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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 09 Mar 2006 [PDF]
• MARINE DIES DUE TO ENEMY ACTION
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualties
• IRAQ OPERATIONAL UPDATE BRIEFING MNF-I 09 Mar 2006
• CENTAF releases daily airpower summary AFPN 09 Mar 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials released today's airpower summary.
• Insurgent Attacks in Baghdad Kill 10 VOA 09 Mar 2006 -- Insurgents in Iraq carried out a string of attacks in Baghdad Thursday, killing at least 10 people and wounding 15 others.

Deployments

US Policy

• Top US Officials Urge Passage of Supplemental Spending Bill VOA 09 Mar 2006 -- Several top U.S. officials, in a rare joint appearance, have urged Congress to pass a $91 billion spending bill for efforts in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere.
• Additional $91 Billion Sought To Fight Terror in Iraq, Afghanistan Washington File 09 Mar 2006 -- A $91 billion supplemental budget request would be used to advance U.S. security and economic goals in Iraq and Afghanistan, among other places, Condoleezza Rice says.
• Rice, Rumsfeld Make Their Cases for Supplemental Request AFPS 09 Mar 2006 -- In a rare joint appearance before Congress, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice today urged the Senate Appropriations Committee to quickly pass a $91 billion supplemental spending bill.
• Pace Details DoD's Supplemental Funding Needs AFPS 09 Mar 2006 -- Reconstructing and replacing equipment, force protection, defeating improvised explosive devices, and "resetting" the Army are among necessities that DoD's emergency supplemental budget request would fund, Marine Gen. Peter Pace said today.
• Abizaid Stresses Need for Supplemental Funds AFPS 09 Mar 2006 -- The Defense Department's emergency supplemental budget request provides funds necessary to fight the war on terror, Army Gen. John Abizaid told the Senate Appropriations Committee today.
• U.S. Has No Immediate Plans to Close Abu Ghraib Prison AFPS 09 Mar 2006 -- The United States always has planned to transfer authority for all detention facilities in Iraq to the Iraqis, but announcements regarding the imminent closure at the Abu Ghraib prison are premature, defense officials said today.
• Reports say Iraq's Abu Ghraib Prison to Close VOA 09 Mar 2006 -- A U.S. military statement from Iraq says operations at Baghdad's notorious Abu Ghraib prison will end within months, and that prisoners there will be transferred to a new facility now under construction.
• Iraqis Fed Up With Insurgency, General Says AFPS 09 Mar 2006 -- The people of Iraq are rising up against an insurgency bent on derailing democracy in the country, a Multinational Force Iraq spokesman said today.
• US General: Iraq Shifting from Insurgency Toward Sectarian Violence VOA 09 Mar 2006 -- The general who commands all U.S. military activities in the Middle East says the situation in Iraq is shifting from insurgency toward sectarian violence.

United Nations

• Iraq: Annan calls for inclusive government to end sectarian violence UN News Centre 09 Mar 2006 -- Voicing grave concern over sectarian violence in Iraq, Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called for a fully inclusive government and an end to mass detention, torture and extrajudicial killings, pledging full United Nations support for such efforts to bring peace and stability to the violence-torn country.

Reconstruction Issues

Foreign Reactions

• IRAQ: Arab League office to promote peace, reconciliation IRIN 09 Mar 2006 -- The Arab League will open its office in Iraq in coming weeks, with a focus on reconciliation of political divisions, as violence continues heightening the threat of civil war, experts say.

News Reports

• Iraq Executes 13 Insurgents VOA 09 Mar 2006 -- Iraq has hanged 13 insurgents in the first executions carried out by the government since the ouster of Saddam Hussein in 2003.
• Study: Iraqi Insurgents' Web Skills Boost Communications, Confidence VOA 09 Mar 2006 -- The International Crisis Group (ICG), a non-governmental organization that analyzes international conflict zones, says insurgents in Iraq are finding better ways to communicate and are gaining confidence in their ability to fight against U.S.-led coalition forces