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Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 16 Apr 2007 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualties
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• MND-B patrol ends with small arms fire
• MND-B patrol targeted by IED strike
• Explosively-formed projectile targets MND-B patrol
• April 15 airpower summary: Maintainers keep aircraft in tip-top shape AFPN 16 Apr 2007 -- Coalition airpower supported coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan in the following operations April 15, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
• Coalition Troops Kill, Capture Terrorists in Iraq AFPS 16 Apr 2007 -- Coalition forces killed at least three enemy fighters and nabbed 11 others during operations across Iraq the past three days, military officials reported.

Deployments

US Policy

• President Bush Discusses the Iraq War Supplemental The White House 16 Apr 2007
• Bush Pushes Congress on War Funding VOA 16 Apr 2007 -- President Bush invited military families to the White House Monday, as he stepped up his campaign for Congressional passage of a war funding bill without a timetable for withdrawal
• Bush Thanks Military Families, Urges Congress to Pass War Spending Bill AFPS 16 Apr 2007 -- President Bush thanked families of troops serving overseas for their sacrifices and praised organizations that support veterans and military families today at the White House

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Sadr Ministers Quit Iraqi Cabinet Pressuring Maliki VOA 16 Apr 2007 -- Six cabinet ministers loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr quit the Iraqi government Monday to protest the prime minister's refusal to set a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. and other coalition forces, dealing a blow to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's already beleaguered government
• Al-Sadr Bloc Quits Iraqi Government RFE/RL 16 Apr 2007 -- The political movement of Shi'ite cleric and militia leader Muqtada al-Sadr says its six ministers will leave the government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki today.
• IRAQ: Thousands without food and supplies due to failing distribution system IRIN 16 Apr 2007 -- Thousands of Iraqis are going without food and basic supplies as the country's food distribution infrastructure crumbles, according to a new report.

Foreign Reactions

• Talabani urges Iran to attend Sharm al-Sheikh meeting IRNA 16 Apr 2007 -- Iraqi President Jalal Talabani in a meeting with Iranian Ambassador to Baghdad Hassan Kazemi Qomi here Monday said given that Iran is a significant regional country, it should take part in the upcoming Sharm al-Sheikh meeting in Egypt.

News Reports