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07/11/2003 Archived Entry: "More Iraq News"

Spain approves 1,300-strong force for Iraq
The force would be deployed in a relatively trouble-free part of the country.

U.S. Army to rotate its troops in Iraq
Halliburton, to feed and house up to 100,000 troops in Iraq
It will include semi-permanent wooden buildings similar to what is in Kosovo.
US tank fires for first time since end of war
U.S. troops withdraw from Fallujah mayor's office and disputed police station.

Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf unlikely to return to Iraq

CIA Asked Britain To Drop Iraq Claim
Only eight days after the State of the Union speech, however, Powell himself did not repeat the uranium allegation when he presented the administration's case against Iraq to the U.N. Security Council.

Bush Blames CIA for State of Union Error
What the hell is CBS doing?

US force nears limit of its global stretch
The administration's prewar estimates held that a US occupation
force could be whittled down to 50,000 in fairly short order.

Even if brought back soon, many units might face another deployment to Iraq in 2004 or even 2005.

Terry M. Neal: Bush reverts to liberal rationale for Iraq war
Somewhat ironically, the Bush administration relied on information gathered from liberal groups such as Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International in making the humanitarian case against Iraq.

But the argument that Saddam's human rights record alone justifies the war in Iraq would establish yet a new foreign policy doctrine for the United States.

U.S. report on 9/11 to be 'explosive'