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Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 19 Apr 2006 [PDF]
• ROADSIDE BOMB KILLS MND-B SOLDIER
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• CENTAF releases airpower summary AFPN 19 Apr 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials released today's airpower summary.
• Blast Destroys Iraqi Police Station; Tip Leads Soldiers to Weapons AFPS 19 Apr 2006 -- Terrorists blew up a new Iraqi police station under construction south of Baghdad yesterday, military officials reported.

Deployments

US Policy

• Bush Calls for Progress on New Iraqi Government VOA 19 Apr 2006 -- President Bush says Iraqi politicians must move quickly to form a government of national unity, warning that a power vacuum will only bring more violence
• US Contractor Pleads Guilty to Bribery in Iraqi Reconstruction Case VOA 19 Apr 2006 -- A U.S. contractor has pleaded guilty to conspiracy, bribery and money-laundering charges involving U.S.-led reconstruction efforts in Iraq.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraq Weekly Status Report State Dept. 19 Apr 2006 [PDF]

Foreign Reactions

• Iraqi FM says he will attend Iran-US talks IRNA 19 Apr 2006 -- Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said Tuesday that he will take part in upcoming talks between Iran and the United States tentatively scheduled to be held after the formation of a new Iraqi government.

News Reports

• Analysis: On Iraq, General Discontent cfr.org 19 Apr 2006 -- The word "quagmire" has often been used to describe the war in Iraq, but lately it also provides an apt description of the political terrain around the war's architect, Donald Rumsfeld.
• Time to plan for US withdrawal from Iraq, says Brzezinski IRNA 19 Apr 2006 -- Former US president Jimmy Carter's national security advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski said Wednesday that it was time to plan for an American withdrawal from Iraq.