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Deployments

US Policy

• Secretary of Defense Message, 3rd Anniversary of Operation Iraqi Freedom AFPS 19 Mar 2006 -- Outside of my office in Washington, D.C., sits a small American flag, one of many distributed by a local Boy Scout troop to many of the Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines who serve our country.
• Rumsfeld: Three Years into OIF Time for Resolve, Not Retreat AFPS 19 Mar 2006 -- Three years after the launch of Operation Iraqi Freedom, now's the time for resolve, not retreat, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld wrote today in an editorial in The Washington Post.
• Cheney: Success in Iraq Critical to Overall Terror War AFPS 19 Mar 2006 -- Vice President Dick Cheney said today the evidence that Iraqis and the coalition will succeed in Iraq "is overwhelming" and that it's important, when assessing the situation there, to keep perspective of its impact on the global war on terror.
• Three Years into OIF, Top General in Iraq 'Optimistic' About Success AFPS 19 Mar 2006 -- The top U.S. general in Iraq said today, on the third anniversary of Operation Iraqi Freedom, that despite media reports of an imminent or impending Iraqi civil war, the vast majority of Iraq is stable, calm and peaceful.
• Bush Remembers U.S. Troops on Third Anniversary of OIF AFPS 19 Mar 2006 -- The best way for Americans to commemorate the third anniversary of U.S. operations in Iraq is to thank the servicemembers carrying them out and the families that support them, President Bush said today.
• Bush Marks 3rd Anniversary Of Start Of Iraq War VOA 19 Mar 2006 -- Three years to the day after the start of the Iraq War, President Bush is hailing progress in that country on the political front, and praising the work of coalition troops.
• Rumsfeld Warns Against Quick Iraq Pullout, Anti-War Protests Continue VOA 19 Mar 2006 -- U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has warned against a quick U.S. pullout from Iraq, saying terrorists will take over the country.
• State Department Official Urges Dialogue Among Iraqi Factions Washington File 19 Mar 2006 -- Dialogue and inclusiveness provide the best antidote to sectarian violence in Iraq, State Department deputy spokesman Adam Ereli says.
• White House Lauds "Remarkable Progress" in Iraq Washington File 19 Mar 2006 -- A statement detailing "remarkable progress" in Iraq over the past three years as the country moves steadily toward democracy was issued by the White House March 18.
• Iraq Has Made Major Gains in Three Years, Rumsfeld Says Washington File 19 Mar 2006 -- The following article was originally published in the March 19 edition of the Washington Post and is in the public domain.
• U.S. Leaders Recap Iraq's Progress in Years Since Saddam Hussein Washington File 19 Mar 2006 -- Iraq has not fallen into civil war even though terrorists are doing their desperate best to foment one to thwart the nation's democratic development, Vice President Cheney says.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraqis Increasingly Take Lead in Anti-Terrorist Operations AFPS 19 Mar 2006 -- Iraqi and coalition forces continued in recent days to detain terrorist suspects and search, find and destroy weapons caches through a series of patrols and operations designed to bring stability to that country, officials in Iraq reported today.
• Iraqi Politicians Agree To Form National Security Council RFE/RL 19 Mar 2006 -- Leaders of Iraq's largest political factions today agreed to form a National Security Council to advise the new government, once it is formed.
• Iraqi President Says New Agreements Disprove Civil War Fears AFPS 19 Mar 2006 -- Agreements announced today regarding Iraq's unity government "prove that the civil war is out of the question and that the Iraqi people will not accept [for] a civil war to take place," Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said during a Baghdad news conference today.
• Iraqi president backs US-Iran talks on Iraq IRNA 19 Mar 2006 -- President Jalal Talabani supports a call by Secretary General of the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI) Abd al-Aziz Hakim for Iran and the United States to hold talks on Iraq.
• Iraq In Civil War Says Former Premier RFE/RL 19 Mar 2006 -- Iraq's former prime minister, Iyad Allawi, says he believes sectarian violence has taken Iraq into a state of civil war.

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• Katyusha rocket hits near Imam Hussein shrine in Karbala IRNA 19 Mar 2006 -- A katyusha rocket hit near the holy shrine of Imam Hussein (AS) in the Iraqi city of Karbala, sources in charge of the holy shrine told IRNA on Sunday.