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Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 22 Nov 2006 [PDF]
• Task Force Lightning Soldier killed
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• CENTAF releases airpower summary for Nov. 22 AFPN 22 Nov 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for Nov. 22.
• Scores of Suspected Terrorists Detained in Iraq Operations AFPS 22 Nov 2006 -- Coalition and Iraqi forces have detained scores of suspected terrorists, freed hostages and seized a major weapons cache in operations over the last few days, military officials reported.

Deployments

US Policy

• U.S. Must Be Patient With Iraqi Progress, Top Marine Says AFPS 22 Nov 2006 -- The Iraqi military is making progress in assuming the security mission in the country, but whether U.S. public opinion will allow the U.S. military to complete the training mission in Iraq is the real question, the Marine Corps commandant said here today.
• Bush, Iraq's Maliki To Confer on Iraqi Security Forces Washington File 22 Nov 2006 -- President Bush will meet with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in Amman, Jordan, on November 29 and 30 to hear a report by a joint U.S.-Iraqi commission tasked with accelerating the transfer of security responsibility to Iraqi forces.

United Nations

• UNAMI Human Rights Report expresses concern at the deteriorating human rights situation and calls on the Government to redouble its efforts to ensure respect for the rule of law UNAMI 22 Nov 2006 -- UNAMI expresses concern that "violence reached alarming levels in many parts of the country particularly affecting, the right to life and personal integrity".
• IRAQ: More than 3,700 civilians killed in October, UN reports IRIN 22 Nov 2006 -- The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) said on Wednesday that 3,709 Iraqi civilians were killed in October, describing it as the highest death toll since the beginning of the US-led occupation of the country in March 2003.

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraq: Could Iranian Summit Lead To Breakthrough? RFE/RL 22 Nov 2006 -- On November 21, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani accepted an invitation from his Iranian counterpart to visit Tehran on November 25-26.
• Iraq Weekly Status Report US Dept. of State 22 Nov 2006 [PDF]

Foreign Reactions

• Iran: Rumors Persist That Syria Will Attend Iran-Iraq Summit RFE/RL 22 Nov 2006 -- Iraqi President Jalal Talabani will go to Tehran on November 25 for a three-to-four day state visit.

News Reports