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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 03 Nov 2006 [PDF]
• Three Soldiers killed by roadside bomb
• Marine dies in Western Iraq
• 3 MNF-W Marines killed in Western Iraq
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• CENTAF releases airpower summary for Nov. 3 AFPN 03 Nov 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for Nov. 3.
• Transition teams secure relationships on the border Army News 03 Nov 2006 -- It is early morning at the point of entry where two countries meet - Iraq and Syria.
• Airmen work, live with Iraqi Army at remote desert base AFPN 03 Nov 2006 -- Tucked in a valley between the Euphrates River and some of the most dangerous territory in Iraq is an oasis in the middle of the desert -- Camp Habbaniyah.
• Iraqi Police Find 56 Bodies in Baghdad VOA 03 Nov 2006 -- Iraqi police say they have found 56 bodies in Baghdad in a 24-hour period from Thursday to Friday morning.

Deployments

US Policy

• Iraq Remains Central to Mideast Transformation, Rice Says Washington File 03 Nov 2006 -- Iraq is a key front in combating terrorism, and failure to establish a stable, democratic system there would have dire consequences, says U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
• Democrats Vow to Change Iraq Policy If They Win Control of US Congress VOA 03 Nov 2006 -- U.S. Congressional Democrats are vowing to press for a change of course in U.S. policy on Iraq if they regain control of one or both houses of Congress in Tuesday's midterm elections, as public opinion polls suggest is possible.

United Nations

• UN Compensation Commission for Kuwait seeks to recover overpayments UN News Centre 03 Nov 2006 -- The United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC) that settles damage awards stemming from Iraq's 1990 invasion and occupation of Kuwait today announced steps to recover inaccurate awards involving overpayments, approving a significant number of claims for correction.
• UNHCR: Iraq Faces Refugee Crisis VOA 03 Nov 2006 -- The U.N. refugee agency says Iraq is facing a displacement crisis, on a larger scale than was anticipated when the war began in 2003

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraq: Amman Talks Could Bring Political Breakthrough RFE/RL 03 Nov 2006 -- Iraqi officials held meetings this week in Amman, Jordan, with representatives from at least a dozen Iraqi resistance groups, including former Ba'athists, in the hopes of bringing them into the political process

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 9, Number 39 03 Nov 2006
• Analysis: Deployments, Deadlines in Iraq cfr.org 03 Nov 2006 -- The war in Iraq has entered a critical stage, driven as much by escalating violence on the ground as by political calendars in the United States
• Bechtel Corporation Pulling Out of Iraq VOA 03 Nov 2006 -- U.S.-based engineering firm Bechtel Corporation says it is pulling its employees out of Iraq now that its three-year contract to rebuild the war-torn country has expired.