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Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 11 Dec 2006 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• Roadside bomb hits combat patrol, kills three MND-B Soldiers
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• CENTAF releases airpower summary for Dec. 11 AFPN 11 Dec 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for Dec. 11.
• Iraqi Security Forces Capture 16 Terrorism Suspects AFPS 11 Dec 2006 -- Iraqi security forces captured 16 suspected terrorists yesterday, and a Dec. 9 air strike killed two others, military officials in Iraq reported.
• USS Boxer Sailor Helps Repair Iraqi Weather Station Navy NewsStand 11 Dec 2006 -- USS Boxer's (LHD 4) Aerographer's Mate 1st Class (AW/SW) Clayton Corbin reported to Iraq's Al Basra Oil Terminal (ABOT) in the North Persian Gulf Dec. 7 to help repair its automated weather station.

Deployments

US Policy

• President Bush Meets with Senior State Department Officials on Iraq The White House 11 Dec 2006
• Bush Discusses "New Way Forward" in Iraq at State Department Washington File 11 Dec 2006 -- President Bush spoke of charting "a new way forward in Iraq" after meeting with State Department officials December 11 to discuss developments on the ground in that nation.
• Bush Holds Consultations on Iraq Strategy VOA 11 Dec 2006 -- President Bush has begun three days of intense consultations on his Iraq policy
• Rumsfeld Says Military Effort Alone Will Not Bring Success in Iraq VOA 11 Dec 2006 -- The departure of U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld this month roughly coincides with the end of Lieutenant General Peter Chiarelli's tour as Commander of Multinational Forces in Iraq

United Nations

• Annan Criticizes US In Farewell Speech VOA 11 Dec 2006 -- U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has used his farewell address to caution the United States against sacrificing its ideals in the battle against terrorism.

Reconstruction Issues

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• Analysis: Which Way Forward on Iraq? cfr.org 11 Dec 2006 -- The calm after the storm set off by the Iraq Study Group (ISG) report has settled in, leaving the question of what happens next.