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Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 06 Feb 2008 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• PRESS CONFERENCE: Rear Adm. Smith, MNF-I; Maj. Gen. Askari, MOD: Feb. 6, 2008 MNF-I 06 Feb 2008
• Feb. 5 airpower summary: F-16s support coalition forces in Iraq AFPN 06 Feb 2008
• Coalition Forces Continue to Hunt Down Terrorists in Iraq AFPS 06 Feb 2008 -- Coalition forces killed seven terrorists and detained 27 suspects today during operations to disrupt al Qaeda networks operating in central and northern Iraq.

Deployments

US Policy

• Pentagon Chief Says Future Iraq Agreement Won't Include Defense Commitment VOA 06 Feb 2008 -- Secretary of Defense Robert Gates says a future Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) negotiated with the Iraqi government will not include a formal arrangement requiring the United States to defend Iraq.
• U.S. Commander in Iraq Cites Progress Made in Narhwan AFPS 06 Feb 2008 -- Much progress in the security, local governance and economic realms has been achieved in the Iraqi city of Narhwan over the past four months, a senior U.S. commander posted there said today.
• Terror Tactics Backfire on Al Qaeda in Iraq, Colonel Says AFPS 06 Feb 2008 -- Al Qaeda's acts of murder, extortion and kidnapping to raise money and intimidate Iraqi citizens is backfiring on the terrorist group, a senior military officer posted in Iraq said today.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• IRAQ: Ministry plans to build houses to ease plight of displaced IRIN 06 Feb 2008 -- The Iraqi Ministry of Displacement and Migration is planning to build a yet undetermined number of residential compounds nationwide to ease the problems faced by over two million internally displaced persons (IDPs), a ministry official said on 6 February.

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• US, Iraqi Officials: Al-Qaida Training Children to Kidnap Civilians VOA 06 Feb 2008 -- U.S. and Iraqi officials say videotapes seized in a U.S. raid on suspected al-Qaida hideouts in Iraq show al-Qaida fighters training young children to kidnap civilians.
• Iraq: Does Government Crackdown Target Messianic Cults Or Opposition? RFE/RL 06 Feb 2008 -- At least 50 people were killed in clashes last month in both Al-Nasiriyah and Al-Basrah that broke out after suspected followers of a messianic Shi'ite group attacked other Shi'ite worshippers and security forces.