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Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 16 Jul 2007 [PDF]
• Task Force Lightning Soldier attacked
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• MNC-I Soldier dies of non-battle related cause
• DoD News Briefing with Lt. Gen. Lamb from Iraq 16 Jul 2007 -- Presenter: Deputy Commander of Multinational Force-Iraq and Senior British Representative in Iraq Lt. Gen. Graeme Lamb July 16, 2007 9:00 AM EDT
• Coalition Forces Capture Suspects, Kill Terrorists in Iraq AFPS 16 Jul 2007 -- Coalition forces conducted anti-insurgent operations over the past few days in Iraq, killing terrorists and capturing suspects, military officials reported.
• July 15 airpower summary: Transports aid in med evac AFPN 16 Jul 2007 -- Coalition airpower supported coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan during operations July 15, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
• MND-C begins new offensive operations MNF-I 16 Jul 2007 -- Task Force Marne began an offensive today in southern Baghdad to drive out extremists.

Deployments

US Policy

• Corps Commander Sees No Need for More U.S. Troops in Iraq AFPS 16 Jul 2007 -- The Multinational Corps Iraq commander said he does not envision a scenario that would require more U.S. troops in Iraq.
• Pace: From Military Standpoint, Surge Working AFPS 16 Jul 2007 -- Militarily, the troop surge in Iraq is doing what it was supposed to do, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said here today.
• Iraqi Forces Continue to Improve, Build Trust in Local Population, Admiral Says AFPS 16 Jul 2007 -- Local trust in Iraq security forces is leading to a record number of seizures of weapons caches throughout the country, a spokesman for Multinational Force Iraq said during a press conference yesterday.
• Pace Visits Iraq to Assess Surge Progress, Way Forward AFPS 16 Jul 2007 -- It is vital for military leaders to give concise assessments of the situation in Iraq and to avoid "groupthink," the phenomena where groups fixate on one solution to the exclusion of all others, the top U.S. military leader said here today.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• IRAQ: Traumatised Iraqi children suffer psychological damage IRIN 16 Jul 2007

Foreign Reactions

• Iraqis Say More Than Troop Surge Needed for Stability VOA 16 Jul 2007 -- The patience of the American public and many politicians is waning as Iraqi violence continues and political reconciliation remains beyond reach
• Iraq: Saudis Vow Greater Cooperation On Security RFE/RL 16 Jul 2007 -- Iraqi national security adviser Muwaffaq al-Rubay'i says that nearly half of the foreign militants targeting U.S. and Iraqi security forces and civilians are from Saudi Arabia.

News Reports

• Suicide Bombers Kill 80 in Northern Iraqi City of Kirkuk VOA 16 Jul 2007 -- Iraqi police say a suicide truck bomber has killed at least 80 people in the ethnically-divided northern city of Kirkuk.