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Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 28 Jun 2007 [PDF]
• Improvised explosive device strikes MND-B patrol
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• June 27 airpower summary: Stratotankers extend Global Reach, Global Power AFPN 28 Jun 2007 -- Coalition airpower supported coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan during operations June 27, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
• Phantom Thunder Operations Disrupt Terrorists in Iraq AFPS 28 Jun 2007 -- U.S. and Iraqi troops are disrupting terrorist activities from Baghdad and its environs to Anbar province as the result of surge-related operations being conducted across Iraq, a senior U.S. military officer serving in Iraq said yesterday.
• Operation Arrowhead Ripper Makes Headway in Baqubah AFPS 28 Jun 2007 -- Iraqi and U.S. troops continue to clear out insurgents in Baqubah and distribute aid to its citizens as part of ongoing Operation Arrowhead Ripper, and recent terrorist bombings in Baghdad have killed 15 Iraqis and wounded 23 others, U.S. officials reported.
• 50 Killed in Iraq Violence VOA 28 Jun 2007 -- About 50 people have been killed or found dead in Iraq, in another day of violence in the country.
• OP Arrowhead Ripper Update: Troops continue to clear Baqouba, deliver food to locals MNF-I 28 Jun 2007 -- Iraqi Security Forces and Task Force Lightning Soldiers continued clearing and securing Baqouba, while providing humanitarian aid to citizens there June 27 as Operation Arrowhead Ripper entered its ninth day.
• USS Denver Provides Medical Assistance to Panamanian Vessel Navy NewsStand 28 Jun 2007 -- USS Denver (LPD 9) provided medical assistance to a vessel in distress in the Persian Gulf on June 28 while conducting maritime operations in the 5th Fleet area of operations (AOO).

Deployments

US Policy

• Transcript: President Bush Visits Naval War College, Discusses Iraq, War on Terror The White House 28 Jun 2007
• President Bush Cites Hopeful Signs in Iraq AFPS 28 Jun 2007 -- The surge of coalition and Iraqi operations in Baghdad has produced hopeful signs, President Bush said today at the Naval War College in Newport, R.I.
• Iraq Surge Showing Results, President Bush Says Washington File 28 Jun 2007 -- The surge of thousands more U.S. troops into key areas of Iraq is beginning to show results, according to President Bush.
• Bush Sees Hopeful Signs of Progress in Iraq VOA 28 Jun 2007 -- President Bush says there are hopeful signs of progress in Iraq as 30,000 additional U.S. troops have been battling al-Qaida terrorists
• Republican Defections Fuel US Iraq Debate VOA 28 Jun 2007 -- In recent days, two prominent senators from President Bush's Republican Party have made strong statements opposing his new Iraq strategy and calling for a change, well before the first official assessment of the strategy is due in September
• The Capital Interview: McConnell Cites 'Overwhelming Evidence' of Iran's Support for Iraqi Insurgents cfr.org 28 Jun 2007

United Nations

• UN's Iraq envoy pledges full support for constitutional review process UN NewsStand 28 Jun 2007 -- The senior United Nations envoy to Iraq today pledged the world body's full support for the country's constitutional review process.

Reconstruction Issues

• IRAQ: Samarra security crackdown making life difficult for students IRIN 28 Jun 2007 -- In a bid to restore order in the northern city of Samarra after the bombing of its prized Shia shrine, 6,000 Iraqi soldiers and police have been deployed there, making it difficult for residents to go about their normal life.
• SYRIA: Warning of looming crisis as Iraqi refugee influx continues IRIN 28 Jun 2007 -- With up to 2,000 Iraqi refugees arriving each day, adding to the 1.5 million - equivalent to around 8 percent of the Syrian population - who have flooded into Syria since the start of the US-led war on Iraq in 2003, economists and refugee experts warn of a looming social and economic crisis.

Foreign Reactions

• Turks Ponder Attack on Kurdish Guerillas in Iraq; Iraqi Kurds Worried VOA 28 Jun 2007 -- There is growing concern in Turkey and in northern Iraq about a Turkish military buildup for a possible incursion against Kurdish rebel bases in Iraqi territory

News Reports

• Research Group Calls for Phased Withdrawal of US Troops From Iraq VOA 28 Jun 2007 -- A new bi-partisan research organization has released a report proposing a timeline for the withdrawal of U.S. military forces from Iraq and a detailed plan for how to achieve it.