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Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 20 Apr 2006 [PDF]
• Weekly Press Briefing April 20, 2006 MNF-I 20 Apr 2006 -- IRAQ OPERATIONAL UPDATE BRIEFING BRIEFER: MAJOR GENERAL RICK LYNCH, SPOKESMAN, MULTINATIONAL FORCE IRAQ
• CENTAF releases airpower summary AFPN 20 Apr 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials released today's airpower summary.

Deployments

US Policy

• Iraqis Continue 'Dominant Contribution' to Operations, General Says AFPS 20 Apr 2006 -- Iraqi security forces continue to play an increasingly larger role in the fight against terrorism, with many units taking responsibility for their own areas and making connections with citizens, a U.S. military spokesman in Baghdad said today.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Al-Ja'fari Indicates He May Step Aside As Candidate RFE/RL 20 Apr 2006 -- Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Ja'fari has indicated he would consider stepping aside as a candidate for the top government post, a move that could lead to a potential breakthrough in the country's political standoff.
• Iraq Parliament Session Delayed Again VOA 20 Apr 2006 -- Iraqi lawmakers have delayed Thursday's scheduled parliamentary session after Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari agreed to let his Shi'ite bloc to decide if he should step aside.
• Iraqi Security Forces Continuing To Make Progress Washington File 20 Apr 2006 -- Iraqi military and police forces are leading security efforts in support of their country's elected leaders' ongoing negotiations to form a national unity government, says U.S. Army Major General Rick Lynch, spokesman for Multi-National Force - Iraq.

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• IRAQ: NGOs' report puts kidnappings this year at 20,000 IRIN 20 Apr 2006 -- About 20,000 people, nearly half of them women and children, have been kidnapped throughout the country since the beginning of the year, according to a survey conducted by several local NGOs.