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Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 13 Jun 2006 [PDF]
• CENTAF releases airpower summary AFPN 13 Jun 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials released the airpower summary for June 12.
• U.S. Marines Working With Local Police in Qaim AFPS 13 Jun 2006 -- A Marine Corps police transition team is working here to equip and train Iraqi police. While there are many obstacles to surmount, there are signs of progress, U.S. officials here said.
• Multiple Bombings in Kirkuk; At Least 16 Dead VOA 13 Jun 2006 -- Authorities in northern Iraq say multiple bomb attacks Tuesday in the city of Kirkuk have killed at least 16 people.

Deployments

US Policy

• Fact Sheet: Camp David Meetings: Building on Progress in Iraq The White House 13 Jun 2006
• President Bush Makes Surprise Visit to Iraq, Meets with Prime Minister Maliki in Baghdad The White House 13 Jun 2006
• Bush Arrives in Iraq on Surprise Visit AFPS 13 Jun 2006 -- President Bush arrived in Baghdad today on a surprise visit to new Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
• Bush Makes Surprise Visit to Baghdad VOA 13 Jun 2006 -- President Bush is in Iraq for an unannounced visit to meet with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and other top officials.
• U.S. Troops in Iraq Spreading 'Universality of Freedom,' Bush Says AFPS 13 Jun 2006 -- American troops in Iraq are bringing freedom to the oppressed and helping to secure the U.S. homeland, President Bush told U.S. troops in Baghdad during a surprise visit there today.
• Bush Impressed With Iraqi Government Officials During Baghdad Trip AFPS 13 Jun 2006 -- On a surprise visit to Baghdad today, President Bush told Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki he is impressed with Maliki's choices for top Iraqi Cabinet officials.
• Bush Arrives In Baghdad For Surprise Visit RFE/RL 13 Jun 2006 -- U.S. President George W. Bush has arrived on a surprise visit to Baghdad today, flying in amid absolute secrecy, taking observers completely by surprise.
• U.S. President Arrives in Baghdad for Surprise Trip Washignton File 13 Jun 2006 -- President Bush made an unannounced five-hour visit to Baghdad June 13 for talks with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, President Jalal Talabani, and other Iraqi leaders, and paid a visit to U.S. troops serving in Iraq.
• Bush Makes Surprise Visit to Baghdad in Show of Support for New Government VOA 13 Jun 2006 -- President Bush is in Iraq on a surprise visit meant to show his support for the new government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
• Bush Meets Maliki in Baghdad, Praises Troops VOA 13 Jun 2006 -- President Bush is on his way home after a surprise trip to Baghdad designed to show support for the new Iraqi government
• US Officials Still Concerned About al-Qaida in Iraq VOA 13 Jun 2006 -- U.S. counterterrorism officials remain concerned about al-Qaida in Iraq, even though terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was killed in a U.S. airstrike last week
• US House of Representatives Approves Iraq Spending Measure VOA 13 Jun 2006 -- The House of Representatives has approved, by a vote of 351 to 67, $70 billion in new funding in support of U.S. military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

Foreign Reactions

• Jordan Probes Lawmakers' Zarqawi Links VOA 13 Jun 2006 -- Jordan is preparing legal action against four parliament members who were detained after offering condolences for the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the Jordanian-born terrorist killed in Iraq last week.

News Reports

• Analysis: Hope and Vengeance in Iraq cfr.org 14 Jun 2006 -- The pace of violence in Iraq following the killing of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi last week remains largely unchanged.
• Backgrounder: Abu Mamza al-Muhajir, Zarqawi's Mysterious Successor cfr.org 14 Jun 2006