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REPORT ON THE AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF
MILITARY FORCE AGAINST IRAQ RESOLUTION OF 2002
COMMUNICATION
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THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
TRANSMITTING
A REPORT PURSUANT TO PUBLIC LAW 107-243 ENTITLED, “AU-
THORIZATION FOR USE OF MILITARY FORCE AGAINST IRAQ
RESOLUTION OF 2002”
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Executive Summary ........ . . . . . .........
Transition to Democracy Planning ........
A. Iraqi Opposition Conferences
B. Future of Iraq Project
C. ESP Funding of Iraqi Opposition
D. Free Iraqi Forces
Relief and Reconstruction Planning ......
.A. Post—War Planning Office
B. Humanitarian Relief Planning
C. Reconstruction Planning and Iraqi Debt
Multilateral Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
A. Status of U.N. Inspections
B. GRL Improvement
Other Developments . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -...
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medical capacity.building;-shelter; and training.and
education. The ESP funds also support the Future of Iraq
project.
D. Free Iraqi Forces:
Background. Under the ILA, the President has the authority
to direct the drawdown of up to $97 million from Department
of Defense resources to assist and provide training to
Iraqi opposition groups. During the last Administration,
seven such groups were designated under the ILA as eligible
to receive assistance in the form of drawdown of goods and
services from the Defense Department. In December 2002,
President Bush designated six additional groups as eligible
to receive drawdown assistance -- the Assyrian Democratic
Movement, the Iraqi National Front, the Iraqi National
Movement, the Iraqi Free Officers and Civilians Movement,
the Iraqi Turkmen Front, and the Islamic Accord of Iraq.
Recent Develoments. The Administration is currently using
the authority available under the ILA to expand the
training and assistance available to members of the Iraqi
opposition. Through its Free Iraqi Forces (FIF) program,
the Department of Defense is working with ILA—designated
opposition groups to identify volunteers and provide them
with military training, so as to allow them to provide non-
combat support to U.S. forces in the case military action
against Iraq becomes necessary. Before beginning training,
all volunteers are screened by U.S- intelligence
authorities. The State Department will provide up to
$2.3 million in funds to support payment of FIF salaries,
and the Defense Department will fund salary expenses.
A U.S. Army Training Task Force (TTF) has deployed to a
military base in Taszar, Hungary, where all training will
be conducted. In its four-week training course, the TTF
will provide FIF volunteers instruction in basic
battlefield self-protection. It will then prepare them to
perform such non-combat tasks as interpreting and
translating, civil—military affairs, and rear-area
security. Training has already begun for some FIF
volunteers; more are expected to arrive in Hungary in the
weeks ahead. After their training is complete, FIF will be
integrated with U.S. forces in U.S. Central Command.
Throughout the training and subsequent deployment, the FIF
will remain under the direct command and control of U.S.
military forces.
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