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Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 02 Nov 2006 [PDF]
• MND-B Soldier killed by roadside bomb
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• DoD Announces Army Soldier as Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• Soldier dies in non-combat related incident
• Press Briefing, Nov. 2, 2006 MNF-I 02 Nov 2006 -- TOPIC: SECURITY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ
• CENTAF releases airpower summary for Nov. 2 AFPN 02 Nov 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for Nov. 2.
• Blast in Baghdad's Sadr City Kills 7, Wounds 45 VOA 02 Nov 2006 -- Iraqi officials say a bomb blast in Baghdad's Sadr City has killed seven people and wounded 45 others.
• Intensive Search Continues for Kidnapped Soldier AFPS 02 Nov 2006 -- An intensive search continues for Spc. Kousay Altaie, a 41-year-old U.S. Army Reserve soldier kidnapped Oct. 23 outside Baghdad's International Zone, a spokesman for Multinational Force Iraq told reporters during a Baghdad briefing today.
• Insurgents Kill Iraqi Academic, Kidnap Coaches for Blind Athletes VOA 02 Nov 2006 -- Iraqi officials say insurgents have shot dead a leading academic and kidnapped two sports coaches for disabled athletes in the latest attacks in Baghdad.
• US Air Strike Kills al-Qaida in Iraq Leader in Ramadi VOA 02 Nov 2006 -- The U.S. military in Iraq says a coalition air strike has killed a local leader of the al-Qaida in Iraq militant group in the western town of Ramadi.

Deployments

US Policy

• Maliki's Security Forces Plan Shows Progress, U.S. General Says AFPS 02 Nov 2006 -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's recent plan to beef up Iraq's security forces is a positive step toward creating a force able to operate independently with minimal coalition support, a senior U.S. official in Baghdad told reporters today.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraq: Ethnic Tensions Increasing In Oil-Rich City RFE/RL 02 Nov 2006 -- As the government committee charged with reversing the "Arabization" policy pursued in Kirkuk under former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein attempts to complete its constitutionally mandated task, ethnic tensions have increased as each community vies for control of the oil-rich northern city.
• Iraqi President Says US Troops Needed for 3 More Years VOA 02 Nov 2006 -- Iraqi President Jalal Talabani says U.S. troops should stay in Iraq for two to three more years.

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• IRAQ: Insurgents using children to fight US-led forces IRIN 02 Nov 2006 -- Some children have been recruited by insurgents to fight in Iraq, according to a prominent local NGO.