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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 16 Jan 2008 [PDF]
• MND-North Soldiers attacked by small arms (Salah ad Din)
• PRESS CONFERENCE: Phantom Phoenix Update: Maj. Gen. Bergner, Jan. 16, 2008 MNF-I 16 Jan 2008 -- Maj. Gen. Kevin Bergner, Multi-National Force - Iraq Spokesman, and Dr. Ali al-Dabbagh, Government of Iraq Spokesman, give an update on Operation Phantom Phoenix
• Female Suicide Bomber Kills at Least 8 North of Baghdad VOA 16 Jan 2008 -- At least eight people were killed by a female suicide bomber in a crowded market north of Baghdad in volatile Diyala province
• Baghdad Violence Decreasing with Reconciliation Efforts Army News 16 Jan 2008 -- Northwest Rashid community leaders, senior Iraqi Security Forces leaders and Iraqi government members gathered Jan. 6 for a reconciliation meeting.
• Phantom Phoenix denies enemy sanctuary (Arab Jabour) MNF-I 16 Jan 2008 -- Two weeks into Operation Marne Thunderbolt, al-Qaeda in Iraq extremists are on the run. The operation is targeting AQI sanctuaries and weapons stockpiles in southern Arab Jabour.
• Operation Phantom Phoenix: U.S. Soldiers find cache, given warheads (Baghdad) MNF-I 16 Jan 2008 -- Multi-National Division - Baghdad Soldiers found a cache of explosives and were given a bag containing warheads by an Iraqi citizen in the Rashid district Jan. 14.
• Jan. 15 airpower summary: Fighting Falcons fly successful missions AFPN 16 Jan 2008
• Coalition Forces Kill 3 Terrorists, Detain 4 AFPS 16 Jan 2008 -- Coalition forces killed three terrorists and detained four suspects today during operations targeting al Qaeda networks in central and northern Iraq, military officials reported.
• 'Phantom Phoenix' Makes Security, Civil Progress in First Week AFPS 16 Jan 2008 -- Operation Phantom Phoenix, a series of division- and brigade-level strikes against al Qaeda and other extremists in Iraq, continues to disrupt terrorist safe havens and bases
• Phantom Phoenix Allows Provincial Governor to Visit Local Officials AFPS 16 Jan 2008 -- Diyala's provincial governor visited local representatives of qada, or county, governments in the Muqdadiyah area at Forward Operating Base Normandy here Jan. 14.

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• Attacks in Iraq decrease but insufficient progress on political front, UN reports UN News Centre 16 Jan 2008 -- Although attacks in Iraq have decreased, insecurity continues to severely limit the activities of the United Nations mission there, while the political situation has not improved as much as had been hoped, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says in a new report.

Reconstruction Issues

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News Reports

• Curfew Imposed After Suicide Bombing Kills 8 in Iraq VOA 16 Jan 2008 -- A curfew has been imposed in Iraq's volatile Diyala province, where earlier Wednesday a female suicide bomber blew herself up in a crowded market, killing eight people.