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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 16 Aug 2007 [PDF]
• MND-B Soldiers attacked during combat operations
• DoD Identifies Army Casualties
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• MNC-I Soldier dies of non-battle related cause
• Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Lt. Gen. Ham from the Pentagon 16 Aug 2007 -- Presenter: Director for Operations, Joint Staff, Lt. Gen. Carter Ham
• August 12-15 airpower summary: Strike Eagles ready to hunt AFPN 16 Aug 2007
• Homestead Airmen return from Iraq AFPN 16 Aug 2007 -- More than 260 Airmen from Homestead Air Reserve Base were welcomed home Aug. 13 as they returned from supporting the war on terrorism at Balad Air Base, Iraq.
• Coalition Forces Capture High-Priority Weapons Smuggler, 62 Others AFPS 16 Aug 2007 -- Coalition forces captured a highly sought “special groups” weapons facilitator before dawn today northeast of Baghdad. In other operations this week, coalition forces captured 54 suspected terrorists and killed 19 terrorists.
• Al Anbar Seabees Conduct Critical Bridge Repair in Iraq Navy NewsStand 16 Aug 2007 -- Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 28 completed construction repairs on a bridge, Aug. 4, which had been severely damaged by an Improvised Explosive Device and was unable to sustain traffic.
• 7 Killed as Car Bomb Explodes in Busy Baghdad Market VOA 16 Aug 2007 -- Iraqi police say a car bomb blast in central Baghdad has killed at least seven people and wounded 15 others.
• Multinational Corps Iraq Tops Retention Goal Six Weeks Early AFPS 16 Aug 2007 -- Multinational Corps Iraq met its command retention goals yesterday, more than six weeks ahead of schedule.
• Phantom Strike Squeezes Insurgents in Iraq, General Says AFPS 16 Aug 2007 -- Operation Phantom Strike is squeezing insurgents in Iraq as the country’s security forces grow, a top U.S. general said here today.

Deployments

US Policy

• Bush Administration Defends War in Iraq VOA 16 Aug 2007 -- The Bush administration continues to defend the war in Iraq ahead of a report to Congress next month on progress there
• General Says Iraq Operations Have Terrorists on Run AFPS 16 Aug 2007 -- Denying the enemy sanctuary is the major capability brought to bear by surge forces in Iraq, a commander in the region said today.

United Nations

• Analysis: U.S. and UN Shift on Iraq cfr.org 16 Aug 2007 -- Four years after a suicide bomb ripped through UN headquarters in Baghdad, killing envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello and 21 members of his staff, the Security Council is expanding the UN’s role (Guardian) in Iraq in an effort to rein in sectarian violence.

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraqi Shi'ite, Kurdish Leaders Form Alliance, Sunnis Stay Out VOA 16 Aug 2007 -- Iraq's prime minister and president have announced a new political alliance of mainstream Shi'ite and Kurdish parties that does not include any Sunni groups.

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• Iraq: At Least 400 Killed in Tuesday's Truck Bombings VOA 16 Aug 2007 -- The Iraqi interior ministry says the death toll has risen to at least 400 people in suicide truck bombings Tuesday against a religious minority in northern Iraq.
• IRAQ: Local, international NGOs welcome new UN resolution IRIN 16 Aug 2007 -- A group of Iraqi and international non-governmental organisations (NGOs) has welcomed the new UN Security Council resolution to expand the UN's role in Iraq.