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Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 07 Dec 2006 [PDF]
• Five Task Force Lightning Soldiers killed
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualties
• CENTAF releases airpower summary for Dec. 7AFPN 07 Dec 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for Dec. 7.
• 14 Insurgents Killed in Ramadi; More Insurgents Captured in Raids AFPS 07 Dec 2006 -- Fighting in Ramadi killed a coaltion servicemember and 14 insurgents yesterday, and Iraqi and coalition forces captured other insurgents in three raids around Iraq this week.

Deployments

US Policy

• President Bush Meets with British Prime Minister Tony Blair The White House 07 Dec 2006
• Bush, Blair Affirm Commitment to Victory in Iraq AFPS 07 Dec 2006 -- Victory in Iraq requires doing all that's necessary to support the country's newly elected government, ensuring its regional neighbors do the same, and promoting peace between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair said today.
• Bush: Syria, Iran Have 'Choice to Make' Regarding Iraq AFPS 07 Dec 2006 -- President Bush said today he welcomes closer coordination with Iraq's regional neighbors to promote peace there, but draws the line when it comes to working with countries like Syria and Iran unless they stop supporting terrorism or defying U.N. resolutions regarding nuclear weapons.
• President Praises Troops, Says Victory Only Option in Iraq AFPS 07 Dec 2006 -- President Bush said today he knows the U.S. and coalition will succeed in Iraq and that he would never put the nation's troops at risk if he didn't believe that and recognize how important it is to U.S. long-term security.
• Iraq Study Group Ideas Spark Questions VOA 07 Dec 2006 -- President Bush and members of the Senate served notice on the Iraq Study Group Thursday that its 79-recommendation report on U.S. Iraq policy is not likely to be adopted in its entirety
• Analysts: Help on Iraq to Have Diplomatic Cost VOA 07 Dec 2006 -- Central to the recommendations of the Iraq Study Group report is its call to get Iraq's neighbors involved in helping stabilize the country
• Bush, Blair Say Iraq Report Offers Way Forward RFE/RL 07 Dec 2006 -- U.S. President George W. Bush said he and visiting British Prime Minister Tony Blair believe recommendations for U.S. policy in Iraq put forward in the Iraq Study Group's report are "worthy of serious study."
• Bush, Blair Discuss Iraq Study Group Report VOA 07 Dec 2006 -- One day after the release of a much-anticipated report on Iraq, President Bush discussed its contents with British Prime Minister Tony Blair
• Iraq: Increased U.S. Involvement In Politics Carries Risks RFE/RL 07 Dec 2006 -- This week, the leader of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI), Abd al-Aziz al-Hakim, met with U.S. President George W. Bush in Washington to discuss the current security situation in Iraq, which followed Bush's November 30 summit with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in Amman, Jordan.
• Bush, Blair Discuss Iraq at White House VOA 07 Dec 2006 -- President Bush met at the White House with British Prime Minister Tony Blair to discuss the situation in Iraq.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

Foreign Reactions

• IRAQ: Fighters welcome report that advises withdrawal of US troops IRIN 07 Dec 2006 -- Insurgents and militias in Iraq on Thursday welcomed the recommendations made in a report by the Iraq Study Group that indicated that US policy in Iraq was not working and that its troops should be pulled out earlier than current projections suggest.
• Middle East: U.S. Iraq Report Draws Cautious Praise RFE/RL 07 Dec 2006 -- A top-level commission established by the U.S. Congress has recommended that President George W. Bush make dramatic changes to U.S. policy in Iraq, eliciting various reactions from Iraq, its neighboring states, and U.S. allies.
• Iraqi Government Cautiously Welcomes US Report VOA 07 Dec 2006 -- Iraq's government has cautiously welcomed the recommendations of a bipartisan U.S. panel on Iraq.
• Syria Calls Iraq Study Group's Findings 'Objective' RFE/RL 07 Dec 2006 -- International reaction to the Iraq Study Group report is pouring in.

News Reports

• Analysis: Bush, Blair Vow to Push Forward cfr.org 07 Dec 2006 -- "I believe we need a new approach" to Iraq, President George W. Bush said after meeting his most important Iraq War ally (CNN), British Prime Minister Tony Blair