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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 13 Apr 2006 [PDF]
• MULTI-NATIONAL DIVISION-BAGHDAD SOLDIER KILLED
• MARINE DIES DUE TO ENEMY ACTION NEAR BAGHDAD
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Missing Marine and Sailor
• DoD Identifies Army Casualties
• Weekly Press Briefing April 13, 2006 MNF-I 13 Apr 2006 -- IRAQ OPERATIONAL UPDATE BRIEFING BRIEFER: MAJOR GENERAL RICK LYNCH, SPOKESMAN, MULTINATIONAL FORCE IRAQ
• CENTAF releases airpower summary AFPN 13 Apr 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials released today's airpower summary.
• Coalition Forces Capture, Kill Terrorists; Find Weapons AFPS 13 Apr 2006 -- Coalition forces in Iraq killed two suspected terrorists and captured two others today, and found more weapons caches , U.S. military officials in Baghdad said.
• March Raid Killed bin Laden Associate, Officials Announce AFPS 13 Apr 2006 -- Coalition and Iraqi forces killed a wanted extremist with high-level terrorism ties during an early morning raid March 27 near Baghdad's Abu Ghraib district, Multinational Force Iraq officials here announced today.
• Insurgents Still Target Baghdad, Official Says AFPS 13 Apr 2006 -- Baghdad remains the center of gravity in the insurgency's drive to prevent a national unity government from forming in Iraq, a Multinational Force Iraq spokesman said today.
• Coalition Task Force Provides Security in Northern Persian Gulf AFPS 13 Apr 2006 -- A multinational task force is hard at work here, seeking to preserve the free and secure use of the northern Persian Gulf by legitimate mariners and to prevent terrorists from transporting personnel, weapons or other illicit material by sea.
• USS Toledo Departs Jebel Ali, Continues MSO Support Navy NewsStand 13 Apr 2006 -- USS Toledo (SSN 769) departed the port of Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates, April 8, after a brief visit, providing the crew an opportunity for liberty and the Groton, Conn.-based submarine an opportunity for routine upkeep.

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Reconstruction Issues

• Iraqi Infrastructure Attacks Down 60 Percent in Last Three Months Washington File 13 Apr 2006 -- Attacks against Iraq's vital infrastructure have decreased by 60 percent over the past three months, the spokesman for Multi-National Force-Iraq said April 13.
• IRAQ: Women were more respected under Saddam, say women's groups IRIN 13 Apr 2006 -- According to the findings of a recent survey by local rights NGOs, women were treated better during the Saddam Hussein era - and their rights were more respected - than they are now.

Foreign Reactions

• Rafsanjani: Successful talks with US could pave way for talks on other issues IRNA 13 Apr 2006 -- Upcoming talks between Tehran and Washington on Iraq could, if they turn out to be successful, pave the way for talks on other issues, Expediency Council Chairman Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was quoted by Al-Hayat daily on Thursday.
• Australian Leader Testifies at Iraq Corruption Hearing VOA 13 Apr 2006 -- Australian Prime Minister John Howard has told an inquiry commission that he did not know the country's wheat exporter was bribing Saddam Hussein

News Reports

• RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 9, Number 15 13 Apr 2006
• Iraq: Security Commanders Discuss Security In Baghdad RFE/RL 13 Apr 2006 -- Operation Scales of Justice (Mizan al-Adalah) has already borne fruit, Iraqi Interior Ministry's special-forces commander General Adnan Thabit told RFE/RL's Radio Free Iraq (RFI) in an interview on April 12.