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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 05 Jun 2007 [PDF]
• Small arms fire targets MND-B patrol
• DoD Identifies Army Casualties
• DoD Identifies Army Casualties
• Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Col. Bryan Roberts via Teleconference from Iraq at the Pentagon 05 Jun 2007 -- Presenter: U.S. Army Commander of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Calvary Division Col. Bryan Roberts
• June 4 airpower summary: A-10s are CAS masters AFPN 05 Jun 2007 -- Coalition airpower supported coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan during operations June 4, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
• Wanted insurgent captured during Operation Eagle Sweep MNF-I 05 Jun 2007 -- Coalition and Iraqi Forces captured a wanted insurgent during combat operations near the Karkh Oil Facility, northeast of Lutifiyah, Iraq June 1.
• Troops Capture Insurgents, Find Mortars in Iraq; Eight Soldiers Wounded AFPS 05 Jun 2007 -- Coalition forces detained 22 suspects, uncovered an enemy mortar system, and suffered eight non-lethal combat casualties in Iraq over the past three days, military officials reported.
• U.S., Iraqi Troops Transform ‘Purple Heart Boulevard’ AFPS 05 Jun 2007 -- U.S. soldiers called Haifa Street in Baghdad “Purple Heart Boulevard” for the trouble they encountered on the street. Today, U.S. and Iraqi forces are teaming to provide security for the Iraqis living on Haifa Street
• Al Qaeda Support Waning in Iraq’s Diyala Province, General Says AFPS 05 Jun 2007 -- Circumstantial evidence indicates al Qaeda in Iraq is weakening and popular support is swinging toward the coalition in Iraq’s Diyala province, the commander of U.S. military forces there said yesterday.
• Carrier Air Wing 11 Begins OIF Missions Navy NewsStand 05 Jun 2007 -- USS Nimitz (CVN 68) and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 11 began conducting missions in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom June 3 following the ship's first port visit in the Middle East.
• Counterinsurgency Expert Advises Soldiers in Iraq Army News 05 Jun 2007 -- Recruit more Iraqi Soldiers and increase their divisions from 11 to 20 is what one counterinsurgency expert said he would do if he was in the shoes of the Multinational Forces - Iraq commander.
• USNS Bridge Completes UNREPS with 9 Ships in Persian Gulf Navy NewsStand 05 Jun 2007 -- USNS Bridge (T-AOE 10) conducted underway replenishments with nine U.S. ships June 1-3 in the Persian Gulf.

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US Policy

• US Ambassador: Situation in Iraq Could Worsen if US Pulls Out VOA 05 Jun 2007 -- The U.S. ambassador to Iraq says the situation there could become much worse if the United States pulls out of the country.
• Dempsey: Problems, Solutions Mark Iraq Training Landscape AFPS 05 Jun 2007 -- As he finishes his tour in Iraq this week, the senior U.S. military official in charge of training the Iraqi police and army offered a candid assessment of the coalition-led training regimen: significant challenges remain, but progress in key areas has been realized.
• Gates Wants Faster Progress in Iraq, But Says Iraqi Army Confronting Challenges AFPS 05 Jun 2007 -- Although acknowledging he’d like to see faster progress in Iraq, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates today refused to point fingers at the Iraqi army and said that force is standing up to challenges confronting it.

United Nations

• Iraq should prosecute those responsible for 1990-1991 killings – UN report UN News Centre/U> 05 Jun 2007 -- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged the Iraqi Government to bring to justice those responsible for killings that occurred during the 1990 invasion and subsequent occupation of Kuwait.