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• THREE MARINES KILLED IN AL ANBAR PROVINCE
• MARINE KILLED IN AL ANBAR PROVINCE
• Iraqi Army Takes Control of More Battlespace in Ceremony AFPS 16 Apr 2006 -- Iraqi soldiers assumed control of part of Iraq's Salah al Din Province from the U.S. Army's 1-8 Combined Arms Battalion in a transfer of authority ceremony yesterday at an Iraqi Army outpost near here.
• Seven Terrorists Killed in Two Iraq Engagements AFPS 16 Apr 2006 -- Coalition forces in Iraq killed seven terrorists today, five in a safe-house raid in Yusifiya and two who were planting a roadside bomb in Kirkuk province, military officials reported.
• Officials Tally Weapons Seized in Operation Cowpens AFPS 16 Apr 2006 -- Operation Cowpens concluded maneuvers here April 14 after nearly a month of discovering caches and hampering insurgent efforts in the area.
• 20 Dead In Attacks Across Iraq RFE/RL 16 Apr 2006 -- Three separate attacks targeting civilians in Iraq have killed at least 20 people and wounded dozens, including shoppers at a busy market south of the capital.

Deployments

US Policy

• Iraqi Ambassador Expects Political Compromise Soon VOA 16 Apr 2006 -- Iraq's ambassador to the United States says he expects a compromise resolution to a political impasse that has prevented Iraqi leaders from moving ahead with the country's new government
• Ex-Head Of Joint Chiefs Rejects Call For Rumsfeld Exit RFE/RL 16 Apr 2006 -- A former chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, retired General Richard Myers, has responded to a recent call for Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's resignation by saying the effort is "inappropriate" for retired military leaders.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraqi Parliament Speaker Postpones Parliament Session as Deadly Attacks Continue VOA 16 Apr 2006 -- The speaker of the Iraqi parliament says a long-awaited legislative session planned for Monday has been postponed, signaling that the country's four-month-long political stalemate has not been resolved.

Foreign Reactions

• Iraq-Press-Mubarak Mubarak had better halt infiltration of armed Egyptians into Iraq: Iraqi press IRNA 16 Apr 2006 -- Reacting to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's last week anti-Shi'a remarks, some Iraqi dailies in their Saturday edition, too, advised him to halt infiltration of armed Egyptians into Iraq to boost Iraq's security.
• Iraqi, Iranian nations share common interests, concern: FM IRNA 16 Apr 2006 -- Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki here Saturday evening said that Iran and Iraq were two nations with common interests and concerns.

News Reports