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Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 16 Mar 2006 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• IRAQ OPERATIONAL UPDATE BRIEFING MNF-I 16 Mar 2006
• IRAQI SECURITY FORCES, COALITION LAUNCH OPERATION SWARMER CENTCOM 16 Mar 2006 -- Iraqi Security Forces and their Coalition partners launched the largest air assault operation since Operation Iraqi Freedom I today in southern Salah Ad Din province to clear a suspected insurgent operating area northeast of Samarra.
• Operation Aims to Curb Violence as Iraq's Government Takes Shape AFPS 16 Mar 2006 -- Iraqi and coalition forces have boosted their presence in Baghdad in response to a surge in attacks against Iraqis that officials link to today's seating of the country's new parliament, a Multinational Force Iraq spokesman told reporters.
• Corps of Engineers completes last demolition in Iraq Army News 16 Mar 2006 -- After almost three years of hard and dangerous work, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers celebrated the last major demolition under the Coalition Munitions Clearance Program in Iraq.
• 'Operation Swarmer' Fills The Iraqi Skies RFE/RL 16 Mar 2006 -- Aircraft filled the skies over the Iraqi city of Samarra today in what the U.S. military in Iraq described as the largest air assault on Iraq since the 2003 invasion.
• US, Iraqi Forces Launch Huge Air Assault Against Insurgents VOA 16 Mar 2006 -- U.S. and Iraqi forces captured more than 30 suspected insurgents and found at least six major caches of weapons near the town of Samarra on Thursday, during the first day of what the U.S. military says is the largest air assault operation since the early weeks of the war

Deployments

US Policy

• Coalition Forces Committed to Iraq, Bolton Says Washington File 16 Mar 2006 -- Insurgents and terrorists are intent on carrying out attacks against Iraqi civilians, officials and security forces in hopes of destabilizing the government and disrupting the fledgling democracy, U.S. Ambassador John Bolton said March 15.
• Progress Continues As Iraqi Freedom Nears Three-Year Mark AFPS 16 Mar 2006 -- Three years after a multinational force liberated Iraq from Saddam Hussein's regime, steady progress continues to be made in the nation, U.S. military and embassy officials said.
• Abizaid Stresses Security, Government in Iraq AFPS 16 Mar 2006 -- More people are trying to hold Iraq together than trying to take it apart, the commander of U.S. Central Command said here today.
• Bush Reaffirms US First Strike Policy VOA 16 Mar 2006 -- President Bush has reaffirmed that the U.S. may consider pre-emptive military strikes against terrorists and enemy nations.
• Army Updates Detainee Operations Information: March 15, 2006 Army News Release 16 Mar 2006 -- The U.S. Army continued its effort to keep the public informed concerning detainee operations by releasing March 15 about 9,000 documents pursuant to Freedom of Information Act litigation with the American Civil Liberties Union.

United Nations

• PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL’S SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR IRAQ United Nations 16 Mar 2006
• Iraq at a 'very crucial' time; no civil war but conflict could escalate: UN envoy UN News Centre 16 Mar 2006 -- Saying that Iraq is at a "very crucial" time, the top United Nations envoy for the strife-torn country said today that while there is no civil war, the situation could descend into "ungovernability" unless all Iraqis come together in the political process.

Reconstruction Issues

• Larijani: Iran ready to negotiate with US on Iraq IRNA 15 Mar 2006 -- Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Larijani here Thursday voiced Iran's readiness to hold talks with the US on Iraqi issues.
• US, Iran Willing to Talk About Iraq VOA 16 Mar 2006 -- The United States and Iran say they are willing to hold direct talks for the first time since relations were severed in 1980.
• Iraqi Parliament Sworn In; Talks Continue on New Government VOA 16 Mar 2006 -- Three months after landmark elections, Iraq's new parliament has been sworn in, with members still deadlocked over the formation of a new government.

Foreign Reactions

• Iran Ready for Talks With US on Iraq VOA 16 Mar 2006 -- The White House says any talks between the United States and Iran will be limited to issues related to Iraq, and will not include discussion of Iran's suspect nuclear program.

News Reports

• Report: Halliburton Memo Says Company Failed to Purify Water in Iraq VOA 16 Mar 2006 -- The Associated Press says an internal Halliburton report accuses the U.S. military contractor of exposing U.S. troops in Iraq to contaminated water.
• IRAQ: Sectarian violence leads to displacement in capital IRIN 16 Mar 2006 -- Dozens of families in the capital, Baghdad, have been displaced from their neighbourhoods due to the sectarian violence that has come in the wake of the Samarra shrine bombing in February and subsequent attacks.