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Current Operations

• 'Swarmer,' Other Ops Net Weapons, Terror Suspects in Iraq AFPS 18 Mar 2006 -- Iraqi security forces and U.S. servicemembers participating in Operation Swarmer and other combined operations continued to capture hidden terrorist weapons caches, while detaining and processing terrorist suspects yesterday, military officials in Iraq reported.

Deployments

US Policy

• President's Radio Address The White House 18 Mar 2006 -- "Good morning. In recent weeks, Americans have seen horrific images from Iraq: the bombing of a great house of worship in Samarra, sectarian reprisals between Sunnis and Shias, and car bombings and kidnappings."
• Bush: Iraq War Justified VOA 18 Mar 2006 -- President Bush says U.S. troops are making progress in Iraq, three years after the start of fighting there.
• Bush Hails Iraqi Progress, Discusses Strategy for Victory AFPS 18 Mar 2006 -- President Bush asked Americans in his weekly radio address today to look beyond the dramatic television footage and disconcerting newspaper headlines coming out of Iraq to see the clear progress that country is making on the road to stability, self-rule and democracy.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

Foreign Reactions

• Protests Mark Iraq War Anniversary VOA 18 Mar 2006 -- Thousands of anti-war protesters have marched in London joining protests in Japan, Australia and elsewhere in the world ahead of the third anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.

News Reports

• Six Detained in Iraq in Connection with Journalist's Death VOA 18 Mar 2006 -- The Iraqi government says six people have been detained in connection to the killing of a television journalist and her two-person crew.
• Iraq: Three Years After Operation Iraqi Freedom RFE/RL 18 Mar 2006 -- Iraqis will mark another milestone in their long journey toward a democratic state on March 20 -- the third anniversary of the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
• Iraq: Three Years After Invasion, Challenges Grow More Complex RFE/RL 18 Mar 2006 -- Three years ago, on the night of March 19-20, 2003, the United States began its invasion of Iraq with a land thrust from the south and an airborne strike on Baghdad