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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 16 May 2006 [PDF]
• TASK FORCE BAND OF BROTHERS SOLDIERS KILLED
• MND-B SOLDIER KILLED BY ROADSIDE BOMB
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualties
• 14 Killed in Baghdad Garage Attack VOA 16 May 2006 -- Iraqi authorities say at least 14 people were killed in an insurgent attack in a Baghdad car garage Tuesday.
• Air Force flexibility on display in Iraq and Afghanistan AFPN 16 May 2006 -- Air Force fighters no longer just swoop down from the sky to drop their deadly weapons in support of ground troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
• Oldest Amphib Serves as Base for Iraq’s Future Navy NewsStand 16 May 2006 -- USS Ogden (LPD 5), the Navy’s oldest active amphibious ship, is currently serving as the Afloat Forward Staging Base (AFSB) for the multinational maritime coalition operating in the North Persian Gulf.

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Reconstruction Issues

• Command Arrangements Change in Northern Baghdad Area AFPS 16 May 2006 -- When the 2nd Brigade of the 9th Iraqi Mechanized Division assumed 150 square kilometers of battlespace north of Baghdad yesterday, it was more than just a paperwork shuffle.

Foreign Reactions

• UK denies shortage of choppers in Iraq, Afghanistan IRNA 16 May 2006 -- Armed Forces Minister Adam Ingram is unwilling to specify how many helicopters are available in Iraq and Afghanistan but has denied that there is a shortage to protect the separate deployments of ground troops.

News Reports

• Iraqi Officials: UAE Diplomat Kidnapped in Baghdad VOA 16 May 2006 -- Iraqi officials say gunmen have kidnapped a United Arab Emirates diplomat in the Mansour district in western Baghdad.