issues such as terrorism and proliferation. Allies can help us todeielop global capabilities. -



Exploit advantages in rapid Dower ~rojection

S'nce forces v no1 Ke / fgnt in place U S regional presence r e q ~es rea gnment to mpnve rapia

response casao I s lo' ois iart coningencies This means an updated iranspon and s-pport

infrastructure o facil itate movement offorces and to operate n remote areas. It also means updatedcommand structures for deployable operations.

Focus on Ca~abilitleSnstead of numbers.

Overwhelming power- leveragingU S . advantages n knowledge, speed, precision, and lethality- has

supplantedoverwhelming force as a defining concept for military action, The specif ic number of forward-based forces in a given area is no longer an accurate representation of the effective military capability hatthe U.S. can bring to bear.

The Department of Defense has Intensified public outreach to inform and consu lt with allies and Congressabout these changes.

On Ko/ence '25~ ' me Dresden! announced Ine nieni 10 acce erate d SCJSSns on lbe g obai posture revew

H O N ~ V ~ ~o dec sons naie beer' maoe yet on me shape of we f ~ i ~ r elooa pos l~e

Tne Depa inerts of Defense ana Department o' Stale piav de reg- a, br efings to Congress ora staff andMembers on ' i e STiqress of t i e rev ew- Over ine pas! ,ear i+e Secreiar e5 o' Defense ana State, as w l as offer sen cr 1e.e o?c a s nave haa

varous cons1 a'ons ht3 n san a es and partners aooii i me glooa pcsUre re) eiv. en or-lew Sate ano Do0 offc a's mn d~c te dntensive di sc~ssns n E~ropea n apta s i ecember 2?03

and n As an cas'a s d m g Jai~a ry nd February 2004



Voices on IraqSeptember 4,2003

"For all the dubious complaints, and real casualties, we are making progress in Iraq. That

progress has not even been slow, except by the standards of the media. We have secured

most of the country. The economy is improving. Vital services are increasingly provided.

Democratic institutions are in the first stages of forming." -Editorial, National Review

September 2003

"In little more than three weeks, and coming on the heels of an amazing victory in Afghanistan,

the American military defeated the worst fascist in the Middle East. Surrounded by enemies,

and forced simultaneously to conduct the war against terrorism in dozens of countries...he

United States nevertheless souaht to create consensual aovernment and order under legal

auspices in weeks -rather than the decades that were necessary in Japan and Germany,

where elections took years and soldiers remain posted still. The real story is not that the news

from Iraq is sometimes discouraging and depressing, but that it so often not -- and that after

two major-theater wars we have lost fewer people than on that disastrous day in Beirut 20

years ago, and less than 10 percent of the number that perished on September 11."

-Editorial, National Review On-Line

August 28,2003

"Impatience... ould be the death of us now. Because beating Saddam's army is not the end of

the war, but the beginning of it The media complain that we have stirred up a hornet's nest of

terrorists by going into Iraq. But that's the point. To ki ll the hornets, one has to go where the

hornets are. ...w i t h patience, persistence and an iron will, we might succeed. September11should have taught us that we have no choice." -Editorial, Washington Times

August 27,2003

"[In Baghdad] the streets are safe, petty and violent crime are low, water and electrical

services are almost universally available (albeit rationed), and ordinary Iraqis are beginning to

clean up and rebuild their neighborhoods and communities. Equally important, a deep level of

mutual trust and respect has developed between the Marines and the populace here in centraland southern Iraq. I know because I'm one of those Marines."

-John Guardiano in the Wail Street Journal

August 19,2003

"When I ecently met with President Bush, I old him how grateful I was for his leadership in

removing Saddam. Ialso told him that Iraq will not be free, and the world will not be secure,

unti l Baathism and terrorism are defeated. We owe it o the soldiers who gave their l ives to

liberate Iraq and finish the task." -Nadia Mirza in USA TodayAugust 8, 2003

"In the debate about the Iraa war and its iustification. the all- imoortant Questionof global

security has often been overshadowed by less relevant issues. whatever the meri tsof the

particular arguments used by the coalit ion governments to ustify the war, it is clear that any

other course of action would have endangered glooal security

-Editorial, London Financial Times

August 8,2003

"...[E]veryone has a critical stake in making sure the rebuilding of Iraq succeeds. A peaceful

and democratic Iraq where terrorists are not welcomed remains not just in America's bestinterests, but the world's." -Editorial, Chicago Tribune

July 31, 2003



Copyright 2003 National ReviewNational Review

September 1 5,2 00 3, Monday

SE CT IO N: Editorial; Volume LV , No. 17

L E N G T H : 597 words

HEADLINE: IRAQ:A Bearable Burden

BODY:The Bush administration's Iraq mlicv faces substantial obstacles: simmering unrest,. .fddiondi disputes, imp ~ti cn cc . iatm'ii And that's lust i n V'ashinglon. D.C. In ihi;aftcnn vh oit hc L'niicd Nations bomhinr in Baghdad. Rush f a c ~ncrca'iing criticismPundits on the left and the right say tha tw e need to have more troops and civilianpersonnel in Iraq. Democrats want those boots o n the ground to be filled by non-Americans, John Kerry and Robert Byrd say tha t it's mere "pride" that has kept Bushfrom asking other countries to help us in Iraq. There are various proposals to give theU.N. more authority. The occupation needs, in the buzzword of the day, to be''internationalized."

Some of these suggestions a re reasonable, and should be heeded. Gen . John A bizaid, thehead o f the US. Central Command, says he doe s not need more troops --b ut it seemsprudent, all the same, to provide him with more. Take them from Bosnia, if necessary. (Italso seems omdent t o make lone er-tern plans to expand our armed forces,notwithstanding Secretary Rumsfeld's claim that various reforms can f ree up existingtroops.) G en. Abizaid says that what he really needs is better intelligence. If moreresources can be used to bee f up intelligence capabilities, they too ought to be prov ided.Additional funds to improve infrastructure would also be money well spent. S uccess inIraq is more important than keeping the deficit do wn , let alone providing a prescription-

drug benefit. We think the public would not balk at the expense if the president made thecase for it

Th e demand for internationalization, on the other hand, is based on the idea that Iraqireconstruction is proving too great a burden for America. Our men in Iraq are riskingtheir lives every dav. But the oc cu ~a ti o n as endangered neither our military nor our.economy To speak impatiently about reducing the Am erican presence in Iraq signals alack of resolve to see the reconstruction through. Such s i~ na lin gs dangerous. Nor shouldwe be deluded into thinking that putting a non -~ m er ica nf ac eon Iraq $11 mo llify ourenemies. That idea should have gone up in smoke with the U.N. bombing. We are in a.war on terrorism. At this moment, the top priority of o w enemies in that war is the failure

of democracy in Iraq. To achieve that goal, they are w illing to kill Iraqis in largenumbers. They will not shrink from killing Swe des.

It would be foo lish to turn dow n sincere offers of help. Some countries (notably Ind ia)may be w illing to send troops if the U nited Nations first blesses their doing so. If we canget a U.N. resolution to that effect without ma king concessions that would cripple o wefforts, by all means w e should do so. We w ill know that the U.N. is prepared to play aconstructive role when it recognizes Iraq's new G overning Council.

For all the dubious complaints, and real casualties, we are making p rogress in Iraq. That



progress has not even been slow, except by the standards of the media. We have securedmost of the country. The economy is improving. Vital services are increasingly provided.Democratic institutions are in the first stages o f forming. More needs to be done, ofcourse. But the next few stens will involve stren ethen ins Iraai authorities: creating- .government ministries that answer to the council; getting more Iraqis to participate incivil defense; using the new Iraqi bodies to gather needed intelligence. If we need to

transfer some of the burden o f governing Iraq to anyone, it is not the United Nations. It'sthe Iraqis themselves,

Iraq-ization, anyone?



National Review Online

August 28,2003

Hoping We F ailWho loses and who wins in the high-stakespoker in Iraq?

by Victor Davis Hanson

t is not hard to determine w ho wishes the U nited S tates to succeed in rebuilding Iraq

along lines that will promote consensual government, personal freedom, and economic

vitality: Hardly any one. At least, few other than the Iraqi and Am erican people.

Surely not the Baathist holdovers in the Sunni triangle. They will not only incur hatred

for their past sins from a new ly empo wered dem ocratic citizenry, but will also be doomedto sloug h off to the sidelines, since their antiquated skills- cquired through intrigue,

murder, and banal bureaucracy- ill be of less use in a newly structured society. The

Saddam ites are as desperate to disrupt the new orde r as Nazi holdovers we re in the spring

of 1945, or Japanese fanatics at the arrival of A mericans in August o f the same year.

Th e theocrats all ov er the region w ish us to fail as well. Modernism emanating from Iraq

wou ld underm ine the strictures o f the clerics, in empowering wom en and eroding the

fossilized structures of a tribal society. After all, in the war's aftermath, Arab Idol

(dubbed another "American invasion" by Islamists)- thinly veiled spin-off of the

American television show- as suddenly earning a 40-million-viewer market share, as

Middle Easterners voted fo r pop stars in a way that they never could for their ownleaders.

In geopolitical terms, what are Shiite extremists to do in Iran should their more

prosperous brethren in Iraq find that freedom, affluence, and Islam are not always soincompatible after all? In truth, the mullahs i n Tehran are in a race against time to either

subvert the Shiite-dominated secular government in Baghdad, or obtain nuclear weaponsthat might galvanize fanatics with the promise o f an Islamic bom b that can threaten

Israel, Iraq, or the Un ited S tates.

The new Iraq's paleolithic neighbo rs also wish it would go away. Well apart from issues

of competing oil supplies and pricing, the Saudis probably will find the new governmentfar worse than Saddam H ussein's thugocracy. The latter, like elements of the ro yal fam ilyitself, helped subsidize killers on the W est Bank. And Saddam in turn owed his survival

in 1991 in part to Saud i pressures on the first Bush adm inistration to forego a m arch on

Bagh dad, and thus let Kurdish and Sh iite insurrectionists die in the street.

With Saddam in power, there was always the ostensible need for American troops in thekingdom; they were de facto sponsors of a corrupt elite and, in a larger sense, hostages of

sorts to ensure the unquestioned continuation of the traditional Saudi-Am erican'friends hip." Compared to Saddam's murderous fascist regime, the Saudis' medieval

mon archy was sold to us by the oil lobby as a "m oderate voice." But in contrast to an

emerging neiehborine democracy across the border, Saudi Wahhabi theocracy mightsoon begin toappe ar dow nrigh t repulsive. Who know s what might happen sho uldtheIraq experimen t succeed and A rabs flock to Iraqi universities, malls, and tourist sites -and then return home wondering why commensurate freedoms and affluence are not



found there? If I were one of the corrupt grandees o f the Arab League, I would empty my

capital of as many fanatics and crazed killers a s possible and with dispatch export them

all to Iraq, to nip all that nonsense in the bud.

Syria and its Lebanese clients, a lone with Jordan and the Palestinian Authority, all share

the same concerns. Some did lucrative business with the monster on their borders on

terms that they might not have been able to manage w ith a noisy and independent Iraqi

parliament, worried m ore about national than abou t familial int&ests, At times theseillegitimate regimes w ere also dubbed mod erate, or even "partners," by our State

Department- nly by virtue of not being as lunatic as Saddam's Iraq. But with an

ongoing revolution in Baghdad that could result in the m ost tolerant society in the MiddleEast, we might demand a little more from kings, dictators, and gangsters than the promise

that they don't kill Americans overtly.

Others are right that Egypt has the most to lose. For two decades we have sent the

Mubarak dictatorship billions in U S . aid, and have received very little in return. Their

promises not to invade Israel, and not to send overt aid to W est Bank terrorists, didn't

mean much: thev would have lost handilv anvwav had thev chosen war- nd still, , , ,

always found ways to support radicals opposed to Middle East peace. The only surprise

about Sentember 11 wa s not the oresence of the Eevvtian Moham ed Atta in the lead.plane, or plentiful Egyptian psychopaths in the court of bin Laden- all that waspredictable to any who read the C airo papers o r monitored the hatred o f its intellectuals

and clencs- ut rather that they were actually outnum bered by ou r other "friends,"' theSaudis.

Little needs be said about the U.N . After its decade-long impotence w here it came to

disarming Saddam, and the circus last winter concerning the American invasion of Iraq,its officials will now have no interest in seeing the United States create a just society

when they them selves cou ld not. Indeed, many U.N. members probably preferred the old

regime anyway. That a llegation is not bombast or a slur- iven the prominence of Syria

in U.N. deliberations, and the elevation of Iran and Libya on key com mittees.

The U .N. has simnlv ceased to be the liberal. Westem-insoired utovian body that arose, . .

from the ashes o f World War I1 with the promise th at reasonable, civilized nations could

adiudicate differences rather than k illins each other over oerceived grievances. Instead, it

forum in high-profile New ~ o r k t oose and showc&e its cheap, easy defiance ofAmerica.

Europe is a more interesting story. Ostensibly, France and Germany would appreciate thedemise of a monster, flush with petroleum-fed dollars and guilty of a history of acquiring

dangerous weapons that in a few years could reach them before us. But while Europeanscomplain publicly that they are being asked to help clean up after we do the fighting,none, in fact, would prefer to switch roles.

Even aside from the question of whether France and Germ any had lucrative commercialarrangements with the Hussein regime, those countries invested their prestige in

stymieing the United S tates by way o f the U nited Nations. It was thus depressing enoughfor them that the war ended in three weeks; that chagrin could only get worse should

postbellurn Iraq em erge as a sane and hum ane society.



In more fundamental terms, how can pacifists and socialists believe that war might routevil and uffcr hope to millions of oppressed" How might unilateralism achieve ^ha t

internationalism could not? Hovi could crass. n a l k Yankees barrel and bluster into the

complexities of the M iddle East to solve problems sophisticated, nuanced Europeans hadstruggled with fo r centuries?

In short, o w failure is essential to confirming the entire European view of how the w orld

should w x k k~ pe ct in g rench support wouid be the equnaic nt oi ask ing thcm co admit

that invcstmcnt in Am erica n-st\Ie air-conditioners wa<;necessan not merely lor their

dead, but for the living as well- r that those lengthy August retreats to the beach and

mountains while their parents and grandparents fried was an indictment of their entiresocialist paradise. Who could think that the same type of individual responsibility for

which they caricature us is sorely needed, in an amoral country where the younger and

hale expect the state to do for the old and unwanted what they themselves will not? I have

been to dozens of Am erican hospitals in August i n the scorching San Joaquin V alley

heat, but never to one that was em pty of nurses and doctors. And when it hits 110 in

supposedly provincial Fresno, 10,000 Valley residents- oor or rich, young or old,citizen or alien- o not die.

Here at hom e, Democratic contenders for the presidency are an increasingly shrill lot.After listening to Messrs. K erry, Dean, or Gra ham , we would never glean that the warhad gone well, that the Iraqis were liberated, and that things are looking un. Instead.- .accusations of quagmire and near-disaster comprise the standard stump speeches. Som eallege that too many Americans and too much m oney is committed to Baghdad. Other

rivals swear that we need m ore soldiers and investment- he comm on theme being onlythat whatever the official position of the adm inistration is, it must be w rong.

Aside from the acute embarrassment that will arise should textual or material evidence of

weapons nf mass destruction, and of Saddamitc ties with al Qaeda, soon appear (and they

wilt)- r should Iraqis begin to craft a consensual society- he Democratic eliteincreasingly run the risk of having it appear to the American people that they thrive onbad news and sputter on good. What else can w e conclude when Howard Dean

crisscrosses the country w ith shrill cries of "W ho of our sons and daughters will be thenext to die in Iraq?" and prom ises to enlist as his vice-presidential candidate G eneral

Clark, who was last prominent as a CNN com mentator promulgating doom and gloom

c w n 3s Am crican la& rwc d through liaphdad !n the screen Ghin.jhirn" Had the horrorof Sepienihcr 1 1 x ~ u n dn 2003 rather than 2001, iusi inia~inc\hat the reamon 10 i t

might have been by the current crop o f presidential hopefuls.

All this hysteria and unrest should come as no surprise given the am bition of our

endeavor, which is no less than a war of civilization to end both terrorism and the cultureand politics that foster it. Still, let us ignore the self-interest ofcontemn oram oarties and

. ,.reflect o n the very scope of American audacity. In little more than three weeks, and

coming on the heels of an am azing victory in A fghanistan, the American m ilitarydefeated the worst fascist in the Middle East. Surrounded by enem ies, and forced

simultaneously to conduct the war against terrorism in dozens o f countries and restorecalm on the West Bank, the United States nevertheless sought to create consensual

government and order under legal auspices in weeks- ather than the decades that were

necessary in Japan and G ermany, w here elections took years and soldiers remain postedstill. The real story is not that the news from Iraq is som etimes discouraging and

depressing, but that it so often not- nd that after two major-theater wars we have lost



fewer people than o n that disastrous day in Beirut 20 years ago, and less than 10 percentof the number that perished on September 11.

It is no wonder that we have almost no explicit voices of support. Most nations and

institutions will see themselves as losers should w e succeed. And the array of politicians,

opportunists, and hedg ing pundits find pessimism and demoralization the safer gam bit

than disinterested reporting or even optimism- given the sheer scone of the challenee of

transforming ~f g h ai is ta n d Iraq from terrorist enclaves and roguere gim es into liberaland humane states.

Yet if most A mericans will retain their composure, reexamine the events of the last two

years, remember the horror o f September 11, and appraise the myriad of problems that

faced us in Afghanistan and Iraq- s well as in Eu rope, the Arab world, at the U.N.-and the hysteria and false knowledge here at home, they will look at our present situationand past accomplishment, and rightly sigh: "I can't believe that we really did it."



Copyright 2003 News World Communications, Inc.

The W ashington Times

August 27, 2003, Wednesd ay, Final Edition

SECTION: OPED; Pg. A17

LENGTH: 780 words

HEADLINE: The need for patience;Determining if the war effort in Iraq has been successfid

BYLINE: By Tony Blankley, TH E WASHING TON TIMES

BODY:

How lone should we w ait before deciding if the Iraa oroiect is a success? And. what is

succ ess? Earli er this week senior Bush officials called for patience on the matter,

although they surely know that p atience is not Am erica's long suit. In fact, we are theleast patient people in the wo rld. Long, steady, incremental gains are not what we arebrought up to admire. Our heroes are soldiers and ballplayers, not diplomats and

gardeners. We like maximum, full-bore, explosive ac tion- follo we dby glorious victoryand exhaustion. [Some nasty Frenchmen even suggest that our love-making adheres to

that pace.] Every American boy dreams o f hitting a grand slam in the bottom o f the ninth,or a touchdown pass w ith ten seconds to go. Few of our son s dream of adjudicating

conflict resolutions o ver several years. When our immigrant ancestors on the East Coastfailed to get rich quickly enough, they saddled up, headed West, killed the Indians and

grabbed the best land to raise their cattle, their families and their stations in life.

This admirable American characteristic [with a ~ ol oa ie so the red Indians we overran1

has been compounded [and distorted] G t h the rise of the baby boom ers. The first

television-raised generation grafted onto a healthy impatience the similar, but less

admirable, traits of short attention spans and the urge to instant gratification. We boomersare now in comm and as the senior editors and producers in the m edia, and most of thesenior members of government. Even boomer President Bush - wh o has famously called

himself apa tient man [about an hour and a half before ordering ou r military into combat]- inadvisedly suggested several weeks ag o that the Iraq project could be judged by nextNovem ber. He and we shou ld not be so impatient. But it is going to be a hard imp ulse to

overcome. We live our lives in fast forward. We buv ou r food already cooked, We get

our C hristmas trees already cut. We too often make love before we have made friends.We are used to seeing an international crisis resolved in an hour on W est Wing.

The most im patient of us all are the media. Two weeks into the Afghan war they declared

d ljuqmir: In Iraq. i h q dcclared a quagmire w ithin d a) s And n3w they are declaringnation hui Jin g a failure after a rcn m.mths li ih e> had hecn :we nn g U'arld \Var II lhc)$ou l - i ha\e declared detca1-n Wdke Island in 1942 m d Ka-iiennc Piis5 in 1923 A month

after the D-Day landing in 1944 with our troops still bogged dow n in the Belgian

hedgerows, they w ould have declared a auamire Nation bulldine wo uld of course have

beendeemed afailu re. In the winter of 1 946-47 the British were freezing and lacked lightin their homes for want of electricity generated from coal. while they suffered by on

p o n d c r d cpps find a scarcity of ve&kblcs-an d they won thc nar I" German), bridgesremained broken, canals clopped -inJ n i l s twistcd Berliners were slill literall! si an in g

and freezing to death. After all, the Marshall Plan was not even announced until June 5,



1947, more than two years after the Nazis surrendered. Whether to de-Nazify was never

finally decided. We used what Nazis we needed, while punishing others.

Impatience has served us reasonably well in the past, but it could be the death of us now.

Because beating Saddam's army is not the end of the war, but the beginning o f it. The

media com plain that we have stirred up a hornet's nest of terrorists by going into Iraq. Butthat's the point. To kill the hornets, one has to go where the hornets are. We have to

subdue and transform the Middle E ast - or accept it as a permanent breeding ground for

terrorism. We have to transform a culture. We have never don e such a thing before, with

the dissimilar exception of Japan, but with patience, persistence and an iron will, we

might succeed. September 11 should have taught us that we have no choice.

Those who say we should turn over responsibilities to an international set [who arealready m entally committed to appeasing the terrorist culture] are impatient not forsuccess, but for a nightmare world o f biologically- and nuclear- arm ed jihadists. The

United Nations, France and the rest will never support going after the terrorists in Syria,

Iran or Saudi Arabia - although one way o r the other, it w ill take that to be successful. Ifothers want to help, good . But we must keep our fate in our own hands. That will take an

untypical American patience. We had best start teaching it to our children - becausesuccess will take that long.



'BushGood, Saddam Bad!'A Mari ne reports fr om Iraq, where things are far better than the media let

on.

BY 1 0 H N R. GUARD IAN0Tuesday, August 19, 2003 12:01 a.m. EDT

AL HILLAH, Iraq-There's more to America than New York, Washington and Los

Angeies. The same is true for Iraq; there's a vast country outside Baghdad and the"Sunni triangle" that's now the center of a guerri lla campaign. It's understandablethat Western press reports are fixated on attacks that kill American soldiers. But that

focus is obscuring what's actually happening in the rest of the country-and i tmisleads the public into thinking that Iraqis are growing angry and impatient with

their liberators.

I n fact, there is another Iraq that the media virtually ignore. It is guarded by theFirst Marine Division, and, unlike Baghdad, i t has been a model of success. The

streets are safe, petty and violent crime are low, water and electrical services are

almost universally available (albeit rationed), and ordinary Iraqis are beginning toclean up and rebuild their neighborhoods and communities. Equally important, a

deep level of mutual trust and respect has developed between the Marines and thepopulace here in central and southern Iraq.

I o w oecausc I'm one of tnose Marines. My resen.? ~n t A & act vateo before thewar, and in Apr I my team arrived in this smail c ty roughly 60 miles SoJtn of

Bagnoad Tne negative media portrait of the s tuation n Iraq ooesn't correspond wltn

what I've seen. Indeed, we were treated as liberating heroes when we arrived fourmonths ago, and we continue to enjoy amicable relations with the local populace.

The "Arab Street" I' ve meet in Iraq loves-that's not too strong of a word--Americaand I<; deeolv orat-eful ar our oresenre Far from rcsentino the American military,. . . - - , > ~ . . . . - F - - - . . . . ~- .most Iraq s seem to fear that we will leave loo soon and t i a t n our absence tne

Baath Pa-ry tyranny vi resume Tn s sentiment 15 reaoily apparent vi.nenever we

veriure 110 me' city. b e don t make it far outside of our camp oefore tnrongs ofhappy, smiling children greet us.

"Good, good'" they yell, as they run into the street, often oblivious to oncoming

traffic. They give us a hearty thumbs-up and vigorously wave and pump their hands.They are eager to see us and to talk with us. To them, i t is clear, we are heroes wholiberated them from Saddam Hussein.

"Bush good, Saddam bad'" many Iraqis tell us emphatically-and repeatedly. I'm notsure how George W, Bush is faring with the American public, but he's got a lock onAi Hillah.

Iraqis routinely ask me to "thank Mr. Bush for freeing us of Saddam" and tell me,"We are very grateful, because you have freed us of our worst nightmare, SaddamHussein." (A lot of Iraqis speak surprisingly good English because most studied i t Inprimary and secondary school.)

I t aii reminds me of my experience a decade ago in Eastern Europe and the formerSoviet Union. Most ordinary Russians, Poles and Czechs hailed Ronald Reagan as ahero for bringing down the "evil empire'' when few people had the courage even toCalf i t That.



In much the same way, ordinary Iraqis have a tremendous reservoir of goodwill for

the president who coined the term "axis of evilq'--andwho then acted to eradicate a

primary source of that evil.

The Iraq s know who the r foes are too. Tw o Iraqi children once soontaneo~sly

snorted to me. 'France. Cn racf " wh ie giving the tn~mbs-aown gn and shad no

tneir neads d.sapproi'ing y. The chiloren qi. ckiy smi ea ana shoutea "B-sn " whi e

punching the sky.

"We are very glad that you are here and we hope you never leave," Zaid, a 31-year-

old mechanical engineer, told me. "I f you leave, then there wi ll be more trouble. TheBath Party thugs will take over."

Zaid makes a decent living selling pirated American movies. He enJoys sophisticated

dramas like "The Shawshank Redemption" and "Saving Private Ryan." But most

Iraqis, he notes, prefer action-packed adventures starring Sylvester Stallone, lean-

Claude Van Damme and Arnold Schwarzenegger. (Mr. Van Damme especially is quitepopular with Al Hillah children.)

This is not to say that everyone here likes America, nor that Al Hillah is problem-

free. Iraq, after all, is stil l quite poor and suffering from the aftershocks of Baathistrule and economic isolation. One of the biggest problems Is looters who steal oil from

pipelines and parts from electrical generators to sell on the black market. Thecountry needs more electrical power plants and a better police force.

There are more than 15,000 unemployed ex-Iraqi soldiers in Al Hillah and the

surrounding Babil Province. When these soldiers discovered that the U.S. was

making interim payments to local municipal employees, they demanded similar

financial compensation. A small number of these soldiers even staged a protest at

city hall.

The soldiers' complaint was not that the United States is too heavily involved in Iraqi

affairs. They were instead complaining that we are doing too l it tle to help them. They

want more help, not less; they seek greater engagement, not a withdrawal O

American military forces. The difficulties here aren't the result of the US. being

heavy-handed. Rather, they result from our inability to bring greater resources to

bear.

The news from Baghdad, Tikrit, Faliujah and Ramadi-the Sunni triangle-suggests a

bleaker image because these areas are very different politically, religiously and

culturally from the rest of the country.

Politically, greater Baghdad is populated with people who owe their privileged status

in life to Saddam Hussein and the Baath Party. Most Iraqis, by contrast, were

brutal ly oooressed bv Saddam. Relioiouslv, qreater Baghdad IS heavily Sunni. Iraq,

by contrast, is two-thirds Shiite, and Al ~i i iahs 99% shtite. Culturally, greater

Baghdad is relatively secular, political and cosmopolitan. The nation as a whole is

more religious, apolitical and insular.

I t helps, too, tnat we Marines nade maintained a fr end y and vlslbie Presence InIraq ne ghDornooas ana bazaars. The bottom line. In tne Mar ne-aamlmstereo towns

an0 pro" nces in the so ~ t nme Iraq "Arm Street' is most y doc Ie, comp ant an0

eager to engage rather than shun the West.

As my experience in Al Hiilah shows, most ordinary Iraqis are in no way disillusioned

with the U S What they want-and need--is greater help. This will necessitate a

sustained military presence here until the seeds for economic growth and

development have taken root.



For that I now the men, women and children of my Arab street are grateful. As Zaid

has told me, "It will take 10 to 15 years for Iraq to become a normal country. I t isimportant during that time that the United States be here to help us." Semper fidelis,zald.

Lance Cpi. Guardian0 is a field radio operator with the U S .Marine Corps' Fourth CivilAffairs Group and, as a civilian, defense editor o f Rotor and Wing magazine.



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August 8, 2003, Friday, FINAL EDITION

SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 9A; Commentary

LENGTH: 399 words

HEADLINE: Iraqis are confused, but also grateful

BYLINE: Nadia Mirza

BODY;As an Assyrian-American of I raqi ancestry, I publicly supported the liberation of Iraq

because I ad firsthand knowledge of the danger posed by Saddam Hussein; my

family was forced to flee his rule of terror.

Most of my fei ow Amer cans a so be leved Saodam was a tnreat to m e word and

tnat a har to remove him was necessary and just. Bi,t now many struqgle to

inoerstanow -ere are attacks aqa nst coa t o n forces ano Any Iraq *; do not

seem more grateful.

Polls show Iraqis overwhelmingly support the coalition. But they still fear Saddam's

Baathist loyalists, who threaten and murder those who cooperate with the coalition.

Foreign terrorists also have infilt rated Iraq to sabotage the reconstruction. These

terrorists and the Baathists want to perpetuate chaos, hoping mounting US .

casualties will force us to retreat.

Iraqis fear that we will not have the staying power to defeat the Baathists and

terrorists. The recent killing of Saddam's sons bolstered their confidence, but they

still worry because some Baathists retain positions of power under the Coalition

Provisional Authority. One member of the Iraq i Governing Council, Akila al-Hashemi,

reported to Saddam's deputy Tariq Aziz. Also, the former ministers of information

and health, Mohammed Saeed at-Sahhaf ('Comical All") and Omed Medhat Mubarak,

remain free or have left the country.

Plans for putt ing Baathists on tria l remain vague.

Such indecisiveness confuses Iraqis, and our enemies manipulate i t as anti-U.S.

propaganda. The Persian Gulf states and Ira n are broadcasting false rumors onNand radio of U.S. mistreatment of Iraqis, It 's urgent that we counter the

disinformation.

When i ecent y met fl ith President B J S ~ , old him how gratef-i 1 was for nts

ieadersn D n remov no Sadoam I lso tola h rn that Iraq w no t oe free, an0 the

wo ra w not oe secure -"ti Baathism and terrorism are aefeatea We owe t to thesoldiers who gave their lives to liberate Iraq to finish the task.

A free Iraq will demonstrate how our fa ith i n people's yearning for freedom and

America's patient commitment to that cause can give birth t o democracy In the

Middle East. The enemies of freedom understand the stakes involved. We cannot

afford to let them win.



Nadia Mirza is a me mb er of Women for a Free Iraq and also a founder of theAssyrian Com munity for Civic Responsibility.

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SECTION: COMMENT; Pg. 19

LENGTH: 736 words

HEADLINE: Saddam's I ra q would have gonenuclear: CUR T MILEIKOWSKY and

EVELYN SOKOLOWSKI:

BYLINE : By CURT MILEIKOWSKY and EVELY N SOKOLOWSKI

BODY:In the debate about the Iraq war and its justification, the all- important question of global

security has often been overshadow ed by less relevant issues. Whatever the merits of theparticular arguments used by the coalition governments to justify the war, it is clear thatany other course of action would have endangered global security.

Does the failure so far to find weapons o f mass destruction prove the war to have beenunjustified? It does not. Weapons that used to be the prerogative of a few great powersare now within the reach of unpredictable totalitarian regimes.

This is not just a consequence of the march of technology; also to blame are a flourishing

Black market in components and h ow how . a nd !he fact That som e nations have used

international agreements banning WM D as a cov er for their clandestine development.

Saddam Hussein took advantage of all these factors. According to Khidhir Hamza, a top

scientist in Iran's nuclear weaoons programme and author of Saddam's Bom bmaker, an. -early production goal wa s six nuclear warheads a year. At its peak the programmeemployed more than 12,000 people.

The first United Nations inspection unit, Unscom, operated in Iraq from 1991 to 1998. Its

mission was to destroy weapons that, it was assumed, would be handed over by adefeated and co-operative regime. The reality was rather different.

With an area twice that o f Britain, Iraq could easily withhold information from a few

hundred inspectors. Through infiltration, bugging and physical threats, it systematically

obstructed the UN 's efforts.

When I'nmo\ic. I'nscoms successor. entcrcd Iraq in November 2002 it ?xed similar.h.taclcs ,\c co rd in ~I \, t, abiec tncs were djus tcd 11, t.i.ik wa*i i~ m p l\ ,) assess the

v\ilhngncss o f the rcgime to co-opcrdtc and disarm Again, the regime Jid not ..-.imply 11

is pu-;ithlt- hat a l i traces or'lraq', weapons programmes have indccd been d:stro)eJ Buttk-it would be at odds w t h the Iraai d c m o r s chiractcr and in:ont;i\tent u-nh his refuial

to co-operate with Unrnovic. And, crucially, eve n if Mr Hussein had destroyed all theweapons and associated hardw are, he could still readily have resumed h is nuclear

weapons programme once the international supervision had ended,

Detailed multi-copy documentation almost certainly still exists, Iraq's weapons



construction capacity may also be intertwined with civilian industry in a way that is hard

to verify.

The significance of documentation has repeatedly been demonstrated. A striking case isthe 'oarkine lot incident of 1991 when Un sc om thanks to an inform ant laid hands on-detailed documentation on the nuclear weapons programme. The inspectors were held

hostage in their cars under threat for days before being released.

The nuclear weapons Iraq was aiming to produce depend on highly enriched uranium,

which m ay still be available on the black market. Given the documentation from previouswork, and the know-how in scientists' heads, the time required to assemble a crude bomb

would then be a matter of months.

If the LS had yielded to 1.T pressure to give L'nmo\ ic mare time. it is unlikely the

inspec to rs ~ o u l d a\ <" ounJ iiiinificiini \VhfD. The troop conccntriitions around Iraq

would have been dispersed andthe pressure on Mr ~ u s s e i no co-operate would have

diminished accordingly. Ultimately economic sanctions w ould have been lifted - and arehabilitated Mr ~ u s s e i n ould have resumed h is quest for WM D

That w ould have been disastrous for global security. The possibility of links to terrorist

groups was one of the weightiest motives for wa r. Regimes in possession of clandestineW M D must be tempted t o k e them by proxy, since countermeasures cannot easily bedirected against anonymous assailants.

Whd matters is rut wh~therraq's \VMD can be tracked down hut whethrr thc

~roduction f iuch w:dnmi has been inhibited for the fiit-sri-able future T h ~ li-'quircdthe o\crthro\\ oi th c regime Preventive uars arc not a Jcs ir~ ble esponse 10 the ll!n.-at of

nuclear pr i l i t ?r di m in heitcr . h o q h veq difficult - wiu lJ be t~ 4rengthcn Ihc

present ineit e:tne mtfihanisms for preventing proliferation without unticcepuhl',infringing so\:rciSntv In the mciimimc the m i l i t a ~ ption ma! he un3'niid~h.e.



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July 3 1,2 00 3 Thursday, CHICAGO FINAL EDITION

SECTION: ditorial; Pg. 20 ; ZONE: C

LENGTH: 1034 words

HEADLINE: The internatio nal s take in Ira q

BODY:

It has been scarcely more than a week since U.S. forces killed Saddam H ussein's sons

Udai and Q usai, raising hopes that their deaths would deflate the frustratingly regular

guerilla attacks against U.S. soldiers. But those hopes are waning, if not already gone.

The deaths of th e sons carried symbolic and strategic value, but it was overly optimisticto expect an immediate and total collapse of ih e resisinncc Iherc's no evidence the Sm'i

were a;liveh :iJnirolline i h t cu en ilas. nor. likely. is [heir rather, \% o i s too bus)-

scrambling to save his own hide.

More likely, according to comm anders on the ground, those forces remain looselyorganized cells of former B aathists, Republican G uard remnants, vestiges of the elite

Fedayeen fighters, and other sympathizers who have the money and means to carry outsneak attacks o n U.S. soldiers. So far they're disturbingly effective, killing an average o f

one or two soldiers a day , in low-grade attacks that increase tensions and create the image

o f a country simmering to a boil.

This is exactly the kind of guerilla action that U S . officials had hoped to avoid. The truth

is that U.S. troops are trained for war, not peacekeeping and policing. It is impossible to

protectAmerican

soldiers on security duty, an d the giverillas have no compunction aboutkilling any U S . soldier anywhere. An unknown assailant, for instance, rolled a g renadeinto a group of soldiers guarding a ch ildren's hospital, killing three and injuring four.

U.S. commanders fear that Iraq has become w hat the head o f coalition ground forcescalled a "terrorist magnet," draw ing guerilla fighters from around the Midd le East to

engage in a holy war against the occupying forces.

There's been some reluctance to use the word "guerilla." There shouldn't be. There's no

doubt that U.S. comm anders didn't plan for suc h a postwar situation.

Indeed, on the same day that news o ft h e killing of the Hussein brothers broke, Deputy

Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz admitted what had been apparent for some time: theU S . com mitted some significant mistakes in planning for postwar Iraq. His remarks wereovershadow ed by the killings, som e would suspect deliberately so. Regardless, they bear

repeating.

Wolfowitz listed three faultv a ssu m ~t ion s f American nlanners. First, he said, no Iraqi.army units surrendered en masse so they cou ld be used by Am erican comm anders.Second, the police force turned out to require a "massive overhaul." Finally, and "w orstof all, it was difficult to imagine before the wa r that the criminal gang o f sadists and



gangsters who have run Iraq for 35 years would continue fighting, fighting what has beensometimes called a guerrilla war."

It is not difficult to imagine anymore. Given those remarks, the U S hould have tossedout its original game plan long ago, and along with it the stubborn refusal to press hardfor more help from the rest of the world in securing and rebuilding Iraq.

Right now, time is not on Am erica's side. The continuing attacks on Am erican soldiersthreaten not only the future of Iraq but of the entire M iddle East. Even though U.S. forces

continue to hunt Sad dam, no one should imagine that simply killing him will quash theresistance.If Iraqi reaction to the killing ofU da i an d Qusai is any indication, there wouldbe m any who would doubt that he was really dead, just as some Iraqis apparently harbordoubts that his so ns were really killed, A society bred upon fear and lies for more thanthree decades does not, overnight, learn to recognize and embrace the truth.

The continuing violence in Iraq obscures som e real progress there. The country now h as adiverse and reuresentative G overning Council and it soon should be mo vine toward anew constitution and free elections. Those elections are at least a year off, if not longer,however.

A Center for Strategic and International Studies team recently assessed the situation inIraq mil d u c J hat the ncxl three m ~ n l h s rc cnln .al to the o!i.-rall sui'ccss dl them i he xm:r sdiJ 1's fi.Mi.s 1.1 mohiliye morc interna~ ionel elp mdal be "1u rh ~ -cha rged ." That is an apt metaphor.

Manv countries-includine Russia. India and Pakistan-have said they would likely sendforces under a new UN mandate. What so n of UN resolution would be acceptableremains unclear. It's enco urae ine that the oresident and his advisors have held recent

u

meetings with UN officials on such a move, but they should move fast.

Any new UN mandate would likely force the U S o cede some control to international

officials. Some in the administration resist that. as they have resisted any expanded UN. . ~

role. If the U S ccupation were going more sm oothly, and if it weren't costing som e $4billion a m onth, perhaps their view cou ld be defended. Bu t in the current situation, it isindefensible. ?'here isl ike ly a growing reluctance on the part of many nations to committroops. The U S . Sena te, for instance, recently approved by 97-0 a resolution that urgedPresident Bush to "consider formally and expeditiously" a deployment of N ATO forcesin Iraq. A few days later, however, the NA TO secretary-general, George Robertson,moved to douse those calls. telline senators that NATO had committed itself to behind--the-scenes support for a Polish-led stabilization force in Iraq and wanted to first makethat w ork before taking on anv new assignments. He also reminded them that NATO had.a leading role in securing Afghanistan at the moment. In other words, thanks, but no

thanks.

There are other indications that some countries-including France-are trying to appearwilling to help, but are hoping to avoid comm itting resources by setting unacceptablystringent conditions, It is also time to remind those countries, and the rest o ft h e world,that everyone has a critical stake in makine sur e the rebuildina of Iraq succeeds, Other.nations arc not just being asked to put their troops in harm's w ay. They are being asked tobuild a nation with a reoresentalive Government in a region where democracy has longbeen a scarce commodity. A peaceful and democratic Iraq where terrorists are notwelcomed remains not just in America's best interests, but the world's.



Talking Points on Contracts in Iraq

3/19/04

Department ofDefense Office of

Contractors are contributing to the successof the Coalition mission in Iraq.

. ontractors are supporting our troops and helping restore vital services that are key to establishingstability and thwarting terrorists in Iraq.

The support of contractors n Iraq has freed at least 24,000 soldiers for war fighting who wouldotherwise be required or logistical asks.

>Â Contractors are providing food, shelter and logistical support for U S roops, Coalition partners

and staff working in Iraq.

. Contractors n raq are repa nng and r e b ~ding schools, banks, ra tva{ slat ons c nrcs

nosq-es ana Aster treatmen1 planis Contracts nave also been atvaaea to p'ov oe solice and

ire f q m g e q ~men! nospnal SJSD~s e ectnca power e q -i p e n l an0 b ~ s e sI oo.tioncontractors are c. omq p a)gro.nas y o ~ tncn'crs nousing roads sc~ers nd mgalonsystems

More than 55,000 Iraqis are employed by contractors, at an average wage of $4.00 - $5.00dollars per day - far exceedingwhat most Iraqis earned under the regime of Saddam Hussein

. For contractors,doing business in Iraq is not like doing business anywhere else: it is difficult and oftendangerous,

It is estimated hat several dozen civilian contractors rom at least four different countries (South

Korea, U.S., France, Columbia) have died in Iraq, and many more have been injured.

With the help of contractors, significant progress has already been made:

9 The Coalition has successfullyhelped n reopening all 240 Iraqi hospitals and 95 percent of Iraq's1,200 medical clinics.

. Today a q s prod-clog more than 2 m I'on oarre s of o per da{ of wn cn more man 1 7 m I 'oroarre s per oaf 5 vporteo to tne *or d market - res I ng in 37 4 D on i e v e m 10 date 10

support the Iraqi economy and reconstructionefforts

9 Approximately 400 Iraqi courts are back in operation,

The new Iraqi dinar is in circulation.

Approximately 170 newspapers are being published.

5.1 mill ion Iraqi students are back in the classroom, and 51 million new textbooks have beenissued; 97,000 Iraqis applied to attend college for the 2003 fall semester.



The Department of Defense's oversiaht system is effectively safeauardina Americantaxpayers dollars.

Shortly after conc is ion of major combat operations n Iraq, the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA)

was asked to audit major contracts

A 20-member interagency eam of auditors has been in Iraq since April 2003, This team willhave 31 auditors on staff by May 2004

DCAA has issued more than 180 audit reports related to contractors in Iraq during fiscal year2004. These reports address pricing proposals, costs incurred in existing contracts, contractorpolicies and internal controls.

. DoD s overs gn*s/stem ~ orKsnearly every sigwhcani contracing problem tc da'e nas been discovered

by Do3 s own aJd tors Depanment s aooressmg prooiems den'ifed o( DCAA aJd is

Reconstruct Iraqi Oil (RIO) contract: Do0 believes that Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR, aHalliburlon subsidiary) did not have adequate subcontract pricing evaluation prior to the award ofthe RID contract, resulting n overpricingas high as $61 million hrough September 30th. DoD

recently aunched a criminal nvestioation n connection with a whistleblower com~ la in tmaderegarding he contract.

Dining fa ciXe s contract DoD denlified inadequate s~p ponor 0' eo d r ns ac t es CCsl InPCbA s cp r P me a ea n~ r rber f meals cna'qeo apaears lo nave eceeoer i i r e aciua mealssen-ea D X A anc4BR n a e am e o on withroo no of S176 5 rr 'or. 0' :.r cn S1W - i<B?

voluntarily withheld from future billings while KBR prepares a response o issues reported by

DCAA.

Kick-back allegations: KBR has voluntarily disclosed a possible violation of the Anti- Kickback Act by two of

its employees, KBR has already reimbursed for the estimated impact of $6.3 million. DCAA has requestedsupporting data from KBR to validate that sum. DCAA has helped identify contracting issues that Stem fromthe fact that major contracts in Iraq have been slow to get definitized, and by definitized I mean to get adefinite contract price negotiated. ~ u tf the $1.4billion pius we've spent on the importation of fuel, 9spercent of that money has been from the DevelopmentFund for Iraq, the DFI, and only about 5 percent, or$ 7 2 million, has come from U S axpayers ..It's from the $8 billion worth o f revenue from the oil market, as

well as the $1billion the U .N . put into OF1 funding."

. mproprietiesuncovered are a small percentage of the $16.3 billion awarded in 1,500 contracts thus far

for rebuilding Iraq's nfrastructure. Of those, the U.S. Army has awarded 1,300 contracts valued at more

than $1.3 billion,99 percent of which have been competitively awarded.

The Department of Defense will continue vigorous oversight of contractors in Iraq to ensure that taxpayer

dollars are used effectively,

Contracts for Iran's reconstruction are awarded throuah a process that is fair. inclusiveand transparent.



. The Coalition is a responsiblesteward of Amencans' taxdollars. Rigorous and effective oversight

ensures proper contractor performance and redress in the event of any irregularity.

D Multi~len-countw contracting aaencies - State Deoarhent, U.S. Agency for International-Dele opmeni J S Army Corps of Engineers - are usea n concen w In me Coalncn s P'sgram

Maraaement OYce PMOI An ch makes fnanc a l cont iwt ia and m e c l progress .rformalonavailable in real time'and f iles periodic progress reports,

. he U.S. Army has awarded 1,300 contracts valued at more than $1.3 billion for Iraq reconstruction. 99percent of which have been competitivelyawarded.

The "LOGCAP" Contract

What is the "LOGCAP contract and why is i t necessary?

The Louistics Civil Augmentation Program (LOGCAP) allows the U.S. Army to have a company ons*ando/trat s c a o a t i o' pro! o ng mass ve amoints of og st ca sdppon sro u a tne Pee0 a'se ta o%s me - S Army 13 oe more lethal and aq te -in raq. I rees J? 10 24 001 Aar-fiylers f'-Ommany logistical asks so they may concentrateon fulfilling the mission

Is the LOGCAP just for Iraq?

Oneration Iraai Freedom is not the first ooeration suooottedby the LOGCAP contract. The LOGCAPhas used c nq opera1 ons in -a I Soma' a Bosnia an0 Kosovo anc .s esl mated 10 n a e s a dI ns of co ars n oc s'cs cosis 10 me S Army The c-irreni covac l S*JXOT J S opera1 ors

in Iraq, Afghanistan, ~ uwa it , jibouti, the ~ e ~ u b l i cf ~eo rg ia nd Uzbekistan

What types of services are provided by this contract?

Tne CJTC-II -OGCA^ ccrtrac i manes v.m seq ces possifce r m nc .a i s 000 s i e ter,

eecirc i / comr~n ca'ons aio !ransponatoi IorL S iroois and c.

an a - r on es

Was the LOGCAP awarded competitively?

Tnc -CGCAP cwira cl was wmpetea Jnder ful and open compel ton ant has a~aroedaseo Onx c r r ca ano manaqempnicapas iiy pas performanceand me cost va -e 10 me Amer cantaxpayer.

How long has DoD used the LOGCAP?

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded the first LOGCAP contract to Brown & Root Se~ iceS,

inc. after a competitive solicitation n August 1992 Management of LOGCAP was transferred toArmy Materiel Command (AMC) in October 1996, and AMC awarded its first LOGCAP contract toDynCorp in 1997. The current LOGCAP was awarded n December 2001 to the Hallibuttonsubsidiary Kellogg Brown &Root, which competed against RayfheonTechnical Sewices andDynCorp International or the contract award.

How does DoD address allegations of contractor impropr iety?



The Department of Defense takes allegationsof wrongdoing seriously. Anyone with informationabout potential contracting mproprieties s urged to contact the Inspector General hotline at 1-800-

424-9098, or by email at hotlineOdodia.osd.mil.



Role of Contractors in I r a q

Contrac!ors in Iraq arc repairing and rebuilding scho ols. banks, raih sa? stations, clinics,mosques. and u m r rcatment plants Contracts hate also been awarded to p r o ~ d e olice and

fire fighting equipment, hospital supplies, electrical power equipment and buses. In addition,contractors are building playgrounds, youth centers, housing, roads, sewers and irrigationsystems,

Contractors are training security forces and the new Iraqi army; and providing food, shelter andlogistical support for U S roops, Coalition partners and staffwo rking in Iraq.- The support of contractors in Iraq has freed approximately 20,000 soldiers for war fightingwh o would otherwise be required for logistical tasks.

M ore l h ~ n5,UUlJ Iraqis arc employed by c on trx to rs , at an average Nagc of S4 00 - S5 00

dollars per da.i - far exceeding >\hatmmi Iraqis earned under the r e p m of Saddam llu>sein.- It is estimated that several dozen civilian contractors from at least four different countries(South Korea, US., rance, Columbia) have died in Iraq, and many more have been injured.

DoDContract ing Overs ight. Shortly after conclusion of m ajor com bat operations in Iraq, the Defense Contract AuditAgency (DCAA ) was asked to audit major contracts.

A 20-m ember interagency team of auditors has been in Iraq since April 2003. This team willhave 31 auditors on staff by May 2004.. DCA A has issued more than 180 audit reports related to contractors in Iraq during fiscal year2004. These reports address pricing proposals, costs incurred in existing contracts, contractorpolicies and internal controls.

Based on a DCAA recom mendation, the DoD Inspector G eneral began investigatingcontracting in July 2003, with focus on 24 sole-source, urgent-need contracts valued at $1 11million.

DoD 's oversight system works: nearly every significant contracting problem to date has beendiscovered by DoD's own auditors. DCAA audits have found some problems that theDepartment is addressing,

. DoD believes that Kellogg Brown & Root did not have adequate subcontract pricingevaluation prior to the award o f the Reco nstruct Iraqi Oil (RIO) contract, resulting in

overpricing as high as $61 million through September 30th. DoD recently launched acriminal investigation in connection with a whistleblower complaint made regardingthe contract.

DoD also believes that KBR failed to adjust a subcontract price submitted for dininghalls and cafeteria service under the Logistics C ivil Augm entation Program (LOGC AP)contract. There was a $42 million overcharge that was caught in the proposal process.DoD auditors rejected that proposal and returned it for re-pricing.



Improprieties uncovered are a sm all percentage of the $16.3 billion awarded in 1,500 contractsthus far for rebuilding Iraq's infrastructure.

Of those, the U S . Army has awarded 1,300 contracts valued at more than $1.3 billion, 99percent of which have been competitively awarded.

Contractine Process. The contractor selection process is open and comvetitive. Multiple in-country contracting

which makes financial, contractual and project progr essinf orm ation available in real time andfiles periodic progress reports.- The LO GCA P contract: competitively bid and vital for U.S. troops.

Operation Iraqi Freedom is not the first conflict supported by the Logistics CivilAugmentation Program (LOGCAP) contract. The LOGCAP was used duringoperations in Haiti, Somalia, Bosnia and KOSOV O,nd is estimated to have savedmillions of dollars in logistical costs to the U.S. Army. The LOGCAP allows the U S .Army to have on standby a company capable ofprov iding massive amounts oflogistical support should the need arise.

The current LOGCAP contract makes vital services possible in Iraq. including food,shelter, electricity, comm unications, and transportation for U.S. troops and civilianauthorities. The current contract supports U.S. operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait,Djibouti, the Republic of Georgia and Uzbekistan, It allows the U.S. Army to bemorelethal and agile - i n raq, it frees up to 20,000 w ar-fighters from many logistical tasksso they may concentrate on fulfilling the mission. The LOGCAP contract wascompeted under fd l and open co m ~et itio n. nd was awarded based on technical andmanagemen t capability, past and the cost value to the American taxpayer.

. The U.S. Armv Corns of Eneineers awarded the first LOGCAP contract to BrownR oot ~ e r v i c e s , ~ n c .n ~ u g u s t 002. Management of LOGC AP was transferred toArmy Materiel Command (AMC) in October 1996, and AMC awarded its firstLOGC AP contract to DynCorp in 1997. The current LOGCAP was awarded in

December 2001 to the Halliburton subsidiary Kcllo ee Brown & Root, which competed--against Raytheon Technical Services and DynCorp International for the contract award.

The annual cost of the contract is $2 million, wh ich covers the cost of logistical~ lanning or worldwide contingencies. The current value of the LOGC AP contractsupporting operations in Iraq is $1.7 billion.



LawrenceCrandallUS . Agency for International Development Deputy

to the Project Management Office

Larry Crandall began his position as a Program Management Office Deputy Director in

February 2004. He has more than 30 years in developing and managing large and politically

complex development programs in sensitive areas throughout the world, including lengthy

assignments in the former Soviet Union, Haiti, Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Vietnam and Bangladesh.

Mr. Crandall joined the Project Management Office from his position as Vice President for

International Proorams with the RDNCO Consultino Cornoration. While in that Position, he led

a US. A rm y -s p o k e d study to determine best p~ act l ie sor the Demilitarlzation,

Democi ;at on an0 Re ntegrat on of I raq i Security Forces into c , society ne prev oi-sly held

m e w - s sen of post cnc A th JSAID ne served as Edecutve D rector of trie 5 As a

E ~ Vonmenta p~ n n e r w an oman zat on mat ntroo~:eo L S c ean ewronmenta

technology suppliers to potential Asian business partners

Mr. Crandall was the USAID Mission Director in Port-au-Prince, Haiti from 1994 to 1997. He

orchestrated the redesian of assit;t?incenmarams and manaaed the successful ~o li ti ca l

transition program which culminated in thefirst constitutional power transfer in Haitian

history. Prior t o that, he served as the Deputy Assistant Administrator of the Newly

Independent States Task Force for the former Soviet Union from 19 91 to 1994. He generated

lnnovat~vemoorams for a multi-b~llfon ollar~ssistanceDroaram for the fifteen newly-independent r&ublics.

Mr. Crandall was the Mission Director for USAID Afghanistan resident in Islamabad, Pakistan

from 1985 to 1990. He first led a combined State De~artmen tIUSAID trategy team to

deeiop a c 'oss -corm rumen tanan ass stance strategy, an ch nc i-dca 'reragenc, s-PPort

t o i r e n i c r ~ i fqnan Gc'.crrmeN .n e x e n *shawar. h e men eo the L5A10 ef'on, w n - m

contr 0-'en :o m e deD2rt.re of Sovet Troops from Afghan stan



Department ofDefense Office of

Fact Sheet:Contracts in Iraq

3119/04

Contractor Roles and Missions in Iraq

Support for US. troops: The suooort of contractors n Iraa has freed at least 24.000 sold iers for-ar fgntig &no AO. o o'nenvse be requreo for logistics t a m Contractors n raq are pro', o ng

food snever ana og st ca sJppnt for U S troops Coal tion partners and s'aff A O M ng n raq

Iraqi's reconstruction: Contractors are also reoairinn and rebuildina schools, banks, railway

sta'ons c n cs mosques an0 water 'reatmen! plants Con'racis rave he m awarfleo 10 yov i ie?o ce ana f re fiqni r q e w pment nosp tal s ~ o o ie s ec7 cas power ecJ ~ n e n t rd 0-ses naddition, contractorsare building playgrounds, youth centers, housing, roads, sewers and irr igationsystems.

Funding Awarded for Contracts

$16.3 bi ll ion has been awarded by DoD for Iraq reconstructioncontracts (as of March 2004).

Competitive Awards

A majority of contracts are competitively awarded. For example, the U S. rmy has awarded

1,300 contracts valued at more than $1.3 billion, 99 percent of which have been competitivelyawarded,

The Halliburton LOGCAP' Contract

The 1.03 sics C . A~gme"tat n Program (LOGCAP contraa - whim a ~ O A Sme Arm) 10 have onStanor) a cornsan/ casaoe of p m ~ dg tog stcal s~ pp or t noJ d me need arise - - nas wnpe!eoLnoer fu ll and open competXon in 2002, ana was asaroeo cased on tecnn ca an0 managementcapao I; pas! OeriorTance a id the cost va we to me Ameican taxpayer. t Is the third time LOGCAP has been competitively bi d In more than a decade

Uncovering Contract Improprieties

Near) ei;er\ s qn ficait co"tfactng pioolem to date nas been o sc ov e~c ' f DoD's own audi tors

- ' re De'ense Contract A.dt Agency (JCAA) ..or by ti e contractors themselves

Recovered Overcharges for Food, Fuel and Oil

Food (the dining facmt es contract) 3oD dentifed iradeq~ateJpoor5 0 eo a n r g ac tes

cos' 1 DCAA s op n on me D eo n-moer o l mea s 3arged appears 10 nade exceeded me acn-amea s senec SCAA a-o Ke1CQQ Brown 8. Root KBR a ha1 bm on S J ~ S ~n) na.e aoreec onwithholding of $176.5 million, ofwhich $140.7 ~ ~ ~ v o t u n t a r i l yithheld from future bil linis while KBR

prepares a response to issues reported by DCAA.



Voices on IraqSeptember 25,2003

Iraq wi ll be very expcmve; Iraq wi il be very difficult; Iraq will take a very long time. But in the long run,Iraq wi.1 be worth it, and we will reap a div:deno rom what [the US.] is doing in Iraq, ust as Americans

have reaned an enormous dividend for what was done in Germany and Jaoan at the end of the SecondWorld war. Economically,we have been paid a thousand imes k e r f o r the money and effort that we putinto creating those economies on a stable basis, and those islands of political instability i n areas that hadbeen historically explosive. If we can duplicate hat in iraq, and I hink [the US . ] is on a very fast tracktowards doing it, our children and ourgrandchildren w ilt thank us enormously or leav ing hem thatheritage of stability and strength.

Senator Robert F. BennettSenate Appropriations Committee

September 22,2003

I ecently returned from a bipartisan Conoressionaldeleaation to Iraq. We are all deeply impressedand

proud of our amazing American soldie rs. lt s their corn; tment and ingenuity that is responsible ormany ol the successes that are directly benefiting he da In lives of the Iraqi people in many pans of thecountry.

Rep. ike SkeltonSeptember 25,2003

We should auicklv approve he President's reauest for 87 billion additional dollars . No one Wants tospend suchas s im ,but our troops in iraq said over and over: "Money is ammo." Our troops will be inless danger if the boo birds hold their tongues [and] support more funding...

Rep. Jim MarshallThe Macon Telegraph

September 21,2003

ibelieve we're doing a tremendous job [in Iraqi. We have an option. We can puil out. And I ould say foranybody who wants to make that recommendation, make it1 Take i t to the floor of Senate and say weought to puil out because we have so many things going wrong, we just ought to quit. Idon't think they'dget 10 votes.

Senator Pete DomeniciSeptember 24,2003

Senate Appropriations Committee

It seems to me that we have seen a tremendous difference. With the Taliban regime gone in Afghanistan,

with the Saddam Hussein regime gone in Iraq, there [are] no longersafe places for these terrorists tooperate.

Senator Christopher BondSeptember 24,2003

Senate Appropriations Committee



List of Accomplishments (Inform ation from the Ministries)

Highlights

S1.4B apportioned from $18.6o $600M to USAIDo $300M to State

o $5m to Treasuryo $500M to DOD (NIA, ICDC)

2 Oil reconstruction solicitations competed - award January '04o Total value - $2.0 billion

AID Iraq Infrastructure II awarded 6 January '04o $452 million

$6.0b in Construction projects identified

10 construction & 7 program manage ment contract solicitations released 6January

o Total value = $5.Ob

> Health (Source: M inistry of Health)- -The entire country is at pre-war capabilities fo r providing health care - 24 0hospitals and more than 1,200 primary health centers are operating.

- -The Ministry of Health has completed a $1.7 million headquartersrefurbishment project.

D Oil (Sources: the US Army Cnrps of En gin tenI Re s tore I r aq i Oil) (RIO)- More than $5 billion contributed to the DFI from oil exports to date- More than 2 billion liters of fuel imported for humanitarian needs- Current production is over 2.3 million b arrels per day, 15% over our goal of 2

million by January Is'- State Oil Marketing Organization (Iraqi Company) is responsible for asignificant percentage of the fuel imports, and we are well o n our way toachieving our goal o f turning that mission over to them.

P Electricity (S ources: USAID, M inistry of Electricity)- In April, electrical generation capacity wa s 1 ,275 Mw , 29 percent of the pre-

conflict level- Power production peaked at 4,518 Mw on October 6 surpassing the pre-warlevel of 4.400 Mw- Currently, power production runs between 3,300 and 3,700Mw per day- Approx imately $1.5 billion has been spent to date to electricity restoration.

> Tran sportation (Source: Ministry of Tran sportatio n)- Port of Umm Qasr: The port is currently able to use about 70 percent of its

berths, operating 15 out of 21 berths to handle cargo



- Civil Aviation: Currently, approximately 40 commercial passenger and cargo

service flights occur throughout Iraq each day- Railways: All routes are open for freight, except the Bayji - Kirkuk line due

to bridge damage at al Fatha. Also, passenger trains operate onc e weeklybetween Mosul and Aleppo, Syria, and daily between B aghdad and three

cities (Basrah, Haseiba, and M osul (currently suspended due to security

concerns)

> Communicat ions- 42 cell sites are up in Baghdad in anticipation o f license issue- Number of subscribers bv end of Dec has been revised uvward from 20.000 to

100,000- Postage stamps in production

> Hou sine an d Construction (Source: Ministrv and Housin e an d Construction)- Currently executing over 365 projects including- 162 road and bridge maintenance, repair. and new construction proiects

- 10 housing projects with 13more b eing tendered - 7,600 un itstotal- 29 public building projects including renovations to 8 ministry headquarters- Design and supervision support to school and health care facility construction- Conducted the l"MoHC National Conference (8 - 9 Sep 03) and followed-upwith a leadershin visit to the Northern Governorates

Secured funding and approval to contract with US AID/B earing Point toconduct studies on organizational structure/efficiencv and housing reform

r----,- Developing working group partnerships with U S Department of Housing and

Urban -Developm ent (HUD), private financial institutions, and Americanuniversities

- Construction is a important and key economic multiplier, constructionoperations at 39 public buildings have provided em ployment for more than200,000 people

> W ater Supply and Sewage Treatment Miles tones- 90% of Iraqis with access to potable water by Ap r 05- 11% of Iraqis with sewage service by Mar 05- Reduce w ater loss during transport from 60% to 40% by Mar 04- By July 1,2004 :

Water quality and quantity im proved for 500,000 Iraqis in 15governorates

Urgent supplies delivered to water treatment plantsContracting completed and construction begun for major w aterfacilities- Sewerage projects expected to benefit approximately 900,000 Iraqis

Schools and Community Development- Rehiibiliiaied 1,993schools da m aq d in some way



- USAID Community Action Program, International Relief and Development

8.39 million to 279 income and employment generation projects in

Baghdad



Countering the Terrorist Threat in Iraq

Coalition forces continue to take aaaressive action aaainst terrorists and other threats in Iraq. The U.S. and its

;oa ton panders nave cono-ctedi-ndreds o6 aiosse.zino cacnes odenemy weapons an0 masside amounts

of ann- nilo on Tne Coa t on s a so conduct na aaoress ve carols ~ t naciDO

ce an0 ccntn jes 10 Iran meIraqi people to defend critical infrastructure, bordekand public facilities n Iraq.

Coalition & Iraqi Security Initiatives: Bv the Numbers

Â Approximately 130,000 U.S. service members and more than 24,000 Coalition troops are serving in Iraq.

n add I n more man 85 500 Iraqis provd ng security for the r country, mak ng Irac s me s nge largestmemDer of !ne Coa. 1on after tne Unitea S'ates Tne r n ~ f f t e r snc Joe 55 000 members of tne (raqi po'ce,

18 701 n the Fac I t / Pro!ec'on Sew ce tsec~nna anks sc nio s ana m n sirv fac t es. 6 400 weerguards and 4,700 members of the Iraqi civi l Defense Corps

. By ..an.ary 2004 me J S pan s to nave tra ned an0 deployed 15,000 rrem3ers of me raq C d l DefenseCcras an0 20 000 m e m w s 01 'ne Fac 1tv Protecton Sen. ce Tne Coa Ion a so nas a aoaf ol Ira n nq 27battal ions or the new Iraqi army in the next year.

Milita ry Overations: Taking the Fight to the Enemy

Since Sept. 10, the Army's 4m Infantry Division has been conductina Operation Ivv Focus, a Series of

aggress .e caos to ma main pr eswe 01 enemy forces and counterne w e a l of anacrts from mortars and

mprod sed expos ve oev ces EDsi Tncsc opcral'ons habc rcsti led n the capture of 123 former reg memembers, 43 IED makers, and six financiers.

Task Force iron Horse soldiers have seized 1.5 mill ion U.S. dollars suspected of being used to help finance

attacks on Coalition forces. Arms seized include 340AK-47s. more than 1,000 grenades, 680 RPGrounds, 1,340 mortar rounds, numerous explosives including 1,200 blasting caps, and more than 5,000rounds of various munitions.. n Bagndad Coa I r forces recently cinoJclea tnree s mul'aneo-s raos aqa nst ino via'.als SJspectec of

? ac ng EDs w in tne i ten'to a'lach Coa i w n oms E g'u people bere deta neo a ong w h stx A G 7 snumerous RPG rounds, grenades and 1.3 million n lraqicurrency

In the south, Operation Sweeney is having a notable effect on smuggling. To date, more than 130 people

have been detained, along with barges, boats, petroleum ankers, generators, fuel pumps and otherparaphernaliaassociated with smugglingoperations. Forces from Iraq, the United Kingdom, Italy, theNetherlandsand the United States- including 2,000 Marines and sailors from the 13th MarineExpeditionaryUnit- are conducting ongoing anti-smugglingoperations,

. O'her recent aperat ons - nc m n g Soaa Mountain, Sidewnoer Desert Scorpon an0 Id/ Serpent-. ave

nc ,oea '90 fa& resii lt no n the camre of 1.103 aeta nees tne se zure of 4 500 mocar ro,nos 1 600

rocket-propelledgrenadesrmore than 1,500 rounds of ammunition and thousands of other weapons andmilitary equipment



Security: CPA is finalizing the Iraqi police force and traming plans So far over 34 ,00 0 Iraqi police have been-rchircd and 30,000 arc on duty nationally. CPA is also making progress on fielding ministry and facilityprotection personnel. Over 1,00 0 guards have been hired to protect 87 fixed sites in Baghdad.

In'crnarional Slab.lizatimForce"

Fro.'rcss continues toward tk e e m altinaitonal divisions Internationalcdns t i ib~hryeain, from Italy and Spam will se n e as a budge bctwccn combat forces and the policeN e u l r 3 ~ 1rm ! f i e Co alno n M ilmrv \Jvisor and Tra inire Icam arc standinc U D 1 lt~matcly he arm? nill" .

personnel. 12,000 personnel willberc dd)Jhi*; )earc rw , in Iran: nrovis ion ~f h a s l c til~ties s iflnrovlnc... . -

The public health situation is improving. CPA com pleted a successful National NursingConference this week and a second National immunization dav is scheduled for next week. Basic health careservices have been restored to 90% in the North, 80% in the South, and 75% in Baghdad.

systems. lootine and sabotage continue to be a challenee to the restoration of oower in Baghdad.Cuncnrly, power is available ia r three hours on and thrcc hours o if in B aghdad Hiisr'ih I, averaging 18 hoursot w n c r pcr do\ Ihe powcr S UDD I V nan-tnallv is aberiicini' 32W MW . CPA hones to reach 400 I V IW by the.. . - "

e n d o f ~ u i y ..

Water / Sanitation: Improvements continue nationally. Much of Iraq is at or near pre-war water serviceconditions. CPA is increasingly focused on sanitation improvements.Economic Revitalizatioo:w:mbassador Bremer has approved a national budget for July-December. The budget was developed inclose consultation with Iraqi officials. The expenditures for the rest of the year are estimated at $6.1billion.Revenue from oil sales are estimated to be $3.4 billion for the same time period. The remainder of the budgetwill come from US Government contributions, the remaining Oil-For-Food Funds and internationalcontributions.Cxmxy:CPA w ill begin issuing new currency on October 15". The currency will be the first unified Iraqicurrency in 12 years.

Self Governm ent; The Governing Council of Iraqwas

established o n July 13"'. It is a balanced, diverse,representative group of 25 political leaders from across Iraq. Sunni, Shia, Kurd, Christian, Turkmen, men andwo me n are all represented. Powers o f the council include the appointment o f oversight of governmentministers: develonment of nolicies in coordination with CPA- and establishment of international renresentation.

Co u n ~ i l ' smiis! m po na nt tasks is to help launch the process 10 wntc ihc Iraq 's new ConsntulionD m . I he Couni:il has already abolished Uaaihist h.ilidavs and cstab11ihe.IApril 9''' ffall ot

Baghdad) as a national holiday. They are developing plans to send a delegation to the UhSecurity Councilnes:?%eek o " m e n and crnphahi,~ he ~ < ! I e - o ~ t c r n qounc~l S a l y ~ i m a cm q ~ ~ d ) ' ' . .-Internationa l Contributions: lruemanonal niter? 01 assistance now lo id S 2 3 billion I he total L'S appeal isnow $2 45 9 billion. 29 separate countries ha te made olcdacs o r contributions within the L'N appeal and. -

or contributions outside ofthe UN appeal. An International

Iraq is tentatively scheduled fo r October.Stabiliis O ~erarion s: :9 ountries (o lc r 19.000 troops, current.', nave m i l i q capahilirics on the ground. 14a dd i t ~ na l oun1ne-i are w irkin6 on deplqment details for 12.000 troops A l'K led m ultmational division w l lhave all subordinate units in nl& bv 31 July and is exoected to assume sector responsibilities by 1 August. APolish-led division will haveall su b k in a t e u n it s in by 10 August. The goai is to begin relief in place on

Prepared by the Office of th e Assistant Secre tary of Defense for Legislative AffairsFor more co m pl et e weekly briefings, piea se e-mall

luriia.r-hnfinQn-iri.nJuly 18,2003



Department of Defense Mvths & Facts10-09-03

Myth: Therewas a lack of effective pl ann ing fort hewar and Iraq's reconstruction.

. Them was excellent planning forthe war in Iraq, One ofthe world's most brutal tyrants was toppled in a matterofweeks, without some of the planners "worst-case" scenarios taking place. For example:

P Them was not widespread destruction of Iraq's oil infrastructure such as there was in 1991; an ecologicaldisaster was averted.

b 'Fortress Baghdad" never materialized- Baghdad ell just weeks into the conflict without lengthy street-by-streetfighting in Iraq's largest city.

A humanranan cr8siswas a-ened mete *as not a massive flow of ref-gees to neiqnbor ng countries and foodan0 meaca a 0 oegan floa nq mo raq airnosi mmeoialely

b There was no "adventurism" by Iraq's neighbors or other destabilizing action in the region during major combatoperations in Iraq

Myth: It Is hard to ustify the cost of Iraq's reconstru ction- It's tooexpensive.. The 9/11 attack alone cost the American Deoole literallv hundreds ofbil lions ofdollars -. nd that is not countino theenormous ?rce pa 0 n ifes. and ti e mmense s ~ fe n n g f 'ne r famil es and oved ones - men an0 Aomen fn m ailNa us of fe of a races an0 re q ons and from nostcoiintnes of f te mii

. The Wall StreetJournal ecently tall ied he costs to ourcountry and economy, of the September 11th attacks.include.

They

P $7.8 billion in lost income for the families ofthe more than 3,000 victims-money hat would have gone to pay forbraces and summer camps, schools and colleges.

$21 billion sent to New York City for direct damage costs.

D $4 billion forthevictims fund.

$18 billion to clean up the World Trade Center site.

> $700 million to repair the Pentagon.

D As much as $6.4 billion in reduced or lost wages and salaries for workers in New York industries

1.3 million net obs lost nationwide

9 $150 billion in reducedGDP.

> $50 billion n costs to the insurance ndustry.

$11 billion in lost business to the airline industry.

> The bankruptcy of two airlines, even after a $15 billion ederal bailout.

$38 billion in costs for new border security, protection against biological threats, and emergency preparedness,

$1,3 billion in costs to state governments for homelandsecunty,and

b $33 billion in spending by the private sector for new protective sewices.



OJFnaion can afford wate ver t needs to defeno o ~ reople, our way of ife and OLI w la interests At the helgnloft*'e Cole War i e Esennc~e rn0 Kennedy years we spent ro@q tO0o of GDP n n e 1970s me L S spentroJgn ; % of GDP on nat ona de'ense Tooay, me J S scenes a l ine o w % - a great aea of money to be surebut a modest fraction of our nation's weafth

Myth: The Department of Defense's contracting process i n Iraq s rife with cronyism and secrecy.

Contracts in Iraq have been awarded for the repair and rebuilding of schools, clinics, power generation facilities,electrical grids, municipal water systems and sewage systems. Others have been awarded to train security forces

and the new Iraqi army, and provide food, shelter and logistical support for the Coalition partners and staff working inIraq.

Contracts for Iraq's reconstruction are awarded through a process that is fair, open and competitive Contracts areawarded through:

> The Departmentof Defense

> The Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA)

> US. Army Corps of Engineers

D The State Departments U.S Agency for International DeÃˆelopment(USAID

> Iraqi officials who oversee their country's various ministries

More than 55,000 Iraqis are employed by contractors n Iraq, at an average wage of $4.00 - 5.00dollars per day -farexceeding whet most Iraqis earned under the regime of Saddam Hussein,

The Defense Department s currently asking Congress or $87 billion to continue providing for safety and stability inIraq. Of that request, $20 billion is being requested forthe non-military aspects of Iraqi reconstruction Everycontract awarded under the $20 billion pieceofthe request will be subject to open and competitive bidding.

The Halliburton (Kellogg, Brown 8 Root) oil-field restoration wort was awarded on a short-term basis awarded by the

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

> That contract is currently in the process of being re-competed, and no new funds will be awarded under the oldcontract.

Bechtel s under contract with the U.S Aaencv for International Develooment USAID1 for the rehabilitation andreconstoiction of Iraq's infrastructure here is also a provision in the contract for rehabilitation or repair of airportfacilities and the dredging, repair and upgrading of the Umm Oasr Seaport,

> The Bechtal contract was not a sole-source contract Six companies wereoffered the request for proposals, andthe award was made after evaluation of their submissions.

Work to be performed after November/Decernber2003 will beawarded under a new, competitively-awardedcontract.

Myth: The Iraq Survey Grou p interim report by David Kay proves that Saddam never had weapons of massdestruction.

David Kav's interim rew rt to Conoress was iust that - an interim remit . The rewr t. however, s far from conclusive,and ofe ri ev oenca t n a Sadoam cont!n.ed 10 p ~ r s ~ eVD right up to t i e comniencement of nos!Ioes n Operatonraw Freeam Tne 1eoor1s~mmarya u l a b e d ,d)s l i ~ eu l , u ~g



b 'Saddam.. had not given up his aspirations and intentions to continue o acquire weapons of mass destruction.Even those seniorofficials we have interviewed who claim no direct knowledge of anvon-aoina prohibitedact # t e s eadily a cu ro ~ie dg e at Saooam ntended10 resumetnese programs ~h en ev e~ tn ei xt er nares'nctons here removed Severa of tnese o f f a s acunow edge re=. nq nq.. r es s nce 2000 t ro r SaOCam orn s s?ns aoo-i no* on5 t wo- d lake \ ' ~ enei restart CW prooi-ct on or mdne aka aole chenca weapons'

'In thedelivery systems area there were already well advanced, but undeclared, on-going activities hat, if OIFhad not intervened, would have resulted n he omduction of missiles wrth ranaes at least uo to 1000 km. well inexcess o'me -h aerrninec range of 150 km These m m ' e act (1es here s ~ b o n e dy a serox. c anoestne

pw-ir em enf prca am a00.1 w e n we naÃˆ mLcn sntln earn '"In the chemical and biological weapons area we have confidence that there were at a minimum clandestineon-aoino research and deveioomnt activities that were embedded in the Iraoi Intellioence Service, While we have.m.cn yeno earn aoo-n:ni exact worn programs ana capao !es of tneseaci vies I s a reaoy apparent thattrese -nnec.areo act voes n o- o nave a i a m ntn.m faci latea cnemca and 0 oog ca seaPois act 1 te s andprovided a technically trained cadre,'

Accord ng 10 the repor me SG nas a so aenltied a (arge ~ o l ~ m e o taref a an0 lesnrrony oy coopefaing raqof fc a s on raqs e*ortto . c ti/ procure parts an0 foreign assistance tor is m ssile program T iese nc .de

D Significant evel of assistance rom a foreign company and its networkof affiliates n supplying and supporting

the development of production capabilities or solid rocket propellant and dual-use chemicals.

Enttes tfom aiotrer'oregn c o m q were nvoveo n s ~ p p yg gLidance and coit ro systems for JSe n 1% A1Fa fn Abao 100 Tne contract was ncompkte by tne tm e of 0 F oLe to iecnnfca prooems A I n i e fenS,s'ems oe ue'co an0 a fnarva dsp-te

D A group of foreign experts operating in a pnvate capacity were helping to develop Iraq's liquid propellant ballisticmissile RDT8E and oroduction nfrastructure. They worked in Baghdad for about three months in late 1998 ands ~ f s e q ~ e n tw i o ~ e otori on me proiect from abroao An ac!-a contrac' .a -ea at $13 m on fcr macn neryan0 eq. pmem has s gneo n ,we 2001, n t a y for 18 months cm ale, enenoeo TPis cooperarm col! ~ e dright up until the war

> Adifferent groupof foreign experts traveled to Iraq in 1999 to conduct a technical review that resulted n whatbecame the Al Samoud 2 design, and a contract was signed in 2001 for the provision of ngs, fixtures and wntrolequipment for the redesigned missile

Deianees a ici cooperat /e som es nave descr oed the role of a foreign expen n negw- atom on tneoei.eopT'ent of rags .<J o an0 s o u prope ant pro d~ cto nn f r a s f f ~ c t ~ en s w.ia 6a.e nad app calmns inexisting and planned onqer ranqe systems, atthouqh it s reported that nothing had actually been implemented. . .be f o re01~ .

Myth: Iraq was never a threat t o the U.S., his neighbors or th e world.

President Bush put it this way: "Some havesaid we must not a d until the threat is imminent. Since when have

terroristsand tyrants announced heir intentions, politely putting us on notice before they strike? If this threat isoermined to fullv and suddenly emerae. all actions, all words, and all recriminations would come too late. Tmstina inthe sanity and restraint of saddam ~ i s s e i ns not a strategy, and it is not an option.'

The reason for military interventionm Iraq was clear and wide-ranging, and stemmed from Saddam Hussein's threatto the region, the U.S. and our allies and his own people. The regime's violation of UN Resolution 1441 was the laststeo in a decade of threats and deceotion in resronse to the internationalcommunity's demands fordisarmamentand an acwuntina of lrao'schemicaiand boloaical weaoons. Iran stood at the nexus of states thatsuvmr t terroristsand possess weapons ofmass destruction. F O ~ r s , he Iraqi regime acted aggressively o acquire the territory ofits neighbors, oppress its own people and impose control overthe Persian Gulf region



. Recent ooeretions- ncludina Soda Mountain. Sidewinder. Desert Scoroion and Iw SerDent..have included 190n o s es. ung P tne c a p t m i t 1100 oeiamees, the se z'~reof4.500m i m r romas, 160C rocne t-prop eo grenades.more man 1 503 roJnos c f amm.r tion ar d no~ san ds ' omer weapons and m lary eq- pmert n aaonon molethai 8 000 tons of Iraq oronance have been sec.re4 or dest'oyej s nce me en0 of r a o r combatope~aoons

Myth: The US. is going It alone in Iraq.

The Coalition force in Iraq is an international orce. So far, 31 nalions havesent over 23,000 personnel o Iraq. Sofar, 60 nations have made pledges or contnbutions otaling about $1.5 billion.

.There are 25 nations in the Coalition Provisional Authority and 32 countries with troops in Iraq today.

The Coaiition ncludes: Albania. Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, he Czech Republic, Denmark, the Dominican Republic, ElSalvador, Estonia, Georgia, Honduras, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia. Moldova,Mongolia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, the Philippines, Poland, Romania, Slovakia. Spain,Thailand, Ukraine, and the UK,

Portugal is currently preparing o deploy forces to Iraq. Of the 19NATO nations, 11 have already committed troopsto Iraq The U S s currently n discussions with 14 other countries that have expressed possible nterest in sendingforces.

The Polish Multinational Division in Babylon ncludes roops from 17 nations, with four more nations providing civilsupport-for a total of 21 countries.

Myth: U.S. troops are spread too thi n In Iraq: we need to deploy more troops.

There are approximately 130,000 U S.service members and more than 24,000 Coalition roops serving in Iraq. Notonly did elements of this force defeat Saddam's army in a number of weeks, they are now helping with internalsecurity and reconstruction,

In addition, more than 60.000 Iraqisserving with the U S n providing security fortheir country, making Iraqis hesingle largest member ofthe coalition afterthe United States These Iraqis are fighting with us and taking casualtieswith us. Their numbers are made UD of rouahtv40.000 members of the Iraai oolice. as well as members of the new

Facility Protection Service, the newlraqi ~ i v i l efense Corps, and the bord&guards

By -andav 2004 me 1 S plans to nave 15 000 members of me Iraq C # Defense Corps and 70 000 members ofme Fac Â¥ Protect on Sem ce Tnere are also pans lo field 66 000 polce and 3 o visions of 'he nen raq A my

Myth: There Is low morale among troops i n Iraq.

Morale among U.S. troops in Iraq remains high Two key indicators.. e-enlistment and mission effectiveness-point to continued dedication on the part of Amencanservice members to Operation Iraqi Freedom. Scores o'troops nave cn0sen.c 'e-em stw e serving !n raq Mare I ra n 150 members 0"ne S Army IeCenByÂ¥ nlsteo c m q a cerenon, a'one of Saoflams paaces n MosJ 25 Mar nes recent 1 fee" isle0 n Ad D Aan yal

Tiese re en stmerts nave occ-irreo desple i r e hardships of Operanon raoi Freedom tnenas cs' n comoal dJSlstorms, freezing nights and hot days

Gunnery 9gt Rcmey B ro m a Texas naue who recentlycommitted to anotner4 years w i n me Marine Corps sa dI I!o n s tor my Mar nes for *hat we nave oeen through toge'ner t means a 01 a%er m a t we ve seen mroJgn 10(reenlist) here."



M y t h : Iraqis resent the U S resence in Iraq.. M m Saddam mi ssens remova, Iraq s are now free to spea't their m nos ~ o c eissent and protesl openly --acts

ha ! uo. d na-e eameo a sen'ences an0 l o n u r e ~ s t ontls a90

While some protest, more than 25 million people are liberated from the rule of Saddam Hussein, and most I raqis are

helping the U.S. and Coalition rebuild their countiy.

Tens of thousands of Iraqis have become new army service members, civil defense militiamen, policemen and

electrical workers. In increasing numbers, they are also helping Coalition forces locate and capture former regimemembers and their weapons.. Recent surveys indicate that nearly two-thirds of Iraqis in Baghdad say ousting Hussein was worth the Current

hardships, Baghdad residents offerstrong ratingsfor leadership in Iraq.

b 87% offer positive (61%) or neutral (25%) ratings for Iraqi Governing Council.

b 73% offer positive (47%) or neulral(25%) ratings for Administrator L Paul Bremer.

9 68% offer positive (35%) or neutral (32%) ratings for Coalition ProvisionalAuthority

b By 36-point margin (50% to 14%), Baghdad residentssay Coalition Provisional Authority doing betterjobnow than it was twomonths ago,

> Nearly seven in ten expect Iraq will be betteroff than under Hussein.By 67% to 8% margin, Baghdad

residents say Iraq will be better off m five years than before Coalition action. An American Enterpnse

InstituteIZogbysurvey offou r Iraqi cities similarly found a 71% to 14% margin saying they will be better

off in five years

M y t h : The U S ol icy in Iraq is detracting from the larg erwar against terrorism.

Iraq is at the centerof the global war on terrorism Whereverterrorists are found - ncluding those operating in Iraq-C oal ti on forces will capture or kill them Iraq and the region will not be safe or prosperous until the terrorist threat

there is eliminated.

Under Saddam Hussein, Iraq was listed as oneofseven statesponsors o fterro r by the U.S State Department.

Iraq agreed to provide chemical and biological weapons training for two Al Qaeda associates starting in

December 2000.

Senior Al Qaeda associate Abu Musab al-Zarqawi traveled to Baghdad n May 2002 for medical treatment

along with approximately wodozen Al Qaeda terrorist associates. Thisgroup stayed in Baghdad and

other parts of Iraq and plotted terrorist attacks around the world

A safe nauen I aq oeong ng to Aisar a -Isam - a terrorst g i o ~ c t o s e y ssoc al w v th Zarqawt and

A Qaeda - - was cestroyed o-.i ng Operation raq Freedom Saooan- also pro. oed satP naven forterronst groups such as the Iranian Mujahedin-e-Khalqand the Abu N iia l organization.

Facilities n Northern Iraq run by Zarqawi end Ansar al-Islam included Al Qaeda poisonsttoxins

iaboralories and planning centers for attacks against France, Britain, Spain, Italy. Germany and Russia.

Abu Musa Zarqawi, the Al Qaeda associate withdirect links to Iraq, oversaw those responsible or the

assassinationof USAID officer Laurence Foley in Amman, Jordan, last October



Saooam mussens raq provioed s.ppod lo Paesnnan er rowl gm p s nc ~d ng lne Pop. ar Front foft i e - be'a'in of PaestreG enera Command, riamas and me Paes tne s'amc . ao Tu s SLDPonincluded payment to the families of Palestinian suicide bombers

Myth: Terrorist attacks in Iraq are eroding America's resolve n he war against terrorism

The Baathtst bitter enders and their foreign terrorist allies believe that ifthey inflict casualties on the U.S.. like inBeirutand Somalia, the U.S. will give up and go home.

Osama*w -aoen saw Soma a as an example of hon Amencans can be dnven o d by mflictng CasJalies We Knowmat Saooam n.ssem toid A nom ado f Apr l Glaspie in 1990 mat ne co ~ l dane casJemes an0 15e Are r cans COddnot. W e n me terror sis ex ow ed a wmoo ris ioe a sinne n Naiaf, and w e n tney &tonale0 a bomb n tne dh

heaoq ~aner s r e men an0 wowen n tea ~eren ' the only targets Terors'S *ere a ming a oow a something theyhate even more -- the prospect of a country freed from their control and moving to become an Iraq of, by, and for theraoi m o l e , Terrorists recoanize hat Iraa is on a course towards self-aovernment hat. once achieved, will be anexampleto all in the ~usl im\ or ld who desire freedom, pointing a wayout of the sense of failure that me extremistsfeed on And so, they test U S will, the will oft he Iraqi people, and the will o fthe civilized world.

The soonerterrorists understand clearly that America's will can't be broken and that the Iraqi people, despite

hardship and difficulty, will persevere in building their new aocietyÃ‘th sooner the terrorists will come to terms withtheir defeat.



Facts on Iraq7-23-03

S e l f - G o v e r n m e n t

The 25-person Iraq Governing Council met for first time on July 13th.

The Counci l will have authority to: name interim Ministers; exercise aovernment oversight; prepare

policy initiatives on Iraq's national security, including reform of the armed forces, police &courts; lead

development of a constitution; and approve Iraq's 2004 budget and consider amendments o the2003 emergency budget,

Council actions thus far: Met several times in plenary session; formed committees on agenda,

rules and procedures, and Ba'athist crimes against humanity; appointed a delegation to attend the

Security Council session in New York.

S e c u r i t y

. 148,000 U.S service members and more than 13,000 Coalition troops are serving in Iraq.

More than 8,200 tons of ammunition has been seized throughout Iraq - much of which was stored

by the Hussein regime in hospitals, schools and mosques.

Operation Soda Mountain (ended July 17): U.S. forces conducted 141 raids resulting in 611

individuals captured, including 62 former regime leaders. Captured:4,297 mortar rounds, 1,346

rocket-propelled grenades and 635 other weapons.

Operation Sidewinder (ended July 71U.S. forces detained 282 individuals and seized included 96

AK-47 rifles, 3 heavy machine guns, 217 rocket-propelled grenades, 33 grenades, 200 60mm-

mortar rounds, and other military equipment, documents, weapons and ammunition.

. Operation Desert Scorpion (Onqoinq): U.S. forces conducted 6 raids and captured 29 detainees.Captured:$8 million (US.), millions of Iraqi dinar, and a large sum of British pounds, British sterlingand Euro.

Opera1 on lv f Serpent [Onqo'nq} Coal t on forces conducted 27 raids capured 226 detainees, 800

8 2 m n mortar rounds, 50 AK-47s. 26 rocket-propelled grenades and 3 hand grenades Six of

the detainees are former regime loyalist leaders..nternalsecurity: 4,000 Iraqi militiamen will be trained in the next 8 weeks. They will train under US.troops, and work under U.S. command in regions around the country, 500 Basra River police have

been patrolling since June 19

. Iraqi army and Iraqi oolice forces: 12,000 Iraqis will be trained this year for the new Iraqi army;

40,000 in two years. 58 of 89 Iraqi cities have hired police forces: 34,000 Iraqis have been hired and

trained; 30,000 are currently patrolling with Coalition forces. The Coalition's goal is to train up to

61,000 Iraqi police officers. The Coalition Provisional Authority has hired more than 1,000 Iraqis o

guard 87 key facilities in Baghdad,



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Q u a l i t y o f L i f e

Food: 1.2 million metric tons of food has entered Iraq; another 2.2 million metric tons will arrive by

thed of October. The CPA has purchased local Iraqi harvests, including 450,000metric tons of

Iraqi wheat and more than 300,000metric tons of Iraqi barley..Public Health: Basic health care services have been restored to 90% in the North, 80% in the Southand 75% in Baghdad. $210 million (U.S.) has been approved for the Iraqi Ministry of Health through

October, which includes funding for pharmaceutical supplies and equipment, basic health care

services, medical equipment, power generators for hospitals. (Saddam's regime spent only $13million for health care in 2002.)

b r : ower in Baghdad is generally available 3 hours on13 hours off; power in Basra is generally

available for 18 hours per day; 39,000 Iraqi electrical workers are back on the job; $294 million

(U.S.) is budgeted through December or electrical improvements.

.Water & Sanitation: The CPA is funding $700,000 worth of sewage system work currently underway

in Baghdad; international organizations are funding an additional $500,000 worth of work. $73

million is budgeted through December for water and sewer improvements.

E c o n o m y

July-December budget estimated at $6.1 billion. Revenue from oil sales estimated to be $3.4

bil lion for the same time period.

. The remainder of the budget will come from US Government contributions, the remaining Oil-For-

Food Funds and international contributions.

CPA will begin issuing new currency on October 15". The currency will be the first unified Iraqi

currency in 12 years.

I n t e r n a t i o n a l C o n t r i b u t i o n s. 19 countries and 13,273 troops in Iraq aresupporting Operation Iraqi Freedom;14 countries are

committed to deploy another 12,000 roops.

Ã Over 45 nations have offered military forces. The United Kingdom and Poland will each lead

multinational divisions.. As of July W, otal nonmilitary assistance is $2.8 billion.. Over 36 countries, both inside and outside the coalition have made pledges or contributions. Below

are the top 12 public pledges and contributions:



1he44 ,N M W Program w a s cxtendcd through

90:toocr lo pi ic Ministry o f Electnc.tyiMO1' nme 13 prepare (or fal l maintenance.

h e r power proau:! on w l l be w d m a in theshort term Power production peaked at4.518

M W onOctober 6, surpassing thi:".'lOO M W

goal for the second day.

On O ctober 10, MOE began their planned fall maintenance program with plants shutting

down units according to asched ule designed to keep peak output above 3500 MW. his

program is scheduled to end in lime for winter's cooler months when electricity demand

for residential heating increases.

Th e U S Army Corps ofEngineers Task Force Restore Iraqi Electricity (TF RIE) is

Iraq Peak Electrical Output



Lights in Baghdad Region

. 5% of th e rehabilitation of the Ministry ofMunicipalities and Public Works (MoMPW)

headquarters is now completed.

s The MoM PW has accepted the UN Development GroupIWorid Bank Iraq needs

assessm ent and is including its recom menda tions in its sector r e p r l for the Madrid

d o n m i conference.

Negotiations were successfully concluded over costs of labor and materials between the

MoM PW and contractors working on 50 water supply and sewerage improvement

projects.

The M inister of Water Resources Irrigation Ca na ls km (estim ate)(MWR), a delegation of engineers, 1 Total Implion Canals in Iraq 1 27,000 1and CPA advisors visited the northern [c an al s in need of clearance 1 1area of Iraq lo assess large dam s at May2003 1 20.000

Dokan and Derbend-i Kahn, as well as Canals cleared as of 27 Sept 1 14,500

proposed project sites. Can als being cleared perweek 1 500

The MWR has completed training for 800 Facilities Protection Service officers to protectil i 26 dam sites in Baghdad and four sites in D iyala Governorate (these are about 40% ofthe total officersneeded)

The M inistry of Health (MoH) hosted the Second General Conference of the Medical

Directorates in Baghdad on October 8 and 9,with representatives from all Iraqi



govcmorates. The conference focused on financial and budget matters, introduced newsalary scales for MoH personnel, and provided discussions on preventive medicine andprimary health center issues,

MoH staff are helping 17 children from across Iraq receive spe cialized medical care in

Germany. They were medivaced by the US Air Force from Baghdad on October 5 toRamstein Air Base, Working with the German state of Rheinland-Pfalz and theInternational Organization for Migration, the MoH identified these children and locatedGerman physicians, hospitals, and escorts willing to provide treatment.

CP AN OH staffresponded to the bombing a1 the Baghdad Hotel and visited each of fourreceiving hospitals.

The Public Health Team's food safety workgroup is establishing a curriculum to retrainfood inspectors in Baghdad. From this group o f 300. trainers will be selected to Instructtheir colleagues in other areas of Iraq.

Installation of generators is 75 percent complete a t six hospitals. The program continueson course to install a total of 128 generators and 10 uninterrupted power supply unitsthroughout Baghdad this year, a $40 million initiative,

Transportation Minister Behnam attended the International Civil Aviation OrganizationAir Navigation Conference in Mon treal, October 2-3. His attendance helped toreintegrate Iraq into the global transportation com munity.

The Baghdad international Airport (BIAP) passenger terminal on October 5th opened toprocess passengers for Royal Wings charter flights.

The Land Transport State-Ow ned Enterprise (SOE) signed a competitive bid contractwith the Iraqi Railroad for the transport ofCJTF-7 containers, a major step toward thecreation of an intermodal transport network.

The Ministry ofTransportation is initiating a transportation planning and coordinatione l l hat will manage reception and onward movement of World Food Program and otherOil for Food shipments,

During the ten-day period begirining September 25th. there were nine lmpmvisedExplosive Device (IED) attacks on the Iraqi railroad. While only one IED attack vwreported October 5-12, other form s of sabotage, such as dismantling tracks and looseningbolts, are being attempted

Minister Behnan is expected to sign an overflight agreemen t to begin collecting $ 375 peraircraft that fly over Iraqi airspace. The program could potentially generate $20 4 4 0million of revenue for the government per year.



339 schools are currently being rehabilitated by USAID-BechteWSE projects andNGOs.

Education Minister Alwan is visiting schools in Baghdad to evaluate rehabilitation work;he plans unannounced visits to schools as a regular practice.

Minister Alwan conducted a number ofm ed ia interviews, including a live interview forboth the international and US CN N networks; raqi Media Network, "Meet the Minister"and prepared an op-ed anicle as a --up to the Madrid Donors'Conference.

The education provincial Directorate Generals (DGs) were convened to discuss back-to-school issues, unauthorized hires, the Donors' Conference, local de-ba'athificationcouncils, and new salary implementation.

On October 2nd. 2,200 students graduated from Mosul University and another 1,200students graduated from the Foundation Technical Institute in As Sulaymaniyah.

Operations 1 Universities

The Higher Education and Development (HEAD) program, through USAID, has awarded3 grants totaling $11,729,717 in the Fields Archeology and Environm ental Research,Agriculture, and Legal Educatio nRefo rm. For each field of study, Iraqi universities willbe paired with US and European universities.

Techmol Schools

Universities in Iraq will be connected w ith universities in the U S. throughdigital videoconferencing systems; Iraqi students will soon participate in classes and lectures withAmerican professors and students.

Planning is underway to restart the Fulbright program in Iraq in January 2004

Sept 2003

The Communications Minister announced the winners of th e competition for mobilelicenses. The northern region license was awarded to Asia-Cell, a Kurdish Iraqi

Smm: CPA Educahoi

20 4 3



company, The central region license was w on by an Egyptian company, Orascorn. AKuwaiti company, Atheer, won the license for the South. Preparation of licenses is nowunder way and a start of service is expected in each region in Novem ber.

Fiber optic trunk connections now are largely intact, with countrywide conne ctivity

reliably established.

Restoration of international links iswell underway with aconnectio n to an Intelsstsatellite re-established from the Al-Entisar exchange in Baghdad. This connection willprovide some 700 international lines.

The fiber optic assessment ofthe northeastern branch (Baghdad to Mosul via Kirkuk) ofI is m p l e t e . The Iraq Telecommunications and Postal commission and Bechtel arereplacing Chinese transmission equipment because suppliers are no longer able toprovide support.

The Communications Minister and senior staffatte nded the annual meeting andexhibition ofthe International Telecommunications Union in Geneva, an importantindicator of Iraq's return to the international stage.

The Ministry of Housing and Construction (MoHC) has started three low-income housingconstruction projects totaling 1,220 housing units in various cities throughout Iraq.including Karbala, Baghdad, and Kirkuk. The total contract amount is $24.5 Million

The M oHC has funded $500,000 towards a temporary housing project for internallydisplaced people in Baghdad that will house up to 500 displaced families.

The Director General for Housing is completing renegotiations for 7 low-income housingprojects totaling 3,528 hou sing units worth more than $63million under the UN O il-far-Food Program. Two ofthese projects have already been signed, funding constmction of,0 0 8 low-income housing units worth more than $ 18 million.

Oll/Fuel Production Status as ofOctober 12

Gasoline Tar@ & Diesel Target Kerosene BLS!M L Tons ML ML

Imports 7,263 2,677 3.63 0.76

Domestic Production 11.176 1,731 12.53 8.38

Total 18.439 15 4,608 4,100 16.16 14.9 9.15 7.7

Cr ude Oil Production MDmNorthernRegion 0.45

SouthernRegion 1.48

Total 1.93 1.5



INTERPOL

London Metropolitan Police (Scotland Yard)

Italian Carabinieri

US Department

FBI

of Justice



Years Before the War

Gold and jewelry moved to Central Bank of Iraq

Royal Family jewels (6744 pieces)

*Treasure of Nimrud (616 pieces)



Weeks Before the War

"Secret Place" used by staff to hide smaller

gallery pieces (8366 pieces)

Confirmed and inspected 4 Jun 03



Public Galleries

Of 451 display cases, 28 broken

40 exhibits stolen, 10 recovered



Sixteen other pieces dam aged in galleries

Golden bull's head moved to vault



RECONSTRUCTION EFFORTS IN IRAQ

Message:

Reconstruction across Iraq is continuing at a steady pace, despite the challenges posed

by areas of insecurity, and is laying the foundations for establishment of a stable,peaceful, and democratic Iraq.

US will stay the course and finish this work with the vast majority of well-intentioned

and capable Iraqis and our dedicated partners in the international community. Werecognize that providing for the material needs of Iraqis is one of the most importantingredients in creating a stable and responsible Iraq in the future.

Key Points:

US has pursued thoroughgoing reconstruction effort in virtually all fields ofeconomic, social, and governmental activity, including restoring essentialinfrastructure, supporting essential education, health and social services, expandingeconomic opportunity, and improving government efficiency and accountability.

In terms of infrastructure, the US has increased power generation in Iraq by more than

250% in about 3 '/2 months. Power production now stands at about 75% of pre-warlevels with a goal of restoring power to 100% of pre-war levels by 1 October.

In addition, the US has repaired more than 130 critical breaks in Baghdad's water

network and increased water flow bv 200 million litersldav to reach the me-war levelof 150 literslperson, per day. Further, we have rehabilitated more than 70 of the 90non-operational sewerage pumping stations in Baghdad.

In the field of health services, the US has reestablished a routine immunization

program and distributed country-wide more than 22.3 million doses of vaccines tocover 4.2 million children and 700,000 pregnant women. We have also conductedneeds assessments and begun resupplying more than 170 hospitalslreferral centers andmore than 80 primary health care centers.

In icrms ofeducation, \ \e ha \c inventoried 12.000 priman and secondary schools andordered studcnt kits for 1.2 million students and school kits for 3.900 schools mhichprovide learning and teaching materials

In pursuit of greater economic opportunity, the US is helping develop commercial law

provisions to improve the investment climate in Iraq. The US has also created the



Iraq Updatej&Q3

Coalition forces continue robust security patrols and military operations hroughout Iraq,

including oint patrols with Iraqi police and the formation of a new Iraqi civil defense

corps.

Coalition forces continue to take the offensive against terrorists, former regime

loyalists and Ba'athists n Iraq who are targeting the sites and symbols of the

Coalition's reconstruction and stabilization successes.

130,000 U S service members and more than 24,000 troops from 33 Coalition

countries serving in Iraq. In addition, more than 170,000 Iraqis are working toward

security and stability in their country.

Tnere are 70 000 raois in the DO ce force, 15 000 Iraq s n tne C vil Defense

Corps 5 000 in me new Iraqi army. 13 000 in border patro an0 65 000 n meFacilities Protection Service- The capture of Saddam Hussein has yielded helpful intelligence nformation, eading

to an increase n the quality of captures by the Coalition. The Coalition has captured

42 of its 55 most wanted.

The Coalition is applying constant pressure to the enemy through offensive military

operations, disruption of former Ba'athist leadership and terrorists. Recent

operations and actions include:

> Operation Market Sweep: resulted n the capture of 55 enemy fighters, including

5 targeted individuals Weapons confiscated included three mortars, 184 RPG

rounds, 80 RPG boosters, four RPG launchers, seven missiles 18 rockets 17

lEDs. four cases of TNT, 105 small arms weapons, more than 8,500 rounds of

ammunition, 244 grenades and four mines.

>Â Task Force Iron Horse, resulted n the capture of an anti-Coalition inancier and

75 others Weapons confiscated ncluded 16 rifles, 75 rolls of detnonation cord,

33 magazines of ammunition, seven machineauns. 12 mortar rounds, 89

detonation devices, eight artillery rounds, 135pounds of gun powder and small

arms ammunition.

> Operation Ivv Blizzard: an ongoing, combined effort to target, isolate and

eliminate former regime elements and other anti-Coalitioncells that denies the

enemy freedom of movement, communication and oraanizationwhile providing

security to innocent Iraqi civilians.

b Ooeral on Pantnef Backroads an operation to interdict anti-Coantlonan0

sm-gql ng acnv ies 'hat re% tea rn the estaotishment of 25 tac!ica. cneckpomts

an0 tre exec-'on of e gqt cowon searcnes The 3rd Brigade searcned 1 351vehicles and confiscated 15AK-47s, wo Enfieid rifles and captured 13 enemy

personnel



DNQ interdiction: U.S. and Coalition maritime forces seized 15 individuals and

$1 1 million street value worth of hashish ( 2 . W pounds) from an intercepted ship

in the North Arabian Sea on Jan. 1. An Australian P-3 located and tracked the

ship after receiving information about possible smuggling activities. Units from

the Expeditionary Strike Group 1 intercepted the vessel,

The interception s the third in two weeks by Coalition maritimeforces. On Dec.

1 5 forces from USS Oecatur detained a ship and its 12 crewmembers. and

seized aooroximatelv$10 million in hashish On Dec. 20forcesfrom USS

Pn ippine Sea oeta & a two vessels the r 21 crewmem5ers ana sezeo 95pounds of heron and more than 50 pounds of methamphetam i e s Of me 33

crew detained in those interceptions,1 0 have been transferred or further

questioning after initial interrogations revealed possible Al Qaeda affiliations.

9 Operation Iron Justice: included he search of more than 1,200 apartments n 36buildings and 52 other structures for suspected insurgent forces and criminals,

illegal weapons, bomb-making materials and propaganda rom the former

regime Soldiers detained43 people and confiscated 215 assault rifles, fourmachine guns, nine pistols, 10 hand grenades, 10 RPG launcher sights, 12mortar sights, RPS propellant, eight mortar fuses and 225 hand grenade fuses,

night vision goggles and IED components.

- A 1-1 y maependent central bank has been establ3hea banKs are making

loans to f nance o-s nesses more than 95 percent of a I pre-war Dank c~s lo rrers

have sefi ce and f rsi-t me customers are openinq accounts oa y

' Oct 15, the new Iraqi dinar went into circulation n Iraq, replacing he

old currency that bore Saddam's ikeness.

01 Oa y c r d e product on has reamed approximalely2 1 mil ion oarrels per dayS nce "une o i sa es have generalea more than $3 3 bill on in reven.P for Iraq

reconstruction

Education

Hiaher Education: All 22 universities and 43 technical institutes and colleges are

open, as are nearly all primary and secondary schools. The Fulbright Scholarship

Proqram will restart in January 2004 A minimum of 20 scholarships will be awarded.hep program last operated n he country in 1988.- Primary Education More than 5 5 miLon schooichioren began tne r f rst oay ofinsUdct on on Ocl 4 Iraq cm dren no longer recite Long l ve tne eader Saaoam

Hussein" each morning. Schoolbooks are being reprinted with all references o

Saddam Hussein and the Ba'athist Party removed. A committee of Iraqi teachers

convened by the Ministry of Education reviewed he texibooks to remove the

references. More than 72 million new textbooks will be distributed before the end of

the school year,



The Iraq Funding Request Provisional

Ground Truth: Line-by-LineSeptember 26,2003

On Sectemoer7 2003 P'es dent Bi sn anno~nced s request 10 Congress for $87 bi . on for onqo ng mi laryand in? igence operatons n raq Afgnan stan and elsewhere n the G ooa .%r Aga n i t Terror sm Th s b-aqetreques' A s-ppon ine S comm imeni lo ne png lne iraqi p o p e rebd o me r o ~ naton after decades ofoonress on and m smaiaaement t A I orovae f ~ n a s helo ran s mpro /e sec-iniy ,estore oasc seN ces andto build new schools, roads, and medical clinics. Included inthe request s the following.

. 164 million fo rth e new Iraqi military.

t- Tne New raa Amy is crica 10 ine sxcess of the U S m ss on in Iraq ana n ine overail Aar againstterrorism Tnese f-nas * be "sed to acceeraie tne grad~ai.on f ira nea Iraq oata lons from 9 to 27 byAugust 2004.

P Fundina will be used for hirina militaw emerts and contractors rom the United States to train the New

, .Iraqi Army Tnrougno.t ir s s~ pp em en ta equest pnvate convactors are oe ng .sea nsiead of tne3M 'ary n oraer t v e d ~ c ehe nd ~b e rf JS sol'lers dsp'oyeo n raq as we as lo tree -p tne soaierswno are n rat 10 perfom me r comoat d it es 'nese fw as w 'Ibe JSCTo cont n.e to provide trair ng att i e K r<.ish M Â¥aT'-anenaCenter. iowa'o me qoa of r e b ~ri nq ine raq Armea Forces 10 a !eve we recoalition forces can be relieved to the mission ofassuring lraq'sterritorial integrity.

$100 million to finance the investigation of crimes against humanity by the former Iraqi regime.

For the Iraqi victims and their loved ones, the Coalition must help the Iraqi people bring justice to thosewho carried out the Hussein regime's acts of murder, torture and brutality,

F ~ n ag is sro. ded to n re 500 n~esugaio rs nd experts at an average cost per Xrso n of $200 000un c i eflects me sn s readired ana 'ne additionalcosis Der person inc .oe a i a/eraqe of S,OO 000 for.security and logistics.

$20 millio n to protect members of Iraq's newjudiciary.

An independent, fully function ing udiciary is an essential defense against Iraq becoming a breedingground for terrorists and extremists. Much of the previous court system was corrupt -- a new Courtsystem will be a key pillar of a free Iraq.

9 In order for new iudaes to be recruited, he Coalition must guarantee heir safety and the safetyof their

lam ,es Tne'e i r e i ~ r e n t860 udges and prosecutors Ãˆn are now oe ng veneo by the 10 c al reviewcomni nee ADO-oxvale y ha f of i r e dqes nave mvo iemenl n cr m l a cases

Tne appro* ir ate cost of protect ng new pages is 400 judges and p'osecdtors a1 $50 000 per PersonA'nn tnese f ~ i d s , e fami es of eacn uCge and prosecror are pro loed a r o ~ i dne-COCK rotection anasome set-r'y 'no0 ca Sor o 'her noqes Tne new securt, g~a rds evera 0' m o m nave a resaysacnfceo me r les are ia ia $60 or $121 per month d ppnd ng on tner eve 0' reswns b I y



01er me oast f e ~eets a med groups n me Soutb aro in Bagndao nave artac6ea rao courthouseswhen often ack s e c ~ r hnhartemenis and are ocaled n cmnded b ~ sess oVresoentia areasFunding is required to "harden" hese facilities against potential attack.. 100 mil lion to enroll Iraqi families in a witness protection program.

'A nn.ng me Aar aga nst terrorism requires he cooperation of tne raq people yet there have beenremote cnnes comm ttea aga nst .no i d ~ a l sno help the Coa.4 on "ne Coaluon m ~ s t wect me

mnesses f ega aitnortes oe eve tney are n danger The fun0 ng s n'endea 10 cmer the eS1 male0ws ' of omtec'on '00 'am es ofW at 5200 000 per fami q Tn s funoing reqJest *as oased on me cost

of witnesses in a family involved n a recent rape case.

$400 mil lion for two new prisons and $10 mil lion fo r expert assistance In prison reconstruction.

Tne Coal on ,s c,rrent \ noJs i g mose accused of m~rder nd otner v.oen'cr mes in tents Theoppon-n tor escape s temp'ng ana real When the pfsoners a'empt lo escape tney e tner 6 I he 1g-ards n me arenpts or are UIed themselves P i s sri-atori mJst oe ixed mmeo alely

The funding request would provide two 4,000-bed prisons at a cost of $50,000 a bed- a cost far belowthe per-bed constructioncosts of a high security prison in the United States, which ranges from $60,000to $120,000.

Impacting he cost of prison construction in Iraq s labor (lower cost than in the U S.), and equipment andbuilding materials (higher cost than in the U.S.). Fluctuations n materialcosts have ranged Up to 300 10400 percent.

> Many previous raqi prison employees are vicious individualswho had been personallyselected by

Saddam. The Coalition needs outside expertise. The current funding request- 100 experts to assist

prison reconstruction or six months at $100,000each --falls below market rate for individuals o entershostile-firezone. The funding aiso cover? personal security and logistics.

$150 million to begin work on a children's hospital.

> A new, state-of-the-artchildren's hospital s slated for construction in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city.

and Shiite area that was brutally oppressed by Saddam Hussein. At a total cost of $500 million, thefacility will be the only children's hospital in the area.

$100 million to build seven communities.

To succeed in Iraq, we must provide basic, minimal iving standards or the iraqi people, Iraqis needmore than a million homes- manv families ive in cardboard houses on the sites of open garbage dumps.F ~ n dg s req~esleoo ou d seven rous ng common t es, nc JO ng more man 1000 d e ngs Manyraq s h Ibe em3 o,eo d -mq POJS q constrLct on ana paid WITHSIC0 m or of se zeo fu r& from tne- -

former regime.



. $54 mil lion for the Iraqi public telephone system.

D While earmarked or an Iraqi agency with "postal" in its name, funding will be used to rebuild he Iraqi

public telephone system.

$9million for Iraq's postal service

b Fundino Is allocated to reoair looted mtoff icesandto modernize raa's mail-handling facilities, ncluding seedmoneyfor automated systems such as letter and package bar coding, establishmentof ZIP codes, letleiand package tracking systems, and links into financial accounting systems.

$2 million garbage collection.

In Saddam Hussein's raq, only the wealthy and politically connected had access to garbage c~ l lec t i~n .Mountains of garbage have formed at the perimeter of many Iraqi towns. Landfill sites do not exist andgarbage deposited n poorly designed sites can contaminate he ground water in a country where drinkingwater is at a premium. The requested unds would allow the purchase of 40 garbage trucks at a Cost of$50,000 apiece - an importantpart of providing basic sewices for the Iraqi people



Mass Graves in Iraq

Mass aravesites have been identified n Iraa. Drovidina further evidence of the former regime'satrociies Tne Coal to n Pro,s'.ora ~u inon&CPA) is wo rm g to h e l l gr.eÃ nq famil es search forost re at ves and ireserve e\ oence for f~ lu re mseciihons aaa.nst the peroptrators 0)me newIraqi government,. 102 mass graves have been found.

. Estimates ndicate that 300,000 victims of Saddam's regime may be buried n mass gravesthroughout Iraq.

The CPA is working with Coalition members, internationalorganizations,nongovernmentalorganizationsand local Iraqi leaders to implement the following measures:

Step One: Public Awareness and Site Assessment. The CPA has initiated a media campaign and is working with local and religious leaders oexplain to the public why it is necessary to preserve he grave sites.

a

A team of U.S. forensic experts has arrived to assess the sites and determine Securityneeds. They will work with other Coalition assessment teams.

Step Two: Security and Support. At sites such as al Hillah where extensive digging has already begun, the CPA will deployhumanitarian response eams. The teams will work with local leaders to coordinate anorderly digging process; encourage detailed examinations of personal effects; assist Inimplementation of a system to keep records of identified remains; mplement a process forproviding death certificates and conducting witness interviews,and facilitatedocumentation of information ound at the sites.

Military at these sites will help inform the families of the importanceof careful exhumation,and provide them with water, shade, plastic bags, gloves and masks.

. At sites that have not been subiect to extensive diaaina, the CPA will hire local Iraqis togia rc t i e graces and oeploy n^rr'an,'anan response teams to mee' N In fami es #noa i iear at me s te to exoa n the ~ron lems i'n Jncoora nated exnJmalon an0 rform themof the CPA's plans to assist in identification and reburial of remains

. Forensic investigative eams from the Coalition will follow the assessment teams toconduct exhumations of gravesites. They will be coordinatedout of the CPA off ices andwill hire and train local lraqis to help.. Step Three: Identification

. The CPA w ' rtork N th ex sl nq lraai orgaiizat.ons lo es'abiisn an Iraqi COmmiflee OnM ss no Persons ,iCMPi Nn cn w l c o l w he records of raa s who nave a saooearea andcompile a national database to integrate he informationwith findings of the forensicinvestigative eams.. In connection with ICMP, the CPA will create a national outreach program orfamilies,



. Step Four: Prosecution

. Prosecutionof crimes against humanity committedby the former regime will be conducted

through an Iraqi-led process assisted and supportedbythe internationalcommunity as

needed.

. To ensure that prosecutorshave access to evidence, the CPA will form an evidence

coordination eam The team will create centralized and systematic warehouses for the

storage, documentationand preservationof evidence.. The teams will train local experts in handling and preservation of forensics evidence.



Talking Points for the Program Management OfficeIIraq Co ntractsDRAFT 1 - 12/2/03

Core Messages

A safe, stable an d free Ir aq is not only imp orta nt for the Iraq i people, but is also vitalfor the security of Am erica and its allies in t he G lobal W ar A gainst Terrorism.

Reconstruction funding is targeted fo r contracts and projects tha t will improve thelives of the Ir aq i people.

Co ntracts for Ira q's reconstruction will be awa rded through a process th at is fair,

inclusive and transparent.

A safe, stable and free I r a q is not only important for the Iraqipeo ple, but i s also vital or the

security of America and i ts allies in the Globa l Wa r Against Terrorism.. The United S tates and its Coalition partners are com mitted secure, stable and free Iraq. The Iraqi people - as well as Am ericans, civilian and military, and ou r coalition partners- re

dedicated to building a peaceful, prosperous and secure Iraq that does not harbor, fund and/or

trains terrorists.

The restoration of vital services such as pipelines, police stations and new governm entbuildings is key to building that future (and a key to the sign that the Iraqi people reject theterrorists vision of fear and oppression). Terrorists attack high visibility sights because these

are the outward siens of oroeress -which is contrary to their vision of fear and oppression is. "being rejected by the Iraqi people.

10 construction & 7 w o er am management contrac t solicitations released 6 Ja nua r y - See

Attached.o Tota l value = SS.Ob

These Contracts for Iraq's reconstruction will be awarded through a process that is fair,

inclusive and transparent.. The Am erican people must know that the Coalition is a responsible steward of their tax dollars,and that rigorous and effective oversight will ensure that not one penny goes to waste.. Contracts will fund projects that involve the Iraqi peop le the greatest extent possible.

Mo re than 55,000 Iraqis are employed by con tractors in Iraq, at an average wage of54.00 - 5.00 dollars per day - ar exceeding what m ost Iraqis earned under the regimeof Saddam Hussein.. Projects have been prioritized based on those that have the largest positive impact on the Iraqi

people.. The Program M anagement Office (PMO) will utilize contracting strategies that emp loy full

and open competition and comply with federal acquisition laws.



. nformation about reconstruction contracts is publicly available through the State Department,

Department of Defense and the Coalition Provisional Authority.

> Detailed information about business opportunities and contract awards in Iraq isavailable at www.rebuilding-iraq.net.

Summaries of contracts to be awarded ar e posted on the Federal Business O pp ort un itie ~

website at www.fedbizop~5s.eov.

> General information on doing business w ith the U S . military is available at:www.aca.osd.mil/sadbu/~ublications/selIing.

The PM O has established clear lines of accountability to track funding and projects within theCoalition Provisional Authority.

b The contractor selection process will be open and com petitive

Multiple in-country contracting agencies - State Department, US AID, U SACE - will

be used in concert with the PMO.

b The PMO w ill make financial, contractual and project progress information available inreal time

P Periodic progress reports will also be issued, as well as an annual written report.

Q. T h e m is a significant amount of contusion ab out how the supplemental money i s being spent.

What is the break out for funding?

A. There is are three primary areas of funding fo r contracting: 9 billion in con struction contracts,$6 billion for non-construction projects, such as police training and military equipment, and abou t$4 billion for hold back funds. The 9 billion is divide into two parts, about 4 billion in contractsabout to be aw arded by US A ID and the ACE for oil restoration in the North and South sectors andthat is planned for electricity projects and other priorities. The other 5 billion is in the 17 RFPsbeing released tomorrow (7 Jan 04).

Q. We've heard about the SIB rescue. Why arc > o u eserving hinds" If they're corninp back, willthey he adJed to the rixistmg contracts as opiion., or wil l \ . i u h d\c 10 do new c ~ n t r a c t ~ ~hen

will the decision be made ,.,will you have to award new contracts by the end of the fiscal year?Will the existing contractors be allowed to bid on the additional contracts?

A. Two reasons. First, The $4 billion in reserved funding is not designated for anyihing specific.rather we have identified the need to address changing project priorities; and second, we need theflexibility to address new requirements as they arise. It makes good business sense to keep somefunds uncom mitted, it allows for adequate planning, and will reflect good stewardship of taxpayerfunds.



Q. We've watched as the amount of capacity has decreased from enough to fund 2 6 contracts 10the current 20. What happened?

A. Let's be clear, we have the capacity to spend close to $9 .0 b in construction for the very nearterm. This includes the AID contract, and the two pending Oil reconstruction contracts from theAC E. Tomorrow 's release of 17 additional solicitations renresents an enormous investment indollars, construction and human resources. We d etermined that we could streamline themanaeem ent structure within each sector of work. which allowed us to reduce the number of

contracts being requested from 26 to 17.

Q: Are all the projects initially scheduled for work being completed?

A: There w ere some of the lower priority projects that are being deferred to future work.

Q: W hat has taken so long to reach this decision?

A. We are undertaking an unprecedented task. Our goal to do this right up front was the primarycause fo r delay. The restmcturina of the work to be co mpleted, the coordination of language withinKi Ps for common ta A i and [he \ ast cooperation that occured across the L ' S O agencies caused us

to ihiit . r nnginttl icheduli: h! iilm.ist a month. \^ c do n,it cxpcct any m apr delays in the lulurc

Q: Ho w will this affect the timetable laid forth by Adm . Nash during Industry Day onNovember 19'"?

A: Here is our current timetable:

November 19,2003 Industry Day, W as h i i o n D .C .December 5,200 3 RFPs O n Hold Pending Resolution of IssuesJanuary 7, 2004' Release RFPs (Program Mgrnt & Construction)February 10, 2004 Proposals Received

March 2, 2004 Proposal Evaluations CompleteMarch 9,2004 Source Selection Authority Decisions Congressional Notification of Award

March 12,2004 Contracts Awarded

We expect to hold a bidders conference for the RFP s sometime at the end of January or thebeginning of February.

0 4 e r e heard h u t he bureaucra tic m-figh tingh c e n ou and II S 4l D I1.m much mimcywill go 10 thcir Inira struc ture II' contract from thv supplcmcnfil"

A. USA ID has just announced the selection of the contractor the for the Infrastructure I1

solicitation. Yes, that money is coming from the Supplemental and the nature of the work to betasked will be directed by the CPA 's Program M anagement Office. AID is an integral part of thePMO and the reconstruction efforts in Iraq.

Q. Are PMO 's contracts the only construction contracts that can be used to spend Supplementalconstruction money?

A. No. PMO is the entity established to oversee, coordinate and execute the reconstructionprogram laid out in the Supplemental. Several US government agencies are serving as executiveagents on behalf of the CPA, and the PMO is the entity responsible for managing and coordinating



the execution of these agreements. The supplemental money will cover both construction and non-construction con tracts. Currently we have only issued the construction RF Ps and will be followingthese with the non-construction efforts.

Q. How much of the needed reconstruction of Iraq will be completed through your program? Ifyou're not go ing to do it all, how will it be done?

A. We have no real indicators of the costs of reconstruction. The media has reported estimates as

high a s $1 00 B needed fo r infrastructure repairs and developm ent. We have said all along this ishe starting point, and several other nations have sterne d forward as well. The M adrid conference- . &.

received additional commitments for approximately S15.0b. We will work together with theinternational com munity to ensure the current and future projects identified by the Iraqi Governing. "Council and the Iraqi ministries will continue and new projects will begin as soon as possible

Q. How many people do you have on the government team today, and how big will you grow inorder to manage this work? We've heard there's only go ing to be a few government employees,- -and you're go.tig to lei contractors do most d t h c work ufm ana ging the program Isn't that arecipe lor diia srr . iin'l 11 like letnng the fox guard the henhouse''

A. We expect the government staffing of the PMO to reach approximately 130 very soon.Already we have more than 100. There is some work that only government employees canundertake and we will perform those functions as needed.

Q. Can you address what work the Corps of Engineers will be doing vs. AID?

A. Each of the executive agencies will have different responsibilities based upon project priorities,expertise of the agencies, schedules and availability of resources. If vou have specific questionsabout a specific RFP please contact the executive agencies directly.

For Media Queries:

US AID M edia POC: Portia Palmer (202) 761-4715US ACE Media POC: Scott Saunders (202) 494-3887

Much progress has already been made:

D S1.4B apportioned from $18,6o $600M to USAIDo I30 0M to Stateo $5m to Treasuryo $500M to DOD V IA , ICDC)

> The Coalition has successfully helped in reopening all 240 Iraqi hospitals and 95 percent ofIraq's 1,200 medical clinics.

b Today Iraq is producing about 2.1 million barrels of oil per day for themselves and for theworld market.

Some 400 Iraqi courts are back in operation



. Fuel (Reconstruct Iraqi Oil contract): DoD believes that KBR did not have adequate subcontract

pricing evaluation pnor to the award of the Reconstruct Iraqi Oil contract, resulting n overpricing ashigh as $61 million hrough September 30th. OoD recently aunched a criminal investigation nconnection with a whistleblowercomplaint made regarding he contract.. Oi l kickbacks: KBR has voluntarily discloseda possible violation of the Anti-KickbackAct by two of

its employees. KBR has already reimbursed or the estimated mpact of $6.3 million.DCAA has

requested supporting data from KBR to validate hat sum.



Table of Contents

Executive Summa

Coalition Provisional Authorit

Coalition P rovisional Authority Inspector Gener

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ctwilies of the CPA Inspector General 9

Sources an d Uses of Fund

Process and Control

CPA-1G Accomplishments to Date and Next Steps . - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Glossary and Appendices



e Humanitarian Assistance Fact Sheet

From the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom, the Coalition has made humanitarian assistanceacrucial part of the mission. The war did not launch a humanitariancrisis, but it is ending one.

As areas are beraleo aro secueo h~ma ro la r n aid 1s be ng dei vered ano assessments areOngo ng 'nfo.qno.1 oerated >ortons of raq to re-eslao sh the countVs nfrastr.ct~re inpartnershipwith the Iraqi people,

The most immediate need is to address basic priorities such as medical care, food, water, andelectrical service. Thanks to theefforts of Coalition roops, humanitarian elief is flowing Into Iraqby sea, land, and air

. Humanitarian aid is arriving Overland from Turkey, at Baghdad InternationalAirport, and

through the recentiy-openedport at Umm Qasr.

. $375 m on ~ o n if ood (590000 metnc tons) have been pro/ rieo by the ,n lea Slatesm c l ~ dg IAOen t sn c oaos cf w f i ~ a lent from me Pon of Ga vision .. enoJan wneat tofeed 5 million Iraqis for one month.

US Coalition troops continue to distribute captured enemy supplies, such as cooking oil, flourand soap to the Iraqi people.

Efforts are underway n Umm Qasr to get the railwaysystembackon track. Coalition orces

deliberately avoided destroying Iraq's rail system to ensure it could be used after hostilities.

. Coalition orces are distributing resh water throughout Iraq. They are using military purificationequipment to produce resh tfirater, and military equipment to move it forward to meet the needsof the Iraqi people,

. Twenty-five 4,400-gallon tankers have been dispersed daily throughout the city of Basra andsurrounding areas

The international Committee of the Red Cross has carried out maintenance work at several

water plants in Basra and Baghdad, and is providing supplementary drinking water tounderserved areas, as well as to health care centers and hospitals

. USAID has contributed$246 million of humanitarian elief, ncluding water containers, tanksand treatment plants,

. UNICEF is trucking water into Basra,



. The InternationalCommittee of the Red Cross has carried out maintenance work at severalwater plants n Basra and Baghdad, and is providing supplementary drinking water to poorly-served areas, as well as to health centers and hospitals,

Medical Care- The 1,000-bed hospital ship, the USNS Comfort, is providing combat medical support and

humanitarianldisaster elief assistance. U.S. military personnel and Iraqi POW and civilians are

receiving medical care

. The Comfort has admitted 300 patients since March 20, About 200 patients remain aboard,including about 120 Iraqi POWs and 30 civilians.

D 61 percent of Comforts surgical caseload thus far administered to EPWs

b 26 percent went to US . and Coalition troops

9 11 percent to Iraqi civilians,

A field medical hospital was establishedsoutheast of al Nasiriyah, and is being run by UKforces.

- Tactical field hospitals throughout Iraq are providing medical assistance o Iraqi citlzens inneed of medical attention

Coalition Contributions- At United States and Coalition urging, the U.N.Security Council passed a resolution modifyingthe Oil-for-Food program o help jump-start resumption of food shipments. Sixty percent ofIraqis rely on rations as their sole source of food.

. Coalition countries are making large contributions as well:

Australia sent a ship loaded with 50,000 tons of wheat.

A humanitarian light, carrying ood, water and medical supplies from Kuwait and

the Intemalionai Red Crescent, landed at Baghdad InternationalAirport.

Together with the Kuwaiti government, he U S built a pipeline o ca nt water to

Umm Qasr and the surrounding region.

> The Spanish ship, Galiacia, arrived at Umm Qasr with a 50-bed hospital hat w\\

be moved up into Iraq,

b The British ship, Sir Galahad, has unloaded 200-plus tons of food, water and

medicine at the port of Umm Qasr.

b United Arab Emirites s providing 70 metric tons of food, water and medical

supplies,

The Czech Republic is setting up a hospital o treat Iraqi POWs.

Japan has pledged $100 million n aid for the reconstruction of Iraq.



Humanitarian Aid and Reconstruction

The Do0 Office of Reconst~ction nd HumanitarianAssistance (ORHA) is coordinatingaidefforts among Coalition members, international agencies, other countries, and

nongovernmentalorganizations. its mission s to restore basic services for the Iraqi people,. ORHA is led by retired Lt. Gen. Jay Gamer, who held a senior military position n the1991

humanitarian relief ooeration in northern Iran The office staff is civilian and military experts,

drawn from a cross-section of federal agencies

There are three substantiveoffices under OHRA, each with a civilian coordinator:HumanitarianRelief, Reconstruction, and Civil Administration,

. Once services are restored, functions will be turned over as quicklyas possible to an IraqiInterim Authority,



I From the Podium

Secretary Rumsfe d D is cm e s DoD Priorit ies for 2004

'0-r agenda s c ear Tne aoba war on le-ror scmr.. no.and tv nl' crt ne breseeabe future. As we Prosec.te tne war. we?.need1 to continue to strenothen. imorove and transform our forces: modernize and restructure Droarams and commands, which we're workinn"

on sw am me 3"C processes an0 p -oced~res A read) n a t I woulc cnaractenze as re'ramable progress nas Deen made n these

raiscnpt N P ~re f ra is In S* R im'e 0 4 Gen Ute>)

Erin. Gen. Kimmitl B re fs on Proqress In lraq'Eaati Pany weapons'-m- ns con-n.e A SnJa bah -bel Ba ath Party mentier from Ta1Afar tdrned n a Iota o f 76 AM 79 an0 108A< magaz res A Sni-aoah-ete l Baaih Dany member 'romZumactmed ,n98 82mm mortar rounds and one compete 82mm mortarsystem an3 a sanoiaq f- of ironar 's es Ti e weapons fum. ns are c o r t i ~g i n h e nonn ana [arefevuence of tie former Baain

party members' vnllingness o support coalifon activities and assist in the reconsbudon of a new lraq "(Transcript GE!MmProvisional Authority Briefinq rom Baohdad)

Bug. Gen.MarkWrnrmtt,Deputy Director of Operations, CoaiiSonJoint Task Force 7 (January 8,2004

In the News

Hundredsot Iran1 Detainees Eligible fo r ReleaseAdministrators n Iraq Thursday announced he release of

hundreds of Iraqis detained by the Coalition as part of a

reconciliation effort. The fret 100 nonviolent detainees wereeligible to tie released Jan. 8. "More than ever, ifs clearthatthe

old ways o f coups and corruption and divfde-and-rule are over inIraq," he added. 'The tyrant, Saddam Hussein, is a prisoner (andmost ofh is henchmen are dead or captured, "said Coalition

Provisional Authority chief L.Paul Bremer. (Link to stow Iranig

H ai r Visits Iran. PraisesWork of Coalition's B ritishTroopsBritish Prime Minister Tony Blair praised the work of Britsh armedforces in Iraqduring a Jan. 4 visit to the region. He thanked themforthe ir role in "a noble and a good cause,' Blair flew into Iraq by

military aircraft rom the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sham et-Sheik, where he was vacationing with his family, according toBritish embassy officials in Washington,(Ltnk to s tow Blair

Praises T ~ O D S )

Powell Defends FebruaryU.N. Presentation on Iran'sWMDSecretary of State Colin Powell today defended his Feb. 5assertions before the United Nations Security Council that

Saddam Hussein's Iraq possessed and was hiding weapons ofmass destruction n defiance of numerous council resolutions."The factof the matter is Iraq did have weapons of mass

destmclionand programsof weapons of mass destruction, andused weapons of mass destruction against Iran and against heir

own people,' hesa id (Link tosto w: WMD RwoQ



From the Podium

Secretary Rumsfeld: Belgian War Crimes Law AbsurdSecretary Rumsfeld said Thursday in Brussels that American officials may stop attending NATO meetings In Belgium because Of a lawthat allowa"spurious" uits accusmg American leaders of warcrimes. The United States wll withhoM any further funding for8 new

NATO headquarters building here until the matter is resolved, he said, The problem stemsfmm Belgium's Universal Competence Law.Under this law, U S Central Command chief Army Gen. Tommy Franks has been charged with war crimesfor his actions in Operation

Iraqi Freedom. The law gives Belgian courts the powerto try citizens o f any nation forwarcrimes. 'These suits are absurd," Rumsfeldsaid. He said Franks went to great lengths to spare civilian livesduring the war in Iraq. "The point is this: By passing chat law, Belgium

has turned its legal system into a platform for divisive, politicized laws ub against officials of 11s NATO allies." DefenseLINKNewsBelgianLaw Mav Force U S. to Stop Attendmu NATO Meetinqs

Secretary Rumsfeld. June 12,2003

Ambassador Paul Bremer. Director of the Coalition Provisional Authority, Gives Update on Iraq

We've comoleted. I hink it's fair to sav. the first nhaseofthe Coalitian'sefforls owards the reconstitution of l k . The focuson thatpnase was gelling basc se rv es oe "ired, . ties to e c an, and pro w q better avi and oraer tor e v e r yw o y ~ e ve ot the water

anc me pcwer on n man, pars of me ccmiry i s act-a.1, now a b i ~ e ueso f Ana' i as beforeme war Tne secono pnase of

reconsll.lon, ~ n c hea y oegrs row, nas as 1s man em ha s s 'estc'f ng econom.':actiJty '(irarscr pi DoD h e m Bnefina onCoalition Post-war Reconstruction and Stabilization E fforts)

News & Notes

Rumsfeld Discusses NATO Membershlo With AlbaniansTIRANA, Albania, June 10, 2003 -American and Albanian defense

officials discussed the Balkan nation's desire to become a full-fledged member of NATO and the war on terrorism during meetingshere today Defense Secretary DonaldH.Rumsfeld also thankedAlbanian Defense Minister Pandeli Maiko and the rest of hisgovernment for their help in ~fg hanis ti n nd Iraq. "The wiroteAlbanian ~ooula tionn the reoion considers the United Statesof

Americaa strategic ally," ~ a i oaid Vn hot areas oftheglobewhere (the war on terror) is being foughtfor peace and democracy,Albania s carrying its duty there' DefenseLINKNews Rumsfeld

Discusses NATO Membershiv With Albanians

victories in Afghanistan and Iraq. Yet it is paramount, he said, "thatwe don't let our successes ull us into a sense of complacency." He

emDhasized that "the war on terrorism is far from over' Another

mod orwa y tnreano giooal secure nvo ue s n e p'o rferatcr ofweapons of mass desu-cio n,lre qcnera. re'na'ked lo t r g ha tseine co-nines A % \MO prcqra ns'w o~lo e'.'nese Acasons tall.nio lne nanos of l e m ,IS' Defense-IM News Aaron "erorsm- .

Ambassador Bremer, June 12,2003

OPERATION TRIBUTE TO FREEDOM

Fans at 13 Major League Baseball gameson June 14willwatch as flags flown over the Pentagon wit be raised in

honor of our troops. Gen. Myers will ttirow the first pi tch attheYankees-Cardinals Game And D.C. United soccerteamwill host Armed Forces Appreciation Day. All events are

partof Operation Tribute to Freedom. DefenseLINK News: Malor

Leaque Baseball, Soccer to Salute Troops on Flaa Dav

Paul Rock (left),a Vietnam veteran, organized an Operator) Tributeto Freedom paradein Longmont. Colo , f o r his son, 19-year-OldZachary, a U.S. Marine laice corporal who served n Iraq.



From the Podium

Secretary Rumsfeld. Retired Lt. Gen. Jav Garner Brief on Proaress In Iraq

"In the north and south, electricservice is betterthan it's been in 12 years. Basra has power 24 hours a day. Baghdad is now averagin

something like 18 ,190 r 20 hours a day. Gas lines for cars that mark the first weeks of after-liberation are disappearing, and productio

and importation of gasoline continues at approximately 14 million liters a day There has not been a major health crisis. There is not a

humanitarian crisis in the country. All of the nongovernmentalexperts who have gone in have indicated hat that's thecase. Doctors an

nurses havegone back to wort. Twelve public hospitals in Baghdad are functioning and receiving power, Iraqi children are returning o

schools. Emergency paYments have been made in the Ministry of Education. as well as to some 20.000 teachers in Baahdad alone.

~ h e a e - ~ a a m f c a mrocess s LideM ay An0 1-rcrecsot r c jJals w e een re-nodeo tromtner postons'.

(transcript Do0 h e 6 Se c re - a ry R ~ ms '~ 7 e o a A t a i 3 b/A'n.a! Zafner

Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Washington (June 18,200

Mai Gen Rav Od len o Discusses 4" Infantry DM sion's Onooina Role In Iraq

'Atnot gn maor comDatoDeraiions nave ccn:ludeo. o ~ roders are iirt-lved n amos t aaiw contact w i n noncomD (ant orces brmer

regime members and common criminals. To defeat these attacks and to continue to improve thesec ui ty and stability within our area,

the task force is conducting search and attack missions, presence patrols and raids to disarm, defeat and destroy hostile forces, as we

as to capture the former regime members. Theseefforts have produced a stabilizing effectthroughout the region and resulted n he

Capture of several top 55 "most wanted" individuals of the former regime within our area of operat ions,' (transcript: Do0 News. Mai,Gen. Odierno Videoconference rom Baghdad)

Maj, Gen. Odierno, Baghdad (June 18, 200

BarryC. Black has been aowinted to serve as

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From the Podium

Secretary Rumsfeld: US. Committed to Stability and Security In Iraq"in Iraq, difficult work remains. Coalition forces havecapturednow some 32 out of 55 of the most wanted, end an additional two werekilled. And they continue to pursue those that remain at large They're making progress against the dead-enders who are harassingcoalition forces Just as they were unable to stop the coalition advance in Baghdad, thedeath squads will notstopourcommitment ocreatestabil ity and secunty in postwar Iraq."(transcript of press conference: DoD News Bnefina - Secretary Rumsfeld and Gen. Myers)

Secretary DonaM Rumsfeld, Washington (June 24,2003

Ambassador Bremer: Economic Freedom Must Be PrIorlW InIraq

By improving domestic economic policy, Iraq will be able to participate fully in the global marketplace. Today, Iraq's workers

factories and consumers rely on equipment and technologies from the 1950s and 1960s. Free trade and investment will

allow Iraq to benefit form the ideas and technologies that have lifted living standards around the world. it is not ust aquestion of buying better machines or obtaining better blueprints. By limiting foreign investment, Iraq has been denied the

chance to benefit from the world's best know-how thal also raises economic growth. Like other countries, Iraq will no doubt

find thal opening its borders to trade and investment will increase comDetitive oressure on its domestic firms and thereby

r as e p f d c t i v 6 raq starts in s process w :h man, advai:ages- po1ent.a y fe n e am and an eu~w'ea op-afon eager

to 10Ine ntemat ona comrnunit{ and o wealth

(transcript: Chief Adm inistrator in Iraq, W orld Econom ic Forum)

Ambassador L. Paul Bremer i ll , Jordan (June22,200

Ripken open the annual T-ball game by welcomingtheleansfrornFort Belvoirand Norfolk.7haJune22 event was dedicated in honor of the men andwomen untorm. O~erat~onribute to Freedom: T-

Fast FactsLink ITotal Reserve and National Guard on activeduty is 207,911. For release and cumulatneroster, link to:

DoDNews: June 25 2003

In the News

Military Studv Shows Safety of ~ m a l l ~ o xaccination PmaramWASHINGTON, June26- Dr. William Winkenwerder. Jr.. assistant secretary ofdefense for health affairs,announced yesterdav that research DoD conductedovera six-month nenod suaaests that; larae-&ale vaccination oroaram can be..cam d w tsa fe y A I? few senous adderse events Ca'a I ron 0.r researcn arewatt, impormi t e prepareoness ot ihe na ion Tne an i i y of me m m y oconduct this vaccination program safely demonstrates he capability to protect thepublic at large from the specter of smallpox as a weapon of terronsm; he said(story: DoD News' Smallpox Vaccination Study)

Gen. Hvers;All-Volunteer Military Gotna StrongVlASr V31X .me 25 - Tcd?fs al.vo,.iteer forces trong, v brantand has

SLccessh y n~!nyradchalenges n 'he glooa war on !enor.sm, me U Smilitary's top officer said here June 25. This is largely so, because for the mostpart, everybody who is serving is someone who wants toserve,'asserted AirForce Gen, Richard B. Myers, the chairman ofthe Joint Chiefs of Staff. Under theconscriotion. or draft, military. which was replaced bv the all-volunteer svstem.; t ' 5 7 3 oral'res wet^ req. lea 10spenfl tw ) years n me act ife m laryAdoptn'n'lhe ? l olLn'eer mi tary concept reSL.tea n hav r g peope stay in~ n i h ' n nge', Viers aonted0.1 and in I L ' ~ naoiec me m iia'\ to focus onimproving the training and quality of l ife forservice members.(story:DefenseLINK News: Volunteer Military)



From the Podium

O n W e a p o n s o f Mass Des t ruc t ion'a01 s 3 CC.~T/re s;co'C3 Ici- a ' 3 notasiho..gh w v e managed to bon in le e ry pace Trereare n.nCreds an0 n~naredso'susoect

mem ca o'0 2 ~ 3:a o- 1.0 03- 5 tes 'rat n a a not Dee? nasoqatedas ~t It w 11 lane W e A - p B u a x AC ve en 1 oeen ne w w e n neensT i e ie a m ct pecsc a'e 3.1 n.estca:ng: ie ate's!? after sue &no iw, nael~^;nq e^eh f~00 e oooqca aowamws hncr ibe p fe ns elnte pxe laqer [ . , assesses13 ae .st r a t - o o o c c a i weapons doocatmes.Tieife sn o ~ r q ~ e ~ a t c ~ a n o c n e c < . r g t n e m o ~ l- t z . l i encrrent vats 'ne c-~ e' l .8 -3: n a l tne rues:gato-s' . ecreta'y of Dvl'sise Donao Ro/ rsf~

Council on Foreign Relations,May27,200

". f lh he case of the weaoons of massdestruction, there'sbeen 12 v e m ofconscious, deliberate effort to hide the oroaram, as indicated, or

example, in ..the mobile traders that we have discovered, that ~ecretaryPowell spoke about at the United Nations.That's why from the beginning ofth e UM effort,we put somuchemphasis on giving he inspectorsunprecedented authority to lake Iraqi scientists and other knowledgeable people ouotthecountry, with their families, so they could be interviewedincircumstances hat were free from intimidation."

-Deputy SecretaryofDefense Paul W o M z

Senate Foreign Relations Comnntfae,May22,200

"Coalition experts... ave been unable o identify any legitimate ndustrialuse... at would ustify the effortand expense of a mobile productioncapability. We have investigatedwhat other industrial processes may require such equipment ..and agree with the experts that [biologicalweapons]

aaent ~rofluctions the only consistent, oo m ~ r o ~ o s eor these vehicles.' - "Iraai Mobile BiolouicaiWarfare Assent Production Plants? . .~ i p o r ty the CIA & Defense ntel l igence Agency

May 28,2003



From the Podium

Secretary Rumsfeld: Be dlan War Crimes Law AbsurdSecretary R ~ n s I e said Tr'.'soa) r B r~sse mat American oTc a s may stop attend ng hATO meetings n Belg um because of a aw

*at a.ows 'sp.ioiis's. ts acc-s n~ Amercan eaoen of Aar c'ir es T e n tea Sla'es wil winnod any furtner unomq for a new

NATO headquarters building here 'ntil the matter is resolved, he said. Theeroblemstems from Beloium's Universal ComDetenCe Law

Under th is law U S ~e nt ra i~ om ma ndhief Armv Gen. ~ o m i n v ranks has been charaed with warcrimes for his actions in Ooeration

Ira2 Freedom Tne a h g ~ e s eg an coi ns ti e p o w o t'y c t'ze is o'any nauon for war cr mes 'Tnese SJIISare aos-ro 'R~msfel

sag He saa Frains hentto great engms to spare c ~ l a nives dunng me wa' n raa 'Tne porn s Ins By pass ng mat aw Be gu m

has tune0 is kq a sys'em no a b a t b i n for d MS ve poncze:) aws- tsaganstof fi ca s o'its NATO a1 es 'Defense- h 6 NewsBelaian Law Mav Force U S. to Stoo Attendinq NATO Meetings

Secretary Rumsfeld, June 12,200

Ambassador Paul Bremer. Director of the Coalition Provisional Authority, Gives Update on Iraq

W e v e compete0 in n6 f s fa r to say, me frst pnase of the Cba to n s e m i s owards i r e rewnst!Aon of Iraq. TnefOCuSOn tnatpnase was genng b as t sen; ces de 'ierea :e s t m e 0 n ar c p n v d n g DeTel law and oroer for everywdy Weve gottne water

and the power on. In many parts of the country it's actually now above levels ofwhat itwas before the war... The second phaseof

rewnstitution, which really begins now, has as its main emphasis restoring economic activity." (transcript DoD News: Briefina on

Coalition Post-war Reconstructionand Stabilization Efforts)

Ambassador Bremer, June 12,200

News &Notes

Rumsield Discusses NATO Membership Wtl h Albanians

TIRANA, Albania, June 10, 2003 -American and Albanian defense

officials discussed the Balkan nation's desire to become a full-fledaed member of NATO and the war on terrorism during meetinas

heretodav. Defense Secretary Donald H Rumsfeld alsothanked"

Albanian Defense ~ in is te r inde li Majko and the rest of his

government for their help in Afghanistan and Iraq 'The whole

Albanian population in the region considers the United Statesof

Amenca a strategic ally," Majko said. "In hot areas of the globe

where ithe war on terror) is being fouaht for ma ce and democraav.

P oan a s carry ng its d ~ t ynere' 3e ie ns e~ K News R-msfe'd'

D c.sses kATO Members13 A tr A LSI ans

War on Terrorism Is Touahesl Challenqe' Yet, Mvem Savs

WAS- hG'Oh . w e '1 2303 - Gen Rcnard B tkfers crairmanc l ne .o nt Cniefs of Staff to c araoJates o'tne ha t ma1 Defense

University that U.S. and coalit ioi forces have achieved significant

victories in Afohanistan and Irao. Yet it is oaramount he said. "that

we acn t let 0.1 sJccessea I" JS nm a sense ol corrplacfc~'y e

emphfis7ed'nat' tn~ w o n erronsrr s far from over'Aro t'e/

mode rnday threat to global security involves he proliferationof

weapons of mass destruction, he general remarked, noting that

somecountries with WMD programs wnuld let these weaponsfall

info the hands of terrorists.'DefenseLINKJews;WarTer&

OPERAT ON TRIBUTE TO FREEDOM

Fans at 13 Ma,or .eagJe Baseaa games on .we 14 will

watch as flags lown o w i e PentagonÃ lbe rased n

honoro f our troops. Gen. Myers will throw the first pitch at

theYankees-Cardinals Game. And 0.C. nited soccerteam1 will b t rmed Forces Aeereciation Day, All events are arof Operation Tribute to F ; ;~~O~. e f e n i e ~ l ~ ~ews. Malo1 Leaque Baseball,Weer to Salute Troops on Flaa Day

7n Opembn Tr buoFr&eoomparaae n m p o n t Coo for r s son 19-fear-ola

z m m a - s ~ a m e m o m m *no smw n rao



From the Podium

Progress Reoort on Basic Services in raq'USAID'S reconstruction team reports that residentialelectric customers In the north and the south of Iraq have more electric service todathan at any time in the past 12 years In Basra, operation Leakstop began on May 14th with a team of Iraqi plumbers moving through thecit

repairing eaks in water pipes, which has been a fair ly continuous problem because ofthe degradation of the infrastructure. In Kirkuk. 13 of 1primary health care centers and 46 of 56 health care facilities are now operational. In Baghdad the coalition is empbying some 1,500 Iraqis remove trash and clean overflowing sewage In the neighborhood of Throrah, formerly known as Saddam City, and clean upand refurbish th

Ministry of Justice. The Oil for Food distributionsystem has been re-ac:ivated in Umm Qasr, and the coalition is working to restart it througother portions of the country," (DoD News Bnefinu - Secretary Rumsfeldand Gen, Myers)

Secrelary Donaid Rumsfeld(May 0,2003

Bush: Freedom Is a Calling for Americans

'The advance of freedom is more than an interest we pursue, it is a calling we follow. Our country was created in the name and cause o

freedom, and i f the self-evident truths of our founding are true for us, they are true for all. As a people dedicated to civil rights, we are driveto defend the human rights of others. We are the nation that liberated continents and concentration camps We're the nation of the MarshaPlan, the Berlin Airlif t and the Peace Corps. We're the nation that ended the oppression of Afghan women, and we are the nation that closethe torturechambersof Iraq.'(President Detirvers CommencementAddressat Coast Guard)

PresidentGeow W Bush (May 21,2003

The Defense Department will observe Memorial Day atbases and deployed locationsworldwide Soldiers of the 3rd

U.S Infantry Regimentw\\ place 285,000 flags at graves inArlington National Cemetery The holiday marks the start ofOperation Tribute to Freedom, a program of activitiesslated for the weeks and months ahead that demonstratesp.0 c aporec a-.-in fog sen ce memeis acromc srfren!s

m a sa:r fees n ire coos nai ecdns: leroi s- Tns

mcrmnc me ele'ans o' Ope'alon r a i Freeom A nrg

be omnm oe a1 l i e he* YO* Sr,:ft Ercraroe The;

wil aiso meet NYSE Chairnan Dick G ram and boardmembers, and conduct interviews on the trading floor wi!hnational media. The event is just one of hundreds plans forOperation Tribute to Freedom. (For OTF updates andadditional Memorial Day events, please go to the DefendAmerica website hHp://www.defendamerica.mil/)

New Office to Help Set DoD Intelliaence PrioritiesWASHINGTON. Looking to the future and sening the defense prioff lies

for theintelligence community will be the focus ofthe new OfficeoftheUndersecretary of Defense for Intelligence in the Pentagon. SteveCamboneis theundersecretary n charge of the office. The office s part

of Defense Secretary Donald H Rumsfeld's move to transform thedepartment, Rumsfeld said during a press conference May20 that theoffice will ' k i p pull together these [intelligence]agencies in thedepartment so that they can interact with the Central Intelligence Agencyand theother intelligence entities in the United States government In amore professional and coordinated way." (full story at DefenseLlNKN w ew Office to HelD Set DoD hteiliaence Pnorities)

Joint Lwlstics Effort Made a Difference n the WarWASHINGTON- The speed of the baffle n Iraq strained the logisticseffort butthe service men and women were up to the task, said Armylogisticsofficials n Iraq and the United States, Speaking via a

teleconferencecall rom Iraq, Brig. Gen, Jack C, tuilz Jr. sad theunprecedented speed of the Coalition attack Into Iraq, and the enormousdistance the wanighters covered strained the logistics system. But it wasnever indangerof breaking, and the lw is toan s were able to supplywarfighters withthe ammunition, food, water and fuel they needed tocomplete the mission. Stultz said the pin t logistics effort made a

difference n the war '[Army, Marine Corps, Navy and Air Force@isticians] wereable to combine our logistics efforts, combinefhe useoourequipment and work asone team," he said (full stowDefei

News: Speed of Iraq Battle Tested U.S. Lowtics Efforts)



F r o m the Podium

Gravesite Evidence of Saddam Brutality

"With the discovery this week of mass graves in Iraq we have seen still more evidence of the brutality of that regime. Thediscovery was still another chilling reminder of why so many nations came together to remove Saddam Hussein from power.

Looking at that mass grave and the photographs of i t one cannot help but feel that it's a good thing that a regime with such

disregard for innocent human life is gone and will not possess the tools of mass murder.".Secretary DonaldRumsfel

May 15,200

Free from Tyranny, Iraq on Road to Recovery

"Across most of Iraq, life is already getting better. The regime of fear and oppression s gone. The Shi'a of Iraq have been

able to honor their reliaious traditions or the first time in decades. Town councils and local Doliticians are already starlina tomeet and openly and freely select their leaders. Water quality today is better in Basra than it has been for yea rs .~ ore&

today have access to electricity han ever before."

. . PaulBremeSpecial Envoy to Iraq

May 15,2003



From the Podium

On General Tornmv Franks and the War Ptan'[General Franks] fashioned a bnlliant plan. The fact that it was so successful is important. I think.,,the way [the] campaign wasconducted is also important .. All of those things that wuld have gone wrong, for the most part, did not. And that is a great benefit tothe region, to the neighboringcountries, it's a benefitto the peopieof Iraq, who did not suffer a prolonged air war, i t is a benefit to thosewho are now in the process of working on the stabilization and reconstruction of Iraq. And I simply want to say that General Franks i s atrulv outstanding orofessional military officer who oerformed his cnfeallv imoortant tasks iust about as well as they w uld have been,

performed, and yamvery gratefu l' . ' -secretary o f~e fens e onaldRumsfeld

May 9,2003

On Progress In ir aq'Fifty-two days ago today, President Bush issued the orderto begin Operation Iraqi Freedom .. Today, the Iraqi people no longer I'Nnfear... nd key regime figures are being brought to justice every day, one by one. Camps of terrorists who had found safe harbor in Irahave been destroyed. And our forces are exoloitina inlelliaence nformation dav bv dav on their oraanizations. heir networks andl thei

ooeratina nrocedires. Coalition orces have removed hundreds of tons of dan&&s &anons andmunitions from schools. from civilianneqloornooas [and] hrr re gio:s centers ""ne Coa uon nas secc-ired raqs 01 fields so mat tncse preco~seso.rces can n tact ceuser 3y me 'act peoste lo i t te5-#lo me r country afler decades of negect and cppresson Tne preocleo nmanranan m s s n raqhas been averted by the provision of food, water, medicines- n fact, at levels in some cases never before seen by the Iraqis. Childrein iraq are beginning to return to school, and basic services like health care, electricity, and water...are improving every day. Coalitioforces continue to work tirelessly with the international communitv. and certainlv with Kuwait. to locate military ~e rsonne l nd citizenswtio have ce?n m.ss ng in raq since i r e 1991 war Ti e mqiprop'sare PO* expenenc ng i r e nqnt of oemocracy a d ve-ytfiing t agoes win In? respcnsio ly of democracy a? lneÃ work tc ' o n a governnent cf tne r cnoce . iraqs best o a p are vet 10 come A i dme raq w o e ar"?lreao{ l a m ng sieps to ~ J ' O i ew pdemrpen* t a t .n fact nv l be of mer cnox -oca go'.ernments ana towncouncils are being formed in virtually every city and town across the country. The transition from dictatorship will take time, but is wordthe effort. " - Gen Tammyfranks,CENTCOhlCommande

May 9,200

A Maj Greg Cordray, a team leader from the 431st Civil AffairsReserve Unit,offers water to an Iraqi worker hired for a street-cleaning crew in Mosul during Operation Iraqi Freedom Iraqiworkers across the country are earning paychecks by assistingCoalition reconstruction eams. To see more pictures and read thefull story, please go to w.DefendAmenca.mil.



From the Podium

O n General Tommy Franks and the War Plan

"[General Franks] fashioned a br illiant plan The fact that it was so successful is important, I think ...he way [the] campaign waconducted s also important All of those things that could have gone wrong. for the most pert, did not. And that is a great benefit tthe region, to the neighboringcountries; t's a benefit o the people of I ra q who did not suffer a prolongedair war, it is a benefit o thoswho are now in the process ofworking on the stabilization and reconstructionof Iraq, And Isimply want to say that General Franks s atruly outstanding professional military officer who performed his crihcally important tasks just about as well as they could have beeperformed, and 1 am very grateful " - Secretary ofDefenseDonald ~urnsfe

May 9,2003

On Progress i n Iraq"Fifty-two days ago today, President Bush issued the order to b q i n Operation Iraqi Freedom... Today, the Iraqi people no longer live ifear... nd key regime figures are being brought to jusficeevery day, one by one. Camps ofterrorists who had found safe harbor n Irahave been destroyed And our forces are ex~lo itinamteilioence informat iondav bv davon their oraanizations. the ir networks land1 the"

opera1 g proced~resCoa io n farces r a te femoveo Â¥unared ot t m i dangernu wapons an0 m m w s rom scnools from CN aneohoofhoo~s and] from re 9 OJS en'ers Tne Coa ten has set-'po faq's o Ie d s so mat tnose pi e c o ~ sesxrces cai n fact oused o/ me rac Feope la Pep reb. c mear c L n Q aver de:ades ot negeel ant oppresson Tne pfec cted n,manrtaran cnsu in Irahas been averted by the provision of food, water, medicines .-n fact. at levels in some cases never before seen by the Iraqis. Childrein Iraq are beginning to return to school, end basic services like health care, electricity, and water... re improving every day Coalitioforces continue to work tirelesslv with the internationalcommunity, end certainty with Kuwait, to locate militarv oetsonnel and Citizenwno nabe oeen mss ng ,n raq nce me 1951w Tne raq people are now eipenenc nq tne rqnt of dÂ£-m'3c& ano euervf fin3 magoes urn ti e respon- o -y of cemocracy as tney *om lo form a g-xemmen' of tie.' cno ce .rat's best oays are yet to come Anme raqi peepe are a reaay UK i steps to ouio a n e .~ overnmepi tn a in tact A i oe i f me r c i o m .oca governments and 1councils are being formed n virtually every city and town across the country The transition rom dictatorshipwill take time, but is wortthe effort . . en TommyFranks, CENTCOM Comrnarme

May 2M3



From t h e Podium

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of < ng tnem. Ano k c a ~ s ef /OJ they wi na vea c r a n x fa 00 JSI nat

"There's still work to be done. The remnants of that regime need to be removed from even/ comer of this country. We still

have lo fi10 an0 oea wtin me remain nq e ements of t i e former regime Ae nave to roo' out and e m nate l e r o k t networksOperating n In's coJnlry We have TO ie lp Iraqs restore tne r bas c services Ano we have to nelp provioe ccnd tons of

stability an0 securty so inat the raq people can form an intenm au lnor tj an ntenm government a io tnen t mate'y a freeIraq qo!emment oaseo or so tea freeoom nd v dia liberty and t i e r J e of law.

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