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Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 28 Feb 2006 [PDF]
• SOLDIER KILLED BY SMALL-ARMS FIRE
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualties
• CENTAF releases daily airpower summary AFPN 28 Feb 2006 -- U.S Central Command Air Forces officials released today's airpower summary.
• Two U.S. Soldiers Killed; Suspects Detained on Tips AFPS 28 Feb 2006 -- Two Multinational Division Baghdad soldiers were killed in separate incidents over the past two days, and five Iraqi patrols resulted in the detention of three suspected insurgents in Ramadi.
• Insurgents captured after attack on Coalition Army News 28 Feb 2006 -- Civil Affairs Soldiers attached to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), were on a goodwill mission to meet with citizens of Hawijah to discuss how Coalition Forces could help improve living conditions in the city when the convoy was hit by two RPG's and small arms fire Tuesday.
• Multiple Attacks in Iraq Kill 37 Iraqis, 2 British Soldiers VOA 28 Feb 2006 -- At least 37 Iraqis were killed Tuesday in the latest violence since one of Shi'ite Islam's holiest shrines was bombed last Wednesday.

Deployments

US Policy

• State Department Requests $4 Billion for Iraq Reconstruction Washington File 28 Feb 2006 -- The State Department's $4 billion in budget requests for Iraq reconstruction funding in fiscal years 2006 and 2007 reflect a shift from financing large infrastructure projects to building capacity in the security, economic and political areas.
• Cheney: Strategy for Success in Iraq Is Working AFPS 28 Feb 2006 -- Terrorists have demonstrated through their violence that they understand what's at stake in Iraq, Vice President Dick Cheney said today, insisting that the terrorists will ultimately fail and that the strategy for success is working.
• Bush Urges Iraqis To Choose Unity over Chaos Washington File 28 Feb 2006 -- President Bush said the people of Iraq and their leaders must choose between "chaos or unity," and condemned the recent surge of violence and bombing of holy sites in Iraq because the United States believes that "people should be allowed to worship freely."
• Bush, Berlusconi Discuss Iraq VOA 28 Feb 2006 -- President Bush says Iraq must choose between unity and chaos following sectarian violence that has killed hundreds of people since last week's bombing of a Shi'ite shrine
• Top US Intelligence Officials Concerned With Latest Iraq Violence VOA 28 Feb 2006 -- Sectarian violence in Iraq over the past week has killed hundreds of people, raising concerns that the country is sliding towards civil war

United Nations

• S/2006/133: Twenty-fourth quarterly report UNMOVIC 28 Feb 2006 [PDF]

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraq: Is Al-Sadr Stirring The Pot Or Promoting Peace? RFE/RL 28 Feb 2006 -- Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has been widely praised for his role in staving off a major sectarian split in Iraq since the 22 February bombing of the Golden Mosque in Samarra
• Prosecution Says Saddam Signed Document Approving Dujail Executions VOA 28 Feb 2006 -- Prosecutors at the trial of Saddam Hussein have presented a document they said is signed by Saddam approving the execution of 148 Shi'ite Muslim villagers.

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• Top Iraqi Official says 4 Guarding Bombed Shi'ite Shrine are Suspects VOA 28 Feb 2006 -- Iraq's national security advisor says four guards protecting the Shi'ite shrine bombed last week north of Baghdad are being held as suspects in the attack.