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Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 13 Mar 2006 [PDF]
• MARINE DIES DUE TO ENEMEY ACTION
• MND-B SOLDIER KILLED BY ROADSIDE BOMB
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• CENTAF releases combined airpower summary report AFPN 13 Mar 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials released the airpower summary report for March 11 to 13.
• Iraqi Police Nab Insurgents; Soldiers Find Weapons AFPS 13 Mar 2006 -- Iraqi and multinational forces have captured more terrorism suspects and discovered more weapons caches in recent days, military officials in Iraq reported.
• Terrorists Kill, Wound Scores of Iraqi Civilians AFPS 13 Mar 2006 -- Scores of Iraqis have been killed or injured in terrorist attacks in the Baghdad area over the last two days, military officials reported.
• Scores of insurgents captured, weapons caches found Army News 13 Mar 2006 -- More than 50 insurgents were apprehended and 37 weapons caches were seized during raids by Iraqi and U.S. troops throughout Central Iraq March 3-12.

Deployments

US Policy

• Transcript: President Discusses Iraq to Foundation for the Defense of Democracies The White House 13 Mar 2006
• Terrorists Can't "Face Our Forces in Battle," So They Use IEDs, Bush Says AFPS 13 Mar 2006 -- Terrorists in Iraq resort to using improvised explosive devices because they lack the ability to engage in conventional military operations, President Bush said here today.
• Bush Iraq Speeches Come Amid Doubts on War Effort VOA 13 Mar 2006 -- President Bush began a new effort Monday to boost domestic support for the war in Iraq
• Bush Launches New Campaign to Win Support for Iraq War VOA 13 Mar 2006 -- President Bush has launched a new campaign to win support for the Iraq war at, what he calls, "a difficult time."
• Despite Media Images, Terrorists Are Losing in Iraq, Bush Says Washington File 13 Mar 2006 -- Warning of "difficult work ahead," President Bush March 13 praised the progress made by the Iraqi people in the three years following the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom that toppled Saddam Hussein's regime, and said the terrorists in Iraq "are losing on the field of battle."
• Bush Accuses Iran of Helping Iraqi Insurgents Build Better Bombs VOA 13 Mar 2006 -- President Bush has accused Iran of helping Shi'ite militias in Iraq build more effective roadside bombs, the most lethal weapon against U.S. forces and Iraqi civilians

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Radical Iraqi Cleric Calls for Calm after Bombings Hit Shi'ite Community VOA 13 Mar 2006 -- Iraqi President Jalal Talabani says terrorists bent on starting civil war are taking advantage of a political stalemate caused by stalled negotiations to form a new government.
• Iraqi Court Hears More Defense Testimonies in Saddam Trial VOA 13 Mar 2006 -- The trial of Saddam Hussein continues Monday in Iraq with more testimony from the ousted leader's co-defendants.

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• Iraq/Iran: Has Tehran Crossed The Line? RFE/RL 13 Mar 2006 -- Iraq observers have spent much of the past three years debating the extent of Iranian influence in Iraqi affairs.