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Transcript: Rumsfeld Holds Press Conference in Iraq September 6 (Ambassador Bremer, General Sanchez also participate) (5020)

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez both said in a September 6 press briefing in Iraq that more Iraqis need to come forward to the coalition with information about those attacking coalition personnel and Iraqi civilians.

"t's important for the Iraqi people to step up and take responsibility for the security by providing information to General Sanchez and his people to a greater extent than they're doing," Rumsfeld said. Sanchez, commander of coalition ground forces in Iraq, agreed, saying, "e need the Iraqi people to help us, give us the intelligence that is necessary for us to go out and defeat these disparate elements that are out there." The transcript of the press briefing follows:

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This morning we visited a mass grave, one of the many mass graves in this country where the regime of Saddam Hussein had murdered and tortured people and piled them up in fields. We toured a prison. One thing that's clear to me is that for all the difficulties we see in Iraq, -- and there are difficulties. The security situation still needs to be improved; more people need to find employment. As I flew over the country it was clear to me that one of the great resources of this country, the water, needs to be better managed and to the advantage of the Iraqi people. But for all the difficulties, and there are certainly challenges, the Iraqi people are so much better off today than they were four or five months ago.

The once-privileged elite of the brutal regime are now, in many cases, common prisoners. Some 42 of the 55 Most Wanted have been captured. As confidence grows, more and more Iraqis are coming forward and working with General Sanchez and his people to find weapon caches, to provide information about people that are being sought for crimes, and to assist the coalition.

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