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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 08 Mar 2005 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualties

• Transcript: Special Defense Department Briefing 08 Mar 2005 -- Gen. George Casey, USA, Commander of U.S. Forces in Iraq
• Insurgency Weakening; Iraqi Security Forces Growing Stronger AFPS 08 Mar 2005 -- As the second anniversary of Operation Iraqi Freedom approaches, efforts to help the Iraqi people transition to a constitutionally elected government by the end of 2005 are on track, insurgents are failing in their efforts to break the will of the Iraqi people, and Iraqi security forces "are doing a magnificent job," the U.S. general in charge of coalition forces in Iraq said here today.
• Task Force Liberty Soldiers repel attack MNF-I/MNC-I 08 Mar 2005 -- Task Force Liberty Soldiers defeated a terrorist attack near Ad Dujayal in Salah Ad Din Province about 11:30 p.m., March 7.
• Task Force Liberty Soldiers repel attack MNF-I/MNC-I 08 Mar 2005 -- Task Force Liberty Soldiers defeated a terrorist attack near Ad Dujayal in Salah Ad Din Province about 11:30 p.m., March 7.
• Security Forces win battle with terrorists MNF-I/MNC-I 08 Mar 2005 -- Coalition Forces killed one terrorist and injured another two during an operation in northern Iraq March 7.
• Iraqi police, coalition forces help defend ambushed patrol MNF-I/MNC-I 08 Mar 2005 -- A small arms attack March 7 on an Iraqi logistics convoy and the coalition patrol escorting it brought help from both Iraqi police units in the area and a quick-reaction force unit from the 3rd Infantry Division.
• Joint raids net suspected insurgents, large weapons cache MNF-I/MNC-I 08 Mar 2005 -- Coalition and Iraqi forces executed several joint raids March 5 that resulted in the capture of 17 suspected insurgents and a large bounty of weapons and ammunition, according to a multinational forces report.
• Iraqi Soldiers find large weapons cache MNF-I/MNC-I 08 Mar 2005 -- Iraqi Soldiers patrolling areas near the city captured five suspected terrorists and a large cache of weapons and materials used in making improvised explosive devices.
• 2/5, 1/5 Civil Affairs Groups work together USMC News 08 Mar 2005 -- The five-humvee-convoy snaked through the narrow streets here as the Marines headed to their destination.
• Estonian soldiers team up with armor unit to keep supply routes safe Army News 08 Mar 2005 -- One small European country is playing a major role in keeping supply convoys safe while moving through Iraq.

Deployments

• 3rd MAW completes longest deployment in recent history USMC News 08 Mar 2005 -- The 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing has completed the longest deployment of its 62-year history.

US Policy

• MNC-I to conduct follow-on investigation MNF-I/MNC-I 08 Mar 2005 -- The Multi-National Force-Iraq announced March 8 that its subordinate command, the Multi-National Corps-Iraq has assembled a team, led by Brig. Gen. Peter Vangjel, to conduct a follow-on investigation into the circumstances surrounding the March 4 incident during which US Forces fired on a vehicle approaching a coalition check point on airport road in Baghdad.
• 1st COSCOM investigating incident with Bulgarian Soldier MNF-I/MNC-I 08 Mar 2005 -- Iraq regrets the death of Jr. Sgt. Gardi Gardev from Bulgaria. Officials from 1st Corps Support Command are investigating the incident. More details will be provided when they are available.
• US/IRAQ/INSURGENCY VOA 08 Mar 2005 -- The top U.S. general in Iraq says the insurgency is becoming less effective, although it is still capable of launching significant attacks. General George Casey briefed reporters at the Pentagon Tuesday
• US/IRAQ INVESTIGATION VOA 08 Mar 2005 -- The U.S. general who commands all coalition forces in Iraq says he expects a joint U.S.-Italian investigation into what happened at a checkpoint near Baghdad airport Friday, when U.S. soldiers fired on the car carrying an Italian hostage freed by insurgents, and killed one of her security officers.
• Team to Conduct Inquiry Into Checkpoint Shooting AFPS 08 Mar 2005 -- U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Peter Vangjel will lead a Multinational Corps Iraq team to investigate the March 4 incident on a Baghdad road that left Italian security specialist Nicola Calipari dead and Italian journalist Guiliana Sgrena wounded, Multinational Force Iraq announced today.
• Probe Ordered in Shooting of Italian Intelligence Agent Washington File 08 Mar 2005 -- An investigation is being conducted into a checkpoint shooting incident March 4 near Baghdad, Iraq, that left an Italian intelligence officer dead and two other Italian civilians wounded, the coalition military commander in Iraq says.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Coalition, NATO Training Leaders for Iraqi Forces AFPS 08 Mar 2005 -- In Iraq, getting military leaders at the level above battalion has been a problem, but the coalition and NATO are addressing the challenge.
• IRAQ / ARCHIVES VOA 08 Mar 2005 -- An Iraqi non-governmental organization is working to archive millions of documents from the regime of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. The group says it will ask the United States and other foreign governments for as much as 100-million dollars to build a library in Baghdad.

Foreign Reactions

• BULGARIA/FUNERAL VOA 08 Mar 2005 -- Bulgaria's eighth soldier killed in Iraq was buried Tuesday. Questions remain about the March 4th death that Bulgarian officials say was an accidental killing by U.S. forces. Thousands of people attended the funeral of Junior Sergeant Gurdi Gurdev.
• ITALY/FINI VOA 08 Mar 2005 -- Italy's Foreign Minister Gianfranco Fini says the Italian and U.S. military versions of the killing of an intelligence agent in Iraq differ. But he ruled out that the shooting that killed Nicola Calipari was the result of an ambush.

News Reports

• Iraqi Media Monitoring UNAMI 08 Mar 2005
• IRAQ: Focus on women's rights IRIN 08 Mar 2005 -- If there is something that Iraqi women want most right now, it is recognition and respect in a country where for years they have suffered discrimination and humiliation, either from the government, or at the hands of conservative Arabic society, experts say.