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Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 02 Mar 2006 [PDF]
• MULTI-NATIONAL FORCE-WEST SOLDIER KILLED
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• BRIEFING WITH MAJOR GENERAL RICK LYNCH, SPOKESMAN, MULTINATIONAL FORCE IRAQ MNF-I 02 Mar 2006 -- BRIEFING WITH MAJOR GENERAL RICK LYNCH, SPOKESMAN, MULTINATIONAL FORCE IRAQ SUBJECT: MILITARY OPERATIONS AND PROGRESS IN AL ANBAR PROVINCE
• CENTAF releases daily airpower summary AFPN 02 Mar 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials released today's airpower summary.
• 16 Killed in Continuing Sectarian Violence in Iraq VOA 02 Mar 2006 -- Authorities in Iraq say continuing sectarian violence in Baghdad and other parts of the country has killed at least 16 more people.

Deployments

US Policy

• Iraqi Forces Limit Damage, Save Lives in Recent Violence, General Says AFPS 02 Mar 2006 -- Decisions made by a capable Iraqi government and executed by capable Iraqi security forces have limited damage and saved lives during recent violence, a Multinational Force Iraq spokesman in Baghdad said today.
• U.S. General Praises Iraqi Government's Security Efforts Washington File 02 Mar 2006 -- In recent weeks, Iraqi government, police and military forces took rapid and effective security measures that limited damage and saved lives, says a spokesman for the coalition forces.

United Nations

• Iraq: UN calls on leaders to step back from brink, deplores civilian deaths UN News Centre 02 Mar 2006 -- The United Nations has strongly condemned the continuing violent attacks in Iraq which are taking an ever-increasing number of civilian lives, particularly those of innocent children, and appealed to the country's leaders to step back from the brink.

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraq Declares New Traffic Ban in Bid to End Violence VOA 02 Mar 2006 -- Iraq's government has declared a ban on automobile traffic Friday in the Baghdad region, in a new bid to curb continuing sectarian violence.

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• Iraq: Kurdish Politician Discusses Political Standoff RFE/RL 02 Mar 2006 -- RFE/RL interviewed Kurdish parliamentarian Mahmud Uthman on March 2 to ask about political developments in Iraq following a decision by Sunni, Kurdish, and secular political groups to ask the Shi'ite-led United Iraqi Alliance (UIA) to withdraw Ibrahim al-Ja'fari's nomination as prime minister.