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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 13 Feb 2006 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualties
• CENTAF releases combined airpower summary AFPN 13 Feb 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials released the airpower summary for Feb. 11 to 12.
• Forces Work Together to Eliminate Terrorist Inflow AFPS 13 Feb 2006 -- Soldiers from 2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, joined Iraqi troops here recently in a project designed to stop the flow of insurgents and to help prevent the emplacement of improvised explosive devices.
• Iraqi, U.S. Security Forces Capture, Kill Insurgents AFPS 13 Feb 2006 -- Iraqi and U.S. soldiers killed two terrorists and captured 16 in the Tikrit area, and Iraqi police and American troops captured eight suspected terrorists and destroyed two weapons caches in the Baghdad area, officials reported today.
• Sporadic Violence Reported Across Iraq RFE/RL 13 Feb 2006 -- Six Iraqis were killed around the country, and at least five more died in a suicide attack in the capital Baghdad today.

Deployments

US Policy

• Stable Government Seen Helping Iraq's Economic Reconstruction Washington File 13 Feb 2006 -- The emergence of a democratic government in Iraq, with representatives elected to a four-year term, will speed up the reconstruction of the country and help the Iraqi authorities take control of the economy, according to the U.S. official overseeing the reconstruction effort.
• U.S. Envoy Outlines Political Blueprint for Iraq Washington File 13 Feb 2006 -- The following op-ed by Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. ambassador to Iraq, was published February 12 in the Los Angeles Times and is in the public domain.

United Nations

• Security Council approves use of Iraq funds for UN dues UN News Centre 13 Feb 2006 -- The Security Council has approved the transfer of somewhat over $400,000 that had been in the escrow account of the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) for Iraq to be credited against that country's UN dues, according to documents made official today.

Reconstruction Issues

• Hussein Shouts At Judge As Trial Resumes RFE/RL 13 Feb 2006 -- The trial of Saddam Hussein resumed today in Baghdad, with the defiant former Iraqi leader shouting angrily at the presiding judge.

Foreign Reactions

• IRAQ: Government calls for investigation into alleged UK abuses IRIN 13 Feb 2006 -- The Iraqi government called for an immediate investigation by the British Ministry of Defence following the release of video footage on Sunday showing UK soldiers beating Iraqi teenagers.
• Iraq Suspends Australian Wheat Deals Over Bribery Probe VOA 13 Feb 2006 -- Australia's monopoly wheat exporter A.W.B. says Iraq has decided not to do business with the company until it is cleared in an alleged corruption scandal under the U.N. oil-for-food program.

News Reports