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Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 17 Mar 2005 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty

• TF Liberty Soldiers rescue hostage MNF-I/MNCI 17 Mar 2005 -- Task Force Liberty Soldiers rescued a hostage and detained two Iraqi men during a raid near Bayji about 11 p.m., March 16.
• Polish patrol under fire MNF-I/MNCI 17 Mar 2005 -- A patrol from 2nd Battle Group (Polish) found themselves under machine gun fire at 8:20 p.m., March 16, about twenty kilometers west of Ad Diwanyah.
• Local National leads Task Force Baghdad Soldiers to IED MNF-I/MNCI 17 Mar 2005 -- A local national discovered a silver-tipped mortar round and led Task Force Baghdad Soldiers to the Improvised Explosive Device.
• MALS-26 bulks up, gets aircraft back in the fight USMC News 17 Mar 2005 -- After deploying to this former Iraqi air base and becoming one of the largest Marine aviation logistics squadrons in the world, the "Patriots" of Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 26 (Reinforced) are supporting every type of aircraft in the Corps, short of the MV-22 Osprey, and maintaining high aircraft readiness.

Deployments

• 15TH MEU(SOC) joins fight in Iraq USMC News 17 Mar 2005 -- The opportunity for the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) to enter Iraq and contribute to the war on terrorism has finally arrived, midway through their six-month deployment.

US Policy

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraq Humanitarian and Reconstruction Assistance Updates USAID 17 Mar 2005 [PDF]
• Iraqi Unit Trains in Jordan for Counterterrorism Mission AFPS 17 Mar 2005 -- Anyone who doubts the capabilities of the Iraqi elite units should see the demonstration they put on at the Counter Terrorism Force range near here.
• IRAQ: Ethnic tension on the rise in Kirkuk IRIN 17 Mar 2005 -- Political and social tensions between Kurds, Arabs and Turkoman could be escalating again in the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, 255 km from Baghdad, as Kurdish officials renew calls for the city to be part of an autonomous Kurdistan.

Foreign Reactions

• MP expelled from parliament after accusing Blair over Iraq war IRNA 17 Mar 2005 -- A British MP was ordered to leave the House of Commons Thursday after refusing to withdraw his accusation that Prime Minister Tony Blair "misled" parliament over the Iraq war.
• IRAQ, PALESTINE PROBLEMS NURTURE TERRORISM RIA Novosti 17 Mar 2005 -- The international troops' stationing in Iraq and the still-unsettled problems facing Palestine encourage terrorism, according to Mohammad bin Hassan Abdel Wali, Saudi Arabia's ambassador to Russia.

News Reports

• Iraqi Media Monitoring UNAMI 17 Mar 2005
• Iraq: Health Experts Condemn Failure To Count Casualties RFE/RL 17 Mar 2005 -- An international group of public-health experts has appealed to the British and U.S. governments to launch a full and independent inquiry into Iraqi casualties related to the war. The group -- from the United Kingdom, United States, Australia, Canada, Spain, and Italy -- says the joint U.S.-U.K. failure to monitor deaths in Iraq is "wholly irresponsible" from a public-health perspective.