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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 17 Nov 2006 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Army Casualties
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• DoD Identifies Army Casualties
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• Soldier killed in northern Iraq
• Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Marine Col. Larry Nicholson Live from Camp Fallujah, Iraq 17 Nov 2006 -- Presenter: Marine Col. Larry Nicholson commander of Regimental Combat Team 5
• CENTAF releases airpower summary for Nov. 17 AFPN 17 Nov 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for Nov. 17.
• Iraqi Forces Capture Terrorist Cell Leader, Seize Weapons AFPS 17 Nov 2006 -- Iraqi security forces captured a terrorist cell leader, found a large roadside bomb before it could be used, and seized a large weapons cache over the last two days, military officials in Baghdad reported today.

Deployments

• DoD Announces Troop Rotations for Iraq, Afghanistan AFPS 17 Nov 2006 -- Defense Department officials today announced the first of the major units scheduled to deploy to Iraq and Afghanistan for the next rotations in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.
• DoD Announces Units for Next Operation Iraqi Freedom Rotation 17 Nov 2006 -- The Department of Defense announced today the first of the major units scheduled to deploy as part of the next Operation Iraqi Freedom rotation.

US Policy

• Protecting Sunnis in Western Iraq 'Complicated,' General Says AFPS 17 Nov 2006 -- Providing protection and stability for Sunnis living in a portion of western Iraq has proved to be a complicated situation, a senior U.S. Marine officer said today.
• Much Progress Made in Fallujah, Marine Commander Says AFPS 17 Nov 2006 -- Two years ago, much of the Iraqi city of Fallujah had suffered severe damage after some of the hardest fighting seen since the country was liberated by U.S. and coalition forces in the spring of 2003.
• U.S. Boosts Iraq Army, Police Trainers in Anbar Province AFPS 17 Nov 2006 -- More U.S. officers and noncommissioned officers are being assigned to mentoring and training duties with Iraqi army and police units in the country's Anbar province, a senior U.S. Marine officer deployed in Iraq said today.
• US Military to Increase Trainers as Key to Developing Iraqi Forces VOA 17 Nov 2006 -- The colonel who commands the U.S. Marines in and around Fallujah, west of Baghdad, says the key to transferring security responsibility to Iraqi forces, and eventually reducing the U.S. troop presence in the country, is to put more American trainers into Iraqi units
• Debate Intensifies Over US Troop Withdrawals from Iraq VOA 17 Nov 2006 -- Recent elections for the U.S. Congress and continuing bloodshed in Baghdad have renewed debate over whether there should be a timetable for American-led coalition forces to leave Iraq

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• Conflicting Reports Surface on Fate of Kidnapped Westerners in Iraq VOA 17 Nov 2006 -- There are conflicting reports out of Iraq about the fate of five Western security contractors who were kidnapped Thursday.
• Dutch military intelligence officers tortured Iraqi prisoners: daily IRNA 17 Nov 2006 -- Dutch military intelligence officers tortured Iraqi prisoners three years ago, German media cited the Dutch Volkskrant newpaper as saying on Friday.
• Report: Dutch Military Abused Iraqi Prisoners in 2003 VOA 17 Nov 2006 -- Some opposition lawmakers in The Netherlands are calling for an investigation into a published report saying the Dutch military abused Iraq prisoners during interrogations in 2003, and then tried to cover it up.