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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 16 Nov 2006 [PDF]
• MNC-I Soldier killed in Baghdad
• Task Force Lightning Soldier killed
• Two Task Force Lightning Soldiers killed
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualties
• CENTAF releases airpower summary for Nov. 16 AFPN 16 Nov 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for Nov. 16.
• Iraqi Soldiers Begin Sweep in Northern Iraq AFPS 16 Nov 2006 -- Iraqi soldiers swept a northern area in Iraq yesterday with the help of U.S. and coalition forces, military officials reported.
• 15 Iraqis Die in Separate Attacks in Baghdad VOA 16 Nov 2006 -- Iraqi police say at least 15 people were killed in separate attacks in Baghdad Thursday.

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US Policy

• U.S. Officials Testify Before Congress on Iraq Policies Washington File 16 Nov 2006 -- A vigorous government debate over U.S. policy in Iraq is taking shape as the top U.S. commander in the Middle East and the State Department's Iraq coordinator testified before congressional committees a week after the Democratic Party won large electoral gains in November 7 U.S. congressional elections.
• Failure in Iraq Would Affect Region, World, Intel Officials Say AFPS 16 Nov 2006 -- Failure of the coalition and Iraqi government to create a unified, peaceful Iraq would be catastrophic for that country and the region, and would embolden terrorists throughout the world, the directors of the Central Intelligence Agency and Defense Intelligence Agency said here yesterday.
• Militias Must Be Dealt With on Security, Political Fronts, Officials Say AFPS 16 Nov 2006 -- Illegal armed militias are one of the biggest challenges facing stability efforts in Iraq, but they cannot be defeated by military efforts alone, two of the top U.S. officials who deal with Iraq said here yesterday.
• Senators Press for Resolution of Iraq War VOA 16 Nov 2006 -- U.S. troop levels in Iraq and hopes for a political resolution to the violence in that country dominated the first post-election hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Wednesday

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraqi PM in Turkey; Discusses Security VOA 16 Nov 2006 -- Iraqs Prime Minister has begun a two-day visit to neighboring Turkey, where he is to discuss his country's security situation and Turkey's fight against Kurdish guerrillas based in northern Iraq.
• IRAQ: Ethnic tensions mount in Kirkuk IRIN 16 Nov 2006 -- There are fears that Iraq's northern city of Kirkuk will be a hot spot for increased violence following a mass influx of Kurds into the city in a bid to reverse the Arabisation policy of the government of ousted president Saddam Hussein.
• Iraq: Brain Drain Poses Threat To Future RFE/RL 16 Nov 2006 -- The mass kidnappings of an estimated 150 employees from the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research building in central Baghdad on November 14 underscores a huge problem for Iraq: the dwindling of its professional class.

Foreign Reactions

• Iraq: Saudi Arabia To Seal Off Border With Security Fence RFE/RL 16 Nov 2006 -- Saudi Arabia says it will begin construction next year of a hi-tech security fence to seal off its border with Iraq against extremists.

News Reports

• Iraq's Chief Sunni Cleric Sought on Terrorism Charges VOA 16 Nov 2006 -- Iraq's government has issued an arrest warrant for the country's chief Sunni cleric.