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Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 28 Jan 2008 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• Coalition Soldiers killed in IED attack (Ninewah)
• Jan. 27 airpower summary: A-10 Thunderbolt IIs provide show of force AFPN 28 Jan 2008
• Coalition Forces in Iraq Capture Alleged Terrorist Scout AFPS 28 Jan 2008 -- Coalition forces in Iraq today captured a suspected terrorist scout during operations in the Risalah area of Baghdad, military officials said.
• Air Force General Lauds Joint 'Marne Thunderbolt' Success AFPS 28 Jan 2008 -- A top Air Force officer here praised the joint-service effort that has made Operation Marne Thunderbolt successful.
• 3ID Completes Operation Browning Army News 28 Jan 2008 -- For three days, Coalition Forces weathered harsh cold and deadly pressure-plate improvised explosive devices to secure a foothold in southern Arab Jabour, beginning with an air assault Jan. 20.

Deployments

• Army Reserve Chief: One-Year Deployment Alert Needed Army News 28 Jan 2008 -- Lt. Gen. Jack C. Stultz visited the Camp Bucca detention facility in southern Iraq Jan. 19 and told Soldiers that Army Reserve units preparing to deploy would benefit from a full year on alert.

US Policy

• Resources Needed to Build On Iraq Successes, Bush Tells Congress AFPS 28 Jan 2008 -- President Bush used his final State of the Union address tonight to praise strides made in Iraq over the past year and to urge Congress to ensure U.S. troops have the resources and support they need to build on that success.
• Security Promotes Sunni-Shiite Reconciliation AFPS 28 Jan 2008 -- Security improvements have spurred reconciliation in the Madain Qada region along the Diyala and Tigris rivers in Iraq, an area that had been plagued by brutal sectarian violence, a U.S. commander there said.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraqi Security Forces Gain in Capability, Professionalism AFPS 28 Jan 2008 -- Iraqi security forces increasingly demonstrate their professionalism and willingness to step up to protect the Iraqi people, a spokesman for Multinational Corps Iraq told reporters yesterday.

Foreign Reactions

• Rice, Australian Counterpart, Stress Amity Despite Iraq Pullout VOA 28 Jan 2008 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Australia's Foreign Minister Stephen Smith Monday stressed the enduring nature of the two countries' alliance despite Australia's decision to remove troops from Iraq by mid-year
• Iranian president to pay historic visit to Iraq by March 20 RIA Novosti 28 Jan 2008 -- Iran's president will travel to Iraq by March 20 for the first official visit by an Iranian leader in almost 30 years, the country's foreign minister said on Monday.

News Reports

• IRAQ: More relief aid needed in Mosul after blast IRIN 28 Jan 2008 -- Essential relief items are needed to continue relief operations, and maintain an emergency stock, for affected families in the northern city of Mosul, the Iraqi Red Crescent Society (IRCS) said on 28 January.