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Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 30 Jan 2008 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Army Casualties
• PRESS CONFERENCE: Maj. Gen. Bergner, Iraqi Maj. Gen. al-Askari: Jan. 30, 2008 MNF-I 30 Jan 2008
• TF-Rogue troops capture AQI cell member as part of Phantom Phoenix MNF-I 30 Jan 2008 -- Multi-National Division - Baghdad Soldiers arrested a terrorist suspect during a raid in the Andalus neighborhood of Baghdad Jan. 29.
• Troops Kill Four Suspected Terrorists, Capture 22, Destroy Weapons AFPS 30 Jan 2008 -- Coalition and Iraqi forces killed four suspected terrorists and detained 22 others in Iraq over the past three days, military officials reported.
• Operation Iron Boston targets al-Qaeda hideout (Sa'id Abdullah) MNF-I 30 Jan 2008 -- Iraqi Army Soldiers detained 24 individuals Jan. 27 during the joint air assault operation, 'Iron Boston', with Coalition Forces in the Sa'id Abdullah Corridor.

Deployments

• Australian Foreign Minister Confirms Plans to Leave Iraq to US VOA 30 Jan 2008 -- Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith has made his first official trip to Washington to meet U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
• USS Ponce Returns from Gulf Navy NewsStand 30 Jan 2008 -- USS Ponce (LPD-15) returned from a six-month Persian Gulf deployment, Jan. 27.

US Policy

• Iraqi Citizens, Security Forces Spark Phantom Phoenix Success AFPS 30 Jan 2008 -- Operation Phantom Phoenix is succeeding in cracking down on Iraq's enemies, largely because of the Iraqi security forces' professionalism and the cooperation of the Iraqi people, a senior U.S. military officer said in Baghdad today.
• Trainer Calls Police Development Critical to Iraq's Stability AFPS 30 Jan 2008 -- A senior member of the team working to grow and professionalize the Iraqi police force briefed online journalists and "bloggers" on progress and challenges in a conference call yesterday.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Improved Iraq Security Allows More Capacity Building AFPS 30 Jan 2008 -- As the security situation has improved in the southern belts of Baghdad, coalition officials find themselves more involved with building local governance capacity and creating jobs.

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• Iraqi, US Troops to Join Forces in Fighting Insurgents in Mosul VOA 30 Jan 2008 -- An Iraqi defense spokesman says Iraqi and U.S. forces will fight together against al-Qaida and other insurgents in Mosul