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Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 18 Jan 2008 [PDF]
• MND-B Soldier attacked by IED (Baghdad)
• Jan. 17 airpower summary: A-10s provide air support AFPN 18 Jan 2008
• Coalition Kills 13 Insurgents, Detains Three During Operations AFPS 18 Jan 2008 -- Coalition forces killed 13 terrorists and detained three suspects yesterday and today during operations targeting al Qaeda networks in central and northern Iraq, military officials reported.
• Aviation Support Soldiers Keep Helicopters Flying in Iraq AFPS 18 Jan 2008 -- When Command Sgt. Maj. Keith C. Dawson sees a formation of Army helicopters pass overhead in Baghdad, he knows it is likely that some of his soldiers are working to keep those aircraft aloft.
• Shi'ite Sect, Iraqi Forces Clash in Basra; At least 5 Killed VOA 18 Jan 2008 -- Iraqi police say clashes have broken out between security forces and armed members of a Shi'ite sect in the southern cities of Basra and Nasiriyah.
• Operation Phantom Phoenix air strikes take out al-Qaeda training area (Arab Jabour) MNF-I 18 Jan 2008 -- Air strikes dropped 10,000 pounds of munitions Jan. 16 on bunkers in Arab Jabour used by al-Qaeda as training sites for new recruits.

Deployments

US Policy

• Turkish Army Reports Strikes Against Kurdish Rebels in Iraq VOA 18 Jan 2008 -- The Turkish military says its warplanes have struck nearly 60 positions of the Kurdish Workers Party, the PKK, in northern Iraq
• US Military, Defense Officials Pressed on Iraq Military VOA 18 Jan 2008 -- U.S. lawmakers have pressed military and defense officials testifying before a congressional committee on the question of how long U.S. forces will be required to support Iraq's military

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Leaders' Course Welcomes First Class of Iraqi NCOs Army News 18 Jan 2008 -- As the midday sun warmed the ground at FOB Kalsu Jan. 15, 56 Iraqi soldiers stood beside 18 U.S. noncommissioned officers, in front of two countries' flags, with one common purpose and made history.

Foreign Reactions

• Turkish military jets destroy 60 rebel targets in N. Iraq RIA Novosti 18 Jan 2008 -- Turkish combat aircraft destroyed about 60 targets in the latest airstrike on Kurdish rebel positions in north Iraq, the general staff said on Friday.

News Reports