IRAQ: BREMER NEWS CONFERENCE ON SECURITY CONCERNS IN IRAQ.

Record ID: 646851

  • Title: IRAQ: BREMER NEWS CONFERENCE ON SECURITY CONCERNS IN IRAQ.
  • Date: 20th February 2004
  • Summary: (EU) BAGHDAD, IRAQ (FEBRUARY 19, 2004) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. PAUL BREMER, U.S. CIVIL ADMINISTRATOR, WALKING INTO NEWS CONFERENCE 2. (SOUNDBITE) (English) PAUL BREMER, U.S. CIVIL ADMINISTRATOR, SAYING: "In the November 15th agreement the (U.S.-appointed Iraqi) Governing Council and the Coalition promised the Iraqi people sovereignty on a date certain and we will give it to them. The Coalition's goal has always been an Iraq which is free and democratic, peaceful and prosperous, sovereign and united." 3. WIDE OF BREMER SPEAKING 4. (SOUNDBITE) (English) PAUL BREMER, U.S. CIVIL ADMINISTRATOR, SAYING: "We do know we have a serious problem. We do know these terrorists are now targeting Iraqis and killing many, many more Iraqis than they are killing Coalition forces. I think we can be proud of the resilience of the Iraqi security forces against these terrible threats." 5. REPORTERS LISTENING 6. (SOUNDBITE) (English) PAUL BREMER, U.S. CIVIL ADMINISTRATOR, SAYING: "We have an obligation as the sovereign power to do our best to ensure that an appropriate, democratic structure is put in place here while we are here so that we can deliver to the Iraqis what they want, which is a democratic, unified, stable country at peace with itself, the consistent message we've had for the last ten months." 7. REPORTER LISTENING 8. SIGN READING "COALITION PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY" IN ARABIC AND ENGLISH Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 6th March 2004 12:00
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  • Location: BAGHDAD, IRAQ
  • Country: Iraq
  • Reuters ID: LVA2EYHBNQ0MQE069XULJI1DWKMI
  • Story Text: U.S. Civil Administrator Paul Bremer addresses news
    conference on security concerns in Iraq.



    U.S. Civil Administrator Paul Bremer told a
    news conference on Thursday (February 19), "We do know we
    have a serious problem. We do know these terrorists are now
    targeting Iraqis and killing many, many more Iraqis than
    they are killing Coalition forces".

    Last week, gunmen with mortars and light machineguns
    attacked a police station and a government building in the
    volatile town of Falluja, killing at least 21, among them
    14 policemen, and injuring another 35, according to police.

    "I think we can be proud of the resilience of the
    Iraqi security forces against these terrible threats,"
    Bremer said.

    Asked about defining Iraq's future laws when the
    country is a sovereign nation, Bremer said, "we have an
    obligation as the sovereign power to do our best to ensure
    that an appropriate, democratic structure is put in place
    here while we are here so that we can deliver to the iraqis
    what they want, which is a democratic, unified, stable
    country at peace with itself, the consistent message we've
    had for the last ten months."


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