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Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 22 Sep 2006 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Army Casualties
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• MND-B Soldier killed by roadside bomb
• Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Thurman from Iraq 22 Sep 2006 -- Presenter: Commander, Multi-National Division-Baghdad, Maj. Gen. James Thurman
• CENTAF releases airpower summary for Sept. 22 AFPN 22 Sep 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for Sept. 22.
• People of Baghdad Seeing Results from U.S.-Iraqi Operation AFPS 22 Sep 2006 -- Combined U.S.-Iraqi operations in Baghdad have produced real results for citizens there, who are seeing improvements in their neighborhoods and basic services and who report a stronger feeling of security, a top U.S. general in the area said today.
• US General Says 3,000 More Iraqi Troops Needed to Help Stabilize Baghdad VOA 22 Sep 2006 -- The commander of U.S. forces in Baghdad says he needs about 3,000 Iraqi forces to help stabilize the capital, which has recently experienced a dramatic surge in sectarian violence.

Deployments

• Iraqi President Rules Out Withdrawal Timetable VOA 22 Sep 2006 -- Iraq's president has ruled out setting a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S.-led coalition forces, until Iraqi forces can handle security duties on their own

US Policy

• US Special Commission says Next Three Months are Critical in Iraq VOA 22 Sep 2006 -- The head of an independent U.S. special commission on Iraq says the next three months are critical in determining that country's future.
• Rumsfeld: Iraqi Prime Minister Doing Impressive Work AFPS 22 Sep 2006 -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is working hard to quell sectarian violence and pave the way for the reconciliation of his country's people, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said yesterday.
• Iraq's Insurgency Must Be Overcome by More than Military Power Washington File 22 Sep 2006 -- The commander of multinational forces in Baghdad, Iraq, says the insurgency and sectarian violence in the Iraqi capital city cannot be quelled solely by military means.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Complicated Saddam Case Raises Concerns VOA 22 Sep 2006 -- Some of the investigators who gathered evidence for Saddam Hussein's trial on genocide charges have doubts about the ability of Iraq's courts to handle such a difficult case
• Iraqi President Urges Neighbors To Stop Border Infiltration RFE/RL 22 Sep 2006 -- Iraqi President Jalal Talabani today urged Iraq's neighbors to prevent cross-border infiltrations by militants.

Foreign Reactions

• Iraq: Neighbors Pledge Support On Security, Yet Again RFE/RL 22 Sep 2006 -- The interior ministers of Iraq's neighboring countries pledged at a September 19 conference in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to help boost security along their borders to prevent terrorist infiltration into Iraq.

News Reports

• RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 9, Number 33 22 Sep 2006